you my dear ROCK, I love that you have transitioned from your documentary style educational content to the more personal one on one teacher style format that your new videos follow. I am eagerly following your gardening videos even though I know much of it I don't know everything and you have in just 2 episodes have taught me things I don't know and I love that. Keep up the good work the great content and keep safe and well.

This channel is so underrated... When KZfaq show ads here... I watch all of them... I just love the authenticity of the True Food team and their perseverance in keep creating excellent content is inspiring.

I have watched A LOT of gardening videos on KZfaq, but this series is on track to be the most comprehensive, well-produced, and clearly demonstrated set of beginner gardening videos. You address many different scenarios, suggest practical tips to employ, educate with a little bit of science, and a overall have a ton of charm. Your work on these videos is truly a gift to us gardeners.

Nicole is one of the best gardening KZfaqrs. Very informative without all the fluff and always with exuberance. Anyone who talks with animated hands is full of passion. Been watching you for years, keep it up!

I love the way you meticulously explain all the nitty gritty details, so wonderful, do feed us with more videos, and kindly provide us with more details about your background. Thanks Nicole 🙂

THIS is why I subscribed after seeing only 5 of your videos! You do an AWESOME job and in the current crisis and the one to come you videos with Real and True Information might just be a life saver! Please keep up the good work and stay TRUE to the Truth. The handful of people who disliked this video are the neighbors that are laughing at us for planting and preparing. So sowing a couple extra seeds for them, for when they come begging to buy something from our healthy home markets.

Fantastic! Your son is adorable! Did I hear church bells about halfway through? You must love being able to hear them each day. Keep up the great work!

Gardening with your son is the most precious thing I've seen today! We should teach the young ones to grow their own food. I love your channel!

I love that you and your family are helping you, Nicole, in the garden from your kids to your husband. Gardening is a family affair. I love that you can support your family with this channel.

As a beginner KZfaqr, the production quality of this channel is insane!!!!! I look to your channel for simply hope that this world might be ok if everyone watches this channel!

Wait wait omg your baby is SO BIIIIG!! Your seedling is helping you plant seeds! That is so precious! I’ve never seen him with you before! SUPER CUTE!!

I very much look forward to all your videos your fun to watch and you don't give off that fake happy or over boysterous personality most do on KZfaq. Thank you so much, your joy and happiness is contagious keep it up. :)

15 minutes lesson teaches me more that what I acquired in one year at school...

I absolutely love these videos make me happy. What you said many people have started with planted seeds. I help my mom in her garden thanks for sharing these tips!

Thank you for doing this series you and your lovely voice us helping me through quarantine and helping me save the seeds that I would inevitably kill off

My tip is a map showing what is planted where and save the seed container to record the information about your plants. And your sister Shanny is smart too. Thanks

One tip for you on the carrot seeds. Carrot seeds do not like to get dried out. So keep the soil where you put the carrot seeds moist at all times or your germination rate will be spotty. Sometimes I use either a shade cloth that I might double or triple over in thickness or landscape fabric to keep the seeds from drying out as easy (something to block the sun). Just lay the material over the seeds, sort of like what you did with the cardboard and just check on them and once you see the seeds germinating, take the fabric off, but keep it moist until all or most of the seeds have germinated.

You are amazing and make the best videos, everyone should home garden it just makes sense. Keep teaching everyone Nicole you are great at it and your little helper was adorable

I'm from Egypt AND I love your channel

I’ll be waiting on the edge of my seat for everyone of this series videos. Even though my garden is already planted. Really neat how you’re doing it though. Always so thorough. Love it! ❤️

I use egg cartons to start my seeds. As for the styrofoam ones, I poke a hole in the bottom for drainage, but I find I don't need to do that with the cardboard ones due to evaporation.

What a great explanation and amazing parentings! Such a lovely family I aspire to have in future

Yes i love planting and gardening🥰💚

Hello! Really great your videos will help the layman people very much.i think your help should spread to all over the world

This new content came unexpected, but so much appreciated! I've done gardeing for 10+ years - and as others said, you already give me tips that i've not thought about. The cardboard as good example. Might just be the way to fix the "help" i get from visiting cats that's out digging. Been using planks, but now i'm trying cardboard wich i will cut open, leaving just a small gap for my seedlings.

Lady you are very beautiful, and Wow! For your skills for talking and teaching. I'm buying into your cardboard and compose no tilt garden. I'm been in this home 4th growing season and still digging the fist size rocks and I've dug out about 2..5 wheel barrow full each season and if I had started your way them rocks would still be in and to many for a great garden. Yes thanks and I plan to copy your teaching next spring. Thanks I like vidio and I have now saw more of your videos and rate youl as 💯 percent the best teacher. Thanks

I love Baker Creek and the combination of them with you is a dream. Experienced gardener here, but I still love this series.

GIRL YOU ARE SO SMART

Peace it's just so peaceful ❤️ Small plants and your smile maam

You are gifted as illustration skills, You are my You Tube video gift, I love your teaching, and Shinna also is as you ,Saw your video with her and you two are way smarter than any two men. KZfaq queens you girls rule. Thanks I will start my growing seeds , Mostly because of the many times I have raised the wrong plants after the plants have been switched by greenhouses perhaps by employee or consumer by mistakes. Thanks you Necoil

I'm glad I clicked the notification bell. Your videos are my stress reliever amd anxiety remover because of the pandemic. This is my favorite KZfaq channel ever.

Feel good video...love love it

This is great. Thanks for explaining everything in so much detail. I’m going to copy everything you do here next spring. Just a few herbs and leafy greens in pots for me this year. Maybe a few peppers and tomatoes on the kitchen counter. Hmm... now that I think about it, maybe a small test-bed outside for a few carrots or something this year. I’ll wait and see how much work it is in your next video. This is really inspiring 😀

Again a great video. I can clearly see you did your research on the seedlings and giving them the best start. I also believe in teaching everyone to grow there own food and this will go a long way towards that. Thanks for sharing and giving people REAL advice that we as farmers use all the time when growing our crops and veggies.

11:19 You can mix your seed with sand so you can control seed spacing and don't need too much thining later....

Adding about the Baker's Creek Seeds Co I do love the sticky flap of the package, Very handy for saving seeds from spillage as I often plant for all my plants also don't come up at same time. Thanks for a great video Lady

Only just recently discovered your earlier/older videos (really enjoyed the ones on olive oil & asparagus). Now thinking about restarting our vegetable gardens. Would be very interested to know more about your raised garden beds. I built one several years ago, but it had degraded so much (rot and termites), that I had to break it down this last year. During it's height of use, we had cucumbers, tomatoes, zucchini, onions, Romaine Lettuce with varying degrees of success. Tomatoes were the biggest disappointment due to heat (they didn't set) and hornworms. For the last few years, we've enjoyed much greater success growing tomatoes in containers on our west facing porch; being much easier to maintain (just outside the front door), pollinate, weed, prune, harvest and (remarkably) no hornworms! I'm currently rethinking the raised bed construction material alternatives i.e. Concrete cinder blocks, pre-made galvanized (Birdies) modular raised beds, etc. Would also appreciate knowing your general location i.e. growing zone, as we monitor the progress with your new series. We're in central Arkansas - Zone 5. Love your positive, high production value style of videos. The outtakes are fun, as well.

Your son is adorable! ❤️

Great episode, I thought I would comment to let everyone know that you can get good results with potting mix, but really great results with a dedicated seed raising mix. Seed raising mix has smaller particles so it lets the seedlings grow a bit better than potting mix, which tends to have larger bits of bark, etc in it. More expensive, but better germination rates in my experience.

Cant wait to see your garden full bloom

im so looking forward for another how does it grow episode! hopefully after this pandemic. for now, this too is fun to watch..

I recommend you to use cell trays to facilitate the transplant, and you can also improvise a green house to put your cell trays. I know these things cause I am a small farmer here in Brazil and I really like your videos.

Nicole. Love your passion. Very inspiring. Just what we need in these tough times

Here 10.00am time I am watching this good one in the time of lock down and you had great passion on gardening...... Keep it up... Dude

Planting in eggshells will root bound your seed. Its good to run experiments and this one i have done. The egg shell seeds underperformed my control (planting seeds directly into dirt)

Great work! Thankful to live near mushroom farms as well!! We live in the same area!!!

Great video as usual. Easy to understand steps that anyone can follow. 👍👍

Hi Nicole! Loooove this episode with your son ❤️. I live in Indonesia, in the southern hemisphere just 1° south to the equator. And now I stay in Bali that just 0 - 1 meter above sea level. If we start gardening at our backyard, than absolutely we can't plant except the brassicas and nightshades. Due to our position in equator, many plants, carrots and potatoes, for instance, can't be planted just like that except you are at least on 500 meters above sea level. Backyard gardening in Indonesia of course happens with the seeds that produced for tropical hot climates. I mostly used Panah Merah Brand, from East Meet West Seed Company. I love your gardening episodes, Nicole, although I miss your HDIG episodes also. Stay healthy and safe. Kisses from Bali. Laila.

The little helper is a true ROCKstar.

i like to pregerminaate mine in a paper towel in a baggie.i think i get better germination from peppers and tomatoes. plus i already know if the seed is viable instead of waiting around. mine you im only doing a few varities. if you are doing alot, it could be too much effort.

Hello ! Good morning 🌞! Thanks 🙏

I love the new house so much! I am looking forward for more gardening and harvesting video.

Thank You, Nicole for whatever you do You're amazing!

Yea, I was looking for your new episode all weekend. You have become one of my favorites Nicole. Maybe because that is my wife's name too and she is a ball of fire like yourself. I will enjoy listening to this new one, instead of repeating some of my favorites from you. Olives, tomatoes, potatos, your new kitchen... if you have time, more "how to" are so great.

Use the cardboard rolls from toilet paper and stand them up in your tray as individual planting cells. You can even plant them out without removing the plant from the tube as the cardboard will disintegrate in the soil. I've never done this myself (am new at gardening) but saw this in a video on KZfaq. You might want to cut the tube a bit shorter.

I had just a few questions I noticed you used carboard do you think it might be helpful or worth it to spray paint it black it so warms up more? Are you going to make a video on planning for future years? I know corn needs more nitrogen and so after planting corn in a feild (assuming they didn't use companion planting) some farmers will plant beans to add nitrogen. And are you going to make a video on companion planting? Thank you so much for this series I can't wait to see all the upcoming episodes.

I can’t believe it’s almost 1 am in the morning and I’m watching videos......yes, this video and you are worth it!!

I always love to watch videos from this channel.

And when planting squash/zucchini, plant the seed standing up, with the tip up. They germinate faster. If you plant squash/zucchini seeds flat/laying down, they may rot before they germinate as too much water hits the flat sides, and the termination starts at the base of squash seeds. Just an FYI.

Love the time lapse :)

Thank you very much

I am thinking about switching to the LED method for seedlings vs metal halide.. thank you for your presentation (with purple strain anthocyanin cannabis plantz they can also absorb green light.. it could be true for all species of plants but I'm not sure)

I have to grow my plants in containers. I was searching for a way to protect my carrot seeds from birds and tried an old piece of window screen across the top of the pot. Not only did it keep the birds out but it softens the impact from watering.

I’m loving this series. Have you got the book carrots love tomatoes by Louise Riotte?

Please, give us a view of all the varieties you've planted so that we know each one of those. You can zoom on the seed packets too. Thanks for the informative video. Would love to see a whole episode on categories of fruits, herbs and veggies done separately. Thank you again.

Nicole. Anything would grow where ever you planted it, because you're so beautiful.

Excellent video series so far. Love it.

Im in love with all your videos...they are so informative and exciting to watch😍 love from India

Your grow rack is how I started a few years ago! But I didn’t buy mats I would put plastic over the rack to make it like a green house this has worked for 3 years and putting plastic wrap on top of the soil warms it up also.

Mrs.N. Jolly , I first saw you in this video and do I believe you are my favorite Lady person for a video. You just got to get a job from a huge company to sale Toyota brand such a a very popular lady that comes short of you in person skills. This is a alsom vidio for this D I Y vidos. Thanks for adding to my garden quest. You got me convince to get myself into growing my own plants. Super Chick power you have lady. Greatness skills at making videos you and your team have hope you are getting what you want, Thanks for doing great videos Lady

Can also use solo cups also

If you are using ordinary light bulbs you need to use cool white, or daylight temp bulbs for seedlings. Warm temp bulbs will cause the seedlings to stretch. It's best to poke holes in trays and let them drain so that water doesn't stagnate at the bottom. This will become apparent when your house becomes infested with gnats. 🌱

Great energy and detailed explanations

Thank you I can't wait for the next episode

Really loving this series 😊

I am waiting the temperature of my area to drop from 99° to start winter crops, and feeling awkward listening 85° with shock😂😂 Nice guide although👍🏻👍🏻

4:44 - Mr. Douglas would be proud.

They need light to have life ✨🌱.

Great content

Love you so much 😘, i'm a fan from Vietnam 🇻🇳

I need to grow zucchini so I can make your zucchini recipies lol. Also I imagined Kratos's voice "send out the boi to get some rocks" lol

Hi could you please give info about chick pea seeds white kidney bean seeds. How to germinate these and how to plant them? My daughter wants to plant these at home. Thank you.

Great info, gardening for dummies!

Use newspaper tape around a cup then pull out cup and crumple bottom so it will hold the soil in it or you could use a toilet paper roll but you will need a sheet to hold water in but it is better a spray bottle

awesome video. I have a question, is planting a plant companion necessary in plant growth as well? like the marigolds or the basil plants. should you plant them at the same time you plant your seeds?

After watching video I am feeling dumb. I was doing everything in totally wrong ways. Thank you so much...! Can't wait to try this methods.

The water hose behind you is it rubber hose? If so where did you buy it. I cannot find them in Home Depot or Lowe’s.

Fantastic video. REALLY Great content & production.

Awesome!!! Know I know how it grow s 😀.

I really enjoy your channel.

What's with the cardboard under the soil? Is that for weed control?

Love this, feeling very inspired and have always wanted to start gardening. Your travel series is probably my favorite second to Bon Appetite which is saying a lot. (I am obsessed with them) Also girl your hair looked bomb in this video. Can't wait for the next xoxox

These videos are useful, but it would have been really great to start them about two months earlier. I'm assuming you live in a colder climate, so your growing season is later than many parts of the U.S. Everyone's topsy turvy with the coronavirus situation, so these will serve as a great resource for an earlier start for next year's gardens. Keep up the good work.

Thanks for this video. I just started to germinate seeds and I have tons of doubts. Can you give me some tips for seeds care when you live in the tropical weather? I mean usual temperature is 29°C to 38°C most of the time where I live.

Great video

Would putting the cardboard on top attract slugs and snails and how do you stop caterpillars from coming and eating the greens, like kale?

What do you do in the offseason when the weather doesn’t permits growing plants? Would you invest in some type of greenhouse

Loving the videos, but they’re a little late for us as our last frost date is tomorrow.

id like to ask what kind ofsoil is that . that isnt potting soil?

Yay super stoked for this one!!! 😍😍