I like this guy. He's got good authentic energy

Cut and come again! I love that approach

Thanks so much for this! First-time gardeners enjoying our first kale harvest - really helpful :)

@maritimegardening4887

4 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

as a first time kale grower this year, i thank you for this excellent and informational tutorial! stay connected!

@maritimegardening4887

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for visiting

My buddy told me about you and told me you know your stuff . This is awesome I live in Halifax and have a small garden and been growing all kinds of varieties of vegetables every year except kale , it was a one plant that survived last fall and now it’s producing a lot this summer thanks for the tips . Good to see a local on UTube 🍻

@maritimegardening4887

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks man.

We are still eating from the Kale plant in Feb 24. It never seems to die so we keep eating from it until it gives up wherever that might be.

hell yah! just went out and harvested the first round of kale from the home garden!

Love your happy manner. This was Real helpful about kale, thx!

@maritimegardening4887

Жыл бұрын

You are so welcome!

I like the design of your garden. Everything is low with the rocks and the raise bed. Easy walking path too. I was thinking the leaves have to really big. My first time growing kale. I need to clip some before they go bad. Thank you 🤗🌿

Love kale! Thanks for sharing

Thank you for sharing well delivered, helpful information, and your personal experience, along with mindful garden /food , and home ideas, and suggestions. Moreover you provided the answer I was looking for, about gathering in the morning as "what is best night or morning, to gather /harvest leaves. Cheers and good health

@maritimegardening4887

2 жыл бұрын

Awesome, thanks!

Thank you for your time kind sir. This video was very helpful

@maritimegardening4887

3 жыл бұрын

Glad it helped

1st time to grow kale. Is why I'm watching this video. :) Gonna harvest some after watching. Thanks! Great video.

@maritimegardening4887

3 жыл бұрын

Enjoy!

Love this video! I am from the maritimes - living in AB right now. Awesome to see some maritime representation on youtube 💜

@maritimegardening4887

4 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Thank you!

I loved this! So helpful, thank you for sharing your knowledge :-) I’m a newer gardener so this is super educational

@maritimegardening4887

Жыл бұрын

Thanks - happy to help

Glad I found your channel! First time I have grown Kale this year. I need the tips for storing especially! Thank you

@maritimegardening4887

2 жыл бұрын

Welcome! I have some vids on storing it as well so check those out.

Gardens looking great. Very encouraging

@maritimegardening4887

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks

What a guy. Sounds like a very good husband n partner.

Thank you so much for this informative video. I am a 1st time gardener and I appreciate the time you took to make this video :)

@maritimegardening4887

Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

I have never planted a vegetable in my life. I just subscribed to you and can’t wait to learn everything you share so I can plant a garden for my family.

@maritimegardening4887

3 жыл бұрын

This is why I have this channel! Thanks you!!!

@DrDisasta

3 жыл бұрын

@@maritimegardening4887 thank you 😊

Really useful tips. And the last few words are very important, more folks should pay attention to them especially nowadays 😉 Cheers.

@maritimegardening4887

Жыл бұрын

Agreed!

Just subbed, great vid got all the info i needed thank you.

@maritimegardening4887

3 жыл бұрын

Awesome, thank you!

Thanks, I'm new to gardening and my dino and russian red kale is ready to harvest! Lots of good tips!

@maritimegardening4887

4 жыл бұрын

Wonderful! Thanks for watching!

Great helpful video bright with chill energy.. Subscribed

@maritimegardening4887

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the sub!

It’s my first time growing kale as well, thank you for this great video. New subbie.

@maritimegardening4887

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for subbing!

I like kale garden

Mahalos for the info!!!

Wow. I love it kale my first year that I plant kale. Thank you.

@maritimegardening4887

3 жыл бұрын

Wonderful!

Kale yeah! Great advice thank you!

@maritimegardening4887

4 жыл бұрын

You're so welcome!

Awesome garden!

@maritimegardening4887

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Thanks for this. Very helpful.

@maritimegardening4887

3 жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

Awesome thanks for the knowledge!

@maritimegardening4887

3 жыл бұрын

Any time!

Thank you!

really helpful

Beautiful kale, nice video 🤗

@maritimegardening4887

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

So helpful!

@maritimegardening4887

4 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Good information. Thanks so much.

@maritimegardening4887

3 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Thank you ! I'm about to do some harvesting. 👩‍🌾👩‍🌾👩‍🌾

@maritimegardening4887

4 жыл бұрын

Have fun!

Nice garden dude! 👌🏽

@maritimegardening4887

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! 🙂

New subscriber for you. I have a small channel myself. I was about to harvest some Kale and I wanted to make sure I did this right.

@maritimegardening4887

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the sub!

You are correct, work it into your life. Then it doesn’t become a daunting task, it’s just part of your day to day and you can enjoy everything that comes along with gardening.

@maritimegardening4887

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly :)

Thank you

Great job! Thanks

@maritimegardening4887

4 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it!

Thanks for the great video! This season Greg, your garden is amazing! I want to tell you Greg that the tomatoes are just as good and healthy as those I plant. Maybe even better and more durable. Same with many other vegetables that fall off the seeds and grow next season. Goodbye Greg.

@maritimegardening4887

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you Lamprine! :)

Great video. Thanks for sharing. How many kale plants will I need per person with this cut and come again method?

@maritimegardening4887

4 жыл бұрын

I suppose that depends on how much you eat. At a rough guess, I'd say a dozen plants should keep you in business - but of course not if you're eating kale twice a day every day :)

GOOD JOB ! I love when a man cleans the kitchen. Do you have a big freezer?

@maritimegardening4887

4 жыл бұрын

The smaller type. Will buy a larger one if this one ever dies! :)

Very informative. Thank you for the info on what to do with all the extra kale, since I struggle getting my family to eat it often.

@maritimegardening4887

3 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

this is great information as I am preparing for my first kale harvest. Would you mind sharing your recipe for making pickles?

@maritimegardening4887

Жыл бұрын

Here's a couple vids I've made: kzread.info/dash/bejne/pZqouJN-ls2fgdY.html kzread.info/dash/bejne/k4mZxsdydNeed8Y.html

Would you give us a guide on the max number of leaves to harvest? And how many should be left on the plant?

@maritimegardening4887

3 жыл бұрын

Just take no more than a couple leaves per plant.

Why need steaming or blanching, and end up with a brick, i just put a bunch in a freezer bag unwashed to preserve some texture and compressi into a freezer bag, into the freezer, it still looks like kale, rinse it, and cook it in soups etc. I love kale, king of low cal nutrition

@maritimegardening4887

3 жыл бұрын

That method is fine for soups, but not for preserving the flavour, texture and colour of greens.

Nice vlog.

@maritimegardening4887

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks

The kale I have is humungous.

Cabinet shops will save you their used sandpaper belts. Staple it on the wood around your raised beds. Snails and slugs won't crawl on it because it cuts them.

@juanabaker758

4 жыл бұрын

@@no-diggarden Turned out that the guy I was getting them from was also a gardener. When he found out what I was using them for he started keeping them for himself. Shoulda kept my mouth shut! 😄

@juanabaker758

4 жыл бұрын

@@no-diggarden It was okay. I had enough for mine before I blabbed my secret. The cabinet shop had those real long belts for a commercial machine. They were nice.

@maritimegardening4887

4 жыл бұрын

I think I'd have to find a lot of cabinet shops for my garden :) Also - I'd have to think that any snail/slug that could get across my sand pathways would likely be undeterred by sand paper :)

@juanabaker758

4 жыл бұрын

@@maritimegardening4887 Sandpaper has a finer grit than sand. It works. You can get 6"x48" sandpaper belts from Amazon in bulk. (6). Three inches would be wide enough if you take time to cut them to that size.

@stforster

3 жыл бұрын

@@juanabaker758 Have you seen the size of the slugs out here in coastal BC? They eat sandpaper for breakfast. Only way to hold 'em back is copper tape around the raised beds. The galvanic reaction when they touch it freaks them out.

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@maritimegardening4887

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks

Kale, spinach, any lettuce, green onions and few more can be cut just what you need and leave to regrow

@juliehaaksman1928

2 жыл бұрын

How many weeks or months do they last before new plants can be planted in their place. I planted 6 kale plants in June which I am enjoying on a regular basis. I was thinking that it would survive and keep growing until Spring. 🤔

I am in love with baby kale as it’s quick and easy to eat. I don’t love the price though. What is the type of kale that’s commonly used for baby kale in stores? Sort of looks like Chinese kale. TIA! Like your videos.

@maritimegardening4887

3 жыл бұрын

I don't know - but any kale harvested young would probably fill the bill. Scotch curly kale would be my best bet

spray leaves with 1 teaspoon hydrogen peroxide 1 cup water for pests 1 to 1 in container to water ground

Awesomely awesome video. Plsssss what variety of Kale is this and are they good to grow for commercial purposes?? Thanks

@maritimegardening4887

3 жыл бұрын

The kale I harvested in that video was winterbor kale. I also grow siberian kale. I have no idea if they are good for commercial purposes - m y guess is that the winterbor are better in that sense because they keep very well in the fridge. The Siberian kale tastes better to me - but some people don't agree because it has a stronger flavour.

@aruwewetv6018

3 жыл бұрын

@@maritimegardening4887 Oh my goodness. Thanks so much for this prompt reply from you, you are just too amazing, bcus I was thinking it will take months b4 I could get a reply from you but to my surprise you responded in less than 24hrs, thanks so much and God bless you. Plsssss how can I buy the seeds of the two varieties of kale you've mentioned. Are they on Amazon I live in the U.K but want to start commercial vegetables farming in Africa in the next few months. Thanks for being a mentor towards my success. God bless you sir.

Can you eat the stem? Can you pull it out and eat the root?

In the Chicago area we had all rain in the spring now dry as hell?

@maritimegardening4887

4 жыл бұрын

Simlar here though we've probably had more rain - but it was a crazy cold and windy spring.

Thanks so much for your video! I have been harvesting the bottom leaves of my kale every day or two. As I do this snd the plant grows, plant grows, the “stalk” becomes longer and barer and the plants are getting pretty tall. Is this okay?

@maritimegardening4887

2 жыл бұрын

Yes - that's totally normal and ok

@lauraagigian8653

2 жыл бұрын

@@maritimegardening4887 Thanks!

What do you do during the winter? Normally we have kale year round but due to recent extremely cold weather ours turned yellow.

@maritimegardening4887

3 жыл бұрын

I blanch and freeze the excess in "bricks" during the growing months so I have lots saved up for the winter. I have a couple vids on blanching & freezing kale: kzread.info/dash/bejne/f6aopculecmuYbQ.html

Amazing! How do you deal with aphids?

@maritimegardening4887

3 жыл бұрын

They don'y really bother my kale - they seem to focus on my parsnips and lovage when they go to seed. I usually leave them alone and let their predators go to work. If they seem to be out of control I blast them with Safers end-all

We're thinking of getting a small greenhouse. I have 6 kale plants. Would they last longer into the fall if we put them in a greenhouse?

@maritimegardening4887

Жыл бұрын

I don't know where you live - so it depends - but in general, kale taste better when exposed to frost and cool nights - so I don't think a greenhouse would do much for that particular plant

@bonniespruin6369

Жыл бұрын

@@maritimegardening4887 We're in Nova Scotia.

I just planted some Kale ( 'Toscano') recently here in NorCal. I'm surprised how fast it started to grow. I just planted a few weeks ago and am already starting to harvest some leaves. The leaves aren't very big - maybe 3 inches. Maybe I'm harvesting them prematurely, but I'm trying to prevent the leaves from touching the ground and getting contaminated. Does this seem correct? Also, how often should I harvest? Thanks!!

@maritimegardening4887

3 жыл бұрын

It does seem a bit early - but I can only speak to growing them in my climate, Keeping the leaves off the ground is a good idea.

@NDemanuele1

3 жыл бұрын

@@maritimegardening4887 Thanks! Btw, is Kale like Basil, meaning the more you prune/harvest, the more they grow?

@fiesalalawar7796

Жыл бұрын

What month do we plant the seeds of kale?

Help!! I have a problem with my Russian kale. Several of my plants are dying because the stem has a rotten mushy place. I have been harvesting leaves since March. I also have some worms but not the green ones. They are darker with a yellowing stripe. Slugs have also found the kale. I am going to use BT on them after picking them off. We did have a very dry month of May and a lot of rain all last week. Don’t know if this could be culprit?

@maritimegardening4887

Жыл бұрын

I've had that happen too - and for some reason it can spread to most of them. It's some mind of pest. I think the affected plants are doomed. Pull them out roots and all, and then treat the ones that are still good with an insecticidal soap once a wee for a few weeks and see how that goes. Absolutely do not plant kale anywhere near that spot for a couple year :)

What do you do when your leaves are getting huge they seem to be more bitter it's a flat leaf kale I forget what I planted I have the curly and that's easier but the flat leaf looks like almost looks like a broccoli plant the leaves get Giant

@maritimegardening4887

Жыл бұрын

I have a video on that : kzread.info/dash/bejne/gIWfk9iyqLzfes4.html

I was wondering whether you cut the centre stalk out of the leaves before cooking and eating Greg..??

@maritimegardening4887

4 жыл бұрын

Sometimes I do and sometimes I don't. Basically you saute the stalks about 5 min before adding the leaves - so when I'm in a rush I skip the stalks.

Do you have one with the purple in the middle..

@maritimegardening4887

2 жыл бұрын

I don't think so

I harvest my the same way Greg but I can't get anyone else in our family to eat it. Maybe the variety I planted is too chewy. I'm going to try making kale chips. I'm also making fermented pickles but here again I'm the sole eater. Do you have pickles in vinegar recipe?

@maritimegardening4887

4 жыл бұрын

I don't do them in vinegar any more - honestly I can't bear to eat them ever since I discovered fermented pickles.

@johnhazaras3160

4 жыл бұрын

@@maritimegardening4887 I found a recipe on utube and I'll try and please the natives but I personally prefer fermented. My first batch should be ready in a few days. If you recall your days of living in Dundas/Hamilton, Strubs fermented pickles were made in Dundas. I believe they moved to Brantford but I do remember seeing big barrels full of pickles.

@maritimegardening4887

4 жыл бұрын

@@johnhazaras3160 I miss that farmers market in Jackson Square Mall!

@johnhazaras3160

4 жыл бұрын

@@maritimegardening4887I used to go to a big farmers market on Saturdays in the parking lot of the center mall. During summers alot of local fruit and produce was available in large quantities. I remember working on the farms as a kid picking Cherry's in Grimsby and peaches as well. Not many fruit tree farms left on Niagara Peninsula now. Alot have been converted to wine grapes and the rest into suburbs, big shame.

@ms.anonymousinformer242

4 жыл бұрын

I'm going to grow kale for my juicing :-) Just planted my first heirloom seeds.

What kind of kale is it you got? I just sowed a kale called Pentland Brig. Do you have that one?

@maritimegardening4887

2 жыл бұрын

I have Siberian kale and Winterbore Kale - but I also try a new kind each year.

Can you expound a bit on why pick in the morning? I ask because with hay, it's best cut late afternoon because it's been photosynthesising all day. This means the total digestible nutrients (AKA TDN) are highest late afternoon, so you are storing hay with the best nutrient level it can have since at night the plant is using up the sugars it created during the day. Having said that, mostly I cut in the morning due to scheduling and/or weather concerns, and I can see that with you it works out better with being away at a job during the day and wanting to have the start of your evening and meal preparation go smoothly. I know it's something like a percentage point or two of TDN, if I remember correctly, so not really a big deal for most purposes, but you've mentioned it several times about harvesting in the morning and I was wondering if there is a plant physiology reason for a morning harvest?

@maritimegardening4887

4 жыл бұрын

The plants are at their best in the morning because they've had the whole evening to recover, re-hydrate and grow - that's it - and it's also cool outside, and the horse-flies are not around yet at that point in the day. That's it. Hay is cut in late afternoon because it's very dry at that point in the day. If it's not dry when it's bailed up it will rot.

@NewYorkJennifer

4 жыл бұрын

@@maritimegardening4887 Hay is generally baled in late afternoon because it's dry after being cut a day or two before and it's had a good sunny day or two to dry. When you cut is a function of how wet the hay is (rain the night before, heavy dew, etc), and what the weather looks like for next day or two, and if you intend to rake or ted it. It's true you can't bale wet hay or it will heat too much and rot--- or burn your barn down through spontaneous combustion. I don't think too many people realize that a bale is not simply dry hay just as it came out of the baler. When baled, it goes through a curing process where it heats through bacterial action before it cools down to its final state. It is a mild process for the most part unless you baled it too wet, nothing too noticeable unless you break open a bale to feel the heat which lasts for a few days following baling. You will also smell hay as it's curing. You can drive by hay barns in the summer and smell freshly put up hay. Which is a different smell from freshly mowed hay. Will get off my hobby horse now. :) I'm in the middle of haying right now since it's such a late year.

If you walk through a forest with cell phone towers you'll notice the tops of the trees are the dead ones.

@maritimegardening4887

3 жыл бұрын

I've never noticed that

Do the plants have to be quite big before harvesting?

@maritimegardening4887

4 жыл бұрын

I start in on them once they are 12" high (30cm)

@simbobcrafts4843

4 жыл бұрын

@@maritimegardening4887 great thanks

I grew a garden for the first time and have a slightly different variety than you. Can I assume the harvesting is the same?

@maritimegardening4887

3 жыл бұрын

Yes

Are these winterbor curly kale?

@maritimegardening4887

Жыл бұрын

Yes

Doesn't freezing vegetables kill the living enzymes?

@maritimegardening4887

4 жыл бұрын

It depends on the enzyme. Some can take it and some can't. The ecology here freezes every winter - if that killed all the enzymes it would be a wasteland right :)

How do you prevent pests?

@maritimegardening4887

3 жыл бұрын

What kind?

@mikuo7258

3 жыл бұрын

The green little ones

No kangkung but its kale 😅

Exactly. No reason to sit around all day and get fat!

You've got what other poeple would pack into 5 videos here... I love the Stoic... just... "here ya go" attitude with the gardening knowledge and skills... rather than some "TOP TIP YOU NEED TO KNOW" video.. Although... if you want to get more views.... I mean... you could split this up into 5 videos and be a hype man... *shrug

@maritimegardening4887

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks man :)