5 Ways To Start Gardening A Month Earlier

If you're still staring at snow, don't be discouraged! Kevin, @jacquesinthegarden and @thecottagepeach you 5 of their best tips to get a head start on the growing season.

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TIMESTAMPS
00:00 - Intro
00:28 - The Obvious One
07:03 - A DIY Build
08:35 - Protection!
10:43 - Milk Jugs?
13:02 - DIY Hoop House
14:17 - Overwintering

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[tonileekingery]

Anyone else notice he dated it 2023 😂 love ya Kevin!! This is helpful for this Maine girl 🥰

[karafraley]

Thank you for having someone in zone 6! Been waiting for someone in zone 6 but especially 6b!! ❤❤

[debbybrady]

I also keep a journal. Just a Dollar store spiral notebook. Vegetable, when planted, when germinated, when transplanted, when first harvest. I also add any issues with the plant - like pests, etc. It helps me decide what to plant the next year. I start everything from seeds, indoors.

[MrYatesj]

Two weeks ago we had an ice storm that shut the town down, now it's in the 60's. Never to early to start whether it's inside or green house. LET IT GROW

[johndesrocher]

6B REPRESENT!! Nice to see someone from my zone giving us some great tips. Also great to see you guys made it through the rain, we were worried about you for a bit there. As always, fantastic video, can't wait to put these ideas into action. Thanks!!

[sabastianlove]

Nice vid! I like to add tomato cages with a clear garbage liner on stuff like peppers, works great as a makeshift humidity dome. Good for "over wintering" peppers in-ground, or on anything in a container.

[laydawesome]

I LOVE to clean up my garden during the cold months because I know I won’t run into snakes or spiders. So you’ll catch me outside doing all the organizing and heavy stuff, even meticulous tasks so that my garden is ready to simply put seeds in without a weed or debris in sight.

[thecottagepeach]

Growing more plants sooner makes me one happy peach 🍑 happy to be back w the epic crew!

[rtndo]

Glad to see a fellow MA gardener on your channel! I wouldn’t mind seeing more on that tunnel build.

[mynameisnotjose]

I took a risk starting sunflowers early indoors, but i couldn't wait! I received some seeds from my son's school garden and I needed to plant them! Now they're growing taller than the grow light no matter what I do. Even when the lights are off over night they grow an inch! This video was insanely perfect timing.

[CopperIslandHomestead]

Loved the addition of Dagny! Short season grower here in Northern Michigan ❤

[rokonsha]

Thank you for adding Dagny! She is from my neck of the woods! Will now watch every episode!!!😊

[catherinesanchez]

I was watching a garden video with a guy in SEA . He was cutting the bottoms out of 2 liter clear bottles and just putting them over the seeds/ seedlings to create a tiny individual greenhouse. You could water through the opening . Once the plant grew and was oushjng in the bottle, you removed it . Maybe not large gardens but for those of us with small gardens and no recycling trash service, it’s free and easy and you can reuse the bottles every year .

[MySwellGarden]

One month of perfect sunny weather! Count me in! Thank you Kevin! You are AWESOME!

[selinaagir]

Yes!! started a few days ago and I’m tackling my garden completely different this year. Feeling confident and excited 😇

[MyFocusVaries]

Love it. Winter sowing is my method. Sow and forget until spring. Though I'm trying to figure out a plastic free alternative. The more i learn about plastics and their affect on the environment and our bodies, the more I worry. Maybe winter sowing in a cold frame.

[eviecremini]

Was about to comment on the year date but everyone beat me to it. 😂 Much love from the PNW. Excited to see all the new faces and hopefully more from my grow zone! Got my signed copy of your book in yesterday. Excited to start my balcony garden this year.

[jeannamcgregor]

I think my failure point in over-wintering container peppers is not removing the saucers under them so the soil stays too wet and I'm probably getting rot in the roots. The only one that worked last year was the only one with no saucer.

[misschris]

I was throwing darts at a board last year and got totally lucky- I have no idea what I'm doing. With ducks and chickens I need to grow peas, corn, etc. These tidbits will probably give me a big boost from last year. Many thanks. Love from NH❤

[infinitelyblessed]

I love the tip on over wintering the peppers!