Legendary Gardeners Farm Will Blow Your Mind. PART 1

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  • Опубликовано: 26 сен 2024
  • the say don't meet your heroes, but in todays video I do exactly that. Charles Dowding has been growing food for most of his life, he popularised No Dig Gardening & today he gives me a tour of his sensational market garden. I agreed to get a no-dig tattoo if this video gets 1M views! NO DIG FOR LIFE.
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Комментарии • 327

  • @mo_es
    @mo_es Год назад +54

    I use to think that a Hollywood life was the dream but now that im older, I've realized one day living in the country, having a sustainable garden is the real dream and brings more meaning to ur life. Loved the video my dude ❤🌿

    • @caravanrose
      @caravanrose Год назад +7

      Your mind has already found liberation from the tricksters' snare - the rest will follow

  • @roslynlim172
    @roslynlim172 Год назад +60

    I don't know that I've ever seen Charles Dowding enjoy himself so much. This was so uplifting and such a pleasure to watch.

  • @seanjamescameron
    @seanjamescameron Год назад +107

    It’s such a pleasure to see the success Charles is having at the moment. I first interviewed Charles around 10 years ago and nobody was interested in his message.

    • @helenan7368
      @helenan7368 Год назад +9

      Not true, I have been watching Charles for years, and guess what... I don't even have a garden. I will, one day ☺

    • @SiljeMeum
      @SiljeMeum Год назад +6

      It was a more narrow niche, luckily people are awakening.

    • @mvl6827
      @mvl6827 Год назад +1

      He puts himself in the picture .. QUITE A LOT. Narcissistic?

    • @shaymay2892
      @shaymay2892 Год назад

      ​@@mvl6827??

    • @Jetjai
      @Jetjai Год назад

      @@mvl6827
      so, 26 minutes of real information about growing the no dig way featuring Charles Dowding and all you see is a narcissist🤷‍♂️🤔

  • @CurlyProverbz
    @CurlyProverbz Год назад +7

    In my house he is called Sir Charles. 🤣
    I would have been geeking out and giddy just like you. I could feel your excited and nervous energy through the screen and I can totally relate. He is a living legend 🙏🏽🤎

  • @candace13
    @candace13 Год назад +141

    this collab is absolutely everything 💚💚💚

  • @Hajfena63
    @Hajfena63 Год назад +26

    These two men are absolute treasures.

  • @LifebyMikeG
    @LifebyMikeG Год назад +59

    oh hell yeah. I'm loving this collab

  • @josephrinaldi1839
    @josephrinaldi1839 Год назад +7

    Omg this is the collab that everyone needed. Get Hue Richards in here too and it's absolute gold

  • @Grubanny
    @Grubanny Год назад +36

    Dude, you have no idea how much I adore your channel and you as a person. I've never missed a video. You are an amazing Chef with a great personality. I'll meet you one day. I'm working towards it. Everyone deserves to meet their heroes.

    • @SPEAKSB
      @SPEAKSB Год назад

      Two of my favorite recipe creators!!

  • @bernadettesullivan29
    @bernadettesullivan29 Год назад +6

    Minty must have felt she’d found Paradise when she rambled in to Charles’s stunningly beautiful garden , lucky cat 🐈

  • @VegGirlSF
    @VegGirlSF Год назад +22

    I love people who are passionate about what they do, both of you together chatting about the veggies, awesome. 😊

  • @enterval4328
    @enterval4328 Год назад +51

    It's kinda crazy to think about, but there are a lot of people that would feel the same way about meeting you and seeing your garden as you did meeting Charles

  • @janlewis567
    @janlewis567 Год назад +14

    In your new reincarnation as a gardener, Gaz, so glad you've stumbled on my 'gardening guru' whose No Dig practice changed my life many years ago. Great video, love the enthusiasm!

  • @monicasharma277
    @monicasharma277 Год назад +11

    At this point, Charles Dowding has inspired all of us! Have learnt a lot from him, and still learning 🌻

  • @PinkSallyProductions
    @PinkSallyProductions Год назад +9

    It was fantastic to watch the two of you nerding out about plants together 😁 Who else thought that the cat, loving on the both of them, stole the show in the end? 😄😄

    • @chelseaandhobbes
      @chelseaandhobbes 11 месяцев назад +1

      And she helps the compost heap! 😉🐈
      Bets Gaz gets a cat ?

  • @cristhomas3945
    @cristhomas3945 Год назад +73

    Honestly, this was a brilliant collaboration of two very talented people working close with nature.
    Both of you were very inspiring in this video.
    💛 Thank you so much for sharing this video with Charles, and that ending was great!! 😊
    Looking forward to Part 2.
    P.S. Don't leave us hanging too long please. 😁

  • @WattleBay
    @WattleBay Год назад +3

    that cat Minty is just a sweetheart.....

  • @danielledillon630
    @danielledillon630 Год назад +1

    I am THRILLED that you have rescued those lovely chickens. Bless you Gaz!! You have given them a wonderful life, and I see nothing at all wrong with eating their eggs under those happy circumstances. Congratulations on your humane attitude. You are doing so much good.

  • @helicart
    @helicart Год назад +9

    I am so inspired.....and have a big smile from ear to ear.
    Charles has been a major force in me throwing myself into the garden.
    I started a small vege garden 12 mths ago at an over 50s village in Australia.
    It has been a massive hit with the residents and is now approaching 200 m^2 in size.
    There's still so much to learn......so I grow in awe each day of men like Charles whose knowledge and experience are black gold to my mind.

  • @nial.6613
    @nial.6613 Год назад +21

    as someone who loves plants but doesn’t have a green thumb, i really enjoyed this. i hope to get to this level/expertise of gardening. i’m currently working on my fall crops and hoping to get better and know more over time

  • @darcyroyce
    @darcyroyce Год назад +10

    Instant homely feeling 🌱💚🙂 everything looked as if my childhood gardens materialised. Thank you so much for sharing, I'm looking forward to the next episode!

  • @christydalgaard
    @christydalgaard Год назад +4

    If you are even a little bit interested in gardening you know these two. A perfect colab ❤

  • @miseentrope
    @miseentrope Год назад +8

    Momentous indeed. This was unexpected meeting. A gift of knowledge and love for nature. Thank you Mr. Oakley and Mr. Dowding and all the production crew. 🥰

  • @Ella.L.
    @Ella.L. Год назад +3

    Charles seems like the sweetest guy ❤

  • @teamgitusome
    @teamgitusome 10 месяцев назад

    Loved being a fly on the wall for this one. Thank you gents

  • @chezelleconroy2951
    @chezelleconroy2951 Год назад +3

    This is THE BEST!! Thanks gentlemen, what a joy to watch. 🇦🇺

  • @Viva_la_natura
    @Viva_la_natura Год назад +13

    thank you for this garden tour of Charles Dowding's garden; I've always found Home Acres beautiful and a tremendous inspiration for my own. Blending functionality with aesthetics is no easy task, but the aesthetic value of the vegetable garden can convince more people to try it to enhance the beauty of their home. It's a lower value than saving animals but whatever it takes to get there. Like you said Gaz...you can't truly appreciate food until you grow it. It's not even a close...

  • @laquicha8159
    @laquicha8159 Год назад +9

    I love Charles’ gardening philosophy and I love Gaz’s food philosophy. So great to see them together! ❤

  • @waynesell3681
    @waynesell3681 7 месяцев назад

    Great time interviewing Charles! Your conversation is so cool.

  • @1isaM111er
    @1isaM111er Год назад +2

    Charles Dowding is such a lovely man.

  • @MsKhaeli
    @MsKhaeli Год назад +5

    Fabulous collab. Charles is so humbly amazing. I can watch him for hours and Gaz I've not been subscribed to your channel for long but I can also watch you for hours too :D Just love this.

  • @PigsDream
    @PigsDream Год назад +2

    I started my no dig garden 3 years ago. This is such a great video!

  • @dillybrown
    @dillybrown Год назад +2

    OH MY GOD, HE GOT TO TAKE A TOUR WITH THE LEGEND. GOALSSSSSS.

  • @codyrcrowder
    @codyrcrowder Год назад +1

    Great video! Regarding the nutrition question, I've been researching this myself in regards to homegrown vegetables vs. supermarket vegetables. Things like Spinach lose something like 90% of their vitamin C over the course of just a few days. Most vegetables lose between 15 to over 80% of their nutritional content before it makes it to your plate if you're buying vegetables from the supermarket. To make matters worse, the produce is picked before it's ripe, and then artificially ripened (even the organic stuff), so it never even gets a chance to develop full flavor and nutrition in the first place, before losing a lot of it in shipping, and sitting on the shelf.
    It's one of the things that's pushed me to start growing our own food starting this year. Your channel is an inspiration in that endeavour. Thank you.

  • @LoveLight7
    @LoveLight7 Год назад +4

    i always learn something new here.. thanks, Gaz, you amazing, talented human. i just love watching all this fresh, natural, home-grown space that Mr. Charles has created; sooooul gorgeous and greeeeen!!

  • @kristinregine4798
    @kristinregine4798 Год назад +1

    the energy between you two is 🥰
    great idea to visit your hero and sharing Charles garden an his vision on your chanel. I hope a lot of your viewers jump into gardening.
    My first love is gardening. It is the most satisfying thing to do. Working with the soil that is giving to us. Without any chemicals!!!

  • @iamirene
    @iamirene Год назад +6

    What a wonderful man! his garden looks absolutely perfect, so well organized and pleasing to watch, it's a reflection of his beautiful soul 😌 thank you for inspiration, Gaz! ❤

  • @mccauleyconor
    @mccauleyconor Год назад +4

    This is great! We did a no dig garden this year, such a great way to plant food!

  • @sultanbev
    @sultanbev Год назад +50

    Great video, what is even more fantastic is seeing a younger generation taking on Charles' wisdom with equal enthusiasm. This is how communities flourish.

  • @bluetinsel7099
    @bluetinsel7099 Год назад +6

    I really enjoyed this, he has a beautiful garden and a sweet cat. I’m really looking forward to the next episode of this collaboration. He gave some wonderful tips on planting and the produce look lovely. Farm to table is definitely a great thing.

  • @AmirsAllotment
    @AmirsAllotment Год назад +3

    Loved this! Brilliant. The smiles say it all! 😊❤🌱

  • @Teawisher
    @Teawisher Год назад +1

    Sungold is amazing. I regret only having 3 of them in my balcony, should have had like 10.

  • @alexp2011a
    @alexp2011a Год назад +1

    This garden is unbelievably amazing

  • @willisnjim
    @willisnjim 8 месяцев назад

    U 2 could have a show of u chatting all day always. It’s just great!

  • @andersonomo597
    @andersonomo597 Год назад +1

    *"That makes harvest difficult....."* OH MY how I can relate to that! I grew small sugarloaf cabbages for the first time and was so amazed and so incredibly proud of them that I delayed picking them, just couldn't bear to do it - and then had cabbage butterfly moths descend and obliterate them. Still kicking myself hard but using it as a learning experience! Nice to know though that I have one thing in common with such a great gardener LOL Beautiful video *THANK-YOU* - Charles' garden is SUCH a joy and inspiration to just look at from the other side of this planet. Cheers from Sydney

  • @candicecullengrowcooknourish
    @candicecullengrowcooknourish Год назад +1

    I grow Sungolds every year, they are delicious, definitely add them to your garden next year Gaz! This was a wonderful video!

  • @charlottewenban2931
    @charlottewenban2931 Год назад +1

    Watching this video is like therapy! What a gorgeous garden

  • @theresaantonia2058
    @theresaantonia2058 Год назад +1

    This was such a wholesome video! 🥰 Will come back to it on a rainy day to make me smile 😊 thanks for sharing!

  • @hikoqualle8704
    @hikoqualle8704 Год назад

    just two gardening geeks talking about gardening. love it

  • @lisathiedeman4487
    @lisathiedeman4487 Месяц назад

    What a beautiful video, so much sharing between 2 lovely people and learning for us! Food for my soul! ❤

  • @FreeManStew
    @FreeManStew Год назад +3

    Always had a suspicion Charles loves his herbs 😂 absolutely brilliant colab best thing I've watched in weeks. Your both inspirational characters thanks for this. Make another soon! 💚

  • @l.l.larson8672
    @l.l.larson8672 Год назад +5

    Gaz, to point you in the direction regarding your question about nutrient density of the plants, read the book "Eating on The Wild Side" by Jo Robinson :) One topic it discusses is how quickly nutrients are lost once harvested (depending on the plant). Thank you for sharing how magical it can be when we grow our own foods

  • @daisyw.7080
    @daisyw.7080 Год назад +1

    Can’t wait for the next episode!!

  • @rach_o3045
    @rach_o3045 Год назад +3

    🧑🏼‍🌾! I’m a fan of both channels, and enjoyed this collaboration! My kids and I have really enjoyed no dig children’s book. I’m looking forward to seeing more content on this subject. Be well,be blessed! 🌱

  • @theawilkins3417
    @theawilkins3417 Год назад +1

    You guys are the best. This makes me so happy. I wish I was there with you talking about growing food and touring the gardens.

  • @scottstw456
    @scottstw456 Год назад +1

    Charles Dowding is a legend, very cool to see you meet him!

  • @sierramcelfresh2836
    @sierramcelfresh2836 Год назад +3

    You both are such an inspiration!!! I can’t wait to see the next episode 🩵

  • @gypsydrover
    @gypsydrover Год назад

    Watching from Australia...you are both so amazing.. Gaz, I have your books and watch your videos all the time... It's the absolute best way to live..growing your own food,vand then preparing it with passion.. Thankyou to both of you 💚

  • @jodibillingsley
    @jodibillingsley Год назад

    I've been following you both for YEARS and it's so cool to see you in the same video! 🤯🧡

  • @cynthiawilson3375
    @cynthiawilson3375 Год назад +1

    Thanks for introducing this fantastic gardener. Now I’ll have to look him up on RUclips. You are inspiring me to do more with my garden. Great video!

  • @sr-kt9ml
    @sr-kt9ml Год назад +6

    Gaz you are so inspirational ❤️. Thank you for showing us all of our potential

  • @loisjong
    @loisjong Год назад

    Thank you very much for giving this chart free of charge!

  • @Countrycalm
    @Countrycalm Год назад +1

    These are the kind of collabs we want to see more…Charles has inspired so many people and thank you for making this video …waiting for the 2nd part!

  • @davidchalmers4969
    @davidchalmers4969 11 месяцев назад

    Charles, you are changing the way the world gardens, great work.
    Even a committed inorganic gardener like myself is changing.
    Ive got more and more dual crops in the garden this year, even in NE Scotland thanks to you.

  • @laurenceleccia2678
    @laurenceleccia2678 Год назад

    I am now totally hook on Charles' channel... You are both so great. Thank you.

  • @maja_sukara
    @maja_sukara Год назад +1

    I was growing food on my balcony for years before moving to a large garden. Gaz, wonderful show, awesome energy. You enimate peace while being excited and funny ❤

  • @stijnlikeswine186
    @stijnlikeswine186 Год назад +4

    Love this collab. Both of your knowledge combined makes this video gold! Well done!

  • @debbybrady1246
    @debbybrady1246 10 месяцев назад

    What a beautiful garden.

  • @SiljeMeum
    @SiljeMeum Год назад +1

    I LOVE THIS! I AM NOT able to convey the feels! This is the video I didn't realise I needed, I've followed Dowding for so many years aswell.. Honestly, I just wanted to share my excitement about this video, words come sooo short

  • @olineedham7468
    @olineedham7468 Год назад +1

    This was such a good watch! Loved every second and can't wait for part 2 :)

  • @paulafromtheblock
    @paulafromtheblock Год назад

    That cat nearly took you out by leg bombing near the end of the garden section, Gaz! lol. Great show, I love Charles.

  • @chelseamarcantonio
    @chelseamarcantonio 22 дня назад

    24:49 makes me so happy hahaha😻

  • @udoheinz7845
    @udoheinz7845 Год назад +2

    Wooow so much respect for Charles
    His videos are a great inspiration for our vegetable garden

  • @Pepelivingston77
    @Pepelivingston77 Год назад +1

    The crossover I wanted to see! My favourite two gardeners and inspiration right now

  • @judithtinai448
    @judithtinai448 Год назад

    Very inspirational and motivating. My hero Charles Dowding. Great video

  • @Rabbiton
    @Rabbiton Год назад

    Charles = GOAT .....I grow all my veggies in the compost after watching his videos and they love it! I dry out my food scraps, put them in 100-liter bags, with chicken compost, horse poo, vermiculite, excess straw, etc, and then some soil on top, I grow all my greens this way and it is awesome as you can move the bags around, I hardly use any soil and the veges are super green and healthy. And the worms that are left in the bag at the end, so many worms.

  • @noellecuisine8912
    @noellecuisine8912 7 месяцев назад

    Absolutely love this duo !!!

  • @rickclarkson-pi3cj
    @rickclarkson-pi3cj Год назад +1

    Wot a lucky man you are to meet Charles Darwin

  • @thekidgrower
    @thekidgrower Год назад

    Fantastic video, great to see collabs like this with 2 great gardeners. I have to agree about the mental health values of gardening, I love being out in our no dig allotment and mentally feel a difference if I don't get down to the plot in a while.

  • @jonbloodworth474
    @jonbloodworth474 Год назад

    I'm so frickin jealous! I love chuck dowding and EVERYTHING he does! Such an inspiration. He and youngsang cho hold a near and dear spot in my heart!

  • @ififallithurtslea4170
    @ififallithurtslea4170 Год назад

    Charles is the best gardener on this planet. 🤷🏻‍♀️ love that man and if I were in the UK I’d be running on over to visit. I have been watching him for so many years now. My dad watched him too and one day I said something from a video and my dad said “oh you’re watching Charles too” 😂 hurry up with the second part so I can see his comment about your cooking. I want to seeeeeee

  • @Billamanders
    @Billamanders 9 месяцев назад

    The most important thing about no dig gardening is that it is better for the environment and soil microbiome

  • @renevelasquez608
    @renevelasquez608 Год назад +1

    I feel like when I first saw the Avengers. What a nice crossover!

  • @fishingbrigade
    @fishingbrigade Год назад

    see you bouth enjoy life is just absolutely necessary for our next generation... Gardening and healthy food for life ..love from Scotland

  • @NadesikoRose
    @NadesikoRose Год назад

    Most of my garden is in slightly raised beds with cardboard or garden cloth at the bottom, so I don’t use a shovel or anything in them.
    The most I do is use a trowel to help loose up soil before planting anything.
    Every spring when getting ready to plant, I get on my knees and use my hands to scoop the soil out…
    Sifting through each scoop to take out the weeds and anything else that shouldn’t be there, this also gives me a chance to check the condition of the soil and see if it needs anything added to it.
    Each bed looks so much fluffier and nicer once I have done this and dumped the soil back into the beds…

  • @wonderwoman5528
    @wonderwoman5528 Год назад

    Gaz, your enthusiasm is infectious. Charles’ garden is a utopian heaven!

  • @prubroughton1864
    @prubroughton1864 Год назад

    Gardening is cheapest mental health improver available I am 75 and having just moved am starting a new no dig garden and orchard and already have a banana circle planted, 20 berries and 10 citrus here in north Auckland New Zealand 😊

  • @vganfood
    @vganfood Год назад +2

    Well excited for this!!! Charles x Gaz Oakley best crossover evrr 💖💖💖

  • @terechop3843
    @terechop3843 Год назад +1

    Whaaaaaat??? You are so lucky Gaz!! This is great! ❤❤❤

  • @edriessen6545
    @edriessen6545 Год назад

    my 2 heroes in 1 video, can`t get any better!

  • @R1chiesART
    @R1chiesART Год назад

    I've added another string to my bow in the allotment no dig challenge by purchasing a trinocular microscope ( you attach a camera which displays your sample on a screen) to visit the world of the millions of microbes beneath our feet. I've only been going 6 months but the amount of life I have witnessed is just incredible. If you find a fungus, bacteria, nematodes and protozoa in your sample you have fabulous soil. You can quickly learn what you have or not have in your soil so can take steps, which have super results to increase or decrease and balance your microbes out. You need aerobic soil of which is so obvious when you check the samples under the microscope...

  • @GOD999MODE
    @GOD999MODE Год назад +2

    This is awesome and inspiring! Literally the freshest, most pranic filled food that nature provides.

  • @emeliekarlsson5859
    @emeliekarlsson5859 6 месяцев назад

    SO MUCH LOVE TO YOU AND MOTHER NATURE ❤

  • @pontus1055
    @pontus1055 Год назад

    "It sounds like I'm stalking you but I'm just watching you alot"
    Never change Gaz! Thia is amazing :D

  • @ilovegreen0150
    @ilovegreen0150 9 месяцев назад

    My dressing is salt pepper lemon juice balsamic vinegar. Kids love it❤️

  • @sonja5215
    @sonja5215 Год назад +2

    oh no that cliffhanger! 😬😄

  • @Annie-qv4tb
    @Annie-qv4tb Год назад

    I love Charles Dowding and have learned so much from him!!! Coming from MN in the USA

  • @TofferJ-UK
    @TofferJ-UK Год назад

    I’ve followed Charles for a few years. It’s great to see your visit here. 👍🇬🇧

  • @helentreacy7089
    @helentreacy7089 Год назад

    Pure pleasure for me watching you both, much appreciated, thank you. Now have to semi tear myself away to embrace my beautiful small garden. Happy days. Darwin, Australia.

  • @Lillystromhollow
    @Lillystromhollow Год назад +1

    I will die for Minty!
    You guys have great chemistry!