12 Things I Learned in 2020

[@Picci25021973]

Thank you for being the most transparent and honest youtube gardener ever!

[@REDGardens]

:)

[@rosea830]

I'm glad to hear your partner is recovering! Have you thought about saving seeds? We had a good amount of food put away, but when I went to order seeds everyone here was sold out. I had to rely on what I saved and couldn't really try any new varieties last spring. As far as bees go, I have a crab apple tree in my garden that seems to attract all the pollinators and I try to plant zinnias and marigolds in with the veggies because they flower all growing season.

[@REDGardens]

Thanks. i ave thought a lot about saving seeds, and have done some in the past, and want to do more in the future. I have found the extra hassle, time and space seed saving takes a bit much on busy years, and I grow more varieties and types of vegetables than I could realistically save seed for. I think a lot of people had trouble getting seeds last years, and I fear even more will have trouble the season.

[@MrZesty-zu4xj]

@@REDGardens I had to buy seeds in August to get ready for the season March/April. I've been saving seeds for about two years and I'm slowly working out all the kinks.

[@pamelabratton2501]

you can also plant out of your pantry. That bag of dry beans will do nicely!

[@sislertx]

I grow mostly.flowers now..but this year i allowed.1000 of native sunflowers to grow..I actually had a lot more bees come...a lot. Birds too..i.call it my jungle...and they are about 10nfoot tall loaded with lots of flowers about ready to.come to an.end as heat us about here. I love walking underthem going.from one.building to the next..a really unused space too. Next year im gonna.stake a.few a think many have fallen over with weight.

[@seraaron]

Thanks for your work Bruce. KZbin hasn't recommend me your videos in a while, but hopefully as we come into Spring that will change, and your views will pick up again. Your channel really is one of the most thoughtful and insightful gardening channels out there. Looking forward to this year

[@REDGardens]

Thank you. I suspect it hasn't been recommending video because I haven't made many in the past while, but hope to be much more regular with the uploading this year.

[@dollyperry3020]

You might consider having a few hives in the center of your garden zone to help with the pollination issues. I'm grateful for your partners recovery. I had breast cancer in 2019.

[@REDGardens]

Sorry to hear about your cancer. Hope you are doing well now. I don't think moving the bee hives closer will help. According to my father (a beekeeper with more than 40 years experience) the honey bees will regularly pass over flowers that are closer and binge on more desirable flowers farther away.

[@dollyperry3020]

@@REDGardens My cancer is gone knock on wood and pray. I just take tamoxifen for four more years. Thank you for the kind wishes. Regarding those snarky bees....I trust your father's many years of experience, but how frustrating is that! Fingers crossed they will do the job this year!

[@trillium7582]

"The broader events of 2020 offered an exceptional opportunity to learn a wide range of different things, many of which you probably didn't want to learn." I laughed out loud. Nothing describes my 2020 like this! Thank you. I'm very glad to see this video - I was wondering about how you were doing the other day, and hoping you were well. Wishing you and your partner all the best for 2021, in the garden and in health.

[@REDGardens]

Thank you!

[@bingo36able]

Just wanted to extend a thanks for your videos and your very measured, patient style of presenting information and research. Once the shut-downs began in my city, I began to keep a little patio garden, and while it was a very puny thing I had assembled largely of store-bought soil and old buckets, I found these much more ambitious and detailed videos of yours to be very instructive and, in a way, meditative. I wish you and your partner all the best with the cancer recovery and I hope that 2021 presents more opportunities for you to learn and share!

[@REDGardens]

Thank you, that was a really great comment to get.

[@liabobia]

Agree 100% about resilience lessons from last year. I'm only an amateur permaculturist, but even the small variety of vegetables I grow provided me with many meals during those times when cases were high in my area. I can plant out my garden this year with saved seed, as well, when all the home garden seed companies are sold out.

[@REDGardens]

It was so great to be able to supply lots of vegetables last year, to not have to worry so much.

[@continual-improvement374]

So sorry to hear about your personal challenges of 2020, on top of all the chaos. I wish you both much strength and thank you for your continued commitment to sharing your research and experiences with us all via the RED Gardens KZbin channel. Your approach and insights are priceless and we're definitely looking forward to the new season. Thanks again for posting!!

[@REDGardens]

Thank you, a really great comment to get.

[@eugenesanderson6742]

Welcome back, we missed you. I have learnt so much from you and since I started my own garden I've learnt even more 1: Pests can take over, and quickly! 2: Learn what grows upright and what grows as a vine, this one caught me ... improper research on beans :/ 3: Summer squash produce a lot of food... and I mean a LOT!!! I never knew a simple courgette could grow so big in just a single week! 4: Prepare your garden with a lawnmower, mash up the organics on the top and leave the soil in tact. This is great for soil biology, but bad if you have diseased plants 5: For some reason, the food from your garden always taste better than that what you bought in store Can't wait to see more

[@REDGardens]

Thanks! All very useful things to learn.

[@robertjeffery3237]

Thank you for the information on your partner. Cancer is what took my father. Chemo is horrid but many times necessary.

[@REDGardens]

Thanks. Cancer is tough, but seems so much more treatable these days, even if the treatment is still really rough.

[@ginger_wby]

Good to hear from you again. Looking forward to seeing your progress with new projects this year! 🌱

[@REDGardens]

Me too!

[@aacallison1535]

I just discovered your KZbin channel in the past 6 months. It's become my most frequently watched, possibly because of the season. Spring is my favorite time year. And as a hobbiest gardener, I've come to believe that all gardeners are also philosophers.

[@heathersutherlin6632]

Thank you for sharing. Your #12 was hard to hear about, as the same happened to my partner...one year ago we got the news. What a year. Thankfully he is doing okay...first scans are clear. Resiliency is where it’s at. Sante.

[@REDGardens]

Yeah, cancer is tough!

[@alisonburgess345]

Very interesting, thoughtful video Bruce. I was especially impressed to hear about the resilient community you've built over there, which helped you weather the storm. Glad you guys got through your own close-to-home health crisis, too. Looking forward to your videos in 2021 - you're the only KZbin producer I support and your content is worth every cent!

[@REDGardens]

Thank you for the comment, and your continued support! It is a great community, though so much to still do!

[@TheRealDanno]

I’m sorry for your health troubles this year. Sending positive energy to you and your partner. Hoping it’ll be completely behind you soon. Thanks for all the tips, you have a great channel. All the best!

[@REDGardens]

Thank you.

[@continual-improvement374]

As for the seeds, I definitely recommend Bingenheimer Saatgut in Germany and Reinsaat in Austria!

[@REDGardens]

I already got some in from Bingenheimer Saatgut, and I was impressed with their range of supply. I will have to look into Reinsaat as well, thanks.

[@felimuller909]

@@REDGardens I can additionally recommend sativa www.sativa.bio/en/ . Like bingenheimer, they offer organic seeds and they specialise in preserving old and rare varieties (no F1 hybrids), plus a wide variety of flowers, green manures and medicinal plants. glad to hear your partner is doing alright!

[@REDGardens]

@@felimuller909 thanks

[@Enchantedlight_20_13_]

Danke werd ich mir merken !😉

[@nickn.332]

Fantastic to hear that your partner got through and is recovering, its a stressful situation to be in or to have a loved one go through. Ringing that bell at the end has got to be a whole collection of emotions. Within my household we've had a similar experience this year with my father, and thankfully the treatment has also closed well thus far. Its been an especially hectic year for especially unwelcome diagnoses. From a different perspective, In a way, the globally depressed flu season has been a blessing, so I'd suppose there was a silver lining to this year being as it was. I hope Cloughjordan has been safe from widespread transmission, and stays that way! Its been a very fortunate year for more remote living. Best wishes!

[@REDGardens]

Thanks. Yeah, it is has been a stressful time for many reasons, with a whole collection of emotions, as you say. Sorry to hear about your father. Thankfully Cloughjordan has been broadly spared from transmission, we have had a few cases but no community spread that I am aware of. Hope it stays that way.

[@KarenMnana]

Wonderful to see you again! Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge, experience and challenges. As a 2 time cancer survivor...it’s both an ordeal and a life changer. May you and your partner be blessed with good health, happiness, and bountiful harvests in 2021 and after. Your efforts teach and inspire me. Thank you! (Mrs. Ralph, who does ALL the gardening) 👩🏼‍🌾

[@REDGardens]

Thank you.

[@pauljolstead2752]

I’m so glad your partner is doing better.

[@REDGardens]

Thanks.

[@derekcox6531]

It’s great to see you back! I love your thoughtful approach to gardening and always watch with great interest as you continue to test out new ways in your gardens. Hopefully 2021 will find us all moving back into a more even and less stress filled way of life.👍

[@REDGardens]

Thanks so much!

[@luraleerocks]

Hello from Oregon, USA. Excellent video. I enjoyed your observations. As a 15 year cancer survivor, there is hope and health on the other side of chemo.

[@REDGardens]

Thank you!

[@BostonBonsaiIdiot]

So sorry to hear about your partner. And cheers to complete remission! Let’s hope 2021 proves itself to be a little better than 2020 in all aspects. Another amazing video. The bit about the pollinators being selective both surprised me and yet...didn’t. It makes total sense. All you hear is “attract attract,” but there’s never any mention of drawing them away from the plants you need them to pollinate. Cheers man, happy 2021?

[@REDGardens]

Thanks! It is a strange one about pollinators, and yet once you think about it, it makes sense that they would go for the stuff that is more attractive. I would!

[@samuelbarrow5604]

happy to hear your partner is on the road to health!! i know that it’s been hard on you. i’ve been reading the comments and a lot of people are saying that the seeds are sold out in their area. where i’m at it’s quite the contrary. we have an abundance of seeds whereas usually the stores around here would already be getting a second shipment or something.

[@REDGardens]

It is a strange year for seeds around here already, but I can imagine every place is different.

[@AtheistEve]

Good to see a round up. Let’s hope this year gives us all some respite.

[@REDGardens]

I do hope so!

[@michaelmcclafferty3346]

Thanks Bruce for another very informative video. I’m very pleased to hear that your partner is getting better. It’s very tough dealing with cancer as my family know too. I have been giving surplus seed away here in Scotland to my fellow allotment holders and haven’t experienced any real shortage. I need however, to improve the resilience of my plots after flooding. I don’t know who thought Brexit was a good idea. I loved the LED and propagating information your posted and will use these ideas. All the best Michael

[@REDGardens]

Thanks! I think we all need to adjust to the new conditions brought about by the mess of Brexit, though it will be different issues in different places.

[@michaelmcclafferty3346]

@@REDGardens You are welcome. I hope that one of the many game changers of C19 is more people being able to grow and buy their food locally. Your channel gives so much to enable people to do that. Thanks. Due to Brexit ,local fishermen here in north-east Scotland face ruin. It’s so sad and avoidable. Many things have to change here but a good start will be the rise of home grown food .

[@REDGardens]

@@michaelmcclafferty3346 Yeah, there are so many sad and avoidable things going on these days, but as you say, at least more people are growing their own food.

[@prunaadrian-nicusor6509]

You are gold for every gardner out there, please keep sharing your experience with us.

[@REDGardens]

Thanks!

[@SHUSWAPMAN]

So glad to hear of your partner's FULL REMISSION!!! My 9 year old daughter went thru treatments in 2014 to 2015 and am grateful to say the same for her today too. She's 16 now, gonna be 17 in the summer when our garden's gonna be in full production & am excited to hear that she wants to be fully involved in our small circle's big pantry garden!! Stay well, will keep watching your content. fr. Kamloops, BC

[@REDGardens]

Thank you! Glad to hear your daughter is doing well, that must have been a tough tough thing to watch your child go through. It was bad enough with my partner! Enjoy the summer! Kamloops, BC, I have an uncle living there! Visited once a long time ago, very cool place.

[@SHUSWAPMAN]

@@REDGardens honestly, was horrific!!! She living with effects of treatments but that's expected as much as that's the terrible consequences. She said she'd help install the deer fence this year 😉 ... as that's what our large experimental crops were grown for last year ... hahaa Somebody's healthy harvest too 🦌 🦌 🦌

[@REDGardens]

@@SHUSWAPMAN Great that she is getting into the gardens to help.

[@joebrowning2358]

I'm truly sorry to hear your partner has been battling cancer. Glad to hear things are going well. Love your channel. The content is superb and I especially like your delivery and thoughtful analysis. I will continue to remember you and your partner in my prayers. I think growing food is one of the most important things we can do in light of an uncertain future. Your comments about a closer community working for the benefit of all is most insightful and prophetic. Keep up the good work and thanks.

[@REDGardens]

Thank you for the very supportive comments.

[@farmerchick3040]

So glad everything turned out good for your partner and yourself. 2020 was most definitely a crazy year. Being able to grow your own food is definitely a reassuring thing.

[@REDGardens]

Thanks. Yeah, growing food was a benefit in so many different ways, even as simple as having somewhere pleasant to go and be productive, when so many people were stuck.

[@peterdunlop7691]

Thank you for sharing your experiences, I’m glad things are looking up for your family.

[@REDGardens]

Thank you so much!

[@peterwallace9221]

I wish you and your partner all the best for 2021 and beyond. Thank you for all your work and thoughts.

[@REDGardens]

Thank you so much!

[@peter2327]

Sorry to hear about the cancer thingie, and glad to hear about the complete remission. One of my lockdown projects might be of interest to you, in the "avoid polyester ropes and other plastic in future" department: Use wire! - any soft, non-pre-stretched wire will do. If you buy it, it has to be "annealed" (softened by heat treatment). I learned about "clamptite", "haywire clamper" and ХОМУТАТЕЛЬ a few years ago, and dismissed it, it seemed too improvised to me. Last year I tried it due to boredom, build a "haywire clamper" clone in about 100min from scraps from the bin. My brother dismissed it, it seemed too improvised to him. He challenged me to build a test piece with 16 clamped connections, with high pressure hose. He maxed out his testing pump at 60bar, none of the connections failed, despite being clamped with old weathered chicken fence top wire (1.8mm). You cannot only clamp hoses, but connect handles to things, attach slats to fence posts, bind camera fixtures to lantern posts, you can sew together planks... anything you can imagine. You could also use it to wrap quartered hazelnut rods or bamboo or old water pipe as a ridge beam to the polytunnel, to hang your tomato plants from.

[@REDGardens]

Very interesting tool. Thanks.

[@Hazel_Dazel]

I'm so glad your partner is in remission! Whatta year! So glad to see your new post, your thoughtful way of farming with lots of calm descriptions is wonderful. I am in the West Coast of the US and while we don't have the Brexit worries, it is often difficult to get seeds due to all the new gardeners, which is a pain and wonderful all at the same time. A whole new generation are trying out their own victory gardens and learning about resiliency or just how calming working in the soil can be. I hope you have a wonderful 2021!

[@REDGardens]

Thanks! As you say, it is both a hassle and wonderful that there are so many out there starting to grow that the supply systems are not able to keep up with the new demand.

[@pablot.o.4345]

Watched all your videos, hope everything turns out well because you have changed my way of learning/unlearning things and shaped my opinions into a much larger scope, one I would never imagine. And it is really ugly to know that you and your loved ones are facing such a demanding challenge like cancer. It's a rare coincidence I'm also facing something similar myself, luckily I had it taken off my body. Apart from that must write personal comment, I want to know what kind of ligths you use (specs/characteristics) and approximately how many plants can cover. It is a mistery to me since 2020 how is it possible this channel has so few subscribers, given that It might be one of the most necessary. Abrazo sincero compañero, y que todo salga bien! Gracias por todo!

[@REDGardens]

Thanks! Glad to hear that people are getting a lot to of my explorations and videos. Sorry to hear about your cancer - it is tough. I use two LED strip lights side by side on each shelf which holds 3 large 60x40cm trays of plants/seedlings The Lights are waterproof 1.2m long, 35W and 460lm - I have 6 of them on 3 shelves. I got them from here www.screwfix.ie/p/sylvania-single-4ft-led-weatherproof-batten-white-35w-4600lm/130gx

[@dawnmorning]

Thank you for your transparency in live and growing.

[@REDGardens]

:)

[@williamvanbeek663]

Thank you for a "from the heart" overview of 2020. I learn from every one of your posts. Keep up the good work.

[@REDGardens]

Thank you. I am glad that you got something out if it.

[@sunalwaysshinesonTVs]

Glad to hear your partner's doing well. And thank you once again for sharing your reflections. You provide me a tremendous amount to think about as I plan ahead and I always look forward to your updates.

[@REDGardens]

Thank you. Hope you have a good season!

[@catherinegreer991]

So sorry to hear the challenges you and your partner faced last year! So glad it is in remission.

[@REDGardens]

Thank you.

[@EtainMcCloud]

My heart goes out to you and your partner. I lost my father to cancer a few years ago, and then my mother had to battle it directly after. She's in complete remission. I'm so happy to hear that your partner is in remission and is recovering.

[@REDGardens]

Thanks, and sorry to hear about your own family. Cancer is a tough one for so many families.

[@bobaloo2012]

One tip about intercropping in the Spring, I've found that mustard plants severely suppress the growth of tomato plants nearby. Keep them far apart, as in different beds.

[@REDGardens]

That is interesting, thanks for sharing.

[@APetula]

I am really happy for your learning and especially wishing you happiness. I am personally happy to hear that your partner is in great path to recovery! :) And YES, your work is extremely relevant! Keep on doing if you can!

[@REDGardens]

Thanks!

[@Alex-hp6tr]

The way information is presented alongside an abundance of high quality video clips is such an engaging editing style. Always excited for the next video. Keep up the good work!

[@REDGardens]

Thank you! Glad you appreciate my efforts.

[@kurt5490]

Absolutely the work you are doing is more important than ever!

[@fxm5715]

Thank you, Bruce, for all the different aspects of learning and growth you share, not just in the garden. You are very much appreciated.

[@REDGardens]

:)

[@peterrussell6029]

I hope your better half is on the mend - thanks for all the great content 👍

[@REDGardens]

Thanks 👍

[@sheelaghomalley3292]

Sorry to hear you and your partner had a tough time in 2020. Thank you for the really detailed and practical video.

[@REDGardens]

Thanks of your considerate comment. It was a tough time, but recovery is well under way, even if it is slow.

[@TheFourthWinchester]

Sorry to hear about your partner. My mom was diagnosed with cancer and had a surgery and also 3 days of chemo every 14 days since corona started for 8 sessions. It was hell to witness how much she shrivelled up.

[@REDGardens]

Oh, that is a really tough chemo treatment. Although my partner really struggled it was not that rough, and thankfully didn't need surgery.

[@lenamccown5442]

I am glad to hear that your partner is doing well. This was a good review of 2020. May 2021 be a great year.

[@REDGardens]

Thank you!

[@emmettroche313]

Looking forward to this video!

[@REDGardens]

:)

[@steveneason893]

As always, well done, sir! Your work is valuable. Today would have been my 41st anniversary, but I lost my lover and best friend over a decade ago. I am glad you are able to continue with your life partner. I wish you joy!

[@REDGardens]

Thank you. It is great to still have her in my life, though it has only been 29 years for us. If my math is correct it sound like you two were together for about that long, sorry to hear you didn't have a lot longer.

[@johnsweeney1898]

Hi Bruce, it would be great to hear your conclusions on the tomato vararities. There are so many. I always grow Sungold and one or two others.

[@REDGardens]

I have a video under works, and hopefully will get it out in the next few weeks. Sungold is great.

[@RaviolistRavioli]

Glad to hear your partner is doing well. Good luck in the upcoming growing season!

[@REDGardens]

Thank you!

[@nerdaccount]

Great video! I come from a people who were famous for their farming but we've been away from it for a few generations now. I'm living back on my home reservation in North Dakota in the USA, and I've been SLOWLY trying to get back to my farming roots. I started with a garden that was 4 by 4 feet! LOL So tiny. But now it's 4 by 10. I wish I could tell you that all that ancestral knowledge came flooding back but it did not. My first couple of growing seasons were very very interesting but not very fruitful! LOL But a friend a few miles away had an abundant garden so I'm hopeful I can do better this year! I love your channel and I'm glad you are both healthy and ready for a new season! It was -30 fahrenheit just three days ago here, so spring is aways off.

[@REDGardens]

Thank you. That is great that you are growing, and hope you have amazing abundance from your garden soon!

[@gailwarrington3841]

Really enjoyed your reflexion of last years growing season. Glad your partner is better, tough being ill during 2020. I am hoping the next growing season will be better for everyone with good weather and tasty crops for all 🤞👍

[@REDGardens]

I really hope for the same!

[@Logiwonk]

Man, I'm glad to hear your partner is in remission and has good support from the medical system and glad to hear you got the seeds you need for the year. As always your calm, logical voice is a balm in these times. Thanks again for your work and your videos.

[@REDGardens]

Thanks you, and interesting to hear that my 'voice' is valued!

[@katipohl2431]

One problem about Plasmodiophora brassicae (club root desease) is that it can even survive in weeds of the brassica family and soil algae as literature says. Wishing all the best for your partners health. Keep up the important work and get us informed.

[@REDGardens]

I want to do more research into how prevalent that diseases is in this area, with the high pH soils, as I don't know anyone who has been affected.

[@Thathumanoverthere1701]

So very happy to hear your partner is in remission. Thank you for your time.

[@REDGardens]

Thanks.

[@ponteconscientia8828]

Thank you for your dedication and hard work! Only blessings for you and your family!

[@REDGardens]

Thank you.

[@Recoveringred]

Wishing you and your partner the swiftest possible return to optimal health, best of luck to you in the gardens, too.

[@REDGardens]

Thanks!

[@Vanamutt]

Having lights inside also has the added benefit of heating your house.

[@REDGardens]

Yes, a little bit. I am surprised how little heat these LED lights give off.

[@ariehell3683]

Wow, I really liked this video. It was nice to see some of your beliefs and I’m glad they seem to align with mine. I will enjoy watching your videos even more now.

[@billastell3753]

Glad to hear your partner beat the cancer. Our family has been through it and know how it feels. With regards to the seed supply challenge. Save your own seeds Red. With a very few exceptions it is quite easy. As well you will find saved seeds, if you take only from the best plants, will be better than store bought.

[@REDGardens]

Thank you. Seed saving is something that I did a lot of years ago, but gave up for the past number of years, mainly as it was just another task and thing to keep track of, when i was already overwhelmed. It was easier and a lot more convenient to simply spend the hour it took to order anything I needed. But I am starting to save more seed now.

[@johhny711]

Another very informative Video Bruce, I'm sorry to hear that your Partner had a run-in with cancer at such an unfortunate time, but delighted it has worked out so well. I'm binge-watching a few of your latest instalments, have not checked in for a while.

[@REDGardens]

Thank you.

[@freddaniels434]

Keep up the good work my friend happy to watch especially with the snow in my native Vermont 👍

[@REDGardens]

Thanks!

[@awkwardbbq8332]

Great information and perspective. As a beginner gardener it's valuable information!! Thanks

[@richardhart7652]

Wishing you and yours a better and healthy 2021

[@REDGardens]

:)

[@Aermydach]

Sorry to hear about your partner's cancer. Though, glad it resulted in complete remission! My mum had a benign cancer in one of her shoulders. The surgery to remove it resulted in her losing the ability to lift her arm, unfortunately. I admire your reflective learning style. Tis great to hear from you again! I feel like it's been ages. Just the other day I was wondering when we'd see you.

[@REDGardens]

Thanks you! It has been ages since I last sod a video, more than two months. I guess I needed a break!

[@danielfisch655]

I learned that I need to learn more and your channel is a huge part of this process for us. Thank you for sharing your knowledge via your videos and God Bless you and your partner.

[@REDGardens]

Thank you.

[@gailthornbury291]

I hope you and your partners health and happiness continue to mend. I too ordered my seeds in December so that problem has been bypassed at least for this year. I can’t get summer bulbs or starter plants or soft fruit delivered which is frustrating. I’ll just have to grow more from seed I suppose but I don’t have a suitable propagation set up at the moment. I will just have to do without very early starts on some varieties. Still plenty to grow! I’m in Northern Ireland and I think seed shortages are the least of our problems.

[@REDGardens]

Lots of different pressures fro adapt these days, but I can imagine in Northern Ireland there would be a very different hierarchy of needs! Best of luck with it all.

[@blancareysurman7283]

I just found you on you tube. Thank you for all your interesting articles and for sharing your knowledge. I hope your partner has recovered completely!. My best wishes, B

[@REDGardens]

Glad you found my channel. My partner is still recovering, thanks.

[@bully08873]

In my opinion 'pollinator attracting plants' is detrimental to pollinating what you actually want. As you say, the bees are lazy and/or have strong preferences, and so hand pollinating cucurbits is necessary. In my much smaller setting it's doable.

[@REDGardens]

They do seem picky. My dad has been a beekeeper for decades and has always said that bees will binge on their preferred flowers, until they are gone.

[@patrickconnolly2400]

Happy New Year to you Bruce, and thanks for the video. I'm sorry to hear about your partner's issues, but glad to hear they are on the mend. Here's to the next growing year.

[@REDGardens]

Thanks!

[@thornhedge9639]

I'm into like the fourth of your videos. You have a unique perspective, which I appreciate. So I've subscribed......

[@REDGardens]

Thanks, glad you found my channel!

[@jeffmartin693]

Thank you! I have been looking forward to you 2021 kickoff

[@REDGardens]

Glad to finally get a video out!

[@am2schmarvelous]

The problem with the storytelling nature of humans is that we gravitate towards exceptional stories of problems and mistakes and then we assume that story reflects the general realities. But it's the exception that makes the story good. Boring statistical data about mortality rates and morbidity and access don't make interesting stories. I'm so glad your partner is doing well. Stay safe.

[@REDGardens]

A good way of putting it. Thanks.

[@wipeoutxl21]

thanks for sharing #12, hope you and your partner stay healthy in 2021!

[@REDGardens]

Thanks.

[@stuartbenzie6115]

Great to have a new video for 2021, good luck and best wishes from north east Scotland a frozen north east.

[@REDGardens]

Thanks 👍

[@alcast4774]

Glad to see you back. Hope the new year will be a healthy one.

[@REDGardens]

Thanks!

[@jimmyjohnny3779]

Glad your partner is doing better. Yes, your work is very important. Last year I let a small amount of my veg go to seed for the first time. Important to learn how to gather our owns seeds from now on. God bless your work ❤️☘️👍

[@REDGardens]

Thanks

[@janediamond7314]

Your videos are so helpful and straightforward. Thank you!

[@REDGardens]

Glad you like them!

[@aimee2645]

Thank you Bruce, Inspiring words and inspiring garden 🙏

[@REDGardens]

🙂

[@philandhannahslittlefarm1464]

Fantastic video as usual! Great way to share things you have learned!

[@REDGardens]

Thanks!

[@gregbluefinstudios4658]

I am just catching up on your videos, and I am thrilled to hear about the success w/ Chemo. That's what truly matters.

[@REDGardens]

Thank you. Yes, that is what really matters!

[@olafwilhelm4684]

Love your vids! Thank you for sharing your knowlegde! Did you look into cover-crops and regeneration of soil? Look for Gabe Brown here on YT! Great stuff! Complete Remission! Phew! Glad for you both! Greetings from Hungary

[@REDGardens]

Thanks. I have looked at cover crops a bit, and I use some for overwintering in otherwise empty beds. But the small scale of what I am doing it is easier and more productive to import fertility/compost. At a larger scale I think cover crops can be a really important part of soil building and fertility management.

[@michaelsmith9714]

Thank you for the plastic rope tip.

[@REDGardens]

I wish someone had told me!

[@GabrielIonescuisro]

It's true, the pandemic really made people move from flats to houses and starting to embrace the gardening skills, at least that is what I see in eastern Europe where I live. Let's hope that we will heave a ecosystem that will allow us to grow fruits and vegetables, with the state of the climate, who knows what tomorrow might look like. Really enjoy your videos, I like listening to you, you heave a certain way of narrating.

[@BracesandBoots1]

I missed your videos, they are a cut above most of the gardening vids I subscribe to.

[@REDGardens]

Thanks, and sorry for the delay.

[@DaveGibson100]

Glad your partner came through. Cancer is tough. Look foŕward to your comparison on the tomatoes, 54 varieties!

[@REDGardens]

Thanks, I hope to get to that video in the next few weeks.

[@timobreumelhof88]

Great video as usual! I'm glad your partner recovered. It's terrible but also a bit if a miracle chemotherapy...

[@REDGardens]

Thanks. Yeah, chemotherapy is quite an amazing process, and seems to have improved quite a bit in recent years. My friends dad died 10 years ago from the same type of cancer my partner had, which was apparently untreatable back then.

[@timobreumelhof88]

@@REDGardens yes it's amazing how much progress there had been in some of these area in the last 25 years.

[@pinkycharles8762]

The work you doing is more important to the world now than before this virus

[@stephanieraphael8338]

We're really honing in on the amount of varieties this year. Want to save seeds focusing on genetics best suited for our garden. Only three or less per family. Hopefully we've got things spaced enough to avoid crossing. Exception is lettuce, still over a dozen varieties there. Thanks for sharing ☺️

[@REDGardens]

I really need to start saving a lot more seed.

[@PseudoPhlegm]

Keep up the great work comrade.

[@REDGardens]

Thanks!

[@mcgeebag1]

Glad to hear your partner is doing well after the diagnosis. That's a lot of tomato varieties to trial, I've tried a lot over the years and found that stupice (a variety from Czech republic) was my favorite as it produced early and taste great. What tomato varieties would you recommend for Ireland?

[@REDGardens]

Thanks. I have grown Stupid before but haven't been so impressed. I am working on a video of the varieties that I have found useful - hope to have that uploaded in a few weeks.

[@stephanieraphael8338]

Stupice is delicious but didn't hold up in our high humidity so yield was underwhelming for us. Glad you're able to grow it with success! A little jealous, they make for great sun-dried treats.

[@Njennings42]

great video! thanks for sharing and congratulations on your 100th video

[@REDGardens]

Woah, I missed that! Thanks

[@Njennings42]

@@REDGardens long time watcher, recent subscriber. Been watching since your first season on youtube a few years ago now. (could have sworn I subscribed before, but I just realized I wasn't so resubbed.) Keep up the good work, you've got a lot of diehard fans who love your style and critical analysis of gardening.

[@REDGardens]

@@Njennings42 Hey, thanks so much for the comment and continuing to watch my videos! I think I am coming up to 5 years since I first uploaded to KZbin. A lot has changed since then!

[@andrewmaclennan1818]

Always love your videos my only issue is there is never enough of them but how you use data amazing and has had a large impact on my understanding. I am currently planning a large scale upgrade of my croft to include a large garden area and I am using much of your data for inspiration

[@REDGardens]

Thank you - I wish I was able to produce more videos too! Hope your new garden goes well!

[@estebanisswimming]

Great list. Great attitude.

[@REDGardens]

🙂

[@rochrich1223]

It would be interesting to see if you can build up club root in an organic, high organic matter garden. The predators of nematodes are said to proliferate.

[@REDGardens]

That would be interesting.

[@titanlurch]

Maybe you can reduce the flower population during the veggies blooming period but have a larger spring and fall flower crop would draw in the pollinators and allow them to stock up for winter.

[@REDGardens]

I think that is the way to approach it.

[@noahpharms]

Sorry to hear about your partner, thankful it’s gone well. I love this channel and your style, easily the most informative channel I’ve found. Sounds like you’ve identified a market gap in terms of Irish seed producers, maybe you should get into seed production this season! Selfishly I hope you do so I can watch your videos on it hahaha... from the Canadian maritimes

[@REDGardens]

Hey there in the Canadian Maritimes (a place I have unfortunately never visited!) There is definitely a gap in the seed supplier market here in Ireland, though I don't know if I am the one to fill it. I do want to start saving more of my own seed this year though.

[@ericschmuecker348]

Wow. I enjoy your videos. I think alot of you. May your partner stay healthy!

[@REDGardens]

thanks.