A feel good movie 🌻😊 Following your method, last year I planted my leeks in clumps of three to four when they were transplanted outside. It worked out so great that I will probably never plant them individually again. The harvest was increased considerably, and we have harvested leeks for 10 months of use. Before I could get a 6 months supply of leek from that size of bed. Amazing! 💚
@@CharlesDowding1nodig Yes, this is the first time ever since I've been watching your videos, from way back when you began at Homeacres, that the sound is muffled and I'm straining to hear it.
I really enjoyed this format and with the new, I assume, camera setup that allows for swooping around and up and under the protection fabrics and for extremely nice close-ups of low level plants. I am not sure if it is, 'new', but it was the first time I've noticed it as a stylistic element (very nice). Also, as someone with hearing problems (mild) it was interesting to see youtube's auto-caption system throw up some strange guesses.
Thank you Kenneth and I'm interested to read this because some people say it gives them vertigo! Very difficult to please everybody! We did pay for subtitles which did not originally go up, my mistake, and the ones there now should be more correct! I know what you mean about the guesses...
Your tour was awsome thank you so much. And you where talking about the dry compost from the green waist facility what do you think if I only would use that one because the one I get has the same problem, is super dry and holds not much water. Is it going to work with no dig with that compost from that greenwaist facility ? Because my homemade compost is not weedfree because i make a cold composting proces because I don’t have the time to make it right way. Thanks for your opinion. Have a great week
Yes that compost you have purchased would not work well on its own to fill a bed this spring. It needs to ripen for probably six months, going by your description. Your home-made compost on the other hand sounds fantastic. Just because you did not like it hot, does not make it bad. It will have lots of microbes and the weed seeds will be easy to remove. Or you could put it at the bottom of a bed and then just two inches/5 cm maximum of the green waste compost on top which will be weed free, and will collect microbes from your compost below.
@@CharlesDowding1nodig Ok thanks you so much for your opinion do you think the green waist compost will hold the water after the 6 months better ? Or do you mean it because, its way to fresh and not the write mikrobs in the soil? Because I made last year a trial with that compost the first seedlings have been burnt from the sun because it was to quickli dring oute now I know when it’s fresh I water 2 times a day so it workes. Was funny but I still love the good aspects of no dig! Or
Charles I want to thank you for being deeply inspirational to Gardeners... I've watched your videos for years and I've always been able to literally feel your passion for growing coming through the screen... You, along with Huw, Simplify Gardening, Self Sufficient Me, Red Gardens and a few others have inspired me to start my own gardening channel just one month ago.... so thank you!
I'm looking forward to this years growing season got lots to do for a great harvest. Looking forward to more hint's and tips from you Charles to help me get a successful Harvest. Thanks Mate👍👍
Thank you Charles, for helping me to overcome my horror of bindweed. Once I stopped digging my beds, I found it much easier to manage both the growth and spread. With regular maintenance, even the most infested areas show remarkably improvement.
Everytime I watch Charles I am re inspired and ignited with enthusiasm. I am also a professional grower and this is still the best gardening programme. Deep thanks.
First gardening season ever this year. Following No Dig like the master Dowding. Fingers crossed 🤞🏻. I feel like I'm behind with sowing dates but I don't have enough room lol there's only so many spare windowsills!
Not sure where on this big old planet you are located but I buy big LED shop lights (5000 lumin but they could be higher if you can afford)and my plant seedling love them. My hubby just bought me 4 more and another big stainless steel shelf to put them on. Its been the best investment. The plants are sturdier and grow better. I've even started growing hydroponically under them year round. Lettuces/ greens/boc choi and basil do phenomenal under the LED lights in hydroponics (kratky hydroponics no pumps). Not sure if you've the room but in the US the shop lights can be found for about $23 to $27 each. 4foot long. Hope this helps.
@@Emeraldwitch30 North West, UK. A little colder and damper than Charles but a very similar climate. Lights are a great idea, might invest for next year. Thanks and good luck with your harvest!
@@seanpidduck thank you. I'm expanding my gardens due to the huge price increases in our area of the US(well probably all the world). I hope if you try it works well for you. My husband did the nerdy math for me and calculated that my 4 shop lights cost about $3 to $3.50 usd to run each month and thats literally the cost of 4 cheap heads of iceberg lettuce or 2 heads of fancy loose leaf lettuce. And its fresh and pesticide free. I do use timers too and if course depends on whats growing where some lights might be off. Lol I think soon everyone will be scrambling to get gardens in or rent allotments if they don't have the yards. It will be a while before market prices stabilize.
Mr. Dowding! Thankyou so much for sharing your wisdom. I'm in a wheelchair so I've built raised beds, bottom half full of woodchips, leaves , grass clippings and manure, top half is a mix of compost, top soil, vermiculite and mushroom compost . we'll see what happens. you inspire me greatly thanks again. CHEERS from northern Canada!
What happened to the sound Charles, I could hardly hear you. However, great inspirational vlog as always. I've only just started seed sowing properly. Too cold here. No hurry, things always work out! Thanks for sharing.
Hi Charles, have to agree with the other comments - this recording (and to a lesser extent the previous one) is definitely rather quiet. Perhaps something to review with Alessandro? Best wishes
@@WyrdHag Strange indeed! Watching/listening on a phone I can barely hear the commentary, whereas another of Charles' videos from 3 weeks back for me is fine eg. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-qhBvEG_Pg8Y.html
First no dig garden I started at end or last summer and so far it's way easier to take care of than my dug in garden. I'm definitely going to do no dig from now on. Thanks so much for teaching this.
Hi Charles, we got frost & snow here in the night of April the 1st to 2nd. Fruit trees flower buds were just starting to sprout... Covered the the apple tree with P17 and 30 fleeces the afternoon before that cold wave ; used also air bubbles sheets to wrap the pear tree ; but these are still young trees (4 to 6 years or so). So, how would you do in such situation for older trees ? Removed everything today... Looked again like last year's April blast that compromised nearly all fruits to form. Then layed the fleeces on spinach, carots & onion crops when seeing the thumbnail of your last video ;)
Hello Charles, I've tried several years to grow asparagus plants now ; but it ended all the time with aphids infestations. Haven't found a practical solution to grow them long enough to have sturdy enough plants to transplant in the garden. When did you sow those you're presenting @ 02:25 ; looks these are 4 weeks old seedlings ? And when do you transplant them outside ? Thank you Charles. Just started transplanting germinated melon and watermelon seeds today !
@@CharlesDowding1nodig Don't know why ; but I always sowed them on late summer/early autumn ; will give it another try right now ; have Mary Washington & Connovers colossal seeds left, but I thing they are starting to loose their fertility. Last year (August the 8th) I left the seeds in a glas jar rinced every day until some started to germinate within 15 days, before transplanting them in small pots... Thank you !
WE'VE SHOVELED A LOT OF CRAP IN OUR LIVES BUT NONE AS REWARDING AS SHOVELING OUR OWN HOMEMADE COMPOST !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LET THE ABUNDANCE BEGIN !!!!!!!!!!
I used that very technique to germinate seeds. I built a small structure and filled half with horse manure (clean 🤞) , sawdust, and 100 or so pounds of coffee grounds. Incased it with found plexiglass and temp was steady at 15-17°C in our cold Canadian late winter/early spring. We called it the Microbe-wave ;) Thanks for the inspiration, Charles. As new gardeners, it's great to have success !! Especially being zero cost !! Your garden looks amazing, as always !! Cheers from Victoria Canada 🌱🤞🌱
Absolutely Loved the tour Charles, it was a Wonderful treat, loved the way the plants still amaze you after all these years that’s exactly how I feel at times also, your garden is a credit to you and watching you walk around it I feel it’s easy to know where your Happiest 🌿🌿🌿🥬🥦🥒🥕🌿🌿🌿Love and never miss your Fantastic Videos ☘️
Rendirse nunca es una buena idea 🌱 No es difícil hacer hermosos jardines cuando entiendes cómo funciona todo esto, que es lo que busco explicar y demostrar.
@@CharlesDowding1nodig mi huerto y el jardin han producido muchisimo, imposible dedicarle tanto tiempo, y cada noche 1 de la mañana, atrapar cada babosa , ejercitos de tijeretas 😬🤕 es un cuidado exagerado Sir Charles🤕🌳👍
G, day Charles. I watched a leaky pond video a couple of days ago. The bloke said that happens if there's no sand underneath the topsoil.( then cement if memory serves me correctly). It applies to concrete ponds mostly but I reckon it applies to small dams & dirt floor ponds too.🙂
Thanks. The pond and has become a wet dry feature! I'm happy to leave it like that, because many people say that's a useful for wildlife. The lined pond near to it is also full of different wildlife, three types of newt etc
What do you do with your herbs? In my subtropical climate, they run rampant. I have to yank them out and make a salt from one or more of them. I can remember when you planted your herb garden and thought...finally Charles is catching up with me :-)
I see you do the same as me; fill spare spaces in cell trays with something useful ( for me it's usually multisown radishes, beetroot or turnips). How big is the new, small polytunnel? Looks about right for on a standard allotment.
Charles, thank you! I have started a no-dig and entirely copy your efforts here at Moan Pastures near Limoges, without any previous veg experience. Steep learning curve!
This is another fantastic video but it's left me absolutely discouraged 🥴 I just got an allotment 6 weeks ago and in a hurry to get things started, after watching this video, I realised I made so many mistakes
When you shown the weed roots it reminded me of my neighbours grapes that have invaded anything I grow along side of the fence...the roots really are thick at summers end that I have decided to move my planters.
Hi Charles! How do you know what the next best size to pot on into? Is it whatever you have to hand or is there some formula? Thanks in advance! Cheers!
I’m enjoying your videos. I see citrus in your compost. How much would you say is safe to add please? I was told not to put any in but have 2 trees that we prune and have waste to deal with.
Thanks Kayleen and you can certainly compost citrus! I would put all of your citrus wastes in the heap - we have no upper limit on any individual constituents. Compost heaps are amazing how they convert all wastes.
Hi Charles I just wanted to say that l am Really Enjoying doing the Online Course that l treated myself to for Easter instead of Chocolate. Yours Tasted Better and was well worth the Money. I just wanted to ask a Quick Question when you Use Fleece to Cover Your Vegetables doing you leave it a Bit Slack so that the Vegetables can Grow and have Space. Also have you a List of what Vegetables you Cover with a Fleece and what Vegetables you don't Cover. Is their a Time in the Month that You Start Covering Your Vegetables. Any Help with this would be most Helpful. Many Thanks. Pete 👨🌾 🍅
Nice to hear this Peter and it's pretty simple, that the fleece is pulled quite tight but not too tight. It's certainly not loose which would mean it flaps in the wind and then damages leaves. It's amazing how plant leaves push it up. It's not so much about which vegetables I cover but more about the season and we use fleece in March and April mainly, so shall be using it little after next week
Excellent information as usual, and I thoroughly enjoy the videos. Charles is soft spoken and sometimes it’s difficult to hear the whole sentence. Other than that, fabulous content
Hi Charles, it’s lovely to see your garden grow. Could you plz send the d’inscription of the thermal cover you mentioned in your video? Thanks really appreciate. Take care
Here you are Ana, it's Thermacrop www.gardening-naturally.com/thermacrop-garden-fleece-alternative?ps=MTQyPTUyJjE0Nz00NDM=&gclid=Cj0KCQjwxtSSBhDYARIsAEn0thRf0IRmzoi1h29Up_ErWm-KLsWJ_L30jvf3YWOk9pG0Sq9BaWF_UhIaAoaXEALw_wcB#142=52&147=443
HI Charles, I have no compost for my compost mulch, however there is some manure on the allotments I could use but it has bits of straw and cardboard in it, is this ok for a mulch? many thanks Charles
Hi Charles, where are your melons and chillies. Mine are still in the house and I don’t know when it’s safe to take them to greenhouse . I’m in Derby uk Thanks Vanessa
Germinating and now on the hotbed with two leaves. They are 'safe' in a greenhouse, now that frosts have stopped for 2 weeks or so. But they need as much warmth as you can find.
@@CharlesDowding1nodig thanks Charles. Thanks to you I’m gonna have one of the best plots on our allotment. Even some of the old lads are taking a bit of an interest in no dig 👍🏻
I noticed on the older beds, they must've been originally 90 degree edges and seems like it's "cut" in a curve and re-grass-ed coz of logistics and more comfortable wheelbarrow route but HOW MUCH DEEPER GREEN IS THAT GRASS that been regrown on the once-NoDig bed part 😃😃
Videos are great, but the audio quality in here is always very inconvinient. Many times audio is too high, or to low to understand the speaking.. it would be great to do something about it :)
I take your point because a fair few people have said this, and others have said it's fine. There is an issue and I think it's me, that I need to speak more clearly and to bear in mind the moving around during these tour videos. Thanks for your feedback.
@@CharlesDowding1nodig i usually understand you, I think is more a problem with the mic capture cone or position, because whenever your facing the mic the audio is cristal clear, but if not it sound like is far away. Anyway, I love viewing your videos and love how passionate you seems to what you do 😍
Good morning Charles 💓 Greetings from Windermere, Florida zone 9b USA 🇺🇸 Our growing season is well underway. I just uploaded a video on my picking salad from my Peggy's Grocery Garden 👩🌾👍 Happy Gardening 🌿💚🌿
It is heartwarming to watch your video..full of hope and a nice vision of what is coming. In Sweden where I live...first the spring came but now it has been below the freezingpoint for a couple of weeks now..and it keep snowing...about 30 cm...it is sooooo depressing...they promised at least another week with the same weather...so I continue to learn from your great videos with your great persona from indoors..Thanks! Greetings from Sweden🇸🇪
So beautiful, I live in France and I try to follow your advices, it change my way of gardening. Thanks you si much for the vidéos. I love them, so much beauty.
my aubergines didn't sprout. I tried with another packet of seeds and am still waiting🤔 Never mind, I'll probably buy two plants. Only two, there's not much space in my raised beds. I have some space outside raised beds for zucchini, loofah ( sown) , gourds and melons
Hello Charles, Tell me if I should insist with arborists that are coming to take down a very, very tall Christmas tree that I would like to keep the wood chippings for the ground. I have kept the tree for many years but the recent storms have made me become aware of the danger to the surrounding area. I recently had the arborist's here, because of a conifer that had roots grown into the sewage area, had that lovely tree taken down, which has taken the shade and shelter that it gave away with it, but it had to happen. Yes it has opened up a newer area to grow in but has also opened the area to more noise /sounds too. Tell me does one have to consider the original type of trees that the tree chips come from, to better benefit the ground it serves, that the loss of nitrogen from ground may not benefit the plant food/production. I am somewhat confused, as some say that wood chips deprive the ground of nitrogen. I read: might look good, but plant roots would have a tough go when they hit all the fresh, ground wood underneath instead of soil. It's fine to till a small amount of sawdust and wood chips into the soil, but for larger amounts like it sounds you have, it's going to need years to decay. If you're tilling, say, an inch of sawdust and chips into 10 or 12 inches of soil, that's not too much to harm a new planting. But as you increase the percentage of fresh wood, you'll run into two problems. One is nutrition. New plant roots won't be able to mine the nutrition needed out of wood chips nearly as well as decomposed soil particles. Also, fresh wood will use nitrogen as it breaks down. (That's one of the key nutrients plants need.) A bigger concern in my mind is that chip-laden soil will dry out quickly. Those big particles have much more air space among them, and the chips won't hold moisture nearly as well as organic-rich soil with its smaller particles and smaller air spaces. Regards, Maureen
Chips of old conifer wood are fine to use but will take a very long time to break down because they are dry and hard. The green wood is more rapid. On the surface it will be okay
At what daytime temperature would you recommend using fleece covers? Lower 50F? I planted peas abt a month back and they r still showing slow growth with avg daytime temp being in low 50 and nights hovering in 30F. Northern hemisphere spring 2022.
What a lot of incredible information you share so naturally, Charles. I've had to stop myself watching your videos when I know I can't immediately run outside afterward. You are so inspiring I just want to chuck everything else and go out and try to catch up. (I'm also working on stopping myself from giving into a sense of being behind - always!) Im grateful to have found your work when I was making a garden restart in 2019. Your treasure of knowledge and the abundance you've quietly built up over the years just in time to share with the world when it is so needed is invaluable. It must feel like such a wonder to be an overnight success 30+ years in the making!
Hello Sandra, and many thanks for your nice comment. It is rewarding for me to be listened to and appreciated! And I feel also I can help a lot by exposing the large amounts of nonsense which are put out there all the time, and result in many people wasting time & money!
Thank you for the tour I thoroughly enjoyed it. 👍 This is my second year practicing no dig on a very small garden and feel very envious of how much space you have 😁 However it is early in the season and come July I shall be wondering yet again how to eat and preserve all my produce 😁❤👩🌾 xx
What is the brand of that new row cover? I seriously would like to find something similar here in the US. Thank you. You probably have an animal tunnel below the pond.
Is that sheep wool on the beat root bed? Just last week I heard that wool may help deter slugs. We have a huge problem with slugs here at the edge of the Black Forrest. If you use the wool for that, it would be nice if you could make a video about your experience with wool as slug deterrent.
Yes it is and we are trialling some ways to use it. It could be worthwhile for you to buy some sheep wool pellets, just a few to see what difference they make, here I'm not yet sure
Like you said in the above video sir Charles 🌱🌱 Plants impress you 🌱🌱but the fact is you impress us sir Charles 👍😊 With your positive attitude and enthusiasm growing the no dig way 👍🇮🇳
Truly inspiring work! I’ve read a good bit about no dig and I’m starting my own gardening journey now. These videos and updates really bring this system of food production to the fore. Thank you Charles for being you!
About the leaky pond; apparantly ducks (manure) can help fix a leaky pond, maybe there are some duck owners in the area that would let you borrow theirs?
