WINTER Is Coming EARLY: Here Is How To Prepare!

In this video, I discuss why I am predicting a cold winter in 2024 – 2025, especially in the eastern half of the United States. I have noticed several extreme weather red flags that are signaling colder than average weather, and I want to share how I am preparing for cold and protecting my garden. Weather forecasting models support this, and a big cold plunge is likely coming to the United States in mid to late October. Winter is coming early, and here is how to prepare.

How To Build A Hoop House: https://youtu.be/81ri2YEBNZc?si=VDnp5ZQQfSt1c9q3
Cold Protection Methods: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1gY7BoYBGIG1w1u_K6CDIhfsqG8dMnPju0026si=Lm7G2WUM2V2R5Z4S
Understanding The Polar Vortex: https://www.climate.gov/news-features/understanding-climate/understanding-arctic-polar-vortex

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
0:00 My Cold Winter Forecast
1:02 Red Flag #1
2:00 Red Flag #2
2:51 Red Flag #3
3:54 Red Flag #4
5:38 Red Flag #5
6:54 How I'm Preparing For A Cold Winter
7:34 Preparation #1: Storing Food
7:58 Preparation #2: Preserving Food
8:27 Preparation #3: Protect Cold Sensitive Trees
9:58 Preparation #4: Build Hoops / Row covers
11:12 Preparation #5: Stock Row Covers
13:16 Preparation #6: Winterizing Irrigation
15:21 Adventures With Dale

If you have any questions about how to protect plants from cold, want to know about the things I grow in my raised bed vegetable garden and edible landscaping food forest, are looking for more gardening tips and tricks and garden hacks, have questions about vegetable gardening and organic gardening in general, or want to share some DIY and "how to" garden tips and gardening hacks of your own, please ask in the Comments below!

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34.1°N Latitude
Zone 8B

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