As a child in the 70s, I helped an elderly neighbor make seed tapes all winter long. We used the flour glue but used strips of single layer newspaper instead of tissue. Worked well.

Very clever!

Highly underrated video. Well done. Thanks from Germany. let me know if you need seeds from old breeds of my country's varietys as a thank you.

I only recently learned about seed tape. I've watched a few videos on DIY, but yours is my favorite! Spring has just started, but im out of time for preparing fresh beds. But, this will be great for my medicine garden next year!

This is brilliant, thank you.

Hi mam Please can u tell what was the result of 3rd generation seeds?

Hi Robin, can't believe it was a whole year since you made this video. Been missing my Robin fix so just checking back some of your older stuff for inspiration. Been collecting up my empty milk jugs but wanted to ask can I use this for HHA seeds like cosmos etc or do they need to be hardy for this to work? Hope you aren't working too hard and hope to see a new video from yoj soon.

Thank You :)

I started my sweet potatoes inside yesterday for growing slips. That's what is planted for growing the potatoes. I used 3 of the ones I harvested last year. I'm also getting my milk jugs ready for Winter Sowing my seeds at the end of this month.

I’m halving the amount of potatoes I’m growing this year….I shall miss them

I've got my potatoes chitting. I've done my usual thing and ordered / bought to many. First early - Arran Pilot, Casablanca, Pentland Javelin Second early -Charlotte, Kestrel, Bambino, Caledonian Pearl Maincrop - Maris Bard I will definitely have to find space. Mostly pots some in ground. I would really like to join the grow along. Thanks

Mine are chitting now. Pentland Javelin, Charlotte and Desiree 🤗

Thanks my tattie guru! Funnily enough I had planned to start chitting my potatoes today but didn’t get a chance. Hoping to get them started tomorrow. Happy growing! I’m growing Pentland Javelin first earlier again as they were a big hit with my family. I may try the red next year!

I have 4 Birdies. I got them about 3 years ago. My only complaint is that my soil sank a lot because of the bottom fill that I put in. Not the beds' fault. I do like them and if I had used wood beds it would be about time to replace them but since they are metal, they look as good as the day I put them in.

Been using Birdie’s raised beds for about 3 years now. Even moved house and took them with me, although I did lose all the soil that was in them. Just grab the ribs and lifted those suckers straight off no problem. But Birdie’s have no cross bracing. Might be a tad harder moving these babies. Had a Quick Look but a bit wary because of shipping from the US and customs duty but I did like the look of the U shaped bed. Just can’t justify that kind of expense, then shipping and customs duty, then the price to fill that enormous bed. Might see a 32” round in my future for use as a squash bed maybe but will hunt around first to see if I can find one in the uk

Awww sorry you’ve been poorly hun! Hope you have the energy to fill those beauties! Tho I’d be tempted to spilt them in two so you get 4 beds for your money xx

Glad you are back and feeling better. It will be interesting to see how you fill those deep containers. I have two metal containers that I do some gardening in. Being in Arizona we have easy access to horse troughs. I hope to maybe add two more to my garden this year. They are also good for me because they are self contained. We have a mole problem in my yard and I don’t have to worry about them getting into the containers.

So lovely to see you back doing videos and feeling better. I have never used metal raised beds, I prefer wood (although I know they may not last as long(, just my personal preference but those look awesome and a great size. Looking forward to seeing you grow in them this year. Take care.

Good to see you online again and that you're much better now. I'm guessing you know about our weather here since your family is in the South. Several of our nights were at minus 7 degrees F, so I'm not sure how many of my plants actually survived that. I'll be totally redoing my garden this year and also focusing on a few plants instead of so many different ones. I'll stick with my 18-gallon totes and other containers since they're easier to deal with alone, plus they'll use a lot less soil, etc to fill them. I have a garden stool I sit on so I'm not bending over as much. It'll be interesting to see how those work for you this year. Question - how rust resistant are they? Take care of yourself!

Great ideas. Perhaps, sprinkled on the surface of a bed, the sharpness of the powder will deter snails and slugs.

I like container gardening. My most prolific vegetable is the jalapeños peppers. I can't eat them but once they start producing, they are prolific until cold weather. At least a gallon bag of peppers per plant.. My Bea Balm also grows better in a container. Some rodent has killed the the ones planted in the ground each year so I put one in a container. Columbine too grew well in a container. And geraniums. I can put the containers in a shed for the winter and bring them out in spring.

I’ve been ground growing years and this year grew more in containers and loved how clean my produce came out 😄

Thanks Robin, great video. I grew all of my veggies in containers this year. It is hard to pick a favourite! But I would say Red Onions and Potatoes have to be tied for first place.

Even though you don't live in the U. S. anymore, I'm still wishing you a Happy Thanksgiving. I grow everything in containers.

Thanks for sharing. I've experienced a lot of positive outcomes. Okra was my favorite thing to grow in a container😊

I also put the egg shell in a coffee grinder. That I just used for the egg shells.

You should NOT have sweatshirt strings or anything else loose hanging down

Very nice, thanks for sharing your process.🌞 I'm a new subscriber.

A good friend of mine had an Italian neighbor thaf had a beautiful backyard garden (verg large), and one day while she was at work, he had a whole truckload of chicken manure delivered and dumped on his garden! When she got home that night...........Boy was she hit with the "garden aroma" from next door! Needless to say, the next few days she could not wait to go to work!!!! The " aroma" went away in a few days and he went on to have a "FABULOUS" garden and she got a nice assortment of huge veggies for her "inconvenience!!" They were good friends, but he had never gotten a truckload of manure before! She still laughs about it today! God Bless!

i had 53 varieties of carrots last season. For every variety i had 10 rows à 150cm ( 3x50cm). If i would have done it, like you show it, i would still working on it. 😉 But the idea is good, no question. If you do it every 2,5cm it works perfectly... 👍

One of my tomato plants (in self-watering bucket) had blight so I cut it down and trashed it. Does that mean the organic soil it was growing in cannot be saved in any way?😊

Potting mix or Potting soil? There is a difference

next year will be berlotti bean year ❤. I don’t know how I got too lazy to sow them

Just a point. This tool comes from China, so delivery takes 2 weeks or more. Hope I don't have to return it when it eventually arrives

Wow, Amazing harvest Robin! I'd love to have an archway but I don't think I have enough space. I have been using obelisk's so far. I had more luck with peas than I did with my beans this year.

I have grown Borlotti beans for several years and I love them. I eat them fresh, freeze some and dry most of them. I gave some of dried beans to my Son which he visited from London and when he took them home his partner who is Brazilian loved them. She said they were very similar to a bean she loves in Brazil, but she hasn't found anything like them in the UK. I always share some of the dried ones for her every year now. This year I have grown Greek Giganties for the first time and I'm really happy with them. I have dried them to use over Winter.

🤫🤫🤫🤫🤫🤫🤫🤫🤫OK, won't tell a soul!

I've been watching about all of the storms in Scotland and hope you're OK!

That looks like a handy piece of equipment. Can I make a suggestion though, when using any tools with moveable parts, please keep your cords from your hoodie tucked away. My heart was in my mouth seeing them dangling so close to the blade, if they got tangled in the moving parts they could strangle you.

That looks like a handy tool Robin. I like having tools that allow me to do small projects without having to ask for my husbands help.

My husband found my little box of "to plant" potatoes a week or two ago. It's a small box of green or ugly potatoes (has "to plant" written on the lid" that I know that he won't want to cook but I can through in a fabric pot and get some that he will cook. Well, he thought it was so funny that I had a box of potatoes stashed in the back of our spare room closet.

Hey Robin, glad you mentioned about saving green potatoes for next seasons seed, so many believe they can’t but as you said they’re perfectly fine to grow from😄 I’ll be growing red Duke of York (2nd early) and Desire (main crop) next year 😄 I love the versatility of both

I harvested my Sweet Potatoes last week. I planted more slips and left them in the soil longer this year. Think I'll add another tote of them next year. Sweet Potatoes are my favorite and I have enough to last me through this winter. YEA! Now I want to grow enough to last me until the next year's harvest. Yes, it's good to evaluate what worked and what didn't. I'll be changing a lot of what I'll be growing next year. Sticking with some of the same and eliminating others. The big question for everyone is What will our weather be like for next year's growing season? My first frost date is from now until the end of this month, so I'm starting to put my garden to bed for the winter.

Yes ... I would so like to do a grow along!! BTW what varieties of tomatoes did you do this year?

Looking forward to the grow along 😀

Grow along would be fun

You sound American then you use a word like “quid “?

Hi Robin, thank you so much for your video. When I lived in Edinburgh I tried growing corn for a couple of years, one year was in a square foot garden bed, the second in a polytunnel. I don't think I got as far as pollination though! I was wondering about baby corn as opposed to full size sweetcorn - does it need less time from planting to harvest? Might make it a better option in Scotland. I may give it a try next season :)

Lovely to see a SWWHat! Have you ever been up there? I really want to go one day! Shall follow all your videos with interest, but first I have to catch up with these existing ones!