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My daughter is starting her gardening journey this year. I made her a small raised bed of her own for her birthday and she’s so excited. I told her that part of the fun of gardening is that every year, some things work and some things flop and you never know what’s going to happen.
I like the grocery store analogy Huw, but our allotments, kitchen garden, balcony or back step, are the upper echelon of all grocery stores, not even Harrods or Waitrose could compete with the freshness, availability and sheer choice we all have, by our own choices, decisions and hard work...Steve...😃
I’ve watched your show since my college days when I had a kitchen garden and you were a little kid just starting your channel. Flash forward to close to a decade, I’m now 36 and RUclips has brought me back to your channel and seeing that you’re still growing strong and still has a love for gardening brings many smiles to my face.
I love what you said about setting a realistic challenge for self sufficiency. The example of eating one thing per day from your garden, and the “rule” allowing even a sprinkling of parsley, shows how kind you are to yourself and your viewers. Thank you 🥰
I love the final sentence. “Even just a sprinkling of parsley….” In the worst years, in the middle of winter, there are always green onions from the window sill. I use the tops of Egyptian walking onions for that. Great channel.
I allow leeks to go to seed in a new spot every year. Not only do they bloom for weeks, they attract a very broad range of pollinators during that time. And you can save the seed as well. I love the idea of always trying something new as well. My favourites so far this year have been Patty Pan summer squash and Ground cherries, both of which I will grow again. Very soon we should be harvesting edamame, which I am eager to try, and then later, some popping corn. So much fun to experiment. Love your channel Huw! Thanks for all your inspiration!
I grew spaghetti squash for the first time this year, too, Huw! I'm excited to see how far they make it into my winter. I also have beautiful leek flowers, beloved by pollinators around here. I love your videos. I'm the only self-sufficient gardener in my area, so sometimes I feel alone. Your channel helps me feel a community and I enjoy watching your variety of new efforts, which inspire me. Thank you so much, Huw!
There is something very special about your videos, Huw. They’re educational, interesting and inspiring. You make everything so easy to understand and your calm enthusiasm (which I like much better than the jump up and down type) has me believing I can one day grow a successful veggie garden here in KY, USA. Thank you! 💚
@@sararampton654 I agree wholeheartedly. Huw, I, too, started a home garden because of you and Epic Garden videos. You're enthusiasm, concern for sustainability and self-sufficiency are inspiring. You're a natural teacher. Thanks for all you share and give us. -your neighbor in Illinois
So envious of your beautiful raised bed garden. I tried to grow some vegetables in containers underestimated how much space a pumpkin, cucumber, squash, and watermelon vine would take up. Also many blossoms no fruit on yet. What happened to the pollinators, Help. Also can you water too often. Can you grow any kind of tomatoes in a greenhouse. Any tips for testing the soil. Ph levels, or amt of nitrogen and phosphorus etc. Help me with squash production please. I am 65 yrs and need vegetable to become self sufficient. Would be happy to be able to grow leeks or fennel. So impressed. I love the idea of food security for senior citizen.
Thank Huw, great content as usual. Amongst other things I'll definitely try the bean arches over the paths next year. Being 4' 10" I think Ill have an easier job squeezing underneath than you do 😆
I learned so much from you and I am in Texas, USA. I am growing my garden a little at a time right now I have 12 raised beds and some berries plants. Thank you for all you do!
This is the first year i've grown my own veg. I was a little late to the season because i've had issues sourcing affordable wood. But I managed to get 2 beds made. They currently have cucumbers, runner beans, kabocha squash, kale, peas, carrots, and lettuces growing in them. Everything is doing well! The runner bean and cucumber plants are surprisingly huge and they're producing a lot of very large fruits and pods!! I'm surprised! I'm in Devon so i'm unsure if the environment down here has made a difference but I haven't found the weather to be too disastrous for my plants. I've actually not had to water everything much, expect for in June/July when we had the heatwaves. Otherwise it's just been sunny then rainy then sunny then rainy. We've just built another bed that needs to be filled and ready to go. I need to decide on what to put in it next though! Maybe chard? Onions for next year? The only issues i've been facing is the amounts of slugs in the garden! They decimated a load of lettuces (I grew enough that we were able to enjoy some of them at least), but i've now put netting over another batch of lettuces that seems to have helped a lot! Not had any black fly or aphids or any other pests yet though. My mum and mother-in-law are surprised by how much veg i've been able to produce in a short amount of time. They both have attempted to grow veg in the past for years but not had as much success as me, haha! Either I'm actually green thumbed or just lucky!
Thanks Huw, very informative even though I'm in Australia and the seasons are opposite but it prepares me for the coming season after watching what you have been growing.
Great video Huw and a really great channel, I learn so much every time I watch your videos. You offer clear practical advice and I love your focus on doing things efficiently to get the best return for the least effort. Thank you.
Huw, I enjoy starting each Friday in my office by watching and listening to what you're going to teach me today. I am always encouraged and challenged to try new things and to continually learn about gardening whether it's in my vegetable or flower gardens. You are a great young man with a lot of knowledge to share and I want to encourage. you to keep moving forward in all you do. You are a great example to others who are your age and to all of us who are old enough to be your parent. Greatly appreciate what you do for the gardening community. Kentucky, USA
Awh thanks Darin! There is honestly no end from what can be learnt from a garden which is partially why I love doing it so much! I also really appreciate your support and kind comments, it means the world to me!
@@David60137 David, I would enjoy hearing about your gardening experience. I'm always excited to learn from others as I continue to expand my gardens. Trying to get to gardening throughout the entire year but in our climate it means adding a tunnel of some sort. Hope all is well!
Love your videos. Your garden is always so lush and abundant! Just received your book 'Grow food for Free' in the mail. I will need to change the months to fit our seasons here in New Zealand though
Thanks so much for being an inspiration Huw! Because of your videos I was inspired and encouraged to grow my own veggies in my small backgarden. I binge watched your gardening videos even when I’m cooking and bought your book which is so helpful. Because of you I also got to know Charles Dowding, and wow the 2 of you gave me so much inspiration and learning that I kept on planting and planting til now that I slowly grow about 80% of my vegetables home since last year. The garden saved me this lockdown too. I destress and find happiness whenever I go out and tend to my plants. You and Charles are my gardening heroes! Love you guys! God bless you both! Wishing you everything that’s good in life!💚💚💚
You just gave me an idea, Huw. I have a few potting mix bags that I can recycle instead of putting them in the bin. Well, I was going to lay them on my weedy areas first before dumping them. Now, am going to use them for the potatoes, yay! :) I thoroughly enjoy this video and thanks for the inspiration.
Hi Hugh, I think this is one of the most enjoyable and helpful videos that I have watched on your channel! So good to see you thriving after such a trying season and I completely agree about the pleasure of being able to pick your own food that you have grown through your own efforts. I have just had to pull up all my outdoor tomato plants due to blight, but nevertheless managed to salvage some of the fruit and now there is more room for my dwarf beans to grown and I freed up a bed for brassicas for the hungry gap, so the cycle of growing goes on….
Hi we grow our tates in buckets then when we harvest we add tate fertiliser and replant our Christmas tates in the same compost we also continue with this for 4 years then put in new compost to stop any build up of anything nasty
Tip. Put on a kitchen glove and dip-fill empty 2 litre handled milk bottles marked “smelly nettle”. I rotate four at a time. The same with 4 marked worm and 4 marked smelly comfrey. Dot them about near water butts/taps. Easy to pour into watering can and no splash back on hands or clothes. 🙂
My favorite squash is Red Kuri and we grow loads of them every season. Have you tried this variety before? They're far superior to Butternut and other varieties in my opinion.
The only thing you need now are composting worms I'm doing no dig like you and Charles and adding worm casting as well, or worm tea PS: Growing season was really tuff here too in Italy
Looking good Huw. Do you have evidence that the fermented soil amendments/teas etc work. I can’t seem to find any compelling benefit that outweighs the effort
@@hugelpook yes that’s what I N always say ‘try it yourself’ and I’m planning on doing that but need to work out some practicalities. Small decked growing area so growing in containers. Neighbours are close so need to limit smells. Thinking of bokashi rather than FNJ. Cheers dude 👍
My biggest revelation this year is growing potatoes in pots I am even testing “pruning” some of the foliage to see if it makes any difference to the harvest. I know it’s sure a lot easier to keep the pot area tidy. Thank you for sharing ✌️🇨🇦🐝 safe
Lovely video. Your photography is always stunning. I know that most people are very excited about amaranth seeds...I put them in my stews and boil them to make porridge. Down south near Mexico city they make Alegria sweets with the heat popped seeds. I find the leaves much more valuable than the high lectin seeds. They make a spinach replacement but are higher in protein. I boil and drain then chop and add butter. The leaves are an important part of my chicken feed. Having high amounts of nitrogen in the soil makes the leaves bitter. I prefer to grow amaranth away from garden beds and have it in the compacted clay areas.
Great video! I’m also growing that type of Amaranth and it’s so visually striking. I had forgotten that the leaves were also edible, not just the flowers, so thank you for the reminder!
Greetings, Huw, from Windermere, Florida zone 9b USA 🇺🇸 I love your calm enthusiasm. I'm planting a Juicy Fruit Island 🏝 in my backyard. Fruit trees for the future 👩🌾👍🍑🍐🍅
Hi from Greece.Excellent work...I didn t understand the variety of fava bean...I have no see something like that....so tall.In Greece amaranthus we call vlita....and aztec brocoli chinopodi...or louvoudia
So so satisfying just to even have one thing from the garden on your plate. I've got my daughter and niece enjoying zuchinni for the first time ever which is exciting! Got a lot of hard work to do in the garden preparing for next year, but so exciting to see how much we can add to eat!
That's a really nice video. Thank you Huw. Thank you for all of these tipps and thank you for telling something about your journey so for example me can think about my jouney and take yours as an example to kinda find out what I will grow.
You’ve been reading my mind. Whenever I can’t sleep I plan garden changes. So the other night I did an in the head revamp, deciding what I want and don’t want to grow next year and planning a makeover for my brassica tunnel. It won’t be brassicas. I’m going to concentrate on fruits, but because of epic wood pigeons a tunnel is required. I’m taking out the wooden raised beds and using the ground. I think it was easier in my head than it’s going to be in life. I might need to rope in helpers.
Organic tarım yetiştirmenin 50 bilinen ve uygulanan 100 tane ise çok nadir uygulanan şartları vardır. Bunlar bitki populasyonu ile böcek biyolojisinin ortak beslenme alanını fotosentez artışı yönünden oksijen çoğaltmak için kullanılacağı için, toprak içinde oksijen üreten yararlı bakterilerin çoğalmasını sağlayarak sera gazlarını azaltacaktır.
Waoooo que genio eres rey!! I love 💕que afortunada y bendecida dama debe de ser su esposa,felicidades!!o tengo un pedazo de campo, y en el futuro me encantaría cultivar así mis hortalizas y frutas, ojalá Dios mediante 🙏💞 y claro espero encontrar un idóneo que ame vivir de la tierra 😃
Hi Huw, fabulous update and I'm sure your enthusiasm is catching. I'm in Tregaron, so as well as everything else in your videos, not only do I feel sympathy for the weather we are both having, but I get lots of great info from you and your garden too. The leek flowers and other things that have gone to seed is a great idea for late summer pollen. Thanks for cheering up a bit of a dull day. We had fog this morning haha :)
Damlama yöntemiyle yeşil farklı otların ve çiçekli bitkilerin yetişmelerini sağlayarak, ortama arı böcek bakteri populadyonlsrından yararlı bakterilerin çoğalmasını sağlayarak, perma kültüre farklı doğal ve organik kalemler ekleyebileceksiniz.
I really wish I'd grown my Borlotti beans across my paths. I'm leaving them to dry on the plant, but I could make much better use of that bed right now. Another great video. Thank you.
I love Charles Dowding, I would marry him if I could but I have Liam Hemsworth here playing in the background while I do my office work. Beef cake tomatoes. But I do really enjoy your info besides your handsome self. I did well in my Long Island NY USA garden this year.
Hi Huw , My purple sprouting broccoli didn't do very well the last time I tried to grow it. When is the best time to sow it and what conditions does it need? Thanks for all your videos!
What you are calling Aztec Broccoli, I believe is what we call Lamb's Quarters in Southwest, Virginia, USA. I would not wait for the seed heads to try it though. The best is the young leaves on the tops-- it's a lot like basil in that it will branch and grow even more vigorously. Rinsed well (should have a gritty layer that washed off easily) it can be used almost any way you would cook spinach, except raw. Not as nice fresh because of the graininess on the leaves, but amazing sauteed with butter and garlic, in eggs, in quiche, in spanakopita, etc... it grows wild here and is our summer green when spinach does not do well.
Hello Richards, I'm from Southeast Asia, specifically Myanmar. So, if you would have to suggest, what type of food/plant can I grow for now, is for the timeline of June to August for 3 months and, the weather in my country. What should I plant, my intention is for getting money to spend on my apartment rent for university and other basic needs. After that, I also will continue on not only making money but also for the health aspects of people and earth. But for now, I have to work for about 1 million at most if possible. And half a million to be exact to build my necessities. So, it can be said that it is an emergency money that I have to get anyway before I gotta get back to school. So, which do you think suitable to grow in that type of country and season and I only have 3 months and need half a million industry. And yes, I will turn my raw products to some Type of products.. which I'm still figuring out. And I need your help honestly. So, just tell what do you want to suggest! Thank you mister! And, Also I want to be like low cost maybe almost no cost and, I can do all by myself with low cost gardening something?( suitable to all that facts I said) which also I am asking your suggestion. I'm kind of really sorry to bother but I need the help really. Thanks so much.
Never in my life , I have seen such a educational video on gardening in just one video!, other than other youtubers making it into 5 or 8 video, best channel in the world about gardening.😍
Stinging nettles are actually very nutritious (cook them like spinach). As for zucchini, saute an onion, add cubed zucchini and when they're all boiled add chopped dill... I could eat that for the rest of my life, it's that good!!
Do try Broadbean Masterpiece Green Longpod. And from the Heritage seed library Climbing bean ODriscoll, use them as what in the USA they call shellies, shell like a broadbean. They are like a big fat soy bean. And succession: sow a wigwam of runners around the beginning of July. Mine are now in full flower and the beans should start be ready next week. I think I have Firestorm this year, I always used to use Wisley Magic it seemed to like the late season but this is no longer available. If you cannot get a sprinkle of parsley to grow try a pot from Asda only 50p. Planted in the garden it will produce for months, then seeds and somehow the self seeded grow like mad.
Spaghetti squash is one of my favorites! I added Red Kuri squash last year and that has been added to my "must-grows". The taste and texture are much like sweet potatoes. Happy Growing!
I hope you haven,t removed overwintered caraways from your trial bed, because it,s a biennial. I once sowed them about five years ago and since that, they reseed wherever it,s good for them. This year I replanted a clump of them into my veg patch from the pathway.
Inspiring! I want to grow something but...I can't grow anything at all. It's saddening and discouraging. I don't know If I'll be able tot grow something. I feel giving up
I am actually eating that « little bit of persil » every day from my « garden ». I live in a city and grow food on my terrass. I recommend curled Cale as it is a real hero in pot. Love from France 🇫🇷💚
Spaghetti Squash is both yummy when it is young in the summer and older and nuttier tasting in late winter. With older squashes, cut in half lengthwise, seed, bake, then carefully scrape the cooked flesh out of the shell. Layer the cooked squash back into the shell, alternating with several spaghetti tomato sauce and cottage cheese layers. Top with mozarella cheese and bake like lasagna. Delicious!
Hug harvest from own garden to kitchen for cooking for food , it good time stay home and grow like you for food and thanks for sharing gardening tips such informative
Thanks for the video Huw! I grew amaranth this year, for the grain too. I had a hard time harvesting it though, and after literrally hours of separating the grain from its "enveloppe", I ended up with just enough for one meal. Did you find any good way of harvesting it yourself ?
Throw in the occasional tornado, avg wind gust at 15 mph and stormy winds up to 75 mph coupled with your tumultuous season and you have our clime. Congrats! LOL
I have a question for whoever wants to answer it I’ve just recently graduated high school and absolutely love working with plants I’m terrified that I won’t make enough money to financially cover myself does anyone know of good jobs that have to do with plants?
When you have brought the Christmas potatoes in and cut the tops off I'm presuming you dont water them on the journey through the months to Christmas.and are you leaving them in.i haven't got in space to put anything like that and left my potatoes outside until end of October,no water but there again north west England had plenty of rain.basically I ignored my potatoes outside,I was p,pleasantly surprised at the lovely crop.i had even planted more seed pots than I should of.
But Where Is the soil?! Don t you think if everybody use so much compost this One can be a big ecological problem? Great work by the way you gave me a lot of great ideas and a strong inspiraton
beautiful garden! Would you be able to share the design (ie what plants are in the beds, the orientation - where south facing is, etc). Im excited to start gardening this year at a new location and I am trying to figure out how to configure the garden beds. Thank you!
Hallo Huw, I love your channel, usually I understand everything, but can you add polish subtitles please, to each your video? Will be much easier and helping
I almost didn´t watch this video of yours because I´m not so much into garden tours but into direct tips and hints. Now I am glad I did - what´s the broad bean variety that gave you so much harvest? I got "hangdown green" here. Do field beans taste worse (little bitter?) than other broad beans or why are there other cultivated varieties that are used for gardening and farming?
I have a question. Isn't the plastic toxic to use directly in the growing process? I thing the best ecological think will be to grow in wooden basket similar size like the plastic one. 🤔🤔🤔
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Just joined up, just browsing some foreign gardening magazines. Can’t understand a word but the pictures are inspiring. Thanks
@@andyjwall2 Awesome! Yeah it's great to get inspiration from other places too especially photos😍
Thank you! I've taken advantage of this and look forward to reading through Gardening, Hobby Farms, and Science magazines! :D
With the overload of options in the world, I appreciate your recommendations- always thoughtfully curated 😊
How many can you share? Upto 5 ?
My daughter is starting her gardening journey this year. I made her a small raised bed of her own for her birthday and she’s so excited. I told her that part of the fun of gardening is that every year, some things work and some things flop and you never know what’s going to happen.
I like the grocery store analogy Huw, but our allotments, kitchen garden, balcony or back step, are the upper echelon of all grocery stores, not even Harrods or Waitrose could compete with the freshness, availability and sheer choice we all have, by our own choices, decisions and hard work...Steve...😃
Love that Steve! You're totally right in fact! Thank you so much for sharing 😊
I’ve watched your show since my college days when I had a kitchen garden and you were a little kid just starting your channel. Flash forward to close to a decade, I’m now 36 and RUclips has brought me back to your channel and seeing that you’re still growing strong and still has a love for gardening brings many smiles to my face.
~ Would you be willing to show us how you store the vegetables at the end of the season??
I’d love to see something on this too my potatoes went soft
Please Huw . Tell us your tricks for long storage .
I would also love to see how Huw stores his bounty to last through the winter and/or get his tips on how to preserve or can it properly.
Make jars of pickled veggies for stir drys etc.
Would love to see this!
I love what you said about setting a realistic challenge for self sufficiency. The example of eating one thing per day from your garden, and the “rule” allowing even a sprinkling of parsley, shows how kind you are to yourself and your viewers. Thank you 🥰
Awh you're most welcome, we shouldn't put pressure on ourselves and instead focus on simple and attainable goals that we can build up from😊
@@HuwRichards Thank you so much! You are such an inspiration and blessing!
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You're the best Huw! Thanks for yet another educational and peaceful video.
It's my absolute pleasure Kurtis
No way Kurtis is here! You guys both make amazing content! 👍 hope you upload soon Kurtis
Yes!
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I love the final sentence. “Even just a sprinkling of parsley….” In the worst years, in the middle of winter, there are always green onions from the window sill. I use the tops of Egyptian walking onions for that. Great channel.
I can smell them, yummy👍🏻
I allow leeks to go to seed in a new spot every year. Not only do they bloom for weeks, they attract a very broad range of pollinators during that time. And you can save the seed as well. I love the idea of always trying something new as well. My favourites so far this year have been Patty Pan summer squash and Ground cherries, both of which I will grow again. Very soon we should be harvesting edamame, which I am eager to try, and then later, some popping corn. So much fun to experiment. Love your channel Huw! Thanks for all your inspiration!
I grew spaghetti squash for the first time this year, too, Huw! I'm excited to see how far they make it into my winter. I also have beautiful leek flowers, beloved by pollinators around here. I love your videos. I'm the only self-sufficient gardener in my area, so sometimes I feel alone. Your channel helps me feel a community and I enjoy watching your variety of new efforts, which inspire me. Thank you so much, Huw!
That advice in the end is a really good one. Eat something from the garden every day.
You bet Erik! A nice simple goal that doesn't put pressure on growers either😊
There is something very special about your videos, Huw. They’re educational, interesting and inspiring. You make everything so easy to understand and your calm enthusiasm (which I like much better than the jump up and down type) has me believing I can one day grow a successful veggie garden here in KY, USA. Thank you! 💚
I really appreciate your very kind comments. Comments like this absolutely make my week😊
Agreed! I started a garden for the first time in 2020 because of his videos. -your neighbor in Missouri
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@@sararampton654 I agree wholeheartedly. Huw, I, too, started a home garden because of you and Epic Garden videos. You're enthusiasm, concern for sustainability and self-sufficiency are inspiring. You're a natural teacher. Thanks for all you share and give us. -your neighbor in Illinois
So envious of your beautiful raised bed garden. I tried to grow some vegetables in containers underestimated how much space a pumpkin, cucumber, squash, and watermelon vine would take up. Also many blossoms no fruit on yet. What happened to the pollinators, Help. Also can you water too often. Can you grow any kind of tomatoes in a greenhouse. Any tips for testing the soil. Ph levels, or amt of nitrogen and phosphorus etc. Help me with squash production please. I am 65 yrs and need vegetable to become self sufficient. Would be happy to be able to grow leeks or fennel. So impressed. I love the idea of food security for senior citizen.
Thank Huw, great content as usual. Amongst other things I'll definitely try the bean arches over the paths next year. Being 4' 10" I think Ill have an easier job squeezing underneath than you do 😆
I learned so much from you and I am in Texas, USA. I am growing my garden a little at a time right now I have 12 raised beds and some berries plants. Thank you for all you do!
Wow, beautiful your garden!
I have decided to open another restaurant. A submissive menu that comes straight from the garden daily. I am excited to get this going..
Sounds exciting and delicious
How did It go 2yrs on?
Another restaurant😮 mean you already have one?
This is the first year i've grown my own veg. I was a little late to the season because i've had issues sourcing affordable wood. But I managed to get 2 beds made. They currently have cucumbers, runner beans, kabocha squash, kale, peas, carrots, and lettuces growing in them. Everything is doing well! The runner bean and cucumber plants are surprisingly huge and they're producing a lot of very large fruits and pods!! I'm surprised! I'm in Devon so i'm unsure if the environment down here has made a difference but I haven't found the weather to be too disastrous for my plants. I've actually not had to water everything much, expect for in June/July when we had the heatwaves. Otherwise it's just been sunny then rainy then sunny then rainy. We've just built another bed that needs to be filled and ready to go. I need to decide on what to put in it next though! Maybe chard? Onions for next year?
The only issues i've been facing is the amounts of slugs in the garden! They decimated a load of lettuces (I grew enough that we were able to enjoy some of them at least), but i've now put netting over another batch of lettuces that seems to have helped a lot! Not had any black fly or aphids or any other pests yet though. My mum and mother-in-law are surprised by how much veg i've been able to produce in a short amount of time. They both have attempted to grow veg in the past for years but not had as much success as me, haha! Either I'm actually green thumbed or just lucky!
Your garden is amazing, hope one day mine Will be beautiful as yours. ❤
Your garden is looking amazing Huw! there's so much information in this video, i think i need to watch it again and make notes!
Awh thanks Angela!! I'm so pleased this video is useful
Thanks Huw, very informative even though I'm in Australia and the seasons are opposite but it prepares me for the coming season after watching what you have been growing.
Great video Huw and a really great channel, I learn so much every time I watch your videos. You offer clear practical advice and I love your focus on doing things efficiently to get the best return for the least effort. Thank you.
Huw, I enjoy starting each Friday in my office by watching and listening to what you're going to teach me today. I am always encouraged and challenged to try new things and to continually learn about gardening whether it's in my vegetable or flower gardens. You are a great young man with a lot of knowledge to share and I want to encourage. you to keep moving forward in all you do. You are a great example to others who are your age and to all of us who are old enough to be your parent. Greatly appreciate what you do for the gardening community. Kentucky, USA
Awh thanks Darin! There is honestly no end from what can be learnt from a garden which is partially why I love doing it so much! I also really appreciate your support and kind comments, it means the world to me!
Bravo, Huw! @DarinBennett, you put it extraordinarily well. I agree wholeheartedly with your encouragement for Huw. Nicely done.
@@David60137 David, I would enjoy hearing about your gardening experience. I'm always excited to learn from others as I continue to expand my gardens. Trying to get to gardening throughout the entire year but in our climate it means adding a tunnel of some sort. Hope all is well!
Such nice explanation. Totally impressed. Such a zest for gardening like me. Being self sufficient is the aim. Thanks for the videos.
Watching your video is so therapeutic and inspiring at the same time. Its like I'm meditating and learning at the same time. Thank you!
Love your videos. Your garden is always so lush and abundant!
Just received your book 'Grow food for Free' in the mail.
I will need to change the months to fit our seasons here in New Zealand though
Thanks so much for being an inspiration Huw! Because of your videos I was inspired and encouraged to grow my own veggies in my small backgarden. I binge watched your gardening videos even when I’m cooking and bought your book which is so helpful. Because of you I also got to know Charles Dowding, and wow the 2 of you gave me so much inspiration and learning that I kept on planting and planting til now that I slowly grow about 80% of my vegetables home since last year. The garden saved me this lockdown too. I destress and find happiness whenever I go out and tend to my plants. You and Charles are my gardening heroes! Love you guys! God bless you both! Wishing you everything that’s good in life!💚💚💚
You just gave me an idea, Huw. I have a few potting mix bags that I can recycle instead of putting them in the bin. Well, I was going to lay them on my weedy areas first before dumping them. Now, am going to use them for the potatoes, yay! :) I thoroughly enjoy this video and thanks for the inspiration.
Hi Hugh, I think this is one of the most enjoyable and helpful videos that I have watched on your channel! So good to see you thriving after such a trying season and I completely agree about the pleasure of being able to pick your own food that you have grown through your own efforts. I have just had to pull up all my outdoor tomato plants due to blight, but nevertheless managed to salvage some of the fruit and now there is more room for my dwarf beans to grown and I freed up a bed for brassicas for the hungry gap, so the cycle of growing goes on….
Hi we grow our tates in buckets then when we harvest we add tate fertiliser and replant our Christmas tates in the same compost we also continue with this for 4 years then put in new compost to stop any build up of anything nasty
You really have green thumbs Huw. Your garden is looking superb!!
Amaranth leaves are a Kenyan delicacy. We eat it with Ugali, add some fried fish, dry fry beef, or pork, Yummy 😋
Tip. Put on a kitchen glove and dip-fill empty 2 litre handled milk bottles marked “smelly nettle”. I rotate four at a time. The same with 4 marked worm and 4 marked smelly comfrey. Dot them about near water butts/taps. Easy to pour into watering can and no splash back on hands or clothes. 🙂
My favorite squash is Red Kuri and we grow loads of them every season. Have you tried this variety before? They're far superior to Butternut and other varieties in my opinion.
I need to try them then over butternut
The only thing you need now are composting worms
I'm doing no dig like you and Charles and adding worm casting as well, or worm tea
PS: Growing season was really tuff here too in Italy
Could you also do some cooking videos using all these veggies?
Here are some recipes for you farmerandchef.co.uk/ video contact coming soon😊
Looking good Huw. Do you have evidence that the fermented soil amendments/teas etc work. I can’t seem to find any compelling benefit that outweighs the effort
@@hugelpook from a human standpoint maybe but for plants I’m not convinced
@@hugelpook yes that’s what I N always say ‘try it yourself’ and I’m planning on doing that but need to work out some practicalities. Small decked growing area so growing in containers. Neighbours are close so need to limit smells. Thinking of bokashi rather than FNJ. Cheers dude 👍
My biggest revelation this year is growing potatoes in pots I am even testing “pruning” some of the foliage to see if it makes any difference to the harvest. I know it’s sure a lot easier to keep the pot area tidy. Thank you for sharing ✌️🇨🇦🐝 safe
Lovely video. Your photography is always stunning. I know that most people are very excited about amaranth seeds...I put them in my stews and boil them to make porridge. Down south near Mexico city they make Alegria sweets with the heat popped seeds. I find the leaves much more valuable than the high lectin seeds. They make a spinach replacement but are higher in protein. I boil and drain then chop and add butter. The leaves are an important part of my chicken feed. Having high amounts of nitrogen in the soil makes the leaves bitter. I prefer to grow amaranth away from garden beds and have it in the compacted clay areas.
Good tip about high nitrogen soil. Thanks
Great video! I’m also growing that type of Amaranth and it’s so visually striking. I had forgotten that the leaves were also edible, not just the flowers, so thank you for the reminder!
Wowwww.....What a beautiful garden......Keep Rocking and Stay healthy.... Love from India 😊😊😊
Thank you for sharing your knowledge of gardening very educational.
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Greetings, Huw, from Windermere, Florida zone 9b USA 🇺🇸
I love your calm enthusiasm.
I'm planting a Juicy Fruit Island 🏝 in my backyard. Fruit trees for the future 👩🌾👍🍑🍐🍅
Hi Huw, what is the field bean variety that you said is narrow and grows tall? I would like to try it due to space constraints. 😊
Hi from Greece.Excellent work...I didn t understand the variety of fava bean...I have no see something like that....so tall.In Greece amaranthus we call vlita....and aztec brocoli chinopodi...or louvoudia
So so satisfying just to even have one thing from the garden on your plate. I've got my daughter and niece enjoying zuchinni for the first time ever which is exciting!
Got a lot of hard work to do in the garden preparing for next year, but so exciting to see how much we can add to eat!
That's a really nice video. Thank you Huw. Thank you for all of these tipps and thank you for telling something about your journey so for example me can think about my jouney and take yours as an example to kinda find out what I will grow.
What fava bean did he say...ratio ?
Te robaste mi corazón 🥺💗
You’ve been reading my mind. Whenever I can’t sleep I plan garden changes. So the other night I did an in the head revamp, deciding what I want and don’t want to grow next year and planning a makeover for my brassica tunnel. It won’t be brassicas. I’m going to concentrate on fruits, but because of epic wood pigeons a tunnel is required. I’m taking out the wooden raised beds and using the ground. I think it was easier in my head than it’s going to be in life. I might need to rope in helpers.
Organic tarım yetiştirmenin 50 bilinen ve uygulanan 100 tane ise çok nadir uygulanan şartları vardır. Bunlar bitki populasyonu ile böcek biyolojisinin ortak beslenme alanını fotosentez artışı yönünden oksijen çoğaltmak için kullanılacağı için, toprak içinde oksijen üreten yararlı bakterilerin çoğalmasını sağlayarak sera gazlarını azaltacaktır.
Thích khu vườn của b quá
Thank you for sharing so many useful tips.
Loved watching this video...learnt so much
Waoooo que genio eres rey!! I love 💕que afortunada y bendecida dama debe de ser su esposa,felicidades!!o tengo un pedazo de campo, y en el futuro me encantaría cultivar así mis hortalizas y frutas, ojalá Dios mediante 🙏💞 y claro espero encontrar un idóneo que ame vivir de la tierra 😃
Hi Huw, fabulous update and I'm sure your enthusiasm is catching. I'm in Tregaron, so as well as everything else in your videos, not only do I feel sympathy for the weather we are both having, but I get lots of great info from you and your garden too. The leek flowers and other things that have gone to seed is a great idea for late summer pollen. Thanks for cheering up a bit of a dull day. We had fog this morning haha :)
Can you recommend some books for someone starting out in organic permaculture? But equally dense enough to keep learning from??? Thank you 🙏
Sangat bermanfaat, sal dari kami Petani Tradisional Indonesia ❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉
Damlama yöntemiyle yeşil farklı otların ve çiçekli bitkilerin yetişmelerini sağlayarak, ortama arı böcek bakteri populadyonlsrından yararlı bakterilerin çoğalmasını sağlayarak, perma kültüre farklı doğal ve organik kalemler ekleyebileceksiniz.
I really wish I'd grown my Borlotti beans across my paths. I'm leaving them to dry on the plant, but I could make much better use of that bed right now.
Another great video. Thank you.
It's a great thing to do next growing season👌
Super 👌🌱💚🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳
Even if I wasn't a gardener I would love this channel!!!!
Thanks so much Kathy!
That compost in the bed of potatoes as you harvest them looks absolutely beatuiful!
Bitkileri çevrekediğiniz tahtalaeı sökerseniz aslında, daha geniş bölgede yetiştirme yapabilirsiniz farklı bir peyzaj elde edersiniz.
Hi you are my second favorite UK GARDENER. I'm just liking your videos.New fan in NY. THANK YOU.
I love Charles Dowding, I would marry him if I could but I have Liam Hemsworth here playing in the background while I do my office work. Beef cake tomatoes. But I do really enjoy your info besides your handsome self. I did well in my Long Island NY USA garden this year.
Hi Huw ,
My purple sprouting broccoli didn't do very well the last time I tried to grow it. When is the best time to sow it and what conditions does it need? Thanks for all your videos!
What you are calling Aztec Broccoli, I believe is what we call Lamb's Quarters in Southwest, Virginia, USA. I would not wait for the seed heads to try it though. The best is the young leaves on the tops-- it's a lot like basil in that it will branch and grow even more vigorously. Rinsed well (should have a gritty layer that washed off easily) it can be used almost any way you would cook spinach, except raw. Not as nice fresh because of the graininess on the leaves, but amazing sauteed with butter and garlic, in eggs, in quiche, in spanakopita, etc... it grows wild here and is our summer green when spinach does not do well.
Us poor gardeners in the Southern Hemisphere have to do math and mental gymnastics whenever you mention "Sow in July, for a crop in..." etc.
Hello Richards, I'm from Southeast Asia, specifically Myanmar. So, if you would have to suggest, what type of food/plant can I grow for now, is for the timeline of June to August for 3 months and, the weather in my country. What should I plant, my intention is for getting money to spend on my apartment rent for university and other basic needs. After that, I also will continue on not only making money but also for the health aspects of people and earth. But for now, I have to work for about 1 million at most if possible. And half a million to be exact to build my necessities. So, it can be said that it is an emergency money that I have to get anyway before I gotta get back to school. So, which do you think suitable to grow in that type of country and season and I only have 3 months and need half a million industry. And yes, I will turn my raw products to some Type of products.. which I'm still figuring out. And I need your help honestly. So, just tell what do you want to suggest! Thank you mister! And, Also I want to be like low cost maybe almost no cost and, I can do all by myself with low cost gardening something?( suitable to all that facts I said) which also I am asking your suggestion. I'm kind of really sorry to bother but I need the help really. Thanks so much.
Never in my life , I have seen such a educational video on gardening in just one video!, other than other youtubers making it into 5 or 8 video, best channel in the world about gardening.😍
Gracias por la traducción en español. !!! Pequeños actos que hacen muy feliz
Stinging nettles are actually very nutritious (cook them like spinach). As for zucchini, saute an onion, add cubed zucchini and when they're all boiled add chopped dill... I could eat that for the rest of my life, it's that good!!
Do try Broadbean Masterpiece Green Longpod. And from the Heritage seed library Climbing bean ODriscoll, use them as what in the USA they call shellies, shell like a broadbean. They are like a big fat soy bean. And succession: sow a wigwam of runners around the beginning of July. Mine are now in full flower and the beans should start be ready next week. I think I have Firestorm this year, I always used to use Wisley Magic it seemed to like the late season but this is no longer available. If you cannot get a sprinkle of parsley to grow try a pot from Asda only 50p. Planted in the garden it will produce for months, then seeds and somehow the self seeded grow like mad.
Spaghetti squash is one of my favorites! I added Red Kuri squash last year and that has been added to my "must-grows". The taste and texture are much like sweet potatoes.
Happy Growing!
Truly beautiful. Such an amazing garden. All your hard work is an inspiration.
Thank you so much!:D
брати компост без рукавичок,оце я розумію любов до городу!!!💗
I hope you haven,t removed overwintered caraways from your trial bed, because it,s a biennial. I once sowed them about five years ago and since that, they reseed wherever it,s good for them. This year I replanted a clump of them into my veg patch from the pathway.
Brilliant video with great tips. Every single part of your garden is beautiful
Your garden looks just fresh like you. Your energy and enthusiasm is everything.
Hello i'm Florie from Philippines .I enjoyed watching your videos .Keep up the good work.
Inspiring!
I want to grow something but...I can't grow anything at all. It's saddening and discouraging.
I don't know If I'll be able tot grow something. I feel giving up
I am actually eating that « little bit of persil » every day from my « garden ». I live in a city and grow food on my terrass. I recommend curled Cale as it is a real hero in pot.
Love from France 🇫🇷💚
Wow what an Amazing heavenly place.... Ur garden relax my mind so much....
Wowww Your my inspiration in making more videos regarding on planting plants and herb.
Spaghetti Squash is both yummy when it is young in the summer and older and nuttier tasting in late winter. With older squashes, cut in half lengthwise, seed, bake, then carefully scrape the cooked flesh out of the shell. Layer the cooked squash back into the shell, alternating with several spaghetti tomato sauce and cottage cheese layers. Top with mozarella cheese and bake like lasagna. Delicious!
Hug harvest from own garden to kitchen for cooking for food , it good time stay home and grow like you for food and thanks for sharing gardening tips such informative
Can you please tell me where in UK you live...my cousin who lives outside but near London is interested in growing her "kitchen garden"...thanks
Thanks for the video Huw! I grew amaranth this year, for the grain too. I had a hard time harvesting it though, and after literrally hours of separating the grain from its "enveloppe", I ended up with just enough for one meal. Did you find any good way of harvesting it yourself ?
Throw in the occasional tornado, avg wind gust at 15 mph and stormy winds up to 75 mph coupled with your tumultuous season and you have our clime. Congrats! LOL
I have a question for whoever wants to answer it I’ve just recently graduated high school and absolutely love working with plants I’m terrified that I won’t make enough money to financially cover myself does anyone know of good jobs that have to do with plants?
When you have brought the Christmas potatoes in and cut the tops off I'm presuming you dont water them on the journey through the months to Christmas.and are you leaving them in.i haven't got in space to put anything like that and left my potatoes outside until end of October,no water but there again north west England had plenty of rain.basically I ignored my potatoes outside,I was p,pleasantly surprised at the lovely crop.i had even planted more seed pots than I should of.
Thanks Huw, you give me hope for my plot ! I like the idea of trying 3 new varieties per year. Any advice for getting rid of club root ?
But Where Is the soil?! Don t you think if everybody use so much compost this One can be a big ecological problem? Great work by the way you gave me a lot of great ideas and a strong inspiraton
Thanks Huw for all the shared videos! Do you know the latin name for the Aztec broccoli?
beautiful garden! Would you be able to share the design (ie what plants are in the beds, the orientation - where south facing is, etc). Im excited to start gardening this year at a new location and I am trying to figure out how to configure the garden beds. Thank you!
This is a really good video, Huw…..inspiring and practical at the same time
Awh thank you so much that's very kind!:)
Hallo Huw, I love your channel, usually I understand everything, but can you add polish subtitles please, to each your video? Will be much easier and helping
I almost didn´t watch this video of yours because I´m not so much into garden tours but into direct tips and hints. Now I am glad I did - what´s the broad bean variety that gave you so much harvest? I got "hangdown green" here.
Do field beans taste worse (little bitter?) than other broad beans or why are there other cultivated varieties that are used for gardening and farming?
Great veg in this video and so much info thank you 🧤👒🐨🦘🇦🇺Karen 🐝🌸
I have a question.
Isn't the plastic toxic to use directly in the growing process? I thing the best ecological think will be to grow in wooden basket similar size like the plastic one. 🤔🤔🤔