The Slowest Start to Our Summer Garden Ever: Setbacks and Successes

Highlights:
0:00 Slow start to garden after cold/rainy spring
0:41 Planting of summer crops delayed because of weather
1:06 Growth delayed and more disease issues
1:36 We still had a lot to harvest in May, June, and July
1:56 Sugar Snap Peas
2:15 Tokyo Market Turnips
2:28 Potatoes
2:39 Muir Lettuce
2:57 Short n Sweet Carrots
3:10 Early harvest of bush beans
3:40 Sugar Pie Pumpkin started in hoop house
3:55 Sweet Potatoes started in hoop house
4:09 Impact of weather on perennials
4:14 Peaches
4:27 Asian Pear
4:44 Blueberries
4:49 Raspberries
4:58 blackberries

Oscar the Cat Cameos:
4:09 4:34 5:00 5:28

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[OneYardRevolution]

Highlights:
0:00 Slow start to garden after cold/rainy spring
0:41 Planting of summer crops delayed because of weather
1:06 Growth delayed and more disease issues
1:36 We still had a lot to harvest in May, June, and July
1:56 Sugar Snap Peas
2:15 Tokyo Market Turnips
2:28 Potatoes
2:39 Muir Lettuce
2:57 Short n Sweet Carrots
3:10 Early harvest of bush beans
3:40 Sugar Pie Pumpkin started in hoop house
3:55 Sweet Potatoes started in hoop house
4:09 Impact of weather on perennials
4:14 Peaches
4:27 Asian Pear
4:44 Blueberries
4:49 Raspberries
4:58 blackberries

Oscar the Cat Cameos:
4:09 4:34 5:00 5:28

[dorcascristy]

Yoooo!!!! Haven’t seen you in months, man! Missed your candor and straightforwardness!! Glad to see you’re back! Sucks about the setbacks, though!

[taylors]

Ugh, as a fellow zone 5 gardener, I can’t tell you how much I appreciate this video. My garden feels like a complete failure this year! While I hate that we’re in the same boat, it’s reassuring to see that I’m not the only one having problems. We’ll get em next year!!

[culdesacgrocerygarden]

Oh Patrick you have made my day, thank you so much for posting this update! I have missed your videos and was worried that something might be wrong in your life and so appreciate that you have addressed the question as to why you haven’t been posting videos. Kansas City Mo zone 6a seeing most of the same issues as you are. My tomatoes are in the exact same stage as yours are. But they are healthy and holding up beautifully in the heatwave. This year I picked seeds that are good for both hot weather and cooler weather because the predictions in the almanac were all over the place and it looked like it was going to be a tough weird year and so far that’s true. Looking forward to seeing your next post 🥰

[PCoutcast]

Welcome back! We had very similar conditions here in Southern Ontario until mid-June which kicked off 4 weeks of heat and drought. The drought broke last week but temperatures have continued to climb.

I harvested my garlic last week and it did pretty well. With the heat my tomatoes, sweet potatoes, cucumbers and zucchini are coming on strong. I planted some snow peas late but they're still growing like crazy. I also discovered a few volunteer potatoes that I missed from last fall which was a nice surprise :)

The biggest surprise from this year so far was an elderberry that popped up on its own and grew 7 feet by the time the berries ripened and we discovered it's the poisonous red variety, what a shame!

[cynthiafisher]

SW Idaho here, we had a very warm April and a rainy and cooler May. I planted the garden late due to the rainy weather. Because of the warm April, the fruit tree blossoms did not freeze, so I have abundant tart cherries, apricots and apples; still dealing processing the sour cherries, so many! The garden is way behind because of getting it in late and the cooler weather. We are forecast to be in the low 100s this week, so I’m hoping tomatoes and peppers start to ripen.

[petrapiciacchia]

I live in Calgary, Alberta and it's been wet and cold so far. I live on the 10th floor of a condo building and I have two plants. A little pumpkin and a gourd. I have one pumpkin and 5 gourds so far. Just bought a house and cant wait till next yr to start growing more. Cheers.

[seedaholicgardens]

Hey Patrick, no blight on my tomatoes yet, but all summer crops except mt Patty pan squash which /i Winter Sowed are super slow. Also winter sowed Marketmore cukes and they atre just now revvingup!. What a year My Plan is to make the fall garden beds really ful an Grt Mark busy getting a hoop house in befor snow flies!I am definitely following your lead!Ty!

[estherfan]

Patrick, it has been more than one year not seeing your video, I have been learning a lot from your video. God bless and enjoy your music too.

[alexreith]

I was just thinking about you and missing your videos. Good to see you!

[anthonymikiciuksr]

Thanks Patrick, we count on you to tell it like it is, same issues in zone 6 (Rochester NY)but we'll keep on keeping on.

[mirandaf]

I live in zone 2 (Canada) and we have had a colder start to our summer as well. Later than usual last frost that caught me off guard and lots of cold nights. I have a greenhouse for the first time and am really enjoying the help it has given my heat loving crops. Overall the garden looks great and most things are on schedule. We are beginning to be able to eat from it now, which is such an exciting, busy time. Thanks for the video!

[johnchilds]

Missed you Patrick and glad to see you !! Weather has been very wet here in NY this spring but has evened out and is actually extremely hot today. Harvested some cukes, squash, tokyo turnips, radishes, kale, potatoes etc.Trusses of tomatoes are heavy but none yet to harvest. Cabbages are just about ready and im looking to start planting soon for fall crops. Much of my success comes from many of your videos and I sincely thank you for sharing so much of your knowledge and ideas with us.

[carolschedler]

Hello Patrick!!!   Thank you so much for sharing problems as well as successes!  This is encouraging to me because we are also growing in less than enough hours of sun (shade trees from both neighbors!   and we only established our garden three years ago when WE cut down 14 trees.   The shade canopy has now filled in and we have especially big problem in the fall when the sun is lower. . . . so our Fall Garden last year was a big failure.   We are zone 6 in northeast Ohio - but enjoying our green beans (Roma II bush beans - YUM), salad, a few cucumbers and lots of onion stems from our garden.   Yes - I cut the stems and leave the roots and this gives me perpetual green onions. They can be cut very near the ground. This also causes them to multiply at the bulb area.  I've had some success with planting the tips from store-bought green onions too.   My big success is the Egyptian Walking Onions!   Happy to say that they have been a lot of fun.   They greeted me this spring with awesome "scallions" which I cut off to leave the bulb in the ground.   They multiplied prolifically, making 3-7 bulbs where there was one.   And the topsets this year are very big!!!   I will be sharing with our local library where there is a "seed sharing" program!!!  What a thrill -   bring seeds and take seeds!   Have never had success with Radish or carrots or beets - but I keep trying - this garden is kind to greens but not to root crops.   Our tomatoes look pretty good - no ripening yet - but the plants look healthy.  Zucchini is dropping any fruit.   Bug pressure is minimal this year???  Yay!  Peppers are a big failure.  rhubarb is still cranking - we chop it like celery for salads!   Sorry such a long post!  Your channel has been very encouraging as your have similar conditions to mine.   I shared a couple weeks ago that we took advantage of wood chips from a neighbor and were able to make good use of them (thanks to your great information).    Thanks again for sharing your experience!!!!     Carol

[Jdonov]

I stay up in Maine for my summers. I came up here about a month later than the past because of the crappy weather. I must of left some small potatoes in my compost pile because when I got up here I had a unexpected surprise of 10 plants growing up in different area of my pile. One is a local variety of russet that does exceptionally well in this cool damp climate. The garlic I planted in late October is both a success and a failure. 2/3 of my garlic was dug out by some critter. Those that survived are doing well. I pulled scape to make a potato soup one cold June day. I also have wild strawberries that just finished producing. The berries are 1/3 the size but lack nothing in flavor. The 100s of black berry and raspberry that dot the trails are about a month behind yours.

[leonarddavis]

HI Patrick, and Oscar. Glad you are back, have missed your great videos.

[SomeRoomtoGrow]

So glad to see a new video! We’re definitely having similar problems in Iowa. Too much rain in early May, now very hot and dry for weeks. Poor raspberries are barely surviving but all the garlic made it!

[GiveitaGrow]

Same thing here in Minnesota, things are finally starting to look more like summer in the Garden with peppers and tomatoes on the way. I'm glad your back!

[jovanbergh]

Southern Colorado feels like a very compressed season. End of May/beginning of June was just about our last frost, and now we’re breaching 90F everyday. Tomatoes and peppers have laid off growing much to cope with our dry sunny days. Hoping it stays warmer through September to let nature catch up. Noticed even insect emergence has been delayed a few months.

[beelixirillustration]

It's great to see you and Oscar back!!