1 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 you think critically, think rationally, 2 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 think differently about the world, 3 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 and my hope is to really reconnect you 4 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 with the basis of life, and try to live in a 5 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 way that is more fulfulling, 6 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 full of happiness, health, a world 7 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 that is more enviromentally friendly 8 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 and less environmentally destructive. 9 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Today we are talking about gardening. 10 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 So a lot of you probably saw my project. 11 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 i spent a year growing and foraging. 12 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 100% of my food, no grocery store, 13 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 no restaurant, nothing processed, or packaged, 14 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 nothing shipped long distance. 15 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Litterally everything that I ate the entire year 16 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 came from my gardens and the idea now is not 17 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 to get anyone of you to grow and forage 18 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 100% of your food, the idea was to get you 19 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 to think, to rethink your food, 20 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 question your food and grow a little bit 21 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 of your own food. Even if it's just some 22 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 tomatoes in your backyard, on your balcony 23 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 or some herbs in your window sills or 24 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 joining a community garden or going 25 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 volunteering at a farm , my goal through 26 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 this project and all of this projects is 27 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 to reconnect you with your food. 28 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 But you have to start where you are so 29 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 today we are going to go through 30 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 some basics and give tips on helping you 31 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 to get started. So this is really geared 32 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 towards beginner gardening. However some 33 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 of the things that we are going to discuss 34 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 are going to be useful for people who have already 35 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 been gardening for some time as well. 36 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 And I am going to go through maybe 37 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 15 or 12 minutes of suggestions and some 38 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 tips and then I am going to take questions 39 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 and I might take some questions throughtout 40 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 as well but mostly I ll take the questions 41 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 towards the end. So I am going to go ahead 42 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 and get started. First, one of my number 1 43 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 suggestion for beginner gardeners is start 44 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 small. Now, some of you are going to want 45 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 to start really really big, you want to change 46 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 your life drastically, you are done with 47 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 the grocery stores, you want to grow all of your own food. 48 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 That's great and if you feel confident that you can do that 49 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 go for it but if you are worried, if you feel like 50 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 you have a black thumb and everything dies 51 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 and you just feel overwhelmed, maybe lost, 52 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 one of my number 1 tips is to start small. 53 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 it takes time to learn and in some ways gardening 54 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 is easy but in some ways it's also very challenging. 55 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Specially compared to going to the grocery store and 56 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 buying all of your food. So what I really recommend 57 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 is starting small, don't feel like you are not being 58 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 successful if you just have some pots on your balcony 59 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 or you have a small raised bed that's 3 feet by 4 feet, 60 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 your front of backyard. Start small and then 61 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 as you have success, than you can expand and each season 62 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 or each year you can grow more and more and more. 63 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 So to start small and along the lines of starting small 64 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 I recommend making a plan so like for most things in life 65 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 if you make more of a plan, it is more likely to be successful with it, 66 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 if you know what you are doing going into it 67 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 So before jumping into it, think about it, have a plan 68 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 make a plan, and yeah, the next thing to go along with 69 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 starting small is to keep a journal. So a lot of things 70 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 in gardening is if you know when you planted something or when you 71 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 can't plant it, it's going to help you be a lot more organized 72 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 and a lot more successful with gardening. Just in your garden 73 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 journal keep track of the basic things like when you planted 74 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 something, when you transplant it, keep track of weather 75 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 and this is also a beautiful way to connect as well, 76 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 to be able to go back and look at things and then 77 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 in future years this will help you as well. 78 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 So make a plan and keeping a garden journal 79 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 are just some basics to go along with starting small. 80 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Now one of my big things is really about seeking local 81 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 ressources. A lot of people when they first start to garden, 82 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 their plan is to go to the big buck store like Home Depot or 83 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Walmart and buy their seeds and their plants, 84 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 but that is not my suggestion. My suggestion is to seek 85 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 local ressources if you can. And now you might seek that Walmart 86 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 or Home Depot is local because it is in your city, but it is not local 87 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 because those materials are being shipped in by elsewhere 88 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 and it is not really focused on your particular region. 89 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 So in permaculture, one of the basic idea is to work with the Earth 90 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 rather than against it. Working with the Earth means working 91 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 within the region or around you not the entire Earth. 92 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 When you start working with plants, you have to work 93 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 with the plants that are growing in your area, 94 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 so seeking out local ressources, one big one is joining 95 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 a community garden if you especially are just getting 96 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 started and not feeling confident, joining a 97 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 community garden is really one of the most beautiful thing 98 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 and one of the most helpful thing you can do because 99 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 you will be surrounded by community, most community gardens 100 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 have veteran gardners there that you can learn from 101 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 that can share resources, you can see what's growing well in other 102 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 people's plots, you can feel supported, so join a community 103 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 garden. Along with that, find other gardeners 104 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 you don't have to feel lost, most anywhere you go in the United States, 105 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 around the world, there are people growing food. You might 106 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 not know it because you haven't been paying attention but 107 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 then when you start to open your eyes, you will see 108 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 that there are people growing food all over. 109 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 So one great way to do this is drive biycles, walk, drive around 110 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 our community and find gardens and don't be afraid 111 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 to just knock on that front door and say hey I see that you 112 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 are going nice vegetables and fruits, I so badly want to learn, could 113 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 you volunteer with you in your garden and help you with weeding 114 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 in exchange for you taking me under your wing a little bit, 115 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 for you teaching me? And this is a great way 116 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 to get involved and learn from someone who is local 117 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 and has local knowledge. Another way to do this is 118 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 to go to a local nursery and you know most local nurseries 119 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 are run by people who love plants, have been gardening 120 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 for a long time, for decades and so local nurseries can be a really great 121 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 ressource. And finding local classes, universities and extension 122 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 can be a really great introduction to beginner gardening. 123 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 So find out if your local university has an extension 124 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 program which this exists in all 50 states across the United States. 125 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 This is what I am particularly referring to with this. 126 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 But there are many ways to find classes so 127 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 check to see if there are classes in your area that focus on local. 128 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 And then another great thing to do is volunteer at a local farm. 129 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 So many small farms need help and are 130 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 also passionate about teaching as well so see if there is 131 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 any farm in your area that you can go to, you can 132 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 volunteer, you can learn how to grow foor organically 133 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 at these organic farms and you can get involved in the 134 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 community. A great way to do that is through Wwoof Inc. 135 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Wordwide Opportunites on Organic Farms and that's Wwoof dot net. 136 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 And you could do this in your area or you can go all over 137 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 the world and how it works is that in exchange for 138 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 you working on the farm generally it is 5 days a week for 5 hours 139 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 so 25 hours a week you get your lodging covered and you get 140 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 you food covered and you get to learn how to grow food. 141 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 This can be a really good experience if 142 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 you have the time and the energy 143 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 and flexibility to be able to be all to do that 144 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 And then also local books. So when I leaved in 145 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 in Florida I started my year of gardeniing 146 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 and foraging, I was pretty clueless. I had grown 147 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 very little food before. I didn't know how much 148 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 water a carrot needed, how much sun I needed 149 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 in my garden. I didn't know any of these things. 150 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 So I was feeling pretty lost and what I did is 151 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 I went to the internet and I was just searching every 152 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 question I had on the internet. How much 153 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 water for a carrot, how far apart ro plant 154 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 carrots, how much sun does my garden need, I was 155 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 looking up all these individual questions and 156 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 after a few weeks, I found a book that was written 157 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 by someone who lived in Florida 158 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 I think It was called Food and vegetable gardening 159 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 in Centrla Florida by Robert Bowden. This book was...he was 160 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 a 25 year-veteran of growing food and it had all 161 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 the information that I needed, not just for growing 162 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 food, but particularly for growing food in my region. 163 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 So seek out books that are written for your region 164 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 and if you can't find one written for your 165 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 particular area, find books that are written for the greater 166 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 region, for example if you are in New Hampshire, 167 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 maybe you can't find one for New Hampshire but 168 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 there are definitely books that are focused on the North East 169 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 and these books can be just your absolute best friend 170 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 for your garden because when it comes to 171 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 beginner gardening, these books can answer most of 172 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 your questions. Today I won't be able to go 173 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 over 99% of what you might want to know but these books 174 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 can have all of that right there in one place. 175 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 So seeking out books and the library is a great 176 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 place to check, check your library whether it's at 177 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 the public library, the school library and see 178 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 if there are books that you can check out. 179 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 I want to talk a little bit about of where 180 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 to place your garden. Where do you put it? 181 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 So if you have very minimal space don't let 182 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 that deter you. If you just have a balcony you can put 183 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 pots on there, you can use 5 gallon buckets, any 184 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 container that can hold soil can be used to 185 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 grow food on your balconies and I have seen some 186 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 very impressive balconies producing tomotoes 187 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 peppers and all sort of herbs and greens and eggplants, 188 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 you can grow a lot on a balcony. And you can grow 189 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 on your window seals. If you have neither of those 190 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 but a roof that's flat, you can grow a lot of food 191 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 on your roof, for example an apartment complex. 192 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 But some basic tips on where to place your garden 193 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 first of all where it is easily accessible 194 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 where you are easily able to get to 195 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 if your garden is 10 miles away and there 196 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 is also these obstacles to get to it 197 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 it's unlikely you will get to it and it will 198 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 not get the care it needs. If it's located 199 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 in a place that's really obscure on our property, 200 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 far away, if you have a larger property, 201 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 probably your are not going to get to it. 202 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 The key is to put it in the most easily accessible place 203 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 ideally where you walk passed it every day 204 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 so that you even when you are not thiking 205 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 about it, you see it and you know that you should 206 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 get in it. So an easily accessible place, also where 207 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 there is easy water. Whatever gardening you are doing 208 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 there needs to be water. So having an easy access 209 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 to water. And especially for beginners full sun. 210 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 So again when I started I didn't know the basics 211 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 of how much sun and things like that, but generally 212 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 you want to have full sun and in colder climates 213 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 like in the North East or the Great Lakes region, 214 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 you know most of these areas, full sun is 6 to 8 hours 215 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 of sun per day on your garden location and 216 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 in Orlando Florida, that is very hot, we could do with less 217 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 hours of sun or maybe 5 hours per day. So you do want 218 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 full sun for, especially for beginner gardening. 219 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 The more experience you get there are plants 220 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 you can work with that don't need full sun 221 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 but with beginner gardening, I would recommend 222 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 full sun. So, let's see, one of my biggest tips is to 223 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 start with the food that grows very easily. 224 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 What I dont recommend doing is walking down 225 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 the grocery store aisle and say: oh I love pasta 226 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 so I want to grow wheat, anb I love blueberries 227 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 and I love mangoes...don't think about what it is 228 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 that you love the most, instead figure out what grows 229 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 so easily in your area that even someone with 230 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 a "black thumb" will be successful. So talk to 231 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 those local gardeners and ask them: what is the most 232 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 successful crop? what grows well every year? 233 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 what produces so much that you could never 234 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 eat all of it? For example, a lot of people, 235 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 I see this with zucchinis, I see people, it's so 236 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 common, these giant zucchinis, and I remember 237 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 when I was in Port Townsend, WA, there were 238 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 jokes about how people would have to leave 239 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 their zucchinis at other people's doors to 240 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 try to get rid of them but nobody wanted them 241 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 because everybody all had so much. So some beginner 242 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 plants to start with, raddishes are one of the easiest ones 243 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 and also they produce the fatest so a lot of raddishes 244 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 produce in just about 30 days. So It really can 245 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 be beneficial to have these fast producing ones 246 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 to give you that boost of energy and feeling of 247 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 success. Greens can be very easy so kale, collards and lettuces. 248 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Greens can be a very easy place to start and they are very nutrient 249 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 dense. So I highly recommend starting with greens. 250 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Peppers are also often considered 251 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 a beginner plant to grow , hot peppers I have had 252 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 easier time with them than bell peppers 253 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 but peppers can be a really easy one 254 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 and then herbs, now and easy way to start is buying 255 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 herbs in small pots at the store and then planting 256 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 them and letting them grow much larger 257 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 so some herbs can be hard to start with seeds 258 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 but some are very easy to start from seeds 259 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 cilantro for example is an easy one to start from 260 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 seed. But herbs can be easy to grow, you can 261 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 use them at every single meal, they can add a lot 262 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 of value to your life, so really some of my best 263 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 suggestions for starting are greens and herbs, peppers 264 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 and than tomatoes. But there is always you know 265 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 differences depending on where you are as I read 266 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 ealier people watching us now you are tuning in 267 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 from all over the world and all across the United States 268 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 so it's going to be different areas, Florida where I grew, for example 269 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 large tomatoes didn't grow so well because it was so hot 270 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 and so humid that they were more likely to get blite or pest 271 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 so we had to grow really small tomatoes 272 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 and the variety that I grew in Central Florida 273 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 was called Everblade tomato and they did 274 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 extremely well. Let's see...okay...so the next tip 275 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 is to plant at the right time so what you can do 276 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 is you can find a regional planting schedule and you 277 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 may have the questions: oh..and the other really 278 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 easy one I want to say is raddishes, I grew Daikon 279 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 raddishes that grow really big, zucchinis can be really 280 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 easy as well. Those are just a handfull of easier plants. 281 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 But the big one is planting at the right time. 282 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 If you plant kale in the middle of the winter, 283 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 you are going to have a hard time with it. 284 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 In Florida, if you plant kale in July when it's so hot 285 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 you are going to have problems with it. 286 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 So the key is to plant at the right time.