I view alot of youtube gardening channels but a few of my favorites are MIGardener, The Gardening Channel with James Prigioni, Gary Pilarchik The Rusted Garden, The Millenium Gardener, Roots and Refuge and of course yours. These are the ones that I am subscribed to because there is always something new to learn even if it doesn't directly apply to my gardening.

I have a friend who was adding lime to her soil every year because the Yanke Gardner told her to. But, we live in Idaho which is a high desert and very alkaline soil. I think she finally believed me.

Gary from the rusted garden. He’s a fantastic teacher.

This is one of the best garden videos I've seen in a while. Honestly, the idea that one expert doesn't have the answers to every issue could apply to most things we deal with in this modern world. And kudos to you, Scott. It is only be understanding our own limitations that we can overcome them. As a community (in this case, of gardening you-tubers), we can be more powerful than you can possibly imagine. Thanks.

Shout-out to Nature's Always Right for talking to lots of gardeners in different areas and learning how they adapt.

I appreciate people who own up to their mistakes, more so that try to correct them.

Great video! This is so important. There is no one size fits all when it comes to gardening. Even within the same zone. I watch your content regularly and learn so much valuable information, but I'm in the foothills of the smoky mountains in zone 7. It's incredibly hot and humid here. Not to mention wet! We're in a temperate rainforest after all. My conditions are just about opposite of yours in most ways, but I still learn and apply your information when i can, or adjust it to my situation. Square foot gardening is very popular, but not a good idea here because the close quarters and hot humid air are a perfect recipe for fungus. I had to learn that the hard way, but that's the process. I've learned the value of clay and how to amend it. Clay is quite nutritious and isn't the villan it's been made to be. Just needs some love, but doesn't most backyard soil? I agree with you, Scott. Know your conditions and exercise discernment (which also comes with time...and failures). Always so very much to learn. Love your confident and humble attitude. Blessings.

This attitude is why you are the person I most recommend to people who are starting gardening or want to improve. I tell them what I’ve learned from you “Experiment in your garden and see what works for you”. Thank you for sound advice and not acting like a “know-it-all.

I find the best way to get specific information on my garden is to stick with local experts. They know the soils, climate and pests of the region. For more broad knowledge I look for channels like yours. I also was taught from a very young age how to think vs what to think. This isn't taught like it used to be... Applying deductive reasoning, the scientific method and learning from my own mistakes and others mistakes is crucial to obtaining and retaining knowledge on the subject at hand. I find more often than not on KZfaq, videos of successful gardening and very few failures. It's the Facebook effect applied to KZfaq. You only get to see the good side. If we share our failures and wins at gardening we can all learn from the experiences. Sometimes people's ego can get in the way of great learning lessons.

David the Good. His book Compost Everything, has changed the way I view soil.

The first KZfaq gardener I found was Sean's Kitchen Garden in the UK. Yes, I knew I had to translate to my growing conditions, but I learned a lot from him and enjoyed his videos. I also like several other UK gardening channels like Charles Dowding, Huw Richards, Muddy Boots, and of course, Cliff at Castle Hill Garden! KZfaq gardeners that I follow here in the States are Roots and Refuge, OYR, Susan's in tbe Garden and you!

Thanks for taking it back to critical thinking skills! I think we take it for granted with the instant information that's available to us.

Thank you very much for your information! Your channel is one of my favorites. I also love GrowVeg, Roots and Refuge, and Green Greg. I always watch a ton of videos to find corroborating information, though I might directly follow advice if it's from my area.

I'm obsessed with gardening videos (yours being a favorite), and suscribe to at least 40. But before KZfaq I had only one season per year to improve and try new ideas. Now I feel like I get 20 yrs experience every year just watching everyone else. My friends who don't watch KZfaq are stuck in old tried and true ways, and still haven't learned practices like how to make good compost, pruning and trellising tomatoes, no-till, mulching, succession planting...etc.

Thanks Gardener Scott! I just found your channel and I've learned a ton. I love that you take the time to explain why you do things on your channel.

Most worthwhile vids on this topic include a large, calm dog wandering around that is curious and well socialized ;-)

Good gardening information is science based, what is usually bad information is anecdotal; I did this and it worked great therefore it will work great for you.

Am really sad that Alberta Urban Garden is not posting videos anymore. His videos were quite good and inspirational. Like yours!

Oh my lord. This was the best gardening video I've watched in the past year !!! I've been gardening forever, and I know what works well...FOR ME. Even after all these years, I'm still picking up a thing or two here and there and that's the reason I still watch new videos that come out. What I absolutely 100% of the time do, is take everything with a grain of salt. People who say "you absolutely MUST do this", and they're sitting in California (I'm in northern Canada (in the same city as Alberta Urban Garden is in fact) and I'm in zone 3, which every 10 years or so turns into zone 2 for a week or so. I do my own composting and EVERYTHING goes in my compost pile from 50 year old manure from beside my buddy's barn to apples from my neighbor's tree, to the leftover Christmas turkey. My compost pile just looks like pile of soil, and I grind and bury almost anything organic in it. A lot of it gets chopped up with my lawnmower before I throw it in there. I then grind (not top dress) that into my 2ft high raised beds on a fairly regular basis. Does ANYBODY think they'll get that recipe exactly the same ? Hell, I can't even get it exactly the same every time. Often, what works for you often won't work for me, and what works for me, often won't work for you.

I’ve watched all all the gardening channels that Linda listed and they all have useful information. As someone with a physics background, I always appreciate an instructor who emphasizes the “why” you should do something, especially in terms of the spectrum of personal (gardening) circumstances. Though I’ve just recently been watching gardener Scott videos, he’s my overall favorite now because of his scientific and common sense emphasis. Good luck to all you gardeners in 2023!

I've been gardening since I was a little boy with my Grandfather and here I am 57+ yrs later and every yr brings new information and experiences. I've had too adapt from a small plot in NYC, to the mountains of Northeast PA and now down here in Georgia .

I watch yours, self sufficient me and migardener...lots of good information.

That's probably the best gardening advice I've heard from any KZfaq gardener. I also enjoy Self Sufficient Me, as well as Charles Dowding, Living Traditions, Cog Hill Family Farm, Geoff Lawton, Huw Richards, MIgardener, Nature's Always Right, Suburban Homestead, and Urban Farmer Curtis Stone.... and many more. With all of the snow that we have here in southern Quebec right now, this is the closest that I can get to actually getting in the garden. LOL

I watch a lot of gardening videos, and have tried a number of channels. Gardener Scott has become my go to channel for reliable information. I'm not a new gardener, but I am stepping up my gardening and expanding this year. Gardener Scott has helped me a great deal in planning for a successful garden this year. Thank you

MIGardner, James Prigioni, Charles Dowding

And you’ve nailed the reason why I followed you even though your garden was a giant bare patch of dirt when I started watching your videos. I’m so sick of needing to look at five or six or seven or eight sources just to try to glean why people are doing things and why they can’t agree with each other because so few gardeners explain why or how many “right ways” there are to solve garden problems. ;)

Well put G.S. Some garden advice is very area specific. I believe it’s really the responsibility of a new gardener to determine their own conditions; growing zone, soil type, weather patterns etc. From that point, try to find advice from gardeners who shares those same conditions. When a gardener has some experience under their belt, they can diversify their information sources. I like to watch, “Self Sufficient Me,” “Epic Gardening,” “California Garden TV/Next Level Gardening,” “No Dig Organic Gardening,” “Simplify Gardening,” “Gardener Scott.” Now only you G.S. share my zone. The rest are all much warmer climates But the valuable info I am able to gain from them is specific plant needs. It doesn’t matter where I grow a carrot. It still needs the same conditions. If a gardener in zone 9 has valuable info on how to best grow carrots or any other plant, I’m going to learn something. But I need to be wise enough to realize that my winters won’t sustain frost sensitive plants like Australia or California will.

#1: Your integrity and humility never cease to amaze me. Thank you for that. #2: I attended my first Master Gardeners class today, and t one of the first rules I learned is to understand my environment, native ecosystem, problems, etc. That being said I agree with you, and do believe that the "why" is so important to the learning process, and distinguishes those who "know" from those who are "fly by nights".

Great video, I have also experienced some "Master Gardeners" that gave out really bad advice due to the lack of real experience. You are not one of them. Thanks for your great advice and down to earth approach. As a gardener in Iowa for over fifty years I have learned much from you and that Australian guy. Keep up the good work.

I love Gardening in Canada (Canada) and Epic Gardener (California). I'm zone 8b Texas but the way they talk about plants and soil. They, like yourself, explain the why. Love your videos.

The question is what brings us to KZfaq in the first place. This is sage advice. Even trying to repeat a success in our own garden can vary from one year to the next. Thank you Gardener Scott, question everything and get your hands in the dirt and try.

I’m in Australian and I love self suffice to me. My climate is quite different to Mark’s so I have to adjust my learning to suit me. I also like Charles Dowding. I love his garden and I learn a lot but his climate is vastly different in so many ways. Climate, pests, diseases, everything. More recently I’ve discovered this channel and I feel confident that the advice is delivered in a considered fashion.

One Yard Revolution. Also science-based information. The best, along with Charles Dowding.

You are so right. We need to figure out what is right for our area. I grew up gardening in Pennsylvania in a garden that my family had added organic matter to for years and years. You could put a seed in the ground and it would grow. It was so easy. When I tried to garden in other areas, it took me a long time figure out the secret. I think there are Universal truths to be found in square foot gardening, Back to Eden, and Ruth Stout methods. But adapting the methods for your location is imperative. I don't like telling people what to do so I pretty much show them what I'm doing and let them make up their mind what will work for them. PS...compost is a universal truth too!

This was 4 years ago?! Amazingly relevant and informative. Appreciate you.

I follow Charles Dowding's teachings. I also enjoy Liz at Byther Farm and Ben at Grow Veg. It's fun and interesting to watch how other people follow their gardening passions. Self-sufficient Me I watch also, to dream the tropical dream. :D

My go to gardening channel is MiGardener. He has superb information to include the why and also because he's 15 miles from me. I know 99% of what he says will work for me. I really enjoy your content.

Roots and Refuge Farm, Self Sufficient Me, and yours, are at the top of my list

Even with the why it's often a myth so learning and experimenting is best.

What a great older video GS. I agree, I watch a lot of gardeners for the southerner states. They are planting, outdoors in February! In February I'm still snowmobiling in Minnesota! But when they say the "why" behind stuff, that's Key Thumbs up GS

One of my favorite gardeners is Paul James from HGTV , Gardening by the Yard . He is in the same state but in a different planting zone. He has the same principals toward organic gardening as I have always liked . Another is here on youtube , Gardening with Leon, another Okie, but a little more to the southeast so his area is a lot different from me , yet so close in miles really. I have really enjoyed all the videos I have watched so far that you have done as well. I learn something from almost every video , or something clicks in my brain that reminds me how or when or WHY to do it. I was in a car wreck many years ago that affects my memory sometimes. Thank you for jogging it loose.

Thank you from Florida, the sandy state. 😁 I most enjoy you, Self Sufficient Me and The Gardening Channel with James Prigioni (in Jersey with sandy soil).

Besides your channel, I also subscribe to MIGardener, The Rusted Gardener, CaliKim, James Prigioni, Hoss Tools, Jeff Bernhard, OldAlabamaGardener, P. Allen Smith, Scott Head, and the Millennial Gardener. Even though a few of these channels originate from different zones than mine, I always enjoy hearing about and learning different techniques and processes.

I've learned a lot from Mark at Self Sufficient Me. I really liked his response to someone who asked him if he had worm bins. He basically said, "my whole property is a worm bin!" I also really appreciate Stephen's scientific approach at Alberta Urban Garden. It's at the other end of the spectrum from the BS put out by manufacturers of soil amendments that don't work, are overpriced and/or harmful. Living Web Farms has a good series of vids on sustainable nut farming.

I watch quite a few, you being one of those I have subbed. But Roots and Refuge is my favorite, hands down. Why? Because Jess is genuine. She let's it all lay out there for all to see, he triumphs and her failures. And she does it in a charming, humble way.

Some of my favs" Charles Dowding No-Til Growers Huw Richards Stefan Sobkowiak and some guy named "Gardener Scott" I've completed a Permaculture Design Certificate program and currently enrolled in Elaine Ingham's Soil Food Web course (with an excellent microscope on my desk, penetrometer on the way etc)

Another great UK channel is diggingfordinner, pretty much daily video content and a great back catalog of videos

Love you Scott, I also really like Greg Auten at Maritime Gardening...

Robbie and Gary Gardening Easy got me started. Since then I watch everyone I can find on gardening. Robbie and you are still my favorites but I learn from as many as I can.

You and Self Sufficient Me are my go to gardening channels. I drop in on Charles Dowding and MIgardener now and then. I miss seeing new videos from OYR.

You know, I totally agree with your message. Many of the youbtubers give out information that one wonders if they are qualified to give advice. Its good to listen to many counsellors.

I read a book by some old fellow back in the 70's that man thought that calling black plastic sheeting non organic was just wrong because it broke down in a few years into crumbs and would help airreate the soil when tilled under.

i have recently found your channel and started watching from jan of 21 going back now and filling areas with older vids. this one is great the concept you teach is what i know as critical thinking and is is a good skill in every part of life. thanks for all your time, energy and knowledge!!!

Deep south homestead, Migardener, you, Hoss tools, rusted garden, calikim

Great video about gardening, as well as life.

Because of you, I became more interested in the garden, thank you a lot

i folow youre channel and charles dowding it work in my climate and as a beginner ... during the wintertime i laerned a lot from both of you . and i thank you for this greetings from belgium jp

Thanks Gardener Scott! Great info as always Sir.

I view most of the same channels as the other people and I enjoy them all. But, we must gleen what will work for them us. Great KZfaq channel, informative and entertaining.

I like Black Gumbo, he is in a totally different part of the US from me and a lot of the things he says dont apply. What I like is he goes over compost, and trying different things as a test. One video he talked about gleaning information, kind of what this video is about. Taking what you can from multiple sources and applying what works for you.

In Jan. 2021 I explored KZfaq for possible additional gardening info. I came across your channel and am so glad I did. On 1 of your videos you were talking with Scott from Black Gumbo. I'm in zone 5a in WI. This yr. I started some seeds from watching your videos. Thank you for sharing all your knowledge and advise!

Good tip. Thanks you sir.

I watch your channel... Self sufficient me and Daisy Creek Farms. Thank You for BEING HONEY that in itself says A LOT to me.

That is one heck of an interesting and informative video and your caption is without doubt the most useful advice for all gardeners!

We were required to have three conceptually different solutions for every problem. Brains on fire. Now I deal with our country's issues as a concerned citizen. When I go for gardening I just want some peace for a change. No pressure and no presenters in my face. I've mainly been watching lawn vids, my garden isn't ready yet. I watch a little of everybody speratically on specific topics. For gardening I watch you and Old Alabama Gardener regularly. OAG is in my area and works a lot like I used to back when I gardened. I also find Red Gardens interesting and compelling.

Thank you Sir.

Love the video. this year were gonna be trying till no till. square foot gardening Also having a compost bin and worm bin. The kids are into it and are asking when do they get to start gardening again.

Good information. You tell it like it is. I’ve got a lot of good information from you. Thank you very much.

MI gardener rocks, too!

This is great information thanks

You are very knowledgable when it comes to gardening

Its all an experiment and learning curve for me. I look into books, watch videos and put it to practice. You are full of wisdom in your garden which i enjoy very much. Im very thankful for them. I do get some joy during my best growing times but it sure is hard work on my back. I don't have tractor bucket to help move my mulch. I did get a little lawnmower trailer to help me though. Wheelbarrow. I just do what im able to and learn as my gardening skills and garden grows. Thanks bunches for your help sir ❤ merry Christmas 🎄

Thanks for all of your wonderful knowledge!

Thanks for this! Getting ready for my 2nd year of gardening and trying to soak in and learn as much as I can from many sources. Of course I watch your channel, but also The Rusted Garden, MIGardener, Self Sufficient me, Epic Gardening and Charles Dowding. And I have gone through all of the Alberta Urban Garden videos, great channel, which he was putting out more. Yes, thanks for the reminder to take into consideration your area/conditions with the lesson/advice! :D

Great advice! I’m in central Texas and the past couple years have tried squad foot gardening in my two raised beds and it’s worked pretty good for me.

A week ago I shared the $64 tomato video with a very young man I work with. He was saving up so he could have a garden like mine. Your video really helped explain the process and journey.

My favorites are you, Hollis and Nancy, and Roots and Refuge.

This is so true! I've learned a lot of super ideas about gardening watching other channels as well. I really do like watching Charles Dowding explain his no dig concept. He also does a lot of demonstrating his planting procedures and videos of trial and err. Although I don't eat most of the things that he grows I'm going to give a few of the different veggies a try! Thanks again for another wonderful educational video.

We have terrible weather her in Finland but now is mild winter and we use all minute preparing next season :)

Great video @Gardener Scott. I live in zone 9A in the central valley of California, but the zones are really just a general guideline. 30 miles east of me, same county, same growing zone, the weather is different. The west side of the valley is cooler as we get some of the effects of the marine layer which the east does not. One needs to work with what one is experiencing. I watch many channels to learn then experiment. I just starting out gardening as my job that I'm retiring from kept me traveling every week. The past few years everyone has seemed to have forgotten that the very essence of science is questioning, forming a hypothesis, then experimenting, then questioning some more.

Love the video as always such great advice. God bless

I loved your intro. I had to laugh when you grabbed your head. I feel the same way. I've been watching gardening videos A LOT since August. Forgot half of what I've learned but with it all I have to take into consideration what I want to grow, what I am able to spend and what my physical limitations allow. I can apply some of the great advice on here but only in the context of what is feasible for my situation. I live in the middle of Indiana and there aren't any KZfaq gardeners from here that I have found but common sense helps me figure out what will and will not work for me. Great advice in this video. I enjoy your vlogs a lot. We may be in the same growing zone, I can't remember, but that doesn't mean we can have the same success but the advice you give can benefit me in many ways. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.

Great video and thank you for sharing

Thano you for honesty, most practical info I’ve received yet. Your information broaden my mindset particularly in my area in the south where it gets very hot! By July so many of my plants just burn up from heat. So thank you your helpful advice. Be blessed

Bravo Gardener Scott! I enjoy your information very much! I will continue to pursue the mysteries and resolves of gardening at near 7000 feet in an arid region. Gardening goes along with experience, and if you don't do it and learn from it, your garden won't show it. I have made every mistake possible I think, but I am forging on to a renewed and better garden this year!

Scott. Great advice. Thank you. Beyond your channel, I also watch James of The Gardening Channel, Migardener, Self-sufficient me. Learning for me can only be achieved by asking questions--to seek out as many perspectives as possible. To know that we know what we know, and to know that we do not know what we do not know, that is true knowledge-Nicolaus Copernicus

What a great video!! I follow Maritime Gardening. He's in Nova Scotia, the same zone as me here in PA, but he's coastal and gets a lot of ice. I take his ideas and see if they'll work for me, taking into consideration the different weather patterns. Thank you for setting us all on the same page!

I love Self Sufficient me as well. I also love MIGardener and Roots and Refuge. I watch so many. I’m all about learning all I can and becoming better and better.

You are an awesome person!!! Thank you 👍

Good points I like you and self sufficient me for that very reason, the why.

Hoss Tools is another great one for good explanations and information.

I like watching MI gardner and Gardner Scott good knowledge. From Colorado to Michigan got the warm climate an got the cold climate. And Gary at the rustic garden

It is amazing how quickly we can set in our ways as gardeners. Where it becomes really fun is when we find someone who challenges our assumptions and shows us a better way of doing things. I hate that when it happens, but I'm always grateful for the knowledge. So Thanks Scott!

On point information. I live in south Louisiana and have a hard time finding information that is applicable to my hot humid climate. Very heavy soils and every pest you can imagine! Organic approaches are very difficult to put into practice. I try to look at the principles and adjust to my climate best that I can.

I live on the Florida Gulf Coast which is subtropical. Thus I find that Self Sufficient Me has alot of applicable information for me. I enjoy your videos even tho you are in Colorado. Your method of presentation is very interesting. Thank you.

The Gardening channel with James Prigioni is one of my favorites as well as The Ripe Tomato Farms channel! I follow Tony and yourself as well and i think Gardener Scott is slowly taking the top spot in book from Tony (Simplify Gardening and UKHEREWEGROW)! Overall I love taking in everyone's ideas to find a mesh that works for me in my garden!

I could go on I love all gardeners but my fav top of my head is Charles Dowding I like how he experiments... No dig don't work all the time for me but he has this little garden well I have little gardens sometimes you don't have space so experiment with it... Love it I like your calm nature and how you explain things I want to grow and share with you all big and small... Wildedibles garden path

We watch about 6 gardening channels . Our top 3 are : Some guy going by : Garden Scott . The Crazy Jersey Kid : James Pergoni ( not spelled right ) . The crazy Texan Mexican ; Grow your Greens ... ( channel has long name ) ... We pay attention to a lot of the aspects you refer to about gardeners saying to just do it one way .... And the problem as to why we disconnect from them isn't really that alone , but more so because they disconnect from their audience because their heads swell up like a puffer fish sticking their needles of poisonous information out causing sabotage ... We like some of the others you mentioned and even follow them as well but they don't reach into our top focuses .. Mainly because they fall short on technical details that we do enjoy .... James Pergoni is good , but he did just release one we're having a lot of trouble agreeing on based on some false technical details he gave out , but its a first .... So we'll hang on for a bit .... What really sets aside each from the other for us is much to do with their arrogance ... We use to follow a few of the Back To Eden gardeners , however , they all seemed excessive , arrogant & almost demanding . when we started looking at the over all cost , well , wow , that's a pinch in any budget . it would just be a fun project to do just one bail but those gardeners are doing entire plots & that totaled up a lot of cash ... A lot .... Its like they secretly had hay to sell and was using the back to Eden garden method videos as a way to promote hay interests .... We look for a few key points that decide for us as to whom we enjoy learning from . Technical views is most certainly a top key interest for us & while you may not go over all points , you seem to at least always reference for the viewer to look into said subject and that's important to both novice & experienced . that's why ur our number one .. The crazy Texan , he does a storm of technical points but he goes into deep detail and sometimes runs his videos to around an hour mark but he does farm visits , business visits .... Usually have to take breaks to finish his videos but they hit all aspects of topic and that's very important for success . James Pergoni , he's exciting and informative ... Quick vids .... Hits most all aspects of topic ..... The big shots on the left in the big dome scenerion , we've found that in a lot of cases those gardeners don't really want the little guy to be successful & in most cases they just go around key points to innocently cause failure as its their business and they have the mentality of its their money maker & they just want the views & clicks for more money .... We understand all of that but don't find it beneficial and can spot it pretty quickly ... And is why we truly enjoy that Gardener Scott guy ! He's that guy that you watch and you hang on the edge and talk to the screen .... ::: but what about :::: & its as though he can hear the question and mysteriously seems to answer .... We enjoy the fact that he shares so much of a wealth of information and so far really seems to hit all the aspects we find very important when it comes to being successful ... Tell Scott we said Thank You !

Excellent advice!! You’re a wise teacher with much to Share! I’m happy to have been introduced to you. I teach as well and explaining the “why” is a priority.

One Yard Revolution is my longtime favorite. Patrick has gotten busy with musical projects so his gardening videos are more sporadic, but I still refer to his earlier ones often, as they're very science-based and he explains everything so clearly, including the "why." He also gives great information on what you can grow in spots that don't get ideal sunlight. You, Scott, are next on my shortlist. Of the gardening channels I've seen, your conditions are probably most similar to mine in Northwest Montana, and I like the way you explain things too. I also watch MIgardener, Maritime Gardening, and No-Till Growers for ideas on gardening with less or no tilling.