We Start These 4 Seeds In February To Maximize Our Veggie Harvest In Zone 3

[@I.D.s-illegal-world-wide]

Howdy Y'all, Erv here. Wonderful To See Ya again Dave... Magnifi-Sent Girl Amanda... Yer vids also bring back fond memories of Sacred Goulais River, my ole "stomppin Grounds" as a Youngster and often skiing on/at Buttermilk Hill...Maw n Paw had a farm up on The hill just N/E of The ski resort... and Grampa had a farm down off of 552, where They worked The Land with horses up until 1967, Then He finally bought a Tractor... wood burning cook-stove (also heated The house in winter) with hot water reservoir included, an out house of course Ha Ha and natural root cellar outside under a big mound with wooden doors built into The side and a dirt stairs leeding down under into,it... constant cool Temp year round... i remember goin To General Store, visiting folks Thru-out The areas country side n Takin Gramma To church on Sundays with Two Horses n wagon... i remember Black Bears feeding on The choke cherry bushes Thru-out The property and The bears even lookin in The windows of The Farm House from time To Time... Thanks for The memories and Thanks a "billions and billions" Ha Ha for sharing Y'alls Master-full Homesteading expertise with Us all !

[@Wilderstead]

Hey Erv! Make sure you get in touch if you're ever back in the area for a visit!!

[@I.D.s-illegal-world-wide]

💚Thank You !

[@FulbrightFarmstead]

Another excellent video, thanks guys! That is a great tip about leaving a few onions in the ground so they will flower the next year, I will have to try that this year. Celery is definitely a toughie, so congrats on your success with that!

[@frankieboy2417]

I started fermenting weeds I pull into my small garden, all weeds stuffed to the top of a five-gallon bucket, and add water. Two weeks is enough but a month is best. It stinks as bad as manure but it hasn't through a cow and all the nutrients are still left. I water mixed with water barefoot as if you get it in your clothes it STAYS. Glad I found your channel.

[@Moore2Lifepantrylovinprepper]

I feel ya on the short growing season. I am in NW Montana and we have 106 days even tho I am two zones higher than you at 5b. I think it's important that new growers understand there's difference in hardiness zones and first and last frost dates. We are fortunate tho that we have very long days in the summer, sun goes down about 930- 10 pm so we have lots of long day varieties to grow. Super glad I found your channel!

[@Wilderstead]

Yes, it's much the same here. Very long days in the summer, so it kinda makes up for our shorter growing season in a way. Thanks for joining us, glad to have ya!

[@ravincathomestead-cecilia2894]

Great advise, take care and stay safe and warm

[@Wilderstead]

Thanks, you too!

[@differentfins]

So awesome to see a fresh video!!! Been waiting a while!

[@Wilderstead]

Long hibernation this year hahaha!

[@ForeverFalling153]

Wow. Zone 3. You 4:34 are actually in a colder zone than my 4b. Oh well, Im still learning from you. Thanks gor the advice on adding seeds to my asparagus.

[@KatelynDawn]

OH OUR ZONE!!! Subbed - very excited to watch your videos. Fellow zone 3. Are you 3a? Our frost dates are May 20 - Sept 20 approx. in Winnipeg.

[@Wilderstead]

Our last frost is usually early June. First frost usually in September but has happened in August. Welcome! We originally started this channel when we lived east of Winnipeg in the Richer area. We’re now beside Lake Superior in northern Ontario.

[@bushmoose1730]

Great inspirational video Dave! For some reason I didn't see the notification when this video came out, glad I caught it! Heading out to the shed to get my bags of potting soil so it thaws and will be getting a few things started this week.

[@ThorHavenFarm]

This is awesome!! Thanks so much!

[@Wilderstead]

Yarrrrrrr!! Now go give those cows some treats!

[@PloughmansBackyard]

Great video! Great info! Thanks for sharing 😊

[@Wilderstead]

Thanks for watching! Glad it was helpful!

[@offgridwanabe]

Oh my it is that time again I kept some of those little yellow tomato seeds I got last year from you as they were delicious. I love your videos they are really a help to beginners like me.

[@Wilderstead]

It’s that time again alright!! Glad you like those tomatoes. They are our favourite variety that we grow! Hoping the rest of winter goes by nice and quick!

[@Li_lwichhomestead]

So happy to see you guys again another great informative video 💜

[@Wilderstead]

Thanks! Glad to be back. That was a long break! 😊

[@WILLITGROW]

great tips dave its crazy how well you do in zone 3

[@Wilderstead]

Thanks 👍 - every year we learn a little more and the gardens get that much better. Cheers!

[@bettinah.7429]

Great info in this video Dave! 👍🏼

[@Wilderstead]

Glad it was helpful!

[@bettinah.7429]

@@Wilderstead it was. I always miss starting the early stuff at the right time

[@Wilderstead]

@@bettinah.7429 I’m going to try to stay on top of this topic and get videos out explaining when and why we plant, so hopefully that will help keep you in schedule with getting seeds started

[@carolynmoody9460]

Blessings ❤️

[@RemsFamily]

Great informative video! Well explained and this should help new gardeners as well as more experienced

[@Wilderstead]

Glad it was helpful!

[@coastdweller69]

There you guys are!

[@Wilderstead]

Finally back!

[@gamespun4440]

Thank you for the awesome info!!

[@Wilderstead]

No problemo!

[@mynorthernfarm7324]

Another great video, ill be firing up the green house soon ,got a better wood stove for it

[@Wilderstead]

Excellent!

[@littlehomesteadbythebeach]

Peppers are being sow this week end. All the onions and leeks were done last week and are beginning to pop up! I'll do celery too I think.

[@Wilderstead]

Thats a good head start!

[@Goldenhawk583]

Great advice.. somehow I think my house does not have the space :( Well, I dont have the money for heatmats and lights either so:P But again, great advice.

[@lostcreekcabin2021]

Hey buddie . Since you have a hot zone 3 climate , could you spare one of those zones for up here 😃

[@Wilderstead]

😂 sending one up for ya buddy! Hahaha

[@YoungbloodFamilyFarm]

Dave and Amanda, Great Video and Great Tips. I have seen some natural replanting of my asparagus, however I think I like your method better, groaning family means more asparagus. Question, how have you seen or prevented cross pollination with pepper and saving their seeds?

[@Wilderstead]

We try to keep some separation between the varieties of our sweet peppers. The hots are all crammed into the hoophouse, in separate blocks. We haven't seen much in the way of cross pollination with any of them, maybe we are just lucky with that aspect, not sure. The varieties are consistent from year to year with our saved seed though.

[@kaitlynhalley7197]

Very informative. We are in the same zone as you guys. When do you start tomatoes? Do you start your cucumbers, beans or peas indoors or directly into ground even though it’s so cold until June most years. We have so many green tomatoes every year so hoping to get better at this cold climate gardening. Awesome video! Thanks so much!

[@Wilderstead]

We start our tomatoes late march and early april. They tend to grow a lot quicker than peppers once they've popped their heads out of the soil. Cucumbers and beans we start inside a couple of weeks before we expect to plant them outside. We'll also direct sow some of those two into various spots here once the soil warms up. Helps to extend the harvest on both of those with some succession planting. Peas go straight into the ground. Hope that helps!

[@MiAnUAcres]

Great video! Do you.thin your celery? I guess my question would be, does 1 seed give you 1 celery plant with multiple stalks?

[@Wilderstead]

We usually allow a couple of plants to grow per cell. 1 seed does give you an individual stalk, with many ribs. when we harvest in the summer, we are only harvesting the outer ribs from each individual stalk, then chopping and freezing the celery as the season goes on. Towards the end of the season we'll start harvesting full stalks once the weather starts to cool down and growth slows down. We usually put away 6-8lbs of chopped frozen celery to use all year long. Hope that helps!