In this video, I take you for a tour around our vegetable garden to show what we can grow in winter over the coldest part of the year here in our subtropical climate.
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The way Mark pulled that tomato plant just makes me so mad! Some of us here have to spend good money for a grow light system to get decent tomato plant because it's so cold. Ugh, so jealous!!!
I grew yacon last summer but didnt harvest them as.they didnt get very tall, maybe 2-3ft at most, do they regrow from their tubers or rot in the ground? I live in California it isn't as mild a winter as you have, we get close to freezing 32F/0C but not below, it has actually been a milder winter than usual. I still have a couple of young bananas and a few guava treelings that survived so I'm happy about that.
Filling the bottom with wood scraps was a game changer. I have “tons” of forest scraps and I was able to solve two problems at the same time.
We grow snow and ice. 😉
Good job Mate!
We live in Blackwater, central Queensland. During the sweltering summer months, Corriander grew very well, almost to weed proportions
I was literally just thinking "sounds like the summer here in England" then Mark said it
You might try putting some fresh manure under the plants with some soil on top to grow the squash in. As it heats the squash will love the heat.
Hey Mark try some Kohl Rabi – beautiful roasted/ grated in salad/ eat like an apple or even pickle. Cheers Denise – Geebung Brisbane
I think your house,deck and all is beautiful
Been watching your vids for quite sometime now… I want to visit your garden someday
Hey mate! I just found your channel through Kevin at Epic Gardening. I actually live in Australia now, and fairly close to you I think, up on the Sunny Coast.
This video has been highly informative, and I've learned heaps from your channel. I'll definitely be following more closely, as we're in the same climate.
Cheers mate!
the russel crowe of gardening
When you say you cut the peppers back do you cut them near the base and leave a little sticking out or do you cut it to the ground
Nice
Try gold egg turnip grated ferment with salt pretend it's cabbage. Very good.
lol
All the guides where I'm from (Newfoundland) say not to plant zucchini or squash until mid-June, and definitely not to to start indoors and transplant them. I was planting pretty willy nilly in early May and started all my zucchs and squash and pumpkin indoors. All are transplants and all are now quite large and have flowers, and seem happy in their grow bags. My four zuchinnis are already producing fruit, two of them have two to three zuchinni a few inches long. Seem totally fine.
Who you growing all this for ? Are you selling it ?
A couple of videos back you had a video about what to bury in a raised bed. Aside from mother in law jokes, how about burying the clintons ?
"ike a normal summer in England" HEY!!! that's offensive… and highly accurate. Belgium and Netherlands have the same climate, tho last year it was hotter than the desert. I might be a year late, but thanks for a great vid buddy :p
Asparagus seeds ..which brand producer..and type is best ?
How many acres is your farm, mate? 🙂
Love all your videos! And you new deck looks fantastic!
Hello Mark Valencia! What do you mean by your Flathead parsley growing for… Several years ?!!? How does that work?
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