The Easiest, Most Abundant Edible Plants to Grow in a Garden - Gardening in a Cold Climate

[@Passioakka]

Living in the north of Sweden, close to the artic circle (at the same lat as Fairbanks, Alaska). I grow cucumbers and tomatoes + peppers in a greenhouse (goes outside IF the summer becomes ok). I grown peas, beans, onions, garlic, beetrots, carrots, turnips, sallat, wintersquash, varietes of kale and potatoes. Thyme and mint may survive if we get a cold winter with a lot of snow. I have apples and plums, black and white currants, strawberrys and gooseberrys...but there´s a problem with the mooses and deers now when we haven´t got any dogs anymore. I also have juneberries and will plant some lonicera caerulea this autumn. We may have a short season but with presowing and wintersowing (for example kale and carrots in april, carrots directly on cold soil or onto the snow and kale in trays, then shoveling snow over them). Our summernights with a lot of light and colder weather gives a good growth and sturdy plants. Not much pests up here too, some field snails, caterpillars on the kales and carrotflies but using net reduces that problem. Just remember; low planting (no raised bed for strawberrys for example) gives the best condition surviving winter when growing perennials up north!

[@jammin4284]

My wife HATED when I turned a larger part of our suburban back yard into a vegetable garden. Tonight I came home to find she picked fresh bell peppers for dinner. Success.

[@baconandeggs9113]

Shell warm up to it. Free food right

[@jk897]

LOL divorce her

[@roseybeesley4110]

How sweet, you keep on growing veg.

[@JasonGodwin69]

lmao women am I right guys?

[@da1stamericus]

@@JasonGodwin69 some of us have it the other way. My hubby wanted me to keep the patio, plant free. Now he's thankful for how much we save eating our own veggies, as we prefer eating organic. I now have a 1000 sqfoot garden.

[@LaineyBug2020]

Something that works well for the plains area is what the Natives called 3 sisters. Corn, then plant the pumpkins so they can use the corn stalks for stability, then plant beans at the base of both for groumd cover to keep away pests & balance soil. Then when you harvest them, you put them all together in a stew called 3 Sisters Soup!

[@myriamvalentin4]

Wow! Thats amazing. Thanks for sharing!

[@WorldOfARandomVegan]

Nice!

[@TothebatmobileJoy]

You should try that next to your palms!

[@joshuaperry4112]

Corn,beans, squash. Grown in soil and enriched with fish carcasses. It's what saved the Pilgrims.

[@tyrone6820]

Not like everyone and they moms ain’t heard that shit already. 🪑

[@emilymarguerita2781]

Living in urban southern Ontario and I’m growing: -cucumbers, tomatoes, peppers, cabbage, brussel sprouts, leeks, summer squash, zucchini, 3 types of winter squash, lettuce, kale, spinach, Swiss chard, radishes, peas, beans, melons, potatoes, 4 types of berries, carrots, beets, parsnips, onions, a bunch of different herbs, and apples!

[@Amanda-hw3zj]

That’s awesome!

[@skyler-evz2034]

In a greenhouse?

[@emilymarguerita2781]

symphy neveah nope! In my backyard

[@jeffengel2607]

How are the melons going? I'm nearby (upstate NY) and I've worried they'd have too short/cold a growing season here.

[@constancemiller3753]

You are awesome Emily. Carry on Canadian gardens🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱👩‍🌾

[@stschubs]

As someone who almost completely lives off their northern (zone 2b) garden year round, we grow amazingly large onions! This list pretty much nails it. A couple of suggestions food wise; asapragus. It's a short season, but it can also be an abundant perennial. It takes 3 years though but then grows 20 years. You can also store beets like carrots, in sand. And a great way to get your greens in the winter, is to get a grow lamp and grow indoors, we eat fresh lettuce that way all year. If you can't grow berries, there's lots of northern parks that you can forage in and freeze your harvest with :) We also grow over 100 tomato plants and can sauces, diced tomatoes, etc. Lastly, we are a CSA, and when people help us on our farm, we give them food in return, I'm sure we're not the only ones like that! Try asking if you can do a barter system like that. Small farmers always need help :)

[@Robin.Greenfield]

Keep up the great work!

[@MFV77]

Hi! I’m in 4b in the Black Hills, where we get plenty of snow (and hail!). I’m duly impressed that you’re able to grow so much food! We’re currently installing a greenhouse as a season extender. Where do you suggest planting the asparagus? Earth garden or greenhouse? Thx!

[@nolancampbell4451]

I live in 4b which I thought was agricultural hell, but hey that sounds much worse. Pretty inspiring

[@Dlowr7]

I'm watching this while I'm high and I'm usually a huge meat eater. Watching this though, this gave me unexpected emotions for the vegetables. They're just so beautiful and want to help us. He has absorbed the plant personalities and has become a truly beautiful person who seems genuinely happy and friendly. It is the vegetables who are beautiful in their bright colors and life giving energy.

[@maryegerton6848]

I dug a hole and put a large planter in the hole so the top was level with the ground. Then I planted mint in the planter. That plant came back every spring, and was completely contained. It was the most beautiful plant I had. It actually looked like a small bush because the planter was round. Nice for mojitos and tea and jelly, etc.💚

[@lindsaywait8763]

Mint IS super easy, we have chocolate mint that I cold brew overnight with lime juice and sugar for the most delicious limeade!

[@jadeperri5183]

How deep was the planter? Did it have drainage holes in the bottom? Or like one of those coconut fiber lined ones (don’t know what they’re called)

[@maryegerton6848]

Tiana Fernandez I think it was maybe 12 to 16 inches deep. It had drilled drainage holes on the bottom. Not to big because I didn’t want the roots to wander.

[@jadeperri5183]

@@maryegerton6848 thanks!

[@maryegerton6848]

Tiana Fernandez if I were you I would put a small piece of window screen or some kind of cloth on the bottom of the pot on the inside so that the roots don’t make their way out of the pot and into your garden. The window screen is best though, because it won’t decompose. 💚

[@ruzicatowers8693]

Alberta here, SO NEEDED THIS !!

[@williammaxwell1919]

Okay, WOW! You're enthusiasm is infectious and needs to be acknowledged for it's possitivity ~ thank you

[@riceflower89]

Mint can be grown from a clipping easily. My mint was propagated from a dessert garnish. I brought it home and put it in water until it formed roots and then planted it.

[@laurabehenna9602]

Glad you mentioned saskatoons / juneberries / serviceberries. They grow great in the northwest and the midwestern Plains. Canadian breeders have bred some extra delicious , prolific varieties including Thiessen and Smokey. You can propagate them from cuttings too. The berries make wonderful pies and cobblers. They're a good substitute for blueberries if blueberries don't grow in your area.

[@sophie3869]

Yeah. My family’s grown mint since before I was born. It’s so hardy and it spreads so fast that when often end up ripping it up (we use it all) instead of picking a few leaves

[@marjoriegarner5369]

mint will choke out an entire garden area, and it's almost impossible to control. Grow it in pots. As you would grow rosemary, but not in winter, inside, as rosemary is best grown. Rosemary, as a house plant, needs plenty if light, like grow lights. I have a rosemary plant that is over seven years old. Outsude in summer, inside in winter. You don't need much to produce a lot if mint. It's easily dried for winter use, as many herbs are. I live on the Continental Divide, at very high elevation, where it freezes at nite every month if the year. Cold nights, long winters, hot days, in summer. Very short growing season. Certain crops do well, others don't survive because of cold nights. fruit trees don't survive, except for crabapples. Learn what grows well, and do that. Grains are another story. I love Montana. But it's a challenge for gardening. But it can be done, as I have for over 50 years. It's so wonderful to grow and nourish plants. It's the life cycle. Real food is the best food. What grows in your area is what's best for your body. Exotic foods are not so good for the body, so what grows in your area is most nourishing. Shipping foods is generally a waste of resources. I will be 80 in a few months. Been at this for a long, long time. You gotta love it. And study it. It's life. It's a passion. its the best.!! greetings from Montana, at almost 6,000 feet high. Two seasons here. Ten months of winter, and July/August.

[@corax2012]

He knows his stuff. I grew up in the Alaskan outback, and I can say he is someone to listen to.

[@elli2193]

Garden tips for cold climates are so rare - thank you! I live in 6a in Germany. Not all plants you recommend do grow well here - tomatoes only in a greenhouse, winter squash with luck, but most often it's too cold and wet for them to ripen in our short season. But we have forest all around - with lots of raspberries, blackberries, strawberries, and blueberries - all for free, you just have to pick them. A really good perennial fruit you didn't mention is the chinese quince. It is really easy to grow and produces many fruits which are great for preserving.

[@TheSpecialJ11]

This is a great comment. I find the USDA hardiness zone is good for North America and China because summer and winter temperatures are much wider apart than in Europe. 6A is brilliant for many garden crops in the Midwestern USA because summers are hot and humid, but 6A in Europe is often cool and wet in the summer despite having the same winter minimums as say southern Indiana. This is where growing season length, temperature, and sunlight are the real indicators of gardening success, but unfortunately this is much harder to put on a map. Hardiness zones are much more important for frost sensitive perennials, such as apple trees, which many varieties like a good freeze out of the growing season, but can't tolerate Boreal temperatures very well. A great example of this I think is maize, which likes humid heat up to a point, and so the cool summers of northern and eastern Europe prevented its mass adoption there, unlike the potato which thrives in just about any temperate climate. I'm from the corn belt, which is notorious for having brutally hot summers for how brutally cold our winters can get. I've been to Louisiana in July and that is definitely hotter and muggier than the lower Great Lakes, but only as a more extreme version of the same thing, and they don't have to wear parkas in January.

[@88marome]

I... what?! Where in Germany? Germany has very warm climate imo! And I've grown tomatoes on my balcony in the middle of Sweden, with no problem!

[@elli2193]

@@88marome Sweden has many different climates, colder and warmer ones - as well as Germany, believe it or not. It depends, where exactly you live - every little town in the world has it's own special climate. And every street in this town, too. There is no THAT climate in one whole nation and state. But, by the way - a balcony is something I do not have. And you cannot compare a balcony with a garden. Huge difference!

[@stoverboo]

We found that we can grow tomatoes and peppers by putting them in buckets on our asphalt driveway. The dark asphalt absorbs and then radiates enough heat that we have produced bumper crops of warm weather vegetables for the last three years while using this method.

[@sharoncourt75]

Elli i am in zone 6a usa, i started my permaculture by planting fruits trees, since they take a few years to produce, I chose alot of dwarf and semi-dawrf, now i add it raspberries and blackberries thornless, I do find onnion even under the snow, the laves shrivel and then new ones come back, I have Russian quince and medlars, apples, plums and pears

[@RC-bl2pm]

I live in BC and Im telling you Swiss Chard is the best! Its incredibly tasty, super easy and it comes back like grass after you take some.

[@JulieWolf]

copicing chard hmmm?

[@arayasuebsee858]

Kale, swiss chard and arugula grow back like weeds in BC. Not complaining because I love eating them!

[@tsunamis82]

Some say you can grow this stuff on the back of a truck.

[@lt1136]

August 8 is Sneak Zucchini onto your Neighbor's Porch Day!

[@constancemiller3753]

Do they retaliate by filling your car on August 9th ? Hmmmmm?

[@elainesgardeningandc0oking53]

How about a sneak-a- zuch OFF your neighbor's porch day? LOL!!!

[@tgif1207]

😁😁😁👍

[@barryminor616]

Love your 'secret" HELP... Thank YOU for sparking the spread of smiles...

[@sunshinedayz7032]

😂🤣

[@gavinbrinck]

thank you Robin ! revisiting this video again a year later, learning more, and looking forward to even more abundance this season . shalom ! Gavi :)

[@shadowslayer552]

THANKYOU finally someone who pronounces Wisconsin correctly

[@ladyofthemasque]

One of the things I invested in was an Excalibur dehydrator, and then I learned how to prepare and dry various greens with it, which I then blend into a greens powder that I add to moist foods in the winter, to put those nutrients into my family's diet at a time when we just won't have all that many fresh greens to eat. I'll put together blends with parsley, kale, spinach, cabbage, brussel sprouts, swiss chard, mustard greens, radish greens, carrot greens (spicy notes!), beet greens & more, and then sometimes add in things like powdered onion, garlic, black pepper and stronger-flavored herbs like basil, thyme, oregano, ginger, so on and so forth, depending on what sort of flavor profile I want. I try to make the blends in small batches so that I can swap it up for different tastes every so often, and I ALWAYS label what goes into them. (One of my friends cannot have alliums, so no garlic, chives, onions, shallots, etc, while her partner cannot have any nuts or legumes, and my sister cannot have any sort of bell or chili pepper, though black & long pepper are okay for her to have--I always make sure anyone eating my cooking tells me in advance not only what they don't like, but what they cannot or at least really should not have.)

[@JacksonClan11]

We love pumpkin. We puree and freeze it and we pressure can it as well. It's so good for breads and muffins all year and we save our seeds and regrow the next year.

[@TheRealHonestInquiry]

My new favorite green that definitely belongs on this list is Purslane. Grows like a weed and has a non-bitter, slightly lemony flavor with a satisfying succulent crunch. Flowers and seeds are edible and once it flowers you will have thousands of seeds to spread everywhere! Also excellent in soups and I love adding it at the very end of a yellow curry.

[@nataliakmiec3014]

You are so refreshing, I need more of this kind of content on the internet

[@abundentainpermanenta6020]

Currants, gooseberries, jostaberries, asparagus, nettles (great nutritious wild crop), grapes are also a very neat crop in colder climates, aronias, nuts, almonds. Great recommendations you made, same on my list! :) Ty

[@erikakraemer6963]

Currant bushes (Ribes, not the raisin kind) are really important at least in Finland, since they tolerate quite cold weather and produce a lot of berries (black, red, white, green are different kinds) with minimal effort from the gardener. They can be found in basically every old garden. Here it's also allowed to pick e.g. berries and mushrooms in the forest, no matter whom the land belongs to, as long as you're not too close to any houses. So people often pick their own wild blueberries (bilberries?), lingonberries, cranberries and cloudberries or buy them from someone else that picked them.

[@gardengirl7446]

Bok choy is another winner! Beautiful greens and nice crunchy stems like celery! It's hardy through winter in many places.

[@cecillegagne6900]

Can you do an episode on less well known plants that thrives in colder climates that are good for self sufficiency? I would find it interesting. I live in Canada

[@uniteamerica9446]

Check out a channel called Learn your land. Also check out a seed company called Richters. They're Canadian but I've purchased many seeds from them in USA. They have a huge selection of vegetable and herb seeds also medicinal and foraging type plant seeds. They're a great company with quality seeds. I think it would be wise to have some foraging type plants growing in the wild that you can get to when the economy collapses. I don't have any interest in that channel or that seed company. My only interest is to help people.

[@cecillegagne6900]

@@uniteamerica9446 thanks ill check it out

[@Elensaire93]

@@uniteamerica9446 thank you! 🥰

[@peadarocleirigh1896]

@@uniteamerica9446 I'm working near Moscow and a close friend has a greenhouse & unused raised beds plus lots of spare space to start new beds and plant perennial edibles as dual ornamental / edible. Buying quality seeds in Russia is tricky with my poor Russian language skills. Was going to order from home (Ireland) but Canadian seeds might be more suited to the climate here... I will search the Can company you mentioned.

[@uniteamerica9446]

@@peadarocleirigh1896 yes they are a very reputable company. They can probably be shipped to you over the north pole. Good luck with your garden.

[@JamieHanks]

The kale I have planted in my Ohio backyard is doing great, but I found that the other seeds, I planted in late April were a mistake this year, being it was too cold and wet in the soil for them to germinate I believe. At any rate, my grandma is an experienced gardener, and I am going to help her till her garden today and share in the planting over the next week and enjoy food with her later this summer. She keeps saying there is no rush to plant and we still have time, I love her patience versus mine back in April. 82 looks wonderful in her eyes.

[@serenakoleno9338]

Kale is great here in mid- Michigan! Mine lived through the mild winter last year, one outdoors in a large planter, one in basement near a window. I am still picking kale and beet greens along with chives in the middle of November. I set up a kind of cold frame but under estimated how low the winter sun dips, so it is not completely in the sun.

[@serenakoleno9338]

I need to clarify: picking kale, etc. From regular garden, not cold frame.

[@JulieWolf]

Mint and Sunchokes planted last year have taken over a "garden" I started in a DNR forest clearcut! Lupine flowers coming along too. Take over edibles!

[@tracyvernon2426]

Hi Rob,good to see you are well :) this is the video I was waiting for as I live in the uk! I moved to a new place 6 months ago and put in 8 raised beds to try and be as self sufficient as I can,I have a couple of videos on here if interested :) i'm growing,beetroot,turnips,potatoes,peas,runner beans,tomatoes,carrots,sweet peppers,chilli peppers,all kinds of herbs,a tayberry and loganberry over one arch and blackberrys over another,2 fig trees,raspberry's an apple and a cherry tree,also got some new seeds on the way for other vegetables. A friend and I dug out a pond to encourage frogs a couple of weeks ago and I even potted a nettle up I found whilst weeding!

[@JulieWolf]

Did the same whle foraging nettle last yr. Still in the pots. I want to find a closer place for them to take over so I can forage close to home. Love Nettle. Eat it daily raw! How? In a banana bleuberry blender drink every morning with all my healthy additions like fresh tumeric, spiralina, etc.

[@serenakoleno9338]

Add some feeder goldfish to your pond and use water to water plants. Just be sure to replenish with rain water as needed.

[@tracyvernon2426]

@@serenakoleno9338 We have plenty of rain here lol,I have a large water butt that collects rainwater form my guttering to water the plants.

[@giseprelat8671]

Rod te escribo desde Argentina . Te admiro ,sos un genio !! Un grsn gran ser humano !!!

[@sweaterdoll]

I'm glad you did this as petty much none of the plants in your other video would have worked here. Unfortunately, we are SO shaded, I'm a terrible gardener, and the only sunny spots are so far from the water. So we're doing more perennial wild foods that can handle shade and natural rainfall.and sunchokes, potatoes, burdock, salsify, and scorzonera in the sunny area. We grow crow garlic, wild garlic, nettles, comfrey, chickweed, dandelion, dock, dames rocket, apricots and berries and herbs and medicinal plants. We're dedicated to growing all our produce, but most won't be domesticated varieties. I really wish we could grow cabbage and beets but so far, no luck. We dry almost everything for winter soups, stews, omelets (we also have chickens) and we also ferment. I like that you focus on a few items because, really, people don't need food to be entertainment. It just has to be total nutrition with enough fats and salts to go with it.

[@alisonburgess345]

Yep that's me - in a cold(ish) climate. It's about storage. Currently I'm investigating how to store eggplants (probably jarred with herbs and oils). I can store fresh - potatoes, carrots, onions, garlic, beetroot). Frozen - peas, beans, broccoli. Sauced- tomatoes. Other things keep growing through winter - greens, spinaches etc... It's such a lot of fun!

[@doubledeckers]

A great selection. Leeks are good for anyone who (like me) has trouble growing bulb onions. Chop and freeze them for use year round.

[@JulieWolf]

Plant leeks next month (July) for over wintering).

[@Diniecita]

Lol. Winter harvest isnt a thing in very cold climates.

[@sandram.johnson2754]

@@Diniecita Yep

[@vikkicaldwell4590]

try "yellow potato onions", they seem to be easier to be successful with

[@athletemum]

Kale and leeks make it through our snowy winter 🙂👍

[@monikaballah931]

basil is the easier to grow from clips. i got 2 little plants of mint and now they are all over the backyard and loving it!!!from NJ

[@LucyHeartfiliaasdfghj]

currant is also a really great berry to grow

[@tonyaltobello6885]

I can't wait for you year of growing in a temparate climate. In your livestreams I said you really made me happy when you said that because I live in zone 7 and I took a lot from your year in Florida and I think if I have knowledge of the extreme hot climate and the extreme cold climate I can take certain things from both to apply to my climate. Much love, -Tony

[@Diniecita]

I LOVE gooseberries. They are such a treat each year. They produce fast and you can do so much with them. I think they are worth growing for sure!!!

[@RubinaMerchant]

Home grown food tastes totally different! Thank you. Want to start growing more already! Xx

[@lavona8204]

No joke. Home grown cilantro packs a punch! You don't need nearly as much.

[@melanieallen8980]

I love to see your excitement when you talk about growing vegies! Another great video! You do not have an annoying voice & you not not ramble on! Thankyou.😁

[@jessicaw3853]

Soo happy you mention Sunchokes/Jerusalem Artichokes 🙂 Great tips 🙏🏽 thank you 🙏🏽 for someone like me who intends to repurpose half the garden for food, and part of a Nature Farming communal garden (following Kamaguchi-san philosophy). Would like to add stinging nettle - which I eat as one would spinach. There’s always a patch in my garden where I allow it to grow. It’s available year-round and I even eat the seeds for extra boost (and make shampoo and fertilizer from the bigger, older leaves) Greetings from the Netherlands 🇳🇱

[@arifali6762]

Positivity in every aspect of this video is in ABUNDANCE. 🙏❤️👍👏

[@Nitrotix1]

Love beets, radishes, kale, and lettuce. Salads everyday

[@foreverirish132]

I’d love to see a day in your life and how that goes ❤️

[@CanadianPermacultureLegacy]

If anyone wants more cold climate permaculture, this is my jam. 5 year food forest, 100s videos from a Canadian engineer permaculture practitioner. I try to teach science of not just what to do, but why, and how it works. Watch Robs videos but check me out when you are done.

[@Robin.Greenfield]

@@CanadianPermacultureLegacy Sounds excellent! I'd love for you to make a video for my channel so I can feature you. Please email [e-mail]

[@Robin.Greenfield]

Faith, I will do that this year. :)

[@foreverirish132]

Rob Greenfield looking forward to it ❤️

[@CanadianPermacultureLegacy]

@@Robin.Greenfield wow that would be super fun. I emailed you! :)

[@VondaInWonderland]

I live in Albuquerque, it's super hot in the summer, and somewhat cold in the winter. I grow tons of chili and tomatoes and potatoes, and herbs. I have fruit trees too. I haven't been able to grow melons, squash, pumpkin, carrots, or beans. I tried greens this year and got so many mosquitos. I don't know what to do, but I just keep trying ♥

[@anticandmore]

Amazing video Rob! I did not know you had connections with France (I'm French btw). I have found (on the Internet) a way to store greens without a fridge and provide seeds afterwards. To give a chance to many vegetables to live forward even if you eat them. When I buy a cabbage for example I put it in a jar with water in it. Within a couple of days, it produces roots. When there are enough roots I put it back in my garden and it produces a long stem, then flowers and then seeds. I do not like to kill anything, even vegetables... It's a great way, and to store your food well and to regenerate greens and to respect Life in general...

[@837503845kuty38506]

I want somebody to look at me the way you looked at that squash 😂

[@dianteslater7490]

😂😂😂😂

[@gailwarrington3841]

Rob, mint will grow from a cutting. In the spring cut off the top and take most leafs off and place in water. It will grow roots and then plant out, will take a few weeks but really easy

[@debbiemusgrove676]

I’m glad somebody mentioned perennial asparagus. Love that stuff. Also horseradish is easy to grow in a great perennial. I know not everybody likes it, but I could eat it by the spoonful.❤

[@cherylcomento4649]

What you said about Jerusalem artichokes is so true I thought I had gotten all of them up from last year and they’ve taken over my 4 x 4 raised bed

[@arlene7057]

Broccoli and Broccolini ... I grow them mostly for the leaves...the heads are bonus...ABSOLUTELY my Favorite Green! ... also want to mention Figs, Persimmons and Asian Pears ... I Love my Asian Pear Trees 😁 ... GREAT INFO!!! ... Thanks again Rob! 😁🙏

[@JulieWolf]

Trying to propagate fig cuttings this yr in PNW. I know its done I just have to find enough sunlight (I'm in a forest). My Persimon didnt make it. Ill try again. Oh try planting the end of a cabbage for collard like greens. Delicious. It may even make anew head of cabbage. It was sitting in the back of the fridge all winter and sent out roots that spoke to me (plant me! plant me!)

[@annbyrne3186]

Where could I buy Asian pear tree

[@arlene7057]

@@annbyrne3186 i just bought mine at a local hardware store in the spring when they offer plants for sale...15 years ago... you might try a plant nursery 😊

[@fonkbonk503]

I live in GA and I have been growing nectarines and peaches and I will make some of them into jam

[@serenakoleno9338]

I have used 2 cinnamon sticks and a few whole cloves to can pints of peaches. No sugar necessary. Tasted delicious.

[@susannethigpen271]

I love beets--and I do eat the greens!! I even make a raw shredded beet salad with onions and oil and vinegar dressing!!

[@MFV77]

Yummy!

[@luxmirani6228]

Hi Rob... I currently recide in Germany... And see lots of pumpkins in autumn...never found the leaves for sale... Just wanted to add that u can eat its younger leaves as well...typically after the pumpkin harvest .. It is very yummy....it has a some finger nerves on the leaves.. so just tear the flesh.. leaving the nerves... Boil it in some vegetables broth or rice starch until cooked.. season with some chilli and coconut oil....

[@Abcxoxo-vt8tq]

I love my garden and i love it to growing up my own food. It's my Passion. Thank you for sharing the vid!. Much love and respect family! 💖 💖 💖

[@rkotitan10]

I will abundantly produce my produce of the abundance. Lol Love his vids, could listen to him all day!

[@SageRosemaryTime]

Definitely inspiring. your enthusiasm is catching.

[@ladytorres8323]

❤ A heart to show appreciation and keep your channel moving forward!!

[@elainesgardeningandc0oking53]

Early July--- now's the time to plant for fall harvesting! And I love gardening so much that I also grow salad goodies indoors over the winter, complimented with florescent lighting units. MUSKOKA, ONTARIO, CANADA...Zone 4a

[@eabird4358]

I'm so happy you said Sun chokes. I love them so much. How about walking onions and asparagus. Get older roots.

[@emilym155]

Zucchini’s are amazing too because depending how you cook/spice it can be sweet or savoury! My favourite is chocolate zucchini bread but that’s definitely not all from my garden 🥴

[@brandon7219]

Saving this because i just moved to South Dakota in winter

[@craigf2696]

How timely... Inspiration and uplift is so crucial to current events. Thank you 😊❤️.

[@lindseyzacek5211]

I've been following you since the beginning and I'm happy I did I'll never forget the video of you digging up that giant yam Vine

[@AnMarie711]

Rob your videos never get old. My husband just started watching and loves your work.

[@Olhamo]

Sandor Katz's book is wonderful.

[@LandElevated]

We might think you’re a pro at farming. We got valuable ideas from your video and we’re going to share your channel with our customers who want to start a farm. Thanks for creating this!

[@lelou12]

Even if you have really cold winters, you can leave your carrots in ground and harvest them in the spring, same with parsnips. They get sweeter from the cold and come out perfect! You can also store them in ground if you harvest them in fall. My neighbor puts her carrots in a feed bag and bury it 3 feet deep in her garden. They keep fresh and tasty, without a cold room!

[@cynthiapowers3469]

Love you man! I'm in Maine and growing organic food this year in plant pots. No GMO no pesticides , be well thanks for sharing your videos

[@eugeneson0108]

Good luck and God bless!

[@AngelLiu1]

I just started growing potatoes in a bucket so very looking forward to harvesting it!

[@marjoriegarner5369]

must have good light, drainage and cool temp to grow well inside.

[@dextra9753]

this is fantastic! my friend and i are talking about getting some land on the east coast and most videos like this are aimed at people who live in way more year round climates!

[@wendyburgess2962]

Good. I’ve finally found someone who can guide me on my particular climate. Woohoo.

[@foodforestfolderol]

For those in dry climates, many of the "invasive" plants do just fine without much water and don't grow so wild. Sunchokes have no problem and I don't water them at all. Grapes can be grown without water during the summer assuming they have sufficient water during the winter.

[@generalsmedleybutler340]

which region?

[@foodforestfolderol]

@@generalsmedleybutler340 I'm in northern Utah, USA

[@joelledebreilly1602]

Thank you so much for this video. I just started my garden this year, so nice to see your own food growing. Hope you like our beautiful country of France 🙏😊

[@poindextrox]

Thank you for being you

[@kathleenkaar6557]

Thanks for cold weather ideas!

[@Grandpa6696]

Looks like France to me 🥰🥰🥰 love from France 🇫🇷

[@claireshaw2980]

In the UK you plant in autumn and pick in late summer. It benefits greatly from a period of cold in order to make it split into cloves. Otherwise you get one huge single clove ( which is fine if you eat a lot of garlic I guess!)

[@jonlouis2582]

You said it Brother, you hit all our favorites. Would be lost without Rhubarb.

[@yossman7868]

Funny, I just watched your other video about your time in Orlando and asked myself what would be best to grow in a colder climate...Thanks for the content and keep it up. I think you are a great inspiration Rob! Much Love

[@izzzzzz6]

It's mint and chives vs strawberries in one of my patches.

[@barnabaskalydy6260]

This was exactly the one video I was searching for. Thanks a lot Rob!

[@brownielove4389]

Thanks for making this winter food video.

[@FidoHouse]

Really enjoyed this video. Love your enthusiasm!

[@OldReddingFarm]

Storing carrots in sand huh? Super interesting never heard that. Saw someone up in Alaska storing her carrots up in pine shavings . very interesting.

[@einfachweggehen2785]

Here in Europe this is a very common way to store carrots, and it functions very well. Put some humid (not too humid) sand in a bucket and bury the carrots. Than you can store them in a cool, but frost-free cellar for months. You can do so with many other root-vegetables also. Just try it :-)

[@kirstineschulzjensen7925]

we have always stored roots in sand for the winter

[@serenakoleno9338]

What other methods besides sand and wood shavings?

[@ifsheisgonetowherethere6259]

@@serenakoleno9338 I'd also like a video on building a root cellar like my grandparents had when my mom was a child. None of them are around anymore. Now I am the grandparent.

[@marjoriegarner5369]

@@serenakoleno9338 wash and thoroughly dry carrots, cut the tops off, so they don't re grow from the tops, and store in plastic bags(gallon size), in fridge veg bins. Dry them again as the weeks go by. Keep carrots, dry, in bags, in fridge, for months. Be sure tops of carrots are cut off, to stop regrowth. poke holes in the plastic bags so they have air circulation in storage. dry, but cold, is key. Sand doesn't work as well...it's heavy and a chance for mold. I tried it...not so good, unless temp and humidity are just right. Encourages regrowth.

[@jeancampbell4341]

So inspiring! Thanks from me here in a South African winter

[@Princesanti]

We'll begin!!!

[@dennybarber9360]

Hey Rob! I just stumbled across your videos recently and you have completely inspired me! I am starting my gardening journey this weekend in hopes of being able to grow most of my own food! I live in Oakley, California and my yard is just basically dirt and dried up weeds. I am going to completely overhaul everything based on all of the great information that you provide. Thank you so much for making all of these awesome videos!

[@Quike-1988]

you are great! you alwas makes me smile with your energy! thanks!

[@XEMIko79x]

Thank you for the free game. I am starting my homestead in about a month so I won't have the whole season to grow but man I can't wait to prep for next year.

[@JulieWolf]

I made a Google calender reminder for fall (Oct), repeats monthly email reminders until Feb to remind me all the things I can do to prepare for next sping's growing season. Start cuttings for propogation (Elderberry, hazel, figs, etc), plant kale/collards, garlic and carrots (July planting carrots and roots actually) for harvesting all winter, continue collecting leaves, prep garden beds, compost, bokashi, EM, Biochar, etc.

[@timothyjalbert9253]

Keep plugging on you can't control the weather. One year can be good for one crop the next year not so good even though you do everything right.If you plant different crops you should have a good crop of something.I really can't see how anyone live off only what you can grow so much work and pests.If you can start fruit trees I would get dwarfs and protect from birds.Dont forget perrinals.

[@Ann-jh9bn]

I was going to request cold climate suggestions from you. Thank you!

[@PetulaGuimaraes]

I'm glad you mentioned that beets are not that easy. Five years on and trying different varieties without much success. They are super susceptible to weather, soil and pests

[@loganpenney3185]

So amazing. I love these videos and they are very helpful. I want more!! Please do videos of you talking to your friends about their farms and videos of you planting and setting up beds in real time. Cooking with you would be so much fun

[@corax2012]

Rob is awesome! I can add to his comments on fruit trees. DO NOT buy dwarf or semi dwarf fruit trees. I have experimented ... at least in the north, stick with standard sized trees.

[@bonnieparker1238]

Wow! Best video ever! Thank you! You are overseas and I wonder why but not my business. Glad you know the US. Dang! Can’t say it enough, best video ever!

[@sleepingbeautyasmr8197]

Thank you for this information!! I live in the Northeast so this will be helpful.

[@tararauhu]

This is gold for me

[@smithy4121]

I like this video thanks, I did watch your other video about living off your garden but like others realised that I couldn't grow the majority of the things you mentioned as I live in England. I can grow almost all the things you just mentioned and the only reason I can't grow them all is space. As much as I'd love to grow pumpkins I don't have the space. This year I grew lots of potatoes in bags and we've been eating them since August I've just stored them in straw in the coldest room in the house with no heat on in there. I also grew tomatoes cucumbers beans carrots, leeks (which didn't do too well but I think that was my fault). Marigolds to keep away pests mint basil and chives and lettuce. I'm limited on space so I'm putting in raised beds this year to be able to do square foot gardening and grow more things. The other thing I look at is the amount of food I will get off the space it takes to grow it. So although carrots are good for storage I won't be focusing too much on them and just interplanting them here and there. I'm new to gardening and learning more all the time off you tube videos so again thank you x

[@jenniferpatterson4572]

One of the most useful videos I've seen. I really want to grow sunchokes and was lucky to find at the grocery.. Hope they grow.

[@alannabonita8209]

Thanks Rob. So much love to you from the UK. I hope you're having a good experience in France at the moment. If you do end up visiting the UK, I hope you get to visit your friend Mark in Ireland! And many other friends! Keep well, Alanna!

[@the2dreamers]

Hello there and thank you🕊

[@juminyt2554]

I have green thumb and move on to preserve them. Thank you so much.

[@lynetteperry3559]

love your knowledge i live in a cold area in Australia and i am glad to hear today's talk