Growing a Vegetable garden - summer harvests 

am I the only one who knows nothing about gardening but loves the peacefulness and editing

Hey with the strawberries, my dad has painted rocks red so that when the birds come they peck at the rocks and then fly off thinking they aren't good! It seems to work! We've got multiple jars of strawberries now! Edit: Thats another thing, Strawberries last a LOT longer stored in jars!

It's refreshing to see young, like minded people, especially who create a channel that actually contributes to society. Alex, you're a legend

alex im not sure if you saw one of my previous comments BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH for making your videos longer and cutting out less! your channel feels so natural and i love it

You are not just self sufficient you're eating organically, free from all the pesticides and its definitely an achievement. Bravo

Mate, you bring back memories. When I was a teenager, I just hated gardening. I mean HATED. It was torture. When my Mom told me to help in our garden, I was thinking about running away from home. Now, living in a concrete jungle, I would give a lot to have my own veg patch. It is a pleasure to watch your vids. Keep going, mate.

I'm a french student living in an apartment without balcony. Alex, you might be my age but you accomplished so much more than I ! Despite their lenghth, I always watch your videos thoroughly because seeing you test out stuff and looking at your beautiful garden is pure bliss. You inspired me to try even in my small apartment lol. I'm groing lots of herbs in pots, a big coriander fan just like you !! I've read some people were geneticaly pre-disposed to dislike its taste. Nature's cruel sometimes. Thank you for your work, and thank you for bringing all those beautiful moments on camera ! Lots of love from Auvergne (middle of France, a region with volcanoes and lots of cheese :) )

How you turn the seemingly boring into a masterpiece never ceases to amaze me!

Another classic Just Alex video. I think I'm just gunna watch the intro and then suddenly it's the outro, but I'm happy.

I've found that leftover coffee brew helps with slugs and snails. Densely distributed around the plants, snails do not like to crawl over this barrier. In addition, coffee is a wonderful fertilizer for all fruit and vegetable plants. I've only recently learned that there are tomatoes where it's important not to remove the extra shoots. You may have to get used to the possibility of permaculture, which seems to be the best way to really harvest all year round. Greetings from Germany.

Hey Alex. I’ve been having a bit of a rough morning, nothing too bad has happened, I just get in depressing ruts from time to time. I saw that you posted a new video so I started watching and it immediately made me start to feel a little better. You’ve got an incredible ability to radiate happiness, so thank you for being you man

Food just tastes better when you put in your own effort into it than the stuff from the supermarket, even when it's exactly the same

Nice work Alex. If you want to solve the bird problem with your strawberries, paint some stones red before they ripen and the birds will learn that there's nothing to eat from red stones. By the time the berries ripen they'll have lost interest. Love the content, keep it coming

🇲🇦 Love from Morocco! I was talking to my dad earlier and telling him how inspiring you are. It's been a good push watching your videos. You are living your life and bringing us along for the journey in a natural way without trying to pretend to be perfect or know it all. I get the feeling from the videos you know who you are and what you are about. If people want to follow along they can if not it doesn't bother you. You show that you may not be an expert but you are willing to try it and give it a go, and thats AMAZING! Thank you for bringing us along on your journey! Always a joy and pleasure to watch you discover and explore what the world has to offer.

I love your attitude towards gardening, where there are no mistakes, just lessons for the future. It’s coming along great! Makes me excited for the upcoming growing season here in Australia

Hi Alex! I’m 23 year old American girl & I’ve been extremely inspired to begin my own garden since earlier this Spring. The last frost came later than I expected and killed off what I started & I’ve been discouraged to restart, but your channel is such an inspiration. I have restarted with a few citrus seeds I’m waiting to sprout, and I’m excited to almost exactly copy your compost bin structure sooner than later! Keep up the good work

watching these videos makes me realize just how long it takes to grow and produce food that i take for granted every day, it makes me think about just how much space is needed to produce enough food for 1 person not only for 1 day but for a whole year, it really puts into perspective how vast the agricultural engine is that feeds the worlds population, Thanks for the videos Alex!

This man just makes my day. I hope he knows how much every one of his viewers love him

It’s so nice to fall asleep to your videos, your content calms my anxiety

I have a tip I can attest to working really well. For any plants that are attracting slugs, bury a lid (any jar lid at least 2" around) so that the lip of the lid is just barely sticking above the ground. Pour any beer into it, the yeast attracts the snail who then ends up drowned, or what I call 'the happy death'.

If you wish to have more leaves from plants like coriander, basil, holy basil, thyme, and such, you'll need to snip their flowers as soon as they come out, so they'll continue to produce more leaves. Happy gardening 🌻

I love how Alex is so passionate about sharing his interests and what he learns with his audience. It's awesome to hear all the special things you've learned along the way

The best young humble gardener i have seen ! Your parents raised you well

When my wife and I move we'll be starting our own vegetable garden. Before Alex's video I didn't appreciate the wonderful miracle that is nature and growing your own food but now I definitely do.

Alex, you alone have motivated me to start gardening. It's only a small garden but because of you, I am doing it and enjoying it! You're the best!

your truely an inspiration and a sweet person. Alex. never stop bein who you are!

Alex, you are such a kind and gentle soul. And your garden is fantastic.

This is life mate! Watching stuffs grow which you can live from yourself! I need to get meself a house with a yard...

Very entertaining update! That meal you prepared from garden produce looked appetizing,!

Excellent harvests along with some disappointments. You've discovered that the wildlife like the produce too and the birds finding the ripe strawberries first is one of the hazards! Slugs and snails are often a menace and there are several non-chemical ways to control them. Eggshells crushed up and sprinkled around the plants makes the soil prickly and they don't like it, beer traps are always good and very effective. When you're doing your planning make sure you check on how big the plants will get, that will prevent events like your borage overflow! Things to grow include garlic (you're already growing onions and spring onions, garlic is just another member of the allium family and should do well), celery is a good one to try too. Raspberries are good if you have the space. If you like aniseed flavours then fennel is another great plant. Crops like melons and tomatoes need plenty of water for a decent harvest. Beetroot is a good crop (and in various colours too), and squashes (but they need space) are other options for next year. Staggering the planting of things like radish and lettuce means you can get a constant harvest over several months of what is usually a short term crop and makes good use of the available space. To keep your plants going that want to flower like the coriander, cut off the flower buds and the leaves will keep coming. Also try a plant or two in a pot for the kitchen window sill so you have coriander in the winter. Herbs are also a good thing to grow from the softer leaves like Basil (also another good plant for the kitchen window sill), to the hardier ones like Rosemary, Sage and Thyme. Be careful if you grow mint and put it in containers as it can spread everywhere.

Hi Alex! A quick tip for cheap and organic pest control - Sink an old cup up to the rim into the soil near the plants that the slugs really like and put some beer in the bottom of it (don't fill it right up) - the slugs will be attracted to the hop smell and fall into the beer cup - It's not 100% effective but it does help!

Alex, I'll share something I learned about onions: They don't form bulbs well unless the top of the onion bulb is exposed above the soil. I noticed that just a few of my onions were developing bulbs, while the others, all planted the same day, were just greens, with almost no bulbs. I did a little research online, and found a suggestion that the onions need to be planted at a shallow depth, or the bulbs don't develop well. I scraped away soil from around the rest of the onion bed and exposed the little bulbs, and they immediately started growing. Now, a few weeks later, the whole bed is thriving. Don't judge your onion patch harshly: we like onions here too! Onions are a substantial part of the garden here too, along with chives and garlic!

I can’t get enough of your gardening videos they make me so happy

It's lovely to see a young man growing veggies.

Add some crushed eggshells around ur vegetables it will protect ur plants, I love watching ur energy and enthusiasm as young as you, your parents must be proud of you 👍😊👩‍🌾 thanks for sharing your beautiful garden.

I just learned that coriandar or cilantro will help clense blood of heavy metals. Dry your coriander and use in the winter for seasoning stews, soups, etc. Live your work!

Your channel has become a source of joy for me. I'd love to be able to do all those things you are doing, but don't have the time (or garden) to do it. So being able to see it through your videos and share on your accomplishments and also the moments of hardship always brings a smile to my face when I see one of your videos come up. Hope your bees continue to give you lots of honey and your plants grow strong and fruitful. Many blessings.

I really enjoy watching your videos. They are so calm and relaxing while also being super informative.

That was so awesome. Sowing and harvesting, and recording, And adding your beautiful garnishes too your food. You make me smile and laugh. Thank you for your wonderful videos. I just love your videos. Cheers. And thank you too your mum and dad for allowing you too take part in growing, bees keeping, on the property. Im sure they love watching your end results on RU-vid and tasting❤❤❤😂hmmm delicious🎉

Just a few tricks I've learnt to get rid of slugs without useing chemincals. Put beer traps around the plants you wan't to protect. The smell makes them think it's rottiing food and they love it. Make sure you use a container high enough to hold about 7cm high of beer/larger, and they will drown. A huge bonus is that it won't harm other animals. Another way to put them off is to put copper around the groud near the plants you don't want them eating. The slime slugs coat themselves with when in contact with copper will give them an electric shock and it might put them off snooping. Plus other animals won't be harmed. Hope this helps! Love your videos by the way :) Great job with all your amazing projects.

I'm 23 from Australia, have just bought my first home and I've never felt more outside my age group as my partner has heard enough from me about what I wanna do to our garden and all the vegetables I want to grow after watching these videos the last few months. P.s. She said no bees.

Hi Alex! Wow! Watching every single video you make, we get to know you more and more, your personality, your outlook in life and it gives me the feeling that you aren't just "reaping what you sowed" in a literal aspect but also figuratively - that because of how you just radiate your positivity to the people around you, and even to nature, all of that is just naturally being reciprocated to you! You really are just simply SO ADMIRABLE. Keep going, Alex!

Someone has probably already said this but the best natural way to get rid of slugs is to put egg shells around the bottom of all your plants. They won’t go over then because of how sharp they are

Hello Alex. I'm your biggest fan. I just wanted to say... When you did the Strawberries you can put the netting out a little wider and when you did the Coriander you shouldn't have cut it all off, you should have just cut off the flowers. From Alexander, 9years old in SA. ❤❤❤

I could watch hours of this I love seeing the progression

Just wanted to say I absolutely love your content. Makes me so excited to have my own garden when I’m finally in my new house!!

little carrot tip: harvest each 2ed to give the rest more room to gain some volume for like 2 more weeks :D

A great tip in permaculture is placing a groundcover plant inbetween your vegetabes.1) It makes sure the slugs and other animals eat them . 2) it outcompetes weeds, so you have to spend less time in the garden. And 3) it helps the soil

If you like it- basil is apparently a really good companion plant for tomatoes. If you'd like some inspiration, my mom's a gardener and she loved the book Square Foot Gardening (obviously, we're American). But the concept is great- it breaks your garden up into square feet and tells you how many plants you can sow in each square for maximum harvesting. It'll also help you account for sizes and heights, since where you plant your corn/tomatoes/other high-growing plants matters if you don't want to shade out certain crops (or do- if they don't like a lot of sun and you want to keep growing them!).

Your videos and voice are so calming, I love your channel. Also don't worry about the yellow leaves on the potato plants you want to harvest potatoes for storing two to three weeks after the plant's foliage has died back.

Seeing someone casually munch on a whole cucumber like it's an apple has shaken me to my core !

If you have more space or pots you could plant herbs like lemon balm nearby to deter slugs, another plus it attracts bees so anything that needs fruiting nearby like the strawberries will reep

Beautiful garden, Alex!! Well done! Here's a tip for weighing your spring onions: Set a tall glass on your scale, then press tare to zero out the measurement. Then place your onions down into the glass to get a measure of just the onions. I LOVE spring onions! I'm so glad you managed to save the surviving strawberries! Finally, as a former beekeeper, I'm sending love to all your hard working girls.🐝🐝🐝

Alex you are amazing, I hardly ever comment on RU-vid. The beauty and soothing effect the video has has prompted me. I do a little gardening myself, it is a joyous experience. Good luck with the gardening and newer things you keep doing. ❤

Ohw i had that to with my strawberry's!! I put also basil underneath my tomatoes. It works beautifully! And i love your videos! Very hopeful for younger generations!

Youve got a talent to narrate and keep viewers glued to your content.. ever considered doing a documentary for tv or Netflix..😊

Hi Alex, the garden is great and what a great harvest you have and will get from it all. Not sure if you are aware but borage grows quite rapidly & rampant and will self seed/spread. We grew it for the edible flowers and medicinal purposes but couldn't believe how fast it seeded across our garden. Eventually we had to dig it all out and keep one potted, we still get random plants of it pop up around the garden (but we just pull them out before they seed to stop the spread). The plant itself is great, the flowers have a sweetness to them and it's all good for skin conditions if you make borage seed oil or cook the leaves/flowers and steep a tea with them to use on your skin.

Living the dream there Alex! Organic and sustainable growing - love it!

New favorite hobby is pleasing people with cucumber 😆

I loveeeeé that we dont have to come bk to see the end results. He edits very well❤ i rather watch an hr long vid that wait for another vid😂😂😂

Your videos are really easy and nice to watch. Thanks Alex!

I also started to get into gardening this year. I was inspired by your video where you grew some things back in your old house. So it's pretty fun to see how we are experiencing the same things at the same time

This Channel is amazing. It's not like the other RU-vid Content because it's not bigger better higher and more of everything. It's just you doing what u Love.

"i cant believe that some animal ate my strawbarrys" - turtle just looking in the other direction XD

Your content is some of the best I've seen on RU-vid. I love the long format. It's in no way over edited and gives great, loving detail. Have you considered doing any hydroponics as a way to have fresh vegetables during the winter? If you grow them indoors, they should be safe from the slugs too!!

Absolutely magnificent garden! It's my dream to one day have such an abundant garden. I am quite the rookie, still lots to learn, and don't dedicate as much time as I should to my garden but I will get there one day hopefully

A tip for the cucumbers: you can make a really nice salad out of them by slicing them on the mandolin or the wide side of your standard 4 sided cheese grater, then lightly salting them to draw out some moisture, leave them for a few minutes and then squeeze some more moisture out of it by hand inside a colander to drain the fluid. This way you get a really nice crunchy, less watery sliced cucumber with a more intense vegetal flavor. Kinda turns them into salad greens in a way. We eat that on its own with a bit more salt if needed. It's very nice simple and refreshing as a side.

Someone might have said this already, but potatoes are usually ready when the plant has died off, so when its dry and brown and all that stuff. Good luck!

Awesome progress! Man you are lucky to have a garden space like this 🙏 If you like making Asian food, consider harvesting the coriander roots as well, they are great in a lot of things like curry pastes, soups etc. And you can freeze them also. Looking forward to see more from you!

Such an amazing garden! Well done :)

When I moved house, the previous lady left a strawberry plant. Once I realised (a tad late) I bought a little greenhouse so they wouldn't get eaten..Only a small garden, with horrible false grass and some concrete slabs. Not enough room for a proper garden/veg patch. My 4 year old loved eating the 5 strawberries we had in total haha! Wish I could grow more. Love watching the videos, learn something new each time :) I feel like kids in schools should 100% have a veg patch at the school so they can learn how to grow. Seems very silly not to. Fresh, you know where it's from. Always tastes better home grown as well. Makes me want to build boxes along the entire side of my fence that gets most of the sun just to grow some tomatos and strawberries, maybe some peas.. Next Summer will be my time of learning haha!

I Subscribed today because i love your humor " i won't pick the baby cucumber because i really want to eat cucumber" that is cute lol. We can plant anything we don't need to be professional lol Just throw it in the ground and hope for the best. I cut my Green onions as i need it and it continues to grow. 👋 from Phx, Az USA

Alex, I love your life.

DO A ANT FARM SERIES PLEASEEEEEEEE❤❤

Congratulations! It’s wonderful to see young people growing their food. Two bits of info: 1-avoid planting two root crops (onion& radish) next to each other. They could steal nutrients. 2-the leaves you call coriander (cilantro in the US) if you let it flower and go to seed, those coriander seeds are wonderful part of a Indian and Middle eastern dishes.

thanks for the information and giving an inspiration to others, I'm glad that I am not the only one who love nature, animal, and plant.🥰

Plucks a carrot. “Smells like a carrot. Tastes like a carrot” I don’t know why that tickled me so much 😂

For your lettuces, if they were sown directly on the ground, I'm pretty sure most were eaten by birds. Usually you should grow them indoors before transplanting 👍

I’m not a gardener, but I remember my father in law saying for root vegetables you have to double dig the soil, go down twice as far as you normally would. You get longer fatter carrots and parsnips, and more potatoes per plant. It seemed to work for him, he fed at least 6 families all year round from his plot

i love how little auditory jumpcuts there are in your videos. It makes the videos more authentic, easier to listen to, cleaner, etc etc. Its like varying short or long sentences in an essay

Tips: water the garden after sunset, that way the water doesn't evaporate much.

I've never grown a garden as pretty as yours!

When I build my house, I put in a 10000 liter rainwater tank that overflows into a soil infiltration before it goes into the drain. Ive a trippel filter in place for dirt, smell and colour. I could wash my cars, flush my toilets, wash cloths and water my new hedges for the whole of the dry spell we’ve had this summer. But adding some guttering to the greenhouse into a barrel would further help lower your footprint on Captain Planet (and make for a fun side project) 😅

Alex your videos are just way oo good. Your videography is 10/10 and the explaining is very understandable! I love your content so much!

27:04 "Pleasing people with Cucumber", u can get that wong haha. Love your videos, just the peacefullnes editing and knowlage .. relly happy i found ur Videos

Your a very nice guy who is lucky to have such wealthy parents, in the real world for most people gardening is not an option, so these videos are really relaxing and intresting.

"Carrots, they're orange. Unless you get the purple ones." brilliant.

Just found your channel and am in LOVE! Thank you! I work on a small farm gardening a lot and hope to one day own my own piece of property and have a small self sustaining farm. I'm not sure if you do this but if you save some potatoes and put them in a bucket over the winter inside by spring time you'll have tons of sprouts on them and won't have to buy them anymore. You can also save seeds from other plants too! It takes a little bit of technique but knowing what I know about you already you can for sure handle that! I hope you see this comment! Thank you so so much for creating these videos, so inspirational!

Amazing! Here’s a tip for the slugs it’s bit of a time consuming one but keep all your egg shells and put them in the oven on low heat for a few hours, crush them up and sprinkle a little border of them around your plant stems as the slugs don’t like crawling over the sharp shells!

our internet sweetheart posted a video 🎉❤

you can dry the coriander seeds to store for pickling, or to grind up as a spice.

My 6 year old and I give you a thumbs up!!! Thanks for yet another great video. Content and feels are brilliant!

I have been waiting for this one! Watched it in the middle of the night and it inspired me to end up outside at 1am inspecting my garden haha. I love the variety of things you try. Thanks from Canada

"Wake up babe, Alex posted a video."

RU-vid recommended you and I’m so glad! I loved this video. Thank you

Keep doing these amazing videos Alex. Helps a lot keeping me positive, and I really like your long videos as well

I am 54 years old and learning from you in every video... well done Alex...

Hi Alex, it's because of you that I've been gardening since February. Thanks for the inspiration!

Gosh, the food you made with all your veggies looks sooooo good!

Hi from Chicago! The cucumber sharing was really funny. I like the way they just tore into it straight away. I plant a couple of cilantro (coriander) seeds every week, that way you have it all season. I’ve been gardening for 30 years, and I’m still trying new plants and techniques every year. I haven’t ventured into beekeeping yet, but someday. Thanks for sharing.