November Vegetable Garden Tour: Ohio, 2022

[@earthsgardenapothecary7185]

I sooooo look forward to your videos!!! As a fellow Ohio gardener I go by your videos to determine what I should do in our bipolar weather!! Thank you so much!

[@GrowfullywithJenna]

So glad to hear this!

[@tammynevil2422]

So glad I found another Ohio gardener

[@GrowfullywithJenna]

I'm glad you found me too, Tammy!

[@addysbeeandgarden320]

We're working on a very long (11 panel) cattle panel trellis. It's me birthday/Christmas gift from my husband. We've got 3 up so far. I'm beyond excited for next year's growing season.

[@GrowfullywithJenna]

A perfect bday/Christmas present! Enjoy!

[@sociopathmercenary]

Love your content, Jenna. It's great to see a fellow Ohioan instead of all the spoiled Californians and their all year growing seasons. 🤣😂

[@GrowfullywithJenna]

😂 I know what you mean about the year round growing! Thanks!

[@wingrider1004]

Love.. The...Music! As I am looking out my window and surveying my garden, there is a deep peace and serenity about it all. Like your garden, there is a rewarding sense of continuing growth, and the quiet resignation of things that have completed their life cycle, and have given way to the future promise of the coming Spring. Fall is my favorite season. It's the season for contemplation, I think. And we have so little time for such a thing in our world. I don't know how you make the time to share so much and yet carry the full schedule I know you must bear. But, those of us who watch are the better for it. Have a great holiday season!

[@GrowfullywithJenna]

Your words perfectly capture how this time of year feels in the garden 💚

[@brianseybert2189]

Your garden in Nov looks better than a lot of gardens in June. You have so much going on when most gardens are completely gone. I still have a bunch of stuff, broccoli, brussel sprouts, lettuce, spinach, carrots, leeks, celery, some flowers, a bunch of herbs and even green beans in a large insulated cold frame. My new projects for next spring were put on hold to create a jumping worm proof leaf mold bin, almost complete (will post a video when finished). I'm glad I am not the only one who has a lot of bed cleaning left before the snow begins to fly. Enjoy your videos!

[@GrowfullywithJenna]

Thank you, Brian! Let me know when that jumping worm proof bin video is up- I'm curious how one constructs such a thing!

[@brianseybert2189]

@@GrowfullywithJenna I posted the video yesterday. I really have to learn how to edit my videos.

[@Czibs111]

Nice to know I’m not the only one who has a random pepper plant heavily burdened with fruit that I just didn’t get around to picking

[@GrowfullywithJenna]

I felt so guilty... but just simply ran out of time this year!

[@jamieginns704]

Weather has been so nice I'm working on adding spots for growing melons. I'm also trying to making a spot for sweet potatoes for next season. My neighbor actually asked if she could join my garden. So I now have help..

[@GrowfullywithJenna]

The extra help is wonderful! And such a great idea to be working on your beds for melons and sweet potatoes now!

[@rachelianni2567]

Beautiful video, love the different greens and peaceful tour

[@GrowfullywithJenna]

Thank you, Rachel!

[@EnuffsEnuff318]

You have a great presentation. It's almost as if you've had training on public speaking. But besides that, you just have a brilliant vibe about you....very approachable and nice friendly female. Thanks.

[@GrowfullywithJenna]

Thank you so much for the kind words! No formal training, but I have always enjoyed public speaking (though it does make me incredibly nervous).😊

[@ellensedge1898]

your garden really speaks to me, I love it, thanks for the tour. I now need to teach my garden to speak to me

[@GrowfullywithJenna]

Thank you!

[@CBsGreenhouseandGarden]

Simply amazing Mrs. Jenna. Love seeing the awesome work you do. Weather has been crazy but we both know winter is coming to stay very soon. Stay safe my friend and have a great week!

[@GrowfullywithJenna]

Thank you, CB!! And yes, I'm not sure I'm quite ready for it, but I do believe winter will be here before we know it, and I suspect it's going to be a harsh winter this year. Take care!

[@deanneidholt1635]

I always appreciate your videos and the music is nice too..I am chopping and dropping spent plants and adding leaves and a small bit of wood ash as well as chicken manure and bedding to my fall garden..growing in Texas

[@GrowfullywithJenna]

Thank you, Dean! Glad to hear you're keeping busy in your garden!

[@taxigirl5637]

I am in the Rocky Mountains and watch your channel because of being in zone 6!

[@GrowfullywithJenna]

Welcome to the channel & thank you for watching! Take care!

[@ronjones1308]

Well here in North Central Idaho zone 6a we have our garden all cleaned up with rye+hairy vetch growing in some places and grass clippings over all my beds. I am still wanting to get a bunch of leaves down but this last week has been very wet. We had about 3" of snow yesterday and then on top of that we got about 4.5" of rain and now all the snow is gone and we are having a 30mph wind storm. So I am setting in my shop watching your videos and thinking of all the things that I didn't get done last year and looking forward to planning for next year. I also raise Red wiggler worms and make compost out of mowed hay from our place so I have been getting that all set up for winter. I live near a town with lots of trees so I have gotten set up with the school district and the city to pick up bags of leaves to add to the garden and worms/compost so it is still busy. The weather is causing some issues with gathering leaves but we will get what we get. Thank you for all your informative videos, they have really inspired me to be a better gardener. I appreciate that you also use a modified no/till method with varying bed types. Please keep the videos coming because they help us all to focus on what we have in common and also that we can learn from each other and boy do we need that in our world today! Thanks for the peaceful approach to life. Have a great Holiday Season and Thank You Jenna from Idaho

[@GrowfullywithJenna]

Can you send some of that wet weather my way (well... maybe not the snow, I'm not quite ready for that yet 😆)? Hope your weather cooperates with you so you can get all you want to get done for the fall finished! You have a great holiday season as well, Ron- take care!

[@peterevans90]

I am looking at how to get started in vegetable gardening and this video and your channel are a great find. It is really helpful to see what the whole garden space looks like at a particular time of year, especially with the explanation for each section. When looking at all the different things you have going on, It is clear I’ve got a lot of learning to do, but I’m excited to get started. Thanks for the great content!

[@GrowfullywithJenna]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@denisesmith5902]

New subscriber here from Shelby County, KY. I loved seeing what you still had growing. We need to get better about succession planting and a fall garden. My husband built a small greenhouse onto the front of the house this year. We have spinach, lettuce, and Tiny Tim tomatoes still going strong in there. Looking forward to your next video.

[@GrowfullywithJenna]

Hello Denise & welcome to the channel! Thanks for subscribing! How exciting to have a new greenhouse- have fun with all those plants!

[@williamaber2791]

I'm glad you posted this garden update. Been wondering what's going on over there

[@GrowfullywithJenna]

Happy to share!

[@jordanguarrasi4926]

That Rainbow Candy Crush kale though 😍👌

[@GrowfullywithJenna]

I know it! I love that variety!

[@mantis7419]

Thanks for the Lufa update! Yep, right there with you. Just threw some left over rye seeds in a bare patch last week and its coming in strong here in Pa 6B, so go for it.

[@GrowfullywithJenna]

Glad to hear it! I was holding out for a bit more rain, but doesn't look like it's going to happen, so I'm just going to sow it and take my chances! Glad your rye is doing well!

[@jessb6555]

Beautiful, Jenna! My poor fall garden is shot. It didn’t stand a chance against our drought.

[@GrowfullywithJenna]

Thank you, Jess. I'm sorry to hear about your garden- trying to keep a garden going in drought is near impossible!

[@JulesGardening]

Kale on steroids! :) Nice results with the brussels sprouts, Jenna. Love your variety, too! Enjoyed the tour! Happy gardening!

[@GrowfullywithJenna]

Thanks, Jules!!

[@boonmsgt]

Very nice plants Jenna. Hoping for more rain and cooler days down here in Florida.

[@GrowfullywithJenna]

Thank you! Hope it cools off for you soon!

[@thomasaccuntius9946]

Great video Jenna. I dint know there were differant types of brussell sprouts. And your bib lettuce looked really good.

[@GrowfullywithJenna]

Thank you, Tom! There are so many wonderful varieties of Brussels sprouts, but this one tends to do the best for me!

[@thereseavelis1372]

I smiled thru this entire video 😊 I wish I could garden at the same scale. Thanks for sharing!

[@GrowfullywithJenna]

It's so nice to hear this, Therese- thank you!

[@ciaragarrity6425]

The garden looks so pretty with all the colors of the vegetables and the flowers. I’m impressed with how much produce you grew.

[@GrowfullywithJenna]

Thank you, Ciara!

[@conniedavidson1807]

I really liked the pajama clad kid you've got planted. Everything looks great. My fall plants are still so small. They will mature over winter here in Texas,

[@GrowfullywithJenna]

I'm pretty fond of him too 😂... growing like a little weed!

[@twotonenavy]

Wonderful garden, as always! I came for the tour, and stayed for the soothing commentary and wonderful music (you included one of my favorites, "Fresh Fallen Snow," by Chris Haugen, that Joel Ashton uses on his page a lot, Wild Your Garden)! Keep up the amazing work! 😃 I laughed with the still pajamaed garden helper! 😂 I'm currently cleaning up my gardens for *cringe* winter in Southeastern Michigan. My broccoli and kale are still doing great, and I may have some turnips to harvest soon! Garlic is getting planted this week too! This warm weather has been VERY weird, to say the least...

[@GrowfullywithJenna]

Thank you! I've used 'Fresh Fallen Snow' in mutiple videos because I love it too! The warm weather has been weird, and I'm thinking our winter here is going to be fairly awful. I just keep seeing little random nature signs that make me think it's going to be a harsh one!

[@michaelmarchione3408]

Nice tour! We've been getting frost off and on since the middle of September. You have some very nice plants left. Except for parsley and sage, our gardens are cleaned out. They will make it through the winter ok. The parsley will be on its 9th year in the spring, the sage 3rd year. Enjoyed, take care!

[@GrowfullywithJenna]

Thank you, Michael! And WOW! How do you keep your parsley going that long? I've had mine overwinter, but then it flowers and goes to seed and it seems like the 'mother' plants just kind of peter out that second year.

[@michaelmarchione3408]

I'm email you to explain where I found the seeds and send you a photo. Take care!

[@robertadcox8419]

Very nice. I am picking cabbage, broccoli, and waiting on a hard frost to harvest some collards. It is suppose to be in the low 80's here today and Sunday. Close to records. I took your advice and have some tomatoes in my small greenhouse. So far so good on the tomatoes. I envy your brussel sprouts because I have never been able to grow them here without a lot of care. It is just too hot here in the fall to get them going and if you wait too long to put plants out in the fall they will not grow. Great video!

[@GrowfullywithJenna]

Wow! I thought 70 here today was crazy warm... low 80s is nuts! Stay cool and enjoy that cabbage & broccoli!

[@matthewkurt2246]

My zone 5b garden is pretty much cleaned up already. I still need to wait to cut back my asparagus. It's been too warm to do that. I've also waited longer than usual to plant my garlic due to the unusual warmth. My garden already has a nice layer of chopped dried leaves on it with a layer of fresh homemade compost on top, just enough to keep the leaves in place due to upcoming 50 mph winds. Sadly I planted my broccoli and cauliflower too late this summer for a fall harvest. Good luck with your clean-up. I know I ended up with several large compost piles. You should have compost coming out of your ears next year, but I know it's never enough.

[@GrowfullywithJenna]

You're getting the same crazy wind that I'm getting here today! I'm glad I didn't start on the leaf mulch yet as it would have all blown away-- adding compost on top is a great idea!

[@Gkrissy]

Thanks for the garden tour Jenna. I tried to grow Luffa in a container but it seemed as if the pollinators didn’t do their job so that was a fail. I will retry next season.

[@GrowfullywithJenna]

I'm sorry the luffas didn't work out this year- but best of luck next year!

[@charlesthompson8743]

I'm waiting on my three varieties of Daikon to mature and then its Kimchee time. Also, waiting on my second planting of Sugar snap peas, and my third harvesting of my Collards. Once that's done it will be time for the rye.

[@GrowfullywithJenna]

Yum! Love kimchi!

[@UrbanGardeningWithD.A.Hanks14]

Looking great, Jenna!

[@GrowfullywithJenna]

Thank you!

[@JoyoftheGardenandHome]

My Kohlrabi never bulbed up. The rutabaga right next to them on the other hand are gorgeous...

[@GrowfullywithJenna]

Glad to hear your rutabaga is doing well! That is one thing I didn't get planted this fall. When did you plant your kohlrabi? I find I have the best luck if I start it mid-July to early August.

[@bevsurbangarden]

It was good to see kohlrabi growing. I have some planted but it is slow growing and I have never grown any before. I have mustard, lettuce, carrots, winter peas, buckwheat, radishes and a few others growing at the moment. I hope to plant fava beans next week. Have you tried those? The child "easter egg" was a treat :)

[@GrowfullywithJenna]

I have not grown fava beans! It's not something that is commonly grown around here (I don't think they love my climate) and not something I typically eat... but that's probably a good reason to try them!

[@angelaslatzer9263]

Love your channel Jenna! I live in Zone 6B (Boise) so we have similar growing conditions. I just planted my garlic last week. When you do your garlic video will you please talk about any amendments you might make?

[@patriciacordier9077]

Me too! Just moved from Boise to Nampa with lovely clay soil.

[@GrowfullywithJenna]

Thank you, Angela! And yes, I will- but I can tell you now in regards to the garlic- I always try to mix in a healthy helping of compost or composted cow manure into my beds before planting garlic in the fall.

[@davidaleshire4292]

I’m tempted to try growing loofahs next year. Your chard looks amazing. My garden seems to be allergic to growing the stuff. What will you do with all of those pumpkins and squash? That’s a lot of vitamin A. After seeing your video on Hugelkultur, and making the mistake of telling people about it, I got to build one forty foot hugel bed for one person, and converted three raised beds into hugels. Woooooo... that’s a workout. Oddly, I’m hoping to build more next year. I blame you. 😜

[@GrowfullywithJenna]

They are so much fun to grow- you should definitely give the loofahs a try! There is something about my soil that plants like chard loves, it just thrives here. It's been several years since I've had a soil test done, but I've been meaning to retest and see if I can figure out what it is that makes them so happy! And the pumpkins are shared amongst all the family, but we do a lot of soups and casseroles and things like that. Your comment on the hugelkultur made me laugh. My experience is so similar- it IS a lot of work, but there's something almost addictive about it. I keep plotting out places for more and more beds (interesting side note- the proper term for a hugelkultur bed is a hügelbeet 😆).

[@jef8528]

Always a sad day when the garden is ending….. you have a lot left to harvest, everything looks good. I have a few lettuce plants left and then all done until spring

[@GrowfullywithJenna]

It's definitely a bittersweet time of the year!

[@emkn1479]

Surprisingly we haven’t had freezing weather yet. We had a couple cold days but it’s been unseasonably warm since then. I must say though that I can’t remember a nicer fall season. We’ve had mild weather for over a month. Looks like next week brings real November temperatures.

[@GrowfullywithJenna]

I'm glad you're having beautiful fall weather- that is wonderful!

[@emkn1479]

@@GrowfullywithJenna It’s been a great fall. We had one night that hit around 30 and so I preemptively cut everything down or back. Now I wish I had left it alone 🤷‍♀️ oh well, you can’t know what tomorrow brings.

[@kyleburdette7941]

Jenna I am really enjoying our fall garden! Seeing yours and watching many of your old videos has helped me extend my seasons. I am in a similar zone to you in south central PA and have late carrots coming on well. Broccoli and cauliflower as well as some cabbage and brussel sprouts.

[@GrowfullywithJenna]

Thank you, Kyle! I'm so glad to hear this!

[@milkweed7678]

Wow! You have some nice stuff there to eat. Have you ever planted fall potatoes? I've never heard of it before. I saw them for sale from Urban Farmer Seed Company's site. I'm getting some. They will be shipped to me at the end of Nov. I can obviously plant some of my own but going for certified ones for now. This is an early start for spring planting. We'll see how it goes.

[@GrowfullywithJenna]

Last year was the first year I planted fall potatoes for spring harvest. I just used some of my potatoes from the spring that were sprouting already. It worked OK, but my yields were definitely smaller than my spring planted potatoes. I'm going to try it again this year and see if I can improve. My main problem is keeping the voles from chewing on the tubers over winter.

[@milkweed7678]

@@GrowfullywithJenna I had that problem big time in my sweet potatoes this year.

[@richardkostura3474]

Great tour I had a lot bolted broccoli this year we are the same temp in sw Pa, but we had a very dry year

[@GrowfullywithJenna]

Thanks, Richard. I had major issues with brococli bolting this spring... it's been a little better this fall, but I've definitely had to keep things watered.

[@joannak4640]

Very beautiful ❤️ Made me hungry 😂

[@GrowfullywithJenna]

Thanks!

[@franksinatra1070]

Awesome brassicas !! I'm jealous. I have some savoy cabbage, and kohlrabi that I probably planted too late. I'll cover the kohlrabi and see what happens to it this winter. Also waiting on some cauliflower that have been totally in the shade but as the leaves drop I'm hoping they start getting enough sun to enlarge the tiny heads that are just forming. Still getting side shoots on my broccoli that was first harvest back in June. And of course I have lettuce, endive, spinach and arugula as well as some root crops like carrots radishes and parsnips I'm planning on harvesting through the winter. I noticed you have crimson clover growing. I have some mixed with vetch in a few beds also and I'm wondering if it with overwinter like the vetch or winter kill. I'm right on the border of zone 7A/6B. What do you think? Thanks for the tour. Always enjoy.

[@GrowfullywithJenna]

I hope your cabbage and kohlrabi make it! The crimson clover should overwinter for you, it typcially does in my slightly colder climate.

[@lindag4484]

You still have a great deal of food in your gardens! I'm down to three varieties of cold hardy lettuce, spinach, and Verde da Taglio chard. I have been amazed at my purple Alyssum. We've had at least a half dozen hard frosts and it still looks good. I thought it was more fragile than that. I struggled with my soil this year, after using bagged composted cow manure that may have contained Grazon. Still not sure. I sent off a soil sample to UNH to see where it stands, before I add any amendments this fall. I should be getting the results any day now.

[@GrowfullywithJenna]

Ooh- I'll have to add some purple alyssum. I've got the white in my garden, but I've not grown the purple. And I'm so sorry to hear about the cow manure, but it was a good idea to have it tested.

[@johnjude2685]

Please soak your loofahs in soapy dish.water for a few hours or for days and they will peel like bannana. 👍 I'm going with you about this dry 2.5 months don't believe Columbus has over. 5 in rain and I've need to move a few 5 ft.trees before freezing. Thanks for helping improve my gardening I've improved but your place it at risk I'm trying harder feeding my soil like yourself. Thanks for helping me and others ❤️

[@NanaSuze77]

What do you do with the loofas?

[@GrowfullywithJenna]

Great tip, John! I'm in the same boat with transplanting a bunch of things- I've been waiting and waiting till we get some rain, but I need to get them in soon before the ground gets to cold. I may have to just break down and water!

[@johnjude2685]

My pass neighbor always had a great garden and also plenty tomatoes on 10 ft steel rods .Neighbor I noticed never watering anything. Said he would water only while planting and if you water cause plants to have shallow roots and if left alone they dig deep roots and do just fine.Something for my next season tomatoes test. Because of far back a few of my tomatoes did get less than half the amount of most and of 5 different types of gardening they came in second place and first as to less effort. My best tomatoes system was my old method and about 20 percent of your influence. I did agree with about everything that you said I added more drainage and mulch around was my biggest change taught by you

[@johnjude2685]

Shower sponges is my favorite.

[@NanaSuze77]

@@johnjude2685 I may have to give them a try next year

[@colleenconnolly2783]

Jenna have you ever planted turnips, beets and carrots for a fall harvest? Thoughts and tips be great. I live trumbull co. Northeast Ohio. 5b 6a zone possibly. Thanks and love your videos.

[@GrowfullywithJenna]

I typically do all of those every fall, but I only have beets out this year and no carrots or turnips- I just ran out of time this year!

[@Nins-niche67]

I have nothing left except a couple of herbs. (Parsley and oregano.)

[@GrowfullywithJenna]

But it's wonderful even to just have a couple of herbs still growing!

[@BBQPITDOG]

That's a great garden Jenna and what a selection!! I grew up in Southeast Ohio and had no idea that a garden would last this long in the year up there. Here in Florida we are blessed with great weather most of the time so things just grow all over when I least expect it....but it's fun! What do you do with so much broccoli all at once? Just wondering. Have a great Fall Season up there!!

[@GrowfullywithJenna]

Thanks! I just keep trying to push the season limit with my veggies each year! I imagine it is fun to garden in your climate- though I'm sure you have your challenges too. I freeze all the broccoli that we don't eat fresh for the winter.

[@Lochness19]

I've had some light frosts/freezes but managed to keep my nightshades and beans alive although many of them look somewhat beat up (especially eggplants). Even the malabar spinach looks alive although I've picked all the decent sized leaves so it's only a few tiny side shoots that are proof that it's still in ok condition. The peppers and tomatillos are still trying to pump out more fruit even though they're ripening like 20x slower than in summer... Fava beans are in full bloom and have some pods growing. Peas are just starting to flower so might have to plant them earlier/start indoors/pick a sunnier spot next fall. Radishes and arugula are doing great. That Romanesco Broccoli I planted in early May that went through summer without bolting... still has no head formation in sight. It's 3.5ft tall now. Meanwhile the burney broccoli beside it is barely 1ft tall and across, and produced 17 heads (heads only 1.5-2" across, but hey, 17 is a lot). Guess I'll have to try some of those varieties from Johnnys you recommended for the Romanesco because this variety is not working. BTW have you ever grown passion flowers? I know you're mostly into vegetables but it's a fun thing I got into this year. I'm growing Maypop (hardy to zone 5) and Bluecrown (hardy to zone 6). We'll see if they're as hardy as the online websites claim - I'm zone 6 so theoretically they should both survive. We'll also see if the lower parts of the stems, which have gotten woody, are able to survive, or only the root system. I'm interested in some other varieties too since they look really cool, but those would have to be overwintered indoors.

[@GrowfullywithJenna]

Such a wonderful batch of veggies you have going in, Nicolas! Sorry to hear that Romanesco is still not heading. I planted 'Incense' passsion flower a few years back because my daughter loves them, but sadly, it did not make it. I would like to try again though- I'd love to hear how they do for you over the winter.

[@Lochness19]

@@GrowfullywithJenna I'm curious how your more typical midwest zone 6 compares to my zone 6 in terms of overwintering plants supposedly hardy to zone 5-6. I haven't tried growing any zone 6 hardy plants yet. Zone 5 plants tend to do very well, although some (ex Butterfly Bush) will die back to the base on cold winters. Rose of Sharon does great. Trying to think what else has zone 5 as the cut-off. Most of the perennials grown here are hardy to zone 4 or even zone 3 so they aren't very good indicators of how harsh/mild our winters are. There's a couple magnolias in my neighbourhood with very large leaves, I think they might be Umbrella Magnolia (also zone 5+). Our annual low might be similar to Zone 6 central Ohio but our winter mean temps are 5F colder and frost depth and duration of cold is greater. I took cuttings of the passionflowers to be safe. I'll also be mulching them heavily and pilling snow onto them (easy since they're next to my driveway). Did you take any measures to try to overwinter yours? Seems your variety is supposed to be hardy to zone 6. Do you remember if it was a colder or warmer than average winter that killed it? And I'm assuming you planted it in the spring so it would have time to develop its root system properly?

[@GrowfullywithJenna]

@@Lochness19 Our average minimum is -10° to -5° F. But we have a lot of flucuation from warmish to cold during the winter (which actually tends to cause more issues with plants than if it would just get cold and stay cold). We also don't have snow cover for most of the winter and a lot of harsh, drying north and west wind. I'm not sure what the mean temp is. I didn't take any measures to overwinter mine, though it was in a bit more protected spot.

[@Lochness19]

@@GrowfullywithJenna It sort of stays cold here, but not as consistently as in Ontario zone 4-5. We'll occasionally get temperatures in the 40s, maybe even 50s, leading to mid-winter thaws. And we can get intense cold before the snow arrives too like last year we had several 0-5F lows while the ground was bare before the Jan 17-18 snowstorm and the roses did not seem to have liked that. For the most part it's between 5F and 40F though (in Jan-Feb).

[@breehenson1316]

love it 💚

[@GrowfullywithJenna]

Thanks!

[@insidethegardenwall22]

You can grow Napa cabbages (a trap crop for some but my favorite)! No slugs in your area of Ohio?

[@GrowfullywithJenna]

Slugs were a major problem here last fall and early this spring. But it's been so dry this fall, that I've hardly had any in the garden.

[@susanjohnson9991]

Thank you for the tour. I was wondering what your average first and last frost dates are. Also, what zone are you in? Just moved to Idaho and trying to learn how to grow in cold climates. LOL

[@GrowfullywithJenna]

Hi Susan, I'm in 6a Ohio with average frost dates of Oct 15, and May 10.

[@curiouscat4377]

What do you do with all the veggies? Do you sell/give away? It’s a huge garden. Lovely!

[@GrowfullywithJenna]

I preserve as much as I can, and also share amongst all the family!

[@zephaniahmarion]

You always do such an awesome job Jenna 😎👽🤘🔥 you might want to look into using amino acid preferably from NPK Raw Nutrients or brewing your own chaga mix (chaga is high in amino acid especially if you add milk, milk is a good source of amino acids as well) the amino acid mixed with calcium and silica acts like Fix-A-Flat in a plant like when you run over a nail and your car tire and is pretty much fine,the cells in the plant suck up the calcium and silica 1,000 times faster with the amino acid and the cells in the plant crystallize around any frost crystals puncturing the cell and it crystallizes around any mold spores trying to puncture the cells keeping any kind of mold from spreading..as a cover crop you might want to try using nettles even though it would be a pain in the booty getting poked all the time because in the high-end cannabis growing community they are using nettles as a cover crop because it really helps the plant take up nutrients with the roots acting in a symbiotic way along with nettles making a supreme compost (nettles are also almost as medicinal as cannabis so you can brew tea out of them as well to help heal the body, when you boil nettles it takes the sting away so you're not going to be drinking anything that's going to be pokey)

[@GrowfullywithJenna]

Thank you! And thanks for the advice. Nettles have so many amazing uses- they grow wild in the wetter areas around us and I've harvested them for tea, but never gave much though to using in compost and such!

[@zephaniahmarion]

@@GrowfullywithJenna ♥️

[@steadyathome5201]

Looking at your garden, was wondering do you clean up your garden before winter? I'm in central Ohio and I already cleaned my up. Maybe I shouldn't have cleaned it up so soon? Let me know. I didn't plant any broccoli, lettuce, celery, spinach and carrots, etc. in late summer either. I always have issues with it . I will try again in the spring and then in late summer.

[@GrowfullywithJenna]

I do clean up a lot of it, and am hoping to share a video within the next couple weeks on my garden cleanup process. I typically just try to get most of it cleaned up before it gets to miserably cold where I don't want to be working outside 😄

[@nygardenguru]

Impressive. Having a nice garden though smaller myself I know this must almost be a full time job.

[@GrowfullywithJenna]

It sure is- thank you!

[@brianseybert2189]

Thanks!

[@GrowfullywithJenna]

Oh my goodness- thank you! 😊

[@mikefrench3800]

sure have a lot of food laying around girl!!! How do you keep up?

[@GrowfullywithJenna]

Haha- I don't feel like I'm keeping up this year!

[@suffolkshepherd]

Hoq far apart do you place your hoops? I enjoy your videos.

[@GrowfullywithJenna]

I just kind of eyeball them, but typically about 3' apart.

[@suffolkshepherd]

@@GrowfullywithJenna thanks

[@JoeDavidson-gc7zo]

Hi Jenna, Joe Davidson from Springfield Missouri been watching you on the KZbin channel on my TV. Only problem is that if I wanna make a suggestion I have to go to my phone and find you on my phone like I am doing now suggestion is I see you have fence going around to keep out the animals do you have a video or can you make some type of video about animals getting into your garden?

[@titanart6225]

Hello Jenna, frost blanket question, do you leave them on only when temp is expected to be in 30s? Do you leave them on at night only if the temps are 40-50s during day? I have cool weather crops I’m trying to extend the harvest with. I double layered some of the frost blankets for the really cold nights. I’m also experimenting with zucchini under the frost blankets (started in august) but it’s a gamble without a greenhouse. I hand pollinated one of the mature female flowers but the Stigma turned black and doesn’t appear to be growing. I’m not sure if the cold is affecting it or some kind of issue with Blossom End Rot? I also may have prematurely opened the female flower slightly by hand b/c I had a mature male filled with pollen and wanted to get the process started. Either way, I know it’s a long shot for November zucchini in zone 7A

[@GrowfullywithJenna]

Full disclosure- I really only use frost blankets on my cold hardy stuff, not on anything frost tender like zucchini. Sometimes if we are having several stretches of nighttime temps in the mid to low 20's to teens, I'll just keep the frost covers on all day & night, even it it gets up to 40 or 50 in the day. But I generally try to remove the covers during the day if it's above 40 and especially if it's sunny.

[@titanart6225]

@@GrowfullywithJenna thank you very much

[@chriskeller7560]

With the colder weather, do the insects that live on brassicas/kale/cabbage die off, or do you still have to be mindful of them? Thank you!

[@GrowfullywithJenna]

They've started to die off somewhat, but won't be totally killed off till we're regularly getting below freezing. Unfortunately, the pests that plague brassicas are often as cold tolerant as the brassicas themselves!

[@davidaleshire4292]

In an absolutely, positively, without question, kinda unrelated to the November garden, are you still using the Optic LED grow light, and what are your thoughts on it after a year? I’m considering getting one for my mother as a Christmas gift. Maybe one for my brother and his tomato addiction.

[@GrowfullywithJenna]

I love it! I fact, I wish I had about 4 more of them 😄. I definitely can’t say the same of some of the other grow lights I’ve purchased through the years.

[@davidaleshire4292]

Excellent. I will definitely look into those as gifts. Thanks for your input. 😊

[@davidaleshire4292]

@@GrowfullywithJenna all sold out. :(

[@titanart6225]

Jenna, small Red express cabbage heading up, normally they are bigger will they continue to form or am I loosing the battle in zone 7a 30 degree nights 50 degree days? I have some Jersey early Wakefield cabbage that have not yet headed up under frost blanket, how long does it take for them to form heads or is it too cold? Additionally Brussel sprouts approx 14” tall small buds on them no sprouts yet, and a few cauliflower under frost blankets, massive leaves no head yet, is it too late for all of these to finish?

[@GrowfullywithJenna]

I know that here in Ohio, they would not finish heading up at this time of year- too cold & days are too short. But since you're a full zone south, I'm not sure. As long as your days are above freezing, they may still have a chance- so I'd give them a little more time.

[@titanart6225]

@@GrowfullywithJenna thank you

[@minivandreamin1789]

That crazy early frost took everything except my green beans and carrots. So sad!

[@GrowfullywithJenna]

Sorry to hear that! But glad your beans & carrots made it!

[@marykappesser5145]

Jenna, I have an issue with aphids or something that looks silvery white that is covering my kale and broccoli. Any ideas? I tried washing it off with a hose but that was not effective. Have you ever had that before? I'm in southwest Ohio

[@GrowfullywithJenna]

I've not had problems on my brassicas in particular, but it has been a bad year for aphids in general. I typically use an insectidical soap when I need to treat things like aphids or white flies (I tend to have more trouble with these in the greenhouse than outdoors) and like this particular product: www.gardensalive.com/product/plant-guardian-houseplant-insecticidal-soap-2817 It says 'houseplant' but works on outdoors plants as well.

[@Christian-jx3nx]

Hi Jenna! Have you ever grown sweet corn with just worm castings as fertilizer? If so, what results did you get? Thanks

[@GrowfullywithJenna]

I have not, but my gut is that they won't provide enough nitrogen to make the corn happy.

[@Christian-jx3nx]

@@GrowfullywithJenna I’m going to try an area with cover crop mix and manure now and worm castings with organic fertilizer in the spring along with grass clippings and see what happens. Then monthly with fish and kelp liquid. Thanks

[@YG-fo5rl]

Hey Jenna, when do you normally start your spinach for overwintering? Is it too late to get them into the ground?

[@GrowfullywithJenna]

Typically early October- though I'm thinking about throwing some of my extra seed out now and seeing what happens!

[@kittiew260]

Hi Jenna, luffa question for you, if you bring in to process green what does that entail? I am like you I have green ones that I need to harvest just letting hang out for now because we have same weather your having. Thanks in advance any suggestions.

[@GrowfullywithJenna]

Hi Kittie- I share how I process mine in this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pmLIfWipoL-NfsU Hope this helps!

[@kittiew260]

@@GrowfullywithJenna thanks so much. The snow is on the way so I just pulled and following your video to process. Your wonderful.

[@mikefrench3800]

I have a candy crush kale, still little though

[@GrowfullywithJenna]

It will likely overwinter for you!

[@sherryrendell8222]

Have broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage in containers i put them in the garage for winter, they are growing but some leaves yellowing any suggestions i really want to see them grow to full heads thanks

[@GrowfullywithJenna]

My guess is they may need some supplemental lighting, as they will likely not get enough inside of a garage to allow the plants to mature.

[@shamshersinghfarmernews884]

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[@GrowfullywithJenna]

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[@paperm2023]

What song is around 6 mins?

[@GrowfullywithJenna]

That is No. 3 Morning Song by Esther Abrami kzbin.info/www/bejne/e3bVmJerZriKg5o

[@paperm2023]

@@GrowfullywithJenna thank youu for replying. Truly amazing

[@jimcrelm9478]

Where did you rip the music from?

[@GrowfullywithJenna]

From the KZbin Music library

[@1jw298]

Hairy what???? I thought this was a family friendly channel……..😂

[@GrowfullywithJenna]

Hahaha 😂

[@bdwon]

Don't you worry about rodents with all those gourd and squash left in the garden?

[@GrowfullywithJenna]

I do not. I've not had any issue with them.

[@mikefrench3800]

Good thing we aren't neighbors. Y'all would be shooting me with rock salt for slipping into your garden!

[@GrowfullywithJenna]

😂-- if you were willing to help with the work, I'd gladly share the garden!

[@Someone.._.]

She must've cut the random ohio monsters out of the video :/

[@GrowfullywithJenna]

Random Ohio monsters?

[@ArthurMrgan]

@@GrowfullywithJenna You know…

[@TJtheHAWK]

I'm so jealous of your brassicas Jenna. I think I got the transplanting times right this fall season but the caterpillars were unstoppable even with BT applications and I think it's what caused my small plants to bolt in late October 😅 . How do you keep the bugs away?

[@Chastitythompson]

Yes was wondering too! Your parents brassicas all looked great and no insect netting over them- we are in 6A Ohio and still have those blasted white “butterflies” laying caterpillars all over! How are you managing it?

[@GrowfullywithJenna]

I heavily rely on insect netting. I cover them as soon as I set transplants out and keep them covered till they outgrow the netting. Typically once I take the netting off, they're quite close to maturity and some insect feeding doesn't hurt them... but if it gets too bad I do rely on BT sprays to keep the cabbageworms at bay.