Charles- I tell everyone about you and your channel, and no dig method. I have an 8 acre piece of property where it was a blank slate! I am fortunate to have three horses, that help me make beautiful compost and my compost is loaded with red wrigglers. My focus on my farm is on sustainability and no pesticides and herbicides. I have been growing along with you for two seasons now and I'm changing the soil on my farm, one season at a time with your guidance. I am so thankful for all you do. Cheers from Oregon, US Wine Country. 🍷
Charles I'm afraid I have 2 complaints to share with you. 1: I have been forced to watch your entire back catalogue of videos because I can't get enough of your knowledgeable and relaxing content and to my dismay I have now ran out. 2. I recently transplanted multisown clumps of raddish under fleece and everytime a plant went in I had to say "in the ground with their mates". This is undoubtedly your fault. Regards, transfixed viewer
💚💚💚Dear Charles, thank you very much for your videos. I live in the south and it’s also warm here like you. Crocuses are blooming and tulips are sprouting. Now I’m planting cabbage in cups. I also sow it very thickly, and then I plant it. You need to sow a lot , to make sure there is a harvest. My grandparents planted so much and I continue to do so. I really like working on the land. And seeing how many like-minded people on the earth do this, I become more confident that the world is beautiful.💚💚💚
Zone 4 Canada here and what a difference between what you have there Charles and the piles of snow we still have here and we're roughly at the same latitude. I just sowed some onions, leeks, broccoli and brussels sprout a couple days ago down in my grow room in basement. Looking forward to get out there in a month or so to sow carrots and radishes directly in garden and get some exercise.....cheers and happy gardening.
love your handle... (ahem - it's a CB radio term, not the other..) I call my garden the Crone Henge because it's circular, but i understand to be a real henge, I would need a moat. We've had so much rain this winter, it wouldn't be that hard. LOL Re crone, I qualify because I'm a 'disagreeable old woman!' Cheers!
Very good, yes slugs are my nemesis out there in the garden and manage to out wit me every year with their elusive behaviour. I'm going on 50 years of gardening soon and I still have trouble controlling them, they enjoy the garden as much as I do. You know the old saying, if you can't beat them, join them. You can send some of that extra rain this way if you like this summer around July/August......cheers and happy gardening in Crone Henge. @@annelygermaine7874
I’m under one meter of snow 😟 greetings from Sweden! 🇸🇪 on the other hand, I will catch up when my strawberries grow 24 hours a day around summer solstice. 😅
This is by far my most favourite film. 1. I've just taken on a three year untended allotment in beautiful North Cornwall and this video has answered 4 questions I had 2. Your gorgeous tortie cat! Cats and vegetable growing - two winners for me. Thank you Charles 😊
I am glad you enjoyed it 🙂 I look forward to hearing how you get on with your allotment this page may help you www.charlesdowding.co.uk/education/starting-a-no-dig-allotment
@CharlesDowding1nodig Thank you so VERY much. It's very much a learning process (growing in the ground) as I've only ever grown in pots. I'm really looking forward to attending any future dates of talks / presentations you attend in Cornwall 😊
I can’t overemphasize how impressed I am with how drought resistant no dig veggies are and how easy the method makes weeding. I only use about a fourth as much compost as you do and have only been doing no dig about three years but it is vastly better than anything else I have ever tried.
I love your style of videos. I’m thinking that with the weather looking like it’s going to be barely above the freezing mark for the rest of the month where I am in Ohio my garden is going to be getting off to a really late start with my physical limitations, but I will have a garden, regardless. I need to be able to cut the cover crop then add a layer of compost when it warms up enough for me to use my rollator outside. You are an invaluable source of information!
We have 25cm/10 in. of snow on the ground here this morning in central British Columbia, Canada. The nights fall to -20C still. But my wife has salad green starts germinating under a heated cloche in the greenhouse! And all our seeds are spread out on the dining room table, being organized while we plan the new garden. Happy gardening, everyone!
Just brilliant content as always Charles. Your No Dig book arrived yesterday. What an amazing go-to book this is. So much valuable information. It's my bible for growing veg your No Dig way. Thank you a million times over!
I'd love to see you overwinter pepper plants, Charles. I did this for a few years here in Canada and my pepper harvest was incredible. I lost the plants to a freak early frost last year but it worked great for three years running.
Great suggestion and you are right that I should do that. I know it works because for four years I overwintered some habanero chilli plants, and they actually got almost too vigorous and enormous, then they had a frost issue one December!
Charles is (and will be) the GOAT, I'm going to order the book as well! Sadly not narrated so I'd miss out on the David-Burroughesq vibe the youtube offers but still I'm so thankfull to have so much of his experience, technical know-how and practical small tips and tricks which helped me to get into gardening and every year to keep evolving and getting better at it. Much love and keep doing what u do best!
Wow I love your videos❤ I grow nettles and dandelion for health in my garden those weeds we’ve been lied about for so long. Research them they do wonders🥰
Wonderful as always, but when sowing wildflower seeds you need to mimic sheep by asking a group of people to walk all over the seeds to push them into the ground, some wildflower seeds also need successive frost to germinate. You could also try growing your own wildflower seeds in plugs and then planting them out, I find Ox Eye daisies do really well where I am.😀
Such an exciting month! Great to hear your plans, I sow my tomatoes in the middle of March too and can't wait to get peas and early potatoes a little after then too 😊
Grazie sempre Charles per il tuo modo fantastico di fare giardinaggio, i tuoi consigli sono preziosi è funzionali ,ti seguo sempre da Napoli è aspetto con pazienza la traduzione in italiano dei tuoi libri.
Charles, thank you for sharing. As ALWAYS! Nice seeing the gardens "off season." Slugs! Can you do diatomaceous earth? Sluggo works, but that's a herbicide. You are where your garden is. It is what it is. Adapt and adjust.
Great update Charles, usually plant out peas around now. Essex is generally mild'ish when it comes to frosts, even so a after mild frost they usually push through.
For keeping pests off I started using black tuile and it was a game changer for me here in the US Zone 7b! NOTHING got in! lolol LOVE your videos! Thank you I always learn something! :)
Another brilliant and fantastic video merci monsieur , just recovering from a total hip replacement , i was like a lion in a cage for a number of months but recovering slowly and doing more little by little so hopefully very soon its gloves off and back to gardening , already starting seedlings like this no tomorrow . Merci for that great video it will put me back on track . Merci encore et à bientôt .
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Thanks Charles. Great advice. Just starting a large veg garden since making the move to Ireland. Seems a tad warmer on this west coast with the Gulf Stream so I might be behind!
Sounds nice. In case of interest, I am teaching in Wicklow 6th, 7th April www.charlesdowding.co.uk/product/two-one-day-courses-in-wicklow-ireland-6th-and-7th-april
Hello , i living Normandy ( seine maritime) . Ici j'ai sème des tomates (reif red ) ( marmande ) ( rose de berne ) à l intérieure et des petits pois en extérieur. J ai planté des pommes de terre (sous serre ) et des échalotes en extérieur . Good moraine !!
Such a treat to wake up to a new video! I wanted tos ay that it's so nice that you don't have these frenetic clickbaity titles and you're natural in your presentation. A lot of youtube gardeners are so hyper and performy it makes my head tired. A question. What are the loops for on your wire hoop? I have wire hoops but mine don't have the loop on each end.
I believe those loops help secure your covering to the ground against high winds and insects. You can also throw a bungee cord/shock cord over the wire hoop to add extra support against the wind or insects. Connor from Neversink Farm sells them on his website and goes into more depth about them if you’re interested in looking at them. They’re called LowCat tunnels and they’re pretty pricey but they’re made from stainless steel so they’ll last you for many years.
I'm so glad to hear that Heather, thanks. And actually the hoops with loops are an old design which I do not use anymore because it's simpler to have a wider net or mesh, held down with stones. Or you can run the string under every second loop and across to the other side in a zigzag pattern and the string holds the cover in place
But buttercups and dandelions are also wildflowers! It looks like the wildflowers you sowed are mostly annual cornflield mix. I recommend Emorsgate Seeds’s EM3 Special General Purpose Meadow Mixture which is perennial ^_^ Annual cornfield mix is great for using as a nurse crop to drain nutrients from the soil, such that species that are better at getting nutrients don’t have a head start and outcompete other species. You’ll have a better diversity if the soil is low in nutrients ^^
I absolutely love your videos. You inspire me AND relax me, which isn't easy! May I ask what you do with all the food you grow that is surplus to what your family can eat? 😊
Hi, Charles! I’ll forever be grateful for you sharing your gardening techniques. Thank you. Nothing has thrown me off more than the early info engrained in me on onions- for them to be pencil thick as transplants. Well, I finally mastered that this year. But, have always had success with my bulbing onions going out when small. Looks like this will be a good test season. Also, so curious, I have some really nice leaf mold and wondering if I could add that into some of my soiless mix for indoor seeding. I’ve been selective in trying different methods and mediums, but I’m pumping out and managing a fair amount of fungus gnats each year. Even though, the texture of compost can’t be beat.
This is the month that I begin sowing in the Cambrian Mountains. Already being frustrated not by molluscs damaging my newly planted cabbage but by mice. They are eating one cabbage every two days. I've already lost 50% of my plants that overwintered in my growhouse. They got under the propagation lids used for protection. I think they tunnel in there. I'm now rising the only option left, poisoned traps.
Very enlightening video as always Charles. I enjoyed watching it. I have a question - do you find that it's more difficult to water through the black plastic? Do you do anything to counteract it?
Hi Charles! Your garden looks great even this early in the season. Quick question... do the potatoes & squash growing under the black plastic require supplemental watering/irrigation? Thanks!
Thanks Daniel and from -4°C to 10°C, average therefore around 3°C or high 30s Fahrenheit, often at night it's more wintry than January when the storms bring milder air
hi charles thanks for your amazing videos - you are such a big inspiration 💚 i am curios what kind of bracelet you were wearing in this video? thanks a lot and happy gardening from austria ben ✌🏼
Haha no! With no dig, the covers stay much cleaner, thanks to there being no disturbed and loose soil near the surface. Any compost that might stick a little will wash off in the next rain.
After watching your videos I'm super excited as i've just uncovered my 3 new no dig beds which I started to created last summer, the compost/soil looks wonderful, however my cats feel the same but unfortunately view the beautiful soil as a fluffy litter tray😮. I noticed you have a lovely cat who frequently roams over your veg beds, do you have any hints on how to stop them viewing your new beds as a litter tray?
That is awesome and as you say, especially for the cats! Very frustrating. I put up with it because I have a large garden and only one cat. However you could use bird netting to deter them. That worked for me when I had two cats.
@@CharlesDowding1nodig 😄I saw the PEAS ther too...very good...and growing is very very good...been at it about 13 years..seed saving..microgreening and this year I want 2 do a baby GREENS and root veg garden...each year I experiment 2 C WHAT works or not...i went on tour with my seed collection and gave away free seeds..glorious!..i 1ST saw your vids about 6 or 7 yrs ago and I was so inspired...cant thank u enuf sir...NO DIG..ABSOLUTELY!🌽🌶🥑🍋🍎🥕Theres A special place 4 ppl like u who give us all so much...im in BC HERE.. Brian Mulroney passed away...i hear he was a great fellow.. I sat at a restaraunt table next2 him & HIS fam in the little town of Qualicum Beach...Mr Mulroney was having a bran muffin...i remember feeling impressed with Mr Mulroney-becuz i liked bran muffins too😄..ALL THE BEST 2 U & YOURS.. MY COLORFUL MICROGREEN WINDOW GARDEN IS BEAUTIFUL..MAYB I CAN SEND U A PIC OF IT AND EXPLAIN HOW I MAKE MY OWN NUTRIENTS
Charles... or anyone else. It's a bit off-topic but a no dig question. Anyone using flooring paper instead of cardboard to get your beds started? Obviously, it's more expensive than just sourcing scrap cardboard, but it's not so easy to source large amounts of cardboard here at all. Thanks!
Cheers Adam, and that can work to a point, as long as the weeds are not too strong. If you have no weeds, then you need to use no paper nor cardboard. But if they are thick and strong, maybe lay two layers of that paper.
Hi Charles, I'm happy to see a new video of yours every week, thank you for your commitment. I wanted to ask you should I remove a hedge near the edge of the no-dig beds, do you think if I only remove the part from above and leave the roots in the ground is it okay? Do you think they will grow back or will the roots rot in the ground? Thank you Ciao Charles, sono contenta di vedere un tuo nuovo video tutte le settimane, ti ringrazio per il tuo impegno. Volevo chiederti devo togliere una siepe vicino al bordo dei letti no-dig, secondo te se tolgo solo la parte da sopra e lascio le radici nel terreno va bene? secondo te ricresceranno o le radici marciranno nel terreno? Grazie
That is nice Manuel, thanks. I would cut the hedge as low as you can and that will indeed reduce how much moisture it can pull from the soil and some of the roots will either go dormant or may rot. But then the hedge will regrow!
Thanks for the always so quick response, I will try to remove as many roots as possible without disturbing the soil less and less. Thank you and good day Grazie della risposta sempre cosi veloce, cercero di togliere piu radici possibili senza infastidendo sempre di meno il terreno. grazie e buona giornata
Good morning, question re the tomatoes and peppers. Did i spot rockwool or soil blocks? Have to battle fruit flies and aphids at home every year and ill be lucky if half make it
I'm wondering what you refer to because I do not use either of those. I am thinking though to grow more peppers in pots rather than in the ground, much as I do chilies. They seem to warm up more quickly.
Cheers Philip, and yes in the small garden mainly so I avoid planting onion family for one year and usually that's enough. It reduces what you avoid disturbing soil and keep it healthy with the compost on top, but that might take a couple of years to build your soil health.
I did not cut down any gorgeous wildflowers!! Unless you are referring to buttercups which grow like a weed! And do not flower in winter when we covered them
Hello Charles :) Thank you for the great garden content. Can you explain why do put the transplant so deep and why don't you fill the hole with soil? is it for the stem support? 💚
Charles, can you recommend what hoops you use for your fleeces and beds? They looks like thinner wire but strong enough to hold up fleece. Any ideas what they might be?
How do you stop mice and rats coming up through their tunnels into your greenhouse? They've dug up into my greenhouse and two holes amongst my nettle patch, 🤔
Hi i have 3 cats, two outdoors.im planting some carrots and cucumbers in tubs outside when they arrive.the make one is territorial and I'm worried he we spray,pee on my veg.have you any tips as don't fancy eating something the cats peed on thanks xx
Hi Charles, I am in need of help as I am not understanding. In the video you mention read the Skills book, I have your books, all 3 of them, and listen to you here, I still cannot find a reference to What is Drilling? I am totally lost on this watering method. Do you poke holes in the bed and fill the holes with water? Of do you dig a trench between plants and fill that? Can anyone help here, I am lost.
Sorry for confusion and I am unsure what you mean by drilling? Think you mean dibbing the small holes which are simply to receive the rootballs of my module-raised transplants. Then after popping one in each hole, I sprinkle some water over the top and that helps roots settle in, make contact with soil / compost in the hole - but not a lot of water.
Thank you so much, that is what I have been doing this weekend. I am very pleased with this planting method.(Skills book page 105 top paragraph- If a bed is really dry it is best to draw drills and fill with water.) @@CharlesDowding1nodig
I don't see it as helping germination. It's more about influencing the way our plants grow in terms of having say more roots in proportion to leaves, or more fruits in proportion to roots or whatever. Also sowing 2 to 3 days before full moon increases growth vigour.
Hi I just find you ...I would like to ask few things please ...I have a solarium because I want to grow vegetable for my kids ,the problem it that the earth it very hard ...so we always need to dig ...but when I see your video I was impressed and I would like to ask you if the way I am thinking to do it it correct or not to have nice vegetables on my hard earth....so if I put one layer of the compost and after I put some manure and I plant my seeds /seedlings and after I put wood chips will be ok ? And when I can put the wood chips ...all the time or just sometimes in the year ? Please help me to understand and grow good and healthy vegetables for my kids thank u so much I admire you so much god bless
Hi, there is no one formula, just keep the finest compost for top layer, and use woodchip on paths only, details here www.charlesdowding.co.uk/get-started
Hi Charles, thanks for all advise. I have a query - I started a compost heap late last year. I went to use the compost to do up beds for spring planting. The compost is teeming with worms and it's not 100% broken down (bits of egg shells and the like still in the mix). I'm just wondering, should I leave the compost until the worms have done their work? I don't want to spread out the compost over the cardboard and disturb the worms. I'm in Ireland so no rush with creating beds yet I suppose
Nice to hear, and that compost is definitely usable at the moment. I would be inclined to spread it and the worms will make fantastic food for birds. Plus that will give more time for cardboard to decompose and slugs to decrease. They are always a factor with new beds in the spring, especially in your climate.
Hello. Have you had any problem with leek moth this winter? We had our first issue this winter on leeks in our kitchen garden in Norfolk.Ruined the lot. You have to protect the plants during its 2 flight periods March -April & Sept-Nov with insect proof mesh.
Hi there, don't know you but me I feel that the weather forecasts are not so good in their temperatures for us in the southeast of England and I get frustrated in trying to trust their outcomes not just for the getting out there for me, but also for my cat relying on me for his outside runabout. The amount of rain has been just so very bad that in accessing ground has been unavailable because of possibility of slipping over, as one learns by sliding around + doing a great deal of harm to ourselves and to the helping the ground becoming greatly more compacted down, as I have learned when trying to access to feed / add to composs bin kitchen scraps and having in place carboard is actually helping to make an iceskating ring! We see that you too had a great deal of rainwater shown on your ground in your video, as we did with never before so much flooding on all our rivers and I feel that the weather forecasters are playing with us. The amount of great help that you give in producing what you manage to achieve is not only respected here in the UK but also from all parts of the world whom have varied climates to us however, their viewing for a varity of so much more than learning of growing of veg but also how we interact with each other and manage our lives too, is also going on and you personally are doing a very good job that being whom you are is greatly respected, however take care to at sometime take time out for you to be just you. Maureen
Thank you Maureen, that's very nice of you to say. Yes it's been crazily wet and interesting you mention the cardboard because in winter that's not an ideal surface. I would try and get hold of some woodchip before next winter, or even now. Just 3 cm/1" on top of the cardboard. It's important for us to be outside and there is some possibility of drier weather. I am sure also that somebody is making it rain, more than even the weather forecasters expect!
@@CharlesDowding1nodig I think I will do the woodchip as you suggest sooner than later, however why I had not done this earlier is because I am given to understand that woodchips can cause some trouble depleting the available nitrogen in soil, as they take awhile to decompose, yes you are so very right regarding just how important it is for the safety of passing. I notice in our area that the amount of rainwater has been so great that it is taking a great deal of time to gain a more settled, dryer soil and around our actual area we have a great many smaller rivers that meet into the river Thames that actually these smaller rivers are greatly flooded and our land has a greater need for the drier weather as the rain waters are still making their access out of the land/earth. I guess it will take a great deal of nourishment out of the earth with it and I have tried to arrange some nourishment back by way of compost other than just my own, however, I do see that the suppliers have today just risen their prices on compost! When matters are like this, one has to greatly respect the farmers and even more so for people like yourself whom are trying to offer help to us smaller people. Take care., Maureen
Hi Charles, I signed up to your monthly messages. I’m a new to the Gardening world only started last year with vegetables anyway and dig as I have a bad back and wouldn’t be very good for me so the question that I wanted to ask you was about my strawberries that I put in a raised box. I can send a picture to you but they are getting all holy on the leaves, what can I do to stop this?
Thanks for joining Kim, and it's probably not an issue at this stage when strawberry leaves are growing so slowly and are more vulnerable to insect damage. I have holes in mine as well, what will be more important is that they grow strongly in April and May. Maybe lift the box on each edge in turn, and check for slugs underneath.
I don't think there is one video you do Charles that I don't learn something new from it. Going into my 2nd year of growing veg, so more prepared this year with the help of your calendar and back catalogue of your videos. I do have a question if you get to see this, I am trying to go big on succession planting to keep the small area I have to grow with full as much as possible, do you have a type of planner that shows the basics of how long (in weeks say) from sowing to transplanting and roughly when a particular crop would be ready to harvest. For instance lets say beetroot, it would be great to have a sort of timetable on how long it is between sowing to transplant and then how long it would be for when there roughly ready to harvest. That why it would be easier to make a plan for a growing season, especially for a beginner like myself. Maybe an idea for a video? but thanks again for all you do.
Thanks Paul, see this app login.fryd.app/en/plan and our pack of Useful Info, is a big topic! www.charlesdowding.co.uk/product/pln_useful-information-glossary-xk1420kke
Yes sometimes, and it is very frustrating, but also a sign that you have many worms in the compost which is good! I'm worried actually that I'm seeing many fewer blackbirds than I used to, nature is under threat from everything we're doing
Last week averaged, 9°C, 48°F by day and 1°C, 34°F by night with three frosts, lowest temperature of -3°C, 27°F. And the greenhouse has no heat, but there is what we call a hotbed in there, giving some warmth to the trays of new seedlings ruclips.net/video/oX59chFvI44/видео.html
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Charles- I tell everyone about you and your channel, and no dig method. I have an 8 acre piece of property where it was a blank slate! I am fortunate to have three horses, that help me make beautiful compost and my compost is loaded with red wrigglers. My focus on my farm is on sustainability and no pesticides and herbicides. I have been growing along with you for two seasons now and I'm changing the soil on my farm, one season at a time with your guidance. I am so thankful for all you do.
Cheers from Oregon, US Wine Country. 🍷
Lovely to see this comment Mary. That sounds like a nice part of the world! And great that you are improving the soil 💚
Charles I'm afraid I have 2 complaints to share with you. 1: I have been forced to watch your entire back catalogue of videos because I can't get enough of your knowledgeable and relaxing content and to my dismay I have now ran out. 2. I recently transplanted multisown clumps of raddish under fleece and everytime a plant went in I had to say "in the ground with their mates". This is undoubtedly your fault. Regards, transfixed viewer
Actually, I am joyful to hear your complaints. Thank you. Yes, they're compliments!😂❤
Hahaha! Absolutely!
Ah cool! Thanks for your lovely comment 💚 and for making me laugh!
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If I watch any more, my misses is gonna kick me out😅😅
So relaxing to watch. The music, Charles voice, the garden, the birds & that adorable cat!!
I am glad you enjoyed it Fiona
I always find a new pearl of knowledge every time Charles has a new video.
Great to hear Jeff
💚💚💚Dear Charles, thank you very much for your videos. I live in the south and it’s also warm here like you. Crocuses are blooming and tulips are sprouting. Now I’m planting cabbage in cups. I also sow it very thickly, and then I plant it. You need to sow a lot , to make sure there is a harvest. My grandparents planted so much and I continue to do so. I really like working on the land. And seeing how many like-minded people on the earth do this, I become more confident that the world is beautiful.💚💚💚
Great to hear and you are very welcome 🌱
Zone 4 Canada here and what a difference between what you have there Charles and the piles of snow we still have here and we're roughly at the same latitude. I just sowed some onions, leeks, broccoli and brussels sprout a couple days ago down in my grow room in basement. Looking forward to get out there in a month or so to sow carrots and radishes directly in garden and get some exercise.....cheers and happy gardening.
We are fortunate Doug, for the same latitude as you say, I hope it warms on time
love your handle... (ahem - it's a CB radio term, not the other..) I call my garden the Crone Henge because it's circular, but i understand to be a real henge, I would need a moat. We've had so much rain this winter, it wouldn't be that hard. LOL Re crone, I qualify because I'm a 'disagreeable old woman!' Cheers!
Very good, yes slugs are my nemesis out there in the garden and manage to out wit me every year with their elusive behaviour. I'm going on 50 years of gardening soon and I still have trouble controlling them, they enjoy the garden as much as I do. You know the old saying, if you can't beat them, join them. You can send some of that extra rain this way if you like this summer around July/August......cheers and happy gardening in Crone Henge. @@annelygermaine7874
Corduroy jackets are the future of gardening!
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I’m under one meter of snow 😟 greetings from Sweden! 🇸🇪 on the other hand, I will catch up when my strawberries grow 24 hours a day around summer solstice. 😅
Such different seasons Anna!
Brilliant video, get everyone excited for gardening season 2024. 🐈
I am glad 🌱
This is by far my most favourite film. 1. I've just taken on a three year untended allotment in beautiful North Cornwall and this video has answered 4 questions I had 2. Your gorgeous tortie cat! Cats and vegetable growing - two winners for me. Thank you Charles 😊
I am glad you enjoyed it 🙂 I look forward to hearing how you get on with your allotment this page may help you www.charlesdowding.co.uk/education/starting-a-no-dig-allotment
@CharlesDowding1nodig Thank you so VERY much. It's very much a learning process (growing in the ground) as I've only ever grown in pots. I'm really looking forward to attending any future dates of talks / presentations you attend in Cornwall 😊
You must be joking re cats on the garden. They use mine as a toilet. Nasty stuff.
I can’t overemphasize how impressed I am with how drought resistant no dig veggies are and how easy the method makes weeding. I only use about a fourth as much compost as you do and have only been doing no dig about three years but it is vastly better than anything else I have ever tried.
So good to hear Yvonne!
I love your style of videos. I’m thinking that with the weather looking like it’s going to be barely above the freezing mark for the rest of the month where I am in Ohio my garden is going to be getting off to a really late start with my physical limitations, but I will have a garden, regardless. I need to be able to cut the cover crop then add a layer of compost when it warms up enough for me to use my rollator outside. You are an invaluable source of information!
Thanks, and I would cover the cover crop now so it dies in darkness 4-5 weeks, then you are ready to plant
Have a brilliant growing season. I'm hoping that we get a nice warm Spring and Summer 🌞
Thanks and yes!
We have 25cm/10 in. of snow on the ground here this morning in central British Columbia, Canada. The nights fall to -20C still. But my wife has salad green starts germinating under a heated cloche in the greenhouse! And all our seeds are spread out on the dining room table, being organized while we plan the new garden. Happy gardening, everyone!
So impressive!
Just brilliant content as always Charles. Your No Dig book arrived yesterday. What an amazing go-to book this is. So much valuable information. It's my bible for growing veg your No Dig way. Thank you a million times over!
Great to hear Caroline, I am glad you are enjoying it 🌱
Thanks for this video, it's answered all the questions I'm asking at the moment! Especially on planting out seedlings. 👍😀🥦🥦
So good to hear!
It’s a really exciting time of year! Just done my cucumber!!!
Wow early! I sow them in two weeks
@@CharlesDowding1nodig lol I think I get way too excited and worried that I’m behind! I hope they will be ok!
I'd love to see you overwinter pepper plants, Charles. I did this for a few years here in Canada and my pepper harvest was incredible. I lost the plants to a freak early frost last year but it worked great for three years running.
Great suggestion and you are right that I should do that. I know it works because for four years I overwintered some habanero chilli plants, and they actually got almost too vigorous and enormous, then they had a frost issue one December!
Happy Leap Year! Looking forward to the garden beds thawing out under shredded leaves and straw. Thank you Charles for another inspirational video.
You are very welcome
Charles is (and will be) the GOAT, I'm going to order the book as well!
Sadly not narrated so I'd miss out on the David-Burroughesq vibe the youtube offers but still I'm so thankfull to have so much of his experience, technical know-how and practical small tips and tricks which helped me to get into gardening and every year to keep evolving and getting better at it.
Much love and keep doing what u do best!
Thank you for your kind words and you purchase an audible version here amzn.to/49xt8GA 🙂
You can get the audiobook! I have it and listen to it whenever the mood strikes! 😅
Brilliant as always Charles 😊
Thanks again Mark
Spring is so rejuvenating! Thanks for sharing with us.
Wow I love your videos❤ I grow nettles and dandelion for health in my garden those weeds we’ve been lied about for so long. Research them they do wonders🥰
I think this is one of your best video's Charles. So much information. Thank you! 🙏
I am glad you enjoyed it Monique🙂
I've got my cup of coffee and a new upload from you Charles. Utter bliss.
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I just love your new book! The excellent photos with the explanations are so helpful!
I'm so glad!
Charles your garden looks amazing already! Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us! Blessings!
You are welcome Cami
Thankyou Charles!!!!!
Magic! Thank you Charles.
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love, Love L💚VE these monthly to-do videos!!! Brilliant idea, well-done, and so SO super helpful!!! 🙏
I am glad you enjoy them Ted 🌱
Wonderful as always, but when sowing wildflower seeds you need to mimic sheep by asking a group of people to walk all over the seeds to push them into the ground, some wildflower seeds also need successive frost to germinate. You could also try growing your own wildflower seeds in plugs and then planting them out, I find Ox Eye daisies do really well where I am.😀
All good tips but I do it like this every year and they grow nicely!
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Another fantastic video from the guru himself......thanks for sharing your wealth of knowledge charles👍
Glad you enjoyed it Richie
Such an exciting month! Great to hear your plans, I sow my tomatoes in the middle of March too and can't wait to get peas and early potatoes a little after then too 😊
Great to hear 🌱
Grazie sempre Charles per il tuo modo fantastico di fare giardinaggio, i tuoi consigli sono preziosi è funzionali ,ti seguo sempre da Napoli è aspetto con pazienza la traduzione in italiano dei tuoi libri.
Grazie 🌱
Charles, thank you for sharing. As ALWAYS! Nice seeing the gardens "off season."
Slugs! Can you do diatomaceous earth? Sluggo works, but that's a herbicide. You are where your garden is. It is what it is. Adapt and adjust.
Cheers Brian that is nice 💚
A brainstorm this evening. Get that other pond established. Bring in some toads, frogs, and snakes for the snails!
Great update Charles, usually plant out peas around now. Essex is generally mild'ish when it comes to frosts, even so a after mild frost they usually push through.
Glad you enjoyed it 🌱
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very kind, thank you
For keeping pests off I started using black tuile and it was a game changer for me here in the US Zone 7b! NOTHING got in! lolol LOVE your videos! Thank you I always learn something! :)
Interesting Tammy, and it sounds like enough light got in?!
Another excellent video Charles packed with great information and tips👍.
Thank you Ibr, glad you enjoyed it
Obrigado voce Charles ❤
Cheers Luis
🐝Thanks for the great video 🌻 Need to get the flowers in great tip!!
Glad you enjoyed it 🙂
Another smashing video, so much packed into it, useful tips for all! Great job 👏
Glad you enjoyed it 🌱
I just discovered this channel and totally love it!
I am so glad, welcome 🙂
Another brilliant and fantastic video merci monsieur , just recovering from a total hip replacement , i was like a lion in a cage for a number of months but recovering slowly and doing more little by little so hopefully very soon its gloves off and back to gardening , already starting seedlings like this no tomorrow . Merci for that great video it will put me back on track . Merci encore et à bientôt .
Glad you enjoyed it Josy, j'imagine la frustration!! Mais vas-y, le sol aide a ta recuperation
Thank you Charles its so excited to arrive on the lst of March 🎉🎉🎉😊
Очень хорошие, полезные видео у вас. И нравится доброжелательная подача информации. Вы очень трудолюбивый, приятно смотреть на ухоженный огород, но при этом очень естественно всё, приближено к природе. И да, компост - замечательная вещь! Привет из России!
Спасибо, я рада, что они вам нравятся
Thats funny I've never noticed that before but your March planting is almost exactly the same as mine here in South Australia 🇦🇺 thats very cool 😊
So cool!
Thanks Charles. Great advice. Just starting a large veg garden since making the move to Ireland. Seems a tad warmer on this west coast with the Gulf Stream so I might be behind!
Sounds nice. In case of interest, I am teaching in Wicklow 6th, 7th April www.charlesdowding.co.uk/product/two-one-day-courses-in-wicklow-ireland-6th-and-7th-april
great vid i have my tomatoes started now
Thanks Charles as always a very useful informative video ❤👍
I am glad you enjoyed it Loraine 🌱
Hello , i living Normandy ( seine maritime) . Ici j'ai sème des tomates (reif red ) ( marmande ) ( rose de berne ) à l intérieure et des petits pois en extérieur. J ai planté des pommes de terre (sous serre ) et des échalotes en extérieur . Good moraine !!
C'est bon alors! Vous avez peut être une semaine d'avance sur nous
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Such a treat to wake up to a new video! I wanted tos ay that it's so nice that you don't have these frenetic clickbaity titles and you're natural in your presentation. A lot of youtube gardeners are so hyper and performy it makes my head tired.
A question. What are the loops for on your wire hoop? I have wire hoops but mine don't have the loop on each end.
I believe those loops help secure your covering to the ground against high winds and insects. You can also throw a bungee cord/shock cord over the wire hoop to add extra support against the wind or insects. Connor from Neversink Farm sells them on his website and goes into more depth about them if you’re interested in looking at them. They’re called LowCat tunnels and they’re pretty pricey but they’re made from stainless steel so they’ll last you for many years.
I'm so glad to hear that Heather, thanks.
And actually the hoops with loops are an old design which I do not use anymore because it's simpler to have a wider net or mesh, held down with stones.
Or you can run the string under every second loop and across to the other side in a zigzag pattern and the string holds the cover in place
But buttercups and dandelions are also wildflowers!
It looks like the wildflowers you sowed are mostly annual cornflield mix.
I recommend Emorsgate Seeds’s EM3 Special General Purpose Meadow Mixture which is perennial ^_^
Annual cornfield mix is great for using as a nurse crop to drain nutrients from the soil, such that species that are better at getting nutrients don’t have a head start and outcompete other species. You’ll have a better diversity if the soil is low in nutrients ^^
We are swamped here with buttercups and dandelions, and I want something different around the pond.
Charles. When is the 1st walk round your market garden. And can I book now
19th May 1-5pm Christopher www.charlesdowding.co.uk/product/alhampton-open-gardens-afternoon
magnificent tip having some compost left in your upper pocket so these carrots and pees cd grow. always food available wherever u r ❤
Très bon conseils de jardinage merci
Je vous en prie Monique
I absolutely love your videos. You inspire me AND relax me, which isn't easy!
May I ask what you do with all the food you grow that is surplus to what your family can eat? 😊
Thank you and I sell to local businesses.
@@CharlesDowding1nodig Wonderful! 🤗 Thank you so much for replying. I appreciate that you must be a very busy man!
You are very welcome 🙂
Wonderful learning from you.
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Hi, Charles!
I’ll forever be grateful for you sharing your gardening techniques. Thank you.
Nothing has thrown me off more than the early info engrained in me on onions- for them to be pencil thick as transplants. Well, I finally mastered that this year. But, have always had success with my bulbing onions going out when small. Looks like this will be a good test season.
Also, so curious, I have some really nice leaf mold and wondering if I could add that into some of my soiless mix for indoor seeding. I’ve been selective in trying different methods and mediums, but I’m pumping out and managing a fair amount of fungus gnats each year. Even though, the texture of compost can’t be beat.
Lovely to hear this Cherry and I reckon your leaf mould will make an excellent addition to your potting mix, up to 50% even if it's well decomposed
me encanta ver a mintie..m fasina cuando te roba camara mister cahrly...
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You are welcome Donna
This is the month that I begin sowing in the Cambrian Mountains.
Already being frustrated not by molluscs damaging my newly planted cabbage but by mice. They are eating one cabbage every two days. I've already lost 50% of my plants that overwintered in my growhouse. They got under the propagation lids used for protection. I think they tunnel in there. I'm now rising the only option left, poisoned traps.
That is super frustrating.
Even one mouse can do so much damage and I would use the same method.
Thank you as always
You are welcome Henry
Very enlightening video as always Charles. I enjoyed watching it.
I have a question - do you find that it's more difficult to water through the black plastic? Do you do anything to counteract it?
Thanks, and I almost never do.
It's retains moisture, and rain drifts into the planting holes
Nicely done 😊
Thank you
Hi Charles! Your garden looks great even this early in the season. Quick question... do the potatoes & squash growing under the black plastic require supplemental watering/irrigation? Thanks!
Thanks Jon and I give no extra water. The cover holds moisture in and rain drifts into the plant holes
Hi Charles. Great video! What are your night-time temperatures in March?
Thanks Daniel and from -4°C to 10°C, average therefore around 3°C or high 30s Fahrenheit, often at night it's more wintry than January when the storms bring milder air
hi charles thanks for your amazing videos - you are such a big inspiration 💚 i am curios what kind of bracelet you were wearing in this video? thanks a lot and happy gardening from austria ben ✌🏼
Cheers Ben that is nice. It's jade. On left wrist signifies also no 🩼
C’est sure Merci
Charles do you ever wash your fleece in a washing machine to get the dirt off?
Haha no! With no dig, the covers stay much cleaner, thanks to there being no disturbed and loose soil near the surface. Any compost that might stick a little will wash off in the next rain.
After watching your videos I'm super excited as i've just uncovered my 3 new no dig beds which I started to created last summer, the compost/soil looks wonderful, however my cats feel the same but unfortunately view the beautiful soil as a fluffy litter tray😮. I noticed you have a lovely cat who frequently roams over your veg beds, do you have any hints on how to stop them viewing your new beds as a litter tray?
That is awesome and as you say, especially for the cats! Very frustrating.
I put up with it because I have a large garden and only one cat. However you could use bird netting to deter them. That worked for me when I had two cats.
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@@CharlesDowding1nodig 😄I saw the PEAS ther too...very good...and growing is very very good...been at it about 13 years..seed saving..microgreening and this year I want 2 do a baby GREENS and root veg garden...each year I experiment 2 C WHAT works or not...i went on tour with my seed collection and gave away free seeds..glorious!..i 1ST saw your vids about 6 or 7 yrs ago and I was so inspired...cant thank u enuf sir...NO DIG..ABSOLUTELY!🌽🌶🥑🍋🍎🥕Theres A special place 4 ppl like u who give us all so much...im in BC HERE.. Brian Mulroney passed away...i hear he was a great fellow.. I sat at a restaraunt table next2 him & HIS fam in the little town of Qualicum Beach...Mr Mulroney was having a bran muffin...i remember feeling impressed with Mr Mulroney-becuz i liked bran muffins too😄..ALL THE BEST 2 U & YOURS.. MY COLORFUL MICROGREEN WINDOW GARDEN IS BEAUTIFUL..MAYB I CAN SEND U A PIC OF IT AND EXPLAIN HOW I MAKE MY OWN NUTRIENTS
Thanks Kelly!! 💚
Thank you. Was wandering if slogs and snails can go through protective fleece? Thank you.
They move under edges!
Charles... or anyone else. It's a bit off-topic but a no dig question.
Anyone using flooring paper instead of cardboard to get your beds started? Obviously, it's more expensive than just sourcing scrap cardboard, but it's not so easy to source large amounts of cardboard here at all. Thanks!
Cheers Adam, and that can work to a point, as long as the weeds are not too strong. If you have no weeds, then you need to use no paper nor cardboard.
But if they are thick and strong, maybe lay two layers of that paper.
Maravilhoso o vídeo obrigado querido ❤
Obrigado Luisa
Hi Charles, I'm happy to see a new video of yours every week, thank you for your commitment.
I wanted to ask you should I remove a hedge near the edge of the no-dig beds, do you think if I only remove the part from above and leave the roots in the ground is it okay? Do you think they will grow back or will the roots rot in the ground?
Thank you
Ciao Charles, sono contenta di vedere un tuo nuovo video tutte le settimane, ti ringrazio per il tuo impegno.
Volevo chiederti devo togliere una siepe vicino al bordo dei letti no-dig, secondo te se tolgo solo la parte da sopra e lascio le radici nel terreno va bene? secondo te ricresceranno o le radici marciranno nel terreno?
Grazie
That is nice Manuel, thanks. I would cut the hedge as low as you can and that will indeed reduce how much moisture it can pull from the soil and some of the roots will either go dormant or may rot. But then the hedge will regrow!
Thanks for the always so quick response, I will try to remove as many roots as possible without disturbing the soil less and less.
Thank you and good day
Grazie della risposta sempre cosi veloce, cercero di togliere piu radici possibili senza infastidendo sempre di meno il terreno.
grazie e buona giornata
You are very welcome Manuela
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Good morning, question re the tomatoes and peppers. Did i spot rockwool or soil blocks? Have to battle fruit flies and aphids at home every year and ill be lucky if half make it
I'm wondering what you refer to because I do not use either of those. I am thinking though to grow more peppers in pots rather than in the ground, much as I do chilies. They seem to warm up more quickly.
What width fleece do you use as I guess you want it wide enough so it can be used with hoops as well? Are these 4ft wide beds? Thanks
For that width of bed, minimum 2 m, and the hoops not too high
I’m wondering about onion white rot have you ever had it before if so what kind of treatment did you use. Thank you for any advice on this subject
Cheers Philip, and yes in the small garden mainly so I avoid planting onion family for one year and usually that's enough. It reduces what you avoid disturbing soil and keep it healthy with the compost on top, but that might take a couple of years to build your soil health.
Oh I would have never cut down those gorgeous wild flower. 😭😭😭😭
I did not cut down any gorgeous wildflowers!! Unless you are referring to buttercups which grow like a weed! And do not flower in winter when we covered them
HI Charles, Can I multiple sow long rooted beetroot in modules.
Yes, that works.
Charles after the seeds have sprouted whats the ultimate room temperature to keep them growing at a good rate and keep them healthy and happy
Around 10 to 20°C, 50 to 70°F, but those are not precise figures, just to give an idea
Hello Charles :) Thank you for the great garden content. Can you explain why do put the transplant so deep and why don't you fill the hole with soil? is it for the stem support? 💚
Yes for support, to reduce subsequent watering, save time
Charles, can you recommend what hoops you use for your fleeces and beds? They looks like thinner wire but strong enough to hold up fleece. Any ideas what they might be?
4mm high tensile wire, galvanised and straightened
How do you stop mice and rats coming up through their tunnels into your greenhouse? They've dug up into my greenhouse and two holes amongst my nettle patch, 🤔
Oh dear, I would set traps for mice, not sure about rats
Hi i have 3 cats, two outdoors.im planting some carrots and cucumbers in tubs outside when they arrive.the make one is territorial and I'm worried he we spray,pee on my veg.have you any tips as don't fancy eating something the cats peed on thanks xx
I do not know, maybe some bird netting around the tubs
Hi Charles, I am in need of help as I am not understanding. In the video you mention read the Skills book, I have your books, all 3 of them, and listen to you here, I still cannot find a reference to What is Drilling? I am totally lost on this watering method. Do you poke holes in the bed and fill the holes with water? Of do you dig a trench between plants and fill that? Can anyone help here, I am lost.
Sorry for confusion and I am unsure what you mean by drilling? Think you mean dibbing the small holes which are simply to receive the rootballs of my module-raised transplants. Then after popping one in each hole, I sprinkle some water over the top and that helps roots settle in, make contact with soil / compost in the hole - but not a lot of water.
Thank you so much, that is what I have been doing this weekend. I am very pleased with this planting method.(Skills book page 105 top paragraph- If a bed is really dry it is best to draw drills and fill with water.)
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Good evening, Charles! I want to know your opinion about the sowing according to the lunar calendar. Does it really improve the germination of plants?
I don't see it as helping germination. It's more about influencing the way our plants grow in terms of having say more roots in proportion to leaves, or more fruits in proportion to roots or whatever. Also sowing 2 to 3 days before full moon increases growth vigour.
Hi I just find you ...I would like to ask few things please ...I have a solarium because I want to grow vegetable for my kids ,the problem it that the earth it very hard ...so we always need to dig ...but when I see your video I was impressed and I would like to ask you if the way I am thinking to do it it correct or not to have nice vegetables on my hard earth....so if I put one layer of the compost and after I put some manure and I plant my seeds /seedlings and after I put wood chips will be ok ? And when I can put the wood chips ...all the time or just sometimes in the year ? Please help me to understand and grow good and healthy vegetables for my kids thank u so much I admire you so much god bless
Hi, there is no one formula, just keep the finest compost for top layer, and use woodchip on paths only, details here www.charlesdowding.co.uk/get-started
Hi Charles, thanks for all advise. I have a query - I started a compost heap late last year. I went to use the compost to do up beds for spring planting. The compost is teeming with worms and it's not 100% broken down (bits of egg shells and the like still in the mix). I'm just wondering, should I leave the compost until the worms have done their work? I don't want to spread out the compost over the cardboard and disturb the worms. I'm in Ireland so no rush with creating beds yet I suppose
Nice to hear, and that compost is definitely usable at the moment. I would be inclined to spread it and the worms will make fantastic food for birds.
Plus that will give more time for cardboard to decompose and slugs to decrease. They are always a factor with new beds in the spring, especially in your climate.
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Hello.
Have you had any problem with leek moth this winter?
We had our first issue this winter on leeks in our kitchen garden in Norfolk.Ruined the lot.
You have to protect the plants during its 2 flight periods March -April & Sept-Nov with insect proof mesh.
Yes sure, first time last autumn - but the plants survived and are now growing again strongly, may cover in September
Hi there, don't know you but me I feel that the weather forecasts are not so good in their temperatures for us in the southeast of England and I get frustrated in trying to trust
their outcomes not just for the getting out there for me, but also for my cat relying on me for his outside runabout.
The amount of rain has been just so very bad that in accessing ground has been unavailable because of possibility of slipping over, as one learns by sliding around + doing a great deal of harm to ourselves
and to the helping the ground becoming greatly more compacted down, as I have learned when trying to access to feed / add to composs bin kitchen scraps and having in
place carboard is actually helping to make an iceskating ring!
We see that you too had a great deal of rainwater shown on your ground in your video, as we did with never before so much flooding on all our rivers and I feel that the weather forecasters are playing with us.
The amount of great help that you give in producing what you manage to achieve is not only respected here in the UK but also from all parts of the world whom have varied
climates to us however, their viewing for a varity of so much more than learning of growing of veg but also how we interact with each other and manage our lives too, is also going on and you personally are doing a very good job that being whom you are is greatly respected, however take care to at sometime take time out for you to be just you.
Maureen
Thank you Maureen, that's very nice of you to say. Yes it's been crazily wet and interesting you mention the cardboard because in winter that's not an ideal surface. I would try and get hold of some woodchip before next winter, or even now. Just 3 cm/1" on top of the cardboard. It's important for us to be outside and there is some possibility of drier weather. I am sure also that somebody is making it rain, more than even the weather forecasters expect!
@@CharlesDowding1nodig I think I will do the woodchip as you suggest sooner than later, however why I had not done this earlier is because I am given to understand that woodchips can cause some trouble depleting the available nitrogen in soil, as they take awhile to decompose, yes you are so very right regarding just how important it is for the safety of passing.
I notice in our area that the amount of rainwater has been so great that it is taking a great deal of time to gain a more settled, dryer soil and around our actual area we have a great many smaller rivers that meet into the river Thames that actually these smaller rivers are greatly flooded and our land has a greater need for the drier weather
as the rain waters are still making their access out of the land/earth.
I guess it will take a great deal of nourishment out of the earth with it and I have tried to arrange some nourishment back by way of compost other than just my own,
however, I do see that the suppliers have today just risen their prices on compost!
When matters are like this, one has to greatly respect the farmers and even more so for people like yourself whom are trying to offer help to us smaller people.
Take care., Maureen
Cheers Maureen, sounds tricky. Woodchip on top does not deplete nitrogen, if less than 3-4cm deep
Hi Charles, I signed up to your monthly messages. I’m a new to the Gardening world only started last year with vegetables anyway and dig as I have a bad back and wouldn’t be very good for me so the question that I wanted to ask you was about my strawberries that I put in a raised box. I can send a picture to you but they are getting all holy on the leaves, what can I do to stop this?
Sorry I don’t know how to send the photos, but I’m sure you know what I mean
Thanks for joining Kim, and it's probably not an issue at this stage when strawberry leaves are growing so slowly and are more vulnerable to insect damage. I have holes in mine as well, what will be more important is that they grow strongly in April and May. Maybe lift the box on each edge in turn, and check for slugs underneath.
I don't think there is one video you do Charles that I don't learn something new from it. Going into my 2nd year of growing veg, so more prepared this year with the help of your calendar and back catalogue of your videos. I do have a question if you get to see this, I am trying to go big on succession planting to keep the small area I have to grow with full as much as possible, do you have a type of planner that shows the basics of how long (in weeks say) from sowing to transplanting and roughly when a particular crop would be ready to harvest. For instance lets say beetroot, it would be great to have a sort of timetable on how long it is between sowing to transplant and then how long it would be for when there roughly ready to harvest. That why it would be easier to make a plan for a growing season, especially for a beginner like myself. Maybe an idea for a video? but thanks again for all you do.
Thanks Paul, see this app login.fryd.app/en/plan and our pack of Useful Info, is a big topic! www.charlesdowding.co.uk/product/pln_useful-information-glossary-xk1420kke
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Hi I have been mulching brassicas with nettles and dead brambles for a few years now for slug prevention what do you think
If it's working for you then that is great, I wonder if your climate is drier than here so there are fewer mollusks maybe
There you don't have birds that like to do holes on the compost? Such a blackbirds.
Yes sometimes, and it is very frustrating, but also a sign that you have many worms in the compost which is good! I'm worried actually that I'm seeing many fewer blackbirds than I used to, nature is under threat from everything we're doing
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hi, how many degrees is it there now? Is your greenhouse heated? Thank you

Last week averaged, 9°C, 48°F by day and 1°C, 34°F by night with three frosts, lowest temperature of -3°C, 27°F. And the greenhouse has no heat, but there is what we call a hotbed in there, giving some warmth to the trays of new seedlings ruclips.net/video/oX59chFvI44/видео.html
Hi Charles, I covered my garden because of bins weed not last summer but the one before. Can I uncover it now?
I would and keep removing Any new, weaker bindweed
Thanks Charles 🙂