For me, when in doubt, more bush beans.

When I was a chef in food service, I always used the broccoli stems to make broccoli cheese soup!!! Sold out in a matter of hours every time!!!

1½ c steamed broccoli chopped small 1 c shredded mozzarella ½ c grated parmesan 1 or 2 eggs Mix together lay out on parchment paper on pan, spread it out thin in whatever shape you desire and bake at 400° for 20 min and you have a pizza crust or flat bread.

@49lucky

Ай бұрын

I'm going to try that thanks❤

@dawnnephew9367

Ай бұрын

@@49lucky you're welcome. We really enjoy it.

@MIgardener

Ай бұрын

yummy!

I make the broccoli slaw out of the stem!! My fave!

Excellent reminders in this video Luke! We are in the heat of the battle (game time), so we can lose our clarity when fighting all of the variables that challenge us. This was a great half-time pep talk to keep us focused 👊🏻🌻👊🏻

I love broccoli stems! I just peel them and eat them raw, most of the time.

Luke, just want to say that I’ve been following your content for many years and have benefited immensely with your information and I noticed that this year in particular you’ve had an extra focus on quality information and useful tips that is very straight to the point and valuable. This growing season you have really outdone yourself with videos and the information that you provide to the world. Thank you. My garden has never looked better because of you.

As someone moving from Texas (20+years) to Michigan in a few months, I am keeping a keen eye to the change in climate for my garden... :D

@randallelliott1245

Ай бұрын

We did the same in 2022. Happy to share some mind set changes that helped us.

@mansirajpal4897

24 күн бұрын

@@randallelliott1245and I moved from Chicago 10 years to Texas and flipping the mindset

I just made broccoli leaves for dinner last night. Tasty.

Luke, your vast expanse of gardening knowledge is such a delight to hear!

Dude, Trifecta plus! Omg that stuff is magic! I am totally buying another bag, the $ I wasted on other fertilizers 🤦‍♂️

@MIgardener

Ай бұрын

I love to hear it!

@christinaperry3540

Ай бұрын

The best!

@UnseemlyGenie00

Ай бұрын

Trifecta 😂😂😂😂. Sounds toxic

Can you do a video on giving your/our garden a break? I’m not growing this year. Instead I’m building up my supply of compost and worm castings. Thinking about covering my beds with black plastic or landscape fabric to minimize the ill effects of exposure.

Broccoli stem: just peel the fibrous part off of the outside and eat the inner center raw. It is the very best part of the broccoli!

@MIgardener

Ай бұрын

it really is the best part!

@ginawhite8333

Ай бұрын

I like to peel it, slice it and throw it in stir-fry. So good!

@gerrymarmee3054

Ай бұрын

I peel it, but it never goes to be cooked because I eat it. Its yummy.

@gerrymarmee3054

Ай бұрын

I peel it, but it never goes to be cooked because I eat it. Its yummy.

@gferraro8353

Ай бұрын

​@MIgardener broccoli soup !! Makes the best soup stock with carrots, onions , potatoes etc . Then add your florets add cream ,some cheddar cheese .. yum !

This is EXACTLY what my starving self needs, -now that the heat and crazy rain have come, and everything has either bolted or gone to flower, i have alot of beds that are...in sad-looking states, and i KNOW i need to plant something, but i was scared until now...but i believe in myself, and i will go at LEAST try to plant some short-season crops that will begin sprouting in the heat, but will LOVE and not care about the upcoming cooler season, that will help feed me, and make me feel WAY less guilty about having baren sad falltime-looking beds.

I love seeing how you and the videos are maturing. You've got some quality videographers now! I love your suggestions for succession planting; some people say I garden to compost! I was waiting to you to mention tossing all those spent plants into your compost heap so they can replenish the soil next year, or sooner.. I would mow them all up together. Suggeston for broccoli stalks, peel and make coins to toss into your stirfries. They can be frozen until you are ready for a great stirfry.

Thanks for the MANY great tips! 🌱

Thank you, Luke. 😊

Wonderful inspiration & advice Luke.. & in the comments... Happy 🇨🇦 Canada Day 🇨🇦 to all the Canadian fans of this channel.. 😊😊 Cuz I'm sure I'm not the only one.. lol... 🇨🇦 And hope all our American cousins have an Awesome 4th of July!! God bless... happy gardening everyone. . 😊😊

This was a great video, thanks a lot Luke

Glad you will eat all of the Broccoli 🥦 Very intresting video🌱🌱

I just harvested all my garlic 🧄 and potatoes 🥔, and I put in okra 🌱, bush beans🫘, and replanted some of the smaller potatoes 🥔.

Thanks for the reminders Luke! roasted broccoli with garlic, red pepper flakes, olive oil and italian seasonings!

I’m trying a winter killing cover crop for the first time this summer. It’s for my garlic bed, that I just harvested today. A mix of nitrogen fixing, winter kill varieties. I’ll start them as soon as they arrive, about a week from now, and then trim the growth and smoother them sometime in September, before I replant my garlic I late October. Bonus is that it will also double as mulch because I use the “no till method” for my gardening, so I’ll need to apply much less straw on top. I do however use my broad fork before planting next year’s garlic.

Going to try growing lettuce in the shade of my raised beds. They should still get plenty of sun but stay cooler and more shaded.

@kaiteemitchell9453

Ай бұрын

Behind the corn

@Gardeningchristine

Ай бұрын

@@kaiteemitchell9453 I’ve tried growing corn twice and have had a storm come through with 70+ mile an hour winds and blew them over, right when they were tasseling, so I’ve given up trying to grow corn.

Thanks Luke. Your gardens look beautiful! God Bless!

Broccoli stem is our favorite part also.

I agree with Linda make broccoli slaw it is delicious thank you for the information God bless

Luke your channel has helped me to grow soo much food for my family. Thank you and keep the good content coming.

How do you control cabbage moth in your brassicas? I ended up pulling mine, as I was tired of dealing with them.

thanks for telling me - use every part of the broccoli plant

Broccoli leaves are delicious!

I love the broccoli stems! Never tried the leaves.

@sarahconger2375

Ай бұрын

Me either! I love collards, happy to hear this about the leaves.

@MIgardener

Ай бұрын

they are amazing. We smash the broccoli stem and mix it with parmesan cheese and then bread it and pan fry it and it tastes insane.

@janelacher9234

Ай бұрын

@@MIgardener I will have to try that!

@sarahconger2375

Ай бұрын

Sounds so yummy ❤

@bipbip6626

22 күн бұрын

@@MIgardenerbread it….? Do you use flour at all? From uk

Thank you for sharing your knowledge.😊

I grate the stalk into macaroni salad & chicken salad for crunch

Thanks Luke. Broccoli salad is delish!

The stem is my favorite part as well. I slice them and fry them in a pan with butter salt and pepper.

Last year was the first year I did this. Once I had enough of zucchini and the plants were getting a little rough looking I pulled them out and had a lot of free space!

Ooh, I need your recipe for broccoli leaves. I heard bacon and white wine vinegar..?

Crop rotation can be important for the backyard gardener if you have root knot nematodes.

For me, this is one of your Top Ten videos. Traditional row gardening not for me. Raised or Portable beds & intense spacing makes better sense for a home gardener's time. Blessings Always. -- 💌🍒

awesome😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

Great broccoli info. I had no idea the leaves were edible.

Do you ever use insect netting and shade cloth to cover your plants ?

How do you keep rabbits out of your garden?

Do you compost in place? What are your thoughts? Do rolly Polly bugs eat new sprouted plants?

Do you have a corn sweet type that can be planted NOW ? One with short germinate time

Can ALL roots stay in place when removing spent plants, or only some?

Yes, but what are you growing in there during the Winter? Your video says "Grow Year Round".

Is there any particular reason there are edits/drop outs every few seconds?

Yes all parts of the broccoli are GOOD TO EAT 🎉!!!

Can you answer a question for me, my husband came home with miracle grow for trees and shrub. I am planting in buckets and swimming pools. Can I use this for vegetables? I don't know if they did not have other kind and that is why he bought this or not. He had a blood clot on his brain years ago and he has some trouble. If I say its the wrong stuff he will be angry, he wanted me to go too. I was planting and wanted to get it done and did not want to go. I am 81 and probably the last year I do this, my daughter came and planted all the tomato plants and close to 40. Its so hard for me. Thank you so much for what you do.

@beverlydanahy6964

Ай бұрын

Look at the NPK numbers. Tomatoes should have a high potassium (middle number.)

Broccoli stems are great in stir fry. Just slice them thin.

Many options: 1. Added to Stir-fry 2. Broccoli soup 3. Roasted with other veggies, etc.

broccoli salad!!!

Make brocolli pie

Hello brother I ordered asparagus bare root and I received it but i live in KUWAIT Which is a very very very hot country in summer, can i put my roots in the fridge? For like a couple of months!????

My mature broccoli heads were so full of caterpillars that I had to toss them out. I've moved to a new area and never had this problem before

@ursamajor1936

Ай бұрын

If your new soil has low fertility, you'll get pests so add on lots of organics, especially when putting the garden to bed at the close of the season. I top dress with compost, pulverized egg shell, a little lime, chopped and shredded garden and yard waste, coffee grounds and unsalted potato water. During the garden season I'll pull/chop and drop weeds. Over time, the soil becomes very bio-active, the plants get super healthy and bugs don't like that.

@shell1951

Ай бұрын

@@ursamajor1936 put my new soil here is super fertile

Juice broc leaves :)

@StephanieFrey

Ай бұрын

I was going to say the same thing. We use the leaves in our green smoothies.

Thanks for your informative videos. I have a question for you that's off topic. Have you had any experience with Asian Jumping worms? I believe I have them in my garden and wonder if you have any information on how to get RID OF THEM and what to do to help heal the soil they are destroying. Thanks for your help.

@Gardeningchristine

Ай бұрын

I found out I have them to and from what I’ve researched there isn’t a lot you can do about them. Manually removing the ones you find, but there’s no spray or powder or even nematodes to “get rid of them”

@cjaracz2757

Ай бұрын

@@Gardeningchristine UGH... sure hope they find a way to deal with them soon.

@Gardeningchristine

Ай бұрын

@@cjaracz2757 if you look it up, most of the earthworms in the United States are invasive species. Most of the native species were wiped out in the last ice age.

We raise our own pork. Between the pigs, lamb and chickens the leaves get shared and eaten up. I like that our farm animals get to eat sustainably too before butcher. Our garden feeds all of us😂

Hi 0:07

I’m growing bulbing onions for the first time this year! I’ve read I shouldn’t plant onions in the same spot for 3 seasons is that true? I stuck them everywhere and it’ll be hard to find a spot next year lol

@Gardeningchristine

Ай бұрын

Unless you have a problem with disease like rust, or pests like onion root maggots, there’s really no reason to move them. If you are having issues, not growing onions in the bed for several years can negate the problem.

@jaclynwhitmore3960

Ай бұрын

@@Gardeningchristine Ty! Glad to hear that!

I use broccoli leaves in my tacos

I have been frustrated with growing broccoli and need some counsel . 1. The last time it was covered in a powdery aphid coating . 2. I’m infested with Earwigs that multiply each year and eat my plants into a lacy mess . HELP !!!!!

You were so busy gardening you missed the Ferrari go by @:46 seconds....

@YoutubesFavoriteColor

Ай бұрын

that's a 2024 corvette bro

I think this is a rerun from a few weeks ago.

I bought “bush” beans from MiGardener and got pole beans lol

@bipbip6626

22 күн бұрын

Are bush beans what we call here in the uk broad beans?

Why do I feel like I watched this episide last week? Weird.

Are you ok? Your knee looks painful, I’m sorry.