Been gardening for 65 years but never too old to learn. Love your channel and your book. I think in these uncertain times your cheerful enthusiasm lifts my spirit. Thank you.
My first year of gardening. I watched many videos looking for advice. You have "answered " most of my questions and as we are more or less neighbours I have made a list of what is growing in your garden ;) I find watching your channel truly informative and at the same time relaxing and calming....Thank you! Lots of love from Ireland ☘
@@gardener3017 From what I've seen anyone with any sense of foresight is getting into gardening at the moment to hopefully avoid the worst of the food shortages. The knowledge you can find online from experienced gardeners is immensely helpful.
Our winters go down to -30c we've only just had the snow clear this week and the only this that's survived is the parsley. I was quite amazed how hardy it is.
Hello there fellow cold weatherer. Lol. I love watching Huw for so many great ideas, but I was beginning to wonder if I was the only cold climate person watching. Northern Canada here:) -30 or -40 is pretty standard here for at least a couple weeks in winter and our snow is still a foot deep...slowly melting. Believe it or not, we actually moved a year ago from farther north, zone 1-2. Now we live in a 'balmy' zone 4. 😅
This is super useful. I’m bookmarking it as I plan out my beds for the year. I’m using your monthly planning method as well. As I get older I’m gardening more and had my own simple methods. watching you I’ve had so many ‘light bulb moments’ from your explanations on what, why and how to do things. Thanks Huw.
Most enjoyable agree with everything you said. As we over here are in the hungry gap but thanks to all you wonderful u tube people we learn more and more each year. Thank you so much for your time getting these to us. 24 hrs thank you thank you so much.
Thanks for another great video, watched this one and 'NEVER Buy Salad Again' last weekend, both have been a great inspiration and very useful! I know now why our Parsnip germination was very patchy last year, when they normally grow great! .... The seeds must have dried out, as I recall it being a very dry Spring last year too! The growing system we use, being off grid means we don't water very often, which is normally fine with our use of woodchip, but obvs not quite enough for the Parsnip sees. Since watching I've been watering our big parsnip bed as often as possible, which I think has saved our Parsnips just in time this year and they are now happily germinating ! Also had chargrilled purple sprouting broccoli the other night too, which was a real hit ... Thank you for the inspiration ✌️🌿
Some great ideas here, wish I had space to grow all of them. We grew kalettes as a winter crop last year and growing again this year. A delicious cross between brussels sprouts and kale which we had with Christmas dinner. Once all the kalettes have been picked you can eat the leaves as well.
When I have lived in windy areas, I have covered my carrots and beets with old, cut up denim jeans to protect the seeds from blowing away and to help prevent the soil from drying up from the wind. I keep the jeans on, held down with rocks until the seeds have roots established.
I just use wooden planks to cover my seeds to sprout and keep checking after day 6 or so. That really keeps the moisture in the ground and carrots don't need light to germinate. Also, before I sow them, I mix them with moist sand and let them sit for about three days in a zippy bag. Makes the sowing easier and the seeds are already kind of primed.
Same thing here (South West Belgium), had a week of continuous frost in February, around 0 degrees Celsius in the daytime and around -8 to -10 at night, with a continuous North wind (no shelter here, almost open field). Covered my parsley with electrical tube hoops, several layers of cloth and the outer shell of a pop-up tent - the kind you pick up for free at the end of a music festival ;-). It showed signs of frost ('glassy' looking leaves) when I uncovered it, but it's growing alright since. The kale plants (Nero di Toscana) right next to it died (I thought they didn't need protection...). The flat leaf parsley is Gigante d'Italia. Some plants didn't fit under the tent, so I cut them right above the 'growing point' before the frost, and they took off growing back after the frost (didn't cover them at all, by lack of time).
Я смотрела тебя в германии, теперь живу в России, и 2 лето обеспечиваю себя едой (я веган) и смотрю, смотрю тебя! мне б такого помощника! у меня 4 гектара и на всё не хватает просто рук! твои видео очень ценные! и селят в сердце любовь
Huw, You'd be so proud of me! I haven't been able to source plant labels for quite a while now and it's been frustrating so I did the hack I saw you teach us and made my own labels from a cottage cheese container. It was so nice to conquer that one thing that was getting on my nerves. Thanks again for all you teach us.
I really like growing mache and miners lettuce aka claytonia. They grow great in the spring and then go to seed when the summer heat comes. But those seeds will come up in late summer and keep growing through the winter into the next spring. And miners lettuce is actually a perennial in cooler climates and does great in the shade. I've been enjoying both mache and miners lettuce in my salads all winter long.
I'd love to see what Sam can cook out of your garden once things are really producing! Also can't recommend leeks enough... Fresh baby leeks in omelette is heaven 😍
I would like to second this - it's been utterly fantastic and as we are embarking on year 2 of growing our own, with four times more space than last year we are so excited to try out more of your veg bed plans - thanks for a fab book!
Our parsley will overwinter (in the hoop house) in US zone 5. The tops did die back during a deep cold snap, but they are now sending up new shoots. I'm going to transplant outside, to see if they will survive with some mulching. The chard overwintered, too. Thanks for all the ideas for our winter hoop house crops.
Thank you, so much Huw, for this excellent info. I truly enjoyed hearing you speak of a couple crops I'd never known about, a few I did, but only vaguely, a few I'd only thought of growing, & most I never knew were so winter hardy. I live in Z5 in the Northeast US, so have trudged through a foot of snow to pick Brussels sprouts in a friend's garden.They were delicious - still doing fine with little night caps of snow atop each sprout. This has me dreaming of providing & sharing true abundance, even into the bleak winter months, usually spent waiting to see my Spring bulbs break through, announcing the end of winter. This is a life changer. Wish I'd known all this when I was young. Happy Spring!
I am a new subscriber from Nova Scotia, Canada and I really enjoy your videos that are packed with valuable information that is straight forward. Learning something new every time! Thank you :)
I have 3 raised beds filled with yummy greens for winter. Kale, chard, lettuces (4 seasons and Rouge d’Hiver), they are all under low poly tunnels. Next year I will be adding cabbages, leeks, carrots for my winter soup in addition to container potatoes ❤️
Zone 6a here with a long winter down to -5*F last year. Kohlrabi and hamburg rooted parsley survived unprotected in my garden. But it's always good to put up a low tunnel when winter approaches, a lot of brassica and root vegetables will survive with the help of a low tunnel.
Thank you for this. In NE Scotland and yesterday was thrilled to be able to go out to my garden and lift a few leeks for a sausage and leek bake. They lasted outside through the frost and snow and are still delicious.
My Grandad always said you can have cabbage from the 1st of January through to the 31st December. There's another veggie to grow year round, it's New Zealand spinach, or perpetual spinach. It's hardy and delicious. Another tasty hungry gap filler.
He was saying that succession sowing of different seasonal varieties was the way to go. Of course, that depends on where you live. I'm sure there are some places where you just can't grow things in winter.
Thank you for this great Channel... You inspired me to start gardening at the age of 50! I'm a absolute garden newcomer from Austria (not Australia 😉) and I'm learning soooo much from your videos... Not only garden tipps ... You improve also my english with your winter veggies: Leak , swedes, salsify, parsnips, oca, Jerusalem artichokes, tubes ... all new words from only one video... 😁
Thank you Huw. I have missed your videos. Great to see a new video on this subject. I missed out last year too, due to only concentrating on summer crops. This is my goal, to have year round crops in zone 6 🇺🇸. God bless your new season. 🙏🏻
AnGreat timing- I've always been told to sow rutabagas in July for late Autumn crops and they never size up. Will sow this week while its still very cool and see how they do. And you're right about leeks- can't have too many. Trying the 'leek seedbed' this year. 4 of our beds are alliums: garlic, shallots, walking onions, 'potato' or 'multiplier' onions, and the leeks will be spread around through the other beds. Got a good winter keeping beet called "Lutz Greenleaf" from a local Amish seed company, and also grow Cylindra and Bolthardy, trying Badger Flame this year for a better yellow beet. And yes, please post of the recipes you use!
Huw, I look forward to your gardening tutorials! This will be my first year planting April Spring crops! I’m excited, thank you! You voice is very soothing, so I can listen to you before going to sleep. Looking forward to buying your book as well. So wonderful!
Thank you for posting your fantastic videos! I have been a vegetable gardener for some years but never as good of a vegetable gardener now when I am prepared with all the good information you have shared with us thank you so much 😊💕💕
O how I wish our garden wasn’t under three feet or more of snow all winter. Still, I think we can adapt some of these principles. From the interior of Southern BC, Canada.
Thank you, Huw! I am growing turnip, salsify, parsnip, leek, purple sprouting broccoli and brussel sprouts for the first time this year. It's really helpful to have these timelines for sowing and harvesting. I want to have abundance right through winter and early spring next year. Thank you!
Thank you for another very helpful video! Sowing for the winter falls right into the busiest months at the start of the gardening year, so it's easy to procrastinate about it. Keeping on top of the sowings is actually one of my top goals this year.
I had Swiss Chard up until the last frost which devastated it and it’s only just struggling back to life. It did really well until February. I use it to supplement my chickens who are proper fusspots and only eat chard and spinach.
All great crops and suggestions. Pay attention to your latitude when deciding when to sow these. If you are in the USA a lot of these can be planted later then Huw states even in places like NY. Backward schedule from stated maturity days and when the last date you get 10 hours of daylight add an extra two weeks for the slower growth in the fall.
Ohh my goodness, this was an amazing video. I haven’t been gardening long and I always wondered how can I get veg ready for winter while I am so focused on summer crops. Thank you so much!!
Thank you for this Huw ~ this is my second year of trying to grow my own, and find I have planted 7 out of the 15 you talk about and I know that, that is more than half what I managed last year, so Yay me! I don't generally use parsley as I don't like it's raw flavour, so I may look at how it can be cooked and perhaps plant some soon. I really look forward to your cook/camerman's Cream of Turnip soup recipe ~ hint, hint, nudge nudge 🤭
Thanks for all your efforts Huw. Your videos are extremly informative and enjoyable to watch. Thought I had bought enough seeds for planting this year but you've convinced me to add a few more to the collection!
This video is what I was looking for. Great information, but I'm concerned about pests. Is there a video on how to look after these veges and how to ensure I get the best results? Thanks.
I’ve gone from 400sq ft of growing space to 1200sq ft because of no dig, you and Charles and now it seems I need more space ! There’s so much variety out there for all year food. Trouble is I risk losing control with such variety with preparation, timing etc. Like I pulled my kale out early and didn’t get enough leeks going early enough. I’m not good at the planning side of things. I think I’m ready to roll this year but I get this daunting feeling about now.... will I get the right things growing at the right time. Thanks to vlogs like these I hope I get better each year 👍
Ha ha, I am exactly the same! So many lovely veggies to grow and so much to learn and wanting to get it all going right can make me feel quite panicky 😀
Perfectly timed comprehensive video...I'd been waiting for. I always miss out and endlessly checking the back of packs trying work out when to sow what for winter food. Sprouts, Kale, Cabbage, Leeks..and chard (Perfect). prefer spinach but will try chard. Wait..in the polytunnel you pulled out some of those shooting plants..3.04 (turnips) which look getting ready to bolt....I just pulled up mine thinking they were no good as a failed attempt to grow turnips as forming flowers...are you going to eat them?
This is such a great video, this is my first full year growing and the info here is fantastic.. List made and il be busy sowing for next winter. Thank you
greetings from finland :) ur advice is often very applicable to our garden, even though the winters are much colder and summers shorter here, ur cool summer temperatures seem quite similar to ours. i love turnips and swedes btw :D
Really enjoyed this one Huw. I want to concentrate on having a winter garden this year. I’ve watched a lot of your videos now and just got your veg in one bed book too!
I am a Canadian Gardner (zone 5) and I follow you wholeheartedly. I've learned so much. I am wondering how cold it gets over the winter where you are. I'm not sure I can grow outside as long into the winter as you can. But I do have a new greenhouse, currently unheated, can I grow in that during the colder months? What temperature would I need to keep the greenhouse at?
Hey Richards ! Thanks for all your very instructive videos ! I would love have vegetables to eat from the garden during the winter BUT I have no space to plant them so early during the year. My garden is small and at this time of the year It's going to be full because of summer/automnal plantation (tomatoes, zucchini, aubergine etc.) Do you have some idea I could use ? I would like to seed some winter plant, let them grow and transplant them later, maybe september when I will get some free space. Best regards, Stéphane
Going to grow Rutabaga (Swedes) for the first time this year. Can't wait to experiment with new varieties of vegetables. Last year I grew Leeks for the first time, and they turned out great.
Huw, I have been looking for information on winter watering in a row garden. Although Im a South East Texan, winter can be freezing and hot (70s to low 80s)in the same 24hr period, but there are long stretches where it gets freezing cold and I'm not sure if watering can help or hinder my veg garden. Any thoughts or tips you can share? I don't have a watering system so it's either hose sprayer or water bucket. Thanks for all the excellent video's I have learned a great deal from watching
Thank you for sharing Huw I am doing containers this year due to be moving to a bungalow soon so cannot grow in the ground this year apart form the ones i did before knowing that David and his dad would like to be on one level
Been gardening for 65 years but never too old to learn. Love your channel and your book. I think in these uncertain times your cheerful enthusiasm lifts my spirit. Thank you.
Awh thank you so much I really appreciate your kind comment and send you so many good wishes! :)
@Brendan Abdullah why are you promoting illegal activities?
My first year of gardening. I watched many videos looking for advice. You have "answered " most of my questions and as we are more or less neighbours I have made a list of what is growing in your garden ;)
I find watching your channel truly informative and at the same time relaxing and calming....Thank you!
Lots of love from Ireland ☘
@@gardener3017 From what I've seen anyone with any sense of foresight is getting into gardening at the moment to hopefully avoid the worst of the food shortages.
The knowledge you can find online from experienced gardeners is immensely helpful.
half a packet of my parsnip seed went through washing machine 53 min cold wash, in a pocket planted them anyway and every one germinated !!!
Pru, I have terribly germination with my parsnip, maybe I should try that!
Yes.....turnip soup video please‼️🙏🙏
Our winters go down to -30c we've only just had the snow clear this week and the only this that's survived is the parsley. I was quite amazed how hardy it is.
Good god, where do you live? New Zealand can get cold, -12c at night in some places, but not that cold!
@@thehangmansdaughter1120 We’re in north Latvia near the Estonian border. Moved here couple of years ago.
Hello there fellow cold weatherer. Lol. I love watching Huw for so many great ideas, but I was beginning to wonder if I was the only cold climate person watching. Northern Canada here:) -30 or -40 is pretty standard here for at least a couple weeks in winter and our snow is still a foot deep...slowly melting. Believe it or not, we actually moved a year ago from farther north, zone 1-2. Now we live in a 'balmy' zone 4. 😅
Salsify flowers are stunning to look at! So if you don't like to eat it, the bees will have enjoy it. And worth it just for looking at.
I was growing them for the first time last year and they didn't bloom at all 🤔
Hi Sam Behind the camera! You do a FANTASTIC Job!
He most definitely does and says a big thank you too😊
He needs to be put in the credits. Great job Sam.
Fantastic! I’ve got to listen again and take notes!! Thanks Huw, from Nova Scotia Canada
Yes, taking notes is always a good idea. Hope its helpful :)
About to harvest some purple sprouting broccoli tomorrow. *8 plants looking beautiful. I've never eaten it before and cant wait. : )
This is an AMAZING video. Absolutely timely and vital information. You are definitely my favorite vlogger gardener!
So so pleased to hear that this is helpful, thank you so much!
This is super useful. I’m bookmarking it as I plan out my beds for the year. I’m using your monthly planning method as well. As I get older I’m gardening more and had my own simple methods. watching you I’ve had so many ‘light bulb moments’ from your explanations on what, why and how to do things. Thanks Huw.
Most enjoyable agree with everything you said. As we over here are in the hungry gap but thanks to all you wonderful u tube people we learn more and more each year. Thank you so much for your time getting these to us. 24 hrs thank you thank you so much.
Thanks for another great video, watched this one and 'NEVER Buy Salad Again' last weekend, both have been a great inspiration and very useful! I know now why our Parsnip germination was very patchy last year, when they normally grow great! .... The seeds must have dried out, as I recall it being a very dry Spring last year too! The growing system we use, being off grid means we don't water very often, which is normally fine with our use of woodchip, but obvs not quite enough for the Parsnip sees. Since watching I've been watering our big parsnip bed as often as possible, which I think has saved our Parsnips just in time this year and they are now happily germinating ! Also had chargrilled purple sprouting broccoli the other night too, which was a real hit ... Thank you for the inspiration ✌️🌿
I discovered that I love Kale flowers. They are sweet and mild and I like them better than broccoli. I keep picking away hoping they will continue!
Some great ideas here, wish I had space to grow all of them.
We grew kalettes as a winter crop last year and growing again this year. A delicious cross between brussels sprouts and kale which we had with Christmas dinner. Once all the kalettes have been picked you can eat the leaves as well.
When I have lived in windy areas, I have covered my carrots and beets with old, cut up denim jeans to protect the seeds from blowing away and to help prevent the soil from drying up from the wind. I keep the jeans on, held down with rocks until the seeds have roots established.
I just use wooden planks to cover my seeds to sprout and keep checking after day 6 or so. That really keeps the moisture in the ground and carrots don't need light to germinate. Also, before I sow them, I mix them with moist sand and let them sit for about three days in a zippy bag. Makes the sowing easier and the seeds are already kind of primed.
@@andreamortimer2610 Thanks for the alternative ideas!
@@andreamortimer2610 I have used wood planks too. It works
@@mrssamwinchester100
It's always nice to have alternative options that work; now I know not to toss old jeans 😉
@@lucylu530
When I used them the first time, I was truly skeptical whether it would work out, but, boy, does it work well 👍🧐
Flat leaved parsley can be quite hardy as well. I grew the variety Laura last year and it withstood the winter fantastically.
Agreed. I've had flat leaf parsley up until February this year.
Yes me too, we are in the southwest but our flat leaf parsley is still growing well
Fantastic! I haven't tried it myself and will give that a go this season :)
Good to know. 👍
Same thing here (South West Belgium), had a week of continuous frost in February, around 0 degrees Celsius in the daytime and around -8 to -10 at night, with a continuous North wind (no shelter here, almost open field). Covered my parsley with electrical tube hoops, several layers of cloth and the outer shell of a pop-up tent - the kind you pick up for free at the end of a music festival ;-). It showed signs of frost ('glassy' looking leaves) when I uncovered it, but it's growing alright since. The kale plants (Nero di Toscana) right next to it died (I thought they didn't need protection...). The flat leaf parsley is Gigante d'Italia. Some plants didn't fit under the tent, so I cut them right above the 'growing point' before the frost, and they took off growing back after the frost (didn't cover them at all, by lack of time).
Я смотрела тебя в германии, теперь живу в России, и 2 лето обеспечиваю себя едой (я веган) и смотрю, смотрю тебя! мне б такого помощника! у меня 4 гектара и на всё не хватает просто рук! твои видео очень ценные! и селят в сердце любовь
I am also a professional chef and just acquired an allotment. Excited to get going, great content and advice 👍🏻
Huw, You'd be so proud of me! I haven't been able to source plant labels for quite a while now and it's been frustrating so I did the hack I saw you teach us and made my own labels from a cottage cheese container. It was so nice to conquer that one thing that was getting on my nerves. Thanks again for all you teach us.
Yep been doing that for years. I hate spending money on something I can recycle.
I really like growing mache and miners lettuce aka claytonia. They grow great in the spring and then go to seed when the summer heat comes. But those seeds will come up in late summer and keep growing through the winter into the next spring. And miners lettuce is actually a perennial in cooler climates and does great in the shade. I've been enjoying both mache and miners lettuce in my salads all winter long.
Thanks for this info. I'm a big fan of reseeders, and am glad to know both will reseed themselves.
I'd love to see what Sam can cook out of your garden once things are really producing! Also can't recommend leeks enough... Fresh baby leeks in omelette is heaven 😍
Great idea:)
Thanks for this. I want to plug your first book, "Veg in one Bed” -- which really helped me figure out succession planting. Thank you for all you do!
Awh amazing thank you so much Kevin!
I would like to second this - it's been utterly fantastic and as we are embarking on year 2 of growing our own, with four times more space than last year we are so excited to try out more of your veg bed plans - thanks for a fab book!
Another wonderful video. We are blessed to be able to share in your wisdom. Thank you again for all the incredible information and guidance
This is my first full year of gardening and I have found your videos so valuable and inspiring. Thank you so much!
ME TOO!! My favorite piece of advice has been to sit in your garden and see what it can do. Just be in the location and observe.
Awhh that is so kind of you thank you!
Nothing better than a good monthly planner. Your content is my go to for what to sow when and this little reminder is really useful.
Our parsley will overwinter (in the hoop house) in US zone 5. The tops did die back during a deep cold snap, but they are now sending up new shoots. I'm going to transplant outside, to see if they will survive with some mulching. The chard overwintered, too.
Thanks for all the ideas for our winter hoop house crops.
Thank you, so much Huw, for this excellent info. I truly enjoyed hearing you speak of a couple crops I'd never known about, a few I did, but only vaguely, a few I'd only thought of growing, & most I never knew were so winter hardy.
I live in Z5 in the Northeast US, so have trudged through a foot of snow to pick Brussels sprouts in a friend's garden.They were delicious - still doing fine with little night caps of snow atop each sprout.
This has me dreaming of providing & sharing true abundance, even into the bleak winter months, usually spent waiting to see my Spring bulbs break through, announcing the end of winter. This is a life changer. Wish I'd known all this when I was young.
Happy Spring!
Wow sually I hear about a lot of winter crops I don't like, these all sound amazing! Thank you for the great ideas.
I really want to grow leeks,I have started some, but I want to do more, they are delicious.
Great to know you can eat leaves and so on too, thank you
This is fabulous, thank you. Winter crops are usually just an afterthought in so many presentations.
I am a new subscriber from Nova Scotia, Canada and I really enjoy your videos that are packed with valuable information that is straight forward. Learning something new every time! Thank you :)
I have 3 raised beds filled with yummy greens for winter. Kale, chard, lettuces (4 seasons and Rouge d’Hiver), they are all under low poly tunnels. Next year I will be adding cabbages, leeks, carrots for my winter soup in addition to container potatoes ❤️
I love that I just learned about 2 veggies that I've never heard of before.
We so enjoy watching and learning from you here in America! Thank you! We're expanding this year and appreciate your advice and ideas. :)
Awh thank you so much, so glad it's helpful😁
Ditto
Both my curly leaf and flat leaf parsley grew through our cold winter and got huge this spring. Expect they will go to seed soon
Zone 6a here with a long winter down to -5*F last year. Kohlrabi and hamburg rooted parsley survived unprotected in my garden. But it's always good to put up a low tunnel when winter approaches, a lot of brassica and root vegetables will survive with the help of a low tunnel.
Thank you for this. In NE Scotland and yesterday was thrilled to be able to go out to my garden and lift a few leeks for a sausage and leek bake. They lasted outside through the frost and snow and are still delicious.
Thanks Huw, this has given me an idea of what to plant in a space I needed filling. 👍
My Grandad always said you can have cabbage from the 1st of January through to the 31st December. There's another veggie to grow year round, it's New Zealand spinach, or perpetual spinach. It's hardy and delicious. Another tasty hungry gap filler.
He was saying that succession sowing of different seasonal varieties was the way to go. Of course, that depends on where you live. I'm sure there are some places where you just can't grow things in winter.
Thank you nice to know what to plant that’s hardy🌈🌺
Youre Welcome :)
Your channel gets better with every season under your belt.
Thank you very much for recognizing and mentioning that because that's absolutely my goal!!:)
Thank you for this great Channel... You inspired me to start gardening at the age of 50!
I'm a absolute garden newcomer from Austria (not Australia 😉) and I'm learning soooo much from your videos... Not only garden tipps ... You improve also my english with your winter veggies:
Leak , swedes, salsify, parsnips, oca, Jerusalem artichokes, tubes ... all new words from only one video... 😁
I'm mostly going to have broad beans, beetroot, and brassicas to harvest this winter because I didn't plant much else in time.
Beautiful and productive, thank you
Such great information! I absolutely love your channel!
Thanks for reminding me that salsify is an absolutely brilliant vegetable, off to go get some seeds as we speak 🤭🙏🏻
Thank you Huw. I have missed your videos. Great to see a new video on this subject. I missed out last year too, due to only concentrating on summer crops. This is my goal, to have year round crops in zone 6 🇺🇸. God bless your new season. 🙏🏻
AnGreat timing- I've always been told to sow rutabagas in July for late Autumn crops and they never size up. Will sow this week while its still very cool and see how they do. And you're right about leeks- can't have too many. Trying the 'leek seedbed' this year. 4 of our beds are alliums: garlic, shallots, walking onions, 'potato' or 'multiplier' onions, and the leeks will be spread around through the other beds. Got a good winter keeping beet called "Lutz Greenleaf" from a local Amish seed company, and also grow Cylindra and Bolthardy, trying Badger Flame this year for a better yellow beet. And yes, please post of the recipes you use!
Huw,
I look forward to your gardening tutorials! This will be my first year planting April Spring crops! I’m excited, thank you! You voice is very soothing, so I can listen to you before going to sleep. Looking forward to buying your book as well. So wonderful!
I agree, Rachael. Well said.
@@josiebridges3583 Thank you kindly, Josie.🌱
This is such a good information, thanks. Will try this on spring time
Thank you for posting your fantastic videos! I have been a vegetable gardener for some years but never as good of a vegetable gardener now when I am prepared with all the good information you have shared with us thank you so much 😊💕💕
Thank you very much for these hints. Will buy a lot of those now. Thank you so much.
Fantastic video Huw, I need to re-watch and takes notes. Thank you for sharing👩🏼🌾
I am so gload to hear it!!
Amazing video. Thank you Huw. :)
On east coast Scotland would normally add 2 to 3 weeks before sowing as advised on packets
Thank you for all these great tips!
Brilliant! Simple clear uncomplicated advice. This video has really helped me plan for the hungry gap next year. Thanks Huw!
Very inspiring, Huw !
I also love "broccoli" from kohlrabi in the hungry gap.
O how I wish our garden wasn’t under three feet or more of snow all winter. Still, I think we can adapt some of these principles. From the interior of Southern BC, Canada.
I love your insight. The only problem I have is that leeks, parsley....have few calories. Did I miss something?
Thank you, Huw! I am growing turnip, salsify, parsnip, leek, purple sprouting broccoli and brussel sprouts for the first time this year. It's really helpful to have these timelines for sowing and harvesting. I want to have abundance right through winter and early spring next year. Thank you!
Thank you for another very helpful video! Sowing for the winter falls right into the busiest months at the start of the gardening year, so it's easy to procrastinate about it. Keeping on top of the sowings is actually one of my top goals this year.
I had Swiss Chard up until the last frost which devastated it and it’s only just struggling back to life. It did really well until February. I use it to supplement my chickens who are proper fusspots and only eat chard and spinach.
All great crops and suggestions. Pay attention to your latitude when deciding when to sow these. If you are in the USA a lot of these can be planted later then Huw states even in places like NY. Backward schedule from stated maturity days and when the last date you get 10 hours of daylight add an extra two weeks for the slower growth in the fall.
Great advice, thanks!
Glad it was helpful! :)
Ohh my goodness, this was an amazing video. I haven’t been gardening long and I always wondered how can I get veg ready for winter while I am so focused on summer crops. Thank you so much!!
You are most welcome!
I looove swisschards. They're so hardy both in extreme hot and cold temps here in Canada. Thanks for the video, Huw. God bless. Happy Spring!
thank you, Huw. this is really good information.
Thanks!:)
This is brilliant.... thank you for sharing
Thank you for this Huw ~ this is my second year of trying to grow my own, and find I have planted 7 out of the 15 you talk about and I know that, that is more than half what I managed last year, so Yay me! I don't generally use parsley as I don't like it's raw flavour, so I may look at how it can be cooked and perhaps plant some soon.
I really look forward to your cook/camerman's Cream of Turnip soup recipe ~ hint, hint, nudge nudge 🤭
I feel like there's a lot of things I'll get to learn from this channel. Keep it up!
Thanks for all your efforts Huw. Your videos are extremly informative and enjoyable to watch. Thought I had bought enough seeds for planting this year but you've convinced me to add a few more to the collection!
Love your programs! I've been following your channel for quite some time now!
This video is what I was looking for. Great information, but I'm concerned about pests. Is there a video on how to look after these veges and how to ensure I get the best results? Thanks.
Forcing chicory (witloof) is nice. It is a bit faffy but lovely as a salad or cooked.
I’ve gone from 400sq ft of growing space to 1200sq ft because of no dig, you and Charles and now it seems I need more space ! There’s so much variety out there for all year food. Trouble is I risk losing control with such variety with preparation, timing etc. Like I pulled my kale out early and didn’t get enough leeks going early enough. I’m not good at the planning side of things. I think I’m ready to roll this year but I get this daunting feeling about now.... will I get the right things growing at the right time.
Thanks to vlogs like these I hope I get better each year 👍
Ha ha, I am exactly the same! So many lovely veggies to grow and so much to learn and wanting to get it all going right can make me feel quite panicky 😀
Enjoyed this Huw. Cheers.
Fantastic information that is very timely. Thankyou
Perfectly timed comprehensive video...I'd been waiting for. I always miss out and endlessly checking the back of packs trying work out when to sow what for winter food. Sprouts, Kale, Cabbage, Leeks..and chard (Perfect). prefer spinach but will try chard.
Wait..in the polytunnel you pulled out some of those shooting plants..3.04 (turnips) which look getting ready to bolt....I just pulled up mine thinking they were no good as a failed attempt to grow turnips as forming flowers...are you going to eat them?
This is such a great video, this is my first full year growing and the info here is fantastic.. List made and il be busy sowing for next winter. Thank you
So glad it is helpful for you Sharon and best of luck with all of your growing :)
This was really good.
greetings from finland :) ur advice is often very applicable to our garden, even though the winters are much colder and summers shorter here, ur cool summer temperatures seem quite similar to ours. i love turnips and swedes btw :D
Really enjoyed this one Huw. I want to concentrate on having a winter garden this year. I’ve watched a lot of your videos now and just got your veg in one bed book too!
(From BC Canada)
I am a Canadian Gardner (zone 5) and I follow you wholeheartedly. I've learned so much. I am wondering how cold it gets over the winter where you are. I'm not sure I can grow outside as long into the winter as you can. But I do have a new greenhouse, currently unheated, can I grow in that during the colder months? What temperature would I need to keep the greenhouse at?
Hey Richards ! Thanks for all your very instructive videos !
I would love have vegetables to eat from the garden during the winter BUT I have no space to plant them so early during the year. My garden is small and at this time of the year It's going to be full because of summer/automnal plantation (tomatoes, zucchini, aubergine etc.)
Do you have some idea I could use ? I would like to seed some winter plant, let them grow and transplant them later, maybe september when I will get some free space.
Best regards,
Stéphane
Thanks for this video Huw. Great information.🍄
Never heard of Oca before. Super neat.
Enjoy growing them :)
Going to grow Rutabaga (Swedes) for the first time this year. Can't wait to experiment with new varieties of vegetables. Last year I grew Leeks for the first time, and they turned out great.
My leeks were terrible here in Cali. I think they’re more of an intermed/adv crop, not beginner like me.
Huw, I have been looking for information on winter watering in a row garden. Although Im a South East Texan, winter can be freezing and hot (70s to low 80s)in the same 24hr period, but there are long stretches where it gets freezing cold and I'm not sure if watering can help or hinder my veg garden. Any thoughts or tips you can share? I don't have a watering system so it's either hose sprayer or water bucket. Thanks for all the excellent video's I have learned a great deal from watching
Wild garlic Is Good for the hungry gap :)
I let my parsley go to seed last year. I'm expecting to have to remove a lot of volunteer plants this year.
That can't be a bad thing ;)
Thank you for sharing Huw I am doing containers this year due to be moving to a bungalow soon so cannot grow in the ground this year apart form the ones i did before knowing that David and his dad would like to be on one level
I have just started your veg in one bed book, really looking forward to leeks, I really love them.
Oh and Jerusalem artichokes aka fartychokes in our family!
Thanks for this very interesting and useful video 😊
What is your recommendations on what to plant for a place like mine that feels like summer all year long like Florida USA. I appreciate it!!
Great information and advise thank you Very much for sharing 🙂👍
You should consider a cookbook that shares how you utilize these crops.
Doesn't he have a blog for that?
Superb video! Thank you!