GreenFun: Beginner Vegetable Gardener in Ottawa Canada and his Garden Part I

[bm5447]

very nice garden and nice layout!  Keep on gardening!

[cjdavidson09]

Also, I had the same experience with the peppers. It took nearly 3 months before anything resembling a pepper grew on mine. First, a small white flower appeared and the pepper developed from that fairly quickly. I was growing jalapenos and banana peppers. 

[cjdavidson09]

You planted your veggies at the right time. I live in Kentucky and we say plant your garden Derby weekend which is the first Saturday of May. But generally you should wait until after the last frost of the year which there's no way to know when that will be. Great garden.

[bradgray51]

New to your channel.... sq. ft. gardening is the only way to go... everything looks great.

[LilFrugalGardener]

Hello from the frugal gardener!

[Metal8Lover]

see starting tomatoes from seed is good but you have to "harden them off" by bringing them out into the shade outside during the day (and bring them inside at night) and slowly showing them to the sun over a period of about 3 weeks

[JustForYouinTempe]

It takes three years to get any good asparagus, don't ever cut it till then. Your peppers are too close as they will get really big nt takes a good three years for your soil to get really good, your garden looks great, you r doing a good job,

[bryncomeaux]

1 3 to bugs 1 3 to animals 13 to you hey its all free anyway just plant more

[tacticalauctions]

You planted on my birthday. Always get excited when I here "May 8th" regardless of the context.

[lindak990]

You should have more walk space between the beds, so one can better fiddle with the plants.

[Radwoem]

I've been gardening a little over six years now (I'm 26 years old). One of the BEST lessons to learn in gardening is that no matter how many precautions you take, and how much you amend the soil, you WILL lose some plants. You can't let that defeat you, just keep planting. Succession, succession, succession! Very proud to see gardening boom as economic times get worse. The raised-bed approach is an excellent one. Happy gardening, friend! Looks good.

[barkershill]

@Radwoem I've been gardenning since before you were born, and I still get my share of disasters . Just when you think you have seen it all something new comes along. One thing I would say: dont be too prescriptive and narrow thinking , theres not so much a right way and a wrong way to do everything , its more a case of every method has both advantages and disadvantages. If something has been done that way for years theres probably a good reason for it.

[Radwoem]

@barkershill I can't agree more. Gardening is more about expanding your thinking. Follow the old ways, but also experiment with new things. It is very satisfying to have a shot in the dark become a reliable method of gardening. I make my living in pest control, and a warning to southeastern gardeners: BEWARE THE KUDZU BUG on your beans and vining plants! I haven't found any organic ways to control them. I use a MILD solution of bifenthrin to control them (.00375%).

[Radwoem]

@Radwoem To get .00375%, go to a Feed store or hardware store and buy a concentrate of bifenthrin at 7.9%. Get a five-gallon bucket with lines to denote gallons and add one ounce of 7.9% concentrate to five gallons. Store in dark place with lid on (sunlight breaks pyrethroids down). This also works very well for squash bugs and vine borers. Please only use when necessary, and do not spray flowers. Pyrethroids affect numerous insects, so be very selective when and where you spray!

[Str8upbrah]

Nice man. Wow, your garden looks nice. I have not done as much research as you. I'm just gonna grab some seeds and grow them and see what happens :) a little bit of water and sunshine. I don't know what all tools are and what they're for, but time will tell.

[capricechild92]

I see you did a fair amount of research on youtube.. how much have you spent? You hav a very pretty big box store garden, be proud. Now put some mulch ON your beds to keep moisture and stop weeds. Save seeds by planting only two every ft or so.. and do some thining.. dnt let ur lettuce bolt. Shieza.

[AngelikavonDeutschla]

I am comming from Germany. And aspargus farmers there, put the asparagus in long rows that are topped as a hill. My grand parents had 4 raised 6 feet long rows . Every spring we had an aboundance of asparagus.

[Dragonsgirl1]

Strawberries don't do anything until the second year. They will come back the second year bigger and stronger. Good luck with your garden. My first year was a total disaster. Yours is great and you'll do so much better next year.

[nathaliepoulin]

You should try checking out permaculture, it's a much more efficient way of planting/living off the land! Check it out.

[iamamonsterrr]

@nathaliepoulin

you beat me to it..

[TnWormsCastings]

watch how one plant might share another from getting sun plant climbing things on the north side of your bed

[abuelita23xxx]

don't know if you know but don't even consider eating your asparagus for at least 2-3 years. It takes that long to make them viable. Search out an extension program in your area, or online. Most asparagus, as I mentioned takes a few years to get going. Everything in your garden looks wonderful. Did everything turn out well, since this is 2010?

[xxLabrat407xx]

And, another suggestion if I may is to weather your seedlings. Taking plants from one habitat to another in a day is too much shock value. Sun/wind/cold/moisture etc. Also, if you look between a mature plants branches, you'll find suckers, snap them off at about 4 inches, plant those directly, water frequently, in as little as a week time you'll have another mature plant producing more tomatoes sooner rather than later. You can also share your plants with friends and neighbors this way. Cheers

[xxLabrat407xx]

A few tricks I'd like to share.. To water...As you plant your darlings, cut off the end of a water bottle, bury the bottle, spout down towards the roots, then when you water you won't annoy the plants themselves (saves on H20 too).

[crewlla]

I dont know about your last frost date but in alberta our last frost date is suppose to be may 28th. However in june of 2009 we did have snow. I like your set up its very nice are you planing on gardening this year.

[dylan14570]

Great videos!

[ecstatica23]

how are your pumpkins doing? we have a huge pumpkin patch but no female flowers so it's not looking good.

[buff122]

When planting seeds if you use 2 sticks at each end of the row with a string strung close to the ground between them it will make it easier to tell which are weeds or seedlings. I hope this helps. You're off to a great start, really nice garden. I've been gardening for years and still have failures, just a part of gardening so don't give up.

[sadia102]

Very enjoyable.