Why I Am Starting My Fall Garden NOW | Veggies, Herbs, & Flowers!

These are almost all of the seeds I am starting for Fall, in large part all the varieties are here but in limited quantities. The rest of the fall garden will be sowed through September. I go over all the vegetables, flowers, and herbs I started and explain why I chose the ones that I do!

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[j.l.emerson]

When I was stationed in Germany, I had a friend/coworker that had a large kitchen garden. On a visit in mid summer, I got permission to graze in his garden... His kids were kind of dumbfounded that I went from crop to crop, eating the veggies raw in the garden. They had no problem telling me that I was weird. I challenged them to just try it. I got them to try raw carrots, peas, green beans, broccoli, cauliflower, etc. And... to put a cherry on top, (literally!) I climbed the sweet cherry tree & had dessert. Soon, they followed me up the tree... My friend told me he had never seen his kids eat so many veggies so willingly... It was such a fun day.

[AprilAussie]

Longer videos are great, I’d prefer that over something rapid fire. The more info the better. You tend to give enough info without it being overwhelming so that’s awesome.

[judysocal]

I like that you not only go over what to plant or at least possibilities for this time of year but give reviews and ideas for how they are used. Also, you grow some unusual vegetables that spark my interest. Thanks!

[lumensapace]

I’d love to see a follow up with you transplanting them into the garden when they’re ready!

[Alex-rvq]

Let’s be real, we want cilantro year round! Lol especially us people from LA or SD when we make tacos and top them with onions, cilantro, and salsa

[aquarianmajo]

i was literally in the middle of watching the previous year’s september grow video. absolute perfect timing!

[deltorres]

I like the longer video because I think I get to learn a little bit more from you. Thank you very much. Plus, I took a lot of notes and I’ve placed my order for some of them flowers.

[AnyKeyLady]

Great selection there Jacques!

Lobelia (Luh-Bee-lee-uh) is lovely. We sow it every year in Spring. I love the deep blue ground cover but it also looks great in pots or hanging baskets.

A lot of people in the UK have been experiencing germination issues in spring sowing's and i am also having trouble with autumn/fall sowing here in London. The warm winter has been the compost has loads more issues, i have found. It is very humid here and have had tons of fungus gnats this year.

I had just transplanted a whole tray of cabbages, kohlrabi and broccoli and having to re sow 3 weeks later as the majority just wilted.

We have some chamomile, forget me knots and alyssum nearly ready to plant out. I am hoping to over winter them.

We had a poor year of flowers this year, even the nasturtiums weren't that great as i am normally having to cut them back. This year we had poppies, lobelia, calendula, fuchsia, sweet peas, marigolds, nasturtiums and sunflowers. Our perennial flowers weren't that great either this year. Our early saving grace were the dwarf green curled kale we were saving for seed.

I sowed some veranda red dwarf tomatoes to grow indoors over winter. We also took the tops off our main crop indeterminate tomatoes for cuttings to over winter. We grow outside with no cover atm. Come October, it gets too wet and windy. Hoping to get the cabbages ready to plant in their place and we can finally install the garden mesh on the new trellis.

We are also sowing some sugar snap peas. We did sow some at the beginning of August and some have come up. Our issue is the roller coaster temps. At the end of each month, this year the temp rises and we get some good weather. Other than that it has been cloudy and dry and then we get a week or so of rain. It makes it harder to know whether of not to buy shade cloth of polytunnel plastic!

Definitely grow perpetual spinach/ swiss chard. Zone 9a here and they survive ok and great alt to baby spinach, albeit a salty taste to it. Also pak choi is great and tend not to bolt this time of year.

Our sprouts normally do well but again this year, also like the runner beans and pretty much everything else has performed below par this year.

Things that have done well this year for us is soft fruits. Our bird poo offering of thorn-less raspberries are giving us another splendid spray of new fruits this year. Also the rhubarb for the final harvest end of Sept is looking great. We already have enough jam for next year. Looking forward to getting a blackberry cutting for the garden. Did you manage to get rid of the raspberries along the fence near the tree?

Another glut this this is from Yellow Kentucky wonder wax beans! We have a full zip lock bag of them and have been giving them away! Definitely one for next year!

We have some second round green tender bush beans coming up now. I need to cut back the first round to give them more light.

Sept will be our last scatter of root crops like turnips, beets and carrots. I then start again in Jan under a cold frame lid.

Anyway, looking forward to an update on those and tour soon? Will you be overwintering tomatoes again if you can?

Take care!

[theheardhomestead]

Jacques, My bunching onions come up better if they have been shaded while germinating. Full sun area they don’t come up well for me. Once they come up in the shaded area you can dig them out and move them to the sun and they will grow very quickly. I move my onions all the time to diff beds to help with pests. If you let a few go to seed next year and collect them, those seeds will grow even better.😊

[blossomvalleylife]

This was a great motivation to start more seeds! Sometimes I wait too long to plant the fall crops and they end up growing slowly as a result. Definitely getting my trays out and doing this over the weekend!

[robertmarsh]

My cilantro went crazy this summer in central Kentucky. Grew so much that there was no way I was going to use it all. It's still going strong

[PattiRaeG]

I love the longer videos like this one, but the rapidfire ones sure are fun, as well.

[TinaAnn]

I love the longer videos! I’m a busy mom of two toddlers, but I watch your videos almost like a podcast style. I’ll set up my iPad in the kitchen so I can see the screen if I need to, but otherwise I have one ear bud in and listen while I’m doing the mom life things. The shorter videos drive me crazy because I’ll end up on another channel with the ‘play next suggestion’ 🤣. I’ve learned so much from you! Big thank you to my fav garden hermit! -Justine, PA zone 7a 🌱

[rambukah]

Thank you, Jacques. I absolutely love these videos. I just got to the end and now I’m going to rewatch it so I can take notes.

[cherylskornik]

I LIKE All if the videos. short and long. thank you

[HealthyDisrespectforAuthority]

I'll be doing containers for winter again. The dirt here eats organic matter.. 3 months and no sign of grass clippings that were tilled in.. it's right back to sandy clay. Cardboard takes 5 months to look like it was never there.

What I've planted so far: Broccoli, Cauliflower, Johnny Jump ups, parsley (still waiting for germination) and I love parsley. Swiss Chard seeds and I put the clones/cuttings of some of my tomatoes in the ground. They've been in a bucket for longer than I want to think about but have lovely roots.
Next up are sage and Brussels Sprouts.

I have a cabbage plant that I never pulled in the spring and it survived the wicked hot summer, so far, and bonus.. it's making a head.

I was going to try for a fall crop of potatoes but I'm seeing conflicting information on those for zone 8 Ga... and my taters are ready now. Should I put them back in the fridge?

I want more flowers too. I am on board with your color choices.
I've tried to get white carnations going a couple of times.. they didn't take.
I'd really like to get some begonias.. there is a peachy pink one out there.


My first frost date is the third week of November, allegedly. Last year we got a solid freeze in late October... 21 degrees.
We're still in the mid 90s now. Low 80s and an hour or two of high 70s at dawn.

I have to wait to start my peas. It's still too hot but it does change fast when it goes.
I'd like a couple more weeks than we get of 50s-70s as the daily swing.


*note to self* soak seeds for parsnips

One of my pet peeves is seed packets without enough information. I've gotten seeds from ebay, a lot, which generally come in tiny baggies. I always transfer those seeds into my own enveloped with as much info as I can fit on them.

I do pretty well with ebay seeds.. choosing those nearest to me.
JMHO.. ebay still has the best working filters for shopping on the interwebs.

[beckysteinmiller]

Enjoyed the video. The more information you share the more I learn so keep these excellent videos going!! thanks!

[Talula]

I enjoy these seed starting videos. Even though I'm familiar with, or have already grown, most of what you showed today, there is always more I learn .

[pennyf]

Thank you for explaining why you're choosing certain plants and why you like them, super helpful.

[crystaltoyne]

I like both long and short videos. I was actually about to start some seeds for this fall as well. I’m glad you’re mentioning some cool weather-blooming flowers. I wanted to add some but wasn’t sure which. I also have come to love the peach colored varieties as well!