Check out our garden in early July! We've already harvested, eaten, fermented & dried so many diverse spring crops, but now its time to think about the fall/winter garden. Solara discusses the transition to winter vegetable crops that happens in July. July is the time to plant thing like: carrots, kohlrabi, broccoli, cabbage, onions and more.Check out the "West Coast Seeds Winter Garden Planting Chart" online for specific planting dates: https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0011/2341/8172/files/SM120_2019-Fall-Winter-Guide_Final.pdf?4716

Would you like Brussel sprouts from your yard for Thanksgiving and Christmas dinner? Plan it right and you can have this and so much more in my favorite season to grow food fall and winter! It is all about having plants 4 to 6 weeks old, vigorous, and ready to plant when your spring and summer crops are finished or gone to seed. In this video I show how our spinach has gone to seed so we just tore it out, not disturbing the roots, and planted leeks for a fall harvest. One thing I look for or ask is how did the plants before look? Did they look and grow big robust leaves? Or were they smaller and possibly suffering from lack of nitrogen? If they are suffering a little like ours were in this bed, I would add some well-rotted manure or compost. This will give your next crop the nutrition it will need to thrive. Some other keys to year-round harvest is how to time when to start your plants to plant out at the right time? For example, we know our garlic will be ready to pick at the beginning of July. So we started cabbage and brussel sprouts 6 weeks earlier at Mid May. Potatoes will come out late July to early August when the green plant above soil starts to turn brown. We will pick the potatoes and plant directly into the soil the next day. We will start lettuces, brussel sprouts, cabbage, and broccoli to plant in the potato bed. So the key is to know when you will harvest your spring and summer crop and know what to plant 6 weeks before this date. Time it right and you will have brussels sprouts, carrots, beets, salads, onions and so much more from your garden in the cold of fall, winter, and through to spring. To learn more join us: Facebook Group - Join our group where we share everything we do in our garden, you can find inspiration and get your questions answered during the free Saturday Q&A’s. Click here to join: https://www.facebook.com/groups/growthefoodyoulove/ Do you want to grow year-round? Then this FREE workshop is an absolute must! Join Gary as he goes through how you can grow healthy food year-round that you can feel good about! Click here to get access: https://growthefoodyoulove.com/workshop If you are looking for a** 1-1 garden consult with Gary** so that you can address specifically what is going on in your garden you can book a time by clicking here: https://app.acuityscheduling.com/schedule.php?owner=19305717&appointmentType=13636432. He can visit you in your garden at home (with distance), or online. Are you looking for a week to week list of instructions that are easy to follow that just show up in your inbox AND a way that you can get coaching along the way? Then our Yard to Food Membership is for you! If you would like more information check it out by clicking here: https://growthefoodyoulove.com/membership/ We can’t wait to hear from you and hear what YOUR BIG WHY is for wanting to grow the food you love, feel free to share with us in the comment section of this post!

When growing in small spaces, getting high yield crops out of small spaces is key. Interplanting, also known as intercropping (and in some circles companion planting, but that's a subject for another video), is a fantastic way to squeeze more harvests out of the same space: 1. Consider planting 'understory' plants under your tall veggies like tomatoes, corn etc. 2. Also consider planting quick-season crops between long-season crops, so long as their root systems won't disrupt growth too much. 3. Finally, consider 'merging seasons' by starting fall crops as the summer ones are finishing off, or throwing one last batch of spring crops in between your summer starts. IN THIS VIDEO → Birdies Round Tall Metal Bed: https://shop.epicgardening.com/products/round-tall-metal-raised-garden-bed SUPPORT EPIC GARDENING → Buy Birdies Raised Beds: https://shop.epicgardening.com → Buy My Books: https://shop.epicgardening.com/collections/books → Support Directly: https://www.patreon.com/epicgardening LEARN MORE Epic Gardening is much more than a YouTube channel: → Text Me: +1 (858) 264-3907 → 2nd Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/epicurbanhomestead → In-Depth Articles: http://www.epicgardening.com/blog → Daily Podcast: https://apple.co/2nkftuk → Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/epicgardening/ → Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/epicgardening → FB Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/epicgardening/ → TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@epicgardening → Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/epicgardening → Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/epicgardening

Learn how to plant beans from seeds! Summary: 1) Choose seeds for Beans. 2) Space 4 per square foot. 3) Place 1 seed per spacing. 4) Cover lightly with soil.

One way to prep and plant seeds in a garden

In this episode, we cover what you really need to know about how to grow from seed and transplants. This video walks you through when we seed and when we transplant and why, seeding pointers, various seeding techniques, how to transplant, and thinning seedlings. www.Victorygardensvancouver.ca Video by Simon Redekop Director of Photography- Peter Hagge Music & Sound Design- James Watkins Location Sound- Penelope Walcott, Kiran Mukkavilli Intro Titles by Dan Sioui and Eric Wada Intro Titles Music and Sound Design Adam Fulton Special thanks to the Co-operators and the awesome Victory Gardens team!

With warm weather here and mild nights, I couldn't wait to get our tomatoes in. Before you do here are a couple considerations: Tomatoes like warm weather around 20 degrees during the day to go in and nighttime temperatures 10 degrees celsius or above. If you think you are pushing it you could plant it out early making sure to cover the plants up at night. You could use remay cloth or a milk jug cut off at the bottom and placed over top. When planting tomatoes remember they need at least six hours of hot sun to thrive. Dig the hole only as deep as you are going to plant the tomato. You can plant it deeper than in the pot. If there is plenty of green growth up top you can cut the lower leaves off. The stem has hairs on them that will turn into roots. In this video, I demonstrate how we plant the tomato on its side. This allows us to plant it only 6 inches deep instead of 10 to 12 inches if I planted it straight up. The majority of the minerals in the soil are in the top 6 inches and you don't have to water so deep this way. I've had years of success growing tomatoes this way. To give you an idea, a 13-foot row of about 10 tomato plants gives us plenty of tomatoes for soups, stews, ketchup, and salsa deep into the winter. We are planting 20 tomato plants total this year for our family of 5. I also mix a little kelp fertilizer in with the water and soak the root ball before I put it in the planting hole. Kelp stimulates root growth and helps in transplanting. When putting the plant in the hole, mix in some 6-8-6 organic fertilizer in the hole with the planting soil. Then gently put the plant in the hole, gently mixing around the soil, and fertilizer until it is all mixed together and the soil covers the roots. Form the soil around the root ball into a well so when you water it goes right down to the plant and doesn't' run away. Facebook Group - Join our group where we share everything we do in our garden, you can find inspiration and get your questions answered during the free Saturday Q&A’s. Click here to join: https://www.facebook.com/groups/growthefoodyoulove/ Do you want to grow year-round? Then this FREE workshop is an absolute must! Join Gary as he goes through how you can grow healthy food year-round that you can feel good about! Click here to get access: https://growthefoodyoulove.com/workshop If you are looking for a** 1-1 garden consult with Gary** so that you can address specifically what is going on in your garden you can book a time by clicking here: https://app.acuityscheduling.com/schedule.php?owner=19305717&appointmentType=13636432. He can visit you in your garden at home (with distance), or online. Are you looking for a week to week list of instructions that are easy to follow that just show up in your inbox AND a way that you can get coaching along the way? Then our Yard to Food Membership is for you! If you would like more information check it out by clicking here: https://growthefoodyoulove.com/membership/ We can’t wait to hear from you and hear what YOUR BIG WHY is for wanting to grow the food you love, feel free to share with us in the comment section of this post!