VLOG - Planting Lavender, Artichoke and Eggplant in Our EDIBLE LANDSCAPE

[@epicgardening]

Oh man, I know the feeling of getting a book done! Rooting for you brother!

[@NextLevelGardening]

Thanks! Trying to enjoy the process👍🏼😊

[@leslienichols5268]

I love Epic Gardenings ' book! Especially the soil section.

[@songtann]

Omg Kevin. So good to see my two fav gardening teachers are supportive of each other.

[@skyemanning3978]

I’m excited because currently I have a lavender plant that I actually managed to keep alive for the first time ever and it’s in bloom right now and this was my seventh try

[@MichaelRei99]

Brian , thank you for that window into your private life. I feel like I know you a little better. So looking forward to the book! Maybe when you get the book squared away you can work on the merch. Edible garden is looking great. Don’t worry about your timeline. I’m sure I can say I speak for everyone that we completely understand and it’s worth the wait!!

[@taferntole]

Hey, hang in there. Seems you’re a bit stressed out. All will be OK. One day at a time... THANK YOU for all the amazing videos, but please don’t feel like you NEED to make them for us if you need some time off from that. If you do, you MORE than deserve it. THANK YOU, and ALL THE BEST. PS Stay safe.

[@1949chefjojo]

Your hard work is paying off. Your Neighbors will enjoy it too. Happy Gardening!!!

[@QKitchenandBeyond]

I get up early and stay up late.. As a single mom with 3 daughters with ADHD, two of which also have autism as well as the fact that I, TOO, have ADHD, my routine stays the same every day..Thank you so much for sharing this part of your life with us.

[@bowtielife]

Fellow ADHDer here. Been dealing with it for over three decades, before that I just thought that was how the brain was supposed to work! Morning routines... I so applaud you! I really don't see how you can be writing a book! WOWSERS! You're awesome!! 😎

[@judyfolkers4167]

So proud of you! Thank you for letting us into your personal life a little, the respect is real for you.

[@louiseeyahpaise795]

Strange times, everyone is off kilter a bit these days, don' t sweat it. Just keep doing what you're doing. it's good to have a daily plan of action, it's all about routine, you get things done. Can't wait for the book. making your own mulch! excellent idea!! Have a great day Brian. 👩🏽‍🌾🙏🏽💖

[@penniesgram]

Thanks for sharing your progress with your book. I so enjoy watching your videos and look forward to your book!

[@debraornouski8632]

Yes give yourself some grace! loved this video and thanks for sharing your morning with us.

[@Cordelia0704p]

I'm way behind this year. Also have ADD. I get up at 5:30 and have the same morning routine every day too :)

[@debbiep7419]

What an enjoyable video. It was nice to get a glimpse into your non-gardening life. I also find I'm most productive in the morning, that's when I usually go out to my garden. Please don't feel like you're behind. I get a lot more inspiration and encouragement from youtubers who have struggles and setbacks like the rest of us. And you do have a lot on your plate with your expanding garden and now a book! Looking forward to seeing you plant your Birdie Bed. Thinking about getting one myself.

[@NextLevelGardening]

Thank you Debbie! I really appreciate you and your ongoing support ❤

[@SanDiegoRealEstatewithLynnor]

Brian, you are genuine and awesome! Keep it up. Can’t wait for your book to be released.😊

[@diannrichards581]

Omg! I simply love your channel and videos!!! Brian you're awesome! Thanks!

[@Rose-xo1mk]

I want you to know how wonderful I think your videos are. As I work on my garden and learn to grow new things...I always research your videos. I've never attempted a "fall/winter garden until I watched you. I already have mine planned out. I'm very excited about it! Just wanted you to know this as well as to Thank you from the bottom of my heart! My beautiful little garden is my Happy Place and I Love it so very much.

[@farmerbob4554]

I like your planting shovel. Looks like it’s a well-used favorite. Maybe an intro to a video on your favorite garden tools? I wouldn’t be without my floral rake and Hori-Hori! Continued success with the book. Can’t wait until it’s released.

[@pattyclarkson3]

Thank you for sharing! I noticed my 1 and only artichoke, which I planted last year, started having issues. So I pulled the wood chip mulch away from it a little and that seems to have helped. It's looking healthier. We'll see over time. I have 2 more that I started from seed this year and need to plant. I'm praying they all do well. I LOVE my lavender plants. I find the garden is always an experiment. 💕☀️🌱

[@savegraysoncats]

Holy crap. I have ADHD and I could never write a book or anything with that kind of long term deadline. I quit working as a chemist just because of paperwork. I now work in industrial maintenance. You writing a book on task blows my mind

[@melissasullivan1658]

Hard same! It’s very impressive.

[@annmoy8932]

Thanks for sharing more about your life, Brian. No worries about the timeline. Looking forward to reading your book one day. By the way, that new shredder you have is amazing!

[@MarkVicars]

Love the VLOG style! Great video!

[@NextLevelGardening]

Thank you!

[@tarahodgson3495]

Just googled Next Level Gardening Artichokes because I just purchased seedlings and I knew you were putting them in your edible landscape so I wanted to see how you grow them...and this popped up! Perfect timing!

[@alysonbaker939]

I am a morning person too, loving the quiet. I also need routine. Thank you for sharing ‘you’. I feel like I’m behind this year too because the ice went off our lakes weeks earlier than normal. Calendar wise, I am right on schedule. My baby plants are growing well under lights in the basement. From now until ‘last frost date planting’, timing is a balancing act between weather and plant maturity. Our last frost date is mid May but anything can happen here in MN so I wait to late May/first of June. Thank you again for sharing.

[@cheripierre9029]

I'd love to be back in SD and able to grow a garden most of the year. Especially artichokes 😋

[@NextLevelGardening]

Yes. I'm spoiled

[@leslienichols5268]

Thank you for a glimpse of your writing routine. What a 15 months this has been for you!

[@nanarose3496]

Love this vlog style and that you shared a bit more of your life with us. This was inspirational in terms of your discipline. I so need to do the same. I have a very dry patch of land on one side of my driveway and have been trying to decide what to do with it. I know now it will have lots of lavender. Thanks as always for the inspiration and wisdom. ❤️❤️❤️

[@PlantPerson58]

I planted some lavender in a pot this year. I didn’t know about the special growing conditions so this was super helpful. Thanks Brian! I still hope you know what you’re talking about because I am so buying your book when it comes out.

[@MrFooqair]

I keep 2 lavender by my peas, cukes and zucchini to attract more pollinators. It worked last season. I also have a sacrificial oregano and a few cilantro I let bolt to feed mason bees. They swarm it like crazy!

[@sjschultz]

FYI Next Level Gardening- smaller numbers representing thicker wire gauges and higher numbers signifying thinner wires. (see 9:05)

[@NextLevelGardening]

Didn't know that. Thank you!

[@erinwoods4151]

I think having a routine is helpful for most people but I know it really helps my ADHD daughter to keep up with things.

[@NextLevelGardening]

It's a must!

[@rivitraven]

Routine is definitely helpful for adhd. I suggest also waking her up much earlier than needed to help keep her adjusted in the morning and prepared for the rest of the day and be able to study and finish homework be able to have proper meals be able to do chores and much more. Infact even i have adhd and i wake up 3 hours earlier than i need to so that i can sleep-in without consequences of i need to and so that i never end up late to work. This is especially true because sleep issues are so common in adhd, waking her up earlier forces her circadian rhythm to naturally fall asleep at an earlier, more appropriate time of the day rather than at like midnight and the such.

[@Fawn62312]

Thanks for the ADHD tips! I struggle getting anything done. I'm not a self disciplined person or a self starter

[@shervin6711]

That shredder looks AMAZING! Thank you for sharing! I have been looking for an electric one.( Less maintenance, lighter weight) But this looks good too!

[@FunnySurpriseToys]

Hello Dear Friend! Thank you very much!😊👍479

[@tulle7358]

Thank you for sharing your daily routine with us 🙏 up until yesterday I felt so behind but I finally got the things done and today I feel I’m okay and can take a break- now we just wait for summer and some warmer weather 🌞😊 I still have ton to do but those are aren’t things that need to be in doing spring or from seedlings or seeds so im taken a day off and staying in watching some other people doing garden works 😀😘 And your doing it great by the way 😀 👍

[@PaullaWells]

You're doing an awesome job staying schedule with the book. I am certain the project manager is impressed considering you are a first time author. I fee like I am behind this year too. That freeze that decimated my garden really took the oomph out of me and I am struggling to regain the excitement. It will come I am sure, but I'm sure wishing it would come on already. 🤣

[@4rosebirose371]

Omgggg I literally subscribed after you said your not a morning person. I have never been either...lol 😆 love your videos!!! Your awesome!!!

[@nataliyavolkodav320]

This year it looks like a lot of us are behind. I just take it one day at a time and try to focus on the things that really matter. Will be waiting patiently on this book! Roses and lavender are the best combo 💜

[@karenlatham4053]

It's going to be fabulous!

[@NextLevelGardening]

I hope so!

[@denipar69]

Oh man! You had me at the wood chipper!! I absolutely NEED one of these! Now I’m spending my morning googling them and how much in Canada! 😜😂👍

[@iambilly]

I like this....this is good (forgive me, I'm just dropping my thoughts as they happen) ...its organic, natural, it flows nicely...i like it. I'm a creature of habit as well and when something challenges or breaks a habit I tend to look at it sideways...but this feels like a natural progression, not forced or scripted...its different enough from your standard to get my attention but familiar enough to be comfortable with, it feels like you are talking to me. I like the background noises too... makes me feel like I'm there...this is good...this is good.

[@DonnaLorenzen2009]

I'm behind with my planting due to getting a late start on expanding my garden. The great advantage of being in zone 10 is I still have a lot of growing season left. I'm in 10b and my spanish lavender is perennial.

[@AlvinMcManus]

Lavender and well draining soil! Okay explains why my lavender are so happy on the side of my house as the soil, (if you can call it that) here is so well draining that the county doesn't like septic in this area because the percolation (called perk) rate is so high, 1 to 8 inches or more per hour. Yeah, ponding is never a problem around my casa unless there is a membrane involved.

[@lisaf568]

I loved how you shared your morning! You make us feel so welcome, I feel like you could be my neighbor, I WISH you were my neighbor!

[@mariaw3673]

I live in zone 9 in California with clay soil, triple digit summer and cold below freezing winters and have been growing lavender for over 10 years, they thrive here. You are correct that they do not like any plant food of any kind. Word of caution: lavender does not like to be transplanted. I have never had success moving a lavender but I know nothing about seedlings, hope they survive for you. I have found that the French lavender grows best here and is the best smelling and used for many of the teas, potpourri ect. . I am starting another wonderful smelling edible garden area. So much fun for the grand baby, safe and fun for us both. Thanks for these videos, I have learned so much about vegie growing.

[@joanies6778]

Congrats on your book progress. Well deserved! I just planted lavender seeds in my front garden. Unfortunately, the one I had there last year (which I grew from seed and transplanted) did not survive our -25°F freeze a few months ago. At least, it has not come up, yet, though other perrenials have started. Where I lived in Oregon, lavender survived as a perennial and got quite large.

[@nellanddudley]

I know all about ADHD. I have morning rituals/body habits too. It works really well for me. Truly looking forward to your book!!!

[@thegermangardener6226]

Thanks for always posting great videos

[@NextLevelGardening]

You're welcome! Thank you for watching 😊

[@laurenannkattner7030]

I'm going to try to put mulch down 1st before transplanting. That's new to me.

[@bonniebell1104]

Hey Brian, I watched a short video review of a shredder and they recommend that if you want to do 3 inch branches make sure that they are very dry. Like cut this year and shred next year kind of dry. We live in Canada and have tons of maples and loads of pines. A good wind storm will certainly make me consider buying one. Take care.

[@rkng1]

I started artichokes from seed several years ago. We planted them not expecting much. They got about 5 feet tall. They'd appear to die off in winter then come back and sometimes another plant would appear. We finally removed them after about 5 years. They would produce multiple small artichokes but they were trying to take over the garden bed where I also had strawberries growing. I've switched to mostly raised beds and pots. Easier on my aging back. I don't think artichokes would do well in raised bed. When I took mine out, they had very deep roots. I live in PUGET Sound area and we do occasionally have snow and summers are not hot especially compared to Central California

[@laurieanne9712]

And as happens, I'm planting lavender--thank you!

[@Melanieallen968]

Good tips on the lavender..Im so excited, my artichoke seedlings are growing..2nd day of spring in Australia. Yaaayyy.😁

[@IrisCrain]

I'm inn NW Arizona, so my planting season is probably close to yours, so only feeling behind because I'm just now getting my thoughts around planting seeds. I'm also ADHD, so, big surprise I'm behind, LOL. I'll have to look for your book. Much love from Arizona!

[@JodyLSTidwell]

Love this video. Thanks for sharing!!

[@blackbones15]

Keep me posted on the eggplant, and problems they can have. I have eggplants and they were struggling, and even stunted for a while.

[@slample6608]

Watching this video 2 years later ... What did Brian throw into the soil with the eggplant? I don't think he said, or I missed it. Thanks

[@lori6115]

I think you might grow a different variety of lavender, because I am in zone 6 (A or B is questionable) but my lavender comes back. I do have to admit that it doesn't "thrive" so every 3-4 years I replant, it's my favorite scent!!

[@Lykzabet]

Brian could you continue to grow that lavender in a pot container like the one you removed it from to put in your bed if you thinned it out a bit? I’m very envious of your mulching machine! 🇦🇺👍thanks for all your videos I recently subbed and have some binging ahead 😉

[@angelayoung6616]

I have a tomato growing in the window sill of a 🍅 plant. This is so cool.

[@SpiceyKy]

Man. I would love 💘 to chop up my own mulch!

[@genemathis9393]

I watch all your videos and have followed all your advice what can cause whiles in my tomatoes.

[@CaliberDawn]

Love to know if you r/will be growing any summer/winter squash and beans this summer! I’m growing Blauhilde and Dragon beans as well as kabocha squash and rampicante.

[@emmab.1328]

Love your videos!

[@NextLevelGardening]

Thank you!

[@cindydolezal2980]

Those artichokes are going to get huge. But they are beautiful plants and! they make artichokes!!!!

[@melissasullivan1658]

Morning B, happy Saturday. Well no wonder I felt you were a kindred spirit, I’m also diagnosed adhd. There’s definitely benefits to it (our focus can be unstoppable when we are enjoying ourselves), but habits? Utterly crucial. My sweet spot is 10am. I have the energy and, frankly, the mood to get stuff done. I’m totally useless by 4pm. 😂 As for the prescribed meds, I hated them. But I’ll let you in on a little secret: microdosing mushrooms was - hands down - the best med I ever tried. No symptoms or side effects whatsoever, and only one thought at a time. I’ve been without since the pandemic and only due to my habits have I been functional. Just something to consider as the research industry embraces the substance more. Seriously: congrats on the book. Knowing youre adhd makes your success even more staggering. Mazel, friend. 💚

[@carolynnmarie5716]

I have ADD and this was great

[@shadowcrash333]

How is your timing so good!? I'll be thinkin hmm I want to plant Lavender then BAM how to lavender!! XD

[@vicwickgardens9174]

Now I need a shredder. Thanks 😁

[@NextLevelGardening]

Lol. I waited 30 years for mine

[@vicwickgardens9174]

@@NextLevelGardening We have a bit of land here with a forest. We have insane amounts of leaves. This could be the best thing ever. But we just spent about that much on a snow thrower so I will have to wait. But now at least I know it exists. And I will get one when I can 😊

[@geofffangerow4560]

The lower the number the thicker the wire not the other way around.

[@judymckerrow6720]

It sounded like you were digging into wet sand💚🙃

[@nagasvoice8895]

Your link for the chipper is same as for the lavendar vid, please confirm where to look for it? So glad you found one you like - I've been thinking hard about getting a shredder for ages, and all the old ones I've ever dealt with were terrifying and unsafe.

[@butterflycruz2]

Thank you for sharing..I can relate with the ADHD, I struggle with it so much. I'm going to work on setting golds to help my days run smoothly, so I can have more time to learn all of your tips. Love ur channel..even more now Thanks 😊 #TheSlapstickGardener 💚🌱👩🏽‍🌾

[@melissaa9326]

Yes!!! How did I not know about your ADHD? ADD/OCD here. I need certain routines to get through the day. Great job Brian! Proud of you.

[@NextLevelGardening]

You didnt?? Well... I can relate. Thank you ❤

[@dedebites7378]

I live in Tennessee so we are warm all the way to December and cold only jan feb March I thought about using a greenhouse during winter to start plants but have u ever tried????

[@NextLevelGardening]

You could definitely do it!

[@brendalucas15]

LOL, no planting here until after May 24th!

[@dih1268]

Don’t know if you get notification when some one adds a comment… but… WHERE IS YOUR EPISODE that showed how you took a lavender cutting, dipped in root stimulator, and placed in a clay pot?!!! I can’t find it anywhere… Maybe you could do a follow-up with the success or failure and include the different species of lavender - which would be better. I had a GREAT lavender and gave it away thinking I could just get another and it’s a different kind and I do t like it. So, I’m going to attempt to get a cutting from the one that I have away and pray it works! Can you help?!?!!

[@rogertwose7614]

Hi - just watched meyer lemon espalier from 2 years' ago. Can you post a progress update please?

[@robynmorris2408]

I have always wanted a shredder and everyone tells me I am crazy. I am going to check out your new one and keep it on my list.

[@NextLevelGardening]

So far I love it!

[@olat1273]

@@NextLevelGardening you have got your Christmas gift and you will û

[@Rose-xo1mk]

Forgot to mention...we live in Florida. Doesn't get really "cold" here until the end of Jan or Feb.

[@rickeshpatel4025]

This year was a bust in a sense that i live in 10 a/b in this amazing and long spot that producing hella food but this year it still isn’t good weather. Not rainy at all or sunny just under 50 lows and cold. Summer could lead to even worse fire season than last year 😬

[@shirleyk623]

What could be the reason for little brown spots on my pepper plants, leaves, stems and fruit? They're not flea beetle damage. I have that too. I was wondering if you might know what it is with that brief description. I've been using 2 asprins with my liquid fertilizer per one gallon. The new growth doesn't have those spots on it. Thanks in advance.

[@kikigamble4315]

Hi. Can you give me an idea of what size pot your lavender came in( the one you planted)? I 'm trying to get an idea what size of pot to do my transplants in. Thanks. Peace to you and yours

[@nwinning]

i love your channel, but the number of ads is very distracting. I totally understand the overwhelm - sometimes life gets in the way. And hot weather has snuck up on us here. We have to give ourselves breaks as we need them. You're doing an awesome job!!!

[@conniemcgehee2851]

Artichoke plants get huge won’t they overwhelm your roses?

[@emilybh6255]

Did you get artichokes this summer or did you plant them after it had warmed up too much so they didn't get to go through vernalisation? Evidently they need 250 hours of temperatures below 50 degrees before they will bloom. I'm in 8a and want to grow some but I'm getting conflicting info. The info on the seed packet says they can be perennials in zones 7 and above or in areas that don't get colder than 14 degrees. Our low is about 20 degrees. . I'm in 8a and we are still getting warm days and coolish nights and still haven't had a hard freeze . Based on the seed packet info, I thought I might be able to direct sow some seeds but I'm not sure they will germinate (or even if they need to germinate right away). I thought I might put a cloture over it to create a greenhouse effect to help keep the soil warm so it can germinate and baby it through the winter if necessary. Or maybe it will grow when it is ready to grow without a cloture. No one around here including Clemson University Agriculture extension seems to know much about artichokes. Johnny's, where I got the seeds from is located in Maine! Evidently they are mostly grown in California. I'm in NW SC. Most people around here seem to start them inside like you did and plant them outside in the early spring. But doing it that way, it seems they would not go thru vernalisation because it warms up so quickly here. What is confusing is if they can tolerate 15 degree weather, why do people wait until spring to transplant them? Also by missing vernalisation it seems the plants would not bloom the first summer . What do you think? Have you ever heard of people planting them in the fall the way garlic is planted and then allow them to germinate and grow when they are ready after being kept in the soil for a winter before blooming maybe not until the spring?

[@andreanash7646]

I kinda wanted to watch you shredding 😁

[@SallyWooten]

fyi: 18 gauge wire is smaller in diameter than 16 gauge wire, not larger. New to your channel

[@angelaraum1545]

With planting in containers is there anything special to do? Or just use regular container soil?

[@araslintakas9135]

I thought that there should be a gap between the plant and the mulch, yet you put the mulch right up next to the plants. Is that OK?

[@TheRealJohnJ10]

I tried artichokes last season with very little success… Do you think you can devote a video to Artichokes?

[@2krain22]

Still cold in Indiana

[@davidl.williams7366]

Hmmmm. I just got my new e-book on Amazon today, and I didn't know what "spread" meant, either. But that's OK, 'cause Kindle doesn't show 2 pages at once.

[@monosek1157]

Can you do a video on walking onions 🌰? Ty

[@patiguti7068]

Hi! I'am a guatemalan-switzerland......living in Switzerland. Thank you for your videos. I have a weird question... i have being doing gardering for almost 20 years!!! Knowing nothing....during this 20 years. I have succeeded tomatos, salades and zuchinni......since I know many things more.....And I applied them.....my success is less..... ☹️😩.....why???? Knowing nothing=success.....knowing more=less success.....weird ....why????

[@gwendyrose8905]

One of the biggest mistakes I've noticed a lot of gardeners make is that they sometimes over think things. When we don't know a lot, we typically spend less time "caring" for our plants. Once we know more, we want to "care" for them more. But, that usually means things like over watering, over fertilizing, over pruning, over mulching, etc. So, my recommendation: see if there are things you may be "over" doing. Remember, Mother Nature is pretty good at handling things on her own. 😉 We are just there to occasionally assist. 😊 Good luck & a bountiful harvest to you. 🌱👍

[@gwendyrose8905]

One of the biggest mistakes I've noticed a lot of gardeners make is that they sometimes over think things. When we don't know a lot, we typically spend less time "caring" for our plants. Once we know more, we want to "care" for them more. But, that usually means things like over watering, over fertilizing, over pruning, over mulching, etc. So, my recommendation: see if there are things you may be "over" doing. Remember, Mother Nature is pretty good at handling things on her own. 😉 We are just there to occasionally assist. 😊 Good luck & a bountiful harvest to you. 🌱👍

[@eileentenenbaum1613]

It looks like you put the lavender KZbin under the shredder details. Can you fix it?

[@NextLevelGardening]

Thank you. Fixed!

[@markmcmonagle6794]

How long do you leave your drip line on for?

[@barbarafinley4246]

I'm so glad to know lavender is intrinsically difficult to grow from seed! I'm a newbie gardener and want some to attract pollinators so I started with around 20 seeds hoping to get 3 or 4 bushes. At this point, I have 1 that sprouted! I'll be happy with that if I can then propagate from it next year. Otherwise, I happened to see lavender trees at Walmart yesterday... 🤔🤷‍♀

[@joanies6778]

Hope you don't mind me sharing under your comment, but if you want pollinators this season, try Borage. Honey bees love it, it's prolific, and a self seeder if you leave it up that long. I planted various flowers last year for the pollinators and was amazed how lush the borage got. The beautiful blue flowers are edible as well as the tender leaves, which can be made into tea... there are other health uses for it, too, but I mostly grew it for the bees. My neighbor loved it so much, I am giving her 2 seedlings to plant in her yard. I would recommend a stake or little support if it gets full size because the branches on the 2 I had in the vegetable bed got quite stalky. This year I made a wire cage to plant them next to the bed, which still draws all the polinators to the area. Happy bees make this gardener happy!

[@barbarafinley4246]

@@joanies6778 Thank you. Actually, I have several things I'm planting for pollinators. There's not a lot of guidance out there on growing lavender so was excited to see someone talk about it. If it's not too late, I've been thinking about trying borage. Again, thank you.

[@eileentenenbaum1613]

Can I add perlite to my soil to help the lavender drain?

[@NextLevelGardening]

Yes

[@eileentenenbaum1613]

Is the shredder listed somewhere? Maybe I missed it.

[@NextLevelGardening]

I forgot. It's there now

[@drewsenthused6079]

This is the first thing I've written since 2004.

[@jimdonaldson3420]

The 17th of May is a Monday???

[@NextLevelGardening]

Yes