I 've been a traditional gardener for many years , but at the ripe old age of 76 was begining to find the digging hard work so decided to give no dig a try. I was very suspect about the potato growing, how can it work without ridging up?? Well, I've just lifted 35 1st earlies plants it took only 40 minutes including hand weeding, a good crop , a few green ones ( but probably less than when I ridged) so I am now a NO DIG CONVERT.!!!!! thank you Charles
My girl is 4 years old, we are in a pandemic and we're planting potatoes. Armageddon isn't so bad after all!-) Thanks Charles and stay safe and busy everybody!
The pandemic is not what it seems..truth will come out soon.. Remember appocalypse means "truth revealed".. The truth that has been hidden is, Pasteur was a fraud..viruses, microbes etc are part of the body's natural healing process. Western medical using antibiotics etc destroys the bacteria that are there to help us..just like chemical farming. Look into Dr Hamer's research for more info..(Caroline Markolin is a good presenter of it)
Have you seen the little forager girl on facebook, "Nora_on_food"? Gorgeous wee gal doing videos on foraging for edible weeds and nuts etc, cooking etc. Might be something your little girl and you enjoy watching
@@inphiknitfractal you do know that antibiotics have their roots in fungy, and at least some of them are still naturaly produced and farmed? (Though the majority today is syntheticaly produced) And to say that (basically driving your remarks into a pointed version) "there is no virus" is a bit harsh against all the people who died or lost loved once due to it. Also I think politics and theories that are in no way factual and or profable about such stuff should not be discussed in the comment section of a gardening channel, even if a commentator remarques that he is planting potatoes because of this pandemic. The first is an unnecessary form of atention seeking and spreading of mistrust and probably false information, the second is a fair statement about a special situation currently going on. Political rant closed.
Inphiknit fractal First apocalypse from Greek means uncovering, Latin - revelation -from the bible. Not 'truth revealed' The truth cannot be hidden , though ignored, twisted, sure. Pasteur was not a fraud, (expletive deleted). Get an education and get off youtube. Find some books, in a library. People can literally say anything on youtube, does not make it true. Any good debater can make Anything sound believable, if not like unassailable truth. Always view unusual opinion/statement with skepticism, find several sources, especially contradictory sources. Understand your brains bias toward only looking for validation of your opinion or ideas. The sad truth usually lies in between one side, the other, and your own take on any matter. Do Not blindly parrot 'what I saw on youtube one time' as the end all beat all Truth. That only makes you look like a kook. Plus, this only serves to galvanize opinions against your claim, for example, you cannot convince someone the sky is red merely by claiming it. Instead ask, what color is the sky? Some say blue, some say baroque, some green, I've even seen red and purple near dawn and dusk. Is it really just blue? No, you have seen many colors , as have I. See? I did not challenge your belief, merely caused you to question it. Then stop there. They will do the rest. Come to another conclusion, new belief. Your calling someone a fraud because someone else told you so only makes you a different kind of sheeple. Do not trashtalk anyone. Its bad form, makes you seem weak minded. Instead , call into question their achievements...what did Pasteur discover? Has that knowledge been abused, twisted or coopted for some agenda? What is Agenda 21? Why does it outlaw homeopathic remedies? Vitamin supplements? Make vaccinations mandatory? All in the name of supposed 'sustainability', huh? The vaccine manufacturers know there are always some people that have side effects, some people die, but that is acceptable? It is not even hidden information. Yet the governments will pass a law making them mandatory, even if it kills thousands or tens of thousands, yet exempt themselves in the same legislation. Can't happen in America you say? Ask those who got polio from the vaccine, or anyone born before 1970 that has a smallpox vaccine scar on their left arm? Was that mandatory? Yes. Did people die? Yes. Will it happen again? Yes. Will you allow it to be you? I, for one, will not. No. Not for the current flu vaccine, not for some boogyman virus. I will protect me and mine. Shove that vaccine where it don't shine, commie bastard. Try putting that jackboot on my neck and you will loose the leg. Rights, Freedom, Constitution., Semper Fidelis, ''Merica f-yeah.
Ditto from another South Carolinian! I hear many other RUclips gardeners referring to Mr. Dowding and his methods these days. Must be becoming the world's number 1 favorite gardener! Yes, certainly the most beautiful and abundant!
@@constanceperkins2614 Supermarket potatoes have a substance applied that prevents them forming sprouts but if you leave them long enough and they do form sprouts then they should be fine.
I never comment, but you are great! Great advice, stage to stage, and your voice is calming to listen to. Mostly, just gardening,no music,graphics gimmicks... if you know what your doing, you don't need all that So Bravo!!
Thanks Maureen, glad you like the content. Perhaps an analogy is how we find when eating these vegetables that their fine flavour means few other flavourings are needed!
Please let the camera just roll. I will probably never make it in person to view this spectacular garden in person. Viewers can just zoom ahead if they dont want to watch. I truly wish you were my neighbor because of your ability to. Respond so calmly to each situation. Just love watching you roaming the garden. Your such an inspiring gardener and human!
Well thanks Sally. I have noticed that the longer videos are the most popular, like they are a story which people enjoy. The advice I often hear is "keep 'em short to increase viewer numbers"!!
Please consider not changing your editing methods one jot! The time lapses are well done and certainly better than having to fast forward. I don't even have a garden but I just spent the entire evening watching you garden. Excellent.
@ Liz P I laughed when I saw this because not only do I agree, but I just used that description on Prepper Potpourri’s channel. I absolutely love watching Mr. Dowding’s videos - so much to learn and melts the stress away at the same time.
right now it's not dangerous to watch your videos, but i have to keep myself from watching them in winter resulting in me not being able to wait until i can get started with planting... you are truly an inspiration and so sympatheticly telling us about what's important! love your videos, thank you so much for taking the time!
Nice comment thanks! You can start now with new beds and sowing for winter - kale, salads, see this timeline for ideas www.charlesdowding.co.uk/learn/sowing-timeline-vegetables/
I watched your clips and planted potatoes on my lawn, newspapers over and under compost, small holes for the seed potatoes. They’re growing great! No digging, no problems. Thank you!
What a great video. Not only is the garden producing tons, it is also gorgeous. I am sure the plants know that Mr. Dowding is always smiling. What a treat.
I have always had the best luck with potatoes planting in large black buckets. Makes harvesting very easy and always get a great crop, also makes watering easier.
130kg of potatoes in such a small space, no rotation, and leek harvests on top of that over just 4 years! That's amazing. I definitely need to water my spuds (potatoes), being in Australia, but I haven't mastered the timing. I really enjoy these sequential videos, showing the whole process. Thanks again.
Floreypottery I am in Australia too, and a novice so excuse the rudimental question. What do you mean by ‘blooming’ - the flowers that showed on the established plant or when the greenery first develops from the soil? Thank you for your helpful comments
Hello from Ukraine, Charles! Did my first in life attempt to plant anything and with the help of no-dig from the get-go. I've planted a potatoe just today, did not have a possibility to try this before, know I am a bit late. Well, even if the experiemnt fails, I will come back to it next year with the bigger garden scales for sure! Thank you so much for your experience and knowledge, sir!
I’m watching this video just in time before I sow my potatoes, and your no-nonsense approach to sowing them is perfect. I sowed some in large pots a few months ago, but only got a handful, so hopefully this year we’ll have a better outcome. Thank you Charles for all the wonderful videos that really help new gardeners succeed.
I am an aspiring farmer and a gardener, I love how scientific you are about your experiments and the effort you take to make it understandable, thanks.
Awesome... thank you for the numbers!! It's so helpful to have that data to make realistic comparisons between one type of garden production versus another, for the most food output. 🙏🏽 Much appreciate it!!!
We've been looking at doing our entire potato patch this way next year after a devastatingly mediocre harvest this year. Your certainly gives me confidence. Thank you so much for these videos!
I really like that how you put in the effort to trial different methods and composts. It really helps shine the light of empiricism on an area that can often be subject to unsupported folk wisdom.
I really enjoy these trial vids as it gives me a good grounding on no dig. It proves the yield is better when leaving micro life alone. It’s the soil life that is the most import element.
Wow! I like the fact you do your own trials, testing different ways of prepping the soil. You're very thorough in explaining why or your motives of doing things and I feel I absorb so much from your videos! Thank you Charles! 🤗🤗
Very much enjoy watching your videos and I am taking a lot if notes .. I was able to get a allotment recently will miss out this year as I need to get the plot ready before growing anything..can I say your garden is amazing and I'm privileged to watch your videos .. keep up the good work thank you
Thanks to your videos I am not very much into crop rotation either now. I grow my potatoes on the same beds every other year, they do not seem to mind. I find it rewarding to grow at least one staple - a few bags of potatoes are a great food security, and homegrown potatoes taste awesome, no comparison to store bought produce.
What a great teacher you are!! I am about to plant my first no dig potatoes here in Brisbane Australia (sub-tropical zone). Nothing beats the taste of baby new potatoes with butter and parsley. Luckily here I can grow most vegetables, except brassicas, all year round. My brassicas are doing well and will be harvested in a couple of weeks. They have also been grown using the no dig methodology.
I’m in Esk .. would love to know what time of year you planted ? This will be my first time growing them but maybe we get a few more early morning frosts than you in Brisbane ?
This video is rich with ideas to try (trial) on my new farm to determine what plants and vegetables will grow best to what planting method to experiment, such as till or no till. I love the fact that he discovered the bed where he did the least amount of digging produce larger crops than the tilled soil bed. His conclusion is: NO DIG IS WORKING REALLY WELL !
You are blessed to still be able to lean on your knees to garden. I haven't been able to put any pressure on my knees in over a year..i hope to use planting bags for potatoes. Love your garden.
I’ve just realised you lived in France, as did I for 8 years and that’s where I found Charlottes, I agree they are a lovely spud. Your videos are such an inspiration, thank you.
Charles loved his class on how to plant potatoes, he was curious to learn how to plant and today watching your videos I learned a lot, congratulations for the great teacher you are.
What a lovely video to watch. Thank you so much for showing that we don't need to wait for the plants to die, and for demonstrating the easiest way to "dig" the harvest. It's also a pleasure to listen to you. >> Tom's wife Pam
Getting ready to reorganise my one big veg patch into a few smaller beds later in the year so it is easier to manage and rotate crops, got all the compost brewing ready to go no dig (although I have been doing this anyway to a degree). Your videos have been invaluable as both a technical help and an inspirational one :)
Hi Charles, amazing video. You are the only person I have ever seen that has instructed how the shoots are the green tops of potatoes. Many moons ago, when I started, I couldn't find the info anywhere. So a big thank you from all beginners. All the best.
Its great that you are experimenting with no dig, giving scientific proof of its efficiency and with no rotation which is a novelty I have not heard of before.
Thanks for teaching, Charles. Actually, I prepare my whole garden for the new 2019 season and I have to say that I use your book Veg Course as my reference. Wonderfully written with so much information. And then your videos are extremely helpful in visualizing the whole process step by step as a complementary practicing. Thanks.
Thanks for your feedback Maxim. Have to say I like the Course Book too. It was reviewed by a "professional gardener" 2011 (I was not well known) who admitted expecting to disagree with my explanations, but concluded he liked them all, when no dig was not valued hardly at all. (Sorry I should not really write that but I want to share it!)
@@CharlesDowding1nodig I once heard you say your Diary is best book for beginners. 1. Which book is best go-to reference for each crop when we need to look up all the detail for a particular plant (such as whether it can be multi-sown, how many seeds together, how early to start seeding, 1 season or 2 season crop, etc.)? 2. Which book is most detailed/deep information for experienced gardeners?
Wow. Just what I was looking for. No big trenches and banking up. Thank you so much. Unfortunately the new style of RUclips doesn't let you comment so I had to put this into a normal search.
Thanks for this! I am worried by your comment about the new style of RUclips and appreciate you making the extra effort. I had not realised this to be an issue.
SimpleOrganicSoap oh my word!!! You got the nail on the head!!!! Yes, I feel like resting in a hammock Cos he makes it look so easy I feel like I’ve done the work and need a well Earned snooze!!! Hahahaha
I thought that potatoes needed more depth in the soil and you changed my situation for something easier, thanks so I will plant more easily. That's why I love your videos because I always learn something.
That is Incredible! Love your comparison of the dig vs. No dig. Makes me wonder how many other things I do because that's what I've heard or read. You are inspiring me to do my own trials! I really like what you said in another video, about being a scientist. I have never thought of gardening as science - but i am seeing it in a new way thanks to you.
Harvested potatoes here today! so fun to watch your process and compare lol! Due to crazy climate this year harvest is small, but better than nothing! great video Charles, thank you
Fascinating video. I’ve followed you for years and this is the first time I’ve seen no dig potatoes. I’m going to try it this year,2021. I love your videos. I learn so much! Thank you.
I live in southern Spain and this year I'm trying no dig. In response BD bg your videos an excellent source of information. Thanks. I'm obviously mulching on top of the compost to retain moisture.
You are my new favorite person. I start a new garden next year. It is currently very good grass, 120x40 feet. I plan to watch you during the winter and do exactly what you are doing come Spring!. Thank you!
I love these longer videos. I never tried potatoes because I figured they would need a very deep raised bed, but what you are showing here makes me believe that I could try next year in my 20cm deep long bed (4m long) sharing the space with carrots.
Bardzo pana podziwiam i dziękuję, ze pan robi te wszystkie badania i wszystko nagrywa, zawsze myślałam ze trzeba włożyć duzo pracy i wysiłku w uprawę warzyw, bardzo mnie pan zachęcił, jeszcze w tym roku zabieram sie za uprawę ziemniaków
Just the right timing for antipodean gardeners! I am progressively carpeting a large area of my garden this winter with compost, coffee grounds, scythed weeds, manure, layers of cardboard and deep mulch, ready to tuck broad beans, peas, and potatoes in this spring. Haphazardly-mulched potatoes worked well last summer even when sown late, so I'm trying hard to be ready early for the best garden ever this year! Your superbly-filmed and very thoughtfully-composed vegumentaries are a wonderful inspiration and educational tool for us all. Thankyou to you Charles and Edward!
Nice to hear this Ruby, and the antipodean perspective! This film was made by Josh Rogers who is working here this year and is also good with the camera, editing and he composed the music too. Edward is away at university in Edinburgh.
A piece of Heaven on Earth ! A real pleasure to watch this channel, it inspires me. Beautiful soul and work and video and ... potatoesl :) Thank you for sharing!
Hello from Iowa usa not sure why I clicked on your video but I enjoyed it very much . This may be something that British people are aware of but for some reason we Americans think that anyone speaking with an accent like yours is an absolute genius, that you are refined of the highest quality and most educated a person can be. All of that may be true,but it wouldn't be because of the accent, I guess it's just a stereotype we Americans have about British people. It is in the am hours and I could not sleep my job is very stressful right now the style of your video and mannerisms are very calming thank you
Just planted today, 24x Tesco potatoes in what had been my lawn. I'd pre=covered it with old newspaper several months ago to reduce the grass & weeds. I so wish my soil was like yours in the video. Mine is heavy clay, very wet & loads of stones further down. I do have some compost in the making, that I'll be covering the top with in a few weeks, all being well. Phewww... I'm knackered now. JohnnyK.
I really enjoyed that Charles. I always look forward to your videos and I'm slowly turning my garden towards no dig. I couldn't help noticing your squash/pumpkins to the left. It would be great to see you do a start to finish on them please
Not that you need any more subs but I did bc tho this is 20 minutes long you never repeated yourself, gave tons of info which answered many questions and you showed every step. I’m in very hot and humid central Florida, but I feel I can apply this info with perhaps some minor modifications. GREAT VIDEO!! You should be proud. 💜
Well thanks Lucy, that is a special plaudit. We do our best and Josh who filmed and edited this has a good talent. It's lovely to be able to show the whole process. Enjoy the other videos, and I have two subscribers in Florida on sand soil who say that no dig with compost mulch works well for them. Just different timings for sure.
Charles Dowding Charles Dowding again, your info is remarkably reassuring. I know only two extremes, here, and Jersey (as in the Channel Islands where my family lives ...) I recall being quite undone when I discovered that it is virtually impossible to grow asparagus here, whereas in Jersey, 14 miles from the coast of France, it is practically a weed! You are truly blessed to have had the foresight to film your “befores and afters.” As I said before, you must be very proud (and rightly so) when you have such a tangible review of how far you’ve come, and the immense difference for the better, that you - and your Josh - have made in your own little corner of the planet (let alone the difference you have made in the lives of complete strangers...). So, bully for Josh who has recorded your accomplishments for all time. You now have proof of the “mark” you have made in this world... plus you have videos that will still exist, AND benefit others, long after we are gone. You have found your purpose in life (at least one anyway!) and not many people can say that. So I salute you, and Josh, and thank you both for such quiet encouragement. Be well. Be blessed. And much love 💜💜💜
I love to garden and enjoy teaching a bit. So when I say you are an EXCELLENT teacher I mean it! I think I'm going to sit dow and watch your video for enjoyment and find myself scrambling for a pen and paper every time. I have the month of January set aside to binge watch your videos and finally write down all the tips and tricks you so generously share with us. Thank you so much for all the effort you give for us!
Watching your inspirational results while working my land, you have so many things to teach us and YES we are so teachable as your followers. Cheers from pandemic ITALY, isolation but didn’t quit to work , thank you for making our spring brighter
This is a brilliant and very helpful video... I will actually come back to watch it over and over again as a reference for time to come. Many Thanks for such a great harvesting experiement with data of prior vs current years.
I’m picking up 2 cubic yards of mushroom compost tomorrow! Thanks for the inspiration...it took current isolation for me to garden this well. Such an interesting outcome, and not all bad.
Wow. It's like buring treasure giving pure love, taking lovely care of it & protecting it from disease and Mother Nature is so impressed that she waves her magic wand & blesses you with bountiful harvest. Best relationship ever with nature, without exchanging single word and it stays pure forever ❤❤❤😀
I have no words to describe how amazing your videos are. I wish I would have started gardening with your instruction first. I would have saved a LOT of money and back breaking labor.
Nice piles of potatoes Charles, and the plants look good too 👍 I grow Patio Potatoes in a bucket of Sea Weed - no dig ... I just add some more, and more sea weed when the tubers form. I do pre-sprout in egg trays in order to have some early in start of June. I also grow some in pots, so I can transplant very easy, since I like the small new potatoes best.
I should be havesting my potatoes here in a coule of days. Im excited to see the comparison between my potatoes grown in my basement greenhouse vs my out door grow.
Last year I planted potatoes in a raised bed and they got attacked by potato flea beetles. This year I threw them on top of my compost bin and covered with 5 inches of wood chip and they are just about ready to harvest! Beautiful! Your books arrived today and they are absolutely gorgeous! I got the Diary and No Dig Organic Home & Garden. Spending a rainy day in the snug learning and planning for my mid June sowings. 37º N 1600 ft elevation, mountain. I see a lot of homemade goodies in my future! Lovely Recipes for EVERYTHING in your book! I want one of those storage dressers so will be on the lookout for a used one. My favorite photo is seeing that set up as a larder for winter. Pure contentment. (Chapter 10 page 87)
fantastic videos! the video work is lovely. the information is in depth and on topic. your garden is just glorious. i love the season long format. and i must say that as an american i find your accent absolutely charming. keep it up.
I switched to no dig last year and this was my first year trying out no dig potatoes. I am trying purple, reds, yukon golds and russets. Life has never been easier and more fulfilling after utilizing these simple no dig principles. My family is eating healthy foods for pennies and I'm still able to keep planting more potato seeds, tomatoes, and fruits because my time is so drastically freed up with no weeds nor digging. Thanks again Charles
After 40+ years of gardening the traditional way, my wife (aided by me, the labourer!) has decided to try the No-Dig route for our potatoes this year (2023). So, we came late to Charles' series of videos, but have really enjoyed them so far. At the moment our potatoes are looking fab and seem to be doing better than previous years. We're looking forward to the harvest and, planning on more no-dig stuff in the future. Thanks Charles!👍
@@CharlesDowding1nodig A quick up-date to this - we have now begun to harvest our first crop of no-dig potatoes and sure enough, the yield is much better than we have had in the past! For the first year we are very pleased and I'm guessing it will only get better. We have also found that watering is much more efficient as it doesn't dissipate over unnecessarily dug soil, and important aspect for us here. Of course, now we have the job of storing them properly, something we've never needed to do before😄
Charles, thanks for your work! The science behind why you get less yield when you "fork" or turn the soil is that when you expose the humic acid (which keeps the nutrients from leaching as well as acting as a chelator of nutrients), it mixes with carbon dioxide and turns to a gas and leaves the soil.
Love your videos. They're very informative. I use a lot of the information you provide...thank you for it! I live in the Deep South of the US, so we have a completely different gardening schedule than you do there, but the theory behind the no dig method works wherever you are. I've been using it for a couple years now and having great results. Just got to figure out how to up my composting game.
Thank you for these sowing-to-harvest videos: these are of great help for novice gardeners like me :) I garden in Poland: the climate here is slightly different, and the growing season is unfortunately a little shorter so we have to make some modifications regarding the follow-up crops. However, I try to apply the principles of no-dig and spread the word about it :) I love what you're doing and I can't wait to see new videos :) Thank you for all your great work :)
This is the best potato planting and harvest video I've ever seen not to mention I do have a very small garden. What I did with any spent plants is that I pulled them out chopped them to smaller pieces and scatter them on the soil I planted them in. Then I cover them with black garden cover for at least 1 month before I can reuse that plot while I focus on my other vegetables the next plot. So I don't have to refertilize manually.
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I 've been a traditional gardener for many years , but at the ripe old age of 76 was begining to find the digging hard work so decided to give no dig a try. I was very suspect about the potato growing, how can it work without ridging up?? Well, I've just lifted 35 1st earlies plants it took only 40 minutes including hand weeding, a good crop , a few green ones ( but probably less than when I ridged) so I am now a NO DIG CONVERT.!!!!! thank you Charles
So nice to read this Brian. I'm delighted to have saved you that work, and your soil will be healthier for it.
I’m just SO encouraged to hear you going strong at 76 years, you are my goals. I hope to do this till I physically can’t anymore lol
Awesome! I guess I’m a convert as well hahs
@@martinvera4567 76 is a young man
Just put my spuds in before watching this. I won't be digging again, at 65 it's getting a bit much. So, no dig here we come!
I find myself back to this video every year when spring is about to come.
True story
And here we are again haha.
My girl is 4 years old, we are in a pandemic and we're planting potatoes. Armageddon isn't so bad after all!-) Thanks Charles and stay safe and busy everybody!
The pandemic is not what it seems..truth will come out soon.. Remember appocalypse means "truth revealed".. The truth that has been hidden is, Pasteur was a fraud..viruses, microbes etc are part of the body's natural healing process. Western medical using antibiotics etc destroys the bacteria that are there to help us..just like chemical farming. Look into Dr Hamer's research for more info..(Caroline Markolin is a good presenter of it)
Watch a channel - Epic Sellouts ! Good luck !
Have you seen the little forager girl on facebook, "Nora_on_food"? Gorgeous wee gal doing videos on foraging for edible weeds and nuts etc, cooking etc. Might be something your little girl and you enjoy watching
@@inphiknitfractal you do know that antibiotics have their roots in fungy, and at least some of them are still naturaly produced and farmed? (Though the majority today is syntheticaly produced)
And to say that (basically driving your remarks into a pointed version) "there is no virus" is a bit harsh against all the people who died or lost loved once due to it.
Also I think politics and theories that are in no way factual and or profable about such stuff should not be discussed in the comment section of a gardening channel, even if a commentator remarques that he is planting potatoes because of this pandemic.
The first is an unnecessary form of atention seeking and spreading of mistrust and probably false information, the second is a fair statement about a special situation currently going on.
Political rant closed.
Inphiknit fractal First apocalypse from Greek means uncovering, Latin - revelation -from the bible. Not 'truth revealed' The truth cannot be hidden , though ignored, twisted, sure. Pasteur was not a fraud, (expletive deleted). Get an education and get off youtube. Find some books, in a library. People can literally say anything on youtube, does not make it true. Any good debater can make Anything sound believable, if not like unassailable truth. Always view unusual opinion/statement with skepticism, find several sources, especially contradictory sources. Understand your brains bias toward only looking for validation of your opinion or ideas. The sad truth usually lies in between one side, the other, and your own take on any matter. Do Not blindly parrot 'what I saw on youtube one time' as the end all beat all Truth. That only makes you look like a kook. Plus, this only serves to galvanize opinions against your claim, for example, you cannot convince someone the sky is red merely by claiming it. Instead ask, what color is the sky? Some say blue, some say baroque, some green, I've even seen red and purple near dawn and dusk. Is it really just blue? No, you have seen many colors , as have I. See? I did not challenge your belief, merely caused you to question it. Then stop there. They will do the rest. Come to another conclusion, new belief. Your calling someone a fraud because someone else told you so only makes you a different kind of sheeple. Do not trashtalk anyone. Its bad form, makes you seem weak minded. Instead , call into question their achievements...what did Pasteur discover? Has that knowledge been abused, twisted or coopted for some agenda? What is Agenda 21? Why does it outlaw homeopathic remedies? Vitamin supplements? Make vaccinations mandatory? All in the name of supposed 'sustainability', huh? The vaccine manufacturers know there are always some people that have side effects, some people die, but that is acceptable? It is not even hidden information. Yet the governments will pass a law making them mandatory, even if it kills thousands or tens of thousands, yet exempt themselves in the same legislation. Can't happen in America you say? Ask those who got polio from the vaccine, or anyone born before 1970 that has a smallpox vaccine scar on their left arm? Was that mandatory? Yes. Did people die? Yes. Will it happen again? Yes. Will you allow it to be you?
I, for one, will not. No. Not for the current flu vaccine, not for some boogyman virus. I will protect me and mine. Shove that vaccine where it don't shine, commie bastard. Try putting that jackboot on my neck and you will loose the leg. Rights, Freedom, Constitution., Semper Fidelis, ''Merica f-yeah.
Literally one of the most beautiful gardens on planet Earth. Order from chaos. Cheers from South Carolina, USA.
Cheers Steve, a lovely place I hear
Ditto from another South Carolinian! I hear many other RUclips gardeners referring to Mr. Dowding and his methods these days. Must be becoming the world's number 1 favorite gardener! Yes, certainly the most beautiful and abundant!
I agree, from a South Carolinian in old Barnwell District, likely not too far from Mr. Matheny.
Do you have to use seed potatoes please
@@constanceperkins2614 Supermarket potatoes have a substance applied that prevents them forming sprouts but if you leave them long enough and they do form sprouts then they should be fine.
I never comment, but you are great! Great advice, stage to stage, and your voice is calming to listen to. Mostly, just gardening,no music,graphics gimmicks... if you know what your doing, you don't need all that So Bravo!!
Thanks Maureen, glad you like the content.
Perhaps an analogy is how we find when eating these vegetables that their fine flavour means few other flavourings are needed!
Please let the camera just roll. I will probably never make it in person to view this spectacular garden in person. Viewers can just zoom ahead if they dont want to watch. I truly wish you were my neighbor because of your ability to. Respond so calmly to each situation. Just love watching you roaming the garden. Your such an inspiring gardener and human!
Well thanks Sally. I have noticed that the longer videos are the most popular, like they are a story which people enjoy. The advice I often hear is "keep 'em short to increase viewer numbers"!!
24/7 Home Acres live stream haha, we can be his security ;p
Please consider not changing your editing methods one jot! The time lapses are well done and certainly better than having to fast forward. I don't even have a garden but I just spent the entire evening watching you garden. Excellent.
Thanks for your feedback Davide, I am encouraged!
@@davidesteven5467 Agreed!
Bob Ross of the gardening world. 😊
YES :)
definitely
facts
He's a legend
@ Liz P I laughed when I saw this because not only do I agree, but I just used that description on Prepper Potpourri’s channel. I absolutely love watching Mr. Dowding’s videos - so much to learn and melts the stress away at the same time.
Mr. Rogers & Mr.Dowding, you learn everything from these 2 men who teach you how to have the best life experiences.
Who is mr Roberts?
Fred Rogers aka mr Roger's neighborhood children's television show😍
@@barbiemagnolia3943 thank you 😊
I love harvesting potatoes. Idk what it is about it that's more satisfying than anything else I grow. Maybe it's like buried treasure! 😉
Yeah.. Like treasures
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Rick Sanchez What nice memories you have. The older we get, the more we treasure our childhood days.
Totally agree, so much fun
The great thing about finding Charles Dowding so late is i got lots to catch up with
Cup half full, and welcome Peter!
These videos aren't just informative, they're also excellent to nap to.
21qq1+!
Calming voice and birds chirping
@@kehnili9363 if livin is without yoouu, Kehni Li, can't give any more...
right now it's not dangerous to watch your videos, but i have to keep myself from watching them in winter resulting in me not being able to wait until i can get started with planting... you are truly an inspiration and so sympatheticly telling us about what's important! love your videos, thank you so much for taking the time!
Nice comment thanks! You can start now with new beds and sowing for winter - kale, salads, see this timeline for ideas www.charlesdowding.co.uk/learn/sowing-timeline-vegetables/
@@CharlesDowding1nodig Hi Charles. Link is dead.
I watched your clips and planted potatoes on my lawn, newspapers over and under compost, small holes for the seed potatoes. They’re growing great! No digging, no problems. Thank you!
Nice to hear Russ Russ
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@Kelly Clyde Hi.newspaper under compost??? doesn't forking damage to newspapar?
@@madresefonoon What the fork are you talking about?
@@Nitecrow314tanx for reply. i mean deep shovel and cultivate and forking.does not penetrate in newspapers?
What a great video. Not only is the garden producing tons, it is also gorgeous. I am sure the plants know that Mr. Dowding is always smiling. What a treat.
Many thanks!
I have always had the best luck with potatoes planting in large black buckets. Makes harvesting very easy and always get a great crop, also makes watering easier.
Digging potatoes is such an exciting and satisfaction feeling
Yes!
130kg of potatoes in such a small space, no rotation, and leek harvests on top of that over just 4 years! That's amazing.
I definitely need to water my spuds (potatoes), being in Australia, but I haven't mastered the timing.
I really enjoy these sequential videos, showing the whole process. Thanks again.
Thanks Chris and enjoy that
Wow thanks for a great post!
Once the start blooming their making potato’s I’d water well they seem to just suck it right up
Floreypottery I am in Australia too, and a novice so excuse the rudimental question. What do you mean by ‘blooming’ - the flowers that showed on the established plant or when the greenery first develops from the soil? Thank you for your helpful comments
@@jdeuts 'Blooming' is always flower-related.
Hello from Ukraine, Charles! Did my first in life attempt to plant anything and with the help of no-dig from the get-go. I've planted a potatoe just today, did not have a possibility to try this before, know I am a bit late. Well, even if the experiemnt fails, I will come back to it next year with the bigger garden scales for sure! Thank you so much for your experience and knowledge, sir!
Wonderful and thanks for your feedback, I wish you some tasty harvests
Thinking of you in Ukraine and praying for your safety.
@@starlenestarlene thanks a lot! We appreciate the support
More power to you
@@sougataghar1179 thanks! will be planting potato or something else soon into the same bed!
I’m watching this video just in time before I sow my potatoes, and your no-nonsense approach to sowing them is perfect. I sowed some in large pots a few months ago, but only got a handful, so hopefully this year we’ll have a better outcome. Thank you Charles for all the wonderful videos that really help new gardeners succeed.
Glad it was helpful! I appreciate you commenting
What a lovely way to spend Sunday morning, - watching some Charles Dowding videos. Greetings from Norway.
Morning Helen (though Monday now!) and thanks
If my bought potatoes start sprouting, I use them for seed potatoes, and they do well.
I am an aspiring farmer and a gardener, I love how scientific you are about your experiments and the effort you take to make it understandable, thanks.
Best of luck and thanks :)
Awesome... thank you for the numbers!! It's so helpful to have that data to make realistic comparisons between one type of garden production versus another, for the most food output. 🙏🏽 Much appreciate it!!!
Glad it was helpful Sandra
I ❤️🥔🥔🥔! I enjoy eating them in anyway! And now I can NO DIG them in my garden thanks to you Charles 👍🏼🤗😋
We've been looking at doing our entire potato patch this way next year after a devastatingly mediocre harvest this year. Your certainly gives me confidence. Thank you so much for these videos!
Great and I wish you well with it
Charles Dowding thank you!
I really like that how you put in the effort to trial different methods and composts. It really helps shine the light of empiricism on an area that can often be subject to unsupported folk wisdom.
Thanks. Yes a lot of the latter!
I really enjoy these trial vids as it gives me a good grounding on no dig. It proves the yield is better when leaving micro life alone. It’s the soil life that is the most import element.
You got it 😀and the life part has been so ignored. Even 'organic' farmers use tillers a lot, though less so now as awareness grows.
Your videos are a pleasure to watch. You have a child-like joy in the garden, and i love all the experiments!
thanks Mr P
Wow! I like the fact you do your own trials, testing different ways of prepping the soil. You're very thorough in explaining why or your motives of doing things and I feel I absorb so much from your videos! Thank you Charles! 🤗🤗
Nice to hear: I am sharing a lot of experience.
Very much enjoy watching your videos and I am taking a lot if notes .. I was able to get a allotment recently will miss out this year as I need to get the plot ready before growing anything..can I say your garden is amazing and I'm privileged to watch your videos .. keep up the good work thank you
@@CharlesDowding1nodig Do you add worms to your plant's soil right in the beginning to loosen the soil so roots can easily spread in the soil?
Thanks to your videos I am not very much into crop rotation either now. I grow my potatoes on the same beds every other year, they do not seem to mind. I find it rewarding to grow at least one staple - a few bags of potatoes are a great food security, and homegrown potatoes taste awesome, no comparison to store bought produce.
Lovely to hear, well done
What a great teacher you are!! I am about to plant my first no dig potatoes here in Brisbane Australia (sub-tropical zone). Nothing beats the taste of baby new potatoes with butter and parsley. Luckily here I can grow most vegetables, except brassicas, all year round. My brassicas are doing well and will be harvested in a couple of weeks. They have also been grown using the no dig methodology.
So nice of you Peter and enjoy that harvest
I’m in Esk .. would love to know what time of year you planted ? This will be my first time growing them but maybe we get a few more early morning frosts than you in Brisbane ?
@@julia1234 I planted my Spring spuds about 3 weeks ago.
I've heard a multiple of times that I don't want green on my potatoes, but never why. Charles is the first one to say why.
Thanks, Charles.
This video is rich with ideas to try (trial) on my new farm to determine what plants and vegetables will grow best to what planting method to experiment, such as till or no till. I love the fact that he discovered the bed where he did the least amount of digging produce larger crops than the tilled soil bed. His conclusion is: NO DIG IS WORKING REALLY WELL !
You are blessed to still be able to lean on your knees to garden. I haven't been able to put any pressure on my knees in over a year..i hope to use planting bags for potatoes. Love your garden.
Thanks, I am blessed indeed, hope potatoes grow well
I love your vegetable garden. It looks so healthy, so neat and so clean
Many thanks Crystal
Thx Charles. U definitely are onto a simplified system for growing. I can see there is great reward in your efforts. Many will benefit from your vids
I’ve just realised you lived in France, as did I for 8 years and that’s where I found Charlottes, I agree they are a lovely spud. Your videos are such an inspiration, thank you.
Susan Caulton yes we lived Astaffort 47, “pays de Cabrel “
Charles loved his class on how to plant potatoes, he was curious to learn how to plant and today watching your videos I learned a lot, congratulations for the great teacher you are.
Thanks Sandra
@@CharlesDowding1nodig imagine Charles you are top.😎😎😍😍😍😍👏👏👏👏👏
im looking forward to 2021 and growing potatoes the no-dig way!
What a lovely video to watch. Thank you so much for showing that we don't need to wait for the plants to die, and for demonstrating the easiest way to "dig" the harvest. It's also a pleasure to listen to you. >> Tom's wife Pam
Thankyou Pam and i hope your harvest is good
Getting ready to reorganise my one big veg patch into a few smaller beds later in the year so it is easier to manage and rotate crops, got all the compost brewing ready to go no dig (although I have been doing this anyway to a degree). Your videos have been invaluable as both a technical help and an inspirational one :)
Hi Charles, amazing video. You are the only person I have ever seen that has instructed how the shoots are the green tops of potatoes. Many moons ago, when I started, I couldn't find the info anywhere. So a big thank you from all beginners. All the best.
Wow, thanks Jayne!
I believe I have found my TRUE Father!!! I have dirt in my veins!!Absolutely the most BEAUTIFUL Garden I have ever dreamed of having!!
Its great that you are experimenting with no dig, giving scientific proof of its efficiency and with no rotation which is a novelty I have not heard of before.
Cheers Rose although I would not call it "science".
Trials or better 'Indications' is more accurate.
Thanks for teaching, Charles. Actually, I prepare my whole garden for the new 2019 season and I have to say that I use your book Veg Course as my reference. Wonderfully written with so much information. And then your videos are extremely helpful in visualizing the whole process step by step as a complementary practicing. Thanks.
Thanks for your feedback Maxim.
Have to say I like the Course Book too. It was reviewed by a "professional gardener" 2011 (I was not well known) who admitted expecting to disagree with my explanations, but concluded he liked them all, when no dig was not valued hardly at all.
(Sorry I should not really write that but I want to share it!)
@@CharlesDowding1nodig I once heard you say your Diary is best book for beginners. 1. Which book is best go-to reference for each crop when we need to look up all the detail for a particular plant (such as whether it can be multi-sown, how many seeds together, how early to start seeding, 1 season or 2 season crop, etc.)? 2. Which book is most detailed/deep information for experienced gardeners?
@@shakengrain1942 Organic Gardening for each crop detail, Winter Vegetables for the cooler 9 months, Salad Leaves for those details about salad plants
Wow. Just what I was looking for. No big trenches and banking up. Thank you so much. Unfortunately the new style of RUclips doesn't let you comment so I had to put this into a normal search.
Thanks for this! I am worried by your comment about the new style of RUclips and appreciate you making the extra effort. I had not realised this to be an issue.
Am I the only one that feels like napping in a hammock after watching Mr. Dowding?
He's like the Bob Ross of gardening, lol. So soothing to watch and listen to! :)
SimpleOrganicSoap oh my word!!! You got the nail on the head!!!!
Yes, I feel like resting in a hammock Cos he makes it look so easy I feel like I’ve done the work and need a well Earned snooze!!! Hahahaha
Time for a cuppa mint tea :)
I've heard he has this effect on quite a few female viewers!
@@leroybrownie9188 love watching Bob Ross, I'm asleep before he completes the painting!
I thought that potatoes needed more depth in the soil and you changed my situation for something easier, thanks so I will plant more easily. That's why I love your videos because I always learn something.
You are very welcome Rosa
@@CharlesDowding1nodig thank you. So much. I like how you explain .
Thank you for changing my life........ I love the no dig concept.
Never more than two minutes before he makes me sleep. Thankyou Charles ,
That is Incredible! Love your comparison of the dig vs. No dig. Makes me wonder how many other things I do because that's what I've heard or read. You are inspiring me to do my own trials! I really like what you said in another video, about being a scientist. I have never thought of gardening as science - but i am seeing it in a new way thanks to you.
Great, we can all do with seeing things in a new way, myself included!
Harvested potatoes here today! so fun to watch your process and compare lol! Due to crazy climate this year harvest is small, but better than nothing! great video Charles, thank you
Nice to hear and well done Karen
This is fantastic-thank you for measuring and teaching- fascinating to see no disruption of soil is actually good for plant and yield!
Fascinating video. I’ve followed you for years and this is the first time I’ve seen no dig potatoes. I’m going to try it this year,2021. I love your videos. I learn so much! Thank you.
Hope you enjoy!
I adore the fact you garden in your Birkenstocks. Happy Gardening, from a midwesterner (Iowa) of the USA.
I live in southern Spain and this year I'm trying no dig. In response BD bg your videos an excellent source of information. Thanks. I'm obviously mulching on top of the compost to retain moisture.
I am in Texas, USA and love your garden, i hope one day visit your garden =) maybe next year.
See you 2019!
You are my new favorite person. I start a new garden next year. It is currently very good grass, 120x40 feet. I plan to watch you during the winter and do exactly what you are doing come Spring!. Thank you!
Thanks Rose and see my videos on clearing weeds, no dig abundance etc
I love these longer videos. I never tried potatoes because I figured they would need a very deep raised bed, but what you are showing here makes me believe that I could try next year in my 20cm deep long bed (4m long) sharing the space with carrots.
Bardzo pana podziwiam i dziękuję, ze pan robi te wszystkie badania i wszystko nagrywa, zawsze myślałam ze trzeba włożyć duzo pracy i wysiłku w uprawę warzyw, bardzo mnie pan zachęcił, jeszcze w tym roku zabieram sie za uprawę ziemniaków
To mnie cieszy i życzę wspaniałych zbiorów ziemniaków!
Just a delight watching you in the garden. Digging potatoes was beautiful.
Joan
India
Just the right timing for antipodean gardeners! I am progressively carpeting a large area of my garden this winter with compost, coffee grounds, scythed weeds, manure, layers of cardboard and deep mulch, ready to tuck broad beans, peas, and potatoes in this spring. Haphazardly-mulched potatoes worked well last summer even when sown late, so I'm trying hard to be ready early for the best garden ever this year!
Your superbly-filmed and very thoughtfully-composed vegumentaries are a wonderful inspiration and educational tool for us all.
Thankyou to you Charles and Edward!
Nice to hear this Ruby, and the antipodean perspective!
This film was made by Josh Rogers who is working here this year and is also good with the camera, editing and he composed the music too. Edward is away at university in Edinburgh.
A piece of Heaven on Earth ! A real pleasure to watch this channel, it inspires me. Beautiful soul and work and video and ... potatoesl :) Thank you for sharing!
Ah cool thanks
Thank you for your videos. I'm a beginner with a new allotment and I find your videos extremely educational.
Hello from Iowa usa not sure why I clicked on your video but I enjoyed it very much . This may be something that British people are aware of but for some reason we Americans think that anyone speaking with an accent like yours is an absolute genius, that you are refined of the highest quality and most educated a person can be. All of that may be true,but it wouldn't be because of the accent, I guess it's just a stereotype we Americans have about British people. It is in the am hours and I could not sleep my job is very stressful right now the style of your video and mannerisms are very calming thank you
Patrick thanks for writing and sorry to hear about your job, pleased to help and how curious about the accent interpretation!
Just planted today, 24x Tesco potatoes in what had been my lawn. I'd pre=covered it with old newspaper several months ago to reduce the grass & weeds. I so wish my soil was like yours in the video. Mine is heavy clay, very wet & loads of stones further down. I do have some compost in the making, that I'll be covering the top with in a few weeks, all being well. Phewww... I'm knackered now. JohnnyK.
Wonderful, every little helps 😀
I really enjoyed that Charles. I always look forward to your videos and I'm slowly turning my garden towards no dig.
I couldn't help noticing your squash/pumpkins to the left. It would be great to see you do a start to finish on them please
Thanks Jon and we are close to time limit now, I may well put more info in an online course
Not that you need any more subs but I did bc tho this is 20 minutes long you never repeated yourself, gave tons of info which answered many questions and you showed every step. I’m in very hot and humid central Florida, but I feel I can apply this info with perhaps some minor modifications. GREAT VIDEO!! You should be proud. 💜
Well thanks Lucy, that is a special plaudit. We do our best and Josh who filmed and edited this has a good talent. It's lovely to be able to show the whole process.
Enjoy the other videos, and I have two subscribers in Florida on sand soil who say that no dig with compost mulch works well for them. Just different timings for sure.
Charles Dowding Charles Dowding again, your info is remarkably reassuring. I know only two extremes, here, and Jersey (as in the Channel Islands where my family lives ...) I recall being quite undone when I discovered that it is virtually impossible to grow asparagus here, whereas in Jersey, 14 miles from the coast of France, it is practically a weed! You are truly blessed to have had the foresight to film your “befores and afters.” As I said before, you must be very proud (and rightly so) when you have such a tangible review of how far you’ve come, and the immense difference for the better, that you - and your Josh - have made in your own little corner of the planet (let alone the difference you have made in the lives of complete strangers...). So, bully for Josh who has recorded your accomplishments for all time. You now have proof of the “mark” you have made in this world... plus you have videos that will still exist, AND benefit others, long after we are gone. You have found your purpose in life (at least one anyway!) and not many people can say that. So I salute you, and Josh, and thank you both for such quiet encouragement. Be well. Be blessed. And much love 💜💜💜
Wonderful bedtime viewing Charles. Another lovely (20min) video 👌🏼 Tawny old outside sending me off to sleep. Wonderful combination. Thank you.
Nice thought!
I love to garden and enjoy teaching a bit. So when I say you are an EXCELLENT teacher I mean it! I think I'm going to sit dow and watch your video for enjoyment and find myself scrambling for a pen and paper every time. I have the month of January set aside to binge watch your videos and finally write down all the tips and tricks you so generously share with us. Thank you so much for all the effort you give for us!
How nice, am happy to help Renee
i dont know why but i love this man
Cheers Mantas, the world needs more love
Watching your inspirational results while working my land, you have so many things to teach us and YES we are so teachable as your followers. Cheers from pandemic ITALY, isolation but didn’t quit to work , thank you for making our spring brighter
Thankyou and I wish you health
Great great great video. You are a master gardener. I absolutely love watching you garden😆😇
Thankyou Zalia!
This is a brilliant and very helpful video... I will actually come back to watch it over and over again as a reference for time to come. Many Thanks for such a great harvesting experiement with data of prior vs current years.
Glad you enjoyed it!
it's spring, it's friday and i'm binging on charles dowding! ; )
Same, LoL
Beautiful garden love that it weed free so we can see better on what your talking I’ve learned a lot thank you.
I’m picking up 2 cubic yards of mushroom compost tomorrow! Thanks for the inspiration...it took current isolation for me to garden this well. Such an interesting outcome, and not all bad.
Wow. It's like buring treasure giving pure love, taking lovely care of it & protecting it from disease and Mother Nature is so impressed that she waves her magic wand & blesses you with bountiful harvest. Best relationship ever with nature, without exchanging single word and it stays pure forever ❤❤❤😀
Poetic:)
Just wonderful watching such a master at work! What an inspiration!
thanks Elie
Beautiful potato harvest! Definitely looks like the best way to go. And, it is a joy to watch you. Thank you!
Thanks Gayla
nice garden ! no weeds! everything is clean and beautiful!
I have no words to describe how amazing your videos are. I wish I would have started gardening with your instruction first. I would have saved a LOT of money and back breaking labor.
So nice of you Sherry and it's good going forwards!
Beautiful vídeo. Poetic. I even cried. You are an inspiration for me to continue planting. Thanks.
Thanks so much you are kind
your videos continue over the years to help us learn a sustainable life thank you for all you do
Nice piles of potatoes Charles, and the plants look good too 👍 I grow Patio Potatoes in a bucket of Sea Weed - no dig ... I just add some more, and more sea weed when the tubers form. I do pre-sprout in egg trays in order to have some early in start of June. I also grow some in pots, so I can transplant very easy, since I like the small new potatoes best.
Lovely method and the flavour/nutrition must be superb
Have seen some of your videos so far and every word you pronounce is a treasure.
I should be havesting my potatoes here in a coule of days. Im excited to see the comparison between my potatoes grown in my basement greenhouse vs my out door grow.
Last year I planted potatoes in a raised bed and they got attacked by potato flea beetles. This year I threw them on top of my compost bin and covered with 5 inches of wood chip and they are just about ready to harvest! Beautiful! Your books arrived today and they are absolutely gorgeous! I got the Diary and No Dig Organic Home & Garden. Spending a rainy day in the snug learning and planning for my mid June sowings. 37º N 1600 ft elevation, mountain. I see a lot of homemade goodies in my future! Lovely Recipes for EVERYTHING in your book! I want one of those storage dressers so will be on the lookout for a used one. My favorite photo is seeing that set up as a larder for winter. Pure contentment. (Chapter 10 page 87)
Lovely to hear this, I wish you well
fantastic videos! the video work is lovely. the information is in depth and on topic. your garden is just glorious. i love the season long format. and i must say that as an american i find your accent absolutely charming. keep it up.
Cheers Alex it's my pleasure
Excellent video and excellent content. Thank you for showing no dig and compost gardening. It has changed the way I garden for the better. Thank you!!
Good to hear this Brad
I switched to no dig last year and this was my first year trying out no dig potatoes. I am trying purple, reds, yukon golds and russets. Life has never been easier and more fulfilling after utilizing these simple no dig principles. My family is eating healthy foods for pennies and I'm still able to keep planting more potato seeds, tomatoes, and fruits because my time is so drastically freed up with no weeds nor digging. Thanks again Charles
Wonderful to see this 💚
I never grow tired of watching your videos. They always inspire me and I learn so much. Thank you!
They're like little piles of dragon or alligator eggs. I love them. This video made me so happy. ^.^
After 40+ years of gardening the traditional way, my wife (aided by me, the labourer!) has decided to try the No-Dig route for our potatoes this year (2023). So, we came late to Charles' series of videos, but have really enjoyed them so far. At the moment our potatoes are looking fab and seem to be doing better than previous years. We're looking forward to the harvest and, planning on more no-dig stuff in the future. Thanks Charles!👍
Lovely to see this, I wish you a wonderful harvest and ongoing joy in the garden
@@CharlesDowding1nodig A quick up-date to this - we have now begun to harvest our first crop of no-dig potatoes and sure enough, the yield is much better than we have had in the past! For the first year we are very pleased and I'm guessing it will only get better. We have also found that watering is much more efficient as it doesn't dissipate over unnecessarily dug soil, and important aspect for us here. Of course, now we have the job of storing them properly, something we've never needed to do before😄
Charles, thanks for your work! The science behind why you get less yield when you "fork" or turn the soil is that when you expose the humic acid (which keeps the nutrients from leaching as well as acting as a chelator of nutrients), it mixes with carbon dioxide and turns to a gas and leaves the soil.
Thanks Ryan, very helpful.
This needs to be more known, since broadforking is well esteemed.
I understand that the key is the soil and your soil is right on spot! Good harvest friend!
Yes, thank you
Love your videos. They're very informative. I use a lot of the information you provide...thank you for it! I live in the Deep South of the US, so we have a completely different gardening schedule than you do there, but the theory behind the no dig method works wherever you are. I've been using it for a couple years now and having great results. Just got to figure out how to up my composting game.
Thanks for your interesting feedback, great results
Awesome harvest of potatoes, from the no-dig method. I will definitely be trying this. Enjoy your spuds.
Thanks, I wish you success
Thank you for these sowing-to-harvest videos: these are of great help for novice gardeners like me :) I garden in Poland: the climate here is slightly different, and the growing season is unfortunately a little shorter so we have to make some modifications regarding the follow-up crops. However, I try to apply the principles of no-dig and spread the word about it :)
I love what you're doing and I can't wait to see new videos :) Thank you for all your great work :)
Thankyou Katarzyna and I love how you wish to "spread the word", since so many people just don't know what fun they are missing
This is the best potato planting and harvest video I've ever seen not to mention I do have a very small garden. What I did with any spent plants is that I pulled them out chopped them to smaller pieces and scatter them on the soil I planted them in. Then I cover them with black garden cover for at least 1 month before I can reuse that plot while I focus on my other vegetables the next plot. So I don't have to refertilize manually.
Ah thankyou, and nice feedback