NO DIG Magic: Our Chateau Walled Garden Oasis
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- Опубликовано: 23 апр 2022
- Take a tour of our organic no dig walled garden in Brittany France. We still have so much to do...
If you're new to our channel - welcome! We're an American family living in Brittany France restoring a petite chateau and its gardens. Thanks for watching...
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That red leaf on your rose is where a new bloom will form perfectly normal and looks very healthy
If you have bedrooms ready, invite volunteers at the work-away site. You provide room and food. They do the work. You can even ask for specific skill sets, as needed. Plus, the guests/volunteers can use free time to see other parts of the country. It's a win/win.
I too like that idea. 😊 But do they have any place for them to stay yet that is "ready". So far it does not look that way.
Love your garden, what an inspiration! I like the rustic look of the rocks in front of the herbs and espalier and I think you’re right about needing an irrigation system in the future. For some plants/veggies it’s best to do drip irrigation rather than overhead. I realize I am watching videos from 2 years ago and maybe you’ve already got your irrigation system in. I wanted to start from the beginning of your journey so I am binge watching. You are doing an amazing job!
Your walled garden is magical! Truly an outdoor room! I love the color on the garden gates.
Thank you so much!
Your wall garden is lovely, good variety of herbs which are always pretty and useful
Your garden looks so beautiful and will be lush in the near future. You are so blessed to have that well. Hope your hubby is better soon. Great video....thank you!
Thank you so much!
I have another trick against moles. Dig an empty wine bottle in the grass so that 2 cm is above the surface, when the wind blows, the sound propagates, which they do not like. I myself have a lawnmower robot, they do not like it either.
Greetings
Marianne
Thanks for this - I am heading outside with ALL my wine bottles right now ;)
Have you considered having "workaways" come and help y'all with your projects?
Your garden looks beautiful!
Yes, we're looking into the workaday program - thanks for watching :)
An additional use for your tree cages is plant peas around them they will grow and mature before your tomatoes will ripen so you will get 2 crops on the same supports
This is a great idea - thanks!
Ok, I’m so jealous of that garden and its possibilities. Wow.
Well I never thought I'd ever have a garden like this!
I found your site today. I eventually pressed the binge button. Loving your videos. Thank you!
Awesome! Thank you!
Absolutely love how the champagne is for you and can totally relate to your kids complaints of your gorgeous organic produce. Really enjoy your channel and your commentary.
Well I need a little reward for my hard work ;) Thanks for watching!
Love your vlogs. Your veg garden is gorgeous, you are doing a brilliant job. It looks very tidy. Bed edges are my nemesis. I have a big veg garden. Too big for me to manage all of it. So on one 100m2 part of it I put heavy duty landscaping fabric over a large grassy area in the Autumn and then cut holes in it and plant my cucurbits in it. No weeds and good water retention, plus it warms the soil and keeps the fruits off the soil. It works really well. This will be my 4 th year of leaving it down in place and using the same holes ( about 20 holes) . I feed the holes with compost and pelleted manure in the Autumn. I get huge harvests of squash, pumpkin, peppers, cucumbers, courgette , melon, aubergine on about 100m2 covered in landscaping fabric. You could do the same and maybe do it in squares to match your beds. I grow organically, just feed with seaweed feed. The squash keep so well and feed us all winter and Spring. I make soup and freeze it. I just don’t think they grow very well in pots, too hungry, too thirsty.I use loads of mint like you too. Love in courgette soup. Have you tried Tuscan Kale, cavalo nero. It’s really good and looks amazing, stands all winter. I put my potatoes in last week, not up yet. Love your orchard it looks beautiful. We made an asparagus bed last year with three year old crowns, left it last year and harvesting this year. We have just put 20 more crowns in, green asparagus. Just needs weeding and watering and you can harvest for years. Todays lunch will be poached eggs from the girls on toast with chard and asparagus. Good luck with your carrots. Xx
Thanks Jenni! Great tips - the fabric is good idea. I do have Tuscan kale - love it. Someday I'll try to grow asparagus!
Are you going to plant some young new apple trees? I grew up with every kind of fruit tree in my back yard. My mom and dad were raised on farms so they planted gardens like you are doing and we ate very well because of that I have always been healthy and my completion has been beautiful. Once when I was having a facial the woman told me I must have been raised on fresh vegetables my face told the story!
You are what you eat ;) Yes, we will be getting some new trees - the apples we have are only for cider making.
Just for information, lemongrass, mint, lavender, basil and rosemary are excellent insect repellents. In the summer, just put some pots of them near the outdoor places where you relax or have your meals. Peace is guaranteed.
Try a weed wacker to get the weeds popping out in the garden. What about adding Apricot tree too. Get the Ivy off the brick wall.
I used composed horse manure to feed my roses. I pruned in January and of course dead headed whenever it was needed
I have plenty of donkey manure so the roses should be happy :)
Perfect garden area
Beautiful property!
Your garden is so beautiful, I wish I could have a larger garden but just don't have the space :( All of the fresh fruit sounds so amazing, your chateau is beautiful
Thanks so. much!
🤗 nice!
Love the format and choice of music❤
Happy gardening it’s looking great😃👋👋👋
Peonies!!!!! 💕💕💕 Beautiful garden!
Thanks Meri :)
Thank you for a tour of your beautiful walled garden. Much luck chasing the moles away!
Thank you Barbara - I'll need all the luck I can get...
Thanks for the tour of your wonderful garden. I hope it produces well. All beautiful land!
So nice of you :)
Fantastic Garden!!!
Thank you! Cheers!
Your garden and everything else is so beautiful!
Thank you!
Just found your channel, love it. Beautiful!
Thanks!
Your garden is beautiful and you are a good gardener.
Thank you so much 😊
I am now very invested in these vegetables and trees :D
Haha - You and me both!
The new growth on the roses can be red on certain varieties, that’s normal.
I am enjoying your vlogs, sense of humour gives me a giggle. Rene’s garden seeds are my favourite, love their packaging and I have very good results with them. Lincoln’s not your best friend! You do need help, wish I lived closer!🇨🇦BC❤️
Fertilize roses every 2 weeks with a systemic food. They’ll bloom their hearts out.
love your garden. love your house, donkeys, dogs. youre living my dream. happy for you
Thanks so much Rhonda :)
Thank you for sharing! 💞😊 love gardening… Minnesota is still dormant.
Thanks for visiting from Minnesota :)
Blessings you should start some volunteers .
NICE
Garden is looking good! Aww poor kitty. Hope the hubby is up and around!
Thank you Cynthia :)
you guys are getting better- love how calming this is while beautiful interesting and yes funny...you crack me up
Your land is still beautiful 😍 🤩 👌 and you are doing a great job.
Thank you so much 😊
Glad I watched this again 😊 I’ve always been a fan of the sun but I must cover when I’m in it. No matter what I do the sun finds my skin.
Go to the thrift store and find you a white, 100% cotton mens dress shirt and you won’t be so hot. The black material absorbs the sun while the white will reflect it. I just roll up the sleeves and I’m good to go. TTFN
Love your vlogs! (and your humor😄) The donkeys are adorable!😍 I will definitely be recommending to virtual friends on the other chateau vlogs I follow! Good luck you two!!💖💖
Thanks so much Maria! Glad you're enjoying :)
Such a pretty fare. Nice paint job. The garden, with actual organic food is an amazing thing to have!! Hers are so important, too. As a Chef you are really going to love this. Also, the flowers are beautiful. I'n excited for the peonies, too! And roses are notoriously finicky. But worth it. It's just all so lovely an I'm glad you are planting different fruit trees. Important! What fun. Lots of work but so worth it. Best wishes, ts, USA
We love your channel, definitely the only show we don't press fast forward .
We have 3 outdoor cats who love nothing more than catching moles.....😸
How nice to hear Marc! Lucky you with the cats - our dog Guava likes to catch them as well.
Love seeing your Garden spaces! Happy to hear you can grow tomatoes 🎉. Do you have Gophers as well? Your Roses look very good, the new leaves on roses of some varieties, have a bit of a color difference. We will be heading to our new French Farmhouse holiday home soon and I want to grow some veggies and flowers too. We are coming from the North Bay (Sonoma County) looking forward to the summer in Normandy❤️
Thanks - don't think we have gophers. How wonderful that you have two great places to call home :)
That was a wonderful vlog. I really love your garden….thank you for sharing it with us all. It’s a lot of work……but so worth it……your own grown food…..what can be better? ♥🌺💐🌹♥
Thank you for watching Clare! Yes, it's tiring, but worth it.
Hello from Atlanta, Georgia! Your garden is wonderful! I too love raising vegetables - they taste so much better than in the stores and working in the garden is so therapeutic. Your vlog is so well done and your voice is so pleasant and easy going. And I love your humor!
Good luck with the moles! And thank you for sharing your chateau life!🥰
Thank you so much Ginny! I agree that working in the garden is therapeutic - if I have an off day it makes all the difference.
Your espaliered trees look great to me.
Thank you!
I love the garden! Tomatoes are a rotation crop, so need to be planted in different locations each year. The cat is so pretty. You are so much fun the way you tell things!
Thank you! 😊
You have your whole lives to get things done, and you are making great headway! The facilities and property are absolutely breathtaking! What an awesome place. You are very blessed! We opted to retire to Florida. I am not complaining, but it's not a chateau in France! LOL!
Ah, good point! Must remember it’s a marathon not a sprint ;)
The gardens are amazing and love the espalier along the garden wall. Oh how I would love to be planting in a garden like this! 😊
I have seen a trellis of PVC piping with holes drilled in it, over garden beds where you can hook the hose up at one end and it rains water down on all the gardens at once. Inexpensive and works wonders for watering.
Thank you Lisa!
Love your garden and all your Vegs where do you find the time I’m amazed ❤
Love your garden and orchard. Would love to come and help . Maybe next year when my husband and I take our long service leave here in Brisbane Australia :)
Oh gosh - we could use the help ;)
Love the garden! I have such garden envy. That music is the Bordeaux Life music; it’s so strange to hear it in a different vlog. I thought Ed and Anna must be visiting you, haha. Keep up the great work.
Someone else said that about the music - funny! We must use the same music service :)
Beautiful garden! Some crops benefit of being started in trays, so when transplanted you have few leaves and a root system started. Each seedling has a distinctive first set of leaves, so it is easy to recognize from the weeds. With dried leaves and grass, you have the components for compost. With a lawnmower with a catcher, you'll have plenty of compost in time
Your roses look healthy ,feed in Spring and Autumn and watch a few videos on pruning! Once you get the hang of it they are easy to look after! As for the mint definitely put it in a pot or old wheelbarrow as I have or it will go everywhere! Great job !😘👏👏👊❤
Great - maybe I'll get more roses!
Watch garden answer on RUclips for gardening tips!!!
Your red leaf rose is just fine. That kind starts growing with red leaves. TIP for all roses! Put banana peal around the stem. Remove bit of soil, put peal in without the top of peal. Cover with soil again. Roses till November
Ah I wondered that you didn't mention apples amongst the espaliered fruit in the walled garden. But you have a magnificent orchard of them.
Thanks Shirley :)
The musical birthday cards opened up playing, put inside a 2 litre plastic bottle, cut in half, put card playing inside and them taping the bottle together again. Bury this in the spots you get moles. They will go to the next door neighbour and never come back.
Very nice vlog of your garden and land. It's never ending work but what a lovely challenge.
Good luck with the moles.
The Pethericks had them and tried everything. They used some type of high frequency noise that moles hate. Check out their vlog. Fascinating expat family living the château life.
Enjoy your week.
Thank you! Yes, I've looked into that idea - just might have to do it...
We use in ground mole/gopher traps. I've also read if you put juicy fruit chewing gum down the their holes, they'll eat it and die. They will eat your root veggies if you don't get rid of them. 🤔
I've just given up!!
From falling down the stairs to now being sick I hope your hubby isn't a lemon LOL ( just a garden joke )
This made me laugh!!!
Nice know that I am not the only one not enjoying the effects the sun have on my skin 🍅
I know, it would be quite liberating to walk around sans hat and sunblock!
I recognized the music from Bordeaux Life. Nice garden. You must have a healthy diet.
Just googled it and yes they have plenty, called sonic mole spikes take a look!
Hello, with such an amount of land, would you consider to have sheeps doing the mowing ? you may find in the area a stockbreeder interested in free grass and bushes .... you would save money and time ;😉
It’s wonderful to hear of your new life in Brittany/Bretagne/Brezh. I have several raised beds within my humble maison in Cleguerec, so we share weather and seasonal growth about our gardens.
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Thank you :) The weather can be tricky here!
The roses have normal growth there, I see a little black spot on it but that is difficult to get rid of. Roses are heavy feeders and would benefit from a thick mulch of manure around the base.
Ok - thank you :)
You could do a garden map just to keep track of where everything is at. Also remember to plant roses spaced apart, it one gets sick it's hard when they are too close together to repair & treat any damage.
Thanks - Good to know about the roses :)
Roses take off quickly in spring and often have reddish colours on the new growth.. suggest spraying every two weeks to keep black spot and pests at bay. Water deeply twice a week.
Roses love banana skins.. I have soaked in water for a day or so then watered
Also blended them w water poured it on ground around base my old rose reallyovrd it and thrived. Try it 😃
Great tip!
I like that you guys have lots of fruit trees. I was wondering if you have chestnut trees and glad to hear you do. You may already know this... the roots of chestnut trees are hosts for truffles. You may want to check those out especially since the land has not been "farmed" for some time. Cheers-
Oh yes, we have many chestnut trees on the property. I don't know why I did't think of this!
Looks beautiful. Roses are easy, Just deadhead during the season. Prune in winter, prune to the shape of a wine glass cutting out any crossing branches. They are really tough so you won’t kill them. Also when you prune them back, cut them to just above your knees. 😊
Thanks for the tips - I was a bit intimated by the roses!
Lovely garden! And no you do not have to resort to muder then you will have a big ol mess of dead moles everywhere. They sell these sonic instruments that go in the ground they give off a noise the moles hear and dislike and move on. Look it up..much friendlier and kinder and no the mixture your making won't work. Good luck with all and hope you find harmony for all! Love your place from Canada!
Yes, I've seen these at the garden center - I think I will give them a try! Thanks :)
here in my country, we dont need to plant staple vegetables. fresh produce can already be bought outside of the house. we have lots of public market in the area and vegetables here are cheaper compared to the ones we can buy in the supermarket.
I’m not a fan of sunburn or tan skin either, so I work outside in the morning or evening. I also wear light colors, stained by yard work.😂
Lovely garden! As far as your moles are concerned, I have tips. Put coffee grounds into the holes. (Coffee is acidic though, so use carefully.) Moles don’t like the scent. And they really don’t like the smell of castor oil. I also used empty bottles put into the soil at an angle. The wind passing over the open mouth causes vibrations that moles find unpleasant. I don’t know which one was effective in the end because I used all three at once with great success.
Oh the water bottle tip is interesting! I've tried the coffee grounds - and I'll have to locate some castor oil around here...
If I may suggest, soil is vital for all plants. Yours by the walls needs nourishment in every way before any planting. Start a good compost heap, buy some decent compost or topsoil if anything is to benefit. Top dress existing plants. The rose looks fine, it is the new growth, again top dress after a good soak. Chicken manure can be purchased as a feed for all plants generally, I also give a seeweed food in water for my precious stuff to boost them. Hope this helps
Yes - I haven’t gotten around to it yet! We make our own compost and have plenty of donkey manure. I’ve yet to try the seaweed, will get some as others have mentioned. Thanks for the tips :)
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I hope Lincoln is feeling better.
Good colour choice for the gates.
What is the music that you are using at the beginning and the end? I love it!
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Thanks so much :) The music is from a sight called Epidemic Sound - I'd have to look it up!
@@OurFrenchChateau thanks so much for the clue - I will check that out.
I don't think the mint will overtake the garden. Ours never did.
Looks good but hope the fruit trees' roots don't compromise your stone wall in time.
Such a wonderful garden....I can't wait to see it as it grows. Just a serious warning though you should not have any lilies, they are highly poisonous to cats! I would remove them as soon as possible.
Yes, I've taken them out - I just read that a few weeks ago.Thanks
My Mom made fun of me for growing tomatoes on a wall. Works perfectly. I live in Georgia USA- Where it gets HOT - but my wall location had afternoon shade.
I had voles. They tunnel and leave long tunnels through the yard as opposed to mounds of dirt on top. My solution was murder too. I got a cat. I swear I had a city of them & they are gone.
Glad to know I'm not the only one! No one seems to mention growing tomatoes on a wall...
I think your potatoes are a bit close together, the soil needs to be be ridged up above them to keep light from the tubers or they will go green
I usually mound the soil up after they start growing...
The cats need to be "put onto" the moles scent!
Edge your garden with Euphorbias. They look pretty and have shallow roots that deter moles.
Thanks for the tip - I'll look into this :)
@@OurFrenchChateau Euphorbia lathyris ou Euphorbe à taupe-- you can find them sometimes at Troc-plantes (plant barter ?) or vide-greniers
Try sonar for the moles, they will move on down the road.
In another youtuber, they said marshmallows gets rid of moles. You tube channel is Nick’sfarm.
Ah, I must investigate this!
Don't feel bad. I live in Florida. I cover up like you do to do the yard work. I look like the men that come once a week to mow. I don't want the sun to ruin my skin either. I came here when I was 53. Now I am 75.
Happy you can relate!
You need to make seed tape using strip's of toilet paper, especially for the small seeds like carrots etc.
Great idea!
Check out the channel “ Garden Answer” for inspiration.
They use well water and installs frost free faucets, use Hoselink retractable hose reel. They have set up drip irrigation on their new property. There are detailed videos on it.
Yes, love that channel!
My mom n grandma always planted borders of marigolds around beds and everywhere else they could possibly put them. They said the moles hate the smell of them. I lost all my lariope (spelled correctly I hope ?) borders to moles last year .
Oh my - I'd need a truck full of marigolds!! I'll try some in the worst beds. They're so annoying :(
@@OurFrenchChateau yes they are ! I had let my lariope build up into a huge mass and finally kast year separated into about fifty plants . Planted them watered them and within days Mole's had migrated into the area and eaten every one . They must have smelled them from hundreds of feet away because I had no idea they were around 😂😳🤬 Gotta love mother nature ❣️
I would remove the kitty’s marker and try to forget.
FEED CORN tastes so different from SWEET CORN. Please consider ordering sweet corn. Even the texture is a bit different. QUESTION: Is there such a thing as a mole garden? I would imagine if they have a place to just do what moles do, that would keep them away from your plantings.
Yes, we're planting sweet corn. Unfortunately I think moles have a mind of their own!
Would it be less work to have sheep mowing the lawn in the orchard? I don't know the answer, just wondering.
U have ample space u can build an green house
Yes, can't wait for a greenhouse...
What kind of dishes do you make with the kale?
I use any recipe that calls for Spinach. I also bruise it first with olive oil then proceed to make as I would any lettuce salad. More flavor and nutrients than lettuce.
How deep is the soil on on top of the cardboard.
I add roughly 5 inches (12.7 cm) of soil and compost on top of the cardboard