We sure need the rain here in So Cal, but the soil in our containers is getting soggy! Here’s 3 tips on what to do when your soil gets oversaturated from lots of rain.
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Can't wait to start gardening for the first time in my new home. I have learn so much from Kim. ❤ I will start by growing yellow tomatoes my favorite. 💛
PS: I love all the new ways and tips you teach me nobody else teaches secret tips like you. You and your garden wisdom keeps me gardening. Mahalo to you 🙏🏼faithful listening and learning.
I get excited every spring, it just amazes me that it never gets old. Thanks for getting me started and I love the idea of using a yard umbrella to shield the plants from too much rain. Great tips. I have started lettuces in my unheated greenhouse and just put in some snap peas. In my outdoor garden I created raised beds and pathways so that will be an interesting experiment to start growing in as the weather warms. Happy Spring!
SoCal weather can be such a hodgepodge. Dry, windy, and sunny summers; and very wet, chilly, and muggy winters. Terra cotta pots and light and airy potting mixes during the winters may be good, but summers will make you regret everything. Self-watering containers are amazing during the summer, but winter will keep the roots too wet and too cold.
I am excited about…… everything lol tomatoes and peppers squash zucchini all kinds of beans brassicas. As I said all!
Hi from Arizona, we gotten more rain than usual at this time of year not complaining but, tried to grow potatoes last year and I need to more studying and suggestions 😊
This first of gardening season and watching your videos taught me how to plant vegetables
Always excited to grow 🍅!! Store-bought tomatoes just taste like disappointment 👎🏼
I’ve expanded my garden this year and using crates as raised bed!! Fingers crossed!!!! I excited to grow everything 😊
This spring I'm excited to growi carrots, broccoli, kohlrabi, cabbage, lettuce and herbs. I got these seeds from your CaliKim collection. Can't wait!
Super excited to grow amaranth and assortment of annual flowers. I normally just grow vegetables so filling up my flower beds is super exciting 🎉🎉
Looking forward for more information so I can grow my own vegetables that are better for me
Hi …this is my 2nd year gardening. I had planted some tomatoes, eggplant, okra, green beans, Basil, Thyme and some cut flowers. This year, I will plant the same thing plus Bell Peppers, hot peppers, Zuchinni, yellow squash, Cucumber, bitter melon and long yard beans. I am excited the most are the bitter melon and and long yard beans. I will have the long yard beans on an arch trellis on my walk way and the beans will just dangling down and it will look nice and easy to harvest.
I’m excited to grow greens. Trying to get some planted today.
New to gardening. I started with just a few last year, but it did so well I'm spreading out. I use raised beds, mostly fabric grow bags. I'm doing well & look forward to expanding my garden this year. I'm excited to try peppers and beans this year. Not sure what else, but I have 5 empty grow bags to fill. Thanks for all the tips & tricks you share. It makes my gardening journey a lot easier.
I'm excited to grow loofah, Raspberry, and peppers. I have sooo many pepper varieties. ❤👍🤞
When I do for soggy soil 🌨️ I like raised beds, and I mix fine sand in the the beds. It seems to help. For my containers I put a layer of pebbles, then fill the container up with the soil. Also have a lot of drain holes in the bottom of the containers. That helps a little bit. Since I’ve been watching your video and following you this year, I will switch to fabric parts. I will also putting a couple of boards underneath the fabric containers this year😊 by switching to fabric containers I don’t need to put pebbles on the bottom. It should have enough airflow and drainage through the fabric. Also, I like the idea that I can move the containers to a dryer area if it gets too wet. Can’t wait to switch to the fabric containers Thanks for your videos.
I am going to be growing in two green stalks and have lots of seeds planted inside!
Come on Spring!!🌱☀️
Greetings from the Texas Hill Country…we're working on growing tomatoes, maybe some 1015 onions if i can construct something quick enough, jalapenos, strawberries, orange bell, and a few herbs. Thanks for the videos.
Hi, I'm Tasha from Hammond, Indiana zone 5b. I'm growing carrots, collards, cabbage, turnip greens, garlic, ginger, and tumeric this spring. I have started my seeds in my grow tent with lights. I love watching your videos they are so informative.
Thanks for the helpful info! Our rainy season usually comes a little later in the year, but I'll be bookmarking this video for ideas when we get our daily downpours. My pepper and eggplant seedlings look fantastic (if I do say so myself). Excited to get those in the ground in a few more weeks. Also adding several varieties of tomatoes and squash that I look forward to trying out in the kitchen 🙂 First year growing Tiny Tim tomatoes from your container seed collection!! Wish me luck
I hope I got in on this in time, this will be our first year gardening with our children learning alongside us.
I recently fertilized my garden after all of this rain!! Figured the nutrients have either been absorbed or washed out… im experiencing very moist soils and glad for previous soil amendments and choosing smart spring varieties of early vegetables that dont mind wet feet!
Our whole yard flooded last year for 2 days, This year I am not doing any in ground, I am doing all smart pots, I am so excited to use these smartpots on my patio/porch area away from the possibility of flooding.
We’re saving a lot of water with all the rain! Haven’t had to use the drip irrigation in weeks 🎉. Definitely covering up the plants with all the rain! Thanks for the great tips!
Would appreciate the help in getting.started!
Hello Kim! Cannot wait for Spring! Been getting very cold temps, slow, and/ or heavy rains! In my garden, had to trench the garden due to heavy rains/ floods! Great leaf tip!
This year I’m trying lot of stuffs, and already having good harvests from cool wether crops that I started January. Can’t wait for summer harvest time 😊
Oh my goodness I totally understand,! I am in Northern California! HOWEVER all this rain is GREAT for germinating seeds especially sweet peas!!! I actually plnted my seeds in the rain! Hahaha 🧡❤️💜💙💚 Liz
Good advices and that's a super duper good boy or girl too!!