Why You Should Add Mustard to Your Garden!

Although it's really cold in some parts of the country, we're already thinking about spring planting here. We're only a little over a month from planting potatoes, and so it's time to start getting our potato plot ready.
But first, we have to do something with all this mustard! Join us as we talk about all the benefits of growing mustard in your vegetable garden to reduce your pest and disease pressure.
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[@gatorpixeldoctorrepair4878]

I missed your videos from Hoss. I hope you can be just as successful here.

[@LazyDogFarm]

I appreciate that!

[@hazeysgarden]

I wonder how well this would work on a 8 x 4’ 5” tall raised bed. I have this one bed that I built several years ago when I first started wanting to plant a garden, but it ended up just sitting there for years until this year I finally ripped everything up out of it. Now that it’s cooled off a bit I’m realizing the weed seed bank in that bed is massive from just sitting there for 4 years untouched lol. Once I harvest everything out of it I was going to tarp it to hopefully get rid of most of them weed seeds, but a cover crop & then tarp sounds like a much better idea.

[@ryanwillett728]

I learned something today, thanks!

[@LazyDogFarm]

Our pleasure!

[@kjrchannel1480]

You make tilling look fast and easy. My Maxim can be a rodeo ride, but it is built with quality in mind.

[@LazyDogFarm]

That Grillo is a fine tiller. It's a little heavy to turn around, but it has the differential which makes it easier. I like the fact that it drives really straight once you get it going in the direction you want. I can hold it with one hand and it doesn't veer much.

[@yoopermann7942]

when i used to grow mustard greens, and i was done harvesting them i ran over the beds with a lawn mower first then i rototilled the beds to get them ready for another crop of greens

[@LazyDogFarm]

You were doing biofumigation then!

[@lauras5312]

Thank you for sharing 😊

[@LazyDogFarm]

My pleasure 😊

[@evec.1933]

I love your cover shot with the yellow mustard!

[@LazyDogFarm]

Thanks Eve!

[@duncanosborne4469]

Talking about planting potatoes there here in the UK we usually start planting them around March as we have been known to have snow In February which then pushes us back to end of march too mid April

[@LazyDogFarm]

Definitely don't want to plant them and have a freeze after they've emerged from the soil.

[@rickthelian2215]

Travis can’t wait for the potatoes planting...

[@LazyDogFarm]

Me neither!

[@markware7748]

I had to wait for the final score before commenting. Georgia folks are justifiably standing tall today. Go Dawgs. I'll have to say that using the glucosinolates in mustards to suppress nematodes and reduce pathogen load is brilliant. Tarping the plot afterward is the cherry on top. Any beneficial bacteria harmed in that process should be able to re-establish pretty quickly.

[@LazyDogFarm]

While most would call that an "ugly" game, it was oh so beautiful for the Dawg faithful.

[@FreeAmerican]

@@LazyDogFarm Hopefully it won't be 8 years before we beat them again.

[@nancytharp8213]

Thanks for sharing 🙏 😎 🏖 🏝

[@LazyDogFarm]

Thanks for joining us Nancy!

[@lisakukla459]

Used billboard tarps are the most underrated gardening tool ever. Mustard seed seems to be up there, too.

[@LazyDogFarm]

Mustard seed can vary greatly depending on the variety. Some of the spicier varieties designed for cover crops are definitely more pricey than some of the standard varieties usually grown for consumption.

[@treasuresabound0062]

@@LazyDogFarm could you please tell source and variety name for good spicy variety of mustard to help recover from summer okra nematodes?

[@LazyDogFarm]

@@treasuresabound0062 True Leaf Market has a mustard cover crop blend that works really well. I want to say it's called "Trifecta" or something like that.

[@treasuresabound0062]

@@LazyDogFarm THANKS! your channel is by far where i get the most useful info (in your same zone) appreciate ALL your work and shared info!

[@creative227]

Using cover crops is also called ‘green manure’ by some organic growers. This video is the first I’ve seen on KZbin using this method. Seems like an excellent pre potato planting step. I’m happy I found you. I garden in Fayette county GA.

[@LazyDogFarm]

Yes, that's one of many great benefits of cover crops -- adding all that green manure to the soil.

[@jeffmann6187]

Travis your the man, that was outstanding cover crop expertise !

[@LazyDogFarm]

Thanks Jeff!

[@markb3129]

Good to see your garden still producing, our broccoli, cauliflower and even the cabbage bit the dust from the wind and temperature ( i guess ) a couple of Mondays ago. I've never had cabbage get devastated like that. Hopefully the onions and garlic will survive. 🤔 ✌

[@LazyDogFarm]

Cold temps are one thing. Wind and cold temps can really do some damage.

[@markb3129]

@@LazyDogFarm that's for sure, like we have March winds in January, short pants and ldf tee-shirt one day and blowing cold the next. Oh well garden got tilled and ready for the spring . Can't win them all 😁. ✌️

[@timfetner8029]

Never fails, Travis. I always feel a little bit smarter after watching your videos. Was thinking about options for no-till plots with regard to mustard cover crops. What about collecting the leaves/debris from mowing the mustard and making a tea or drench which could then be sprayed on the plot?? Do you think that would be an option that would work or are the glucosinolates in a gaseous form that wouldn’t be captured in a liquid? And since you were talking “tater time” I fully expected an appearance by the awesome Titus. Imagine my disappointment😄. And congrats to Dawg nation on the win last night.

[@LazyDogFarm]

Titus will be in full force on tonight's video, so stay tuned for that. As far as the mustard goes, I'm not sure if making a tea would have the same effect. When incorporated into the soil, those glucosinolates are converted to isothiocyanates (I think I've got that right) and that's what does the natural pest control. I don't know if that conversion would happen in tea situation or if it has to be in the soil to happen. If you're strictly no-till, I think a better option might be to use a fork and manually "turn" some of the mustard debris into the soil after mowing.

[@lindahipple4817]

Hi Travis, I grow mustards also for bio-fumigation with my taters as well. One year I had lost most of my taters due to wire worms. I was devistated..so I learned the bio fumigation trick(from you) and I've had wonderful taters not just flavor but quanity. If any small plot gardener has problems with wire worms then please try this method. I consider myself a small time gardener now and I value everything I plant, grow, &harvest..it just tastes so much better. One year I tried the fall oriental radish(minuase) and no affect..I did not try the radish used for wasabi yet but thats' a future project.. happy gardening!

[@LazyDogFarm]

Thanks for sharing Linda! And glad it's working well for you!

[@mistyfinley5615]

Hi I was just wondering what if you had some mustard greens that you already pulled from the garden and you’ve already cleaned the bed and put fresh compost down - could I just tear up some of the mustard greens and till them into the compost ? I was prepping my bed and going to cover it to rest before I did my potatoes but I am really liking the thought of what you are doing and really like to hear about a natural pest preventative

[@LazyDogFarm]

You could do that, as long as the leaves were still green and not wilted.

[@bigl4765]

Thanks again Travis!

[@LazyDogFarm]

You bet!

[@lynnes3659]

Good to see someone can still get out and be in the garden now. Thank you, for sharing your information with us, I had no idea about the benefits of spicey mustard as a cover crop. I see Poorboys' Little Home Stead issued you another challenge to grow the Kellogg’s breakfast tomato this year, good luck and as always thank you.

[@LazyDogFarm]

Should be a fun little competition between Eddie and I. Thanks for watching!

[@lisakukla459]

Omg that's my very favorite tomato! I dream about it all winter. I'll have to check out this Poorboy's channel and see what they have to say about it, and if they struggle with it as much as I do.

[@kennethlatimer4607]

Great info as always. I will try this in my little garden in Florida . Pest and disease prevent any summer gatdening.

[@laurierich5161]

Going to try cover crop over the winter next year up north. Great video. And congrats on the game. We were rooting for Georgia.

[@LazyDogFarm]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@CattywampusAcres]

Always learning from yall brother!

[@LazyDogFarm]

Appreciate that!

[@WhatWeDoChannel]

I enjoyed watching the video! What a great process that is! The man made nematode fumigants are really nasty, it’s great to have a natural solution like that! I think nematodes aren’t as much of a problem here in the North as they are down south, I remember reading that we should just add organic matter and not worry about them too much. Klaus

[@LazyDogFarm]

Yeah they're not a big deal up there. But I was talking to the potato guy in Maine the other day, and he said they've been doing it for years and it works well for them even way up there.

[@sdfft820]

Have you thought about keeping the tarp on the plot during the growing season and burning holes in the tarp for planting?

[@LazyDogFarm]

You'd want to use landscape fabric for that and not a heavy tarp. These tarps can be a little pricey and our row spacing is always changing, so I wouldn't want to ruin a tarp by burning holes in it.

[@kevincrane9935]

Be a lot cool if you did..love it.

[@MsSara246]

I ordered some tomato seeds from totally tomato based on your seed catalog review they are slow on shipping hope they get here

[@LazyDogFarm]

Busy time for most seed companies. Hopefully they'll ship them soon for you.

[@Forevertrue]

Thanks Travis, very informative and useful! Georgia and Bama are on while watching your vid. I live in East Texas though I went to Kentucky. '78, National champs in Basketball that year too. Go Dogs in this one!!! SEC!

[@apiecemaker1163]

Roll Tide 😉 and God bless. I’m actually not a football fan but my husband is so I had to plug for him. Lol

[@LazyDogFarm]

How Bout Them Dawgs!

[@apiecemaker1163]

@@LazyDogFarm OMGoodness yup. They beat us soundly. 🤦‍♀️

[@p.guyton4589]

Good afternoon When will you have ball caps back in stock? I’m learning from every video. Thanks

[@LazyDogFarm]

Picking some up from the embroidery company today. Hope to have them on the site in the next couple days.

[@coolpop19]

ALL my turnip are bolting here just west of Savannah Georgia

[@LazyDogFarm]

Dang. That's a little early for that to be happening.

[@michaelrice968]

I have nematodes bad my soil. My soil is very sandy. I have lost of oak leaves that I spread onto my garden area before I till and get it ready to plant. I live in Okaloosa County in northwest Florida. What is the ideal time and the earliest time to plant trifecta mustard cover crop. I also would like to plant an over wintering cover crop. My first frost date is 20 November. I really enjoy your programs. any help would be greatly appreciated.

[@LazyDogFarm]

I'd plant the mustard in late September or early October.

[@apiecemaker1163]

I don’t have nearly the gardens you do but after I pick my greens and look them, pull the stems, etc, I throw all the extra greens we aren’t cooking back into my raised beds. I do this with all kinds of vegetable leavings. Kind of like composting in my raised beds. I compost also in a regular pile. How are your compost piles coming along?

[@LazyDogFarm]

Compost bins are coming along nicely. We'll be adding more in the next video on Wednesday.

[@apiecemaker1163]

@@LazyDogFarm 👍👩‍🌾

[@larryjames304]

Great video.

[@LazyDogFarm]

Thanks Larry!

[@markware7748]

Are you considering rolling the tarp back over the newly planted seed potatoes to keep them moist and snug until they break ground in a week or two? I thought I remembered you saying that you might consider that technique. Then again, I often remember things that don't seem to have occurred.

[@LazyDogFarm]

If we're having unusually wet conditions, I will do that.

[@scottwhite4645]

Travis, go to thinking as I was watching this video..if bio-fumigation helps control nematode and fungal issues; what effect does mustard have on Mycorrhizae fungi? The mycorrhizae are supposedly beneficial to plants acting as network to get nutrients from the soil to the plant? If you weaken or kill off fungal activity aren’t we doing more damage than good? Hope you can help make sense of all this? Thank you !

[@LazyDogFarm]

Supposedly it only kills the bad guys. I haven't found any research that mentions it harming the existing beneficial soil biology.

[@scottwhite4645]

Thanks !

[@UrbanWhiteBuffaloFarm]

Hey Travis I'm all in 100% on the glucosinolates and the ITC's. I like the chop and drop and tilling all at once 123 done. MY question is as the potatoes are in the nightshade family and this works for them how would this do for the other nightshade vegetables eggplant, tomatoes and peppers???

[@LazyDogFarm]

It'll work great for any nightshade, or any vegetable where soil-borne diseases can be an issue.

[@ECole-le7we]

I am a new gardener, and I only have 2 raised beds (3x6) here in NC/Zone 7B. I will not be growing taters this year or any year probably as I do not like them. I do like sweet potatoes; but since I have limited space, I am thinking of putting them in a container or some sort. Would you still recommend mustard for me to try in the fall as a cover crop? (We used to eat mustard growing up, and I liked them.) Or would you recommend something else as a cover crop? Right now, I just have my beds covered with a thick layer of chopped up leaves.

[@LazyDogFarm]

Sweet potatoes are in a different family than "taters," so they're not really related and don't typically have the same pest issues. That's not to say that a mustard cover crop wouldn't help. If you like eating mustard, grow it, eat some, and chop the rest into the soil.

[@halsmith2174]

Travis, I have found a source for Pacific Gold and White Gold mustard - Not "Kodiak Brown". Is this a specific variety or a "Brown Mustard" which I found? Thanks.

[@LazyDogFarm]

Those varieties will work well too.

[@halsmith2174]

@@LazyDogFarm I found the Trifecta at L. A. Hearne Seed Company 1# for $10.77 + $13 Shipping!!

[@laneeacannon1450]

If you can, it's best to chop and drop then add compost on top instead of tilling, which is bad for the soil.

[@LazyDogFarm]

That wouldn't provide any of the biofumigation benefits. For the biofumigation to work, the chopped leaf material has to be incorporated into the existing soil -- not sandwiched between the soil and a layer of compost. The compost shouldn't have any pathogens, so no need to biofumigate it.

[@bbtruth2161]

Great info! Got a few big bags of mustard on hand just for this purpose. Glad to see your back is feeling better! Do you have a good source for those silage tarps?

[@LazyDogFarm]

If you have a local Agri-Supply store, you can usually get them in a 100'x60' roll and cut them yourself. That's the cheapest option. Some people also find a local billboard company and use those. The next option would be to order from an online vendor like Hoss. They have the smaller ones precut.

[@bbtruth2161]

@@LazyDogFarm Thanks very much for the reply! Will start looking. Getting tired of burning through flimsy tarps.

[@UrbanWhiteBuffaloFarm]

Hey y'all, Go Dawgs Georgia Bulldogs and Roll Tide Alabama I love both of these schools and teams SEC #1 and #2

[@LazyDogFarm]

How Bout Them Dawgs!!!

[@UrbanWhiteBuffaloFarm]

No doubt they beat a real good team!! great game so close until the end So It's GO DAWGS for a year now!

[@Titus-as-the-Roman]

Just curious, are these the kinds of mustard's that when gone to seed, it can be collected and used to grind, etc. and make your own custom prepared mustard condiments. Much like hot sauces I enjoy different prepared mustards from across the world, I specially like that pungent almost horseradish like German mustard. I never gave it a thought of making my own, unlike your situation I would only grow these for that reason.

[@LazyDogFarm]

I also enjoy those specialty mustards. But I have no idea what varieties or techniques they use to harvest the seed.

[@janedoe3095]

Brassica Hirta is the plant that produces seeds used for American mustard. It might be interesting to mix a few different types of mustard seed together to create your own mustard.

[@laneeacannon1450]

I'm trying Osaka mustard this year. The packet says it's used in making wasabi condiments so it's the spicy kind you're looking for. I'm excited to taste it.

[@lisakukla459]

Ooh, what a fantastic idea! I think you should definitely try it and just go nuts! If I had space I'd be all over this. P. S. Have you tried the Bavarian whole grain mustard from Aldi? It's awesome. Makes a salami sandwich [chef's kiss]

[@janedoe3095]

@@lisakukla459 when I lived on the west coast I had so many different mustards but on the east coast there aren’t nearly so many options. A friend got so tired of hearing me whine about it she found a place online and bought me a case of my favorite cranberry mustard Do you know how long it takes to use a case of mustard? LOL

[@wwsuwannee7993]

I've never tried bio fumigation, sounds interesting. I noticed that kale in your mustard plot was still kicking...isn't that amazing! I have volunteer borage in my cover crop plot that is actually blooming in January... zone 8 same as you. My potatoes grow in sacks(easier to wrangle), but this method sounds like it would work particularly well after okra if your having an issue with nematodes.

[@LazyDogFarm]

Yeah that kale had made it over a year!

[@waynec3121]

Go Dawgs

[@LazyDogFarm]

GO DAWGS!

[@MalkiZee]

Hey did you find a retailer for those pots you recently showcased? Couldn't find them on the greenhouse website.

[@LazyDogFarm]

I don't think they've added them yet since they're so new. As soon as I have some links, I'll share them.

[@brendaglanzman2066]

If you live in a cold climate like Minnesota and growing season is very short, can you do a cover crop and leave it through the winter, then till it?

[@LazyDogFarm]

Yes you can. That's the way to do it up there. Plant in fall so that it can establish itself, then it will be winter-killed.

[@JulianJP21]

Hey Travis i save a bounce of mustards,i wanna make a tea to spread in some raised bed...Do you think can it work?As always thanks for share 👍

[@LazyDogFarm]

Not sure a tea would have the same effect. It could, but I don't really know. I would suggest chopping the leaves and using a digging fork to lightly incorporate them into the soil.

[@JulianJP21]

@@LazyDogFarm Thanks very much Travis!!I asked because i found on internet some "fertilizer"or product, against nematodes whit fermented mustard leaf.Also promise other benefits....if it worked it would be great for us gardners!!

[@jamestomlin5525]

@@JulianJP21 look into jadam, similar to what you've read but much better

[@pjnelson414]

Have you tried strawberry paw taters? I learn alot from you. Thank you. Hope my tater growing will improve this season. But i am gonna try the mustard cover crop. Im in 6a so not sure when i can plant it like you do

[@LazyDogFarm]

Have not tried those. You'd want to plant mustard in the fall at least 60 days or so prior to your first average frost date. That would give it time to grow and establish before things got really cold.

[@pjnelson414]

Thanks bunches

[@jonlewis6630]

I am thinking I may plant some red Pontiac this year. I have a small garden, about 15x30. I have to plant on time or I get all messed up with timing. It has been two years since I planted potatoes.

[@LazyDogFarm]

Red Pontiac is a little more forgiving as far as planting times go because it's a fast-maturing variety. But planting on time is always a good thing.

[@leahness3588]

LOL!!! "It would be alot cooler if you did".

[@bigl4765]

Do you think K. Brown mustard will kill/suppress root maggots? They overwinter and feed on my fall brassicas and have become a Nuisance during spring brassica growing. I sowed most of my garden in K. Brown cover this fall-hoping to suppress them. Thanks Travis

[@LazyDogFarm]

Not sure about root maggots as I don't have issues with those down here. I would think it would help. Also, tillage will help some of those overwintered pests. All things in moderation though.

[@briankubik5041]

Trying to think how to use that for a organic situation may be grow it them mow it then put (Hay or straw) then after 7 or 14 days move the hay or straw then put potatoes on the ground then recover the potatoes?

[@LazyDogFarm]

It really only works unless you chop the mustard and incorporate it into the soil.

[@jamesstandley4584]

Flea Beatles Love My mustard greens here in 8A Horatio South Carolina. Would I have the same problem with a cover crop of the spicy varieties?

[@LazyDogFarm]

Maybe not as much. I don't seem to have any pest issues on the cover crops of mustard I grow. But I do get those pests on the mustard we're growing for food.

[@scottwhite4645]

Travis, Need your help! This could apply to any variety..I want to grow a variety of cabbage called “Gunma”. Bejo’s the distributor and has an avg. maturity date of 72 days. Fedco has it at 110 days…I realize these dates are just guides but a 38 day difference? What gives? Sure’d appreciate your help. Thx

[@LazyDogFarm]

It could be a typo. But my guess it that one is listing days from transplant (Bejo at 72) versus another listing days from seed (Fedco at 110).

[@scottwhite4645]

@@LazyDogFarm Thanks Trav..BTW how’s the “Imperial” broccoli coming along?

[@sarahmcqueen2319]

Great video Trav!! Can you grow potatoes from potato peelings? I feel dumb asking that but I have lots of foliage growing in my compost but I’m curious if that would produce anything underground?

[@bren8652]

My mother used to do this. You don't get as many, sometimes hardly any but it is possible.

[@LazyDogFarm]

As long as there is some "meat" attached to the peeling, you probably could. Cut potato pieces would probably do better though.

[@jeanproctor987]

@@LazyDogFarm It absolutely does work to plant potato peelings with a little of the flesh. I peeled some Yukon Gold for a few meals for 4 people in late October 2021, placed the peelings semi evenly in some good garden soil with a sprinkling each of wood ashes and bonemeal, and on Christmas day harvested enough 1-2" gold gems for a large family meal (15 people). Warm southwest Georgia late fall + potato peelings = 3 pounds of food in December + seed potatoes for February. Peel the eye end of the potatoes 1/4" thick, all the rest regular thickness, but plant all of them right away so they don't dry out. I bought my seed potatoes (all extremely high quality) from Woods Prairie in Maine a few years ago. Love the company. Now I keep my own seed potatoes to plant.

[@sarahmcqueen2319]

@@LazyDogFarm ok yes sir that makes sense, thank you!!

[@sos9028]

Wondering if it would work well for tomatoes in central Florida....

[@angryidahobusdriver]

I recommend. It can improve soil overall. Check out other cover crops such as pea, and Daikon raddish.

[@LazyDogFarm]

@SOS Yes, it would work for any crop where soil-borne disease issues are a problem.

[@imoreviews8611]

Could expand the garden by adding edible mushrooms that kill nematodes year round... Like Garden giant mushrooms, for example.

[@LazyDogFarm]

Got any video links showing some of those?

[@imoreviews8611]

@@LazyDogFarm kzbin.info/www/bejne/ina1p2trl56eqKs here ya go, pal. Paul stamets is a well of knowledge. You just need some grainspawn

[@paulmoore8496]

If mustard is killed by a freeze can you still get the biofumigation benefit immediately cutting and tilling or is it better to wait for warmer weather and possibly getting some regrowth of the mustard.

[@LazyDogFarm]

Good question. I've heard of folks doing it both ways. Not sure which way actually gives you the best biofumigation benefits.

[@suepatterson2702]

So, I've been growing Giant Southern Red and Southern Green mustard for eating. When these are finished would it pay to leave some stems and chop them into my containers? How long should I wait before planting taters?

[@monicasherman1575]

My question exactly.

[@LazyDogFarm]

@Sue Patterson The leaves are what really contains all the glucosinolates that do the biofumigation. So you'd want to chop and till when you had let them regrow a decent amount of vegetation.

[@UrbanWhiteBuffaloFarm]

I would say two weeks is about the best waiting period giving the opportunity to spread out and set up in the soil.....you want the leaves as well as the stems

[@JolleanSmith]

Ok I am saddened we are not discussing the brand of mustard that should be used in accordance to the thumbnail 😂 Good info as always, thank you!

[@LazyDogFarm]

I'm not super particular on a specific mustard brand like I am mayo, but I do enjoy a good spicy mustard.

[@CoyoteRayG]

Where did you get the tarps from?

[@LazyDogFarm]

These came from Hoss Tools.

[@gatorpixeldoctorrepair4878]

Does the mustard take up a lot of nitrogen from the soil?

[@LazyDogFarm]

It doesn't seem like it does.

[@Chris-bx4vk]

I prefer Grey Poupon 🤴

[@LazyDogFarm]

Pardon me sir, do you have any ...

[@mutantryeff]

Via the internet, I hear there is a potato at the White House

[@monicasherman1575]

It must be true! Lol

[@LazyDogFarm]

Haha!

[@Sssanbo]

you might not be effected, but I worry about bagrada bugs, they like mustards

[@LazyDogFarm]

We get pests on the mustards that we grow for consumption, but they don't seem to bother these spicier varieties as much.

[@nkc9788]

Where do you recommend getting the cover crop?

[@LazyDogFarm]

I get most of mine from Green Cover Seed (greencover.com/). But I think I got the mustard blend from True Leaf Market (www.trueleafmarket.com/collections/cover-crop-planting-seeds/products/mustard-seeds-trifecta-power-blend-mighty-mustard).

[@nkc9788]

@@LazyDogFarm thank you.

[@teresathompson2020]

Does that affect the worms in the soil?

[@LazyDogFarm]

Nah. The one-time tillage may disrupt them a little, but I don't think the mustard itself will.

[@travisevans7502]

Don't know why but I have never grown any kind of potatoes I guess it seems like to much work for something so cheap at the store even with that being said I would like to try at least once to see how much better they taste than store bought.

[@LazyDogFarm]

I think they're worth growing just because it's fun and you can grow varieties that you can't get in the grocery store. But yeah, if you're just growing basic red potatoes -- probably not cheaper to grow your own.

[@jeffmartin693]

Have you planted onions behind Mustard?

[@LazyDogFarm]

I have not because we usually plant the mustard in early October and onions in November. So it wouldn't really work for onions with our planting schedule. But for those who don't overwinter onions, it should work well.

[@bonniemiller4371]

Ugh! I'm disappointed that I can't squirt mustard on the plot and get the same results ;-) Seriously - I have used Wood Prairie and Gurney for my seed potatoes. I should point out that I have only ordered seed potatoes one time in my life and that was last year. So I don't have a boat load of experience with either vendor.

[@LazyDogFarm]

Not sure where Gurney gets their potatoes, but pretty sure they're dropshipped from another grower. Wood Prairie actually grows their own seed potatoes. I like to try and buy from the source when possible.

[@laneeacannon1450]

I heard Purple Vicking potatoes from Gurney is the best. Going to try it.

[@michaelmorris1802]

2021 will indeed be a year I will not forget... It's January 10... I still have nice looking summer squash growing, and producing, a little slower than in the spring, but still unheard of. Still picking bunch beans... again something completely crazy. You might be wondering why did you even plant those in the late fall... lets just say I believe I have a decent understanding of a few things, Sammy isn't sharing with us, so far I seem to be doing OK. My English peas are still flowering and producing... this is completely unheard of for me at least... haven't harvested 25 pods in several years, we just blanched and froze our second picking tonight, and have at least one more picking for sure... if it doesn't freeze (I'm not sure it's going to actually) maybe two... my plants are still going strong. Some of them are probably 6 ft tall... just crazy... I don't think I've ever grown an english pea plant past 3 feet before. I have carrots that I'm gonna have to pick unless something changes, and lastly... I have just a beautiful stand of marigolds growing in several places, and they are just blooming happily. Can we get some more of this global warming next year? The answer is most likely yes, although I don't believe for a single minute that carbon is a significant contributor. Lets just say I'm not buying what they are selling... I have other thoughts. But yes, it's coming soon, and I am going to have to get out there myself, and terminate some cover crops for my potato plot. Gonna have to get me a tarp or two... I like that idea of trapping some of the gasses.

[@LazyDogFarm]

Sounds like you've been a busy man in the garden! I think some of the temperature trends are more noticeable up north than they are down here. In talking with the guy at Wood Prairie up in Maine, he said they can tell a significant difference in winter temps over the last decade or so. What's actually the cause? Who knows.

[@foghornlh7592]

Wait a minute… Hold the phone. You’re not growing corn dog plants are you?

[@LazyDogFarm]

I love a good corn dog. If there was a corn dog plant, we'd surely be growing them. lol

[@philup6274]

Some1 must have just bought stock in mustard.

[@LazyDogFarm]

I was not aware you could buy stock in just mustard. lol Maybe one day ...

[@larryjames304]

Be a lot cooler if you did

[@allenhickman5914]

Actually I prefer ketchup over mustard… LOL… just kidding. Actually I planted some mustard in with my cover crop back in September.

[@LazyDogFarm]

If you're already planting cover crops, it's always a good idea to mix a little mustard in there.

[@scott1122]

So your not adding yellow mustard to your soil lol

[@LazyDogFarm]

We are adding yellow mustard to our soil, just not the kind in a bottle. lol

[@cochise2423]

damn, my grandmother had a better mustache than that.

[@LazyDogFarm]

Lol ... doing the best I can.

[@nickka2009]

can i put clover and mustard cover crops near my established fruit trees to improve the soil around my established fruit trees?

[@LazyDogFarm]

I'm not sure the mustard would do anything there unless you incorporate it into the soil. But the clover could help.

[@nickka2009]

Thank you

[@peggyaycock107]

Where can you buy the mustard seeds?

[@LazyDogFarm]

We got these from True Leaf Market.