Small garden winter, no dig bed prep and ongoing harvests
Harvests of 170kg/408lb vegetables through the year past, from three beds of 1.5 x 4m, 5 x 14ft. Some beds are still cropping at end December, others are empty …
I love to see your gardens in action. I think my favorite part of this video in particular was "I'm still learning." I hope to always be open to still learning. What a boring life it would be if you ran out of things to learn. I began no-dig gathering last year when my tiller broke and I couldn't fix it. Now I plan on never owning another.
Wish I could grow swede like that! Mine are just skinny and small.
I have learned so much from your videos. We are going to setup our compost stalls starting this week. It's barely 30 degrees out right now. Last year we built some raised beds, but the soil in them is primarily a clay/compost mixture that we bought, with more clay than anything. It will take a year or so to properly compost what we would need for our garden. Any suggestions on what we should add in before we have our own compost ready? We have 12 acres, 9 or more is wooded. I have plenty of leaves I could go gather. Would that be best to just wait to toss them into the compost, or would they be useful to me sooner in the garden beds now in some way? Virginia, US
Thanks for the helpful tips given, I will also watch the previous videos. I hope you visit my channel.
Thanks Charles. Always a pleasure watching your videos 🙂. My allotment is starting to take shape thanks in part to you & your advices…Hope all is well for you. Take care 👍
Very nice upload.❤️ I'd like to have a garden like this.❤️ Nice and small. Love it. A new friend. Stay connected.
Do you have any even a few rosada tomatoe seeds I can buy?
Where did you get your lovely knife from, Charles? And, great video!
What would you say is your best book for beginners who you’ll like to start with learning the basics.?
Hi Charles what seeds can i sow directly outside in late January this year please?and is it best to sew in blocks or rows? thanks
I LOVE your channel. Can you tell me/us the direction of your garden? Are the rows running north to south? Are they all running the same way?
Super beautiful garden and we love your vlog Amazing
Charles. Cheers! I think I am doing something in my lasagne beds that may require correction. I trust your judgment and appreciate any feedback you offer. While I am composting leafs to build leaf mold anaerobically, I am also composting new layers in place, in my beds. Examples are leafs, and kitchen waste in particular. I have good populations of worms, and my theory is that they will turn the added layers into vermiculture. Am I off base taking this tact! Thanks…Jim Willeford!
An old time saying in my area is, “February 1 is half your meat and half your hay.” Hence halfway through winter! I can still see Santa’s sleigh tracks in the deep snow! Enjoying your beautiful gardens! Thank you for your great works!🌱
Miss your vlogs and your garden plants as well
I am about to start a big garden plot in Virginia on old farm land with lots of clay. Soil is somewhat hard. I'm growing mostly flowers (minor veg like tomatoes here and there). How do I get a nice edge with this method and are you sure I shouldn't dig down to loosen the soil? Hired man wants to kill off grass with chemicals but I won't do that. Husband wants us to just buy a rototiller and do it ourselves. Just a field of poor grass/weeds for many years. Please tell me what to do. Thank you.
Hi Charles. We've had already a few days over 40C but garden still going strong and recovered. I made a big mistake planting a non-red beetroot that grew great but ended up whole bed into compost as not any good for cooking. finally got some commercial grade fertilizer with good amount of phosphorous and the rest, garden growing like crazy. All our box store fertilizers are very poor on phosphorous. This is fine if you just want native plants on our phosphorous poor soil, but not for anything else. With all the fires around here, the goverment will be forced to take climate change more seriously. keep warm, we try to keep cool.
Love your thoroughness and the way you anticipate questions so we don't have to ask them. Like the flowering spring on the rocket, my very thought was is it edible. Then you slipped the little comment in there saying it is indeed edible. Thank you.
Do you buy all of your seeds at one place or do you use the seeds from you plants you are harvesting?
💚
Charles, I added a couple of handfuls of chicken manure pellets to my big pots at the beginning of autumn, will the nutrients still be there in spring & summer. Thankyou for your patients & time.
You are most inspiring
I wonder what are You doing with the compost in the end of the year, before putting the new one? Is it still there or You throw it away or something. Maybe it is stupid, but if someone has a small garden, it is important to know.
Great video. Thank you for all the info.
Charles, you say you are in Zone 8 growing area. How do you find out what zone /growing area you are in?
Are they not going to die during freeze rain?
HI, I was wondering if you could help. I have about 6 month old horse manure, mixed with hay and straw. I plan on using it for my garden but was wondering, since there is no "green" included, should I add some sort of amendments to the manure?
Thank you
It so good. I would like ratio about anything you put in compost.
I love it
Thanks for the video. It is a pity that we have a slightly different climate/atmosphere. We don't have winter this year. Greetings from Poland.
"Almost midwinter"?? Don't the seasons officially start on the solstices and equinoxes there just as everywhere else? I know your days are getting longer, but winter weather has only just begun, surely!
Do you compost old tomato, pepper, and squash plants? I was told not to because of disease or fungal problems in the plants. Thanks- LaGrange, Georgia USA
Looks great. Good job. Im looking forward to 2020 season. Best regards from denmark.
I love to see your gardens in action. I think my favorite part of this video in particular was "I'm still learning." I hope to always be open to still learning. What a boring life it would be if you ran out of things to learn. I began no-dig gathering last year when my tiller broke and I couldn't fix it. Now I plan on never owning another.
Wish I could grow swede like that! Mine are just skinny and small.
I have learned so much from your videos. We are going to setup our compost stalls starting this week. It's barely 30 degrees out right now. Last year we built some raised beds, but the soil in them is primarily a clay/compost mixture that we bought, with more clay than anything. It will take a year or so to properly compost what we would need for our garden. Any suggestions on what we should add in before we have our own compost ready? We have 12 acres, 9 or more is wooded. I have plenty of leaves I could go gather. Would that be best to just wait to toss them into the compost, or would they be useful to me sooner in the garden beds now in some way?
Virginia, US
Thanks for the helpful tips given, I will also watch the previous videos.
I hope you visit my channel.
Thanks Charles. Always a pleasure watching your videos 🙂. My allotment is starting to take shape thanks in part to you & your advices…Hope all is well for you. Take care 👍
Very nice upload.❤️ I'd like to have a garden like this.❤️ Nice and small. Love it. A new friend. Stay connected.
Do you have any even a few rosada tomatoe seeds I can buy?
Where did you get your lovely knife from, Charles? And, great video!
What would you say is your best book for beginners who you’ll like to start with learning the basics.?
Hi Charles what seeds can i sow directly outside in late January this year please?and is it best to sew in blocks or rows? thanks
I LOVE your channel. Can you tell me/us the direction of your garden? Are the rows running north to south? Are they all running the same way?
Super beautiful garden and we love your vlog Amazing
Charles. Cheers! I think I am doing something in my lasagne beds that may require correction. I trust your judgment and appreciate any feedback you offer. While I am composting leafs to build leaf mold anaerobically, I am also composting new layers in place, in my beds. Examples are leafs, and kitchen waste in particular. I have good populations of worms, and my theory is that they will turn the added layers into vermiculture. Am I off base taking this tact! Thanks…Jim Willeford!
An old time saying in my area is, “February 1 is half your meat and half your hay.” Hence halfway through winter! I can still see Santa’s sleigh tracks in the deep snow! Enjoying your beautiful gardens! Thank you for your great works!🌱
Miss your vlogs and your garden plants as well
I am about to start a big garden plot in Virginia on old farm land with lots of clay. Soil is somewhat hard. I'm growing mostly flowers (minor veg like tomatoes here and there). How do I get a nice edge with this method and are you sure I shouldn't dig down to loosen the soil? Hired man wants to kill off grass with chemicals but I won't do that. Husband wants us to just buy a rototiller and do it ourselves. Just a field of poor grass/weeds for many years. Please tell me what to do. Thank you.
Hi Charles. We've had already a few days over 40C but garden still going strong and recovered.
I made a big mistake planting a non-red beetroot that grew great but ended up whole bed into compost as not any good for cooking.
finally got some commercial grade fertilizer with good amount of phosphorous and the rest, garden growing like crazy. All our box store fertilizers are very poor on phosphorous. This is fine if you just want native plants on our phosphorous poor soil, but not for anything else.
With all the fires around here, the goverment will be forced to take climate change more seriously.
keep warm, we try to keep cool.
Love your thoroughness and the way you anticipate questions so we don't have to ask them. Like the flowering spring on the rocket, my very thought was is it edible. Then you slipped the little comment in there saying it is indeed edible. Thank you.
Do you buy all of your seeds at one place or do you use the seeds from you plants you are harvesting?
💚
Charles, I added a couple of handfuls of chicken manure pellets to my big pots at the beginning of autumn, will the nutrients still be there in spring & summer. Thankyou for your patients & time.
You are most inspiring
I wonder what are You doing with the compost in the end of the year, before putting the new one? Is it still there or You throw it away or something. Maybe it is stupid, but if someone has a small garden, it is important to know.
Great video. Thank you for all the info.
Charles, you say you are in Zone 8 growing area. How do you find out what zone /growing area you are in?
Are they not going to die during freeze rain?
HI, I was wondering if you could help. I have about 6 month old horse manure, mixed with hay and straw. I plan on using it for my garden but was wondering, since there is no "green" included, should I add some sort of amendments to the manure?
Thank you
It so good. I would like ratio about anything you put in compost.
I love it
Thanks for the video. It is a pity that we have a slightly different climate/atmosphere. We don't have winter this year. Greetings from Poland.
"Almost midwinter"?? Don't the seasons officially start on the solstices and equinoxes there just as everywhere else? I know your days are getting longer, but winter weather has only just begun, surely!
Do you compost old tomato, pepper, and squash plants? I was told not to because of disease or fungal problems in the plants. Thanks- LaGrange, Georgia USA
Looks great. Good job. Im looking forward to 2020 season. Best regards from denmark.