Oh, and you are the only person (besides myself) who seems to know the "Genovese" courgette or zucchini; we bought a bunch of seeds for it back in '14; those finally got to the "Zero Germination" point a few years ago and I've had a deuce of a time trying to find it here, since. Good for you, and *buon appetito!*
Beautiful! You must not have squash vine borers in your area. I would love melons! Lovely assortment of seeds! I love listening to your calming voice. Thank you, Liz!
Hi Liz, We got our Permaculture magazine delivered today, good for a wet day in Northamptonshire & what a nice surprise to see an article featuring yourself & Mr J. Your subscribers will go through the roof now. I subscribed to you, when you had under a 1,000 subscribers, so have been enjoying your journey for a while now. You are called Chicken Liz in our house, as I am rather a fan of RU-vid. It's a great learning engine. And well done to your friend Huw for getting on the front cover of the magazine. That boy is doing well. At my age everyone is getting younger, lol! Take care & well done. :)
Hello Sarah, thank you for still visiting the channel. 'Chicken Liz' - brilliant! Yes Huw has had an amazing couple of years for his career, he's an inspiration!
I've been growing veg for about 20 years but I've only started succession planting last year, as I always ended up with too many. The beauty of gardening is I'm always learning and improving, plus I rely on gardening to help my mental health. Love your videos, you have a lovely soothing, calming voice. Thank you.🙂👍
I do the same really helps the mind gardening my bestfriend has just joined in with me after years of taking the piss out of me. She is now as bad as me and has thanked me because it's really helped her mind helps give you a sense of peace.
Superb video Liz. So much information packed in a small amount of time. Great tips and so relaxing to watch. I have sowed some parsley and am the proud owner of one cucumber plant and 4 tomato plants and 4 lettuce plants . They are outside in tubs . In Cyprus we shouldn't get a frost but we have had driving rain and wind. There was a forcast of hail in upper regions a few days ago but I heard nothing more about it .Troodos is still quite cold but we are around 22 centigrade as I write at 6 PM. My petunias are looking great and I even managed to over winter one hanging basket of petunias even though it was neglected while I was 2 months in Wales. Cyprus has only had 20 deaths from covid 19 . This is less than they normally get from flu and pneumonia so although it is 20 too many I feel we are in a good position here for Spyros . I suppose only time will tell. It looks as if Rhondda Cynnon Taff and Newport has been hit very hard. I am glad we left when we did. Wishing you and Mr J good health and thanks so much for sharing xxxx Margaret
Hi Margaret, I'm glad to read that you are both safe and well. I think the figures for Newport and RCT only look so bad as any patients are being sent to the Gwent hospital as that's the designated hospital for the region - and I guess it's a pretty densely populated area. We are both very well thanks, Mr J is tired as he is working extra hours to help out during this period. I'll be glad when he goes back to just 4 days a week and we get to spend more time together again.
Thank you Liz...awesome ideas for spring here in Canada....I’m watching you while I sew home made masks for our community while waiting for the weather to warm and watching my little seedlings grow under the lights. Cheers!
Wonderful video Liz you are looking beautiful I have been inspired to grow raspberries this year I’m trying to turn my small orchard into food forest. Your garden is so welcoming and beautiful!
Hi Drema, I hope you have some wonderful raspberries. I took a photo for you this week, I will send it via Patreon - it's the cutting that I took of the New Dawn rose and it's flowering!
Salsify, wow, it looks a bit like chive from that lovely bit off footage. Thank you very much for the mention. This is such an exciting time of the year...
Great video Liz. Lovely to see someone growing different vegetables than just the typical varieties, best of look with your harvest. Also, Mooli is brilliant pickled. Julienne some carrots, cucumber and mooli - mix with rice wine, rice vinegar, salt and a little sugar. Leave it in the liquid and it makes a really punchy refreshing pickle to be enjoyed.
Hi Liz, Enjoy your videos! Since taking up veg growing only last year, your channel plus the wonderful Charles D and Huw are my absolute favourite go-to gardening gurus! I notice you're using The Real Seed Company; I came across them this year, what a fabulously ethical small company they are - love how they send out their seed packs with all sorts of instructions including how to harvest the seeds. Thanks for sharing your valuable knowledge. All the best...
Hi my Darling hope you guys are well.. Always great to.see what one can sow each Month. We have Rain today and for the next few days. Much love 🌼🌻🌼 xx ❤
Hi Liz, as a new subscriber to your channel I am already learning from you. I am a fairly successful gardener but there is always things to learn, how others do things. Keep up the good work.
You look lovely, and the garden is nice and sunny and green. Its very relaxing watching your videos while waiting for my own garden to wake up for the spring. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you very much for this video! Am in Brighton, Sussex and am just hardening off my golden beetroot and purple haze carrots that I got from Premier Seeds direct (in winter when they were still open, I saw you holding up one of their seed packets!) Brilliant video ! X
I'll be interested to see how you get on with Honeyboat squash. I'm growing Honeyboat this year, mine took ages to germinate, I nearly through it out and started again.
Great update Liz. I've sown squash patty pan in yellow this year, haven't tried it before so will be interesting to see what it's like. Take care. Jen x
@@car9140 your extremely warmer than here then, I'm in northern ireland. Mind you I'd love you have the Texan weather just to be able to grow tomatoes and corn
Thanks for the update, already got lots of seedlings growing in my greenhouse, I think I might try the honey squash you mentioned as my wife and I both like butternut squash. Enjoying watching your videos, thank you.
Snap! Also trying Honeyboat - never really been successful with the butternuts, but this time I'm earlier so hopefully they'll get to full size. Snap for a few others too LOL!
I lost count! All the squashes germinated! Uchiki Kuri was a very late starter. One pot I decided wasn't going to germinate so stopped watering. Saw 2 green leaves appear some 3 weeks later! It was watered immediately and is now on the dining room table with 2 more leaves in 2 days! Making up for lost time! The others have been potted up in the greenhouse and looking more happy - very tardy potting on, so the new leaves are much better shade of green! They are sitting where the peppers will be going - squashes going out after this cold snap to harden off. Must take photos! Haven't uploaded videos since last year! I have taken them though! Will pop the photo on FB later on! Just tried chitting soya beans - have just popped them in compost - an interesting exercise.
@@LizZorab YAY! I'm glad to hear it. It's my first year growing corn, I've only got an 8x4ft raised bed, how many do you think I could happily get in there?
The weather has been beautiful for the last week and now we have lots (and lots) of rain to replenish the garden. The veg will love it and so will the weeds!
Me too! I've found putting a layer of compost in the drill helps, water before you sow them, cover with compost, not soil, and keep moist not wet until germination, don't let them dry out. Still tricky but keep persevering! Xx
One thing I would like to know is, what is your soil temperature in may? There are things people direct sow that I germinate inside because the soil outside is too cold while the air temperature is warm enough for the plant to grow.
I've never measured the temperature of the soil in May. in 2019 it was very cold for the whole month of May, while 2018 we were in a heatwave during May - this is why I stress that people need to adjust the sowing times according to their area!
Thank you! I always have a hard time choosing what to saw because I dont have much space and or seeds. I dont like losing seedlings or complete plants because of the temperature changes. Do you have a gardening diary? How do you keep track of your crops?
Hello, thanks for dropping by. Yes I keep a gardening journal which I note down sowing dates, any germination issues etc. I also make notes if we particularly like a specific variety and more importantly the things we don't like, so that I don't grow them again. The whole process is helped by having a visual record in the videos.
@@LizZorab Hello, thank you for answering. I admire you and hope to be as cool as you are when I'm your age. Thank you for sharing your garden with us and all the tips. I will try to keep a journal, it seems like it could be useful. 🌻 thank you
Hiya love the video's. Was thinking of starting a small garden a meter wide and 4 meters long. I live in Scotland central belt what would you recommend to grow for my first time. It will be a raised bed
I packed them in so hopefully it's not too long. Can't say the same for my next video which is a garden tour and hard as I try I can't edit it down to a short length!
Hello from sunny Bolton 🌞, Great video 👍, just got my first honeydew melon seedling pop up, first time for me so any tips would be appreciated take care
My first year for melons was last year, I provided a string for it to climb up in the polytunnel. I think I was supposed to pinch the tip out when it got to 4 or 5 flowers, but I don't think it ever got that far!
so... are your ramps up and growing? my transplants have a few flowers, but the seeds i planted havent done anything and i cant find them... either they rotted or were eaten by mice
Hi Liz, what happened to perennials planted last year, I live in Scotland and keen to learn from others' experience in growing perennials for this climatic conditions.
@Betty Adkisson -- Same here... sometimes it's not straightforward, I've now learned to research online & usually someone not only shows where the seeds are but how to save them. I've asked & get short, curt answers. So, I now go online to find the answers. I have a lot to learn!
Beets refer to the root of the beetroot plant as opposed to just the leaves. Some varieties don't produce very large roots but do produce lots of lovely leaves.
