So nice of you!

I feel the same!

I feel this way also!

Me too.

Couldn't agree more

Great to hear from a fellow Ohioan!! Welcome to the channel!

What an amazing and beautiful surprise for your friend's return home! A wonderful array for cool season crops, herbs & flowers!

You are an amazing friend! She’s gonna love it! I too am one with high hopes and dreams for my garden, but working full time takes so much time away from what I would like to accomplish, so I’ve had to put some realistic limitations on my dreams for the moment. Never say die!

@@dottietruthseeker4546 Actually I received an email yesterday stating how beautiful the garden looks to her and makes her smile when she can get outside to enjoy it. I have to pet sit for her Saturday and plan to pop in a few spring bulbs while there without telling her as a spring surprise.

It's good stuff!

Happy to share!

Thank you so much!

I agree!!! I don’t need (nor have the time) for extra crap lol. I love the “get to it” great info!! So glad I found your channel!! You need to write a book!!! ❤️

Thank you!

Yes!! You are spot on, Karen. This is exactly how I felt when I first tried cover crops!

I’m going to try this for the first time this year. Need to do more research on it but basically I plant them and grow them and let them rot in the ground correct? Then till when I’m ready ?

Correct- and depending on your conditions you may not even need to till. I often just go straight in and plant in the spring after tiller radishes without working the soil at all!

@@GrowfullywithJenna Thank you! Same issue here with clay soil, I gasped when I saw the size a tiller radish gets, had no clue! How do you plant these, do you plant them 1 seeds at a time spaced a certain way, or do you just sprinkle a handful of some seeds over a patch of ground and cover with a bit of dirt? Do you cut back the tops or just let it all die back?

I am going to follow closely as our soil is such a clay mess!

Awesome! Thank you!

Hello! Great to hear from a fellow Ohioan!

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Thank you CB! You have a wonderful weekend as well- take care of yourself!

You're most welcome- I hope you get those fall crops planted in time! I always have a hard time remembering to get them in and I'm behind on quite a few this year. You take care as well!

I am so glad to hear that! I will certainly try to keep the videos coming- anything in particular you are most interested in learning about?

Thank you! 😊

Thanks so much!

Great to hear from a fellow Ohioan!! Thank you so much!

Thank you so much- it's wonderful to hear feedback like this 😊. I'd have a bit of a learning curve if I were in 8a, having never grown in the South before. You'd be teaching me some things!

Nice! I would think you should have great success with planting under low tunnels in your climate. I can extend most things into January here in 6a using heavyweight row covers. I'd love to hear how this goes for you, David!

Thank you so much!

Thank you so much, Steve! And it's great to hear from a fellow Zone 6'er!

Thank you, Aaron! And thanks for visiting!

I try to remember to give my location/zone in most of my videos- I appreciate this reference when I’m watching other videos.

Happy to share!

Thank you!

Thank you!! 😊

Thank you!

@@GrowfullywithJenna you're welcome

Nice! The bees LOVE buckwheat- I'm sure they appreciate you planting it, Don!

You're welcome!

Thank you so much!

You’re welcome 😊 Do you think you'll give it a try?

@@GrowfullywithJenna I can surely try, if it grows well in a container since I'm a container gardener 😊 Thanks for asking!

Thank you! But my full-time job is gardening (I'm a seed trial manager), so I have a definite advantage there!

I'm glad to hear your wife got to enjoy some late radishes, John- that's great! They definitely prefer the cool weather and I think you'll be very happy with an early spring planting. Take care!

Thank you! And I definitely want to do a watering video, as I've had multiple requests. I had hoped to get to it in August, but am now shooting for September! This summer's gotten away from me a bit 😆. Thanks for the suggestion & take care!

Glad to hear it… but I’m still in denial that it’s almost August 😆!

@@GrowfullywithJenna Well, in the garden we lose the track of time and embrace the nature.

My advice- ignore whoever's telling you that! Whether you start indoors or direct sow depends so much on individual growing conditions, resources and personal preference (you might want to check out this video on direct sowing versus transplanting for more info: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/bbx0h7teuZqwgYk.html). I've found that there are some crops that just work better here as transplants.

Welcome to my channel! I hope you find some useful nuggets here!

I just saw on another video that you suggest Johnny’s site for detailed information for varieties. I will check there 🙂

Yes! They are a wealth of info!

Glad it was helpful!

Glad you like them!

Thank you! You too!

Glad you found it informative!

I'm glad you discovered me as well- thank you for watching! You have basically the same frost dates as I do here in 6a. If you have any areas/microclimates where you're a bit more protected from wind you may well be able to get away with zone 6 plants. Thank you for the kind words- that hat has served me well, it's been through a lot! Take care!

@@GrowfullywithJenna Near the house would probably be the best bet, and areas in the yard where the snow drifts as it'd protect it from the extreme cold. Here it usually doesn't get any colder than -10 in winter, but it can and has gotten as cold as -30 before. But I imagine hardy end zone 6 would be as far as I could push it (as I know not all zone 6 plants are created equal). Zone 7 and beyond would have the be houseplants though probably (if I'm not mistaken, zone 7 is the beginning of "tropical" zone plants).

@@AltoonaYourPiano you are spot on. I've got a few Zone 7 plants that I've been able to overwinter in my unheated greenhouse, but most come in the house for winter.

Welcome to the channel, Tracy!

So nice of you

Glad it was helpful!

Thank you! I'm curious- what is your timing for the cool season crops in Zone 2b? I think I'd have to relearn everything in order to garden that far North. I'm glad to hear your warm season crops are producing well. Take care!

@@GrowfullywithJenna Well Jenna i planted cool season crops in the first week of August. We have had a very hot June and July here in Saskatchewan, as well as a severe drought in my area. Half the days in July were in the mid 90's crazy hot for here. Hottest i can remember. This month of August has been cool..alot of days in the high 60's and low 60's , so very drastic temp changes. Getting rain now, but way too late for grain farmers...poor yield for many of them. Gotta invest in shade cloth for next year..even the tomatoes and cucumbers didn't like that extreme heat. I love your channel, and you are so knowledgable...You could teach at a college! Thanks for sharing your knowledge!

@@borgboy1000 wow! Your weather in June & July sounds surprisingly similar to what mine was doing in July & August. It felt like every other area of Ohio was getting rain all summer but in my area it was extremely hot & dry. We also just started getting rain in the last week... now all the tomatoes are cracking! I hope your weather gets a little less crazy and the cool season crops do well for you. Thanks for the kind words and take care!

Sounds like you are planting a delicious assortment of veggies, Akhtar! Take care!

@@GrowfullywithJenna thank you

Thanks for visiting!!

Great to hear from a fellow Ohioan!

Pennsylvania here

Thanks for watching!

Nice!!

Is this what you hade in mind 😊? kzfaq.info/sun/PL4zzslvkscX1qEVADEL6_OL5ynFVtcMPR

Thanks so much for the recommendation, Bobby!

Glad you liked it!

You’re welcome!

Cảm ơn bạn

This is a great idea, Alisha! I will try to do a video that covers this- thanks!

You’re welcome!

Thank you so much!

Thanks! I do what I can. Too much of all that elsewhere on the internet these days... I don't need to add to it 😆. Take care!

Cover crop seed can be a bit tricky to find locally. Do you have any farm stores near you (something like a Tractor Supply) or perhaps ask a local mom & pop shop if they'd be willing to order some in for you?

Look for daikon radish, I was told at the local farm store that it is the same thing. It's cheap there. Their packaging said tiller radish, clerk who is a farmer said it's daikon.

You are most welcome, June! I'm very glad I could help!

We’re probably pretty close- my frost date for fall is approx mid-October, so you’d just tweak your dates a little depending on when yours is.

Yes! Check out this video at 03:38: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/nKmcY7iourTQgKs.html for more info about the hoops I use.

Thank you! And great question. Ironically I was just in upstate New York at vegetable trials and I posed this same question to a beet breeder. He said he only sees about 3 days difference, which was less than what I would have guessed. Now, I'm sure that varies a bit from crop to crop, but many cold crops like broccoli and cauliflower are bred specifically for spring OR fall production (not both, though I tend to have good results on either end here in Ohio), so the days to maturity you see on them is probably pretty accurate.

Yes! Here is my full video on overwintering onions: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gpyVZqt9lb6sfKM.html

Glad you think so- thanks for watching!

It's been a rough year for my garden. We need rain badly. Next year I will have water lines under all of my crops. Not just my strawberries.

That roster likes to talk!!

@@mister-action1 it's quite a project- but man, is it ever nice to have irrigation under ground for the whole garden! I wish I had it here!

@@mister-action1 haha... yes he does. And he talks ALL day long 🤣. Right now we've got 3 roosters, and I'm trying to convince my father in law to take him.

Hi Lauren- you can check that out here, starting at 00:29 kzfaq.info/get/bejne/oKmDl9OZq8jKiac.html

Thank you! And yes, you saw artichoke. The yields are just OK- I grow it as a novelty more than anything else, and I often let it go to flower because the blooms are beautiful! I grow the varieties which are annual producers (such as Imperial Star), so I am ensured a harvest in the first season. In a mild winter they will often die back to the ground, but then sprout up again the next spring.

Such a great plant for the bees! And yes- I grew both Takane Ruby and Rose Red Soba last year and loved them! But I love the plain white as well (and it's much more cost effective to plant in large quantities).

@@GrowfullywithJenna Where do you purchase your buckwheat in bulk? So after it flowers you just cut it down in pieces in place as in the video and then let it rot over winter? Does it come back like weeds or is it once and done?

Thanks so much! The tiller radish is indeed a type of daikon- they typically mature in 60-80 days. I've had luck with them in partial shade, so I think they'd do just fine in your yard. I'd love to hear what you think if you try them out!

@@GrowfullywithJenna thank you, I will definitely be trying them next year for sure! Sadly it is already fall where I am. We are two weeks out from our first frost🥶 but they are already on my garden list for early growers next season! Thank you so much for the tips tricks and advice😃I will make a note to let you know how they do in cold climate.

@@metalmartha2571 Oh goodness! You are way up North! You are right to wait- tiller radish is best planted 4 to 10 weeks before the first killing frost.

That's sweet 😊... but someone already did!

Great to hear from a fellow Zone 6'er! As far as pumpkins- they are frost tender, so as soon as that first fall frost hits, it will kill the plants. Mine typically occurs mid-October, so I can't plant pumpkins any later than about late June/early July here in Ohio.

Thanks, Cyndi. For most things, if you figure on planting 2 weeks ahead of me, you'd be pretty close. I'm curious what your fall season is like- after you get a frost does it get cold and stay cold right away, or do you typically warm back up and/or stay fairly moderate in temp?

@@GrowfullywithJenna yes warm back up sometimes last two years we have had mild fall and not nearly the snow that we had when I was growing up

Cucumber beetles are my nemesis!! I've been trying out so many organic methods over the last 5 or so years- so far I'm having the best luck with a combo of tactics. Planting late (this year I planted a month later than normal) to avoid the biggest bulk of the beetle population, covering plants with insect netting until they start blooming, protecting plants with Surround once they outgrow the netting (see this video: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jMWfiJiGnti3nIk.html), and planting varieties which are 1. less appealing to the beetles and 2. resistant to bacterial wilt (the disease which cuke beetles spread). It's tough because organic sprays & treatments don't tend to work all that well on cuke beetles.

Honestly, you're probably not going to get too much nitrogen from the vetch- that's the nice thing about using natural green manures like this. But if you really want to avoid it, you could go with something like oats, rye or winter peas or just do a mix with some vetch in it, but not all vetch. And yes- I have planted cover crops around the base of plants that are still growing. I had great results planting a mix of oats, peas and vetch around the base of my tomatoes and okra towards the end of last season.

@@GrowfullywithJenna Thanks Jenna. I just came to the conclusion that vetch was high in nitrogen because I was always able to grow pole limas with great success until I started using vetch in those beds. After using the vetch I got huge plants with blossoms but never any limas so I concluded the vetch was the problem. Maybe I'm crazy 🤣

Hi Linda! Glad to hear you've got some tasty fall crops planted already. You've got exactly the right idea. When I have crops in till late fall/early winter, I mulch with whatever I have on hand- often for me it's chopped leaf mulch, but straw would work well too.

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Sorry to hear this! I’ve got a basic growing guide: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qrWJhLyWrrLLYGQ.html and also share some tips in this video: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/kNmWos6nm62yhoE.html

Honestly, I find that keeping houseplants alive is more difficult than keeping my garden alive- so don’t lose hope!

@@GrowfullywithJenna Thank you for the encouragement!

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They can be quite elusive, yes-- but they are out there! I know what you mean- preserving all the garden bounty is one of my biggest challenges too, there's just not enough time in the day!

I just keep hearing from folks who are experiencing contamination of one kind or another. It's very disheartening. I'm glad that you'll be able to dig it up and get rid of it though, but I'm sure it's extra work that you neither need or want. I feel very behind this year as well... I'm not sure why that it is, other than it's just been a weird year so far! Good luck with all you have to do!

@@GrowfullywithJenna Thank you! *"... but I'm sure it's extra work that you neither need or want."* Exactly so! But it's necessary, so no point in grumbling or whining. I'm grateful to have a means of disposing of it even if disposing means digging it out myself. Just a bit more rain would make the digging easier in one sense, and heavier lifting in another, but that'll keep me out of other trouble, or so I tell myself. Sowing seeds in modules, or planting gauras, are easy-peasy tasks, and fairly quick, too, at least compared to removing the top two inches of a garden bed, eh? It *is* disheartening, I agree. How many of us will it take, and what will we have to do to get aminopyralids gone for good? Right now my own household is food secure, but plenty of people are not and plenty of those people can buy products such as potting soil or garden soil or "compost -manure" from the big box stores but nowhere else because of prices (and in some cases, transportation providing them access to other sources of safer products) which means they'll be buying that dangerous stuff. Other than building one's own soil, I don't know what's going to help, but that's not always an option, either, depending on who and where a person is. O.K., I'll stop rambling on and on, now. Thank you, again.

@@bhalliwell2191 You have a great attitude about it! And I don't know... I don't know how many it will take. It seems like we should have been at that point years ago. My heart goes out to those you mention- those who want to grow their own food, but don't have the option to build their soil (or even any soil to access).

@@GrowfullywithJenna *"You have a great attitude about it!"* Kind of you to say so! But really, it's something learned over decades of daily living plus of course some guidance from my parents: you can grouse and grumble and complain and whine, but nothing will change except that your friends, neighbors and co-workers will want to run when they see you coming, and the situation you're moaning about won't improve. If your friends, neighbors and co-workers had magic wands for fixing what ails your life, my guess is they'd use it just to get you quiet, you know? And they'd do it in secret so you wouldn't be a further pest. One of my neighbors has a sign in his workshop/garage which reads: *"Ten little words: If it is to be it is up to me."* More and more people *NEED* to garden, to grow at least some of their own food. I'm not sure how many realize it, yet. I can see ---imagine ---a number of ways and means to accomplish this goal. School garden projects, even year-round, won't answer all of the need, and community gardens, won't, either, at least not in super-short growing seasons or in more moderate climates such as yours and mine (I have between 155 and 185 growing days in any given year, depending on conditions and the source you read.) Growing a row for the hungry is good and it's laudable but it still isn't enough. It seems to me that States or areas with milder winters than you or I deal with have an advantage, but cool-weather veggies can be grown in Florida, or so I read, only during their winter weather period. Those who need to grow some of their own, home-grown food need to be on board with the idea of taking (what we used not so long ago to call) affirmative action, positive steps, and start doing for themselves as much as they can in an honest fashion (that means not pilfering your neighbor's garden), and those in a position to help but who have no desire to garden or who, like a friend of mine, live in high rises within urban areas, could adopt a gardener or a community or school and provide soil; amendments; containers; timber/lumber (for raised beds, of course); a load of clean wood chips for those growing over concrete or asphalt and/or the cost of delivering it; whole, new packets of seeds; air-tight containers and/or envelopes (made for the purpose) for seed-saving; maybe books on seed saving, container gardening, in-ground gardening (which reminds me, m'dear: when are you going to bring out a book of your own excellent good gardening sense?); starts for those unsure of themselves when it comes to growing from seed; mulch---CLEAN, please!; some hand tools which might be tall things like spades or potato forks or pitch- or broadforks as well as hori-hori knives, trowels, hand-cultivators or cobra-head cultivators or dibbers and so on; five-gallon buckets, or even larger ones meant for gardens and plant nurseries; grow bags; etc. I truly believe that we as a society need to go back to having backyard or community gardens, every home on every block. Apartment dwellers with balconies ought to be able to manage *something.* And gated communities with HOAs need to amend their constitutions or by-laws to allow people to have gardens including doing some edible landscaping which actually can be quite beautiful. Perhaps grant a gardening friend some needed gardening space in your own yard, if all they need is a few square feet here or there. Ten or twenty SF can be quite productive! Even sixteen square feet, as has been demonstrated in 4'x 4' raised beds, can produce a whacking great lot of food. Anyway, to return to my original topic: I'm estimating two-hundred to three-hundred pounds of soil to be removed and relocated and I count myself fortunate to be able to do that, one manageable load at a time. (Full disclosure: there are plenty of other things I'd prefer to be doing, like harvesting, interplanting, succession sowing, some judicious pruning, all that sort of thing, but for now this is the thing which *must* be done and according to my parents---may they rest in peace!---I have to be an adult about it.) Much garden love to you from the North Coast!

@@bhalliwell2191 I couldn't agree with this more-- and not only for the benefits of growing our own food should everyone have a garden. The boost in mental well-being from working in the dirt, being in nature, co-existing with other living things, learning natural rythmns and cycles-- who in today's harried world would NOT benefit from this! (and to answer your question about a book-- nowhere in the near future... but maybe someday).

🤣🤣🤣 no, it’s my dueling roosters- they were especially vocal that day!

Hahaha- I heard the elephant too. Glad I wasn’t the only one. 😆

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Oh how fun!

This video provides on overview on cover crops: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/oramjciGzbWwip8.html

Thank you for the suggestion! I also have videos on cover crops themselves, if that is of help: kzfaq.info/sun/PL4zzslvkscX39ZhMYn3TsqP3taiLRt9JF

I do them both as a spring & fall crop here-- the onions are for overwintering, but the calendula typically bloom into November.

After testing out quite a few varieties, I found that T-448 and Bridger performed the best for me.

Thank you! @@GrowfullywithJenna

I was looking for the same answer, in the question/comments. I found at the local seed store or Ag store in our area that it sells it in small and medium sized bags, roughly $6 for a bag of seeds that will last for quite a while in our yard garden. The woman at the store said they call it tiller radish, and it is also called daikon radish. In the comments right below your question, she wrote an answer to another question about the radish and said this: The tiller radish is indeed a type of daikon- they typically mature in 60-80 days. I've had luck with them in partial shade, so I think they'd do just fine in your yard (the other woman questioning has afternoon shade).

I've been using this: hancockseed.com/products/daikon-radish-seed the last couple of years Tiller/daikon/groundhog-- they go by many names but should all accomplish the same thing 😀

@@GrowfullywithJenna Thank you very much! Have you experience them leaving sinking holes in the ground, or do you just top each year and always plant yearly without caving in issues?

This video covers all the details: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gpyVZqt9lb6sfKM.html. In addition to the ‘Winteria’ variety I mention in that video, I’ve also had good results with ‘Bridger’, ‘Desert Sunrise’, and ‘T-448’ onions

Thanks! I got it here and it has held up amazingly well: amleo.idevaffiliate.com/idevaffiliate.php?id=184&url=43

Between 30-50% is best

I have this type of greenhouse: www.greenhousecatalog.com/product/mythos-greenhouse-6-8/nature-greenhouses

@@GrowfullywithJenna I almost bought the hybrid. Do you like it? I've been weary of buying one. Don't know enough about them. Are they fairly sturdy? Any reinforcement? Sorry for 20 questions, I'm just really curious.

@@jollyroger5646 I've been happy with mine. The double panel poly really seems to help-it's much sturdier and better insulating than another brand's single panel style I tried. No added reinforcement--BUT-- our property is fairly well protected from strong winds and the greenhouse itself is in a sheltered location. That being said... my old single panel greenhouse was too, and a windstorm twisted it apart within a week of putting it up!

@@GrowfullywithJenna thank you for your time and information.