5 Super-Early Vegetables to Start in Winter

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Winter can be a frustrating time for us gardeners. If you're missing some fresh homegrown produce, we've got you covered… When choosing plants that can be started early, follow our simple criteria to ensure you start harvesting in just a few weeks. In this video we identify 5 vegetables that you can start growing now and demonstrate how to get the best return from these early season crops. If you love growing your own food, why not take a look at our online Garden Planner which is available from several major websites and seed suppliers: http://www.GrowVeg.com http://gardenplanner.motherearthnews.com http://gardenplanner.almanac.com and many more... To receive more gardening videos subscribe to our channel here: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=GrowVeg

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Dammit, I'm ready to take a jackhammer to my frozen soil, throw some seeds in there, and then sit outside glaring at the ground willing it to grow. Or I could have another beer and chill out for a month or two. I could go either way at this point.

Great Tips
Thank you I never knew about horticulture fleece

Our winter lasts from november till april, and we usually have 4-5 feet of Snow. ........ difficult to grow anything in the ground outdoors then. But a polytunnel will do the trick. ......

Very cool ideas! Thanks!

Thank you for the video. I have never tasted pea shoots but since I have a couple of packets of pea seeds , then I will give them a go. I grow salad leaves all through the winter in hanging baskets in my greenhouse. The hanging baskets keep the salad leaves off the cold soil and make it very hard for slugs to reach them. Microgreens are another good source of fresh produce during the winter and can be grown on indoor window sills. Eibhlin

Nice idea

Thank you for this video. I've just built my first cold-frame and wondering what to try in it first.

Thanks for the video! Cheers!

I have not seen you mention peppers of any kind on any of your videos. I have had great success growing green and chili peppers in containers on my small patio. I live in Las Vegas and have unique weather challenges. Even with these challenging conditions I have had a green pepper and a banana pepper plant growing for two years now. I have a large amount of each growing on the plants. My patio is small at 6x10 but grows a large amount of herbs and peppers. Plenty enough to share.

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I don't like mousetraps

February 18th in Klamath Falls Oregon and i've got turnips coming up in the green house.

I dont know how well Kale starts out in the cold, but my Kale last me well into December completely uncovered, surviving multiple heavy frosts! Was very surprised.

Why and when do you cut off above the first set of leaves?

I never thought of bubblewrap as a way to keep heat in. Thanks.

Fantastic. Thanks for this. I live in the U.S., Pacific Northwest and our weather is a lot more like the UK than anywhere else in the States. I have a few PNW gardeners that I follow, but finding some from elsewhere that has similar weather is fantastic. Also, slugs are the bane of everything. ;)

Thanks for the great information! I'm in Pennsylvania, zone 5. I start a lot of veg indoors. I had no idea peas germinate at such a low temperature. I'll definitely be starting the peas and cabbage early. I planted lettuce on my window sill in November! Yum.

The NEW YEAR is coming up in April people it's time to get in the garden to clean out the weed's form the year before the first of the year is coming up in April let's have a great year in the garden ok and remember to give food to the homeless, family, and friends.

I have a green house on south end of my house works perfectly generating enough heat to heat our house during sunny days

SHOULD ONE TAKE GARDENING ADVICE FROM SOME PASTY-FACED DUDE THAT LOOKS LIKE HE HASN'T SPENT ANY TIME OUTSIDE IN A GARDEN/