This is the best video I've watched today. Great to see a smile, good humor, practical advice on basic living skills, and hope for the future. Growing is something I'm good at, and I think I needed this refresher.
Maybe you can come help me with my sad garden, lol. Actually, it's the first time gardening ever, so I feel like I did great just getting vegs to grow, even though I didn't get a lot of vegs from the plants. My zucchini had quite a few growing, only to die off before they were halfway grown, I only harvested 1. My sweet potatoes are tiny, strawberries were small and not many, green beans all started growing but the plants died before beans grew large enough to harvest, onions didn't grow at all, and green peppers are now finally growing a few peppers, but they are kinda small. I have a lot to learn, not ready to give up yet, like I said it was my first time growing anything and right now I'm glad the plants all grew. I envy those that have such neat & tidy big gardens, wish I could do that.
There are some really good vegetable gardening for beginners books. I like the square foot gardening books. It's an easy technique for beginners, less weeding equals less work. A small raised bed is a good way to start and not get overwhelmed.
Go now and order a passel of (free) seed catalogs. Spend the winter reading them, you'll learn a lot and get a nice, endless list of things you want to grow. LOL
Sounds like you may need to test your soil. It may be too acidic or too alkaline or not have enough organic matter. Do you have a local Farmers Cooperative? They could tell you how to do that. This would be my first guess at solving your problem. Good luck to you!
We made one above ground (? not sure what it's called) garden bed, along with growing some things in containers. We used all store bought soil from farmers store. Right now I have a couple of green peppers growing still, they are about the size of my palm right now, with some smaller ones that just stared growing. I'm in Alabama by the way, have a little longer warm season here.
This is the best video I've watched today. Great to see a smile, good humor, practical advice on basic living skills, and hope for the future. Growing is something I'm good at, and I think I needed this refresher.
Maybe you can come help me with my sad garden, lol. Actually, it's the first time gardening ever, so I feel like I did great just getting vegs to grow, even though I didn't get a lot of vegs from the plants. My zucchini had quite a few growing, only to die off before they were halfway grown, I only harvested 1. My sweet potatoes are tiny, strawberries were small and not many, green beans all started growing but the plants died before beans grew large enough to harvest, onions didn't grow at all, and green peppers are now finally growing a few peppers, but they are kinda small. I have a lot to learn, not ready to give up yet, like I said it was my first time growing anything and right now I'm glad the plants all grew. I envy those that have such neat & tidy big gardens, wish I could do that.
There are some really good vegetable gardening for beginners books. I like the square foot gardening books. It's an easy technique for beginners, less weeding equals less work. A small raised bed is a good way to start and not get overwhelmed.
https://smile.amazon.com/Square-Foot-Gardening-Fully-Updated-ebook/dp/B07JMNCBKR/ref=sr_1_3?crid=2NCGH6PZK4CZA&keywords=square+foot+gardening&qid=1662522481&sprefix=square+foot+gardening%2Caps%2C106&sr=8-3 Here's the updated one, free if you have Kindle Unlimited or you can buy a paper version
This is the other beginner's book I think is excellent. https://smile.amazon.com/Vegetable-Gardeners-Bible-2nd-R-D/dp/160342475X/ref=sr_1_20?crid=2TKSGRMXHFN7R&keywords=beginner+vegetable+gardening+book&qid=1662522667&sprefix=beginner+vegetable+gardening+book%2Caps%2C90&sr=8-20
Go now and order a passel of (free) seed catalogs. Spend the winter reading them, you'll learn a lot and get a nice, endless list of things you want to grow. LOL
Yeah, all I harvested my first year were lessons.
Growing in pots this year in controlled soil was helpful.
Sounds like you may need to test your soil. It may be too acidic or too alkaline or not have enough organic matter. Do you have a local Farmers Cooperative? They could tell you how to do that. This would be my first guess at solving your problem. Good luck to you!
We made one above ground (? not sure what it's called) garden bed, along with growing some things in containers. We used all store bought soil from farmers store. Right now I have a couple of green peppers growing still, they are about the size of my palm right now, with some smaller ones that just stared growing. I'm in Alabama by the way, have a little longer warm season here.
Sounds like some nutrients are missing.