Nice to see you here Gaz! You are on my watch on RU-vid too. You are an inspiration for vegan food in the same way so makes sense for us both to enjoy Adams way of making the food we like and the way we like.
"When your world is gardening, you don't need an escape, that is the escape" I love this quote, so true! I started gardening 2 years ago, but growing up my family gardened and depended on our garden for food production. I really want to get back to that, to that self sufficiency.
Exactly that’s what I keep telling my family let’s stay in the garden it is our escape and we don’t have to go spend thousands of dollars on a vacation
Thank you :) that's the ultimate compliment. I think the best thing about garden is the constant knowledge sharing with like minded people, never do we know enough as gardeners!
@@adamynyrardd It was your name Adam that prompted my comment. It was actually the first ever Adams punishment to have to cultivate the ground and make his own food for survival.. And ironically here we are praising the fact that we can take part in the (punishment) cultivation of the ground ........as we were given the task to have dominion over the planet. Maybe its our way back to eden :-) Genesis....... cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; Gen 3:18 Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field; Gen 3:19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; Before his punishment Adam needed to do nothing for nature did it all by itself. Blessings to you and a great coming season for you
@@crossing3790 Absolutely wonderful 😊😍 thank you I have not once thought of it like that in terms of the first sin and punishment! Great interpretation as well 😊
Blessed are the chatty gardeners! I really like this guy. His reverence for his family learnings and the courage to learn new techniques just makes his garden so prolific. I would love to have quail, ducks and chickens but my wife is reluctant to lop their heads off and butcher them for the table. His flag and his Instagram account show respect for his origins and this video has really inspired me to put up an Aussie flag of my own in my own garden. Well done Adam from your new mate Down Under!
@@adamynyrardd It was amazing to get to know your lovely garden!!! Just subscribed to your channel and I hope to see more there! Also, seldom I hear the Welsh accent and it was great practice as well! Cheers from Brazil.
Oh my! Huw, these sharings are virtual heart medicine. Adam’s love of what he does, his accent, his beautiful beds. . . I will save this to watch again and again. Thank-you.
His garden is incredible. I view gardening as very therapeutic. It helped me cope with the loss of my brothers. It’s very true that you don’t need an escape when you immerse yourself in gardening. I wish more people would garden, rather than doing drugs are other self-destructing activities.
Thank you for your kind words 😊 I completely agree, gardening helped me with the loss of my grandfather and best friend as well. Im glad that gardening supported you at a really difficult time in your life. I hope that we have a great growing season this year 😁
The chicken coop is not cleaned out often, he only gets the manure compost out once a year. And the quails get pine needles as bedding. He uses that in fresh form (some people advise to wait) the blueberries love that. - the Duck quad are slug eating machines, he has a Welsh breed that is very docile. They even love to eat brassica leaves etc - but they are good ducks and meander their way through the garden in seach of slugs. They do not damage the plants.
The information this man has should be taught to children everywhere. Even if we can't do what he's done, if we could do 10% of it, it would be such a benefit to our wallets, health, and society as a whole.
Aaaah thank you Stacy that's very kind of you and I agree if we all just did a little bit the environmental and economic impact would be absolutely huge! In Wales before long health and wellbeing will be a part of the national curriculum and gardening will be very much a part of that 😁
This is the life, growing your own food naturally, let the animals and plants care for eachother, no forcing or disturbing the Earth by digging or using artificial products, working in the garden to feed yourself, feeding yourself to gain the energy to maintain the garden... Beautiful harmony and balance, this is the life!
I think we all need to realise how we can positively change how we impact the planet and by growing our food we can go so much further to stemming climate change and improving our world for nature :)
Like Adam, I don't apply crop rotation. And neither does Mother Nature 😉 Adam, du hast dir ein wunderschoenes kleines Paradies geschaffen! Danke, dass du uns erlaubt hast, es zu besuchen 💖
That's a really, really important point, Mother nature has never done crop rotation! I like that, I may steal that haha! Danke Andrea, das ist wirklich nett von Ihnen! Habt ein tolles Wochenende voller Gartenarbeit oder Gartenspass soll ich sagen?
@@adamynyrardd you’ve done a great job especially with the high quality video and easy to digest presentation. The music and everything ties in really well. Keep up the good work!
This is the second time I have watched this video but this young gardener is a person after my own heart! I have such joy in the garden and I understand his delight in his own. I would love to have chickens and ducks but I live in the suburbs with rules about that. Thanks again for the lovely video!
Thanks for the full garden tour. I have followed Adam for a while on Instagram but it was good to hear him talk about how he works with the natural world to get the best out of his garden.
I agree, agriculture is a way of life even if is done in a small scale. My dream, I have memories of my grandfather planting what he could in the backyard.
This was a fantastic video. Love the use of wool for the soil cover!!!! I wish more people would see wool as superior over synthetics. This would lead to a supply of sustainably produced and environmentally friendly products being produced that would not result in plastic microbes chooking our landfills and oceans. A win-win! Really enjoyed seeing another beautiful garden. And I love the use of poultry.
Thank you very much :) I completely agree sheeps wool or any kind of wool for that matter is like gardeners gold. Thank you very much for your kind comment :)
What an amazing garden! My fiance is from Scotland and he lives in council housing close to 'The Botanics,' an amazing turn of the century greenhouse with large grounds and also outdoor gardens. I'm from California and have a backyard garden so seeing this was amazing. It's so beautiful over there!! I also love Welsh people, I used to race rally cars and did a few special races with Welsh co-drivers from across the pond. Absolutely wonderful, friendly people!
Thank you Stella :) that sounds absolutely brilliant. Thank you or as we say in Welsh Diolch, as well for your relaly kind comments about Welsh people being friendly. I am naturally unashamedly biased, but I would agree :P
Ahhhh thank you so much Lady Drone :D I have actually got a RU-vid Channel but need to improve the content on it and make more of a concerted effort to upload content :D I tend to share a lot on instagram but will certainly start posting more content on RU-vid going forward :D
What an inspiration! I'm starting with 1/4 acre which isn't as big as his 1/3-1/2 acre but even if I could get a little slice of his garden I would be so happy!!! it's definitely looking more like his "before" picture right now lol
Hallo from Germany 🇩🇪 I‘ve started a vegetable garden and food forest 4 years ago and the chickens are fun as well. It’s rewarding to see the development from planting the first trees and berries to vegetables and seed starting under LED. Every year is different and there is so much to discover and learn.
Hallo Wuste und wie geht's? Woher aus Deutschland kommst du :)? Stimmt, baume und pflanzen sind wie leute, aller haben ihres eigenes gesischte :D Bis bald!
Hallo Adam I‘m from Hesse (Hessen) near Frankfurt. We‘ve got a moderate climate along the volkanic line called Taunusgraben and therefore have much milder winters compared to southern parts like Bavaria. Almost like in the UK so I quite enjoy Uk gardening channels.
I loved the "Quack Pack", we have 3 chickens and are considering ducks. The more I look into it the better an idea it appears. We are also thinking of the Welsh Harlequins as we'd like to support the breed as we too are based in Wales. I will look up Adams Instagram site to develop my gardening and Welsh. What a star, thanks you so much for sharing.
Thank you Emma :) definitely ducks will be a joy to have in the garden they are such characters! Croeso Emma I look forward to following your potential new ducks in the future :)
6:29 my second viewing. So I did not store away the gold nugget about the potatoes the first time. He grows them in 30 l buckets. The variety is blight resistant, is called Saro Mira, grows well in containers, and can be planted outside of the normal times. He just got some that he had planted 14 days before as young potatoes. In fall he removes the top of the plant, but leaves the potatoes in the soil in the container. They come into a shed and they keep well in the soil, he digs them out when he wants them.
The gentleman is so right "you have to garden within the environment you are in". So many folks like the looks of raised gardens or listen to folks on RU-vid extolling the wonders of raised beds and assume they think they are the best way to garden. They build them in areas where they are not a good idea at all. I'm in a dry area and water is not easy to come by. I watched a neighbour go to great trouble and expense building a lovely raised garden. I didn't say anything because young folks don't like listening to old farts. (Most naturally know better). In less than 3 years she had given up gardening because the garden dried out and died each year by august.
Thank you Bill 😁 yes definitely as you have illustrated you can't just pick a garden up and move it or replicate it so much depends on the soil conditions and microclimate of that garden 😊
Thank you, Adam for sharing your garden and what you have learned. Your comment about raised beds allowing rain to drain made me realize that I should be planting my garden in a submerged bed. It is hot and dry here and my raised beds drain way too fast. Time to experiment with in ground beds instead. Water is the limiting factor here. I enjoyed the tip about the Welsh ducks, I will add them to my list for future poultry. Blessings.
That’s fantastic and it’s so true how we can reverse ideas to adapt to different climates ☺️. Brilliant please keep in touch on how you get a long with the beds and Welsh Harlequins 😃
I love gardening too! The wool idea is epic! I put my latest rot-free raised bed video up. I've been building these in the garden the whole week. Great weather to enjoy! I wish I could grow those blueberries.
Thank you :) We have plenty of wool to hand in Wales and sadly there isn't much market value to it, so much of it get's burnt which isn't great at all, not for the environment especially when we can make great use of it in our gardens!
Love your video. Same here. Gardening is my escape. With everything going on in the world, I find refuge in my garden. It's my lifeline. I spend ours in my garden.
Swore this was a Caribbean accent! Imagine my surprise, when I saw the flag of Wales waving on the pole. Beautiful garden, I see the hard work and respect it.
Thanks soooooo much Huw for sharing this garden & gardener! I actually follow him on Instagram, but it was so fun to see your video and go through this amazing garden! 👩🌾
Thank you :) I am so very grateful to collaborating more with Huw, Huw's a huge inspiration and has given me a fantastic opportunity to share my story :)
I absolutely love this garden, the approach, and the execution. Perhaps the best is the character of Adam himself. Huw, thank you for sharing such lovely gardens and people like this with us, your devoted fans. Adam, thank you for allowing us enjoy this wonderful garden.
This was such a pleasure to watch! I could listen to him talk about his garden all day! I saved it to my "Best" folder, to watch again in the future. :)
What's better than a little motivation for the upcoming growing season in the middle of winter? Enjoy this fantastic raised bed garden by Adam Jones, not too far away from me geographically in fact! Go say hello to him here: instagram.com/adamynyrardd
@@adamynyrardd LOL - does RU-vid not have a translation function ;) ...maybe I should have spent that year abroad at Swansea University when I had the chance ;) Heading over to your Instagram and RU-vid channel now...
exquisite. its completely filled up, but everything is organized and has its own place and function. very cleverly done. thank you for sharing your small patch of paradise.
Thank you Adam and Huw for the practical advice on growing in a wetter, partially shaded area. A friend of mine is moving up to an area along a northern river in Wisconsin, where the soil is good humus rich silty sand, but the garden area is partially shaded by balsam fir and spruce trees. It's good to know what can be grown there, your garden is incredibly productive and beautiful! I will pass along your words of wisdom.🌱🌍 Coincidentally we have Richards here too! Cliff used to work for my dad as a carpenter when he was a young man, now he owns and operates a resort in Dunbar. A really good soul as well, always willing to help and very cheerful.🌞.
This is brilliant! Thanks for sharing!! And separate form gardening I’ve been learning Welsh for myself because I just think it’s a beautiful and fun language and it’s so so great hearing his thicker accent. That’s been the toughest bit, honestly. I can’t picture how the words are supposed to sound and the cadence. His vowel sounds and lilting and emphasis! So helpful. I hope that doesn’t sound weird haha. I don’t know anyone who speaks it, so all I have are strangers on video to listen to haha.
Llongyfarchiadau Chervie :) Braf dy fod yn dysgu'r Gymraeg. Cofia ofyn unrhyw gwestiwn :) It's great that you're learning Welsh, thank you for your kind comments. You are welcome to follow me on instagram where I share daily stories where I am speaking Welsh, maybe that will help you gain more confidence in pronouncing the words :) Pob lwc i ti a diolch am ddysgu Cymraeg :)
Time to reflect on what is important, birds, plants and wildlife …I have the calling to work the land ….almost was there when Covid and I have had to wait …. I love this….
Great video, Huw! Adam is the type of person we need more of. Any way to get a layout of his garden? Would be nice to see what he’s growing and where, and see what’s replicable in other growing climates. Cheers!
Absolutely beautiful garden, especially when considering what the yard looked like initially. Really refreshing to hear the approach that takes into account the natural echo system, like growing flowers for the bees. Very inspiring.
Thank you Steve, that's fantastic :D Garden overwhelm can be a huge barrier, but from experience, take plenty of photos along your journey, looking back always motivates you moving forward, because no matter how small the change, a change is a step in the right direction.
PS This young man is especially inspirational to me as we live in Ireland, and have too much rain in common with Wales! If I can make our wee acre half so lovely as his I'd be happy. :)
@@prepperinireland2240 Go raibh maith agat Alice :D cen choi a bhfuil tu? I studies some Irish when I was at the university in Aberystwyth, absolutely love Ireland :) Thank you for your lovely words! We certainly have so much in common, climatic similarities, cultural and linguistic, I could go on :). I would love to hear more about your project, please don't hesitate to get in touch :)
@@adamynyrardd Hello Adam, Ciamar a tha thu? Unfortunately I'm a "blow in" to this lovely island from northern Scotland (hence the Gaelic) but we still have the climate and culture in common! Until last year we lived about eighteen miles down the coast from Cape Wrath. About the only things I grew outdoors were cabbages and rhubarb! (gets a wee bit windy up there). Here, we bought a cottage over a hundred years old (I almost feel as auld myself sometimes) and an acre that'd been pasture for cows but laid empty for two decades. It was a mess of bramble, top to bottom, and marsh grass and though it's still very heavy clay we're slowly clearing it using billhooks, loppers and shears. Found out I couldn't dig the soil after trying and putting my back out, so we settled on some raised beds. The brambles keep trying to come back..I noticed if you leave even a tiny piece of root they will..so I just mercilessly run the lawnmower over them. We've seven raised beds and two no dig beds (not sure they'll work well on clay soil but giving them a go) and I'm just trying to decide what to plant where this year..last year the tatties got blight. Sorry! Blethered a fair bit there! Your lovely garden gives me goals, something to aim at. Thanks so much for your interest in our wee patch of Ireland (Co Leitrim) and for sharing your great vids. I'm just about to upload a vid from summer/autumn so if you ever get the chance, please feel free to watch and comment (and hae a giggle at what we're daein wrang!) Tapadh Leat gu dearbh!
This is what my ideal garden would look like! You've done a terrific job Adam! Was taking mental notes, and screenshots for future reference throughout the entire video. It looked absolutely amazing, and so practical - especially from the sky view! 🌱🥕🍅
Thank you :) that's so very kind. I hope you have so much fiun planning and creating your own garden it's the best bit, my plan must have chopped and changed hundreds of times whilst developing what we have now :P
I love everything about this video 😍 You are such an Amazing person. Thank you so much for sharing your passion for gardening. There is no need for escaping when you are gardening... I couldn't agree more.
Love that he mentioned TREES GROW!! In just four years, my backyard is almost completely shaded. I am forced ti grow in the front yard now. Consider trees when purchasing your house or trees. Also consider tree growth when installing garden beds and structures. Rhubarb, some herbs and greens will grow in partial shade, as well as raspberries and other berries. Deciduous trees allow for more sunlight in spring, especially my very late flowering Catalpa. TFS
What a beautiful garden! #goals This will be my second season gardening and though we have five acres, its mostly wooded, so just a small portion is good for gardening. I have raised beds, too, and have already learned from my first year that certain areas are cooler/warmer and I'm planning different this year. Thanks for sharing this!
Thank you very much for this beautiful garden review. All it looks so magical and so natural. It is a joy to see a garden with purpose, well-organized and cared by so much love. Wish you the best and happy gardening.😄❤️
Thank you very much Stanislava :D I love gardening with nature, it's always the best way, it was their garden before it was mine, and it will certainly be their after I'm long gone :)
I didn't know how much I needed this until I saw it. Tears in my eyes. My little (10m x 6m) urban garden is buried under snow , but my seeds are waiting patiently. I also grow edible flowers like borage and nasturium all over for the pollinators.
Thank you :) Such a lovely comment. We have since lost our snow cover but it's still cold and I think that we are in for a very cold February so plenty more on the way. But I can't wait for the growing season to start in earnest. It's amazing how the March sun heats up the ground.
Huw this was really worthwhile listening too, a garden to be envied, great presentation sensible and humble young man. Loved the quack pack and to hear they are Welsh too wonderful. Thank you to you both made my Saturday morning. I will pop over to say hello
Thank you for your kind words Avril :) I love the quack pack to, they are Welsh Harlequins, they are quite a rare breed, so I'm trying to help or do my bit in preserving the breed for future generations as well. They are so versatile, docile and productive as egg layers - far better than the hens in fact.
What a fabulous video! Adam's gardening knowledge is superb and he's such a gentle soul. I can't wait to be able to visit his garden (some time in a post-lockdown world).
Thank you so much for your lovely comment Liz :D I can't wait to be able to invite you over to see the garden and likewise I would love to visit Byther Farm :) I'm so very looking forward to flicking through the pages of 'Grounded' very soon :D Have a great day!
