Vegetable Garden Tour #1: Everyone Can Grow a Garden (2023) #18

[@Mrdesidownunder]

So nice to see the little Nancy amongst all beautiful informative garden tour. Thanks for sharing

[@peggylyden7943]

You speak so clearly, and explain things so well. I have recommended your videos to people who are just trying gardening for the first time. I also pick up hints, and I have been gardening for 50 years! 👩🏼‍🌾

[@SusansInTheGarden]

Thank you, Peggy! I really appreciate your kind comments and also the referrals. Have a wonderful garden season!

[@darlenesmith2456]

Nancy was a lovely addition to the garden tour ❤

[@aldas3831]

Sorry Susan, but Nancy stole your show today! 😂 how adorable!

[@SusansInTheGarden]

Ha ha! She's a cutie, isn't she?! It's hard to get any gardening done but that's OK.

[@aldas3831]

@@SusansInTheGarden 😊

[@takeitslowhomestead5218]

Thank you for an inspiring tour! 🌱

[@startasmallgarden]

Hi Susan! Love your vegetable garden tour. Thank you for showing and sharing.❤

[@SusansInTheGarden]

I'm glad you enjoyed it!

[@josenoriega7744]

Thanks for sharing this nice and didactic video. I really enjoy watching your garden. Thanks Susan. Happy Gardening.

[@SusansInTheGarden]

Thank you so much, Jose!

[@josenoriega7744]

@@SusansInTheGarden ❤️

[@AcornHillHomestead]

I saved the seeds from our Pac Choi and just tossed them over the soil. They grew like crazy and our soil is nothing to crow about!

[@SusansInTheGarden]

That's great!

[@mollysmith6055]

Your garden is looking great, Susan. Thank you for the tour and showing us Nancy. Your garlic bed is stunning. After this year of my horseradish horror I hope to be back to growing nice garlic in 2024. On the bright side, the garlic bed is loaded with Red Russian Kale volunteers. I think I'll just pop on a floating row cover and be grateful for the surprise crop.

[@SusansInTheGarden]

There you go!

[@capecodcottagegarden]

Your garden is looking great! And Nancy!!! So magical ;)

[@SusansInTheGarden]

Thank you! And yes, Nancy is very special. She and another chickadee will be in my next video!

[@dustyflats3832]

Birds are so funny. Had my garden wren visit in GH today. She must have liked the size of the house😅. Those chickadees are so friendly. As I was watering yesterday I looked up and there was one a couple feet away watching😊

[@anglinacres]

Very interesting, I enjoyed your video

[@SusansInTheGarden]

Thank you!

[@deirdrecollins3987]

Thanks Susan. I grow in Southern Ireland. It’s been slow going here this year. Carrots took almost 3 weeks to germinate ( longest I can remember) and I pre sprouted my parsnips inside and I’d almost given up. Wet and cool persists. I enjoy your calm, educational vlogs very much.

[@SusansInTheGarden]

Hello, Deirdre. It's wonderful to meet you! The warm weather we've been experiencing is very unusual for us this time of year. Our high temperatures are going to drop by about 30 degrees starting tomorrow! Crazy weather. I'm so glad you've been enjoying my videos. Have a wonderful garden season!

[@beckysteinmiller338]

Lovely garden! Enjoy your blogs and books!

[@SusansInTheGarden]

Thank you, Becky!

[@dustyflats3832]

In Z5a, WI we’ve had a warm winter. It’s been temperature extreme all the way until yesterday. Hooray! 🎉 I think spring has arrived. You are a bit farther than I am. We had 32*F night before last. I started some brassicas in WS jugs a couple weeks ago and hope they catch up. The Brussels sprouts did not germinate so I need to hurry up and get some more. I will definitely be using netting on the Brussels sprouts as they were difficult to clean. I have a couple of raised beds and plant onions about 5” apart in a solid mass in all directions as I did last year and they did great. We planted last year’s potatoes last week in a new bed so not sure how they will do. The celery I am growing in bags half filled as were yours and set them in a kiddie pool to ensure they get plenty of water when they need it. I have to pop a drain hole in the pool yet. They are bog plants so they should love it. It’s the only way I can ensure they will have the moisture they need. It’s worked great so far as the celery has been low enough in the grow bags and easy to cover because of cold spring weather. You are in Walla Walla country and planting onions😂. I understand. I’m trying those this year and Ailsa Craig, Patterson, Blush, Spanish Sweet, Redwing and Sierra Blanc. 😂we like onions also. The Blush are our favorite so far and kept well. I still have some leeks and scallions and a bunching onion that are new. There is so much to do it seems at once, like fencing for our second garden/orchard. Husbands friend said, that’s why they make tomorrows 😊. However in gardening sometimes timing is important like now they are calling for chances of rain for a week. Well, can’t really do too much when the soil is wet and our spring is so short so the show must go on. Sooo excited to get garden stuff out of house and switch plants out in GH! 🤪👏🏼👏🏼🎉🎉👩‍🌾

[@SusansInTheGarden]

I should clarify that this much of warm-up is extremely unusual for us! And, tomorrow, we will drop almost 30 degrees. Good ol' Mother Nature is having fun with us!

[@dustyflats3832]

@@SusansInTheGarden 🫣😅please keep the cold we don’t want anymore here in WI🤣. I think we are getting your rain chances all next week. I don’t like March and having a March weather all the way until beginning of May is more than this kid can handle. I had cabin fever so bad I have 3 flats of celery and 4 of onions😳. I won’t even begin to tell you about Tom’s and pepps. What was I thinking? When you say unusual temp extremes that is spot on! We had 90s for 1 week in April and ended with 6” of snow by weekend. Our winery friends lost many grape buds. That’s what I’ve been worried about are all plants and trees getting confused. The orchard I’m starting I aim for the latest bloomers I can find and the hardiest. They say to get plants that will survive at least one zone colder than where your at-I try, but that is limiting. I will say honey berries/haskaps are tuff. The one last year was blooming the ones I just planted were not quite settled yet and took a bit of a hit. Planting like crazy as the evening lows are to be mostly 50*F-I hope.

[@donnamullins2089]

Garden looking great. Thanks for the tour. Hello to your new co-host Nancy. How fun.

[@SusansInTheGarden]

I'll pass along your greetings to Miss Nancy!

[@donnamullins2089]

@@SusansInTheGarden Be sure and give her a treat,

[@joycedagostino8869]

Thank you so much for reviewing your onions and mentioning which are good keepers. I tried winter sowing this past winter and it worked well for quite a few things but didn't try onions so may try that this winter. All of your seedlings look great too. I used grow bags this year to test how garlic do and so far they seem to coming along.

[@SusansInTheGarden]

Sounds good, Joyce!

[@j.b.6855]

Nice tour. Its interesting that 5b can be quite different in some areas. You had a cold winter, 5b south of Chicago had a mild winter. I started hardening off warm weather plants today. At this point our gardens are close, but your ahead on the number of plants, and likely will continue to be. Different gardens, different plants. I cant wait to get the melons in, but they just popped out of the soil in the 3'' pots.

[@SusansInTheGarden]

Yes, the different regions can be so different, even when we're in the same hardiness zone.

[@Micah6-8walk]

Strong growth! My 5b onion starts aren't nearly as far along as yours. We need to squint to see our green sprouts. Curious how you will water your grow bags? That is our struggle as they seem to require more water than our raised beds. Happy gardening!

[@SusansInTheGarden]

Hi there. I neglected to mention that we will be using drip tubing to water the potato bags. It just isn't hooked up yet so we're temporarily hand-watering them.

[@fb2659]

Thanks for the tour, Susan. I've been harvesting the outer leaves of the garlic I planted in the fall. I wonder, does that hamper the growth of the garlic heads?

[@SusansInTheGarden]

Hi there. That will definitely impact the growth of the garlic heads because those leaves are conducting photosynthesis, which is what provides energy to the bulbs. If you want to harvest garlic leaves, you might consider planting extra softneck garlic cloves because they form more cloves than hardneck garlic plants do (not sure which type you're growing), so you should still get some cloves. But overall, it's not a good idea to harvest the leaves. Sorry!

[@annettefluit3496]

Just curious, what is a groe bag made from? Do you keep adding 3 potatoes with each added layer of potting mix?

[@SusansInTheGarden]

Hi, Annette. No, we'll only be adding more potting mix and compost to the bag.

[@marykappesser5145]

My broccoli and kale that were started with winter sowing method do not look nearly as good as yours. This is the first year that I am using raised beds and I added what was supposed to be composted cow manure. the look and texture is very woody, and I am thinking it is more a mulch than a potting mix. Do you think it is tying up nitrogen? I added blood meal 2 weeks ago across the bed, but they still are not growing. I live in SW Ohio, zone 6b. Any ideas?

[@SusansInTheGarden]

Hi, Mary. Well, that's frustrating. Sometimes products do contain an awful lot of wood fiber, etc. It's possible that it is tying up the nitrogen. I think it's good that you added some blood meal since that's high in nitrogen. I would give them a bit more time to perk up.

[@lynnslifestylecorner1054]

Where did you get the copper rings?

[@SusansInTheGarden]

We made them and they're a do-it-yourself project in my book, The Vegetable Garden Pest Handbook. They're made with 3" diameter plastic drain pipe and paper-backed copper tape.

[@carollem5580]

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[@carollem5580]

I enjoyed this video so much, you answered alot of my questions. I'm wishing all a great summer gardening

[@daviddeininger2938]

You have a cute friend joining you in the garden. Nancy is a fun surprise. Lorraine