Can I grow directly Into bags of grass clippings or do I have to lay it all above soil? I too have clay soil and it is a nightmare. I'm a beginner to gardening so lots to learn
Thanks Liz no weedkiller aloud on any part of where I grow I have come across a company here in Ireland that sell a viniger based liquid that you add water too dilute it down, that keeps the weeds down on a gravel area the others can be burnt with a torch.
I have black bird issues so have to cover lawn clippings around small seedlings before they get buried. Had some success with cardboard under clippings as birds can’t get through and look elsewhere. Love grass clippings!
As gardeners we tend to over think things... This video is further proof that the simplest options are often the best 😊 thanks for the share! I'll give it a go
Growing food for your family and others in the community is one of the best ways to bring people together especially in a hungry world! And spreading the skills and knowledge is in my humble opinion even more powerful 👍🏻🇦🇺
Hi Josephine, how are you? I'm so pleased to see that you've given it a go already, please let me know how the potatoes grow and whether you have an abundant harvest.
wow lovely! I'm going to give a go thank you! :) btw: One of the best garden experiments I did using grass clippings was to cover an old rotted stump with a giant hill of grass clippings, added light compost & a light covering of mulch on top (so the seeds didn't wash down the hill), planted pie pumpkins & marigolds on top. They grew huge, both the flowers and the pumpkins.
Thanks a bunch for this, Liz! I don’t have a sustainable source for wood chips or straw, but grass clippings I do have! And the plus side is it makes me feel better about all those hours mowing my lawn 😋 God bless!
Hi there Liz! Welcome from across the pond in America. I love ❤️your channel! I’m just starting to grow fruits and vegetables in my backyard. I’ve been looking at growing potatoes and I noticed your video on growing down underneath grass clippings. Wow! So I don’t need soil except on the bottom - I can do that. Thank you for sharing all your valuable information!!!
Another wee question - please will you do a video talking about, and perhaps showing different ways, to store produce like carrots, potatoes, leeks, etc and which items can be left in the ground over winter? Thank you again 💐
Thanks Liz. I cannot wait to try this. My neighbour has a huge lawn and agreed for me to take their grass clippings away. So excited. We were so badly mis-sold on our house and garden, but have managed to turn the Japanese Knotweed into a powerful positive. I would love to hear your thoughts on my research and video called 'Japanese Knotweed Garden.' This plant is high in Resveratrol 'Antiageing. ' The cosmetic industry has used this plant in antiageing products for over a decade. Would you like to try my organic plant based Japanese Knotweed soap? I live in Wales. 😊🐝🦋😊
Make sure that they haven't used weedkiller, moss killer or artificial feed on the lawn for at least three weeks before they give you the grass clippings.
Thanks for the idea, i just put up an advert in a local facebook group a few weeks ago that i accept grass clippings and people are very happy about it, as they cut the grass every 2 weeks, but the local waste management facility only accept it 6 times a year per house. I already started composting it with hay, mulching with grass cluppings, i making grass clipping tea, bought worms to feed them with it, and this video is a nice addition to my growing collection of using this free material to improve my soil and garden which i bought 1 years ago.
ive done a top layer of leaves and duckweed. had good potatoes. duckweed and leaves broke down nicely over the season and just kept putting more and more duckweed and leaves in to hill it.
It's very exciting to see you are really successful and I'm sure you make mad those people who use and advertise so many fertilizers in their videos and never showing the number of potatoes harvested such as you have done here.Thanks a lot.Happy your day as well.
Thank you for your videos and advises, I find them very instructive. Just by case, I made a spot near the garden where I put the vegetable waste from the kitchen and from time to time I cover it with grass. I throw the potato peelings of course and I found afterwards they grew to be a bush and potatoes also under the cover, nice potatoes! So it works very well!
I'm planning on doing this tomorrow May 2, 2022. I've already put the clippings on the beds & had been wondering if anyone had done this. I'm so excited.
Good to know it can be done! I'm going to ask my neighbor for their grass clippings. They have one of those machines that collect it all after mowing and just dump it into the gully between our properties. It all turns into compost and I can get as much as I like, but I have to bring a wagon and shovel for that. Better they just dump it over here for me haha. I have 3 or 4 buckets of potatoes growing right now under a mixture of part soil and mostly leaf compost.
HERE IS HOPING YOU WILL SEE THIS as now 2 years on, which type of hay was used, because we have had so muuch rain I thought to try Barley Hay as this is used for ponds and helps to clean water in ponds and so I thought if this is useful for clearing ponds it could help to clean/clear area's where too much rain has laid around because it was so very heavy and for weeks at a time, so I laid my potatoes into several inches of soil then covered with Barley Hay and I gave them a seaweed fertilizer to give them a little starter. What do you think are my chances of a good crop then?
Just came on line and saw your question. I think you have a fair chance producing a crop. My only concern is if the ground becomes too saturated with subsequent rains, potatoes don't do well in wet ground, they tend to rot and are prone to disease. However, if this area doesn't hold water and drains well you should have a decent crop. Also, if you continue to mulch you will improve the soil for next season; throw your kitchen scrapes on it as well and mulch heavy this fall with the barely or other hay, it helps improve the soil tremendously. Hope this helps and you have a great year. @@mikeedward3161
I love this .Thank you for a great video. I came here because of Covid19. We all need to start a garden, some food is going to be hard to come by during this pandemic .
I don't have money for soil (200+ for 1square yard) but I DO have grass clippings and I want to try growing potatoes this year! Your video helped me so much. Thank you.
Excellent! I'd seen the Ruth Stout method but got put off because off widespread use of herbicides on hay, and especially down here in South Africa. Been using our own grass cuttings as mulch for a while but never considered growing spuds in it! But you can bet I will in a couple of months when it's time to plant. Thank you, Liz.
Brilliant, thanks Liz. I love your channel. I just took on 3 allotments that I share with my mum in law and daughter. We are learning loads from your channel. You and Charles D have taught me everything. You are very relatable too. thank you x
I planted my potatoes in the soil, but started to mulch it with grass clippings. Now when I watched your video I'm going to add thicker layer of grass and leave it to grow. I'm very excited, looking forward to see results.
Going to try this method, this year. Hopefully I can yield more than last years crop!! Don't have much room to work with, so I'll have to make the best of it :)
Thank you for this absolutely wonderful video, I cannot tell you how i appreciate the ideas you share. I am 65, have poor back health and digging is beyond me, so I cannot really help my partner inthe garden or our allotment, that we share with a friend of ours, who are some 12 years my senior, and yet in better shape than I! I will try to build a raised bed and experiment with your method for this, and hopefully manage some potatoes for the winter. A great way to use my lockdown respite!
@Gea Vox How well I understand your physical challenges! I'm in my 9th decade and garden in washer and dryer tubs. I used to have over 70 of them, but have slowed down a bit. Also, I use a ski pole with which to get around in the garden area. I couldn't do any of this without God's help AND the "help" of my Chew-WOW-WOW (aka Chihuahua)! And, yes, you can grow potatoes in containers. I hope you'll enjoy your experience AND the produce!
WOW! THAT IS ABSOLUTELY LOVELY TO HEAR!! I AM ALL OF 73, AND FIGHTING THE SANDY WATER OHOBIC SOIL WE HAVE IN PERTH AUSTRALIA - BUT! WILL NOT GIVE UP! SOMETIMES AFTER A MERE 2 OR 3 HOURS LATE AFTERNOON, TO AVOIDE THE HORRIBLE HEAT HERE, I CAN BARELY WALK , AND ACHE ALL OVER. BUT, TOMORROW I AM RIGHT BACK OUT THERE, IN GODS SOIL, MARVELLING AT THE GREATNESS OF HIS CREATION IN LIVING GROWING THINGS - EACH VEGGIE PLANT SO UNIQUILY AND MASTERFULLY PUT TOGETHER! GOD BLESS!@@annieb7919
This is really an amazing method. Truly I will try this. Thanks for the idea and showing the results. Will leaves from trees work as well as the grass clippings? And do you keep adding the clippings as the potato stems and leaves come up through the clippings? How often through the season do potatoes need watering? Thanks a million for your help. Jesus bless.
Excellent video, Liz! Your videos are so positive and relaxing! I might spend the rest of my spare time watching all of your videos for the second time! Owen :)
As always, such a lovely and informative video. I love watching your garden grow and be fruitful. You are such a calming and positive person. Thank you!
Sadly don't have a lawn & most houses around only have v small gardens. I've occasionally managed to get small quantities of grass cuttings from neighbours for my compost. I'm trying my potatoes under woodchips - worked 2 years ago but failed last year. Have few in pots in garden & am using spent compost etc as mulch.
I have used this method successfully. Three things that will help- watering, making sure you exclude light with regular top ups, and stopping birds flinging the mulch everywhere as they think it’s just for them. I never solved the last one, it’s easier in a garden where you can check everyday, allotments are more prone to animals making themselves at home.
Love the vid from the start, Liz. Why do you videos make me relax and make gardening seem more like a casual pleasure and not an insurmountable challenge? Brambles. Unlike your more eco methods, I treat brambles to a nice drink of glyphosate. One day soon, I hope I won't need to use unfriendly cheats. I love the way the various elements of your garden just work together. Nice spuds. Every good wish and STAY SAFE, m'dear. - Paul
I tried this a while ago. I continue to use it year after year. My only problem was slugs and worms finding the tubers as their food. As well as the occasional spuds rotting in the grass. Overall I recommend this!
Thanks for showing both this year and last year. So often we get only what is happening this year, but no sign of the harvest at the end. Half the time, I wonder whether the RUclipsr is showing an experiment or doing something that actually worked before.
I did a Trial a couple of years ago. Between grass clippings. Leaves and well rotted Horse Manure. I found out the Horse Manure worked the best. Because the faster I put down the grass clippings or the leaves. The worms made them disappear even quicker than that.
I've been giving my Chooks all my grass clippings or letting them rot as they fall to help the lawn, here in Australia you can never have too much mulch, but I definitely like this idea, might add a little Pea straw for the worms. Thanks.
Thank you Jeanette, I'm not managing to get 2 videos a week out at the moment, but hopefully you'll continue to enjoy the one a week that I do make. Thank you for watching!
Thank you for the Video - I have been cutting my allotment paths and adding the liiping to a raised bed - never even thought to put some spuds underneath them. cheers Ray
Excellent. I'm growing spuds in containers during lock down, and as I only have a small amount of compost I'm using leafs which I bagged from last autumn and hope I'll get the same result. Fingers crossed..
Do any kind of leaves work? I bagged some for the first time last year, but I have no idea how they look by now, They are leaves from plants rather than trees, as I don't have trees. Thank you.
@@TwinkleToes2day Yes, as long as what you are covering the seed potatoes with is dense enough, the idea is to exclude the light to the potatoes. Good luck 🤞..
Thank you for inspiration and experience sharing! I took a new allotment which was abandoned for many years and getting my 1st year no-dig garden on its way. I seriously considering this method but I have huge amount of slugs! 10 time more then my neighbors 10 meters away. Probably because is was full on grass field and lots of slug eggs left behind? So my worry is, that with hey/straw slugs will get their paradise back. Please share your thoughts on my situation. Huge thank you and good luck with your garden!
Yum yum I love spuds. Just got some from my local shop which are from a local farm and yes their dirty way dirty you my ask well if you leave the dirt on they will still think their in the ground still and stay fresh longer. "TRY IT BUY DIRTY". What do you say Liz. I find they are fresh longer.
Brilliant video Liz. I really love your videos. I had access to straw this year as a mulch for the potatoes. I just hope this will keep out the light. I will add more straw as the potatoes come up but I might try another small plot with grass clippings. Many thanks. Keep safe. The weather is great here in Ireland. Gardening is a godsend in lockdown.
I managed to get hold of some old hay this year (I also have no grass for clippings) and am going to be trying it for potatoes and as a general mulch on some other beds and for making hot compost (oh the joys of having lots of organic material to spare!). I've just started reading one of Ruth Stout's books and in addition to lot of interesting garden ideas it's also hilarious. She was so sharp!
Im currently binge watching all your previous videos, think Ive found my spiritual home, thank you for showing me some alternative methods for easier veg growing compared to traditional methods, add one new subscriber to you list
Last fall, I raked the fallen leaves into the meadow and collected them with the mower. I spread a deep layer where I plan to plant potatoes this year. So now I just have to poke the potatoes down to ground level and mulch them when they come up
I do no dig spuds on our allotment too. Usually put card/newspaper down and cover with thick layer of well rotted muck or home made compost, and then plant spuds straight into it. "Earthing up" is done in the same way as this video - covering the whole rows with grass clippings from the plot paths and work areas. Works a treat - as long as the badgers don't go rootling through it! Great video and such an easy way to grow spuds.
Thank you for this video, I have grass clippings. I find you ducks quacking away endearing, your calmness and just seeing soil being used usefully so lovely, thanks again!
One quick thought - DON'T use grass clippings from grass that has had weedkiller on it - it won't do your spuds any good at all!
Can I grow directly Into bags of grass clippings or do I have to lay it all above soil? I too have clay soil and it is a nightmare. I'm a beginner to gardening so lots to learn
Thanks Liz no weedkiller aloud on any part of where I grow I have come across a company here in Ireland that sell a viniger based liquid that you add water too dilute it down, that keeps the weeds down on a gravel area the others can be burnt with a torch.
I've got tonnes of wood chip mulching the top of a field ATM. It's decaying quite nicely so I wondered if it would be a good medium?
It is analogous to the Ruth Stout method of no dig using hay to cover. Grass clipping are like short hay.
Cut the bramble as close to the ground as you can get it. Then pour some salt over it, that should kill the root.
I have used deep grass clippings mulch in my garden for 45 years. Grass clippings are the best mulch and easiest to get and work with.
How often do you put clippings on and when do you stop?
Greatly appreciate your time and help.
I have black bird issues so have to cover lawn clippings around small seedlings before they get buried. Had some success with cardboard under clippings as birds can’t get through and look elsewhere. Love grass clippings!
As gardeners we tend to over think things... This video is further proof that the simplest options are often the best 😊 thanks for the share! I'll give it a go
Growing food for your family and others in the community is one of the best ways to bring people together especially in a hungry world! And spreading the skills and knowledge is in my humble opinion even more powerful 👍🏻🇦🇺
Hi Liz! Thank you for this great video. I love learning. Thank you for sharing.
very good , i think i'll give it a try ,thanks. You all have a good day from the Oregon Coast
I had the same thought process about having no hay and gave it ago. When I saw your video I felt very proud of myself!
Hi Josephine, how are you? I'm so pleased to see that you've given it a go already, please let me know how the potatoes grow and whether you have an abundant harvest.
Me too! Great minds etc. I realise I hadn't factored in sunlight getting to the potatoes and making them green. Need more grass clippings.
🙋🏻♀️ how did it work out? I'm about to try it
wow lovely! I'm going to give a go thank you! :) btw: One of the best garden experiments I did using grass clippings was to cover an old rotted stump with a giant hill of grass clippings, added light compost & a light covering of mulch on top (so the seeds didn't wash down the hill), planted pie pumpkins & marigolds on top. They grew huge, both the flowers and the pumpkins.
Thanks a bunch for this, Liz! I don’t have a sustainable source for wood chips or straw, but grass clippings I do have! And the plus side is it makes me feel better about all those hours mowing my lawn 😋 God bless!
exactly! i feel like im harvesting a resource rather than doing maintenance. much more rewarding :)
i used grass clippings for years i was a groundsman for 44 years looking after fine turf so i could have as much as i wanted
My friends nows the graveyards and he gets bags full of mossy grass.
I'm going to try this method for the first time here in Schuyler VA
Hi there Liz! Welcome from across the pond in America. I love ❤️your channel! I’m just starting to grow fruits and vegetables in my backyard. I’ve been looking at growing potatoes and I noticed your video on growing down underneath grass clippings. Wow! So I don’t need soil except on the bottom - I can do that. Thank you for sharing all your valuable information!!!
Helpful video. I had no idea a potato could grow in such a simple environment. And I love your prissy accent...lol
Glad it was helpful!
Wonderful video and thanks for sharing! From Prince George, BC Canada!
Growing up, we planted them in old tires stuffed with hay. Added another tire and more hay as needed.
Its a great and happy life keep it up
Another wee question - please will you do a video talking about, and perhaps showing different ways, to store produce like carrots, potatoes, leeks, etc and which items can be left in the ground over winter? Thank you again 💐
If you spread out the grass clippings on a sunny day, you’ll have hay in a couple of days. And you won’t get the matting, slime or heat from wet grass
I've always wondered if this worked. Since you were successful, I'll be doing a section this way as well. Thank you for sharing
I'm so pleased that you are giving it a go and I hope that you have a fabulous potato harvest!
Works like a charm
Good video 🥔🥔
Thanks! 😃
Thank you.
I'll do this tomorrow!
Thanks Liz. I cannot wait to try this. My neighbour has a huge lawn and agreed for me to take their grass clippings away. So excited. We were so badly mis-sold on our house and garden, but have managed to turn the Japanese Knotweed into a powerful positive. I would love to hear your thoughts on my research and video called 'Japanese Knotweed Garden.' This plant is high in Resveratrol 'Antiageing. ' The cosmetic industry has used this plant in antiageing products for over a decade. Would you like to try my organic plant based Japanese Knotweed soap? I live in Wales.
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Make sure that they haven't used weedkiller, moss killer or artificial feed on the lawn for at least three weeks before they give you the grass clippings.
I am very facinated by yiour video of the grass clipping method & will try it soon .Thanks!
Liz I enjoy your videos, I need your expertise can you tell me how to get rid of ground elder, regards Pauline
Thanks for the idea, i just put up an advert in a local facebook group a few weeks ago that i accept grass clippings and people are very happy about it, as they cut the grass every 2 weeks, but the local waste management facility only accept it 6 times a year per house. I already started composting it with hay, mulching with grass cluppings, i making grass clipping tea, bought worms to feed them with it, and this video is a nice addition to my growing collection of using this free material to improve my soil and garden which i bought 1 years ago.
Lovely. Thank you
ive done a top layer of leaves and duckweed. had good potatoes. duckweed and leaves broke down nicely over the season and just kept putting more and more duckweed and leaves in to hill it.
great lazy way to start a new garden plot.
I mulch my spuds with grass cutting but never thought of growing spuds in that. Fantastic idea 👍
very good thank you i will try that grass cuttings x
Cheers
amazing and easy !!!!
It's very exciting to see you are really successful and I'm sure you make mad those people who use and advertise so many fertilizers in their videos and never showing the number of potatoes harvested such as you have done here.Thanks a lot.Happy your day as well.
So glad I’ve come across your channel. You are lovely! Wish I was your neighbour! ❤️🇨🇦
Thank you for your videos and advises, I find them very instructive. Just by case, I made a spot near the garden where I put the vegetable waste from the kitchen and from time to time I cover it with grass. I throw the potato peelings of course and I found afterwards they grew to be a bush and potatoes also under the cover, nice potatoes! So it works very well!
I'm planning on doing this tomorrow May 2, 2022. I've already put the clippings on the beds & had been wondering if anyone had done this. I'm so excited.
Good to know it can be done! I'm going to ask my neighbor for their grass clippings. They have one of those machines that collect it all after mowing and just dump it into the gully between our properties. It all turns into compost and I can get as much as I like, but I have to bring a wagon and shovel for that. Better they just dump it over here for me haha. I have 3 or 4 buckets of potatoes growing right now under a mixture of part soil and mostly leaf compost.
if you can put Comfry leaves under and over you seed potatoes this keeps them clean and feeds them then you can cover the spuds
Thanks for the tip!
Wonderful
Thank you! Cheers!
I like the way you plant potatoes, excellent method.. I will be doing the same with hay, thank you very much for the idea..
HERE IS HOPING YOU WILL SEE THIS as now 2 years on, which type of hay was used, because we have had so muuch rain I thought to try Barley Hay as this is
used for ponds and helps to clean water in ponds and so I thought if this is useful for clearing ponds it could help to clean/clear area's where too much rain
has laid around because it was so very heavy and for weeks at a time, so I laid my potatoes into several inches of soil then covered with Barley Hay and
I gave them a seaweed fertilizer to give them a little starter. What do you think are my chances of a good crop then?
Just came on line and saw your question. I think you have a fair chance producing a crop. My only concern is if the ground becomes too saturated with subsequent rains, potatoes don't do well in wet ground, they tend to rot and are prone to disease. However, if this area doesn't hold water and drains well you should have a decent crop. Also, if you continue to mulch you will improve the soil for next season; throw your kitchen scrapes on it as well and mulch heavy this fall with the barely or other hay, it helps improve the soil tremendously. Hope this helps and you have a great year. @@mikeedward3161
Love your gardening book Liz!
God bless from New Zealand 🇳🇿 🙏 ❤
I love this .Thank you for a great video. I came here because of Covid19. We all need to start a garden, some food is going to be hard to come by during this pandemic .
I don't have money for soil (200+ for 1square yard) but I DO have grass clippings and I want to try growing potatoes this year! Your video helped me so much. Thank you.
Excellent! I'd seen the Ruth Stout method but got put off because off widespread use of herbicides on hay, and especially down here in South Africa. Been using our own grass cuttings as mulch for a while but never considered growing spuds in it! But you can bet I will in a couple of months when it's time to plant. Thank you, Liz.
I grew no dig potatoes last summer, so easy and such fun to harvest!!!
Ps I am glad you found Malcolm Kingswell's channel, I think he is a marvel!
Brilliant, thanks Liz. I love your channel. I just took on 3 allotments that I share with my mum in law and daughter. We are learning loads from your channel. You and Charles D have taught me everything. You are very relatable too. thank you x
I have been using grass clippings for many years as well. Thanks for your video Liz and I will be trying this with some potatoes as well.❤
I planted my potatoes in the soil, but started to mulch it with grass clippings. Now when I watched your video I'm going to add thicker layer of grass and leave it to grow. I'm very excited, looking forward to see results.
Going to try this method, this year. Hopefully I can yield more than last years crop!! Don't have much room to work with, so I'll have to make the best of it :)
Thank you for this absolutely wonderful video, I cannot tell you how i appreciate the ideas you share. I am 65, have poor back health and digging is beyond me, so I cannot really help my partner inthe garden or our allotment, that we share with a friend of ours, who are some 12 years my senior, and yet in better shape than I! I will try to build a raised bed and experiment with your method for this, and hopefully manage some potatoes for the winter. A great way to use my lockdown respite!
@Gea Vox
How well I understand your physical challenges! I'm in my 9th decade and garden in washer and dryer tubs. I used to have over 70 of them, but have slowed down a bit. Also, I use a ski pole with which to get around in the garden area. I couldn't do any of this without God's help AND the "help" of my Chew-WOW-WOW (aka Chihuahua)! And, yes, you can grow potatoes in containers. I hope you'll enjoy your experience AND the produce!
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WOW! THAT IS ABSOLUTELY LOVELY TO HEAR!! I AM ALL OF 73, AND FIGHTING THE SANDY WATER OHOBIC SOIL WE HAVE IN PERTH AUSTRALIA - BUT! WILL NOT GIVE UP! SOMETIMES AFTER A MERE 2 OR 3 HOURS LATE AFTERNOON, TO AVOIDE THE HORRIBLE HEAT HERE, I CAN BARELY WALK , AND ACHE ALL OVER. BUT, TOMORROW I AM RIGHT BACK OUT THERE, IN GODS SOIL, MARVELLING AT THE GREATNESS OF HIS CREATION IN LIVING GROWING THINGS - EACH VEGGIE PLANT SO UNIQUILY AND MASTERFULLY PUT TOGETHER! GOD BLESS!@@annieb7919
Love the sounds of the ducks.
They are lovely to listen to.
It's very good of you to teach folk practical means of self-sustaining
Now I can get rid of my grass clippings! Thank you!
Thanks that was great👍😎🌏🐨
This is really an amazing method. Truly I will try this. Thanks for the idea and showing the results.
Will leaves from trees work as well as the grass clippings? And do you keep adding the clippings as the potato stems and leaves come up through the clippings? How often through the season do potatoes need watering?
Thanks a million for your help. Jesus bless.
Hallo Liz.I am so grareful that I came across your Videos. You have such a calm voice and so many good tips.
Be Blessed with HEALTH.
💕💕💕 Austria 💐
Thank you so much!
Excellent video, Liz! Your videos are so positive and relaxing! I might spend the rest of my spare time watching all of your videos for the second time! Owen :)
A big thank you for pronouncing Clematis correctly. Plus, what a great way of growing potatoes whilst also improving soil quality.
As always, such a lovely and informative video. I love watching your garden grow and be fruitful. You are such a calming and positive person. Thank you!
Thank you Bonnie, that's very kind of you to say.
Sadly don't have a lawn & most houses around only have v small gardens. I've occasionally managed to get small quantities of grass cuttings from neighbours for my compost. I'm trying my potatoes under woodchips - worked 2 years ago but failed last year. Have few in pots in garden & am using spent compost etc as mulch.
I enjoy watching your videos they are informative.
Thanks for sharing.
Our seed potatoes have arrived and are chitting, going to try this method with a couple of pounds of them.
I just told my son in law that there a way to grow potatoes without digging. Wonderful idea. I'm passing this video on to him. Thanks again.
I really like the basket you used for harvesting the potatoes.
It's called a trug basket
I'll be trying this with my red potatoes 😊 thank you for sharing
I have used this method successfully. Three things that will help- watering, making sure you exclude light with regular top ups, and stopping birds flinging the mulch everywhere as they think it’s just for them. I never solved the last one, it’s easier in a garden where you can check everyday, allotments are more prone to animals making themselves at home.
Love the vid from the start, Liz. Why do you videos make me relax and make gardening seem more like a casual pleasure and not an insurmountable challenge? Brambles. Unlike your more eco methods, I treat brambles to a nice drink of glyphosate. One day soon, I hope I won't need to use unfriendly cheats. I love the way the various elements of your garden just work together. Nice spuds. Every good wish and STAY SAFE, m'dear. - Paul
I tried this a while ago. I continue to use it year after year. My only problem was slugs and worms finding the tubers as their food. As well as the occasional spuds rotting in the grass. Overall I recommend this!
Great video thank you 😀
Glad you enjoyed it
Thanks for showing both this year and last year. So often we get only what is happening this year, but no sign of the harvest at the end. Half the time, I wonder whether the RUclipsr is showing an experiment or doing something that actually worked before.
I did a Trial a couple of years ago. Between grass clippings. Leaves and well rotted Horse Manure. I found out the Horse Manure worked the best. Because the faster I put down the grass clippings or the leaves. The worms made them disappear even quicker than that.
I've been giving my Chooks all my grass clippings or letting them rot as they fall to help the lawn, here in Australia you can never have too much mulch, but I definitely like this idea, might add a little Pea straw for the worms. Thanks.
Another great idea/ video Liz 👍🏻 🥰 full of tips and easy to follow. Thank you for sharing 😊
Thank you Jeanette, I'm not managing to get 2 videos a week out at the moment, but hopefully you'll continue to enjoy the one a week that I do make. Thank you for watching!
Great video, Liz. I sure love Ruth's easy way of growing potatoes :)
Good idea as those of us in the suburbs have access to grass clippings. Thanks, Liz!
It was nice to have your company today. (Quarantine fun) and I planted potatoes today too.
I'm really surprised the heat build up of the clippings composting doesn't damage the potatoes? This is fantastic news!!
Just don't layer it on too thickly at any one time and don't pack it down 😀
Riveting stuff!!!
Thank you. And you have a beautiful smile.
Great video, very informative, thanks for sharing 👍
Glad you enjoyed it
Very clear and simple! Thank you!
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you for the Video - I have been cutting my allotment paths and adding the liiping to a raised bed - never even thought to put some spuds underneath them. cheers Ray
Excellent. I'm growing spuds in containers during lock down, and as I only have a small amount of compost I'm using leafs which I bagged from last autumn and hope I'll get the same result. Fingers crossed..
Do any kind of leaves work? I bagged some for the first time last year, but I have no idea how they look by now, They are leaves from plants rather than trees, as I don't have trees. Thank you.
@@TwinkleToes2day Yes, as long as what you are covering the seed potatoes with is dense enough, the idea is to exclude the light to the potatoes. Good luck 🤞..
Thank you for inspiration and experience sharing! I took a new allotment which was abandoned for many years and getting my 1st year no-dig garden on its way. I seriously considering this method but I have huge amount of slugs! 10 time more then my neighbors 10 meters away. Probably because is was full on grass field and lots of slug eggs left behind? So my worry is, that with hey/straw slugs will get their paradise back. Please share your thoughts on my situation. Huge thank you and good luck with your garden!
I tried this last year using a combination of old thatch (a neighbour redid their roof), leaves and compost. It was worth it for easy harvesting!
Yum yum I love spuds. Just got some from my local shop which are from a local farm and yes their dirty way dirty you my ask well if you leave the dirt on they will still think their in the ground still and stay fresh longer. "TRY IT BUY DIRTY". What do you say Liz. I find they are fresh longer.
Great video as per 😁
Glad you enjoyed it 😃
I'm trying the no dig method this year, I was lucky enough to get some hey.. stay safe...😊
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Wow! That harvest looked so easy!
What a great method! Thank you very much
Brilliant video Liz. I really love your videos. I had access to straw this year as a mulch for the potatoes. I just hope this will keep out the light. I will add more straw as the potatoes come up but I might try another small plot with grass clippings. Many thanks. Keep safe. The weather is great here in Ireland. Gardening is a godsend in lockdown.
Looking good, this is my favourite method for growing potatoes. So easy.
Good afternoon Beautiful.. I love your idea will be mixing with my straw when the snow has finally left 😉.. have a great evening
I managed to get hold of some old hay this year (I also have no grass for clippings) and am going to be trying it for potatoes and as a general mulch on some other beds and for making hot compost (oh the joys of having lots of organic material to spare!). I've just started reading one of Ruth Stout's books and in addition to lot of interesting garden ideas it's also hilarious. She was so sharp!
Im currently binge watching all your previous videos, think Ive found my spiritual home, thank you for showing me some alternative methods for easier veg growing compared to traditional methods, add one new subscriber to you list
Thank you Susan, welcome to this lovely community filled with fabulous, knowledgeable viewers who are happy to share their wisdom with us.
Thanks for the tips Liz! I'm trying my potatoes this way and hope to grow a bunch! Have an amazing day! 😍 💖 🥰
Last fall, I raked the fallen leaves into the meadow and collected them with the mower. I spread a deep layer where I plan to plant potatoes this year. So now I just have to poke the potatoes down to ground level and mulch them when they come up
Great idea Liz thnx for sharing.
You're welcome, it was such a success and knowing that compost is in short supply, it seemed like a good idea to share it.
I do no dig spuds on our allotment too. Usually put card/newspaper down and cover with thick layer of well rotted muck or home made compost, and then plant spuds straight into it. "Earthing up" is done in the same way as this video - covering the whole rows with grass clippings from the plot paths and work areas. Works a treat - as long as the badgers don't go rootling through it! Great video and such an easy way to grow spuds.
Thank you for this video, I have grass clippings. I find you ducks quacking away endearing, your calmness and just seeing soil being used usefully so lovely, thanks again!