I'm in Spokane, and it's been Crazy here to with the weather...very wet and cold. I tried something new (which was more of an accident), I covered my beds with greenhouse rigid plastic to help warm the soil and keep it from freezing. Worked Beautifully I also used door screen to minimize the harsh down pour from the rain we've been getting. Plants still get watered, but Don't get hammered. My pole beans, snow peas, cuc's, winter squash, carrots are doing Amazing. The door screen also helps keep the majority of the maple "whurly-jigs" out of the beds. I used hog Fencing (not panels), to make arches to put over the beds. This was done primarily to keep my pup from digging, but it turned out to be a great way to lay the screen and rigid greenhouse plastic on too. I use bungees to hold everything in place.

Also in Washington State, I'm relieved to hear that I'm not alone in the stunted plant department. This is a new garden for me this year in a new (Skagit) county, so didn't know what to expect. I have a feeling in several weeks everything will be growing like wildfire and I'll laugh at my current fears of having no garden this year. Thanks for sharing your challenges and successes with us!

OMGSH I'm fighting my starts as well!! It never occurred to me that it was my potting soil!

Also in Washington state. Nothing will germinate. Such a bummer. But I’m thankful my tomato starts did well. I have lots of strawberries and asparagus is doing well. I have some over wintered kale and parsley. Pear trees and apple trees have fruit set. God provides 💙🙏🏼

I had gotten cold crops seeded and potatoes in but then all heck broke loose and here in SW Montana!! We have completely flooded! We have had mudslides taking barns and garden areas out and then it SNOWED last night! By Friday its going to be 90! Many ranches and farms are flooded out, all of Yellowstone National Park is closed, entire towns near us have lost all their water supplies.... well, lets just say that any of you that can offer up some extra prayers? We certainly would be grateful. Not only is this going to cause homeowner gardens to be impacted by large farms and ranches are hit too. Our ranch has cattle and pigs and they have struggled with these drastic temperature changes all winter and now into spring too. Montana is going to really get hurt financially with tourists not coming into Yellowstone. Thanks for teaching all of us the helpful tips Melissa cuz we are all going to need the extra help!

I've had the same issues with potting soil this year, but thankfully I saw someone's video, who suggested that you take some hardware cloth and basically "strain" the soil, to get the large mulch pieces out of it, so I ended up doing that. It was a pain, and very time-consuming, but at least the seeds were able to make it through with no problems. After "straining" 10 30-lb bags of soil, I didn't want to see anymore for awhile. ;)

Interesting that you say it was bad potting soil that caused stunted starts... I was baffled at all the teeny tiny plants that came along and was thinking the problem was the seeds I bought. It happened in 2021 and again this year, so now I’m guessing both were culprits! Weird though to have all these are doll-sized vegetables! Need to start seed saving!! Thanks for all your great advice!!

Snohomish County just south of Everett. We are a mucky mess with added challenge of mostly shade on our previous raised beds. We really stopped gardening for a few years after we discovered we brought wireworm in with a manure based local compost. They have spread out everywhere from where we had put the compost. We are going to try portable beds in our lumber yard area that has better sun, should be wireworm free. But, it is so cold and rained so hard, it actually snapped off a tomato start in a pot. I called Krueger Pepper Gardens in Wapato yesterday to ask about their harvest dates and also beef they they raise. Kimberley said that they are still finishing getting their peppers and tomatoes in the ground due to the cold war weather. In Yakima!

I use WALL OF WATERS for many of my Starts. I also go vertical. 👍

North Idaho here. Record rainfall and cold here too. I live in the mountains so we have a very short growing season so this year is pretty much a bust. I will say though the asparagus bed I put in has loved the moisture and is doing well.

I’m in central Louisiana & built new gardens after moving. It seems excruciatingly slow progress compared to previous years & decades gardening closer to the coast. I guess I’m being taught patience also. The bugs are all different as is the level of full sun. Seeds don’t seem as enthusiastic as in other years. It’s comforting to hear I’m not alone. Hopefully all our gardens will explode fruitfully soon! More prayers in the garden needed for me.🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

I too live in the PNW and am tired of the rain and cold weather. I have raised beds and that has really helped warm up the soil. I also have a small area of inground soil and the seeds and plants I've planted there are struggling compared to the raised beds. I have one raised bed that has a greenhouse covering over it and the plants in there are doing great. One thing that is growing great here with this cold wet weather is grass!

It’s my first time gardening. I was wondering if I did something wrong. I didn’t even consider the extended cold weather we had. I also thought maybe it was because I used a lasagne garden and I should have had more soil on there. I’m so thankful I watched your video! Thank you!

Thanks Melissa. As always very informative. Like you we've been crazy cold and wet in May. We are working our tails off to get things in the ground now. Living in a place with a growing season of 90 - 100 days it is hard. We also have a market garden which is delayed by a week because May was so wet.

😎👍 Thank you Melissa and Family... for your Community Service , in being Prepared for the SHTF that is happening across the country. 2:13 ..Haven't been able to transplant a few veggies in our garden..only direct Seeding for these ones. Carrots, Squash, Cucumbers, and Melons, and other root crops , don't like being transplanted. Really gonna put alot of focus on the REGROW Kitchen Scraps as an experiment. Many of my city friends are saying they are saving a nice Penny, doing this. Carrots, Celery, herbs, Lettuce, and Garlic QUESTION : Melissa , Can you make a Video , that will show new gardeners, .. 1) Which are the best 15 Prepper Crops for newbies. 2) Which Veggie plants have the best Protein , Fiber, Carbohydrates, Sugar, Antioxidants, Vitamins and Minerals *Thank you ,Love hearing how the Lord , is looking out for you guys.* 😍👍💓

I hadn't even thought about it being the potting soil! My tomato and pepper plants were SO small this year. I bought seeds from the same place as always, started them the same time, everything the same as every other year. Glad to know it isn't just me. A friend said maybe I was imagining things being so far behind last year, so I showed him the pictures, videos and journals from last year. I had pictures to show him with dates of things I'd already harvested at this point last year. Not a thing other than strawberries and herbs so far this year. Fortunately, most of those are perennials so they are doing fantastic.

Just read your email. I was touched by your tone and your relationship with Christ. The other day it was 106° on our back porch, and man, put the fear into my heart. My garden and animals, and it’s only June! So. I know how you feel. And we know it’s in His hands. God protect Your people.

I feel your pain here in the Pacific Northwest. Last year was extra hot, this year's more cool than usual. However my brassicas are loving it!

I love your videos....we are having the opposite problem down here in Texas. It's already been over 100 degrees daily for over a month. Record breaking even for us. So all my plants that usually shrivel up and die from the unrelenting heat by August, are already dieing. I'm getting like 1/16 the harvest I usually do which is extra disappointing this year bc I'm trying to grow a years worth of many crops this year. I hope your starts just take off now that you're warming up and will u please send some of that cool weather down here!! 😬😉

Been a tough year in many places. Texas here and this should be my best month but everything is dying off already because it’s so hot and dry, even heavy watering isn’t helping. Planning for fall and hoping for better results then.

I too am in Washington, just north of Seattle, and have been gardening for years. Good to know it was the potting soil (I even bought the premium kind!) as my seedlings have been extra puny this year. They are doing much better in my garden beds. Everything is a good 3-4 weeks behind and I am glad I am not the only one to have resorted to starts this year.

Here in the PNW... it's so cold and RAINING even today 06/17 I am at the Base of the Cascade mountain range and normally we get a slightly later start than the Valley, but this year is horrible! I have everything except a few cold weather items still in my greenhouse! I hope I get a few veggies this year... Seriously looking into getting a large High Tunnel for optimizing next year in case the weather is on a Colder trend for a few years. Thank you for everything you share here... Love your channel because it is so practical for me here in the Colder NW territory.

Hello Melissa K. Norris. So glad you're speeding up the growing season. Got my taters in the bucket, stockpiled from last year. My favorite method of maintaining a sustainable pantry and stockpiling items long term for the whole family and the family dog and the family cat is what I consider to be the most practical, utilizing every type of food storage methods and technology available, both old and new. . Except for the fruits and vegetables that get canned, I keep perishable items like meat, poultry, fish, fruit, vegetables and dairy products in the refrigerator on a short term basis until I'm ready to use them for a big family meal - and for even longer term sustainable storage, a large separate freezer, which can store a half side of beef with plenty of room left over for homemade ice cream etc. . I'm considering upgrading to a walk-in freezer at some point.in the near future, if my plans to open a bed and breakfast come to fruition. Sometimes, however a nice round of cheese can do well for quite awhile on a pantry shelf at room temperature - and doesn't mind even if it has to stand there alone.😁 Store bought canned goods get shelves.in the large pantry closet - several for canned meat like corned beef hash, spam and sandwich spread and another for canned vegetables Bread, rolls, grains, homemade pasta, cereals and the like are stored in special humidity controlled bins I order from Amazon Prime - which usually get delivered to my doorstep about an hour after I order them. . Stuff from the family garden and orchard, like onions, bell peppers, tomatoes, cauliflower, cucumber, pumpkins, carrots, corn celery,, potatoes and yams, cherries, blueberries and strawberries get canned in Mason Jars and stored in the cool, root cellar of this wonderful rambling former farmhouse (circa 1867) I share with my extended blended family and several rambunctious dogs raised on table scraps from the some of the finest food from a plethora of sources both commercial and home based. . There's even a special separate "summer kitchen" which I converted to store butter and ice cream churns, pots, pans, utensils, extra storage containers, foil, bags, cutlery, and other meal related accoutrement. Out back in the woods, just beyond the big pile of wood I maintain all year, (for use in an antique woodstove I keep on hand, in case the power goes out) there's even an old rusting vintage still where my great grandfather made some of the finest corn whiskey for miles. Next to it is the rusting hulk of the Ford Model A he used to transport that powerful hootch by the light of the moon on soft summer nights to his eager customers in a tri-county area. Further into this verdant forest of mostly sycamore, oak, pine and scrub, runs a cool stream into which I occasionally cast a rod or net to catch some Brook Trout, Bluntnose Shiners, or whatever takes the bait (just earthworms for the most part). And yes, hunting season means wild turkey, deer, and even an occasional wild boar. Next week, I'm planning on filing for a permit to 3-D print a smokehouse in order to be able to create gourmet artisan handcrafted, beef, bacon, turkey, and beef stick jerky, which interested local merchants can private label for other people to share with their families and their family dogs. Unfortunately, i had to break the bad news to my free range hens today that due to expected egg shortages regretfully numbered are their days of laying a couple of eggs and then basically taking the rest of the day off with ranging privileges' within the parameters of a few very nice rural acres - parts of which are rich with fat grubworms. There's even a short dirt road between the main barn and the farmhouse which they're free to cross to get to the other side as often as they'd like. My rooster Ben overheard me and he ain't too happy either, knowing full well that due to oncoming egg shortages, he'll be "workin' overtime to make sure there's plenty of eggs for me an the family.

In south sound here. Was definitely a challenge for my seed starts this year…brrrr. This is my 2d year of trellised cukes. Most assuredly it helps for pests. First year I’ve used 20 gallon fabric pots for tomatoes and WOW I’m impressed. The difference tween the bags and those I planted in my raised beds is a world of growth difference. They are tied to cattle panels suspended above the bags. I do believe the oxygen that reaches the roots in the bags vs in beds or the ground is the difference in growth. My potatoes are doing fabulous and I’ve already hilled them once. I leave my potatoes in the ground all winter as well, just like my carrots…covered in 6” of straw….perfection.

This was so interesting, thanks for sharing!

I hear ya!! Here in Wyoming it’s usually safe to plant Memorial Day weekend. I planted and have had to cover with frost cloth 4 times! Last night it was 30 and I’m scared to look 😩

We also are in northwest Washington State. we planted corn on June 1 but only 10% germinated. Will be planting corn again tomorrow and hopefully there will be enough summer ahead for a good harvest. Our tomatoes and peppers are in a rowhouse and doing well. Some of our potato plants are flowering now. I think they’re one of the few plants that like all the rain and cool weather! Mellissa, I think you’re doing exceptionally well considering the unusually cool weather and the record rain we’ve had.

I had such a problem with all of my seed starts this year and had no idea why. Hearing you talking about a potting soil issue makes it all so very clear now.

I not only found tomato starts that were San Marzano, I only paid $1.99 per 6 pack for them and got 2 bonus tomato plants. There are potting soil issues. I bought the best potting soil in our area, Schultz Moisture Plus, and I was so unhappy with it. I still had 2 bags of Master Gardener potting soil from last season, thank God, because it has been my saving grace with the garden. The Schultz Moisture Plus was molded, had huge stick pieces, smelled like there was pig waste shoved into it, and just altogether has been horrible. The soil was gray with white fuzz all over it. I amended it with bags of coconut coir, vermiculite, perlite, and other nutrients just to get it to pull on out of the funk and make it worth my while. Still, not happy with it. It was $12 per bag or more, which is waaaaay more than I normally pay for potting soil. To me, it looked like the potting soil was rushed, not broken down enough, and sometimes still hot.

Thanks, Melissa! I especially appreciate the info about trellising to avoid mildew! Here in Oklahoma it is fierce!!

My broccoli came up very weird this yr too but I actually planted from seed & boy is it a learning lesson. I've gotten some leaves so if I just get the leaves @ least I'll get that. I have a few things going against me after listening to you video. 1st time seed starting inside, new to greenhouse we just put up, and new to hardening off, I thought it was mostly weather issues, but as well as learning soil issues etc...... I just hope I'll be able to can something.

Some very helpful, simple information.

Just had a pretty good frost last night. I got everything covered last night though, hopefully we won't have any casualties.

That's so funny that you are experimenting this year. We are too! May was cold here as well. I love the tunnel idea!

🌼🌻🐝☀️🌺👨‍🌾 I love your garden!! Such a great inspiration to me as I am just also a gardener and KZfaq creator. You put a lot of work and love into growing your garden! All the hard work is worth it to me to get to see the new growth everyday it brings me so much joy! I still have so much to learn and I appreciate your tips, tricks! Please Keep sharing! I would love to learn more about gardening from each other.

This year has been very challenging!!Here in New York State it's been the same I started tomato plants 34 with 4 different varieties they came up beautifully but I wasn't able to get them in the ground because of the weather also the potting soils like you said I found were bad so some of my starts didn't make it that includes other vegetables that I started also

I tough I was the only one with compost, starting seed and potting soil problems. this year even big farmers are having problems with germination on some of the channels I follow, my plants are little bigger but is too cold and raining everyday.. they are not growing and I feel a big chunk of summer is gone by now.

I bought starts this year too Will save what ever seeds I have and will acquire in the near future for next years garden

I'm going through the same thing in Oregon. I hope our warm weather comes and lasts into the fall! I hate buying starts, but did purchase a few this year.

I'm in Western Oregon up in the mountains, very similar to your area, and have been having sooo many issues due to the colder weather this year. Thank you so much for sharing your struggles and knowledge! The only crops that seem to be thriving are Kale and Carrots. Everything else is so stunted or just not sprouting at all. Praying for sunshine and warmth.

Like others I struggled with seedlings this year also whither it be bought seeds or saved. They sprouted and grow then seemed to just stop. The ones I planted in the ground seemed to have done a lot better.

Thank you for sharing! I’m in the PNW too and this makes me feel better to know our gardens look similar and this is only my second year! I won’t get discouraged. Love the green beans that have been passed down, do you by chance sell those? They sound perfect for my area! Can’t wait for some nicer weather heading our way. It’ll just be that much sweeter.

I'm glad you mentioned the soil issue.I thought I was doing something wrong with my seed starts My germination rate was not good and many struggled and dyed.I was starting to think my seeds was bad and most was bought this year.

Amazing Good gardening

I live on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington and it's been a very cold and wet spring also..my plants are stunted but once I put them in the ground (after it started being 40 degrees at night). Cool weather plants I mean..they are doing ok..just worried it will get too hot before they mature. Didn't have any trouble with my seed starting mix though.. Everything is so weird right now. I'll just keep planting and pray. My garlic and onions however are doing amazing 🤩

Here in the midwest (NORTHWEST IOWA) our seasons been the same sort of crazy! We grow row crops as well as a fair garden and everything is running behind with cool temps and then we shot right to 90*+ 😒 Best wishes for a sucessful season!!

Slugs and snails I pick out daily but the night creatures I can’t keep off. Rain washes away anything I put on them. I did buy starts as well for some plants. It’s been a tough season so far. Rhubarb seems to be missing the sun. Potatoes, sweet potatoes , peas are handling the weather fairly well. Tomatoes under cover help keep blight away. I trim off what gets diseased right away. Carrots and cabbage from last year are currently seeding.

Thanks for sharing this, I feel a little better about the state of my garden. I'm in the valley (Willamette Valley) and I was really starting to wonder if I should just pull all the cold crops and feed the leaves to the chickens so I can re-use the beds for something else. I'll leave them for a bit longer. My romanesco is doing the same as your broccoli, just tiny heads and then starting to bolt. Im not convinced the cabbages will fully form and my yellow wax beans and purple pole beans look terrible. I actually had to replant the beans, the whole first planting just rotted and never germinated because it was too cold and too wet. I'm really bummed with this weather this year. I'm trying to grow enough to preserve for several crops this year, and I'm not sure I'll get enough of anything for that. Except potatoes, ironically, now that I'm eating low carb. I did potatoes in grow bags this year and they're the only crop that is really thriving right now. Well, actually, the swiss chard is doing great too.

your tunnel arches are so perfectly shaped. Mine look like cathedral windows with a point.. i'm jealous

Here south of Detroit, we have a hot day followed by cooler days and it repeats putting stress on plants.

I am impressed that you have been able to till your garden. Still too wet in Oregon. :(

Thank you so much for talking about the potting soil! Also in Washington (Kittitas county), and are tomatoes and peppers are TINY! We kinda got nervous too, and got some starts. My mom heard from a gal that possibly their has been some chemicals found in potting soil (Not sure if that’s true, but good to be aware)💁🏻‍♀️ So discouraging! This has been a very strange year. Had problems with what I think is cut worms, and I believe it’s because it’s been so cold, that everything is stunted, and the bugs had a chance to nibble😅 the Lord is in control though!

I have never got potting soil always have made my own just with Rabbit poop and coffee grounds ,and Turkey tea my problem is I listen to people saying you put 2 or 3 seed in a hole because they all come up and I always end up with over 100 tomato plants and a crap load of pepper plants lol

The waiting is so hard! I'm in Oregon and very much in the same situation (but a much smaller growing area). I hope we get a warmer September.

I'm in the Spokane area and have the same experience wth my raised beds.

I find the spinach I have bolt very easily. They bolted last year because of heat and now (seeds from last year’s bilted plants) they’re doing the same because of cold.

Also in wa state about 30 miles north of Seattle, I actually seeded things in my greenhouse I don't normally seed first so I could kind of be where I should be but fingers crossed...........only finally put out my tomatoes this week about to put in most of my other crops after this hot spell to help the soil warm up slightly......also slugs have been a bane in my exsistence last month and the beginning of this month and have decimated what I have had out even with prevention measures, heavily relying on the certain bird species I feed outside to help me out slightly

Yup...very validating. I live marysville Washington and have struggled for months with the help of a true green house. I don't have a heater in my Greenhouse so the temperature keeps dropping in the 50s at night. Sow my seed starts are pathetic. I've also battling slugs.everywhere. I will definitely check out your video on storing potatoes in the ground. I did that one year. And they all turned to Mush because we got too much rain. And I got a black heart rot in my potato so I've never stored them in the ground ever again. So curious do you cover them so that they don't get any rain on them when you're storing them in the ground?

Melissa, where did you get your portable cold frame from? Would you recommend it? Ray Delbury Sussex County NJ USA

The Lord is looking out for me using you. Put in my first garden in Portland, Oregon. You are a blessing! I have 2- 3 feet by 20 feet raised beds. Helpful about the spinach. Mine is similar. Everything else seems good.

I was so relieved to hear that other people struggled with seed starts this year. All of my starts were small also and I was trying to figure out what I did wrong..

I’m in Washington as well. I’m wondering if I should focus less on tomatoes and peppers this year and sow fall crops a little earlier, anyone doing this in the pnw? We will be lucky to get one pepper this summer 😩

i live in eastern WA and it has been cooler and wetter than usual here as well. I have noticed such stunted growth in all of my starts as well and wondered what was going wrong. I too had to purchase potting mix so im wondering if that is my issue. Thank you so much for sharing.

whakiakum county here, pretty close to the ocean.. its been a rough year.. tomatoes are just starting to pick up.

Like so many others have commented, thanks for sharing about the soil. I make my own for seed starting but I filled a Greenatalks with bought soil and I thought it was the seeds, which I've replanted 3 times now, or that I was doing something wrong with the Greenatalks, but now I'm thinking it's the soil.

Hi Melissa, I live in mid Michigan in the lower and i find that my green beans grow as well and catch up when the soil in warmer when I plant maybe the second week in June, they seem to do much better.

I am in the northeast. A few years ago I startedmaking my own potting soil. The results were amazing and it was quite a bit cheaper. This year I ran out and had to buy some to finish up. I don't know what is going on but it was awful! Ended up making another smaller batch of my own and dumped the store bought in a bin. I'm thinking about adding it to the mulch pile, we have a few, to use around the decorative shrubs. Don't want to take the chance on flowers or food.

Thank You for going over potatoes that was pretty interesting I am curious about sweet potatoes as I really am trying to grow those this year but I don't know I get the slips part down but I planted some and they didn't make it so I don't know what I'm doing wrong maybe you have some ideas on that please and thank you again, and maybe it has to do with the soil thing cuz I did put them in raised beds with the new soil this year going to plant some in my ground garden and hopefully they'll do good

Im growing hatch peppers, seeds from a store bought pepper they look good, green chilis canned.

Just south of you, rainy and cold here for far too long here as well 😞 I'm new to gardening and so glad I built a greenhouse last year or doubtful I'd have anything growing at all. Two questions for you... 1) What is the name of the tomatoes you mentioned that are good for sauce? San-something? 2) How do you keep your potatoes in the ground without them rotting? Would have assumed that would happen with all the rain we get here in the PNW. Am enjoying learning from your channel, thank you so much.

Same here in Boise. Still having to bring my begonia in at night. Made some window covered cold frames. Got so hot inside, it melted my planting trays. So I took off the windows and the next day it JUST FLOODED rain ALL day which it basically NEVER does here. I believe I'll be resowing. 🙄 Has been making me wonder how we ever survived as a species.

I feel like i grew to many san marzano's this year grew them from seed started them feb 28th indoors planted them in the ground april 30th should have left in pot a few more weeks to stunt the growth a little they ended up growing 6ft tall and 5 ft wide its only the 10th of August 😂 and im in zone 6b

Also Washington State…..Yakima…….same thing happened to me with seed starting. Ended up purchasing starter plants…

Melissa, I just read that podcast page. Here's my take: If ALL the potting soil is effected, every brand, every product, across the board, then is it possible that our just-in-time delivery system problems may be the culprit, here? This year and last year we saw major difficulties with ports log-jammed and shipping containers going nowhere and products not arriving at stores, which, in turn, saw empty warehouses and empty shelves... so, what if this happened with potting soil? What happens to potting soil when it gets wet and sits and soaks for long periods at a time? If a truck got rained-on or a train or a major shipping vessel sat at port... that wet potting soil does... what? That's right, it goes anaerobic. The soil rots. Any and all nutrients in that soil gets consumed by the bacteria or fungi that thrive in that anaerobic environment. Right? And what happens when you plant seeds in that soil? Here's another possibility: Sea water. All those shipping containers stacked on container ships at sea, waiting at port. If there was any heavy weather, causing storms at sea, with huge waves crashing all over the containers... (I don't know how likely this is.) In centuries past, when warring tribes conquered their enemies, part of their domination of the Enemy was... salting the fields. So... what does soaking in sea-water do to potting-soil? This is ALL speculation on my part. I'm presenting my ideas to you, so I can get your thoughts and opinions on them. So, what do you think?

I love tours. I can picture what your garden will be like in even a couple weeks and it’s so awesome! It already looks good. 😊 should cauliflower leaves get really big? I sees started my cauliflower in March. Planted it out about the first week of May. And it still hasn’t come to head. I’m 6a.

I enjoyed the garden tour, especially the peppers. We are having trouble with ours! I'm not sure what we are doing wrong, but they're just not having it this year.

Heat advisory here in IN.. wish we had some cooler temp

Great video, thanks. Slightly ahead on Whidbey... not much though. I'm wanting to save carrot seed. What variety of carrot seed are you growing. Can't wait for your book.😊

Melissa where did you get the portable cold frame? It’s exactly what I need

our garden here in missouri is also stunted by all the rain we have had the last couple of months now.

I'm in the PNW and between the cold weather and the infested soil bags it's been a struggle😪

Hi Melissa! I was trying to find where to sign up for your courses on your website and a bunch of your links were broken for me. Not sure if it's just me, but in case others have that issue I thought I would mention it. Love seeing your garden coming along!

Thanks for the link to bagged soil fiasco

It's amazing how when I buy plants from the store suddenly everything I planted at home sprouts

What direction do you put your tunnels? Are the ends of the tunnel facing E/W or N/S . I was thinking E/W would be best but some one told me N/S. So now I'm not sure.🤔

I have replanted all my plants. But I am over our weather here in WA.

I heard cucumber starts end up dying a few weeks after transplanting so I direct sowed as well as some starts...it's an experiment I' ll see what works out soon

I have your book Family Garden Plan but it doesn't have info on celery in it. Can you share how many plants you need per person and when to plant got spring and fall crops? I've been using your info for other crops and would love to follow for celery. Thanks

Melissa, do you grow & use sprouts in a jars? Do you have a list of seeds we can eat as sprouts like beans, or alfalfa sprouts? This is something I am interested in learning to do.

I agree the seed starting mix was awful. I saved my tomatoes putting them in my farm bought compost

my potting soil was good this year it was my compost that was bad so now not much is growing, seeds start out ok then turn yellow:(

You are the first person to mention that the spring temperature doesnt get warm enough to germinate until later than in the past. I am in East Texas and cucumbers, squash, watermelons and Cantaloupe could be planted about March 15. Now it is close to May when these will germinate. Do any other growers notice the soil temperature change the last 4 or 5 years?

Poopy weather in Oregon too

Have you ever thought of growing kappa cabbage to make Kimchi? Thanks for sharing all your garden knowledge with us. GOD bless you

I would like your pickle recipe!!!

Checkout Roots & Refuge Farm's videos about herbicide contaminated potting soil. She had a soil company reach out to her and share what they know.

I'm having a problem of all my plants dying I started from seeds and already hardened off. I am container gardening and I am beginning to wonder if it is the soil I bought.

New gardener here. I have so much lettuce. We eat it, we give it away. Is there a way to preserve it to make it last longer? I don’t want to waste it.

It's been extra hot and dry where we are.

So the broccoli is ready to harvest? Mine looks just like that but I wasn't sure if it was ready yet.