The Easiest, Most Abundant Edible Plants to Grow in a Garden – Gardening in a Cold Climate
In this video I share the easiest and most abundant foods to grow in your garden in a colder climate. If you are gardening across the Northern states of the United States, Canada, Western Europe or similar climates then this information is very applicable to you. However, I also have grow many of these foods in Southern state of Florida and have seen abundant gardens in Southern California growing many of these foods. I share about 40 plants to grow and I focus on two main criteria – easy and abundant. These are foods that are great for beginner gardeners and are likely
to produce a large amount of food. I also cover some information on preserving the bounty, which is an absolute key to success in climates where a shorter growing season exists. By applying this knowledge you can decrease your trips to the grocery store drastically and eat the
healthiest and most delicious fresh food around! Make sure to share with your neighbors.
Get more tips for growing food at: http://www.robingreenfield.org/freeseedprojectguide
See my new video: Beginner Gardening Tips for a Successful Garden
Edited by Daniel Saddleton http://www.hiphikersmedia.com
Filmed by and photo by Ornella Le Rouzic – @ornellalr on Instagram – https://www.ornellalr.fr
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How do you get your fats and protein? Do you have nut trees or a chicken farm or something? Everything you just listed was a carbohydrate, I mean I think beans may have some fats and some proteins, but not enough to keep you healthy
Can you please advise me I have self taught to do permaculture gardening, but my harvest is very, very less .
I’m thinking is it soil or watering ?
E.g I put garlic cloves in winter, they are green and some are turning yellow if I dig out its only one clove😮😮.
If I grow coriander it doesn’t grow tall.
If mustard seeds they grow flowers while very young same with coriander.
Mint is still tiny , I don’t know what’s happening even though I water every day , soil looks very dry and crumbly especially in pots .
I can’t afford to buy compost much I try to make my own .
May be I am not growing any nitrogen fixer plants?
I’m glad you did this as petty much none of the plants in your other video would have worked here. Unfortunately, we are SO shaded, I’m a terrible gardener, and the only sunny spots are so far from the water. So we’re doing more perennial wild foods that can handle shade and natural rainfall.and sunchokes, potatoes, burdock, salsify, and scorzonera in the sunny area. We grow crow garlic, wild garlic, nettles, comfrey, chickweed, dandelion, dock, dames rocket, apricots and berries and herbs and medicinal plants. We’re dedicated to growing all our produce, but most won’t be domesticated varieties. I really wish we could grow cabbage and beets but so far, no luck. We dry almost everything for winter soups, stews, omelets (we also have chickens) and we also ferment. I like that you focus on a few items because, really, people don’t need food to be entertainment. It just has to be total nutrition with enough fats and salts to go with it.
Just so people know: don’t store potatoes and onions together; it makes them rot.
growing in the winter will be a challenge.
👍😁💕
Last year my family had several zucchini that were as big around as the white squash you showed and 1.5x as long!
This is gold for me
This was exactly the one video I was searching for. Thanks a lot Rob!
golden raspberries
I’ve been following you since the beginning and I’m happy I did I’ll never forget the video of you digging up that giant yam Vine
I love when a man is passionate about gardens.
I could start a cult based on edible pumpkin worship I love them so much. I want to get a hold of some Dickenson seeds someday when I have land to plant on.
Southern France is not a cold climate!
Definitely inspiring. your enthusiasm is catching.
What about grapes?
Potatoes, beans, zucchini, pumpkins, are all crops which are NIT ideal fit cold climates. Although I live at 41 degrees latitude, and have lots if sunlight in summer, I also get frequent frosts, and I rarely get 12 weeks frost free. So this year my potatoes were trusted many times, and it was pointless even trying to grow these other crops.
So many of your suggestions are not truly suitable for genuinely cold climates.
SHOUT OUT TO ALL THE WISCONSIN GROWERS OUT THERE 💪
Mulberry trees grow super fast and have a bountiful harvest, but you need to be careful because they can take over a yard fast without proper caution.
Thank you for the info on garlic planting!
My new favorite green that definitely belongs on this list is Purslane. Grows like a weed and has a non-bitter, slightly lemony flavor with a satisfying succulent crunch. Flowers and seeds are edible and once it flowers you will have thousands of seeds to spread everywhere! Also excellent in soups and I love adding it at the very end of a yellow curry.
Sauercraut is super popular here and the most popular thing to do with it is make it sauteed in a way. You need to add some caramelized, almost burned sugar to it, to get the right flavour and color 🙂
I love potatoes. I have a hard time devoting garden space that’s limited to potatoes.
Don’t get me wrong I purchase 100 pounds of potatoes per month for my family.
I get them for $25 a 50lb bag.
I spend around 600$ a year.
I need to grow potatoes
I’m glad somebody mentioned perennial asparagus. Love that stuff. Also horseradish is easy to grow in a great perennial. I know not everybody likes it, but I could eat it by the spoonful.❤
Wow I cant wait too I get my new place with a garden and I can get growing.
What is your favourite method for drying vegetaes, mushrooms and meats?
This is is such a fake……. Don’t waste your time
this is fantastic! my friend and i are talking about getting some land on the east coast and most videos like this are aimed at people who live in way more year round climates!
Awesome video
Living in the north of Sweden, close to the artic circle (at the same lat as Fairbanks, Alaska). I grow cucumbers and tomatoes + peppers in a greenhouse (goes outside IF the summer becomes ok). I grown peas, beans, onions, garlic, beetrots, carrots, turnips, sallat, wintersquash, varietes of kale and potatoes. Thyme and mint may survive if we get a cold winter with a lot of snow. I have apples and plums, black and white currants, strawberrys and gooseberrys…but there´s a problem with the mooses and deers now when we haven´t got any dogs anymore. I also have juneberries and will plant some lonicera caerulea this autumn.
We may have a short season but with presowing and wintersowing (for example kale and carrots in april, carrots directly on cold soil or onto the snow and kale in trays, then shoveling snow over them). Our summernights with a lot of light and colder weather gives a good growth and sturdy plants. Not much pests up here too, some field snails, caterpillars on the kales and carrotflies but using net reduces that problem.
Just remember; low planting (no raised bed for strawberrys for example) gives the best condition surviving winter when growing perennials up north!
Zone 6b in Pennsylvania. we can only really grow carrots and such in raised beds because our soil is clay (and its newly converted from lawn) but we have apple trees, PawPaw trees (native pawpaw) blueberries (yes we had to seriously amend the soil) and lots of other berries… plus the usual cucumber, beans, and zuchini
Saving this because i just moved to South Dakota in winter
Saying that new york is cold climat is fucking crazy 🤡
Do you consider southern France a colder climate? What about Scandinavia?
I use a crock pot at each end of my green house for both moisture and heat.
Hello there and thank you🕊
In which area of France is this?
What about asparagus as a perennial
Lovely enthusiasm, thanks. How is France a cold country…? Sweden.
What I am finding out these days are seeds are hard ordered online, I am starting to grow my own crop.keen viewer from the emerald Isle here.
Okay, WOW! You’re enthusiasm is infectious and needs to be acknowledged for it’s possitivity ~ thank you
You don’t know that Canada that you didn’t name is a lot closer to you then Europe that you did name…A LITTLE FUNNY…🤔
Ah thanks for this video! It helped me realize I don’t necessarily need to move to a warmer climate for my dream garden – I can stay put in Ontario and thrive here :)!
In Sweden they sell live planted herbs for using fresh in the kitchen. Theese are perfect for planting. And it encourages people to try and grow them 👍
Also for us gooseberries are very well known. And there aint no nursery that has berriebushes who doesnt have gooseberries!
Grow towers are an option as well. Using new tech, to grow food is a must. $20 self watering, self lighting, set it and forget it. Most people lack space to grow. These towers turn centuries of our "Sq. Footage" grows into "Cubic Feet" Vertical growth over Horizontal. Portable solar system will power several of them. I believe these are the answer to most peoples issues of having space to grow.
We should also talk about growing spirulina and in house talapia grows with a $7 recycled barrel. We can tackle poultry in an apartment in 2023. ❤
You look so relaxed in that sweater bro.
Wow! Best video ever! Thank you! You are overseas and I wonder why but not my business. Glad you know the US. Dang! Can’t say it enough, best video ever!
love your knowledge i live in a cold area in Australia and i am glad to hear today’s talk
The property line in my backyard has volunteer raspberry bushes that have been there for decades. The fruit dont get as big as what is in the store and you have to get to them before the birds do. 😆
Also, rutabagas, corn, peppers and sunflowers for the seeds. With regard to perennial’s, plant a nut bearing tree such as pecan, walnut, hazelnut and hickory nut, again probably won’t have a harvest for 5-10 years but it’s an investment in the future!
Chinese yam is good alternative to tropical African yam and it will grow like crazy and has a big tubers also jursuleum artichokes are alternatives to yuca and potatoes. plums especially native kinds are good