It's a market garden, a school, a film studio, a laboratory, a restaurant, a wildlife reserve, an apiary, and I'm sure some other aspects I haven't thought of. It's quite a place he has there!
I'm wondering about income and outgoings. Call me nosey. How a market garden pays must have a lot to do with media - social or print - and offering courses. Of course, I may be mistaken.
@@VanderlyndenJengold I think you're right, and not just the market gardens, the whole permaculture world too, to further extent. How many "PDC's" are there? Feels a bit like a ponzi scheme. Take away the courses and none of it is profitable...
Love your work Charles and team. Your video of what you do is so upbeat and feel good, its got to be the greatest medicine ever. Thank you so, sow much 🍅🍒❤🧡💛💚💜🌻🍀
My word indeed! Omigosh! Charles, where in the world do you find the energy and the time to conduct such a full life! Do you ever rest? I am so grateful to have discovered your channel and have learned so much from you. I'm a former chef and especially liked seeing lunch served, and the wonderful produce you provide locally. And I LOVED seeing behind the scenes and meeting your team. In a sense, Homeacres has become my gardening homestead. Thank you.
On a day where storms and gales have raged and I arrive home from work after the sun has already set, it's so lovely to see an ode to spring like this video. Thank you Charles. Cheered me right up that.
Thank you so much, Charles, for everything you do. It's obvious that you and your crew work so hard. I've learned and been inspired by many of your videos. Thanks again.❤ 🇨🇦
Man, that garden is stunning no matter how many times I watch. Got the No Dig book, now just fingers crossed for my 18months and counting, allotment queue.
There`s a lot more people involved than I had imagined. Great to see both women and men working side by side. I loved seeing the lunch table set up with all the delicious food. Tempting!
I've spent the week spreading compost 🙂creating two new beds so I now have a growing space similar in size to your small garden. Planted some broad beans and garlic, stocked up on seeds and just started to harvest the kale sprouts. Your videos have been, and probably will continue to be, incredibly helpful. Thank you and everyone at Homeacres!
What a wonderful video !! really enjoyed watching a week in your garden and life. So inspiring to live and eat such a healthy life, truly living the good life.
Great video Charles. Nice to see all the people "behind the scenes". We bought a new house here in Sweden some 5 years ago and I happened to leave a bit of tarpaulin on some ground elder in one corner of the garden. Discovered at the end of the summer that the ground elder had died under the tarpaulin. Started googling about how to get rid of weeds and discovered your You Tube channel. You have been a massive inspiration as it started my "veggie gardening career". Ups and downs each year as regards output from different crops but never a dull moment. Thanks 👍
Me encanta todo lo que usted Hase un saludo para usted y su familia desde Junín provincia de Buenos Aires Argentina muchicimas bendiciones y felicitaciones señor❤🙋🏻🌼☘️☘️☘️☘️👏👏👏👏❤️
It's a pleasure watching your videos the No dig concept,,been watching your channel for long time 👍 wishing you , health , wealth n prosperity 👍 you are an inspiration ❤ all the way from India thanks for sharing your knowledge 👍🇮🇳
Thanks, that's nice. This was a huge amount of work to make and the viewing figures are pretty low actually! You can see more behind-the-scenes if you join as a member.
This video was thoroughly enjoyable!! Wonderful to see people fully engaged in the 'good stuff', the right way to live on this good Earth. Not just wellbeing in our daily lives, but wellbeing for the planet altogether. All that you and your team do Charles contributes to bringing some balance to our Earth under threat. I thank you with all my heart.
11:00 That is just a stunning view. Have you considered putting a LIVE feed on your channel looking at the overview of the garden? No audio, just video.
Hi Charles, what a comprehensive and informative video, great! It's good that there are many helping hands around you. I'm now in my second year of No Dig and I'm clearly noticing how little effort I have to put into bed management. The biggest challenge for me is still making the amount of compost needed for my large garden. At least I was able to supply all of my greenhouse and half of the vegetable garden with my own compost. I'm very happy about that because it makes me independent. Thank you again for the many tips and the educational videos. All the best! Ursula from Bavaria
Oh how much I enjoyed especially this video, Sir Charles. Cold winds and rain storm outside, cuddled in my sofa to finally enjoy winter time to 'forage' my seed catalogues and then this wonderfully entertaining video. So interesting to look behind the scene! Where do you ever find a silent place of peace for yourself? Your garden is so crowded not only with veggies but also with working people and visitors, must be the living soil that provides you with so much energy.😉 I could have coped with an hour more to watch😊 easily, my deepest thanks for all you do for us! My garden is not winterproof and put to bed, NO , it is full of winterveggies thanks to your advise.
I loved this behind the scenes video. Imagine if even 10% of the people in more developed countries lived this way- the positive impact on our local communities and economies would be exponential. I’m so glad to see how many more younger folks are eager to grow food and be self-employed. To find again that feeling of inclusion and community that has been lost in the last century….there is such a yearn for it!
Hola Charles ,es un motivo de alegría ver tus videos tan hermosos e instructivos y motivadores ,estoy agradecida por tu labor y entregarnos tus conocimientos ,la tierra es generosa un saludo desde Chile 🌷🌷🌷🇨🇱
How lovely Ximena 💚. I am in Chile 29th January to 10th January! Scroll down here mailchi.mp/charlesdowding.co.uk/new-no-dig-and-fast-compost?e=d992f1d9c9
Thank you Charles. Its fantastic to see all you get up to. You are such an inspiration. I started doing "No Dig" when Covid first kicked off and I needed something positive. I thoroughly enjoy my gardening now thanks to you. Although I work full time and dont get out in the garden enough, my small vegetable patch and greenhouse bring me so much joy. Its also very encouraging when you show us that you too are still learning and we can't always get it right each time. So much fun! 😊 Thank you for all you do.
Lovely video, Charles! I‘m currently struggeling to get my compost warm. Have used nettle manure, Horse Manure and the last little amount of grass clippings before getting too wet to mow, but it‘s still hardly 20°Celsius. Really nice idea to show what you‘re doing throughout a week in different work areas. I enjoyed it. Will watch this again at least one more time. Thank you! You‘ve really got a beautiful garden! Greetings from Germany🙋🏻♀️
What a lovely series. Charles, I expect these will have a favorable response. I will tell you why I like them. First, the idea of contributing to society as you do is a seed well worth planting. I’m delighted to take in bits from your leadership, management, and creativity. Much more can be said on that matter, but I will not here. Second, I imagine many are juggling daily life and gardening, and it’s inspiring to see all that can be accomplished through no-dig. Over here (in southwest Louisiana) we hop back and forth between the garden and homeschooling, among other things. Thanks to these methods my little garden is every-ready to receive whatever I can manage to plant in little scraps of time. The years have shown that there is truly no better way than no-dig.
What lovely feedback, and thanks for sharing this part of your life. You're so right, that time is the limiting factor, and that's the big, wonderful result of no dig, having more time!
I pulled weeds from my new no dig beds today...it was pure pleasure (only paths and parts of unfinished beds were compacted), it took only one hour and I've cleared 3,5 beds (1 of 0.5mx4m and 2,5 of 1mx4m), at spring I did make not even half of one bed in one hour 😅. More weeding is waiting for me, geting rid of lemon balm that took over of 1/3 of the garden 😅, and spreading lime...and I'm ready for winter.
Was great to see what goes on behind the scenes and on our wedding anniversary week as well. That's been a great timeframe reminder for me on the last expected frost Charles, so a huge thank you 😊
Thank you thank you, what a delight to see your lovey land in the spring, inspiring us to plant for next year. I’m so delighted you have come so far and are so famous now, it will be an OBE or a knighthood next. I cant wait. So lovely to see how many people you have now helping ❤
Hello Charles and your hardworking team, it was wonderful to see behind the scenes. I have been doing no dig in my garden, which is tiny by the way, just 20ft X 47ft, for around 3 years. I was gardening previously, but not on this scale. I have had wonderful results and grow all of my tomatoes in pots. I had a bumper crop this year, growing a lot of heirlooms. I also have blue berries, black currents and 2 fig trees, all in pots. As well as raspberries in the soil. We have 4 raised beds, which are all no dig, in total too. My dad lives in Gloucester on a farm, which we visit regularly and visa versa and he is always astounded by how much variety and quantity we are able to grow every year. Many thanks for all of your hard work and for teaching me so much and also about the importance of soil too. We are about to top up our beds soon with homemade compost and organic homebase compost, which we use in the pots too. Nothing goes to waste here.
So nice to hear, and I'm delighted you are growing so much food in a small space. That feeds you on many levels for sure and you are inspiring other people as well, like your father!
This video was quite enjoyable to watch and gain insight on the many moving pieces you juggle. I remember seeing images of your slice of paradise before finding the RUclips channel and I’m still blown away. It serves as an inspiration and a goal to meet.
Your contribution is nearly epic Charles. Education for those that rule. Love your cat too oh and Ed is great at his contribution. Thank you Charles and crew.
I see you have Robin Wall Kimmerer's Braiding Sweetgrass, such a wonderful book. And now I'm looking forward to the interview with the soil scientist from NIBIO. What he said in the short clip rings very true. Thanks for giving us a glimpse into what goes on behind the scenes!
So wish I was able to visit home acres.......your videos will have to do. Loved the goodie bags for children, something so important to be introduced to 😊♥️
A brilliant video Charles, thank you 🙏🏻 . It's inspirational to see the energy you have for your work. I hope I can get to your level of experience and efficiency. Hope to see you at home acres again soon.
Now I understand what you do with yourself every day. Very impressive and ambitious of you. And that comparison at the end of the dig/no dig bed was quite reveling. You could really see the difference! Funny how the extra work of digging is actually detrimental to your crops.
Morning, I really love your videos and everything you do. I'm sorry that there aren't any of your books in Croatia, but there are many wonderful ones. I try to grow vegetables this way💜. Thanks for everything you do, I hope that one day books and calendars will be available. Warm greetings 😊
A very inspirational video of behind the scenes Charlie boy! So much goes into everything you do I, im sure everyone really appreciates it! Keep up the fantastic work & love seeing your cat in some of your clips too. Keep the star of the show in more videos mate. Gary, 8th generation first fleet convict from Australia 🇦🇺
Really interesting to see your "behind the scenes" work ....so, it isn't all done in one take?!!!! I would love to see the outtakes ! 8:05 I have not seen such beautiful little Turnips like those since we lived in France....here they seem to be "overgrown" or "pithy", IF they are to be found at all of course ! Also great to see my favourite way of growing lettuce = The "cut & come again" variety 4:59. All made into a great video, thank you.
I’m planning to set up my own market garden when we move later this year to somewhere with land, this was absolutely invaluable to see how things work at a smaller scale to a typical farm. I should very much like to visit you one day.
Me ha encantado ver toda esta semana de actividades y conocer un poco la gente que ayuda en este estupendo trabajo diario, hace años que sigo vuestros videos y son mis favoritos. Los entiendo gracias a los subtítulos en castellano ya que soy española y no sé mucho del idioma inglés. Gracias a todos.
Just at the end of my 8th no-dig garden year, although I now have an unheated greenhouse for season extension...growing is ongoing year-round. No-dig works. Thank-you Charles.
Thank you Charles! I would love to visit your next open day but unlikely to get there from the other side of the world! I have learned so much from your books and videos, and am 'working towards' 😅 your good planning, patience, neat and organised spaces and efficient production!! (I'm nowhere near it but it is good to have goals in life!) 😅 I am in the process of doing a permaculture design course and the care of the soil is such a foundation to healthy, happy spaces.. Thank you for sharing your hard earned knowledge and inspiring me to get going and do some simple things... 😊
That was exhausting, and I was only watching! Perhaps though, if you’re doing something you love and about which you are passionate, it’s not exhausting at all.
Hi Charles. Clearly your pet cat is very disciplined. Unfortunately, my neighbour's 3 cats are not at all. No sooner have I prepared a bed, or put some wood bark mulch down for a path - the cats are there to leave their autograph. Any tips to keep them away?
LOVE this behind the scenes Video. So wish i could afford to visit your program and of course stop by the Three Horseshoe Pub for a Pint. Alas Im in America and couldnt afford to but I can dream :-)
Good afternoon Charles. That was an interesting change in pace compared to your normal videos. I enjoyed u sharing a bit more of the inner workings. I also noticed in maybe your last video , that the green sprouting calabrese broccoli was very tall an has a rather thinner stem. It is one of about six types if broc. I am growing this fall, an i had noticed how tall an thinned stem it had compared to the others. But once i saw that "The Great Charles Dowding" calabrese looked similar it helped me put any concerns to bed😊. I am here in coastal Virginia, USA, saying thank u Charles for all your knowledge u share with us.
Thanks for this, and the tall broccoli is my overwintered purple sprouting. It does indeed grow that longer, thinner stem, which is not so ideal for resisting winter wind. Also makes it harder to protect against pigeon damage!
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My word, Homeacres is an enterprise, not just a market garden. Really enjoyed seeing the behind the scenes, you're a busy guy.
Glad you enjoyed it Wende
It's a market garden, a school, a film studio, a laboratory, a restaurant, a wildlife reserve, an apiary, and I'm sure some other aspects I haven't thought of. It's quite a place he has there!
Thankyou
I'm wondering about income and outgoings. Call me nosey. How a market garden pays must have a lot to do with media - social or print - and offering courses. Of course, I may be mistaken.
@@VanderlyndenJengold I think you're right, and not just the market gardens, the whole permaculture world too, to further extent. How many "PDC's" are there? Feels a bit like a ponzi scheme. Take away the courses and none of it is profitable...
Love your work Charles and team. Your video of what you do is so upbeat and feel good, its got to be the greatest medicine ever. Thank you so, sow much 🍅🍒❤🧡💛💚💜🌻🍀
So nice, thanks
My word indeed! Omigosh! Charles, where in the world do you find the energy and the time to conduct such a full life! Do you ever rest? I am so grateful to have discovered your channel and have learned so much from you. I'm a former chef and especially liked seeing lunch served, and the wonderful produce you provide locally. And I LOVED seeing behind the scenes and meeting your team. In a sense, Homeacres has become my gardening homestead. Thank you.
Great to hear Patricia. Yes we eat well.
Energy comes from being in my sweet spot, Ikigai
What a lovely video. Its lovely to see your team and a peek behind the scenes. Would love to see more of this type of video.
Me too 👍
Thanks Tracey.
The stats currently show that regular viewers 'are less interested than usual'!
Me threee, really enjoyed seeing how it all works behind the scenes ☺
A sincere Thank You to all who work to support the delivery of Charles' beautiful mind, method, and results to us. To you I am eternally grateful 🙏💚
Thank you for your kind words Ted
😂😂😂😂😂😂24:43❤❤❤❤❤The Cat coming out of the Lease❤❤❤❤. That was Refreshing
Ah great thanks 💚
So good to see you getting the recognition you deserve. And great to see you making time for it. So exciting for you. Well done
Thank you for your kind words Chloe
Thank you Charles. Again.
What you do means a lot to me a surely many others 👨🌾
Thank you for your kind words Martin 🌱
On a day where storms and gales have raged and I arrive home from work after the sun has already set, it's so lovely to see an ode to spring like this video. Thank you Charles. Cheered me right up that.
Wonderful, thanks James.
Yes May seems a long time ago now!
Always pleasure to watch your videos, but this was a great one!!!
Thank you Charles.
Glad you enjoyed it Manol
Thank you so much, Charles, for everything you do. It's obvious that you and your crew work so hard. I've learned and been inspired by many of your videos. Thanks again.❤ 🇨🇦
Our pleasure!
I can just feel the passion you all have for gardening! I would say you all are “living the dream”, my dream anyway ❤
Love that!
I simply don't know what say! This was absolutely brilliant. Thank you all again and again.
So nice thanks :)
Man, that garden is stunning no matter how many times I watch. Got the No Dig book, now just fingers crossed for my 18months and counting, allotment queue.
Best of luck in that queue, and thanks
Very nice program Charles, teaching and sharing a dinner with the class, hats off to the staff as well great job!
Thank you Leland 🙂
There`s a lot more people involved than I had imagined. Great to see both women and men working side by side. I loved seeing the lunch table set up with all the delicious food. Tempting!
Thank you
Always get excited to see the adorable kitty hanging out! 😊
Us too!
FantasticCharles, we can see how busy your work really is including everyone whom helps😊
Thanks Rick
I've spent the week spreading compost 🙂creating two new beds so I now have a growing space similar in size to your small garden. Planted some broad beans and garlic, stocked up on seeds and just started to harvest the kale sprouts. Your videos have been, and probably will continue to be, incredibly helpful. Thank you and everyone at Homeacres!
You have had a productive week, thank you for your kind words Tim.
What a wonderful video !! really enjoyed watching a week in your garden and life. So inspiring to live and eat such a healthy life, truly living the good life.
I am glad you enjoyed it Joe 🙂
Thank you for sharing step by step activities to see what is your day to day, and putting a lot of work to help others to grow their own ❤🙌🏼
Our pleasure!
What a spectacular video, thank you, Charles.
Glad you enjoyed it Amanda
Didn’t realise how much goes into your videos.
THANK YOU 😇👍
You’re welcome 😊
Great video Charles. Nice to see all the people "behind the scenes". We bought a new house here in Sweden some 5 years ago and I happened to leave a bit of tarpaulin on some ground elder in one corner of the garden. Discovered at the end of the summer that the ground elder had died under the tarpaulin. Started googling about how to get rid of weeds and discovered your You Tube channel. You have been a massive inspiration as it started my "veggie gardening career". Ups and downs each year as regards output from different crops but never a dull moment. Thanks 👍
Ground Elder is delicious cooked like Spinach and made into fritters with eggs, breadcrumbs, grated cheese.......
Lovely to hear David, yes we have downs as well :)
Me encanta todo lo que usted Hase un saludo para usted y su familia desde Junín provincia de Buenos Aires Argentina muchicimas bendiciones y felicitaciones señor❤🙋🏻🌼☘️☘️☘️☘️👏👏👏👏❤️
Gracias Margarita
It's a pleasure watching your videos the No dig concept,,been watching your channel for long time 👍 wishing you , health , wealth n prosperity 👍 you are an inspiration ❤ all the way from India thanks for sharing your knowledge 👍🇮🇳
Thank you for your kind words Azam
Overwhelmed with guests? They just followed those radishes; they're blood bright beacons. 🌞
Beautiful!
The gardeners equivalent of the rock and roll lifestyle 😁. Success well deserved.
🕺🏼 love it
Amazing to see the inner workings.
Glad you enjoyed it 🙂
realy enjoy the vidoes and would like to see more behind the scenes vidoes 😃
Thanks, that's nice. This was a huge amount of work to make and the viewing figures are pretty low actually! You can see more behind-the-scenes if you join as a member.
This video was thoroughly enjoyable!! Wonderful to see people fully engaged in the 'good stuff', the right way to live on this good Earth. Not just wellbeing in our daily lives, but wellbeing for the planet altogether. All that you and your team do Charles contributes to bringing some balance to our Earth under threat. I thank you with all my heart.
Ah lovely, thanks Annie
11:00 That is just a stunning view. Have you considered putting a LIVE feed on your channel looking at the overview of the garden? No audio, just video.
Cheers Sean, I had not considered that and there is a thought, Wi-Fi signal permitting!
I really enjoyed this look behind the scene Thanks for sharing.
I'm so glad Tony
Thank you for sharing this, i really enjoyed it. I started my garden 3 years ago and learning so much thanks to you, best teacher ever!
So nice to hear, thanks
Hi Charles, what a comprehensive and informative video, great! It's good that there are many helping hands around you. I'm now in my second year of No Dig and I'm clearly noticing how little effort I have to put into bed management. The biggest challenge for me is still making the amount of compost needed for my large garden. At least I was able to supply all of my greenhouse and half of the vegetable garden with my own compost. I'm very happy about that because it makes me independent. Thank you again for the many tips and the educational videos. All the best! Ursula from Bavaria
Lovely to see this Ursula and reduction in effort needed is so right 😀
What a beautiful life you've created.
Ah thanks
What a fantastic video. I really enjoyed it. Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it Valerie
Oh how much I enjoyed especially this video, Sir Charles. Cold winds and rain storm outside, cuddled in my sofa to finally enjoy winter time to 'forage' my seed catalogues and then this wonderfully entertaining video. So interesting to look behind the scene! Where do you ever find a silent place of peace for yourself? Your garden is so crowded not only with veggies but also with working people and visitors, must be the living soil that provides you with so much energy.😉 I could have coped with an hour more to watch😊 easily, my deepest thanks for all you do for us! My garden is not winterproof and put to bed, NO , it is full of winterveggies thanks to your advise.
How lovely to read this, thanks for your enthusiasm and I'm delighted to be helping. Yes there's magic in the soil.
I loved this behind the scenes video. Imagine if even 10% of the people in more developed countries lived this way- the positive impact on our local communities and economies would be exponential. I’m so glad to see how many more younger folks are eager to grow food and be self-employed. To find again that feeling of inclusion and community that has been lost in the last century….there is such a yearn for it!
Thanks, and yes it heartens me no end! 10% would make a huge difference.
Biggest issue preventing that here, is access to land. Mostly owned by a few.
Hola Charles ,es un motivo de alegría ver tus videos tan hermosos e instructivos y motivadores ,estoy agradecida por tu labor y entregarnos tus conocimientos ,la tierra es generosa un saludo desde Chile 🌷🌷🌷🇨🇱
How lovely Ximena 💚. I am in Chile 29th January to 10th January! Scroll down here mailchi.mp/charlesdowding.co.uk/new-no-dig-and-fast-compost?e=d992f1d9c9
😃🌷🤗
Absolutely amazing ❤ thank you for sharing a glimpse into the no dig headquarters of the world!
😎 haha yes, HQ!
I was always thinking that's you are a very busy guy... I'm in awe how you manage it all, and not burn out.
Thanks Sascha. Ground and soil energy :)
Throughly enjoyed that and great to see the sunshine again, could feel its warm through the screen. Not long until Spring now!
Thank you Charles. Its fantastic to see all you get up to. You are such an inspiration. I started doing "No Dig" when Covid first kicked off and I needed something positive. I thoroughly enjoy my gardening now thanks to you. Although I work full time and dont get out in the garden enough, my small vegetable patch and greenhouse bring me so much joy. Its also very encouraging when you show us that you too are still learning and we can't always get it right each time. So much fun! 😊 Thank you for all you do.
Great to hear Alice and I am glad that you are having success and enjoying your garden.
Always a great pleasure to watch these Charles, best regards Roy and Tanya
Thanks both, nice to connect here after leaving Twitter. Apart from a few like you, I do not miss it!
Thank you for another wonderful video, brother Charles !
Yesterday my fellow allotment friend said he is going no dig just like me 😊 made my day and your name came up again off course 😉
Fantastic to hear Marister!
Thanks for taking us with you Charles, from a late Spring in South Australia.
My pleasure Roy
Lovely video, Charles!
I‘m currently struggeling to get my compost warm. Have used nettle manure, Horse Manure and the last little amount of grass clippings before getting too wet to mow, but it‘s still hardly 20°Celsius.
Really nice idea to show what you‘re doing throughout a week in different work areas.
I enjoyed it. Will watch this again at least one more time. Thank you!
You‘ve really got a beautiful garden!
Greetings from Germany🙋🏻♀️
Many thanks Daniela. Your heaps will warm up rapidly by April, I am sure
great video
Thank you Steven
What a lovely series. Charles, I expect these will have a favorable response. I will tell you why I like them. First, the idea of contributing to society as you do is a seed well worth planting. I’m delighted to take in bits from your leadership, management, and creativity. Much more can be said on that matter, but I will not here. Second, I imagine many are juggling daily life and gardening, and it’s inspiring to see all that can be accomplished through no-dig. Over here (in southwest Louisiana) we hop back and forth between the garden and homeschooling, among other things. Thanks to these methods my little garden is every-ready to receive whatever I can manage to plant in little scraps of time. The years have shown that there is truly no better way than no-dig.
What lovely feedback, and thanks for sharing this part of your life. You're so right, that time is the limiting factor, and that's the big, wonderful result of no dig, having more time!
Love this combo of busy-ness… ooo I can’t wait for spring although my plot needs winter of course ❤
Oh yes! Thanks Rita
I pulled weeds from my new no dig beds today...it was pure pleasure (only paths and parts of unfinished beds were compacted), it took only one hour and I've cleared 3,5 beds (1 of 0.5mx4m and 2,5 of 1mx4m), at spring I did make not even half of one bed in one hour 😅.
More weeding is waiting for me, geting rid of lemon balm that took over of 1/3 of the garden 😅, and spreading lime...and I'm ready for winter.
I'm happy to see this, and thanks for your feedback 💚
Was great to see what goes on behind the scenes and on our wedding anniversary week as well. That's been a great timeframe reminder for me on the last expected frost Charles, so a huge thank you 😊
😂 nice comment. I like the juxtaposition of last frost date, and wedding anniversary!
Thank you thank you, what a delight to see your lovey land in the spring, inspiring us to plant for next year. I’m so delighted you have come so far and are so famous now, it will be an OBE or a knighthood next. I cant wait. So lovely to see how many people you have now helping ❤
So nice of you Tina. I appreciate how you valued my work when I was much less well-known. As for those awards, I'm not worried, too top-down!
Hello Charles, really busy days, is it always like that...??? 😮 lovely video😊, Cheers from Chile 🇨🇱👋
In particular from May to October. Winter is still busy for me, less so in the garden
Fantastic video! Thank you for the insight into your busy, but inspiring week!
My pleasure Su 🙂 Glad you enjoyed it
Hello Charles and your hardworking team, it was wonderful to see behind the scenes. I have been doing no dig in my garden, which is tiny by the way, just 20ft X 47ft, for around 3 years. I was gardening previously, but not on this scale. I have had wonderful results and grow all of my tomatoes in pots. I had a bumper crop this year, growing a lot of heirlooms. I also have blue berries, black currents and 2 fig trees, all in pots. As well as raspberries in the soil. We have 4 raised beds, which are all no dig, in total too. My dad lives in Gloucester on a farm, which we visit regularly and visa versa and he is always astounded by how much variety and quantity we are able to grow every year. Many thanks for all of your hard work and for teaching me so much and also about the importance of soil too. We are about to top up our beds soon with homemade compost and organic homebase compost, which we use in the pots too. Nothing goes to waste here.
So nice to hear, and I'm delighted you are growing so much food in a small space. That feeds you on many levels for sure and you are inspiring other people as well, like your father!
This video was quite enjoyable to watch and gain insight on the many moving pieces you juggle. I remember seeing images of your slice of paradise before finding the RUclips channel and I’m still blown away. It serves as an inspiration and a goal to meet.
Awesome, thank you Jordan
So brilliant for those of us in the Southern Hemisphere, where it is really late spring/ early summer ( except it got to 35 deg yesterday). Thanks !
Ah great!!
Your contribution is nearly epic Charles. Education for those that rule. Love your cat too oh and Ed is great at his contribution. Thank you Charles and crew.
Our pleasure!
Wow, this was SUCH a dynamic, joyful video...I LOVED IT!!! Love seeing all the behind the scenes things that happen there. Wonderful!
Our pleasure Carole!
That was fabulous! What a great team you've built. Ye deserve all the prosperity into the future.
I see you have Robin Wall Kimmerer's Braiding Sweetgrass, such a wonderful book.
And now I'm looking forward to the interview with the soil scientist from NIBIO. What he said in the short clip rings very true.
Thanks for giving us a glimpse into what goes on behind the scenes!
Thanks, well spotted too!
So wish I was able to visit home acres.......your videos will have to do. Loved the goodie bags for children, something so important to be introduced to 😊♥️
A brilliant video Charles, thank you 🙏🏻 . It's inspirational to see the energy you have for your work. I hope I can get to your level of experience and efficiency.
Hope to see you at home acres again soon.
I hope so too Alistair and thanks
Now I understand what you do with yourself every day. Very impressive and ambitious of you. And that comparison at the end of the dig/no dig bed was quite reveling. You could really see the difference! Funny how the extra work of digging is actually detrimental to your crops.
It's endlessly fascinating, and psychologically too: why such resistance to doing less work!
Morning, I really love your videos and everything you do. I'm sorry that there aren't any of your books in Croatia, but there are many wonderful ones. I try to grow vegetables this way💜. Thanks for everything you do, I hope that one day books and calendars will be available. Warm greetings 😊
Maybe one day! Thanks for writing, happy growing
Thenks ❤
I need a vacation after that week....
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A very inspirational video of behind the scenes Charlie boy! So much goes into everything you do I, im sure everyone really appreciates it! Keep up the fantastic work & love seeing your cat in some of your clips too. Keep the star of the show in more videos mate.
Gary, 8th generation first fleet convict from Australia 🇦🇺
Glad you enjoyed it Gary! Yes Minty is a star
Really interesting to see your "behind the scenes" work ....so, it isn't all done in one take?!!!! I would love to see the outtakes ! 8:05 I have not seen such beautiful little Turnips like those since we lived in France....here they seem to be "overgrown" or "pithy", IF they are to be found at all of course ! Also great to see my favourite way of growing lettuce = The "cut & come again" variety 4:59. All made into a great video, thank you.
Nice to hear! and yes, my tours are the one take videos
Just think I will have to pop down next year. Maybe early summer.
See you!
I’m planning to set up my own market garden when we move later this year to somewhere with land, this was absolutely invaluable to see how things work at a smaller scale to a typical farm. I should very much like to visit you one day.
That is nice Philip, best contact Nicola admin@charlesdowding.co.uk
Me ha encantado ver toda esta semana de actividades y conocer un poco la gente que ayuda en este estupendo trabajo diario, hace años que sigo vuestros videos y son mis favoritos. Los entiendo gracias a los subtítulos en castellano ya que soy española y no sé mucho del idioma inglés. Gracias a todos.
Un placer, me alegro que lo hayas disfrutado Mariola
Just at the end of my 8th no-dig garden year, although I now have an unheated greenhouse for season extension...growing is ongoing year-round. No-dig works. Thank-you Charles.
Fantastic, that is great to hear and my pleasure Lucy
Charles obrigado pelo vídeo amei❤
Meu prazer, fico feliz que você tenha gostado Luisa
Impressive set up Charles , friendly atmosphere as I would have expected from you , brilliant well done .
Cheers John
Thankyou for your existence Sir 😊
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Very enjoyable thank you
I am glad you enjoyed it Don
Thank you Charles! I would love to visit your next open day but unlikely to get there from the other side of the world! I have learned so much from your books and videos, and am 'working towards' 😅 your good planning, patience, neat and organised spaces and efficient production!! (I'm nowhere near it but it is good to have goals in life!) 😅
I am in the process of doing a permaculture design course and the care of the soil is such a foundation to healthy, happy spaces..
Thank you for sharing your hard earned knowledge and inspiring me to get going and do some simple things... 😊
Lovely to hear, and I hope to meet you one day!
Enjoyed this video, you've got a great cook there why not sprinkle in more cooking slots?
When we get organised! Maybe next spring
Thanks Charles. David, Hannah and I did the course that week. Strange to see us on camera. It was a great day.
Nice to hear Matthew, and I hope things are working out for you. Yes it's true, if you're not used to seeing yourself on camera, it can be strange!
Thank you for everything you have done and are doing. My demonstration garden on my small city lot is directly influenced by your work.
Wonderful to hear Greg 🌱
Fantastic video, thank you for sharing
Glad you enjoyed it Su
I hope you have time for some quiet time. You are so busy!
Yes it's quieter now thanks!
Charles, that was fantastic. Respect from Africa 🇿🇦
Glad you enjoyed it 🙂
míster charly se ve todo rico el dia de hoy! comparte una receta! 🤪👍
😀 ask William Mowbray! William@figandspoonfood.com
Fabulous video, loved it..
I am glad you enjoyed it Karen
Incredibly inspiring Charles and team. Well done. Hopefully I can make it over from Australia for the open day in May 2024 😀
Amazing! and thanks Caitlin
It’s a great video, really enjoyed it and thank you for sharing Charles 🥰
Glad you enjoyed it Yanee
Very impressive and inspiring, thank you
Glad you are inspired Wajdi
Anyone else feeling that they are watching an illicit deal happen with the intro?
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Me encanta todo el trabajo que hay detrás!!
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Great video
Thank you I am glad you enjoyed it Daiquiri
That was exhausting, and I was only watching! Perhaps though, if you’re doing something you love and about which you are passionate, it’s not exhausting at all.
So true, or a little!
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Parabéns 🥂
Obrigado Luisa
Hi Charles. Clearly your pet cat is very disciplined. Unfortunately, my neighbour's 3 cats are not at all. No sooner have I prepared a bed, or put some wood bark mulch down for a path - the cats are there to leave their autograph. Any tips to keep them away?
😮 oh dear and I only know about using some kind of physical barrier, such as bird netting or sticks with thorns over the top of beds
LOVE this behind the scenes Video. So wish i could afford to visit your program and of course stop by the Three Horseshoe Pub for a Pint. Alas Im in America and couldnt afford to but I can dream :-)
Dreaming Dan have good results, and thank you 💚
Good afternoon Charles. That was an interesting change in pace compared to your normal videos. I enjoyed u sharing a bit more of the inner workings. I also noticed in maybe your last video , that the green sprouting calabrese broccoli was very tall an has a rather thinner stem. It is one of about six types if broc. I am growing this fall, an i had noticed how tall an thinned stem it had compared to the others. But once i saw that "The Great Charles Dowding" calabrese looked similar it helped me put any concerns to bed😊. I am here in coastal Virginia, USA, saying thank u Charles for all your knowledge u share with us.
Thanks for this, and the tall broccoli is my overwintered purple sprouting. It does indeed grow that longer, thinner stem, which is not so ideal for resisting winter wind. Also makes it harder to protect against pigeon damage!