How to Prepare Garden for Fall and Winter

Are you planting a fall garden? I hope so. But if not... you need to plant a cover crop to protect the ground and at the same time build the soil for next year. In this video I'll show you several ways to do that!

[mattseats]

As a bonus, crimson clover flowers are edible and add a nice mild nutty flavor to salads!

[RMh]

I've only watched 2 of your videos and I just have to say "very informational". Nice Job. Why you only have a half a million Subs ? "Come on People Start Sharing, Where all going to need to be resilient in the days ahead"

[lauriesmith]

Fall/winter gardening here in the desert is the BEST! Beets, cabbage, broccolini, mustards, so many kales, lettuces, scallions, radishes,
ground cherries, second crops of determinate tomatoes and cucumbers, melons, spinach, renewed herb growth, HEY YOU SAID HAIRY VETCH AGAIN, garlic, I'itoi onions ( a southwest thing), bush beans, carrots, so MANY things. AND YOU SAID IT AGAIN! I love it! AND AGAIN! Will this hairy vetch never end? AND AGAIN! I'm losing count. Peace out!

[debbybrady]

My garlic and black carrots are coming up. I'm planting beets and chard today. I'm going to put the mulch on my beds today. I'm trying straw this year.

[Mimeh]

I've never planted a garden in the fall because in my novice gardener's mind, fall is the time for harvest and you just don't plant in the fall. So after listening to the masters, I've decided to try collards, kale, beets and lettuce in my 2'x4' raised bed on the balcony. It will be interesting to see how it will work out. Oh yes, I forgot: Garlic!!

[AnitaLYoung]

I watched your video at 7:40 pm and was getting up to go outside to plant a cover crop when I realized it’s dark out there! You’re an inspiration but I just have to wait until tomorrow.

[sharonousmankobo]

I'm doing a fall garden for the first time so I cleaned up the areas in my 4ft by 40ft bed and added some good compost and began to transplant some of my greens, brassicas, onions, carrots, Diakon Radishes and different herbs. I had to cover them with bird netting or tulle to keep the rabbits and squirrels from eating them. Virginia zone 7a. Happy Gardening! 🌱 🥕 🥦 🧅 🧄

[marysills]

I’m trying fall growing for the 3rd year. Last two years illnesses kept me out of the garden. This weekend I planted carrots, green beans, cabbage, broccoli, cilantro, squash, lettuce. Tomorrow I’m going to put in kale, Swiss chard, bunching onions, a few peas. As I pull sick or dying plants I’ll put in radishes and beets.

[deborahfromdcspetersoncity]

I've got all my seeds now and finally realized that I have three growing areas that differ widely very much. One gets full sun for 10 hours, another area is semi shade for 12 areas and the last area is full sun mostly for 8 hours and semi shade for 3 hours. I finally know where and what to plant for Fall in these areas now. I'll be planting cucumbers, zucchinis, two types lettuce, broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, carrots, radishes, golden beets and Swiss chard. I really liked your video today.

[logosfocus]

with ur help ive made a lawn from scratch, watching the seed grow everyday is so satisfying 🌱.. now im potting out, making raised beds and organising the rest of my garden🏜.. but ive learnt a lot and am counting this as a practice year, onwards 🌬

[hyacinthABC]

Yes, fall is BEST planting time in the deep south garden. I still have some noodle beans, eggplant, basil and shiso growing (and one tomato plant grown from a sucker removed early summer) - but I have cut shaggy stuff to the ground. I'll pull back the mulch (no weeds all summer!) and spread some compost, then replace mulch and leave it a few weeks while I start seeds indoors. Planning carrots, beets, beans, snap peas, many gourmet lettuces and oriental veg, arugula and some umbels like dara and dill. The cutting garden bed is already percolating with chopped cover crop and grass clippings, but in time I'll be seeding for spring flowers.

[BackyardGardenFlo]

Thank you for your teaching I am learning a lot I am new to this is my first year doing gardening I want to do fall and winter garden thanks God Bless!!

[voythos]

Thank you for teaching us about cover crops. This was one of your best videos.

[saintmig]

I do container gardening and have planted a fall crop of peas, lettuce, spinach, beets, pak choi, radishes and cilantro. All the spent veg. plants go into my compost bin for next summer.I also save seeds from everything!

[Vicfric]

Definitely learned about cover cropping. I have never done any of it before. I will probably do the late winter version as I plan to do some Fall gardening

[GardenIdeas]

Nice method that you show us how to prepare garden for fall and winter in your garden, thanks for sharing

[zarinafox]

Been missing your post but got them back now I hope. Just in time to learn about cover crops. Will be checking out getting some crimson clover and trying that this fall. As always, I gather tidbits frim you that resonate in my brain to help me have a better garden. Thanks again.

[therevelation]

I´m growing all year around and nearly planting until just before first frost date. Just using some fleece on top on some beds, e.g. my garlic survived that way the -20°C last february. Winterrye is my most favorite covercrop because it produces a lot of green compostable mass. Btw. having some perennial plants in the beds helps survive the soil life, too.

[sheiladoherty]

No fall garden here as we get our first freeze around the 3rd week of September. Trying to get the most out of my summer crops at the moment. This is my first garden at this house & that’s all I could handle this year. Definitely going to plant some ground cover in the next few weeks. Thanks!!

[stephenhope]

Started my fall/winter crop this week with 6 inch tall transplants of cucumber in 9b Sacramento, they hate the heat. I am sowing radish and spinach this week and more dill. ( Dill I grew in spring grew to 36 inches tall, then died in the heat). My tomatoes will last into December, my zucchini and squash are feeling the wrath of summer and may not last much longer but their beds will be used for Lettuce and more succession radish and spinach which both hate the heat of summer. So, busy with the fall crops. I enjoy you're vids. Ready to transplant hot peppers so I can pull in a month and overwinter for next season.That gets me a 2 month start on next summers hot peppers.