You are my gardening hero!!!

@sue3702

6 ай бұрын

I second that!!!

Im in a rural town called Horsham in Victoria, Australia. Summer right now. Some days the hot sun just turns a lot of plants crispy! I grow organically. Whatever survives is worth the effort. I really appreciate all the fabulous info in your videos Angela. Thank you so much!

@GrowingInTheGarden

6 ай бұрын

Thank you. Brutal summers are hard for sure. Hello from Arizona USA

Hi Angela! I love your channel 🩷😌 I live in Queen Creek and I’m finally “Growing in the Garden” instead of killing plants in the desert! 🌵 😅 thanks to your wonderful videos! Thank you so much for the information!

@GrowingInTheGarden

2 ай бұрын

That's great to hear. Thanks for watching!

Hello from Zone 10 South Florida, Angela!🎄🌟

@GrowingInTheGarden

7 ай бұрын

Hello from Arizona!

@rajivenugopal8922

3 ай бұрын

Do you know anyone who can help me transform my backyard like yours? From Gilbert Arizona.

Wow this was great! I’d love to plant more of these in our garden!

This video is exactly what I was looking for. I plan to keep watching you and learning. Thank you so much.

I chopped my collard greens off at the base when it started getting hot this summer. Now that it has cooled off, they are growing back like crazy! Now, I have free collards that I did not even replant!! Who knew?! Thank you for your videos! They have helped me a lot over here in Florida. 🌺🦩💕

@doreenaitken5308

6 ай бұрын

I’ll have to try that. Thanks

@CherrieMcKenzie

5 ай бұрын

Mine lasted through the hot summer, over the winter and are still going strong. I did cover them during the winter with a mini greenhouse but other than that I've had greens and kale for 2 seasons!!

Jealous of your perennial peppers, eggplant and tomatoes. 😉 Love the long list.

This is an awesome information Angela!

Appreciate this. High desert gardening is tough. You're dealing with tough summers. I'm zone 6 so hot but (not so hot summers) and colder winters. Some of these won't work but this is helpful anyway.

Loved this!

Your videos are amazing. Thank you so so much. You have revolutionized backyard gardening in the desert. Truly

@GrowingInTheGarden

5 ай бұрын

So nice of you, thank you.

Great video Angela, thanks for the effort

So fun to watch these plants.

Loved this. I am 9b per this years map but with our microclimate 10a to 9b give or take. We have had some really hot summers with a dry north wind, so the actual temp was 117° with a real feel about 3 degrees higher. So thank you, good ideas as to what might survive here better. 🌷

Thank you for sharing.

Thank you

Beautiful work. love it

I'm moving to Las Vegas next summer so this is helpful.

Great content. Very helpful info

Wow, this is a treasure chest full of new perrenials i can grow. I'm new to your channel this morning and you have a new subscriber.❤❤

Thanks so much for this video. Whenever a new Growing in the Garden videos drops I'm excited. Your content is so well done especially for us low desert AZ dwellers. I've been looking into pigeon peas- so cool you are growing them. Could you share when you got your seeds?

@GrowingInTheGarden

7 ай бұрын

So nice of you, thanks. I got the pigeon peas in a seed swap.

we're in the west phx valley and will try some in this list. we grow fig, mandarin, lemon, passion fruit, barbados cherry, mulberry, stokes sweet potato, tomato, onion and some other random items. going to try your straw bed method for potatoes soon.

Wow so much to grow

Look into the Chaya Spinach tree, it grows fast here and can handle the heat. Taste like spinach.

@GrowingInTheGarden

7 ай бұрын

Thanks for the recommendation!

Tree collards and new Zealand spinach does great for me zone 9

Awesome video!.. been waiting For a Video made about this topic of perennials. What about perennial placement With co pairing vegetables? Thank you, Angela for all you do I appreciate you.

@GrowingInTheGarden

7 ай бұрын

Good question. I tend to plant many (but not all) of my perennials in the ground, vs. raised beds. Some crops naturally go well together like the pairing of artichokes and sweet potatoes. You can read more in the blog post I just posted about this same topic - growinginthegarden.com/25-thriving-edible-perennials-in-my-desert-garden/

We have been reclassified here (at 4,000 feet in Las Cruces, NM) a half zone higher, though we are still in the zone 8 range. This winter I am pruning my chiles (in an elevated growing box) way back this winter and covering them, we will see if any survive to next year. We will likely get our first hard freeze this weekend, so we'll see!

@GrowingInTheGarden

7 ай бұрын

If you delay pruning until after the cold weather, the plants can better protect themselves.

Mexican honeysuckle is a good one. Not necessarily edible. But I have seen the leaves made into a tea to help animals that are giving birth and having issues getting rid of the placenta after birth. The branch’s look like they would be good for weaving baskets. Apparently the tea can be drank by humans as well, I have only seen it used with the animals though

I wish u teach us how to cook them too

@GrowingInTheGarden

7 ай бұрын

Good idea!

I really appreciate all the valuable information you pack into these videos! I am hoping to finally start a garden in 2024. Do you have a video and/or blog post on how to develop a long-term plan for building up a garden for someone just getting started? I won't have the funds to do everything all at once, but I still want to be intentional and strategic about what I do at the beginning so I can add to it as I go.

@GrowingInTheGarden

7 ай бұрын

If you go to my blog the getting started page lists the resources I have, that may be helpful for you. Best of luck to you! growinginthegarden.com/new-to-gardening-start-here/

@coolkumquats

7 ай бұрын

@@GrowingInTheGarden Thank you! There definitely seem to be some helpful planning resources there. I’ll check them out! 😊

We don’t get as hot as your zone but my issue is too rainy. Do you think what perennials you showed will mostly still survive ? Zone 12. Great garden tips. Thank you.

This was fantastic information! I live in Palm Springs, which I believe is also zone 9b, and I have felt very limited by the edible plants that I can get to survive our summers. This has opened up a lot of possibilities for me. Where can I find these plants? I assume online, but if you could direct me to a specific site, that would be wonderful. Thank you for this video!

@GrowingInTheGarden

Ай бұрын

Learn more here: growinginthegarden.com/25-thriving-edible-perennials-in-my-desert-garden/

Thank you #savesoil #Consciousplanet

Hello Angela! Thank you for your wonderful content. My passionfruit still has fruit on it and I’m not sure if they are going to ripen or if we are delaying the spring harvest by leaving them on and should just cut them off? Thanks! I’m in CA zone 9b

@GrowingInTheGarden

6 ай бұрын

I leave them on

Amazing variety - some of them I haven’t heard of! Can most of these also be grown in containers? I’m particularly interested in the grapes 🍇. Thank you for your informative videos - I always learn so much!

@GrowingInTheGarden

7 ай бұрын

Many can grow in containers very well (strawberries, eggplant, peppers, ginger, turmeric and more) but I would recommend the ground for grapes if possible. Their roots can go quite deep and will be happiest in the ground.

@pollytiks3885

7 ай бұрын

@@GrowingInTheGarden Thank you!

Thank you for the helpful tips. Which of these plants grow well in grow bags?

@GrowingInTheGarden

7 ай бұрын

For containers/grow bags you could do the peppers, eggplant, tomatoes, i'itoi onions, chives, ginger, turmeric, cucamelon, potatoes, sweet potatoes, chichiquilette, and strawberries.

@lypham1

7 ай бұрын

@@GrowingInTheGarden thank you so much!

The title says 25, but when I wrote it down, there are 27. Who doesn't love bonuses?

When you plant perennials in this lovely AZ soil what amendments do you use? Just compost mixed with ground soil? Thanks for all you do! I learn so much from you.

@GrowingInTheGarden

7 ай бұрын

Great question. In many areas I amend my in bed areas with wood chips and have for a few years. They have broken down and added organic matter to the soil.

@Ishaaa95

6 ай бұрын

I do a bit of fish meal blended in the top soil & add a thick cover of straw mulch and/or wood chips in the pathways.

Love your channel. Why am I getting large grubs in my compost piles. Other than picking them out, what can I do?

@GrowingInTheGarden

7 ай бұрын

Hand picking is my main method. The chickens love them :)

Do you have a local source for pigeon peas? I am intrigued by these but wasn't able to find seeds last year. Also, if you were planting asparagus from seed (as I am - they are currently germinating) would you choose in ground or in a grow pot for the first year?

@GrowingInTheGarden

7 ай бұрын

I got my pigeon pea seeds at a seed swap. If possible, I would put the asparagus wherever it's forever home will be and then you don't have to disturb the roots again.

Thanks this is awesome information,can you tell me what kind of tomato is best for year round

@GrowingInTheGarden

7 ай бұрын

Indeterminate types will keep growing as long as they don't get diseased or freeze. They will slow down in the cold and the heat.

@durindacavin1941

7 ай бұрын

@@GrowingInTheGarden okay thanks so much I’ll look at my seeds and see what I have do you have a favorite though

Love your videos Angela! I’m in zone 9b as well but with very humid hot summers so I wonder if like you I could also leave tomatoes or potatoes in the ground (or containers) to see if in the fall they’d recover from the intense summer heat and are able to thrive and bear fruit again? The problem we have quite often here because of the high humidity and rain during the summer is all the fungus diseases that affect tomatoes and other crops but maybe I can look for varieties that are resistant to fungal diseases and try my luck😊 which variety of indeterminate tomatoes and potatoes do you grow as perennials?

@GrowingInTheGarden

7 ай бұрын

It depends on the year. Sungold tomatoes have certainly been a favorite. and Yukon gold potatoes grow very well here. Different challenges with humidity for sure. Best of luck to you!

@Winnyj73

7 ай бұрын

Thank you for your reply Angela😊 I have a packet of sungold tomato seeds so I’ll be starting them for this summer👍🏻

I want to live in your climate! I’m in London, and we get heavy frost.. I want to live in a climate that gets mild but not frosty ❤

@GrowingInTheGarden

7 ай бұрын

Love London! We spent some time there this fall. So many beautiful gardens. Our summers are so hot, you can grow many, many things that we cannot. Different challenges and benefits no matter where you live for sure!

You've got me thinking. I live in zone 8b/9a but our winters are unpredictable. How well do plants like bell peppers and eggplants perform after more than one or two years of production?

@GrowingInTheGarden

7 ай бұрын

Best production is for the first 3 years.

Now I don't feel bad that my asparagus are all flopped over. My first time growing them. Not sure if you have a video on them or not, but do I need to prune them back and if so, when do you prune. I'm in Murrieta, CA zone 9b. Hot summers, mild winters with occasional frost over the course of winter.

@GrowingInTheGarden

7 ай бұрын

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Baker creek has seeds for huckleberry chichiquelite and several different varieties. How large does it grow? How do they taste? Most reviews said they were tasteless and even terrible even when cooked and sweetened. Wondering how you cook them.

@GrowingInTheGarden

7 ай бұрын

They don't have a lot of flavor - we make jam with them mostly. It's not bad, but we don't like it as well as roselle jam.

@michaelgusovsky

7 ай бұрын

i noticed the same thing, i was looking for huckleberries at baker creek, some people say taste is bad or flavorless, others say they like them. it might depend on growing conditions, or on personal taste. but for $3 per seed packet, it's worth a shot.

@ooulalah4333

Ай бұрын

​@@michaelgusovskyDid you harvest berries yet? If so how did you like them. Thinking to plant for birds.

@michaelgusovsky

Ай бұрын

@@ooulalah4333 i went with honeyberries and blueberries. might try the "huckleberries" later (there's some ambiguity in that name - apparently, "real" huckleberries like i've had at yellowstone need to grow at 5000ft altitude or higher and those taste awesome - the seed ones are vacciniium family, iirc, they are related, but they grow at lower elevations and are not quite the same)

Wow! First I've heard of this many perrenials - I understand I live in the high desert, so will have to look up and compare elevations. I will be looking through your videos for uses of moringa.

This is a very interesting video.. did you start moringa and malabar spinach from seeds? If yes, can you please share where you got them?

@GrowingInTheGarden

6 ай бұрын

They are both started from saved seeds. Not sure where I got the original ones.

@sireeshamargapuri6185

6 ай бұрын

@GrowingInTheGarden OK! I have been looking for those specifically since last year and was thrilled to see them in your video.. Thank you for getting back though!

For the tomato, during the cold season, do we need to cut them back or just let them flower and fruit?

@GrowingInTheGarden

7 ай бұрын

I wait to prune back until after the cold temps and then give them a good prune and lots of compost and they take off.

@hoshanhong7752

7 ай бұрын

@@GrowingInTheGarden Thank you for your tips, Angela. Let me try try this year❤

Is your garden south facing?

Can you tell us who makes your overalls? Thank you!

@GrowingInTheGarden

7 ай бұрын

These are from Duluth - love them!

How about rhubarb or winged beans? How do you protect passion fruit from frost? Lotsa mulching?

@lauriesmith7517

7 ай бұрын

Rhubarb does not flourish in the heat, it needs cold to be its best.

@GrowingInTheGarden

7 ай бұрын

It's not cold enough here for rhubarb unfortunately. I haven't tried wing beans. Passion fruit seems to handle our minor frost events ok. There is some minor leaf damage but the roots are fine.

Have you had any experience with gogi berry or blueberries?

@GrowingInTheGarden

6 ай бұрын

I grow goji berries - they are in this video - but haven’t had good luck with blueberries - most types need a different climate and soil than I have

Where do you get tags from?

@GrowingInTheGarden

3 ай бұрын

I use these labels from Amazon: amzn.to/4bcXT4L With these markers: amzn.to/3P8IgC8

If only we all lived in an area that doesn’t reach 4 degrees in the winter 🤦🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️

How do you deal with animals in the garden? Thank you!

@GrowingInTheGarden

5 ай бұрын

I don't have a lot of issues with them - some problems with rats and birds. For those that do, it seems barrier methods are the most effective.

How about sage?

@GrowingInTheGarden

7 ай бұрын

Yes! Sage is a great perennial herb for sure. I have another video about perennial herbs here: kzread.info/dash/bejne/q514mqudhrWZd7w.html - this video is about other kinds of crops.

@Moon..Shadow

7 ай бұрын

I didn't realize that eggplant was a perennial. I cut one back because it was sickly, and I thought it was done for the season. I never pull it, and it's growing back! 😊

@GrowingInTheGarden

7 ай бұрын

@@Moon..Shadow As long as conditions are right (it doesn't freeze) it can keep going for several years. They are tough plants!

@kristyholman351

7 ай бұрын

I’ve never heard of some of these. Do you grow them from seed or transplants?

45 degree in Sydney

@GrowingInTheGarden

7 ай бұрын

So hot! We had a lot of that last summer as well. Stay cool if you can!

chayote comes back for 3 to 4 years in hot climates depending on what insects or rodents they have to fight against.

@GrowingInTheGarden

2 ай бұрын

I haven't had good luck growing it - it doesn't like our summers (I think) any tips to share?

@Kat-Knows

2 ай бұрын

How interesting that u haven't had success with chayote. They grow it in Mexico just south of Arizona for a market crop. It loves a trellis & creates its own shade for it fruit. How have u started it? Getting the chayote fruit & getting it to sprout is the best way to 'transplant' it. I would imagine u have plenty of chayote for sale in the markets in Arizona near u. The biggest trouble i have had where i live in Texas is that field rats & mice love to eat the chayote plant. I am surrounded by hay fields so i deal with a lot of mice etc during hay cutting times.

@GrowingInTheGarden

2 ай бұрын

@@Kat-Knows I've sprouted it indoors and had it vining and growing successfully - and then it got hot (we had a very hot summer ) and it died. I tried a couple of other times too, but that was the furthest I'd gotten because I started it in the fall and it grew well through winter. Maybe I'll try again this fall.

@jlseagull2.060

2 ай бұрын

@@GrowingInTheGardenmine was the opposite. It survived three seasons until it was cold then died. Bummer! I am trying again this year and see what happens. What I really want is wild chayote - the one with little spikes on the skin. At times Mexican grocer has it but it is rare.

Strawberries definitely last more than 3 years, something is going wrong there.

@GrowingInTheGarden

Ай бұрын

Not in the heat here - we are lucky if they last 3 years.

@cdinaz

20 күн бұрын

@@GrowingInTheGarden I'm happy if mine last more than a year in Buckeye, AZ

Sugar cane hau you first prepare to grow

@GrowingInTheGarden

5 ай бұрын

Plant from a young transplant

@wmm3794

5 ай бұрын

@@GrowingInTheGarden can you put in film

Goji berries are not delicious, lol 😂

@GrowingInTheGarden

Ай бұрын

I like them - maybe I'm the only one. :)

Just found 17 new plants i need now 🙂🫠