12 Perfect Vegetables To Grow in a Shady Garden Space
Order EPIC raised beds for your garden: growepic.co/3gDePto When we think of vegetable gardening, we're often convinced that FULL SUN is the only way we'll be successful. This couldn't be more wrong! There are plenty of shade friendly plants that will thrive in 2-5 hours of sun.
On top of that, there are some plants that won't LOVE being in shade, but will TOLERATE it, which allows you to squeeze out even more harvests from spaces you might typically ignore in your garden.
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Like this if you want me to do a list of veggies and herbs you can grow indoors
Yes, very timely info Kevin! Simple food stuffs, both inside and outside, perhaps also by a zone range? Maybe like the southern border area, northern border area, and those in between. Thanks -Bob...
How to grow where the sun don’t shine ...sorry I have TP on my mind.. I know that isn’t the place for it.... do you get goofy when people are being too serious?
YES PLZ
Please! I have hundreds planted for giveaways but I'd like to keep a few safe inside! I'm a HID,LED, T5 grower.
Yes please!
I am a biologist and massive gardener. My daughter is a certified horticulturist. We want to give you kudos for your knowledge, your ability to convey it and your enthusiasm for small gardening! If you have a grow light and a container you can grow something. YOU my friend have maximized your yield in a small space and brought us all along for an awesome and educational ride! Many blessings on YOU and your garden as well!
It's super cool when you meet people who compliment what you do, I'm an Herbalist and Health Science grad I also do scientific botanical illustration which takes a lot of plant research and organic cosmetic formulating. My current interest is permaculture and my mum was a horticulturist! I am in no way an expert at gardening though it's funny how so many different things can connect to nature and gardening.
He has definitely helped me with my garden planning and set up. 🥰🌱
Same.. I have done so good with the advice he has given
I agree! I have been gardening for over 30 years and still grabbed a few new tips from this video. Very well done!
I'm from Poland, but I live in the UK 😊
I want to make a “pick what you need” garden around my mailbox so people on a walk can have fun and snack on something healthy. My neighborhood is a huge gardening community and i see kids looking at my plants in my front yard so I want to grow food close to the side of the road for them.
That is so awesome and kind! What a great idea. 🥰
Wish YOU were My Neighbor!!! 😉💕
What a nice idea!
Won't you be my neighbor
Awww, what a sweet, generous, kind thing to do🤗😘
My tip if your Cilantro starts bolting is to let it bolt and harvest the Coriander Seeds which are an excellent spice to use fresh, I love toasting them and using in plant-based curries!
They are so tasty while they are green, too! We add them to our salads for a nice pop of flavor. So delicious!
I didn’t know!!! Thank you!!
Whoa, mind BLOWN! Coriander comes from cilantro! Thank you!
I like to add the fresh green seeds to my pickles
That's what I do. It's way better tasting than store bought !
I have a shady bottom floor apartment patio in zone 9b, I've grown cherry tomatoes, eggplant, jalapenos, kale, basil, mint, onions, garlic, nasturtium, heaps of spinach, blackberries, raspberries, grapes, strawberries, pomegranate, celery, a bunch of flowers like allysum and petunias, carrots, peas, beans, and squash. I'm trying out sweet potatoes this year. I've had good luck with starting from seed and fertilizing with worm castings from my kitchen worm bin. I also water a lot but that's bc summers get crazy hot here. I highly recommend just going crazy and trying anything you want, it works out surprisingly well a lot of the timeXD
How did your sweet potatoes fair last year? 😊
@@al451f unfortunately I had an unexpected surgery and couldn't carry a watering can for all of August, so they died. I'm trying again this year though!:D
Saving your comment for my bottom floor 8b garden 🥰
Another thing you do is for the elderly people like me.I am in my mid seventies.Hate to admit it but loneliness is the burden many of us have.I live in the country and no close neighbors, I mean like not many people to share things with. At my age I guess I have forgotten more than most folks know. Your channel is a nice place where people like to share there gardening.My Daddy used to show me all his tricks. So in his memory I will share one of them for you all to try.He used to grow watermellons every year and a few he use to feed them a watery sugar syrups flavored with stawberry and vanilla sometimes by threading a heavy mop string right thru the vine about 6 inches from the mellon.The mellon would drink up the flavor.Dad used to get a real kick out of people asking him where he got the strawberry flavored water mellons from. SORRY Dad! It is time to pass the secret on now.
Thanks for this great tip!! I’m excited to try it :)
So are you saying he buried the mop string in the soil? It seems to me that is how the plant would drink it up but I just want to be sure because it sounds like he just mixed the mop string with the vines above soil....correct or did he really mix the string above soil?
What an awesome trick! I can't wait to try and share it with my daughter. Tell your dad thanks
Thanks for sharing! What sort of "flavoring" did he use? I mean.. natural or synthetic?
wow is this real? that's amazing
I love how every time we talk about spinach you bring up Popeye and how we all need his arms. I enjoy this energy.
Thank you for speaking clearly and not playing annoying music in the background. Great video. - really appreciate you putting this together
Shade Garden & Cooler Weather Plants: 2:16 #1 Spinach 3:14 #2 Chard 4:29 #3 Lettuce 5:27 #4 Endive & Escarole 6:28 #5 Peas 8:07 #6 Radishes Shade Tolerant (11:24 Give as much sun as possible.): 9:26 #7 Potatoes 10:43 #8 Tomates fast-maturing, cold-tolerant, bush style determinate varieties, such as: Glacier Tomatoes, & any that have the name of a cold area such as Russia, New York, or Canada. 11:41 #9 Bush Beans Herbs: 12:37 #10 Basil These are: African Blue Basil (good pollinator plant), Greek Columnar, Thai Basil, Pesto Perpetuo, & Tulsi (aka Holy Basil) 13:57 #11 Cilantro & Parsley 14:40 #12 Green Onion 15:15 Shady Garden Tips (in addition to others peppered throughout the video): 15:30 #1 Will grow slower (add 15% to 25% longer to maturity date) 15:47 #2 Water a little less often (less evaporation) 16:06 #3 Transplant (start indoors instead of direct sowing) 16:37 #4 Give as much sun as you can give it 17:05 #5 Paint nearby walls & fences a light color to reflect more light 17:30 #6 Consider growing in containers
Miriam Robarts: thanks for the rundown of the video, greatly appreciated 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽
Thanks!
Why would you do this??? 🙄🙄 He WANTS people to watch the full video!!
@@66REDD66 some people might only have time to watch part of the video and want to skip to relevant sections or like me they might watch the video while doing other things and keep missing bits or not be able to take notes as they go.
@@mariet4894 I am ACTUALLY aware of why people do this! . I was being sarcastic! As I’m sure it’s annoying for the creator as it’s better for their channel if people watch the whole video!! Duh!!! Plus... these people need to get a life.
I once put mirrors on a fence behind my shady garden. The year I grew tomatoes there, I couldn't eat those tomatoes fast enough. They loved it!
Wow....I can do that for my asparagus bed !!! Thank you!!!
mirrors can create hot spots and burn plants, try mylar instead
Nice one!
Did any airplanes crash?
Brilliant!!
Aussie here. *Love* that you pronounced *H*erb. 🥰
Life Hack: Grow some chives in the lawn, cutting the grass becomes aroma therapy!
Yes, thank you! Some channels forget that we don’t have the perfect sunny estate property, or hundreds of dollars of donated/sponsored plants for each of their videos. I like that you think about the little guy/gal with a challenging piece of land.
That's the goal here!
@@epicgardening I have an itty bitty patio and today I was surprised to see that I can put BOTH of the plastic containers together side by side or I can put them another direction and have 3 of them? I am debating how to plant onions, carrots and potatoes. Debating getting a 2 bedroom apt so I can have the larger patio. But that comes with another lease..... Hmm.
Check out KZhead videos by, "GROW YOUR OWN GREENS" (sorry but I can't recall the guys name at the moment); they're amazing!! He covers pretty much everything from making your own perfect blend of potting soil to vertical gardens to small space gardens; and a whole slew of other garden how-to's. He's a wealth of knowledge, fun to listen to, and not afraid to get his hands dirty.
Yes or tons of money to spend on grow lights etc
I love how I didn't hear "um" every other word. Clean and well spoken. 👏☺
Yes, this is a great plus imho...Kevin is clear, precise and without all the extra insignificant fluff or repeats,,, yAAAy
Thank Toastmasters for that!
Yeah and unlike some that speak at about 800wpm, I can actually understand what you say.
@@epicgardening Great plug for a fabulous program. *Secret DTM handshake :)
Or 'like' every other word these days.
I'm from Australia and yes, we love hearing the "H" in herbs! Some great ideas, thanks for the tips.
I just found you TODAY. April 2, 2024. I really enjoyed your matter-of-fact way that you gave your content. Most of the time if I find a channel where I am trying really hard to learn something, I prefer a matter-0f-fact but sincere approach and you just hit all the right vibes with me and earned my sub. I see that 2.87M people think that same way. I am gardening this year and my yard is full of shade so I was desperately looking for information on what crops I should be considering for my little shady garden about 15X15 plot only. I can't wait to learn more from your channel.
That's the great thing about visiting gardeners. The tips are great all year round, year after year after year! 😂😂
12 Perfect Vegetables To Grow in a Shady Garden Space: 1. Spinach 2. Chard 3. Leaf Lettuce 4. Endive & Escarole 5. Peas 6. Radish 7. Potatoes 8. Determinate Cold-hardy Tomatoes 9. Bush Beans 10. Basil and other herbs 11. Cilantro and Parsley 12. Green Onions
Thank you, you're blessed with 20 years of good harvests
Mj K cilantro?
@@epicgardening Love the channel. Especially liked the content on Potatoes. Trying my hand at them right now. Thanks again.
Mj K thank you
Thankyou, Mj K. Appreciate the list.
Seriously ... one of the best. Thanks for your hard work: knowing what you need to say, not killing me with annoying music, not wasting my time with nonsense, keeping on topic...♡
Christine Donellan or using the word - literally.
....ditto!
Seriously. Kevin's videos are great. No fluff, great editing. And hes a clear and effective communicator
Agreed
Yes! Agree...thumbs down to annoying music!! 😁🥬🥦🌶🥒🥕
Living inland in San Fernando Valley, Ca., it gets quite hot/dry during the 'traditional' growing season. Consistently over 100°, up to 115° for long periods. To avoid heat killing catastrophes from late May up to November, I built my raised bed under the shade of my huge Mexican Ash Tree. Despite careful watering and branch trimming, I was caught between a "rock and a hard place" in this case, not enough hours of direct sun and still too hot. My garden struggled all season. Flowers dropped. Lots of tomato greenery but few tomatoes despite hand pollinating. Chard was flimsy, etc. Low and behold, once the leaves fell off my deciduous tree, giving more sun, and the weather was cooler, more moisture/rain, vegetables started taking off in the middle of winter. I finally got a good continuous crop of tomatoes, the Swiss chard suddenly grew huge, the orange bell peppers produced beautifully, basil thrived. All of these did poorly with summer heat. Now, my plan is to start seedlings late summer with planting seedlings in October my growing season starting in the fall throughout winter and spring. This shift is a surprise, having grown up in New York. This is the true reality. Shade is not enough when the temperatures are so high. Even though the days are short, fall/winter/spring is my growing season. Thanks for your tips, love your vids
Yes, Devorah I am starting to realise that this seasonal planting process is so highly dependent on where you actually live. I live in Sydney Australia where temperatures can get very high in summer and not too cold in winter. To add to problem, part of my garden is more like a rain forest micro climate. This year I'm trying something new, planting in winter. So far my coriander (cilantro) seedlings are looking stronger than usual, ie not thin and bolting. Will be starting other planting soon. It's all trial and error. Direct sun too strong, and other areas too shady. Oh well we keep learning 😊😊😊
I've been growing oregano in a flowering pot for over a year. I live in the PNW and we moved just before the winter to our new home. I was able to leave it outside even though the temps dropped considerably. I just trimmed it down taking all the withered leaves off, and brought my baby inside upon the first snow. I was worried that it wouldn't survive, but I recently had to cut it down again. I have a garden window in the east facing part of my home. It was in that window for weeks. I recently put it outside again in the shade under an awning, to protect it from all the rain, because it seemed like it needed to be outside again. Coincidentally, I planted some strawberries in a bin container that's placed next to the oregano. Both are doing well currently, even though it is colder than I would like. My thing has been, since I've been gardening, is getting a feel for my plants and being able to read them, especially upon the season changing and erratic weather in my area. But yeah, oregano can do quite well in the shade as well.
Welcome to the PNW!
I spent 5 years in the PNW, and had great success with thyme. It was one of the first things I planted when we converted our front yard into garden beds. Not only did it overwinter with no issues, but it started popping up everywhere the following spring! Didn't matter what the sun exposure was, this stuff grew everywhere!
You can also grow mushrooms in the shade. Particularly, thats a great way to use full shade (which this video doesnt cover). It may seem intimidating at first, but a low tech solution on a bed of hay or wooden logs is not particularly high effort and not particularly complicated and can give high yields.
Do you grow them? I need to find out more about growing and harvesting.
@@bkdill51 Yes, you can get the mycelium online and then you only need to inject it into the substrate youre using (use a mushroom that grows on the substrate you want to use; I grow shitaake on hazelnut logs) and keep it moist. There's some great in depth instructions online, but it's really not very difficult (just a bit intimidating at first)
Usually mushrooms are grown on old logs, around base of trees, on logs that have broken down to a certain point. You can buy inoculated logs and follow instructions. They may offer a inoculated package that you can spread in a suitable space. I don’t find them to be particularly easy - if they dry up that May be it. I like to place in a wooded earthy section in an area that holds moisture but doesn’t flood or rots them. Spread straw, etc and immediately inoculate. Don’t let wild get started cause they will. A friend grew them commercially. The kits are fairly simple but like anything, follow directions and keep up with them. I did them in basement, even hung inoculated log in closet but won’t do it again - didn’t like the earthy smell of rotting wood inside the house. Today they are doing some bags I believe - don’t like mushrooms that much. Simpler to just find a mushroom grower and buy from them at farmers market. PA is big mushroom country around near the Longwood gardens and Winterthur gardens - that area. They use to call themselves the capital of mushrooms. I will tell you I really liked fresh button mushroom - the difference in taste is super like most just harvested anything. Mushrooms that just pop up in the lawn can be highly poisonous. Unless you are trained to know all the different types don’t use those.
@@bkdill51 plenty of information and books University based information not from a want a be who has never grown them before.
You can grow potatoes with enough chicken wire, 4 stakes, and straw.
When the radishes bolt, the young green seed pods are a wonderful addition to a salad.
So true! They are also awesome in a stir fry! But they have to be harvested as soon as possible, as they dry out to release the seeds very quickly-- at least the varieties I have used.
They can be pickled as well.
Thank you, I had no idea!
There's a variety of white radish called 'iceberg' that lasts in the ground for approximately 4 or 5 months before going woody or bolting! 😊
Sage is great for part shade, and in my Zone 7b mid Atlantic state it wintered over nicely. Not just for stuffing at Thanksgiving!! I love the scent, bundle and dry it in brown paper bags, added it to ground meat (pork, turkey breast and chicken) for cocktail meatballs or meatcakes!
I like the scent of sage and use it in room sprays as a blend with sweeter scents.
I love fried sage leaves. I fry them in coconut oil and then add salt. Makes me forget all about potato chips.
Sage tea with a bit of maple syrup is one of the best headache remedies. The maple syrup isn't necessary but it really makes it a better tasting medicine.
I love sage too! It's a go to herb for me, the same for rosemary and thyme!
@@sacredcowbbq1326 definitely outta da box! thanx .... who knew?
My upstairs balcony gets about 5 hours of direct sun each day so I follow all the tips you've mentioned: growing from seed indoors ahead of time, planting many of the same veggies you mentioned, too. The cherry tomatoes are insanely abundant! But just for fun, I plant a few early corn seeds just because they are elegant additions to my garden and give me extreme joy to watch them cycle through their lifespan. To my surprise, I always harvest one to two ears per stalk, although I am reluctant to harvest them because they are the guardians of my garden. Thank you for this very helpful video, I see how much effort you put into it and know that your work is appreciated.
Absolutely hitting the like button for your pronunciation of the word “Herbs” 😃
Represent!
in Kentucky its pronounced Bigfoot Bigfoot 😏😂
@@truthseeker9561 😂 but only when the Bigfoot is as lazy as the Sasquatch and uses their name twice, because screw surnames lol
Lol. Me too- much appreciated by me down here in New Zealand. Love this channel - Epic Gardening and your lovely crazy mate over at Self Sufficient Me are my go to's for all gardening learning.
Radish is a fantastic substitute for potatoes when you are looking for low carb growing options. I use Diakon often to make gratins, chowders, and stews.
I love how you notate chapters for each subject! Thank you!
The pace and quality of the presentation is excellent. Staging it in your own garden increases credibility. And the information is very valuable specially to someone like me who is just getting started.
Oregano is my pick for the shade. I have it under a chinquapin oak tree. It’s perennial and spreading. I’ve had mine in ground for 15 years now.
Oregano also seems to be super tough. It's sort of survival of the fittest around here, sometimes things don't get watered or pruned exactly on schedule. If it's too fussy I let it die and replace. I have a clump of oregano that has thrived on neglect for several years now and contributed to many a spaghetti sauce:)
@@robins5828 me, too. A friend bought a house 15 years ago and the old owners of said house had dumped a bunch of.plants in the alley. The oregano was doing fine. I dug some up and took it home. It's been spreading and surviving while competing with various weeds, and tackling gravel and complete neglect for 15 years. I am about to transplant some to my kitchen door area now. Love the hardiness of oregano!!!!
UnBElievable....I've just found your channel dude, and I am blown away at the amount of information you've relayed on this one video....God is awesome in delivering directly to us the quality of individuals that have channels here on KZhead who are trying to reach the masses!!! Thank you honey for doing your homework, for being so eloquent, and for having the heart to share!!! You have helped me so much, but more importantly you need to know what a blessing you are to folks out here on the world wide web!
I also thank you for "doing your homework, for being so eloquent, and for having the heart to share!!! " You're a wonderful human being.
Very much appreciate this my friend, thank you so much
@@johanneperry3912 very very sweet - thank you honey! Stay well.
This is well said! Could not have said anything better, but thank you for sharing such awesome content and for educating us. I must say that I learnt so so much from you and I'm about to plant my own garden soon, which I will be posting on my own channel! Thank you so much Kevin, I've definitely grown a greener thumb!
I would like to store some of these videos from Utube. How?. I can do it with TV stuff using a video PCI slot card OK.
Claiming the 20 years of good luck in the garden 😅👍🏻
Great video. I would love a video on grow bag gardening! Being a beginner gardener with lots of sun in the yard and lots of shade too and a presently a renter, I'm planning a grow bag garden. Love your videos. They are packed with information. Thanks!
He has such a soothing voice.
He sounds like John Ritter.
Sookie Sookie yes he is good looking too
I'm addicted to this channel for all the reasons in this thread lol
You should give him a call. You never know
And he’s nice to look at.🤗
Ginger prefers dappled shade. I'm in Arizona and I plant it in my shaded bed.
Thank you for such wonderful info. Very helpful as I am limited to full sun. And love the veges
Thanks so much for the awesome tips. Blessings on your way & happy growing 🌿🌟
Great time for people to think about starting to garden since most of us are stuck at home waiting out this COVID19 Pandemic! Great gardening tips... and look where he is gardening! Right in the middle of a city. Great lesson in urban gardening
That's the goal!
Exactly... Hopefully I'll get something on my patios or in my apartment...I don't think the community garden will be up this year unfortunately for obvious reasons
If you have a balcony you can hang a basket with hanging tomatoes, like hundreds and thousands. Some sites still deliver seeds.
@@oana1111 yes I'm struggling with my tomato and other starts.. They are spindly and I'm doing everything i know to get them back to normal.. It's a challenge sometimes and I've been doing it for years now... So i worry about new gardeners...🥺😮🙄
Great tips. One thing I hadn’t considered was letting some herbs go to flower/seed to act as pollinators. I’ve been trying to do that job with flowers, but I love this idea.
I too let a portion of my leafy plants go to flower so the pollinators also get some food.
I enjoy letting a Brussel sprout plant go to flower. And the following year it comes back. Beautiful and different
So clear, so fluent, so sensible, so intelligent. Thanks.
What about edible ornamentals? Young tightly curled Hosta shoots can be prepared as you would asparagus. I've found that they are g good way to curb back a plant that is getting a bit larger than you would like but you don't have someone that wants the division at the moment. A friend of mine grills them and serves them cold with a thinned mayonnaise that is flavored like hollandaise.
Today I started my very first garden!! I believe it is a bit shady. I planted spinach and kale. Also sweet peas and carrots. I’m excited to see how it does!! 🙂
How is your garden now -a year later?
Great for the kids too!
I hit LIKE for 20 years and more of BLESSINGS in the garden for you, me, and the rest of the world! 😘
I love your container garden. I'm happy that you mentioned tomatoes in a shady garden. I have been growing them in my garden, which is mostly bright indirect light. The yield is good and the tomatoes taste absolutely marvelous! I'm going to try the potatoes and green beans this year. Thanks for the good advice and I'll be looking forward to your coming videos.
So glad you mentioned roasting radishes! The first time I ever tried that my mind was blown. Thank you for the video.
I’ve learned so much from you. I’m 66 and have been gardening sine I was 9 years old. Thank you for educating me!
When your cilantro bolts let it go to seed. Then harvest your coriander seeds. Double bonus.
My cilantro bolted. Lol. I had 2 little plants (started from seeds) that I put into an aero garden ( with a light) on my kitchen window sill. There are only a few leaves left that actually look like cilantro. Lol. I've used almost all the normal looking cilantro leaves. Maybe I will try cilantro again, using the aforementioned tips. ☘😊
If I am not wrong Cilantro is another name for Parsley? How do you get the seeds of the Corriander plant from Parsley? Is there something I am missing?
@@drd7209 Different plants! Cilantro will go to seed, and the seeds are the herb coriander. 😊
What does 'bolt' mean? Sorry. Newbie here.
@@rachelpradhan It is when a plant (such as spinach) starts dedicating all of its energy toward flower/seed production, instead of leaves. You are left with a straggly plant with hardly any foliage left!
In 2020 I tried Glacier tomatoes and had great success with them in my shady gardens in the forest. In 2021 year I followed more of your cold-tomato advice and had good results with Sasha Altai, St. Pierre, Russian Red and Moskvitch among others (note -- some of these are very indeterminate, but successful nevertheless). Thanks for the tip! I'm also finding that a lot of medium-sized peppers do just fine in part shade (not Bell Peppers or other huge ones). In fact over the years peppers have been my most reliable crop. For some reason Spinach, Chard, and Beets just never work for me -- the only reliable greens that have been reliable are chenopods like huauzontle and lambs quarters. Cilantro and Basil have also worked well for me, as well as both bush and climbing beans, peas, and tomatillos.
Really infomative . I live in a colder climate area - so this is helpful. Thank you!
I've had good success growing celery in a shady garden. It''s easier to keep it moist and the flavour doesn't get too strong..
And I love your not edible shade loving bleeding heart
I save the ends of celery In spring and start new plants from it for casseroles and soups
Red chard is my favorite green. Just cut the stems seperate, steam them a minute or two, then add the sliced leaves. Cover, steam for a minute or two more until just tender. Dress with vinegar, butter, etc. I use filtered water for the steaming and the save it. it is loaded with vitamins and minerals, good to drink chilled or put in your pet's food.
My mother grew chard and now I do. Cook & eat the same way that you do. Mmmm love it!
Also great in omelet instead of spinach
Thank you for that advice. I'd grow more veggies if I knew what to do with them (and when/how to harvest)!! As my garden grows, I'm trying to learn more about this aspect of it.
You are wonderful at explaining your gardening tips. Thank you!
Thanks you for this video you gave me a solution for my love of trees and gardening
Hi Kevin, when I visited my daughter in San Diego, we drove past your place. I admired your planting beds not realizing whose garden I was looking at! Beautiful space!
I chuckled that you pronounced basil so many times in the American way just a millisecond after saying how much you appreciated British pronunciations. In British English, it rhymes with dazzle.
His "basil" pronunciation was fawlty.
Your my favorite! I love to see how beautiful your garden is! You have the best information to help me. Thank you for staying on topic and moving on. I dont get board with you (adhd).
Your videos have helped educate me so much I have been so nervous to begin gardening in trying to perfect every step of the way but you have helped so much! Thank you!
A tip that is similar to painting the fences is buy some cheap mirrrors and attach them to key spots to bounce sunlight around
MrSBGames I’ve heard mirrors keep birds away too. Have you found that to be true?
You have to be careful as they can start a fire.
Lynne Wright - Glzrbug good point. Thanks for settling an argument my husband and I were having about using mirrors. Even if you do support the wrong (his) side. 😂
Heavy gauge aluminum foil works wonders in maximizing light, especially at the low angles of dusk and dawn. An alternative is foil-backed flooring underlayment, anything to bounce that sunlight back at your plants. Great video, as always!
The Dollar Tree sometimes has those sun reflecting windshield shades. They are flimsy, but I have one on a deck underneath some starts to pull in the light and heat. I am going to rig one up to do some reflecting in another area that needs a little more light.
@@mrsclfb9697 Precisely. The foil underlayment material I mentioned above, Alumium foil bonded to foam is an insulator and barrier for putting underneath flooring, and is almost the exact same material as used in windshield sunshades. I found, because of the foam backing, it is a good wind break. Which can be good or bad depending on your plants (as some crops require good air circulation to prevent disease from mold, etc).
Also Mylar blankets. Got an inexpensive 5 pack on amazon.
@@Bandaid17 I like them indoors and in the greenhouse. The survival Mylar blankets I had pulled out of my first aid kits tended to rip in the elements and with curious raccoons. I hope it works out with you.
Every time I'm feeling discouraged as I'm learning to garden but moving in my situation this channel re-encourages me and gives me ideas and ways and knowledge to adapt it. No real yields yet. But definitely taking this knowledge to learn the area I've moved to! Thank you for the videos!
Starting a new garden...helped plant and harvest food with my dad when I was younger but so much I forgot or just don't know...watched and saved a few of your videos...has really gave me a lot of info that I found to help me that I wouldn't have got in just minutes of my time...thank you so much for incorporating all these plants into one video with so much information for growing in a shady spot...will definitely use the info...into growing healthy food for my family and know that fresh clean fruits and veggies are best...happy growing
This is going to help me for this year. I decided last year when summer was changing to fall that I would convert my entire backyard into a garden. I ripped out all of the grass and weeds, set up my compost, annd mapped out the yards sunlight (with sticks and string) throughout the day to get the different degrees of sunlight. (This house is shaped like an L where the empty box of the L is the "back yard") between the house itself and the trees at the back, I clocked hourly what portions of the yard was in direct sunlight - so I know by the marking what section of the yard receives sunlight for the whole day vs the deadzone. So yay time to get my notebook out and learn what I can plant in the deadzonnnne.
Wow! I tracked my sunlight too to find the best spot to put my greenhouse, but not hourly. Super observant! I learned over time the sun changes its track 🤔 and didn't follow the original track I found later on lol. Great blessings to your garden 🙏
Whether you have good/bad/mediocre soil. If you add a layer of very THICK. CZ RDBOARD over the entire garden before you add anything it will... A. Improve soil by inviting worms. B. Kill the grass and weeds root systems C. Retain water and reduce both how often and how much the garden needs C. Make your plants very happy as soil will be looser for them to flourish in D. If you want the super happy give them a mulch bed of leaves, straw and shredded paper It's a variation of Hugel gardening which I use and have had great success with. Happy gardening!
@@c.kainoabugado7935 yes, the position of the sun on the horizon changes during seasons.
@@mildredwilkins5781 Forty five years ago, I thought up using cardboard to smother the grass and weeds growing in the area I wanted to turn into a flower bed. I’ve been doing it ever since. I use it around plants and cover it with mulch. It helps retain moisture in our hot climate during the summer and protect roots during the cold winters. It’s getting harder to get cardboard because many places are recycling for which I am grateful. I was not familiar with Hugel gardening but found limited information. I’ve composted all my leaves and grass clipping for as long as I’ve used cardboard. It attracts the biggest earthworms I’ve ever seen. As far as the Hugel system, I don’t have access to wood chips. I had researched using sawdust but found that it was not advised. Do you know anyway to convert sawdust into usable compost? Any tips for using Hugel successfully? I’ve just bought a house and the yard is completely shaded with huge trees. It was the only thing I didn’t like about it. No irises, daylilies and most vegetables. Thus I am watching this video! I will have abundant leaves to compost but not much I can grow that’s edible. I plan to plant fruit trees in the only area with sun nearest the street. I think my neighbors would frown if I chose to plant a vegetable garden there!
He kind of reminds me of Jonathan from property brothers; not in looks, but in his mannerisms. Very relatable and works well with the camera. Someone please give this guy his own show!
Yes he does.
YOU ARE AMAZING!!! You covered so many plants; THANK YOU SO, SO, SO MUCH. We use your videos ALL THE TIME and all the information is just RIGHT ON! KEEP THE VIDEOS COMING BECAUSE YOU HAVE WONDERFUL INFORMATION!
Wow so much information. Thank you for being you ❤
You've become my favorite gardening channel. Right to the point, incredibly informative and well-spoken, and the subjects are exactly what I'd like to know more about. With this video, I think you solved my conundrum about a space along the fence. Many thanks, keep up the great work!
OMG ! Space along the fence! 😃💡 So glad I saw this comment!
You can also use things like old mirrors to reflect the sun into shady areas. I like to staple aluminum foil to plywood and use that to direct the sunshine into the shaded area or even use a metallic paint on plywood to get that reflective outcome you’re looking for. Use a stick or stake to prop it up at the angle you want.Thanks for the tips on shade tolerant plants. Kudos!
great idea!
MYLAR.
I was thinking the same thing about mirror usage!
Wow! Thank you! 😀
What an awesome idea! I never thought about that but it actually makes sense. Thank you.
Thank you so much for the GREAT information. I am a NEW gardener and I'm super thankful for people like, your experience, and willingness to share.
Thanks I am working on my early spring stuff , I have a shade area ready
Since I live at 7000 feet, I'd like to learn more about growing inside because of our extremely short growing season. My dream plant would be a Meyer Lemon tree (shrub?) but that may be more of a fantasy. A tip I discovered by accident is that skylights provide the perfect indirect bright light for things like orchids. My supermarket orchid has bloomed for five years on my bathroom vanity under a skylight. I would not have thought that that type of light would be sufficient, but it is.
I think you could grow Meyer lemon in a big pot indoors by providing a dedicated light. LED lights are pretty efficient, but of course it'll cost a bit. Unless you have a window that gets a lot of light?
And you can take it outside on the summer, just bring it indoors well before frost is expected!
I lived at 7200 ft and had a large veggie garden. I grew peas for sure, and small-size tomatoes as I knew the large ones would never get mature in time. I always looked on the seed packets to find the shortest days-to-maturity number. We had a lot of success with sweet corn that, if I remember rightly, was 56 days to maturity. Our biggest problems were deer and voles.
I live where I have a Meyer's lemon outside and it is wonderful. However, you can grow inside successfully with excellent indirect lighting. All citrus tolerate shade although they are typically grown in full sun. Give it a try - even one fresh lemon will be worth the effort. And, BTW, have you ever tried searing your lemons in oil before you fry fish in it? Wonderful to have that lemon in the oil AND the warm seared (and mellowed) lemon juice squeezed over the fish.
I'm growing a small Meyer lemon tree indoors under an LED flood grow light. The "tree" (mayyybe 14-in. tall) has 2 fist-sized ripening lemons. My indoor light exposure is poor, and grow lights allow me (finally!) to grow African violets, T'giving cactus, etc. without them croaking after a few months. My elevation is much lower than yours @ 80', but ... I highly recommend the lights! :)
The grow bags look like some of our supermarket bags and a few others. When they get a hole, brolen a bit, maybe we can adapt them by putting some more holes in the bottom! A good way to recycle as well.
gayedawn1 Not 100 percent certain, but I think the grow bags need to be made of a breathable fabric (so no plastic). I bought one and it is made of fabric with no holes in the bottom because the water just flows out thru the fabric.
I think your talking about the reusable ones aren't you?
It's so nice to see a yard garden downtown..
I am in England and that was lovely to hear you say 'Herbs and not Erbs'. A lovely informative video thank you for sharing. I am now a new subscriber. Have a lovely day.
So happy I found this channel! I've been struggling with what will do well in my completely shaded yard --so many wonderful trees and I don't want to sacrifice a tree.
I want to say that Bok choi does well in the shade.....
Thank you for this. I used to have sun but the neighbours trees keep growing and growing so now it's a shady garden. Thankyou for the information.
You are fantastic! Iam empressed! You do really great in your garden and plants for shadow im very thankful for.
Why did people press thumbs down? This was a great video! Haters gonna hate...but don't let that reflect on your good work!
Exactly...Just HATERS!
Lol right? Just go watch a different video
Bizarre, right? Lol. Maybe they thought he gave incorrect info, is the best I can come up with, but clearly, it's working in his garden, so....??
It’s competition, other people doing videos want you to like there videos for more views.
Very ignorant people
So I found your channel just recently, but have to say I have learned more than any other so far, thank you! I also really enjoy your straightforward and clear teaching style...you definitely have a teaching gift!
You are pleasant to listen to and happy I stumbled on your show for great gardening knowledge 🌿🤩
Tip #5 is very interesting. Thanks a lot for this video.
I’ve learned everything I know about gardening on KZhead, I’m so glad I found you today. Your video was so informative and so to the point and it really gave me a lot of new information in a quick manner. I can’t wait to watch more of your videos. Good job!
I live in more shade then sun. The sunny area two 4x12 raised beds, takes up my tomatoes, and cucumbers. I do radishes, carrots, and lettuce in my shady area. Now I've got some new things to try.
Good luck Mark!
Same stuff going here tomatoes/ cucumbers that is and I’m trying herbs for the first time. Love cucumbers but in past years I have been overwhelmed with them. And no where to sell them now.
@@Mallenaudrix I bring anything I don't freeze or cold can to the food bank
Kevin, yours are the only gardening videos I will watch. I can't tell you how good it is to watch someone explain as simply and thoroughly as you do, without all the damn small talk and long, looooong sequences of watching the gardener shovel dirt in a container one spadeful at a time, etc., etc....as if we needed to learn how to transfer soil from one container to another. You speak clearly but fast, and you always seem to know the precise information and explanation we need in any given subject. THANK YOUTHANKYOUTHANKYOU.
Watched this for the second time since I can't remember when and it really helps. Thanks from 🇵🇭!
I love the enthusiasm and energy you exude for a subject you know so much about. You are inspiring.
I’d love to see a couple videos, one on the best mechanisms for protecting a garden from rodents (lots of oak and fruit trees in my neighborhood so there are lots of rats, mice, and squirrels), and another about the best raised garden beds. Especially those that can be moved around the yard to follow the sun. Combine these two requests, and that would be amazing. Love your channel! Thank you so much for sharing all your wisdom.
debating if i even want to try again, although I garden because I need the food since I am on disability and my income really makes getting veggies at the store problamatic especially with the prices we are seeing now. However last yr rats and mice pretty much destroyed most of everything I planted. I would love any tips anyone has. Getting desperate, Ive tried some of the poisons in the grocery stores but they seem immune. I hate using them since there are birds and stray cats that go in my yard, but the cats dont seem interested in hunting the rats/mice, but I would still prefer not killing the cats trying to poison the rats/mice...Help
Try catching mice in a glass bottle. Something like a UK milk bottle with a narrow neck. Bait with chocolate, prop it up slightly. The mice get in for the bait but can't get back up the slippery glass through the narrow neck. You can then release them elsewhere.
@@stan1050 I can confirm that mice LOVE Hershey's kisses. They tore into a bag and ate right through the foil wrappers. Good bait.
Cats and terriers :D
@@jeaniejbutler4911 Some cats are mousers. You just have the wrong cats.
From Scotland with allotment. I love this advice and thanks for pronouncing the "H".
I also like channels like this because your audience and their input a lot of times is also really helpful and in the least, super interesting. Thank you people for your amazing ideals and generous information. I could spend days on each episode simply because there's so much information in the comments. If and when my Garden gets going, I may share some of my experiences too.
I appreciate the fast, info-packed style of this video, thanks!
Great content. Simple, clear, interesting, and to the point. Glad to have found this channel as I have taken up container gardening on my back deck. Thank you!!
I love your channel and the great tips I've learned so far about grow bags, shadier spots and overall limited space that includes some sun, but requires planning to maximize potential of any particular combination of each of these elements. I have notes ready for my shadier area! I do want to have cucumber and sweet peppers (love the smaller colorful ones) which would occupy the area with most sun. I am new to your channel and would love to see videos that include those options. Thanks for the great details, so glad I found your channel!
This is perfect! Our new home faces south, so there's a strip along the back always in the shade. I had no plans to grow there, but now I will. Thanks! The rest of the back yard is scheduled for raised beds and a green house.
being from the UK I'm glad you covered Herrrrbs!😂🤣😁
I'm a gardening newbie. First year and my neighbors have this huge stupid tree blocking half our yard so I assumed I couldn't grow anything!! This was very EYE-OPENING to me. Thank you!
A large tree will cause you more problems by sucking up all the water than by the shade it throws.
yes you can grow em !
Drop it into a conversation that you hate their tree. They may consider chopping it down. BE BOLD.
If the tree was there before you moved in dont complain. You chose to live there. I had a neighbour who moved into a paradise nextdoor to me, trees, shrubs, garden... it won awards for the previous owner. The new owner cut down every tree and bush on his property, turned it into a desolate waste and put in a big fire pit! Then he had the nerve to ask me to chop down my only tree because some of the branches overhung his property! Some people! SMH
No huge tree is stupid.
This has been more helpful than you know! Thanks for the info. I have spots around large rocks I can plant some basil and north spot next to the house I can put some veg
Chard was the rockstar of our first garden last year. Grew like crazy into the winter. Arugula was in second place.
I'm delighted to have discovered these videos. Love the information and the delivery. You are obviously passionate about what you do and about sharing your wealth of knowledge. Thanks!
As an Australian, I also appreciate your pronunciation of the word 'Herb'.
I just found your station. Thank you so very much for helping this neophyte to gardening!! I also love your new home too!! I just brought my containers .
fabulously informative video thanks great idea about painting walls and fences in a light colour. genius!