RESULTS! No Dig Potatoes in Grass Clippings | Easy to Grow Potatoes 2020

Подписаться 127 тыс.

Просмотров 95 тыс.

50% 1

RESULTS! No Dig Potatoes in Grass Clippings | Easy to Grow Potatoes 2020. Huw Richards helps me to harvest the potatoes grown under grass clippings. Planted 22nd March, harvested 15th July.
Subscribe to our newsletter here bit.ly/2qbsdY5
BYTHER FARM T SHIRTS, HOODIES etc (ship to UK, EU and USA) Find Byther Farm merch at byther-farm-merch.creator-spr...
BYTHER FARM MUGS (ship to UK, EU and USA) www.tshirtstudio.com/marketpl...
You can support this channel on Patreon at / lizzorab
or
by using an affiliate link when you shop. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.
UK www.amazon.co.uk/shop/lizzora...
USA Amazon Storefront www.amazon.com/shop/lizzorab-...
My Amazon wishlist amzn.eu/fwEJXFQ
About Us.
Byther Farm is a small organic homestead, designed and managed using permaculture practices. We aim for self-sufficiency in fruit and vegetables for increased self reliance and better resilience to the modern world. I recognise that we are unlikely to be truly self sufficient, but do the best we can. I share our home with my loving partner, Mr J and our cat, Monty.
We are a fifty-something couple who live on a smallholding in Monmouthshire, Wales. We are going green and creating a gentler, cleaner and more healthy life for our family.
There is a large organic kitchen garden with no dig gardening raised beds and young food forest in which to grown our fruit and vegetables.
We keep chickens and Aylesbury ducks.
Music
'Breathe' by Kafkadiva. www.kafkadiva.com
Other music by www.EpidemicSound.com

Хобби

Опубликовано:

3 авг 2020

Ссылка:

Скачать:

Готовим ссылку...

Добавить в:

Мой плейлист

Посмотреть позже

Комментарии : 280

@LizZorab 3 года назад

If you've enjoyed this video, please share it with your friends and on social media! My next video will be homestead garden tour, so don't forget to subscribe and click the notification bell to be notified when it's published.

@biblegachasstories5005 3 года назад

Is that an elderberry bush at the beginning of the video? Would you make a video about it, please? On How to grow and how to use please? Thank you. Impressive potatoes enjoy them

@oliverdaley934 3 года назад

Hi LiZ, were the potatoes F1?

@nancytabor8302 3 года назад

If I am canning do I need to let potatoes cure? Tftv

@wheepingwillow24u17 Год назад

AWFUL LITTLE POTATOES, WAS IT WORTH IT TO YOU? THANKS

@lindabeebe3599 2 года назад

Have read many articles that say potatoes get scab with high nitrogen. Growing potatoes in hay doesn't get scab. Chicken compost and grass are both high in nitro. Love u two together.

@HuwRichards 3 года назад

It was so nice to pop over for a spot of socially distanced gardening ☺️ Very impressed with the potato haul there! Look forward to filming the mini- documentary later this week!

@unaminhkavanagh 3 года назад

Two of my favourite RU-vidrs in one vid ☺️☺️☺️ What a treat!

@LiLBitsDK 3 года назад

great stufff Huw, but naught naughty for killing some sweet corn :D

@drewblack749 3 года назад

Jesper Andersen Hazards of the job. I pull out things daily without intending to. When you steer away from mono- culture, this is more likely to happen. Microbes are happy, though:)

@LiLBitsDK 3 года назад

@@drewblack749 absolutely :D but we can still tease Huw with it :D

@dayafeickert6752 3 года назад

I loved them both. I wish I had a cool garden friend to hang with. Thank you both for helping me learn to gardening and both having awesome attitudes

@TheWelshGardener 3 года назад

Huw looking at the camera after knocking over the sweetcorn made me laugh a lot!😂 Great video!

@LizZorab 3 года назад

Glad you enjoyed!

@amormagisterestoptimus 3 года назад

Dear madame, first I was a little afraid to listen to your video,because your english is a little faster than mister Huws,but it works.I will tell that to my teacher.And the best is that I will have some vegtables I never thought that I will be able to grow. Its enough work with the fruits.But a few days bevore I went to my wild beans (wild because I sew (sew sew sew?☺️) them ,and thought that the little angles will to the rest.They did so much but they forgot to help the beans finding something where they can climb on.😁 So I dicedet to do it by myself.It was so amazing They grew so well I saw 6 beans,I so in love with them 😍,I just talked to them and told them that I'm happy ,the beans where happy too,that I was talking to them.Maybe I will film them,but I have so much to do,because I decidet to renovate a little .Its a lot to do all the time- but the weather means it good to me because its always raining cats and dogs. Whats a little irritating to me is that the english people are are able to do garden work without getting dirty,to me its not possible,I'm alway getting dirty- I will ask my english teacher if this belongs to the habit of english, or f its only not possible to me.Even when I'm watering its not possible without garden outfit.Believe me I just tried. So I will end here because its late. I'm so happy that I'm not afraid anymore to write in english in public.Thank you so much. Wish you the best Your's sincerley

@melody5437 3 года назад

Laughing! That was lovely. I'm a fellow getting dirty person. The word you were looking for is "sow," which, when it is used to mean "plant" sounds just like "sew" or "so." When it's used talk about a female pig, it sounds like "cow." Congratulations on learning our insane language! Having more or less mastered my own, I've never felt up to the challenge of approaching a second language. Keep sowing your wild beans!

@kobostinywings 3 года назад

*Never* feel afraid to write publicly - we can understand you perfectly! Well done for doing it! I can promise you that there is definitely one English person (me) that finds it impossible to stay clean when gardening (but hey, that's all part of the fun) 😁 Enjoy your day and enjoy your gardening, it really is an incredibly rewarding hobby 😀

@amormagisterestoptimus 3 года назад

@@kobostinywings ❤

@FreeAmerican 3 года назад

I am American, so we do not speak English either. 😊

@elainebrownbridge4597 2 года назад

There is nothing social about social distancing !!! :) Long live humanity and contact. Long live love and nature xxxxx

@rajishmaharaj7552 3 года назад

Huw's reaction to accidentally pulling a potato while liz was talking was hilarious. To add to it his reaction with the corn made me laugh.

@LizZorab 3 года назад

Yes, his face was a picture!

@jesss78 3 года назад

It's always a special treat to get Huw AND Liz in a video together! Love it 🙌💚 I bet it was an amazing day.🌄

@theirishcountrywoman6218 3 года назад

Ha Huws face, like a naughty child 🤣🤣 Brilliant! Waiting for a dry day to lift my potatoes, fingers crossed.

@user-kv5jz5qh3t 11 месяцев назад

hello from new zealand..originally Yorkshire.....you inspire me Liz.....sitting in a wintry tunnel house dreaming of how my paddock will look if i dont stuff up!

@LizZorab 11 месяцев назад

Thank you! I dream of living in New Zealand, it seems a much gentler (more sensible) place.

@doraw7766 Год назад

So nice to see you working together. Lovely.

@henriettaczokoly 3 года назад

Both of our teachers are together ♥️♥️♥️ Good to see you both ♥️

@LizZorab 3 года назад

Thank you Jetta!

@fzjohnson 3 года назад

My favourite combo. The TV networks should wake up & nab these two for a regular series we'd all watch. 😊

@henriettaczokoly 3 года назад

@@fzjohnson definitely! I would like to see them in TV ♥️

@shoelessglo4343 3 года назад

@@fzjohnson Excellent idea!

@laceysnursery5080 3 года назад

Huws face when he saw that seed in his hand 🤣😂🤣😂 priceless

@Time2ski27 2 года назад

Holy cow. That is cool. People still kind of mow their lawns here so will try this next April. Love your videos and your English accents…

@LizZorab 2 года назад

Awesome! Thank you!

@elizabethsansom6447 2 года назад

Thank you for sharing. Lucky you get to hang out with huw.

@mr.zafner8295 3 года назад

Oh my days. How delightful

@jackiesnell3481 3 года назад

We never harvest our potatoes until the tops of the plant are almost dead.. you still had a lot of growth that could have gone into your potato there... It was amazing to learn of you growing them this way and I enjoyed the video.. thanks

@LizZorab 3 года назад

Hi Jackie, the potatoes flowered a couple of weeks before we harvested and I needed them for our weekly veg boxes, so up they came. 😃

@toneyjohnson8910 3 года назад

I grew potatoes in 12 5 Gal. pots with bagged soil and harvested 44 lbs of potatoes. We have really been enjoying them.

@andymoore9977 3 года назад

With Liz and Huw you can really sense the passion and enthusiasm and how well they spark off each other. Such a nice change from 'scripted' TV stuff and yet one can also sense that Liz and Huw's practical and technical knowledge is top notch and always relevant to their audience as well. 05:30 'Grass and Pond weed' sounds more like an interesting fusion soup to me! I think harvesting potatoes like this is 'up there' with bursting bubble wrap as a brilliant therapeutic pastime (not work).

@LizZorab 3 года назад

Thank you for your lovely feedback Andy. Yes harvesting spuds is up there with bubble wrap popping!

@nicolaj3294 3 года назад

What a great haul, I'd be very happy with that. Sound was fine. Huw's face when he squashed the sweet corn was priceless. Love you two❤🌽🥔

@kobostinywings 3 года назад

Hey Liz, just wanted to say that without a shadow of any doubt that you are *my fave* RU-vidr! Keeps the vids coming! Big hello from the Channel Islands 👋🏼

@LizZorab 3 года назад

Wow, thank you! That's so kind of you 😃

@TheDevonblacksmith 3 года назад

Thank you for that video. I also use grass for my veg. I find it works well and after a few years it changes the clay soil to a nice mix of organic and mineral content.

@RoseThistleArtworks 3 года назад

What a great harvest! It's so cool to see Huw here. He seems so kind and helpful. I love a collab.

@saschathinius7082 3 года назад

I just love the two of you working together... and your accents are so nice to listen too

@rubygray7749 2 года назад

That's a wonderful way to utilise the neighbour's waste problem and build new soil, while earthing up potatoes. The top growth looks magnificent. I'm sure they tasted superb. There's a wise axiom, "You're not gardening sustainably unless you are creating more soil than you are using up, every year." One thing I can never understand about British gardening gurus, even Monty and Charles, is why they always pull up their potatoes before they're even half grown. So many tiny spuds that never got the chance to reach their potential. All that top leaf and stem growth that should have been drawn down into the tubers! In Tasmania we are accustomed to seeing vast fields of spuds, all the haulms dead and shriveled on top. Then the fully grown potatoes are progressively harvested through the winter. Another harvesting method used by organic no-dig gardeners is to "bandicoot" potatoes. Leave the growing plant, but rummage around carefully beneath the mulch to feel for the biggest ones, whenever you need some to eat, then allow the smaller ones to keep growing. A bandicoot is a small native animal, a nocturnal marsupial that scratches holes in the ground to find edible roots and grubs.

@LizZorab 2 года назад

Often the reason for harvesting early is to avoid blight. It's better to have some potatoes than have the crop ruined by blight. Often we harvest because we are too impatient to wait longer. I harvested these because I was using them for our veg boxes, but also because I needed the space for other crops. Early potatoes, which is what I mostly grow, are chosen because they need less time to reach an edible size, even if they are smaller. 🌻

@MarkyBigSmoke 3 года назад

Love the drone! plus the potatoes were amazing - what a great success Liz. Thanks you for the inspiration.

@CranberryCake 3 года назад

I really enjoy these kind of videos, I'm so happy I found you!!!

@lynnrushton7458 3 года назад

Great watching you & Huw garden together 😍 fab potato haul 👌

@mylazydaygarden2628 3 года назад

This was so much fun to watch. You both looked like you were having fun. Nice potato harvest, gets me in the mood to go dig up my own. Thanks Liz, very much enjoyed. Take care.

@FrannyDoMakes 3 года назад

Having a go with grass cutting potatoes in pots this year. Planted up with compost first then mulched the top with cuttings and just added another good layer now the plants are looking established. Excited to see the results compared to last years just compost attempt. #newgardener!

@LizZorab 3 года назад

If you are in UK or another country that is experiencing very heavy rainfall, be aware that your potatoes under grass cuttings may attract slugs because of the excess moisture.

@FrannyDoMakes 3 года назад

@@LizZorab thanks I will keep an eye out!

@cathconnolly2562 3 года назад

Great to see you going from strength to strength Liz.

@marilynheinrichs7287 3 года назад

Two of my favorite gardeners!! 💞

@suzyq6767 3 года назад

You've given me a great idea. I get to move to 26 acres in the country, which necessitates putting in a new garden and orchard. This year, I'm going to focus on getting the trees in and making compost for the new raised beds. You showed me how I might still grow a little something in this video. I can grow right in the hay and straw as they compost. Thank you, very much.

@miabergstrom9887 3 года назад

I always does the same in frames that i can build like in four frames of hight. A little layer of Compost on the bottom directly in contact with the soil on the bottom and then only grassklippings om the top. Works really nice here in Sweden.

@terryclark7505 3 года назад

Thanks Liz I I'll give it a try next year. My son in law wants to try . Your garden is beautiful. It's been very dry here this year. Thanks for the useful ideas.

@elizabethbooth9000 3 года назад

Hi! I just put a few potatos on a small piece of ground where nothing would grow, covered with clippings and this week found about a pound of nice clean potatos and did they taste good, going to do more next year Thank you for the idea.

@lorraineg8134 3 года назад

Super job Liz, nice to have company to harvest, and a great harvest ye had. Ive done grass cutting for some of mine and had great produce so far. Thanks for sharing.

@Annie.xx-xx 3 года назад

Wow some of them spuds 🥔 were huge . And your squash look fantastic Liz, the foliage looks really healthy x 🐝🐓🥔🦋

@karenb221 3 года назад

Great collaboration thanks Liz and Hugh

@zoedaniel3741 3 года назад

I love the friendship you two have developed, really comes across on the videos. I love both your channels, keep up the good work.

@LizZorab 3 года назад

Thank you so much!

@vmcougarintn5035 3 года назад

What a nice haul. Even better because you had company to delve for them. (Grin) Thanks for sharing. Stay safe.

@wobblybobengland 3 года назад

Rock dust with a sulphur content should help against scab

@Roo-s_Life 3 года назад

Great harvest there, thanks for sharing, super way to grow them 🥔😊👍

@GutenGardening 3 года назад

Thank you for sharing! We love growing and harvesting potatoes. It is such a versatile crop in term of how you can plant it. It lends itself to your own creativity. Which as gardeners we fully embrace. This year we are also trying a no dig method and we should know the results shortly. Our hybrid raised bed (predominately native clay soil with compost) method was productive however the harvest was hard on the back. Congrats on you no dig grass clipping method! We might try that next season. Cheers!

@debrandw246 3 года назад

Beautiful. Just beautiful. Thank you

@Catsrule7 Год назад

I was very excited about this as I had a load of both old chicken bedding and new grass clippings. So a couple of weeks ago I planted a load of chitted potatoes. Unfortunately daily rain plus warm sunshine in between the rain showers has meant the grass clippings have turned into a hot slimy mess and the potatoes underneath have already gone rotten.

@LizZorab Год назад

Sorry to read that the weather conspired against you. If you try again, make sure that you have mixed the bedding with the clippings to avoid it becoming an anaerobic mess.

@Catsrule7 Год назад

Thanks Liz. I removed all the mess and started again, and I will certainly try again with a mixture - the new plantings are already coming through, and I will add the mulch more slowly. I used far too much to start. In the rest of the vegetable garden where I have build up the mulch slowly everything is flourishing. I have learned a lot from your channel and especially from your book Grounded.

@AfonbachDesigns 3 года назад

Love the joint videos with you and Huw.

@debrabray8855 3 года назад

Fabulous! I was planning on this method for my next planting of potatoes. So glad to see how well it worked. Great to see you and Huw in the garden together.

@GutenGardening 3 года назад

We are also trying a no dig method this year. We should know the results shortly, fingers crossed. It should definitely make the harvesting process easier!

@jackosallotment6224 3 года назад

Cool potato reveal just dug mine up had a good harvest but your method looks so much better for your back as you said cheers 🍻

@jgrady9553 3 года назад

great harvest with two favorite gardeners!

@markfrancis9106 3 года назад

Love the harvest Liz. May try that way next year👍👍

@danieldonado6814 3 года назад

What a harvest and very inspiring! Hoping my first planting of potatoes looks like yours ☺️

@GutenGardening 3 года назад

Agreed! Being productive in the garden is both fun and inspiring. Every chance we get we try to encourage our family, friends and neighbors to give gardening a try!

@pennyclark9079 3 года назад

Yes I’ve been inspired by you to do this just in one small patch. The potatoes are bigger healthy and definitely tastier than in soil!!!!!

@jeannetteellis2034 2 года назад

What a great harvest!! Thank you for sharing!! I can’t wait to use this with my straw compost pile!!! I hate saying this but I couldn’t take my eyes off Mr. Richards. (Eye candy) (Sorry if that comes off as rude, not meant to be, it’s more a compliment!!)

@LizZorab 2 года назад

Jeanette, next week my video is the reveal of this year's no dig potatoes harvest - with a surprising result!

@simplifygardening 3 года назад

Great haul Liz. nice that huw was able to help you dig them out. Plenty of mulch there. I need to get my spuds out. they have had to go all growing season fending for themselves

@LizZorab 3 года назад

Hi Tony, it was indeed a great haul, I was very pleased with the results and will certainly be doing that again next year!

@carolineholland4178 3 года назад

Great fun to watch! I had a go at this method this year and had a good crop but made a couple of mistakes. I was reluctant to just place the seed potatoes on the surface so planted them to the depth of my trowel and I should have continued to earth up with more grass clippings. I ended up with quite a few green potatoes and had to fork out some that had grown beneath the soil surface. Next year I will just leave the seed on the surface and apply much more material. I am interested to see what your succession crop will be. Thank you Liz and Huw I love your videos.

@spoolsandbobbins 3 года назад

Yay! I love this!! You two are the best. We love u from Nova Scotia

@trevor33jan1 3 года назад

well done Liz, always thinking outside the box. perfect result and one we can all try to copy x

@LizZorab 3 года назад

Thank you Trevor!

@lesleyobrien4661 3 года назад

Great fun and inspirational to watch.

@wellingtonsboots4074 3 года назад

Enjoyed this video. Have to try growing in grass clippings too. Thank you

@JJLewin1 3 года назад

Great idea Liz, I will give it a go with grass clippings and compost.

@Weeflowerofscotland 3 года назад

The dream team 👍❤️ I would just love to transport you and Huw up to my garden for a day of teaching me your magic 😍😆

@lynnfomison3935 3 года назад

Very interesting. Thankyou. One year when I tried this I had a lot of slug damage but you have inspired me to try again. The 3 foot long Potato stem was interesting! I dislike tall haulms and so for early potatoes grow Swift. Especially useful in the polytunnel. Last tear I grew Vitabella. It had a heavy crop of good potatoes but with very tall stems. I could not get the seed this year because of lockdown but I will certainly grow them again despite the tallness!

@margaretsofocleous8137 3 года назад

Congratulations on your potato harvest Liz. You and Hugh work so well together. It is mid to high 30,s here. We managed to have a 5 day holiday all inclusive in a nice hotel before too many tourists were let into Cyprus without testing. Spyros was able to get into the swimming pool courtesy of some very nice UN and British forces serving in Cyprus who were staying at the hotel with their families. I had a wonderful time and felt the benefit of being waited on . It was great. I felt so fortunate to be in a country where things were under control with covid 19. Unfortunately this last week has seen an increase in numbers and we now have to wear masks in shops etc once again. 300 euro fine for those not obeying. BRITISH tourists have been allowed to enter this week but have to be tested before they board the plane . My tomato plants did not produce much this year. Spyros 86 year old sister garden has been wonderful. Tomatoes squash black eyed beans aubergines and peppers to name just a few. She has a bore hole and electrically pumps the water to the garden. At the very bottom of the garden , which is part of the remaining forest area , turned into a river this spring with all the rain we had. I am sure you have mentioned it before but I have forgotten the source of your water for your gardens. Great to see you. Have a wonderful week xxxxx Margaret in Cyprus

@growinginthecountry646 3 года назад

Have tried the grass clippings method myself this year, hope to have as much success as you have clearly had with it! 🙂

@gladesgardengirl8328 3 года назад

Hi Liz, I am a new gardener trying to grow a few things in my backyard in Belle Glade FL. I’ve been encouraging my sister in Jamaica to do the same so she started her garden too. I told her to check out RU-vid which she did and found your video about the potatoes and sent me. I tried it and is very eager to see what potatoes are going to look like. I need to improve my garden so I’ll be looking out for your videos.

@jasons-jungle 3 года назад

Great harvest there. I use grass as a mulch but not as heavy as this, usually a couple of inches on top of the soil and the spuds planted down into the bed. I'll have to try this out next year if I can get the grass early in the season, otherwise I may do it for the second cropping if I remember.

@kerryl4031 3 года назад

I think it has been a good year for spuds here. The Charlottes have gone bonkers and we have huge tubers! I think they make really nice baking potatoes - just as well really! LOL! Planted in compost but grass clippings piled up and up and up! The wind blew a lot off, but got piled back on again! Nice video and thank you :D

@ToaderMihali 3 года назад

really nice , this year is my first year gardening , next year I might do this as well

@GraftingTactick 3 года назад

Great video, very humorous , thanks for sharing 👍

@LizZorab 3 года назад

Glad you enjoyed it

@amaris3767 3 года назад

Such a fun video. And a great idea. I grew potatoes in straw and soil blend this year. The potatoes were beautiful, but low yields. I think I was afraid to water enough because it might have made the hay moldy. It was a good experiment though. I enjoy your videos so much, thank you!

@lisagialucci2296 3 года назад

Your doing so well - seems like green beans would do well this way also 🌼

@MrMadfarmer 3 года назад

This sure worked good so I think I will try this next year and I sure love your Videos very much.....

@redredwine1277 3 года назад

I enjoyed watching, very entertaining, thanks for sharing❤️

@LizZorab 3 года назад

Glad you enjoyed, thanks for dropping by 😃

@insidekateskitchen 3 года назад

Liz, what a super harvest. I'm going to plant my potatoes in the grass and compost next spring. Thanks so much for the share! Cheers!

@LizZorab 3 года назад

Hi Kate, thanks, I think my veg box customers enjoyed the potatoes!

@insidekateskitchen 3 года назад

@@LizZorab Hi Liz, wish we were closer, would love those veg boxes.

@dilaur2983 3 года назад

Looking good. I have not tried this method. Looks so easy....I normally wait until the plants die back to allow them to come to full size and they should store longer.

@lyndaturner3592 3 года назад

Great video Liz and Huw , two things, I planted international Kidney seed potatoes and found on harvesting , several of the seed potatoes were hard and hadn't sprouted. Also I tried some potatoes in a container starting off in compost them mounding up with grass clippings and an occasional layer of compost, worked brilliantly had a very good harvest from the containers.

@esthergermain2628 2 года назад

A great inspiration….. thank you😀

@joycecuffy9421 3 года назад

I really like this method. Just one more method to experiment with in the garden

@georgeandsharkey 3 года назад

I used grass clippings on my potatoes this year after watching your video. It was all I could get my hands on as had moved house, chitted them late and lockdown. I have had a bumper crop, really pleased with the results, hardly any slug damage (despite most warnings about using grass). Thanks.

@ajc7295 3 года назад

A great collab 😄

@carolcurley7840 3 года назад

Great video. Definitely going to try this.

@risasb 3 года назад

Clippings and poultry bedding is how we have always done it as that is what we have. Maybe not high production on our heavy clay but quite sufficient!

@tessasilberbauer6219 3 года назад

I'm certain you're going to end up with amazing soil after a few years of that treatment 😁

@briansgardenandpolytunnel8172 3 года назад

potatos in grass clippings works a treat, liz. i once did it when i was younger and worked in the parks. plenty clippings come straight from the bowling green. perfect. no weeds. all i did was a usual trench and laid 6 inches of clippings. laid the potatos and covered with another 6 inches of clippings finished with the trench backfilled. when they were lifted, there was no scab or slug holes. clean as you can get........................brian

@stevendowden2579 3 года назад

lovely video all looks great

@LizZorab 3 года назад

Thanks so much Steven!

@efitz3397 3 года назад

I planted my potatoes into a no dig compost bed and mulched with grass clippings. The results were excellent. They are fun to harvest, a bit like collecting eggs. Great turn over for very little effort. And to think I was considering giving up growing veg due to arthritis. Apart from slow tomatoes, everything has grown in abundance. 😀🙏

@kmoney14141 3 года назад

Nice to see the end result

@luanllluan 3 года назад

Ok, but who does gardening with a shirt and a watch xD Huw has so much class Always nice to see you two together, enjoy the potatoes!

@HuwRichards 3 года назад

I was on my way back from filming for ITV in Hampshire so had limited clothes to garden in 😉

@luanllluan 3 года назад

@@HuwRichards you were just right! you're such an inspiration, keep on!!!

@kitdubhran2968 3 года назад

I’m growing mine in a literal cardboard box. The water can seep out, as it needs to. The weight of the soil packs it into the shape and then I can just keep adding soil over the top and dump everything out onto a tarp once I’m done. Can’t wait until I can harvest. I also have a squash growing! Which is fantastic because I didn’t have any last year because it was too cool all year.

@lucynickless4242 3 года назад

Great video both! I've been harvesting my potatoes with my hands from the earth this season & it's such a lovely process. If we can't get hold of animal bedding what else can we mix with the grass clippings? Also, it would be really helpful to know what you are likely to fill the veg with over winter. Thanks both for your great advice & information.

@millionairementality_ Год назад

Good information. Thank you!

@LizZorab Год назад

Glad it was helpful!

@roslynwilliams9420 3 года назад

I first heard of this method of potato harvesting in America they call it the Ruth Stout method. A generation ago, Ruth Stout was world famous as the "No-Work Gardener." Her secret was a layer of permanent straw or old-hay mulch over everything. She was best known for growing potatoes by "just throwing them" on the ground and covering them with hay.

@lindahipple4817 3 года назад

Roslyn Williams, Ruth Stout method works really well! I grew up gardening using this method, I've got really heavy clay soil..blessings.

@roslynwilliams9420 3 года назад

@@lindahipple4817 I will try it next year. I have been hearing great things about it.

@LizZorab 3 года назад

Hi Roslyn, yes this is based on the Ruth Stout method, I was experimenting with using fresh grass clippings rather than dried hay - as you will find in my video of how to grow in grass clippings.

@roslynwilliams9420 3 года назад

@@LizZorab not being critical of your method I love all your videos and you giving me an alternative method besides hay or straw. I Urban Garden in the city grass clippings is easier to get.

@freelivingtennessee 3 года назад

I just hooked my potatoes up with grass clippings and gotta finish the beds. But I was unsure if I was doing the right thing bc of its ability to shade the sun. Worried about green potatoes. But now watching your video I see this is an excellent choice!

@kosmosjk 3 года назад

Hi Liz, I hope you are all well. That was an inspirational video and has given me a lot to think about for next years potatoes. I am thinking a kind of lasagne method with grass cuttings, old chicken bedding, clean straw, and old horse bedding - all things I have free access to, hmmmmmmmm, interesting :-)

@earlr9381 3 года назад

Excellent healthy plants. Pity you didn't add a vertical tower (ring of wire) to force the potato plant to produce more

@guylamullins3602 3 года назад

I used used goat bedding this year with compost. It worked wonders for potatoes. The weather got hot in July and the potatoes were done. I haven’t planted anything afterwards and tried a few yellow crookneck seeds but they’re growing slower. Indiana climate is different than yours for compost and mulching so experimenting with those few squash seed told me what I needed to know. I’m going to let that bed sit for a moment or try pea seeds instead when the weather starts cooling down a bit. July here got into the upper 90’s and was a combination of dry one week and super wet the next.

@guylamullins3602 3 года назад

The yellow crookneck are doing fine and I planted some peas in a bare spot in that potato bed. They’ve sprouted and are growing. We’ll see. I’m doing a second seeding of carrots in the same carrot bed.