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I am really enjoying watching all your videos. I'm a 72 year old lady and have never done any gardening. I've just built a raised garden in my pocket sized garden and am so excited about trying to grow vegetables. Your beginners video was very clear, but you mentioned how everyone makes mistakes. Sadly I don't think I'll have time for that...so I'll have to get it right first tilme 😜. I'm looking forward to many more of your videos
Bless you and I hope you're enjoying your garden and produce!! Always tastes better than shop bought, and that's a fact!! Namaste 🙏💞 Andrea and Critters. ..XxX...
I’m 76 and started on my journey to grow as much as I could in 2020. Yes, mistakes happen, weather doesn’t always cooperate, and you need to protect young crops against birds and other creatures. But don’t give up, keep whacking in those seeds and you will be amazed at what you can grow. Don’t be frightened to experiment or be intimidated by the immaculate plots you often see on RU-vid.
Does anyone else wish he had a channel that shows us how he prepares and uses all these incredible veggies? Roasted leeks?! SHOW US!!! Never even heard of it! He'd have such a lovely cooking show!
Try roasting leeks with fennel - leeks cut to 1cm slices, the fennel sliced lengthways, toss in olive oil,sea salt and black pepper, a crushed garlic clove snd a shot of dry vermouth ('cinzano' or 'martini') - wide shallow roasting dish, about 30 mins at 180c. Great with fish or lamb.
With cilantro you get so much seed I end up harvesting and using it as a continual covercrop during the summer. Pollinators love it for when it flowers, and it protects beds from being bare during turnovers. During this major heatwave we had here in western Canada my cannellini bean starts were protected by cilantro that was growing all around it. Doesn't matter if it is bolting all the time just keep throwing down the seed and pull when you want to make space in a bed.
Succession sowing is my big goal this season! In previous years, I have never had a plan for what happens to my beds after I harvest the main crop. Now, I have an array of turnips, beets, pak choi, mibuna and chard seeds ready to fill out the vacant spaces left by garlic, potatoes etc. Thanks for making this video! It's so uplifting to see that the fun of sowing doesn't have to stop when spring is over.
I also noticed an experienced gardener at our community garden growing daikon radish after garlic. I tried it and liked it. I also successfully tried white turnip and not so successfully the rutabaga. I'll stick to white and salad, my favourite.
Watching your videos I'm learning about veggies I never heard of. I now have a list I take to my local farmers market to purchas and taste test (yes I do wait for it to be inseason, so I know they are at their peak flavors). If my family likes them they go on the "to grow" list.
How and when do you harvest the pollen? I imagine you have to let the plants over winter and then go to seed and season 2, if they are biennial like carrots, is that right? Does the bulb get woody at that point, so that you are essentially sacrificing the bulb for the pollen? So many questions! 😄 I'd be interested in trying it even if just with one plant!
Thank you - I'd never heard of that. Now I HAVE GOT to try to it! I grow perennial fennel, no bulb. I'm going to try to collect some pollen from it and see what it's like. At least it sets pollen reliably every year, so fingers crossed! 😋
@@that_auntceleste5848 Just cut yellow flowering heads early, before they get seedy. Chop and cut into butter or add to pickles, or sprinkle on salads or pastas as a pretty garnish. I use fennel seed in many things i cook also - pasta sauces, roasting pans, stuff i boil, like rice. Use it in breads, or a pinch raw raw to soothe your stomach - and sweeten your breath. Sprinkle the fennel seed on pizza while it is hot...sweet and savory go great together. More like that!
Containers gardening with side holes and made layers sticks, leaves, top soil, compost, cow poo or earthworm castings and premium container soil, easy to protect and movable. Cover with tulle. I put my containers in chairs or on bricks off ground. Instant , movable beds
Companion planting with lavender, rosemary, marigold helps. I recommend researching integrated pest management sprays using biodegradable soap, citric acid and essential plant oils.
Yes, I'm in zone 8, think it's way too early to sow the ones that like cool weather. Most of my summer stuff has died, so I don't know what to do. Maybe try another round of squashes, see if they do better the 2nd time...
Just go by the average first frost dates, remember to add a couple weeks to days to maturity since stuff grows slower as it turns to fall. You have to get it in the ground or a pot if you want to have time to get a harvest. Use microclimates, dappled shade, morning and late evening sun and shade cloth to your advantage.
Oh dear I think I used very bad compost, it seems to be attracting small black flys and greenfly, but now lately I’m seeing big black flys walking around the soil, ( I’ve my veg in buckets 🪣) Are they laying eggs, they don’t seem to fly off when I lift leaves outta the way, This is my first time growing HELP 😂
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Thanks Huw. Lovely to see your flourishing garden. Here in New Zealand I"m adding 6 months onto your timeframe and hope I'll remember to check this video out when our summertime is here.
It´s interesting to see the diferences between several countrys. I´m living in Germany, which isn´t that far away from you, and we sow kohlrabi out in march. and i harvested the first one this week.
Not related at all but I somehow got the urge to say that while I'm waiting for my first harvest of raspberries, I'm picking wild raspberries growing in our neighbour's hedge. I can't wait to taste the real deal though!
@@wayneking9997 that’s very true! There have been times where I wanted to give up because vegetables wouldn’t grow but gradually understood the reasons why.
This is the first year I am planting in modules now for mid-July planting. I am zone 8, and we had too much rain and very cool temperatures this last spring, so everything is a bit behind, but they do catch up. I intercrop quite a bit, which is amazing to see. I struggle with beats for some reason, so I will see how they do planting now (in late June), to see if I have better luck than in early spring or autumn to winter over. Thank you Huw for everything you have taught me - Sean from the US state of Oregon, in Portland.
I have to wait until end of September to do anything since I'm in Texas, USA where it's so hot. Being in August we really just started summer with 98f/36c all day long. But I'm looking forward to it and putting in reminders in my phone to remind myself to plant when the time comes!
I can share oregano plants and beet seed with anyone in Portland area. Happy to get some of your excess figs, squash or Kale in trade. Our chickens love compost scraps. We'll have Plums to swap in August also. 8b is our zone, and we always get a cool rain 3rd week of August, so that helps plants limping along in drought, or that we can get started in summer. Our rain barrels are now empty, and I tote grey-water out from sink and shower containers daily. Weekly deep watering is fine for most plants, once established.
What a wonderful way to wind down a particularly stressful week, sipping a nice dirty martini and listening to Huw's soothing voice. Wonderful video sir!
Hi. We are 3 months into having our allotment and really enjoying it. We are due to dig up our first early potatoes next week (we were late planting them as we didn’t get the plot until April) my question is what can I plant in their place and will I have to dig in some manure again. Thanks so much I really find your videos invaluable.
Great video - i'm working on a friends allotment at the moment and was wondering whether Hedgehogs make for good organic combatants against pests and insects that would otherwise eat foods grown? I don't think there are any in the area where the allotment is but the allotment itself would be perfect for them i would imagine. We're finding plenty of slugs, snails, worms and especially flies around freshly turned over dirt. Are hedgehogs helpful for allotments?
Climate difference. Australia is in their winter. Here in the US in Indiana we’re in Summer. It’s extremely hot and humid. This year we had warmer weather a few weeks in April so I grew radishes, beets, peas, spring onion and lettuce under low tunnels. The first week in May it snowed. June it got hot and dry followed by the heat and thunderstorms the last week. I tucked in peppers and tomatoes as I was pulling out early plants. The dry weather didn’t help them get a good start so I’m just hoping they get better. I started butternut squash and zucchini in another bed away from my apple trees. In that same area I did try brussel sprouts and broccoli. They did well until the end of June then died back with the dry heat. I put in okra and cucumbers in their place. Short term brassicas do better here like radishes and turnips. In August I plant more radishes, lettuce and greens that I cover in October and normally have greens until Christmas. Indiana climate is different. I do like how you do poly culture and succession planting. You have some very good information.
Muitas pessoas estão com medo da insegurança alimentar por causa da pandemia e dos preços dos alimentos que estão cada vez mais altos aqui no Brasil. Eu quero fazer uma horta para garantir a diversidade e qualidade da minha alimentação, mas o solo de onde moro é muito rochoso e eu ainda não sei que medidas tomar sobre isso.
Maybe test your solid for nutrients and pH first. Do you have a local agricultural office who can do the testing? They may be able to give you ideas how to work with your type of soil condition, too.
Thank you 😊 for the Gardening advice. I am learning so much from others that garden 🪴 Here in Nova Scotia Canada 🇨🇦. And online. Just loving 🥰 homesteading.
Oh I wished I lived where you at. To hot in south east Texas. So July is about getting ready for winter. Like October, even then is so hot like in the 90s. Beautiful garden you have!
Another great video. Thank you so much. You’ve mentioned herbs. Do you have any tips for growing them? I live in zone 7, so fat I’ve tried putting parsley, coriander and dill seeds in the ground, in containers and in modules and nothing seems to be working. Another vegetable I’m struggling with too is celery, it sprouts but it seems to be 3mm tall forever😄. It would really help some info
If this was July in my country (Tunisia) then all greens would have turned into grey. All herbs die because of sun heat and lack of water. Only few parts of the countries where there is shadow and forests stay little green. You are blessed by water in your country. Be mindful about that. Just the look at your garden at least from my point of view is as if I'm looking at some kind of heaven. All the luck.
How do you get everything through the hot weather, especially when everything’s so tiny? My ground is so dry, even soaking it morning and evening. Last year I couldn’t get anything young through July and August.
I heard Fennal doesn't like being put by many vegetables. What did you put them by in this video Huw as I couldn't quite work it out. I have grown some and they need to go out.
It is late July, and I wanted to order some Sarpo Mira seed potatoes, to try growing some in time for Christmas - but all the online retailers have none in stock, and say they only supply them from January up till late Spring. So, how do I get hold of some in order to grow them for Christmas eating?!
Thanks for this… Will this all or a few of this survive in Irish weather and outside… no greenhouse… also how to manage slugs… more than half of my produce is eaten by them… beer traps working but they are always there…. Sheep wool does not work… do garlic spray on and off
Because of family circumstances will need to be away from the garden whole August, would love to have a what to sow first week of September video if there's anything that would work. Had it not been an allotment I would have installed an irrigation system and let the plants grow with the weeds but that's not an option
That garden looks lovely! Unfortunately my veggie growing has all but stopped. And I can only eat one of those crops mentioned, Italian kale. Since finding out I have high oxalate levels and have to avoid high oxalate foods, nearly all fruit and veg is off the menu. I am sad, but now I grow more flowers instead.
With starting seeds in module trays during the summer , do I leave the module trays outside ? Shade ? Sun ? I’m only used to sowing in trays in early spring under lights in the house . Sumner sowing is new to me !
Thank you for your informative videos that are encouraging me to keep growing. May I ask that you include in your text a list of specific varieties that you mention. That would be very helpful. Otherwise, I'm having to pause the video, rewind to listen again and guess spellings. Many thanks.
great video! I have been growing some herbs with a fair amount of success, this has made me want to try to plant some of these late ones for the bunnies to eat over winter!
Hi Huw, ive tried 4-5 times to start off beets both in the ground and in module trays. I've tried watering little and often, every 3-4 days and even letting them dry out. Nothing has flourished. Help. What am I doing wrong? I really want to grow several varieties this autumn but dont know how. Yours look lovely so it must be me. I'm a no dig allotment gardener. usually I do quite well with my fruit and veg. Regards Kimx
Hi there. If you are having seed germination problems from direct sow, I would use the paper towel and ziplock bag method. Keep them in a dark place where the temperature is mildly warm. Check them every few days by picking up the bag and holding them up to the light so you can see the seeds in the paper towel. They should sprout out of the seed and are then ready to plant individually into soil. - Hope this helps, and good luck !
Hi Huw, yes it is completely mad this time of the year for seed sowing, it is none stop right now and I have no intention of slowing down. I have never really got on with Kohl Rabi due to the space it takes to grow...Steve...😃
@@andreahorsch286 I am here in Ohio, too. I am amused... and a bit jealous..when so many UK gardeners refer to their U.S. zones! They are milder all the way around, with more like zone 7 or 8 winter temps but summer highs far lowers than ours. Of course, our warm summers means we find winter squash, melons, sweet potatoes, and eggplant easier to grow ( lots of U.K gardeners have tips on creating warm microclimates for those, but we just plop them in the ground!), so I can accept that our pea and salad season is so much shorter! :) I learn so much from this channel and Charles Dowding on general garden principals, but I watch an Ohio gardener, Growfully With Jenna, who gives seasonal growing tips more appropriate for our climate. She has a similar video out now for June. I am hoping for a July or August one soon. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-t5dRO1knU5k.html She does mention.. on Instagram I think... That this is the time for planting brassicas like cabbages and broccoli in starter pots so they will be healthy and strong to go in once the weather cools off enough for them. And I know I am sowing a lot of bush beans still because they mature so quickly and I like to have staggered harvests so every couple of weeks I plant another couple more feet of them. Though... The patch I did this weekend is probably the last. We still have quite a lot of time left in our growing season before first Frost. Depends on the area but anywhere from 75 to 90 days and if we have a late first Frost it's even longer. But as you point out the bigger issue is how hot it is for us. This past week of 90° days has been really rough on the plants and I'm just glad that it's rained. So we really don't do the whole get ready for winter stuff for another month but if we want to fall garden and we like to plant from seedlings it's good to put those things in pots now so that we can plant them in 6 weeks or so.
