Flora Garvey Gardening
Flora Garvey Gardening
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Compost Club on BBC1’s Countryfile
Delighted to be part of BBC1’s Countryfile this week, featuring my favourite place: Woodoaks Farm’s Compost Club! #woodoaksfarm #organic #soilassociation
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How to grow blueberries in the UK - and the secret to success we discovered
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How to grow blueberries in the UK - and the secret to success we discovered
How to make a perennial flower meadow (in a small space) - part 3
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How to make a perennial flower meadow (in a small space) - part 3
How to cook with Chard
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Chard is such a useful vegetable, especially in Spring when lots of things have gone over, and the new crops aren’t yet ready. Cooking it couldn’t be easier - braise or gently fry the stems, chopped into small pieces, and after about 5 mins on a gentle heat, add the chopped leaves, add a few drops of water and cover with a lid - simples! Chard is so incredibly good for you, packing in everythin...
Growing squashes on a polytunnel frame
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Growing squashes vertically is a fabulous use of space if, like most of us, your growing space is limited. Here we have grown pumpkins, butternut squashes, and cucumbers, all of which have been pretty successful. As with normal squash cultivation, masses of organic matter and water is key, and a sunny season will really help. The increased exposure to air and sunlight helps with ripening and cu...
How to grow Chard in the UK - easier than spinach!
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It’s a fabulous leafy vegetable, easy to grow and easy to cook! Keeps your gut bacteria happy too 😊. Sow in a greenhouse in March/ April or direct into the soil in April/May. Keep WELL WATERED! Nothing more to do.. Pick from the outer leaves - I tend to take a stem each from 4 or 5 plants when I pick. Cook the leaves as you would spinach - a quick wilt with a tiny bit of water, salt and garlic....
How to grow Edible flowers
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Nasturtiums, calendula, borage and dahlias - all fabulous additions to your salads and nutritious to boot! Calendula is hardy, growing best in my experience when sown in September, and self seeding reliably for years to come. It comes in all shades of yellow, and grows very happily given a bit of sun. Nasturtiums are also prolific self seeders, but will not germinate until the Spring. If you ar...
How to grow aubergines in the UK
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Sow your aubergines early, in February, or buy plug plants later in the year - the grafted types are exceptionally fruitful and pay for themselves many times over. Sadly I have found that the heirloom varieties are not as reliable and tend towards bitterness. You MUST keep them under cover until all risk of frost has passed as they are definitely NOT hardy! Plant them out in a greenhouse, polyt...
How to mulch your garden - what are the best mulches?
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Here’s to the power of MULCH!👊 Mulch is the key to a water-retentive and heathy soil, and by extension, healthy plants. Here we look at sheep”s fleece, woodchip, compost and freshly pulled up weeds or other leafy growth. I put down sheep’s fleece in late spring or early summer for annuals, as it is an attractive place for slugs to hide, so early Spring encourages them too much! For perennials s...
How to make a perennial flower meadow (in a small space) - Part 2 - No Mow May
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A view of our little perennial wildflower garden (a meadow would be an exaggeration!) in flower in early June. The cowslips have been completely wonderful, and I’ve raised lots more to plant into the ground this September/October. There are a few yellow rattle plants flowering, which I am really chuffed with, having just thrown down a sack of a friend’s wildflower hay when they had done their c...
Coronation Special: why I water in the rain!
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Watering in the rain - madness or logical?! I get most of our water from a specially made rainwater catching roof with a tank and battery powered pump underneath. When it’s due to rain,or even in the middle of a rainy patch, I often go and give the plot a good soaking, meaning that the rain with be absorbed easily into the damp ground, and the tank will have space to catch the rain. In our incr...
How to grow and split snowdrops in the UK
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Snowdrops are such cheerful little flowers, loaded with bright orange pollen for early bees. They will happily grow in grass, under hedges, in shade, and under deciduous trees. I have them growing in all different environments in our garden, and they seem to thrive in all of them. From my unscientific observations, those growing in open, leafmould rich soil are quickest to spread - they do this...
How to prune blackberries (and tayberries and wineberries)
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Blackberries (and their cousins, tayberries and wineberries (all rubus family) are very easy to prune, once you understand their fruiting pattern. Year 1: Non fruiting growth Year 2: Fruit on previous year’s wood, new non fruiting wood produced Year 3: Fruit on previous year’s wood, new non fruiting wood produced Etc. So, once your blackberry has fruited, cut the cane/shoot on which it has frui...
How to prune raspberries
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In this video, I am pruning AUTUMN FRUITING or primocane raspberries. These fruit on wood that has grown earlier the same year. All you need to do is to cut them to the ground after fruiting (this can wait until as late as Jan/Feb if you are struggling for time). If you can manage, it is a great idea to mulch deeply after pruning - access is easy, and it will help with nutrient availability, so...
How to make a perennial flower meadow (in a small space)
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We are lucky enough to have a front garden, but we don’t have much time or money to spend on it, so it’s generally a bit of a mess! A few years ago, we decided to plant into the grass (which is actually a fine healthy mixture of grasses, yarrow, dandelions, ox eye daisies), and just give it a yearly cut with a path mown through the middle. Last year we put in Marjoram, ox eye daisies, cowslips,...
How to plant for bees - poached egg plant and borage
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How to plant for bees - poached egg plant and borage
How to make raspberry jam
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How to make raspberry jam
How to make a beautiful bouquet of flowers
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How to make a beautiful bouquet of flowers
How to grow cucumbers in the UK
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How to grow cucumbers in the UK
Growing Foliage for Bouquets
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Growing Foliage for Bouquets
How to make Strawberry Jam
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How to make Strawberry Jam
How to make Gooseberry Fool
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How to make Gooseberry Fool
Biennials in the UK: growing Foxgloves, Sweet Williams and Sweet Rocket
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Biennials in the UK: growing Foxgloves, Sweet Williams and Sweet Rocket
Magic Aerated Compost Tea/plant tonic
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Magic Aerated Compost Tea/plant tonic
How to take Dahlia cuttings in the UK - it’s easy!
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How to take Dahlia cuttings in the UK - it’s easy!
World Earth Day at Woodoaks Farm
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World Earth Day at Woodoaks Farm
Hot Cross Buns - Happy Easter!
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Hot Cross Buns - Happy Easter!
Rhubarb Crumble
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Rhubarb Crumble
Rhubarb and Almond tart
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Rhubarb and Almond tart
Rhubarb jam - from plot to jar
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Rhubarb jam - from plot to jar

Комментарии

  • @explorepitlochry5292
    @explorepitlochry5292 28 дней назад

    I love your video as it gives all of us who are trying to create a wildflower meadow in our lawn hope. Too many videos shows millions of flowers in their lawn. When in reality it is much more often like yours as one starts out. Keep them coming.

    • @floragarveygardening1864
      @floragarveygardening1864 25 дней назад

      @@explorepitlochry5292 Thank you - yes I find it hugely discouraging when people show things that have clearly cost a fortune or been done by experts! Little by little is my way!!

  • @CatherineandRob
    @CatherineandRob Месяц назад

    Brilliant!

  • @myco_ad
    @myco_ad Месяц назад

    Love a bit of composting 🌱🍄

  • @mipqn223
    @mipqn223 Месяц назад

    highlight of my year is when the Compost Queen posts again!🪴🌱🌿

    • @floragarveygardening1864
      @floragarveygardening1864 Месяц назад

      @@mipqn223 Ah that is so kind! Sorry I’ve been silent this year - it’s been a tough one. Back soon though!

  • @rubygray7749
    @rubygray7749 Месяц назад

    Flora!! Where have you been? I had hoped for lots of summer videos from you. This is great. I wish I lived closer to town so that I could create a compost club like this on my property. There is so much waste of resources that could become black gold to local gardeners.

    • @floragarveygardening1864
      @floragarveygardening1864 Месяц назад

      @@rubygray7749 Hi Ruby! Yes sorry, it’s’ been such a tough year for us, and now I’m doing a Masters in Food policy which is such hard work and eating up all my time! Good to know you’re a fellow compost enthusiast!

  • @ScolaKoinange
    @ScolaKoinange 3 месяца назад

    Good tips , always giving us the Best

  • @ScolaKoinange
    @ScolaKoinange 3 месяца назад

    Am gone try this recipe no more buying strawberry jam again ❤❤❤ blessed

  • @ScolaKoinange
    @ScolaKoinange 3 месяца назад

    Thanks so much for sharing the healthy ad yummy recipe u cen also Cook it like the way ad make a yummy toast with eggs ad bread the kenyan way

  • @ScolaKoinange
    @ScolaKoinange 3 месяца назад

    Wooww beautiful flowers, watching all the way from kenya

    • @floragarveygardening1864
      @floragarveygardening1864 3 месяца назад

      @@ScolaKoinange Oh that’s so kind of you to say! My oldest friend lives in Nairobi but I’ve never been there…

    • @ScolaKoinange
      @ScolaKoinange 3 месяца назад

      Make arrangements u visit I will definitely host u with my family karibu anytime

  • @J-lf6sf
    @J-lf6sf 4 месяца назад

    Sorry, meant to say I love your videos, they're nice and short and informative. Thanks alot.

  • @J-lf6sf
    @J-lf6sf 4 месяца назад

    Flora could you tell me where you got your boiler suit from please. Thanks

    • @floragarveygardening1864
      @floragarveygardening1864 4 месяца назад

      @@J-lf6sf Ha ha, It’s made by Lucy and Yak, but I believe they no longer make them sadly…

  • @darren1540
    @darren1540 4 месяца назад

    The moist comment combined with a dog sneeze made me spit my tea out! ive just bought 2 small Aubergines for £1.90 thats why im here, thanks

    • @floragarveygardening1864
      @floragarveygardening1864 4 месяца назад

      Whoops! Perhaps should have said damp… ANyway, the dog mostly censored it 😂 Hope you have success - yes they are so expensive, they’re really worth growing….

  • @stevedunn3113
    @stevedunn3113 5 месяцев назад

    Great to see you back. My blueberries on my two bushes are doing well but I wasn't very sure how to feed them, now I know! Thank you! More, more videos...please.

  • @wildberrygarden
    @wildberrygarden 5 месяцев назад

    I have one blueberry plant and I plan to get more. They are delicious and so good for us.

  • @voodoomotion5855
    @voodoomotion5855 5 месяцев назад

    Thank you Flora. Will they grow well from 30L containers, rather than in the ground, and also do they grow up galvanised mesh very well? We have a large porch and would like to grow them up mesh between each of the posts. They will get plenty of sun and i'm hoping they will act as a good wind breaker before winter. Appreciate your advice and also anything else you recommend we could grow in same location/setup. Thanks again! 😃

  • @roisinharbinson8665
    @roisinharbinson8665 5 месяцев назад

    Delighted I found this.... Thank you for an excellent tutorial.

  • @annettesargeant2690
    @annettesargeant2690 6 месяцев назад

    Looks great & so easy to make.

  • @deepspace8
    @deepspace8 6 месяцев назад

    To those of you in North America and Europe or some other places, the 28th of August is Springtime in Australia.

  • @deepspace8
    @deepspace8 6 месяцев назад

    I have plums and also pluots in season.

  • @denisekelley2292
    @denisekelley2292 6 месяцев назад

    Great video, very helpful. I just tried parsley for the first time, it held up better than I expected.

  • @izzybeangreen
    @izzybeangreen 6 месяцев назад

    I just read a story where an inn keeper was going to make Gooseberry fool. I had to look it up 😊 I have no idea where I would find gooseberries, but it looks good! Thank you for sharing. From southern California

  • @johnwoodley7913
    @johnwoodley7913 7 месяцев назад

    Mine grows well in Scotland, Stirlingshire. But fruit didn't get big enough. I think it is too exposed. My next door neighbor has a really old tree that produces masses of good sized figs.

  • @susantillander2080
    @susantillander2080 7 месяцев назад

    Very helpful. Thanks!

  • @maribelflores818
    @maribelflores818 7 месяцев назад

    Hoy hice la receta y me quedo fabulosa gracias a ti.... 😊

    • @floragarveygardening1864
      @floragarveygardening1864 5 месяцев назад

      Ah muchisimas gracias! Me Alegre mucho que Una Española me ha encontrado!

  • @jimliddle2236
    @jimliddle2236 7 месяцев назад

    thank you for the video. We have rhubarb in the backyard and would like to try this.

  • @jlastre
    @jlastre 7 месяцев назад

    Mr. T, “I pity the gooseberry fool…”

  • @belindablunderbus1365
    @belindablunderbus1365 8 месяцев назад

    Lovely video with just the information I'm looking for. Thanks for the encouragement!

  • @artfulcamelbooks
    @artfulcamelbooks 8 месяцев назад

    Wonderful video, thank you. It popped up as a suggestion by RUclips, must know that I have had little success growing cucumbers so far! How many cucumbers did you get from a single plant? I am now going to look at what other videos you have created. 😊

    • @floragarveygardening1864
      @floragarveygardening1864 8 месяцев назад

      Oh that’s very kind of you! I would estimate about 20 fruits per plant. Loads! Good luck…

  • @helenamcginty4920
    @helenamcginty4920 8 месяцев назад

    From your introduction I would not call your meadow small. 15 ft x 15ft was my back garden. Same size as everyone elses round where I lived. Except the 2 up 2 down terraces of course. Their back yards were smaller 😂

  • @fibber2u
    @fibber2u 8 месяцев назад

    My wildflower garden has had 33 plant species flower so far this year and will exceed 50 before the end of the year. The target is a hundred self sustaining species in less than 80 square yards. You have to proactively put the stuff in and do some species management though during set up. It is a woodland and margin garden. Remember the aim is flowering NOT PRETTY FLOWERING, moss, docks, nettles and grass (seven species of grass last year) etc count. I started with raked bare earth and 5 species in the garden 2 summers ago. The flashy brigade eg tulips and forget-me-nots help with the mow-the-weed-patch tidy minds. The plants are just the indicator species you want a lot more than just them. One of the plants to add several specimens of this season is ragwort because I'm after the cinnabar moth also as an addition; who knows that may attract a cuckoo. However I’d settle for a song thrush nesting in the sycamore leaf-bowl that I am protecting. One song thrush in five years! When I was a boy they were so common in gardens.

    • @floragarveygardening1864
      @floragarveygardening1864 8 месяцев назад

      That sounds completely brilliant, and you are one of the few doing it for genuine biodiversity, not just prettiness. Happily I think wildflower meadows are both! Good luck to you..

  • @virockuklifeinengland
    @virockuklifeinengland 9 месяцев назад

    Great ❤

  • @HanktheWonderDog
    @HanktheWonderDog 9 месяцев назад

    Lovely video- chard lover here, I have a t -shirt worn at market that has a farmer gal triumphantly wielding a bunch of greens that is captioned-"Take Chard!!" I have not tried chard with sweet potatoes but do cook it quite alot like you, though sautéing onions and peppers with the stems, steaming the leaves- here in Maine, we love vinegar and chard seldom goes naked without it. Take care, thank you.

  • @AL-AMIN20015
    @AL-AMIN20015 9 месяцев назад

    hi, I just have a question I've grown aubergines early April and there about 5-6 cm tall now do you think its a bit to late or can I hope for any aubergines in August/ September ? thank you.

    • @floragarveygardening1864
      @floragarveygardening1864 9 месяцев назад

      Hi! It depends whether you are growing them inside a greenhouse or outside, and on the weather we have this summer! It’s so tricky with aubergines and peppers - you really need to start them off early, but then it is too cold and there isn’t enough light. I often end up buying plants as professional nurseries have the means to get them going strongly before we gardeners can. I would keep 3 or 4 and give them as much nutrition (compost, seaweed), heat, and light as you can manage, and you might be lucky 🤞. Good luck!

    • @AL-AMIN20015
      @AL-AMIN20015 9 месяцев назад

      @@floragarveygardening1864 thank you .

  • @fibber2u
    @fibber2u 9 месяцев назад

    Excellent video. Know I have a simple starter recipe for chard, so thanks. I've never eaten chard but will be sowing two troughs later today (one of each). Does it freeze well? I have limited space and find growing a glut which I freeze helps me to free up growing areas so I can follow on with the next thing. Do you grow the sweet potatoes yourself and if so is it out doors?

    • @floragarveygardening1864
      @floragarveygardening1864 9 месяцев назад

      Go for it! Chard freezes reasonably well if cooked first, stalks and leaves separately. Sadly I didn’t grow the sweet potatoes - trying to wean myself off them and onto roasted carrot which grow better here, but I’m finding it quite hard! Good luck! Flo

  • @thujahillhomemaking
    @thujahillhomemaking 9 месяцев назад

    Flora, this is such a lovely video. Thank you for sharing. Chard is one of my favorite greens of all time. I enjoy cooking it down in a bit of bacon grease with garlic and crunchy celtic sea salt--though I quite like your method as well!

  • @rubygray7749
    @rubygray7749 9 месяцев назад

    Ooh marvellous!! I was just about to complain that we didn't see nearly enough of you last season, which I hope will be compensated for this year! That looks like a wonderful way to serve chard. It's autumn here in Tasmania, and I am blessed with abundant chard of glorious colours, much of which is gobbled up by 🐐 and guinea pigs. I need a new chard recipe. The only vegetable dish my vegephobe son would voluntarily eat is spanakopita, surprisingly. Another favourite of mine is spicy lentils and rice with chard. Do keep us up to date with your gardens and recipes please!

    • @floragarveygardening1864
      @floragarveygardening1864 9 месяцев назад

      Ah Ruby, hello1 I had a tough year last year with my elderly mother, so went a bit quiet on here! The chard is fanstastic and I’m glad you like the recipe - I eat it by the bucket! All the best, Flo

  • @Garden-Well
    @Garden-Well 9 месяцев назад

    This is great - really clear. Thank you!

  • @tenacreescape8826
    @tenacreescape8826 9 месяцев назад

    Are you coming back to RUclips? We’ve been enjoying your gardening and cooking but you’ve been gone six months…

  • @taharmehalli
    @taharmehalli 9 месяцев назад

    Specialized in growing lettuce

  • @robertgriffin6499
    @robertgriffin6499 10 месяцев назад

    I've recently started growing Plums, apples etc. Seems food insecurities are coming around the world. I can't possibly eat all my fruit off 4 trees, so I turned to youtube and found this video. This made it very easy for me. Thanks.

  • @bigtomatoplantslover6205
    @bigtomatoplantslover6205 10 месяцев назад

    Wow Lovely Plants ~ Thank you for good sharing 😊 LIKE 17 My friend, have a good relationship 😊

  • @chumleyk
    @chumleyk 10 месяцев назад

    GOOD LORD WHAT A STOVE

  • @breadoflifeministries01
    @breadoflifeministries01 10 месяцев назад

    Plums seem to be very unripe

  • @susieblossom1337
    @susieblossom1337 11 месяцев назад

    I was wanting a recipe for plum jam and I stumbled upon you. Your recipe was perfect, thanks. I am loving your gardening videos. I to are practicing the Charles Dowding method. Love what your doing.

  • @marycarter3835
    @marycarter3835 11 месяцев назад

    How long to bake

  • @amieflyfish2577
    @amieflyfish2577 11 месяцев назад

    I love your channel 👏🏻 👏🏻

  • @stevehall9333
    @stevehall9333 Год назад

    Can you grow cucumbers outdoors in the UK ?

    • @floragarveygardening1864
      @floragarveygardening1864 Год назад

      Yes! The ridge varieties are most reliable, but some sold as indoor ( particularly the dwarfs like ‘ la diva’) can be grown against a south or west facing wall with good results 👍

    • @stevehall9333
      @stevehall9333 Год назад

      @@floragarveygardening1864 Thank you 😊 🙏

  • @kyalpatel6939
    @kyalpatel6939 Год назад

    fantastic video, thanks for the advice. extremely efficient way for pruning.

  • @SMElder-iy6fl
    @SMElder-iy6fl Год назад

    Please post a picture next summer!

  • @SMElder-iy6fl
    @SMElder-iy6fl Год назад

    How lovely that your neighbors cannot see your front yard so you can just enjoy it as you like!