I been working so hard in the past 3 weeks to open the abandoned backyard of my new property you wouldn't believe it Charles. Full of heavy trash and chemicals left behind, all leaking in the soil... I was wondering why my trees didnt look right. Every single inches of my body hurts right now haha, but this morning I really officially finished all preparations + cleaning. Ohhhh my... it was so much work, I can't believe how little respect for environment my previous owner had. I feel incredibly good right now, exhausted to the point where even my anxiety which usually govern my life, have no power to manifest :) My property is extremely clean now and i'm ready to start my organic, no dig beds! Life might not have been super easy in the past years but wow the futur's looking bright now. Gardening is a great fix for anxiety.
Just in case you don't already know this... plant sunflowers where the land has been treated badly. They are great for being able to cleans the soil. Good luck with all the rest of it, and happy planting!
For anyone interested in growing veg, your garden is an incredible inspiration. A real thing of beauty. Great presentation skills and camera work as well. Absolute top notch stuff.
I love the questioning of received wisdom that Charles mentions in his knowledgeable way. Rotation : is it important? Multiple growing? Everything EVERYTHING based on the quality of his soil. I live in a terraced house with a tiny garden but after not gardening for 4 years (wife had a stroke) I have started again and I am learning every day. Thank you Charles - I have raised beds with drystone walls & containers but I am now a soil-worshipper too!😂
I've been a huge fan for a long time Charles and I think it's because you're not afraid to show your failures along with your successes. Oh, and on top of that your video quality and professional editing just takes it way over the top! Well done and please just keep the great content coming..Huge thumbs up 👍 👏.
A garden to look up to. Greetings from sunny Portugal where the sun is starting to really show himself with real heat. Very dry year unfortunately, we will have to manage the waters here. Got tomatoes, peppers, courgette and some potatoes under a tree, also going for dry flowers as we need to focus in heat tolerant plants i guess... Until the fall comes and a big new window of time and climate will open for the colder crops. Thank you for all the content. Obrigado and good luck with everything. Keep spreading the knowledge i think it will help many of us on the long run.
Thank you Charles, so enjoyable. I love that you are a real gardener and have problems like the rest of us and are not too proud to share. Clearly my problems are far worse than yours but the good news is the bindweed is starting to retreat!
In sunny sth Lincs, we've had no rain in the past 6-8 weeks. Carrots & beetroot sown outdoors won't grow so now trying carrots sown in guttering. It's all good fun.
Thank you for sharing your knowledge. It is my second year of gardening, first year of no dig and every tip is appreciated. You have a beautiful garden!
Quite honestly, Charles, your videos are among the most relaxing and inspiring for me. It's not even always about new ideas - it's mostly about de-stressing 😉 I love your matter-of-fact, relaxed approach to gardening. Love the handful of tomato plants in the tunnel ❤️
I so enjoy this guy. He puts my mind at ease and gives me a peaceful heart. My daddy passed in 2012 and I miss the times we use to have of walking the yard and him telling me this and that. Thanks Mr. Dowding.
Your garden and property are beautiful! I live in Vermont which is US Zone 5a; it's a very short growing season. I've been trying to extend my season with fleece tunnels. Someday I hope to have a greenhouse so I can extend my season further. I have been no dig for about 4 years. I also have a large perennial flower garden. Maybe someday I can go to England and tour gardens! Thank you!
Great video as always, thanks for sharing and all you do! To help save money my family and I have started a small backyard garden. We're learning how to homecan, seed save, make compost, and preserve what we grow. Less than 2 years in our new home and we've completely transformed the backyard. We are beginner gardeners, growing and learning along the way. Recently I started a gardening channel to help encourage others to begin growing as well. No time better than now to learn self sufficiency. Thanks again for all you do, your channel definitely helps me stay motivated for my family. God bless!
Hi Charles, and so they say: “a thing of beauty is a joy forever” - you and your garden are just that! I am grateful for your sharing your great gardening work with the world! My very small no dig garden is still work in progress. Thank you Charles for all you do!
I've had good luck with carrot sprouting for the past two seasons. I cover the newly seeded area with "black" landscape cloth. I think it keeps the seeds cool and moist. I allow the fabric to lay directly on the seed bed too. Your garden is beautiful!
Wonderful veggies you have there Charles,, beautiful apple blossom ,, such a rewarding time of the year when we have so much sowing, planting and just sheer enjoyment in our gardens,, you are an absolute treasure ,, bless you and best wishes, Lisa
Seeing your super tidy bed edges, while struggling a little bit with my own because of grass growing into the wood chip, I wonder if you could maybe talk about bed edge maintenance in one of your next videos.
Спасибо за экскурсию. Очень полезное и красивое. От проволочника помогает цитрусовая кожура. Сушу и на зиму раскидывая там где проволочник. Пищевую соду посыпаю в ямку, когда сажу картошку. Под корень капусты посыпаю немного соды пищевой. Пищевая сода раскисляет почву и отпугивает проволочника.
Спасибо и это интересно. Душа здесь не кислая, потому что в ее основе известняк. Однако мы можем немного попробовать это, чтобы посмотреть, что произойдет.
We had trouble with carrots this last year down south in New Zealand too. Many gardeners did. We all put it down to dry conditions also. We had the best summer in years heat wise. Potatoes not as good but tomatoes. Wonderful.
I've been watching your videos and Huws as well and you've sold me on trying no dig. I'm in New Zealand, and our gardens here are sodden wet mud and slush in August. They will dry out in October. They're raised beds above the slush and mud, but can't get near them at the moment due to the sliding mud. No dig it is!
Always a pleasure to watch and see and hear what you have to share in your garden, Charles. And I never am not inspired nor leave without some new insight or gem of wisdom to try or look for and be curious about. I love how you're always experimenting and not assuming things, even if they are long-standing practices/beliefs. And I appreciate your sharing what doesn't work too and exploring reasons why or even simply being in the process of trying to work that out. So much richness. Thanks so much for these videos.
I have just ordered your Callander and it is fantastic, late I know, I am so but I happy to learn the succession planting, and when to start you winter sowing, this is the start of my second year, the first year I was making three beds weeding preparing one bed at a time, I now have six in total and a poly tunnel, I did not know what to plant in winter and if it would survive, I am from Stoke-on-Trent so weather similar and frost dates, thank you for all you advice and help 💋
I've had the same problem with carrots not germinating. I did water at some point after the initial watering at sowing time, but I guess most of the germinated seeds dried out again. I'm also suspecting that the mesh I put over (it was getting too hot for fleece) was rubbing on the seedlings and damaged them. That or opportunist slugs taking advantage of the moist bed when I watered in late afternoon at some point. Lessons learned!
@@CharlesDowding1nodig It was 18°C in the shade, my lettuce was showing some heat stroke so I replaced *all* fleece with insect mesh. I have two long beds so I use two long pieces of fleece as appropriate, I didn't want to cut a new short piece of fleece only for the carrots. I think in hindsight it would have been better, as you suggest!
So grateful to have your new video! Love your inspiration, ingenuity, and easy-going manner. I have learned so much from you, Sir! Thank you from Colorado. Last frost date here is May 9 - can’t wait!! 🫑🍅🥬🧅
Glory be my carrots are lovely. I’ve given up growing them in the ground and have grown them in an upturned chicken A frame, remodelled to be a Trug. The dry weather is really inhibiting growth. Watering just doesn’t replace the rain.
I had problems with my carrots and it turned out to be the media I covered them with. I had to just sprinkle soft fine dirt over the seeds covering them abt 1/8 to 3/16” and now they come up good.
Love your sign in the Garden - Charles I am very excited I had a small part in one of my gardens & broadly sowed carrot seed, threw some black plastic over & made sure they stayed moist. Well I am currently thinning my carrot seedlings & crossing my fingers - BIG-Time that I will get a harvest. All my own Tomato seeds that I potted are doing beautifully & I am currently preparing the big bed for them. I am out of my depression with the weather situation as there is nothing I can do but keep trying. My zucchini is just brilliant & producing beautifully. Cheers Denise- Australia
It is so interesting that your last frost is about the same time as ours in coastal 67°N Norway. I suppose it could be because the sun is only below the horizon for 4 hours by then.
Hi Charles, I have recently completed two 'no dig' bedding areas in my back garden, one for flowers the other for vegetables & flowers. The vegetable patch is much deeper so hopefully I can get a crop of vegetables going this year and the flower patch is going great with very healthy plants, some in bloom with others all gearing up for summer. Given what lies beneath the garden I am so grateful to have discovered this technique and it is my go to plan for the future. Thank You & Stay Safe Always
I love overwintering cauliflower & broccoli - all of a sudden there's a harvest when a couple of weeks earlier there was nothing. Thankfully, the high water table in my garden (dig a 2' deep hole in a drought & it'll have water in the bottom...) seems to keep everything moist under the compost mulch (another plus for no dig - less evaporation). Plenty of rain forecast for overnight, so even the tiny carrots will be OK after 3 weeks of no rain here in West Cumbria.
@@CharlesDowding1nodig Oddly enough, April & May are often the driest months here. I've seen pumps used several times to keep the river Ehen running from Ennerdale lake at that time of year(Mum lives in Ennerdale). They're stopping water extraction from the lake next year, so hopefully no more pumps, ever.
Wow it all looks amazing Charles. I think my peas suffered the same fate as your carrots. I normally sow in the greenhouse, but I sowed straight into the ground this time....result no peas. Totally gone! Wont be doing that again. We got our first rain here last night in southern Scotland for about 3 weeks. The dryness doesn't stop the weeds but at least no dig makes them so weak and easy to pull. Thankyou for another inspirational tour!
Cheers bud. Just getting the first wet day in Ireland for about eight weeks. What I will say is the no dig plants seem not to suffer as much as my old dug gardens.
It sounds like you are dryer than here. Yes I notice this, plants in no dig slow down in growth, but stay healthy and strong at least. I have an uncomfortable feeling that this dry weather will continue.
It’s so amazing to compare your garden to mine. I run a portable air conditioner in my greenhouse/small chicken run! It’s been triple digit heat. Humidity levels below 5 percent, fire danger notices. Hasn’t rained in over 4 months. I’m sad to leave my desert home to go sell my home in Pennsylvania. When I get back to Arizona I want to start a RUclips so you can see what it’s like here! Thanks for sharing, hope all grows big and strong, I will catch up in a week.
Always enjoy a wander round your garden Charles, also I can compare my very modest plantings to see if they are growing well enough at this time of year .
Charles, I've purchased your audiobook and have listened to it several times now; it is fantastic. Aside from the great content, I especially like the conversational delivery style. In your weeding chapters, you have not mentioned a weed that I am working on ridding myself of, and I wanted to get your opinion, and that "weed" is Kuzdu. I bought an acreage in a rural farming community, and part of the land (the only part that has not been covered in trees) was covered in Kudzu. At first, I brought in 9 goats, but they barely made a dent, and it grew back immediately. Then, I brought in a forestry mulcher. I wanted him to go a few inches into the soil, but he didn't. As it was starting to come back, I started pulling runners by hand and cutting them with shears. I've even torched some of the very large root crows, which surprisingly did nothing, even though they were charred. I've made a bit of a dent, and as long as I keep mowing and pulling the runners, I think I can keep on top of it. My next plan is to use a reciprocating saw to cut the tap roots as deep into the soil as possible. Do you have any suggestions? Being in a farming community, most people cut their own trees, so I'm finding it really hard to get any chips dropped. That's another issue that I'm having right now.
Thank you for your lovely feedback on the book John. I said love if you can post a review where ever you purchase them? I had not heard of that weed and it sounds like a horrible problem. From what I can see, you do have to physically remove it The bit I have not seen mentioned is how it grows roots, and whether removing the surface stems with a part of the main root from where plants enter the soil, could be enough to stop it growing. Or whether it regrows from pieces of root left in the soil. If the former I think you have a chance but it's a lot of digging, as you say. Sorry not to help more.
Thank you for a spring look, Charles! The newer areas appear to be progressing well. I do hope you went back through and picked up everything you picked, would make a lovely light supper lol. I'm very interested in your new experiments and testing. Blessings as always.
All I can say to you is Respect! What beautiful garden looks like heaven, we live in rental so can really do much. But I've subscribed and use you for inspiration.
I made a tasty “pesto” with tarragon and cashew nuts. I’ve been putting it on chicken, white fish and grain dishes. Having fresh herbs is such a luxury 🌱💚
Always enjoy the tours. I have the opposite here, my seeds would have drowned by now had I planted already. Rain, rain and more rain here on the shore in Maryland where I am. My mom told me years ago my Grandfather said, it's always better to over water your garden, it'll soak in, otherwise you starve the roots.
@@CharlesDowding1nodig ....no there isn't, I should have added that it's been just as cloudy as rainy days. They have us with rain every day this week but Tuesday, cloudy all day instead. Hope you get some rain at night and sun all day =^)
Relieved to see that your carrots have acted like mine. I will do as you suggest and water by hand to make sure they are getting enough. Will cover also.
Hi Charles, Don’t you just love this time of year. Your garden looks great. I’m always jealous, ha. Those turnips are superb. My carrot finally played out from last fall. Had to make way for tomatoes. My Okra is coming up looking good. Great tour, thanks. (Old guy from)🇺🇸
I been working so hard in the past 3 weeks to open the abandoned backyard of my new property you wouldn't believe it Charles. Full of heavy trash and chemicals left behind, all leaking in the soil... I was wondering why my trees didnt look right.
Every single inches of my body hurts right now haha, but this morning I really officially finished all preparations + cleaning. Ohhhh my... it was so much work, I can't believe how little respect for environment my previous owner had.
I feel incredibly good right now, exhausted to the point where even my anxiety which usually govern my life, have no power to manifest :) My property is extremely clean now and i'm ready to start my organic, no dig beds! Life might not have been super easy in the past years but wow the futur's looking bright now. Gardening is a great fix for anxiety.
good luck with your garden this season!
Well done and you have many upvotes. Thanks for sharing and well done on finding the positives
Yep good for ya.
It wealth the body pain, because u will forget about it after a week or two of sawing seeds
Just in case you don't already know this... plant sunflowers where the land has been treated badly. They are great for being able to cleans the soil. Good luck with all the rest of it, and happy planting!
For anyone interested in growing veg, your garden is an incredible inspiration. A real thing of beauty. Great presentation skills and camera work as well. Absolute top notch stuff.
Happy to hear this Duncan, thanks
I love the questioning of received wisdom that Charles mentions in his knowledgeable way. Rotation : is it important? Multiple growing? Everything EVERYTHING based on the quality of his soil. I live in a terraced house with a tiny garden but after not gardening for 4 years (wife had a stroke) I have started again and I am learning every day. Thank you Charles - I have raised beds with drystone walls & containers but I am now a soil-worshipper too!😂
So nice to see this Chris except sorry about your wife's health. Soil health helps :)
The idea of placing a leaf over the cauliflower head is ingenious!
Glad to share the knowledge!
I've been a huge fan for a long time Charles and I think it's because you're not afraid to show your failures along with your successes. Oh, and on top of that your video quality and professional editing just takes it way over the top! Well done and please just keep the great content coming..Huge thumbs up 👍 👏.
I appreciate that, nice encouragement
A garden to look up to. Greetings from sunny Portugal where the sun is starting to really show himself with real heat. Very dry year unfortunately, we will have to manage the waters here. Got tomatoes, peppers, courgette and some potatoes under a tree, also going for dry flowers as we need to focus in heat tolerant plants i guess... Until the fall comes and a big new window of time and climate will open for the colder crops. Thank you for all the content. Obrigado and good luck with everything. Keep spreading the knowledge i think it will help many of us on the long run.
Thank you Jose and this is good to hear, except for the lack of rain. It's getting the same here but the Sun is nothing like so hot and strong here!
A timely and brilliant update. Thank you for keeping it real and mentioning the problems as well. Gratitude.
Just watching this again, Charles, as we come into mid spring here in Australia. Thank you!!
nice to see "problems" bed by the shed
Thank you Charles, so enjoyable. I love that you are a real gardener and have problems like the rest of us and are not too proud to share. Clearly my problems are far worse than yours but the good news is the bindweed is starting to retreat!
You are very welcome and great!
I love the way that some information is repetitive. The information is imperative. I understand Charles.
Great thanks Nathan
In sunny sth Lincs, we've had no rain in the past 6-8 weeks. Carrots & beetroot sown outdoors won't grow so now trying carrots sown in guttering. It's all good fun.
Yes a difficult summer looms! Good luck
It all looks good, but the older part of the garden is really looking beautiful as it matures.
Thanks so much
Thank you for sharing your knowledge. It is my second year of gardening, first year of no dig and every tip is appreciated. You have a beautiful garden!
Great feedback thanks
Hi Charles! Good to see you again. You’re garden is beautiful as always. Even with the problems the garden may have you are always successful🙏
Thanks so much
Looking good, Charles!
😀
Quite honestly, Charles, your videos are among the most relaxing and inspiring for me. It's not even always about new ideas - it's mostly about de-stressing 😉 I love your matter-of-fact, relaxed approach to gardening.
Love the handful of tomato plants in the tunnel ❤️
Happy to hear that and thankyou
Every time I watch one of your videos, I think about how much I would love to be your neighbor.
Amazing, thanks
I so enjoy this guy. He puts my mind at ease and gives me a peaceful heart. My daddy passed in 2012 and I miss the times we use to have of walking the yard and him telling me this and that. Thanks Mr. Dowding.
Thanks, happy to help!
Your garden and property are beautiful! I live in Vermont which is US Zone 5a; it's a very short growing season. I've been trying to extend my season with fleece tunnels. Someday I hope to have a greenhouse so I can extend my season further. I have been no dig for about 4 years. I also have a large perennial flower garden. Maybe someday I can go to England and tour gardens! Thank you!
Great video as always, thanks for sharing and all you do! To help save money my family and I have started a small backyard garden. We're learning how to homecan, seed save, make compost, and preserve what we grow. Less than 2 years in our new home and we've completely transformed the backyard. We are beginner gardeners, growing and learning along the way. Recently I started a gardening channel to help encourage others to begin growing as well. No time better than now to learn self sufficiency. Thanks again for all you do, your channel definitely helps me stay motivated for my family. God bless!
Exciting!! You're going in good directions
It is a pleasure touring your garden with you.
Have learned so much from your approach.
Thankyou!
I'm so glad!
Hi Charles, and so they say: “a thing of beauty is a joy forever” - you and your garden are just that! I am grateful for your sharing your great gardening work with the world! My very small no dig garden is still work in progress. Thank you Charles for all you do!
Thanks so much and I wish you fine food!
Thank you for the tour, brother Charles !
Jestem pod ogromnym wrażeniem panstwa ogrodu,czerpię z tej wiedzy i nieźle to wychodzi. Pozdrawiam z Polski 😊
Dziękuję za udostępnienie i cieszę się, że to słyszę!
Lovely video, thanks for watering tip
Thank you for watching my videos!
I enjoyed the video as always, thanks for shearing.
Charles always enjoy your video all doing great
Thanks 👍
I've had good luck with carrot sprouting for the past two seasons. I cover the newly seeded area with "black" landscape cloth. I think it keeps the seeds cool and moist. I allow the fabric to lay directly on the seed bed too. Your garden is beautiful!
Thanks Julie and well done, although others have mentioned that it can result in slugs hiding underneath. Your timing is clearly good.
Wow the property is stunning - what a dreamy place
😊
Thank you for taking the time to share your knowledge and experience
Glad it was helpful!
Wonderful veggies you have there Charles,, beautiful apple blossom ,, such a rewarding time of the year when we have so much sowing, planting and just sheer enjoyment in our gardens,, you are an absolute treasure ,, bless you and best wishes, Lisa
Ah cool thanks Lisa
Beautiful garden and video. Great to see you in your NoDig compost garden.
It’s soooooo helpful when you kindly share the good and the failures during your tours. Much appreciated.
Hi Charles enjoyed your video very interesting lv Irene 😘 xx
Tienes una huerta preciosa, Gracias por compartirlo con nosotros, aprendo mucho para mí huerta en españa!!!!
Un saludo desde Extremadura España!!!
Gracias, lovely to read this
Seeing your super tidy bed edges, while struggling a little bit with my own because of grass growing into the wood chip, I wonder if you could maybe talk about bed edge maintenance in one of your next videos.
Hi Carl, yes we have this in mind! Mow, cut, initial cardboard, persist!
Really enjoyed that one Charles, Thank you.
Thankyou Rene
God bless you.
Thank you
Always a great pleasure. Thank you Charles!
Love your wonderful and peaceful garden❤
Thank you so much 😊
Thank you for the Videos! You are my gardening hero!
Ah thanks!
Спасибо за экскурсию. Очень полезное и красивое. От проволочника помогает цитрусовая кожура. Сушу и на зиму раскидывая там где проволочник. Пищевую соду посыпаю в ямку, когда сажу картошку. Под корень капусты посыпаю немного соды пищевой. Пищевая сода раскисляет почву и отпугивает проволочника.
Спасибо и это интересно. Душа здесь не кислая, потому что в ее основе известняк. Однако мы можем немного попробовать это, чтобы посмотреть, что произойдет.
We had trouble with carrots this last year down south in New Zealand too. Many gardeners did. We all put it down to dry conditions also. We had the best summer in years heat wise. Potatoes not as good but tomatoes. Wonderful.
Glad you had an amazing year!
I've been watching your videos and Huws as well and you've sold me on trying no dig. I'm in New Zealand, and our gardens here are sodden wet mud and slush in August. They will dry out in October. They're raised beds above the slush and mud, but can't get near them at the moment due to the sliding mud. No dig it is!
Excellent Jane, you will be pleased
Always such a beautiful sight seeing your gardens. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. I aspire to be a fraction as good as you! 🌻 God bless!
So nice of you
Oglądam Pana z polski bardzo piękny ogród ciekawe pomysły serdecznie pozdrawiam
Jak pięknie, ciesz się swoim ogrodnictwem!
Always a pleasure to watch and see and hear what you have to share in your garden, Charles. And I never am not inspired nor leave without some new insight or gem of wisdom to try or look for and be curious about. I love how you're always experimenting and not assuming things, even if they are long-standing practices/beliefs. And I appreciate your sharing what doesn't work too and exploring reasons why or even simply being in the process of trying to work that out. So much richness. Thanks so much for these videos.
Many thanks 💚
I have just ordered your Callander and it is fantastic, late I know, I am so but I happy to learn the succession planting, and when to start you winter sowing, this is the start of my second year, the first year I was making three beds weeding preparing one bed at a time, I now have six in total and a poly tunnel, I did not know what to plant in winter and if it would survive, I am from Stoke-on-Trent so weather similar and frost dates, thank you for all you advice and help 💋
Wonderful to hear this Denise, that sounds impressive for year two.
Your work, your team and your garden continue to educate & inspire.
So nice, thanks Paul
Super progress 😊
I've had the same problem with carrots not germinating. I did water at some point after the initial watering at sowing time, but I guess most of the germinated seeds dried out again. I'm also suspecting that the mesh I put over (it was getting too hot for fleece) was rubbing on the seedlings and damaged them. That or opportunist slugs taking advantage of the moist bed when I watered in late afternoon at some point. Lessons learned!
I had a fleece cover lying flat on some other ones and they came up fine. I think that fleece works better than mesh for early sowings
@@CharlesDowding1nodig It was 18°C in the shade, my lettuce was showing some heat stroke so I replaced *all* fleece with insect mesh. I have two long beds so I use two long pieces of fleece as appropriate, I didn't want to cut a new short piece of fleece only for the carrots. I think in hindsight it would have been better, as you suggest!
Beautiful Garden Sir 👏
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Thank you for the tour Charles...
no worries at all! it's a pleasure
So grateful to have your new video! Love your inspiration, ingenuity, and easy-going manner. I have learned so much from you, Sir! Thank you from Colorado. Last frost date here is May 9 - can’t wait!! 🫑🍅🥬🧅
Ah great and thanks!
Glory be my carrots are lovely. I’ve given up growing them in the ground and have grown them in an upturned chicken A frame, remodelled to be a Trug. The dry weather is really inhibiting growth. Watering just doesn’t replace the rain.
Wonderful! Fingers crossed for rain
lovely video
Thank you
I had problems with my carrots and it turned out to be the media I covered them with. I had to just sprinkle soft fine dirt over the seeds covering them abt 1/8 to 3/16” and now they come up good.
Great!
Great plants! I like your garden, you have amazing skills)
So nice of you
I'm Thai and I'm also a big fan of yours. I'll try growing it in Thailand. It works best.
Lovely to hear, thanks
Bardzo dziękuję za ciekawe filmy oraz za napisy w języku polskim!
Cała przyjemność po mojej stronie
Your RUclips audio is much better!! You changed something and it made a big improvement. Thanks!!
Different phone!
This is my 3rd year for a garden and my first year for a no dig garden. Thanks for so much inspiration. It's fun giving it a try. So far, so good.
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Love your sign in the Garden - Charles I am very excited I had a small part in one of my gardens & broadly sowed carrot seed, threw some black plastic over & made sure they stayed moist. Well I am currently thinning my carrot seedlings & crossing my fingers -
BIG-Time that I will get a harvest. All my own Tomato seeds that I potted are doing beautifully & I am currently preparing the big bed for them. I am out of my depression with the weather situation as there is nothing I can do but keep trying. My zucchini is just brilliant & producing beautifully. Cheers Denise- Australia
Well done on being philosophical about that, maybe we change it by being cheerful and sunny!! Sounds great progress 🥕
Love your channel! Hi from Ontario Canada! Thanks for educating others!
Welcome!
It is so interesting that your last frost is about the same time as ours in coastal 67°N Norway. I suppose it could be because the sun is only below the horizon for 4 hours by then.
Hmm amazing!
Also here in midwest USA
Hi Charles,
I have recently completed two 'no dig' bedding areas in my back garden, one for flowers the other for vegetables & flowers.
The vegetable patch is much deeper so hopefully I can get a crop of vegetables going this year and the flower patch is going great with very healthy plants, some in bloom with others all gearing up for summer.
Given what lies beneath the garden I am so grateful to have discovered this technique and it is my go to plan for the future.
Thank You & Stay Safe Always
Wonderful, thanks for sharing
Thank you for sharing your failures as well as your successes.
Relaxing and charming.
Thank you Charles
Thanks Carl
Thank you so much, Charles. I always continue to learn from you.
Always learning so much from you. Thank you for sharing your knowledge!!
Here in Minnesota, all we got is rain and more rain. I am so jealous of your garden, Charles!
Oh dear! It's extremes.
looking wonderful Charles, read your book back in college before starting our farm. we don't practice no-till though. 🌿
Thanks, hope your farming can evolve
I love overwintering cauliflower & broccoli - all of a sudden there's a harvest when a couple of weeks earlier there was nothing.
Thankfully, the high water table in my garden (dig a 2' deep hole in a drought & it'll have water in the bottom...) seems to keep everything moist under the compost mulch (another plus for no dig - less evaporation).
Plenty of rain forecast for overnight, so even the tiny carrots will be OK after 3 weeks of no rain here in West Cumbria.
3 weeks!!
@@CharlesDowding1nodig Oddly enough, April & May are often the driest months here. I've seen pumps used several times to keep the river Ehen running from Ennerdale lake at that time of year(Mum lives in Ennerdale).
They're stopping water extraction from the lake next year, so hopefully no more pumps, ever.
You have a great garden !
Thankyou
Wow it all looks amazing Charles. I think my peas suffered the same fate as your carrots. I normally sow in the greenhouse, but I sowed straight into the ground this time....result no peas. Totally gone! Wont be doing that again. We got our first rain here last night in southern Scotland for about 3 weeks. The dryness doesn't stop the weeds but at least no dig makes them so weak and easy to pull. Thankyou for another inspirational tour!
Ah thanks Jenny. Yes peas like it moist to germinate, I have had similar previously. We had 2.5mm today so far!
Everything is so beautiful. I'm loving my new green house.
Your garden is such an inspiration! Thank you, Charles.
You are very welcome
Cheers bud. Just getting the first wet day in Ireland for about eight weeks. What I will say is the no dig plants seem not to suffer as much as my old dug gardens.
It sounds like you are dryer than here. Yes I notice this, plants in no dig slow down in growth, but stay healthy and strong at least.
I have an uncomfortable feeling that this dry weather will continue.
It’s so amazing to compare your garden to mine. I run a portable air conditioner in my greenhouse/small chicken run! It’s been triple digit heat. Humidity levels below 5 percent, fire danger notices. Hasn’t rained in over 4 months. I’m sad to leave my desert home to go sell my home in Pennsylvania. When I get back to Arizona I want to start a RUclips so you can see what it’s like here!
Thanks for sharing, hope all grows big and strong, I will catch up in a week.
Best of luck Sally!!
Zadziwiające są sukcesy w Pana uprawach, miło popatrzeć i uczyć się , jest pięknie -gratuluję, pozdrawiam 👍♥️💚
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Always enjoy a wander round your garden Charles, also I can compare my very modest plantings to see if they are growing well enough at this time of year .
Thanks for coming along!
Wow! I'm in NB (east-coast Canada, zone 5b) and our last average frost date is TODAY (April 30).
💚 amazing!!
Fascinating!
Thank you Simon
Charles, I've purchased your audiobook and have listened to it several times now; it is fantastic. Aside from the great content, I especially like the conversational delivery style.
In your weeding chapters, you have not mentioned a weed that I am working on ridding myself of, and I wanted to get your opinion, and that "weed" is Kuzdu.
I bought an acreage in a rural farming community, and part of the land (the only part that has not been covered in trees) was covered in Kudzu. At first, I brought in 9 goats, but they barely made a dent, and it grew back immediately. Then, I brought in a forestry mulcher. I wanted him to go a few inches into the soil, but he didn't. As it was starting to come back, I started pulling runners by hand and cutting them with shears. I've even torched some of the very large root crows, which surprisingly did nothing, even though they were charred. I've made a bit of a dent, and as long as I keep mowing and pulling the runners, I think I can keep on top of it. My next plan is to use a reciprocating saw to cut the tap roots as deep into the soil as possible.
Do you have any suggestions?
Being in a farming community, most people cut their own trees, so I'm finding it really hard to get any chips dropped. That's another issue that I'm having right now.
Thank you for your lovely feedback on the book John. I said love if you can post a review where ever you purchase them?
I had not heard of that weed and it sounds like a horrible problem. From what I can see, you do have to physically remove it
The bit I have not seen mentioned is how it grows roots, and whether removing the surface stems with a part of the main root from where plants enter the soil, could be enough to stop it growing. Or whether it regrows from pieces of root left in the soil. If the former I think you have a chance but it's a lot of digging, as you say.
Sorry not to help more.
Thank you for a spring look, Charles! The newer areas appear to be progressing well. I do hope you went back through and picked up everything you picked, would make a lovely light supper lol. I'm very interested in your new experiments and testing. Blessings as always.
😀thanks
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Thank you for such an interesting and helpful update.
All I can say to you is Respect! What beautiful garden looks like heaven, we live in rental so can really do much. But I've subscribed and use you for inspiration.
Thanks for the sub and I wish you success in whatever way you can find
I made a tasty “pesto” with tarragon and cashew nuts. I’ve been putting it on chicken, white fish and grain dishes. Having fresh herbs is such a luxury 🌱💚
That is awesome!
Always enjoy the tours. I have the opposite here, my seeds would have drowned by now had I planted already. Rain, rain and more rain here on the shore in Maryland where I am. My mom told me years ago my Grandfather said, it's always better to over water your garden, it'll soak in, otherwise you starve the roots.
I'm sorry to hear that Wende. On the other hand, when it's raining there is a lack of sunlight, and here on the 51st parallel that is not good
@@CharlesDowding1nodig ....no there isn't, I should have added that it's been just as cloudy as rainy days. They have us with rain every day this week but Tuesday, cloudy all day instead. Hope you get some rain at night and sun all day =^)
I do enjoy your tours, the tip with the cauliflower head is handy. (That's if I can ever get one to grow!) Thank you for the update.
You’re not the only one… second time trying cauliflower and at least this time they’ve not got eaten, but no heads…no idea why! Will keep trying 👍🏽
@@anaphirirussell it can be a lack of boron,a micro nutrient.
Relieved to see that your carrots have acted like mine. I will do as you suggest and water by hand to make sure they are getting enough. Will cover also.
Great video tour ! My word - the caulis! Yes, turn around and they're huge - a truly wonderful vegetable. You've grown some beauties there.
Yes I'm happy with them :)
Magically beautiful garden..
У Вас прекрасный ухоженный сад! Экскурсия понравилась! Огромное спасибо за субтитры.
Удовольствие 💚
Absolutely lovely.
Appreciate it Micheal!
Hi Charles, Don’t you just love this time of year. Your garden looks great. I’m always jealous, ha. Those turnips are superb. My carrot finally played out from last fall. Had to make way for tomatoes. My Okra is coming up looking good. Great tour, thanks. (Old guy from)🇺🇸
Thanks, yes it's great Steve, may you have a good Arkinsaw summer
Beautiful x
Thank you!
Fantastic tour of your garden and learning as We follow you , Merci et à bientôt hopefully soon .
💚 merci