My Top 3 Gardening Tips For Beginning Gardeners - Tips For Beginners

Tip 4, plant a lot of different vegetables and varieties.. Sometimes it's just a bad year due to weather or pests.. more varieties increases your chances of a harvest of something.

Number 4 would be work on your soil health from the beginning. I wasted a lot of time thinking I could just plunk plants and seeds into my mucky Missouri clay like I did as a kid in the beautiful, loamy garden soil of my Dad’s garden of my childhood. I remember later as an adult when my Dad was forced to move after a flood, and he would go back to the river valley to bring five gallon buckets of dirt to his new, hilltop clay garden, just to try to give it a jump start. But even at the old house with the great dirt, he was always composting. In my old age, I find the “no dig” method to be a great way to start a new garden, and build soil health.

My tip number 4 : Never give up!

Learned grafting from your videos and love your videos!

Always enjoy this channel and your videos. Much respect from SC!

As a new gardener I kept planting the same type tomatoes that would not ripen due to the extreme heat. If plants fail the first year, try a different type the next year. This year I'm growing heat tolerant tomatoes. Look for gardeners from your climates and see what types they plant.

If you want to push the envelope, fine sometimes it works, other times your plants die from frost. Just have extras handy.

A lot of Canadians watch, and adding a full North American zone map would be extremely helpful.

Would love to grow some Cala lilies from seeds. Do u have any ?

Nice watching your video I could learn more how to plants vegetables...thumbs up

What was the breed of banana that you could plant outdoors? We are in zone 6A in Kansas City MO

Very good tips and nice video thank you

Overwatering is a big problem with newbies I think

Jim, you are such a good teacher! I could have listened for an hour. So informative. Thank you!

Thanks! I just subscribed I love your videos

Thanks for your video's Jim. My tip would be to start a compost tea big bucket to dilute and water your plants every week/2nd week. We learn by our failures, so keep going, sometimes what doesn't work this year goes crazy next year!

You garden looks so beautiful

I'm sure you've been asked numerous times but what is your favorite tomato to grow and why?
I'm doing better boy and big boy again and trying cherokee purple and red brandywine this year so far.

My father was an excellent gardener, this spring will be the first spring he won't be around to ask what to do when I have an issue. :-( Glad to have found your channel, now I know where to go if I need some advice. Even though we have a frost date set, I still keep an eye on the weather channel to make sure I don't get ahead of myself. Better to wait a day or so than be sorry!

I like to use old farmers almanac to get the frost dates :)

Definitely grow what YOU like! Thanks for sharing.

This was so satisfying and relaxing to watch. Wonderfully edited and well done. 😊

New gardener here! So far it's been hard since time isn't on my side. But I'll keep trying^^

Great advice my friend! It is always great to look out for the new gardeners and even old timers can learn a thing or two. 😊

My best tip to anyone : No chemicals. Ever. Lol. Great video always! Your videos are so fantastic always! I wish I could taste all your food!!

"be patient and wait" From watching your video I found out I'm doing some things right! Appreciate you as always Jim

Good morning Jim. Beautiful tips, I think all of those tips will help new gardeners. Tip nr 4. Always give your garden plenty of water and sun and most importantly dont let your cats in the garden 😂 or else they will mess it up. I hope you have a great weekend further Jim :)

Great tip for everyone. TFS

Jim, I have to agree with CB, Tip number 4 is watching your great gardening channel. I have learned so much from watching what you do in your garden. A valuable asset for me is your yT friendship. Enjoy the day! Catherine

Beautiful video, sir. I’m in zone 6 as well and I was thinking about planting my banana tree outside. It has been in pots since last summer.

Don't try growing things that doesn't do well in your zone. There's a reason for not planting a Washington cherry tree in the south, they need many more chill hours than the south get. Same with vegetables, some do well north and south and there are a few things that suffer dramatically in the south, but thrive in the north.
Beginners should research the best for their area before planting.

I would say amending the soil and prepping it before you even think about dropping a seed. Great Tips Jim for all of us. LOl on the gene pool comment. Goof looking parents.

Good morning Jim,
I would recommend that new gardeners start a vermicompost or compost pile to make new soil for ammending their garden. I like the vermicompost bacause the worms do all the work. You have some great tips and lovely plants. Have a great weekend.☺🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋

Some good tips for sure. Tip 4 should be 'be prepared to fail'. Even the best setups and plans can fall at random and if not ready or weathered through the storms a few times our drive can falter. One of the unspoken truths being a gardener for us is you have to be prepared to fail and get back up afterwards. Really cool video for sure. Thanks for the share!

A lot of really great info and tips. We love your vids. Lots of good helpful info. Thank you for sharing!

Great tips for sure Jim. I would agree with Bob on not starting to big. I would also say to plant some flowers to help bring in pollinators. Have a great weekend,it is gonna be 60 degrees here tomorrow. 👍🏻🇺🇸

Good advice! It was you that taught me to save my Zinnia seeds! I grow them every year now. They're beautiful!

Salam satu hobby... 🙏😁👍

Great tips 👍🏻. I still consider myself to be a somewhat newbie to gardening (even though I’ve been gardening for a few years). I live in Ontario Canada and sometimes we don’t have the greatest growing season (plus I love growing odd things) so I do this system where I start my seeds indoors around feb and then when the warm months start I will transfer them outside to harden and when I know we are good to plant (usually around may 24th for us) then I plant in the garden....it’s time consuming but sometimes totally worth it!

Tip 4. Just watch Midwest Gardener to learn all ya need to know on growing a monster garden! Great tips Mr. Jim. Hope you have a great weekend!

great advice! Another tip from me: grow what you eat! Especially the first year, don't do too much experimenting with new foods. If you hate tomatoes, but everyone online grows them, don't feel pressured to do so. Grow peppers or corn or cucumbers or whatever it is you like instead.

I would advise new gardeners to seek out their county extension agency and the master gardeners associated with it. Local knowledge and experience is key! Great video, Jim. It’s gonna be great weather for early sowing this weekend in Kansas! Ready! Set! Go! 😊

Good morning Jim. Great tips. I would also advise beginning gardeners to start small. Your dad looked very much like one of my uncles did at that age. Have a great weekend. Best wishes Bob.