Lovely lady Melisa , Respectful of her elder -😀 so nice to see.

Thank you for a very informative program.

Great stuff,I loved the video about malocchio shame is not there anymore ❤

Great advice,thank you 😊

This was a wonderful find. Thanks for this time with Ron. I think I bought some of his chrysanthemums many years ago. More time with gardeners & plantsmen like him please.

My Spencer seeds are in their pots now, and thanks to Ron's advice....I expect a gold at the Chelsea flower show!!!! UK

I love the no nonsense approach that comes from experience! He's not messing around with propergation trays!

Thank you so much Melissa & Ron. I love sweet peas, my Pop used to grow mountains of them. I haven't grown them for a few years but am going to again this year & am going to follow every one of these tips especially as I'm in High Wycombe so conditions will be exactly the same.

This is such a great video for novice like me. Thank you.

Just lovely , so special having such a wonderful gentleman offer his knowledge from many years of planting . Great Australians sharing knowledge -thank you so much. I truly hope you relationship with Ron continues to bloom. I would love know the story behind some of those photos on the wall in his shed...The Lynn Seaton flower for instance. Such a treasure.

Brilliant video! Thank you so much 💐

Best straight forward gardening video I've watched.

My family is Calabrese. We are from Badolato. This is the first year in my almost 40 years we didn't have zippolis. I'm the only one who ever learned and this year it was just too much. But, I love this video and I love that I understood everything she said. Our dialect is very specific and the random English words really hit home

Franco seems like a great guy! I'm in Freo, I wish he was my neighbour...

M8d September, on the Copper Coast, South Australia and my Old Spice sweetpeas are still without flowers or any sign of flowers coming. They were planted as seeds by mid April. Id like to know if they have they failed please?

Wonderful and lovely garden. Happy gardening friend.

By far the most informative on how to grow sweet pea.I have my first lot growing now.Hopefully I can master the art.What a true gem Ron is.

Amazing!

hello friend Im new in your channel but i really enjoyed watching plants fruits also mango very big eggplants different types of plantsyou eats fresh pipino my beautiful friend

It looks like you’re down the road from us. I’m asking all the neighbours when we go for a walk, do you know Franco? Love your work.

Thank Ron. How beautiful to watch your knowledge. Love sweet peas but I’m just starting for my own enjoyment… your gift to all of us lovers is simply pure generosity

Beautiful to hear her speak Calabrese

Thanks Ron and Melissa. I am going to have a go this year at growing them.

I know this video was done 3 years ago... but I wanted to thank you for this video...Big hugs from here... ❤ I became a big fan of Mr. Seaton...🤭

"No ma, not the scissors!"- my favorite part of this.

Hi fry some paprika in oil and added onions is a must

Brilliant thank you so very much. Terrific Blooming content and made me feel like I was with you there. Loved it. 😍

Such a good video. My husband and I enjoyed watching this. Thanks.

Thanks Ron & Melissa… this vid just popped up in my feed… great info and answered a lot of my probs growing sweet peas.

Cugino, la gita e chiamata in siciliano, il nome è bieta in italiano, complimenti per il tuo bellissimo giardino.

Ohh, so cute 😍

🙌👍👍

Amazing and beautiful 😍

Nice job Zio Franco. Your garden is EPICO!

Great video. I am going to give sweet peas a crack. Loved Ron and all his knowledge and loved your bright and happy style Melissa. Very helpful Thanks 😊

Thanks for this, Melissa. We're in Darwin and I really want to give this a crack. We have another 4-5 months of coolish weather to get a result.

Great advice. So nice to have tips for Australia (You both should be on Gardening Australia). Thank you.

I love sweet pea ❤️

You are a good interviewer

What sweet pea variety would survive in tropical weather like hawaii?

No offence but that is not how Calabrese make chickpeas and pasta. To begin with we use actual chickpeas - soaked overnight. Cook them slowly for quite a while next day. If they are not cooked correctly they are tough. However when we do them they melt in your mouth. Even if using the tinned chickpeas they need to be thoroughly rinsed first before adding to the pan. The base for the sauce requires FINELY chopped onion COOKED gently till translucent then a little passata or chopped tinned tomatoes added with some water and slowly cooked down. Then the cooked chickpeas are added and simmered gently. If potato or finely chopped carrot is added there is no need to mash it up. It should not resemble baby food. There is no point in you cooking the chickpeas from a can because they are already cooked. I have seen this dish made over generations of calabrese women and when my late mother made it looked like something on the cover of a food magazine. Certainly not with canned Ceci if it is meant to be traditional Calabrese.

i live in theuk i bought some sweet peas but it dosent say on the packet when to sow , can you help

Many thanks Ron for explaining the feeding procedure, as this is my first attempt at growing Sweetpeas. I appreciate your help. And Melissa you are a cutie for putting this video together for us. Thank you

Classic really great to see I will have to show my Nonna 👍

Hi Mellissa, I live in Queensland will Sweet Peas grow here?..Thank you for your video.

Hi Melissa, I am interested in purchasing some seed if available?

Very informative, you should do more of these!

Absolutely wonderful video. Thank you. As a keen gardener who emigrated from the UK 14 years ago, this is fantastic information. Learning and adapting to Aussie conditions every year. Beats a cold greenhouse in England and sowing my sweet pea seeds in toilet roll tubes 😂 More videos with the priceless knowledge from Ron would be amazing.

Love seeing the 'knowledge' being passed on and shared. Thanks Ron, I'm going to run out in the morning and nip mine out and feed them up, only mistake was planting at the back of a bed with hydrangeas and they're acid lovers I think, so next year I'll plant differently. Many thanks and hope to catch you both at one of the shows later in the year.

Let me know when you have some of his showcasing seed available. I'm interested in starting growing my own showing sweet peas