What a breath of fresh air to realistic gardening for a very busy family! It inspires because so many are dispirited by the clean rows that are normally portrayed. You are a real inspiration Steph. Thank you.
Stephanie I just love your garden. It reminds me of my own approach and makes me feel better that my beds aren’t all in straight, tidy rows. I love your intermingled plantings and the plants happily going to seed. It feels very real.
Done such a wonderful job Steph. It feels like just yesterday I was seeing your instagram posts about you first moving here. It's amazing just how abundant your beds look, I love the 'permaculture style' of planting where it just looks like a mixture of flowers and edibles are exploding out of the ground everywhere you look. I must try and incorporate a bit of that into my allotment. Thanks for the lovely tour.
What a phenomenal job you are doing. I love seeing your progress. I can't believe all that fits on less than half an acre!! It's so encouraging to hear about how much fun you're having with it all, and how much food glorious food your efforts have produced already.
Lovely and so inspiring!! I'm in process with a new garment in W Oregon (burr down to vexing for a few days!) I brought many things in pots, and started 2 beds with the assistance of my 11 year old grandson last summer - my Granny Flat is in process in the back yard, and I look forward to getting mire rooms in the ground (main veg garden is in its own gated yard)
Just love your garden Stephanie. I practice no dig too and cant believe the difference its made to my veg and my back!!! I cant wait to get going again next year. I love your progress and find you such an inspiration. More vlogs please next year!! Have a wonderful Christmas.
wow such wonderful tips that you share! love the wood pile storage area! my irrigation in the autumn/winter this year is all about build up of condensation on inside then dripping down onto my beds! the outside of poly tunnel we covered in a netting which really helped in our summer! wonderful tour of your plot so thank you for sharing! its hard work but a bit at a time you can really see the difference as we can!
What a stunningly gorgeous view from the hilltop! I’d be up there every day! Garden is lovely! Have a wonderful holiday season, and keep smiling. I love the practicality of your approach.
Watched you on Liz Zorab's channel and decided to pop over. I've been on this property for 20 years, but only started gardening after I retired. Like you, the work is being done by myself, with the exception of bringing in my brother for building projects (which isn't easy because he works construction, so the times of year when my building projects can be done, he's already working 12-18 hours/day). You are certainly accomplishing more than I am, but you have experience from your previous years of gardening that I don't have, and I'm in my 60s, so not as energetic as I was at your age. Still - a woman working mostly alone to accomplish everything strikes a chord with me, and I'll be watching more videos to pick up on any tips you have...and perhaps some preservation and/or cooking hints as well.
Thanks Karen. I hope to start some cooking videos in 2023. Hasn't quite happened yet as part of my kitchen fell apart (!!) so not quite ready for filming in there
Wonderful to see this Steff. I have a little bit of land in Devon that I hope to start growing, its scrubland at the mo but have started to draw out a plan , so I will be watching you & taking tips 👌😊
So amazing to see what you've achieved! You had much better crops than me in my first year. I think watering was my main failure - judging by your wonderful veg! As an aside, I'd love more info on the forest garden if you get the chance. I keep watching videos about them but I still don't fully understand how you do one, what they should look like (and what the benefits are). We're going to put some orchard trees in soon and I'd like to work out what I can plant under them. I've seen you talk about them in other videos (hopefully I haven't missed any) but an idiot's guide would be appreciated (if you have the time). Wishing you a lovely Christmas. Thanks for all the inspiration!
Love your garden tours! I really like the idea of a sitting area in the polytunnel. I have started a no dig garden area this fall that is about 40 feet square in my backyard. I think I will plan a sitting area in the center.
So so busy. - Question: When the growing season is near do you cover the mustard with cardboard so that it mulches down? I'm trying no dig and working between raised beds and old baths as my bending capabilities aren't as good as they used to be. All my gardening is trial and error although most times I can get something out of it to eat. I love watching your progress, you are really inspiring, thank you Stephanie. =-)
The mustard will either be killed off by the winter, or I can h o e it off before sowing and planting. Excellent plan to use container gardens - much less bending
A "hugelette" which is a word I made up to describe the structure. It is loosely based on hugelkulture. Mine was made without any digging, piling up brash from trees and then making the mound on top with some soil that was stacked in the garden (by the previous owners here).
Hi, I have a similar sized polytunnel that we set up in July, we did manage to grow a lot in containers, but going forward we would like to make a no dig. Im interested to know roughly how much compost you needed to get all your beds in please.
I don't know how much I used altogether because it came from various sources - bought, homemade, etc - and I also used non-compost mulches on some beds. But on most of the compost beds I used 2"/5cm compost on top of card, on the weedy grass
