Small garden's successful summer with second plantings || Charles Dowding

[@geraldcroft9020]

Just to let you know Charles, I have planted my late season, lettuce, beets, broccoli, hakurei, turnips, and so on, and will be planting more in my new small greenhouse here in Arkansas where it’s milder than where I moved from in Utah. Thank you so much for the knowledge I have gained from watching your videos and your enthusiasm for growing food

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Sounds great Gerald!

[@frankbarnwell____]

I lived a long while in Arkansas. 33 years. Tornadoes, 110f or 0f degrees, 2 inches of ice: but really is a great place to garden most of the time. I'm starting cabbage, broccoli some others; and a batch of carrots hoping to harvest at Halloween or about. Good luck

[@geraldcroft9020]

@@frankbarnwell____ I agree I lived here 45 years ago and never thought about tornadoes and then after 45 years of Utah I was ready to come back where it is green and there’s water and it’s a milder winter. You are hundred percent correct on tornadoes holy cow a couple went close to us. I have no shelter yet. the ice storms yes, the trees tell the tale around here. I got in the early garden and was picking cabbage and pumpkins and everything else you can think of very early in the year because of the greenhouse I built, which gave me an early start. And I was ahead of the squash bugs, the flea beetles, the Japanese beetles army worms, which are all new to me but I’m figuring it out. Yes, there are the downsides, but I do not like having the ground frozen for almost 3 months of the year at my age I gotta make every day count and there’s a lot of nice weather here in the winter between the ice storms and tornadoes Lol. Take care my friend

[@gillfitzmaurice4772]

I've had trouble again this year with leek moth (3rd year running). It's rampant on our allotment. If I cover with mesh at planting out stage will that prevent the moth from laying it's eggs??? Thanks in anticipation.

[@geraldcroft9020]

@@gillfitzmaurice4772 well I posted you a link to a solution to your moth problem and KZbin deleted it, but you can Google and find one. Basically it’s this remove or burn debris where are you plan to plant allium. The netting will help but they over winter in plant debris you might try moving to a section where you haven’t had allium growing previously. They reproduce four or five times a season, so keep covered all year long.

[@joshlovegood9392]

Absolutely loved Edward's extra addition about the bitter leaves haha. Brilliant video as always Charles.

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

😂 Thank you Josh

[@Ngapaktegaljunior]

Greetings and success from Indonesia 🇲🇨🇲🇨

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Thank you and to you also

[@craigmetcalfe1749]

Hey Charles! As you know, the small garden is my favorite at Home Acres and to think I finally saw a picture of Edward! Long live you all! Cheers!

[@oliverlondon5246]

Great start to a Sunday. Thanks

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

My pleasure Oliver

[@erinbigelow1628]

The small garden videos are always my favorite ❤

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

I am glad you enjoy them Erin

[@menurathnayake257]

He is old. But still young ❤

[@veggiepatchideas]

Love your work Charles. 🌱

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Thank you!

[@sinkintostillness]

I love revisiting this area! It's an area which can reflect the potential growing space of the average viewer. I love seeing the high yields from this space.

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Many thanks

[@Tsa4048]

I love watching your small garden. Been following you for many years. Always honest, focussed and dedicated. You are giving a positive energy with your work. Thank you! By the way Charles, I hang bird feeders close to my cabbages and the birds are eating the caterpillars every morning! 👍

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Thanks Monique and a nice tip!

[@smas3256]

Plans have changed in our garden this year too. Zone 6b USA. Thinking outside the box and enjoying every minute. Being grateful for our harvests large and small. Your videos are always upbeat. 🍓🥬. Looking good.

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

That is a great way to be and thank you

[@mikem3789]

🙃🙂😁 Happy Gardener

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

🙂

[@stonedapefarmer]

I squeezed in a few root crops and leafy greens, but wasn't nearly organized enough for the garden I would have liked to grow this year. But also saving all of my own seeds, so that complicates schedules.

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Wow that is challenging to save all your own seeds!

[@stonedapefarmer]

@@CharlesDowding1nodig And to think that only a few generations ago people would have thought it was challenging to buy all of their own seeds. 😂

[@beatabello3847]

Thank you Charles. Following your method I interplant and my small allotment never looks bare. It’s so productive.

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Wonderful to hear that Beata!

[@lilspittin313]

Colorful shares! Also I love the messy drawing of the garden, keep it natural

[@joyscott374]

Great to see the small garden Charles. Its amazing what you grow in a tight spot

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Yes, thanks Joy

[@imogenethomas1138]

The Small Garden is my favorite area. It makes me believe I have room to grow nice amount of food.

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Go for it!

[@Sue-ec6un]

As always, Charles, inspiring and educational. No dig is the best and thank you for leading the way in what I have always thought was the correct path!

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

That is kind thank you Sue

[@carolinesemple2298]

I grow a Japanese variety of strawberries called Hokawase. Very delicious and low acid. Makes a great jam as well

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Sounds intriguing thanks Caroline

[@gardentours]

I've sown some spinach after I watched your last video. I hope it's not too late to plant the seedlings 🌱🌱🌱next to the tomatoes 🍅 🍅🍅

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Sounds great and success depends where you are, should be good

[@claudiac5034]

Me encanta tu canal, ojalá y pronto tenga subtitulos en español, saludos desde Argentina 😊

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Gracias, eso es bueno. Para todos mis vídeos compro subtítulos en español por tener una audiencia tan grande en España y Latinoamérica. Debería poder encontrarlos haciendo clic en el ícono de ajustes.

[@renata-s5b]

So informative. It encourages us t proceed into garden practices we have not been doing before started taking the lesson from you. Thanks ! 😊

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Great to hear Renata

[@joydavis4087]

Amazing as always. Beautiful garden. ❤❤❤

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Thanks 😊

[@joyofgrowing]

Beautiful beautiful lovely garden! I absolutely love the small garden as that is what I mostly have. I am leaning toward growing a lot more greens thanks to your inspiring garden. Your wonderful thank you for all the hope and encouragement.

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

So nice of you and may your greens grow well!

[@sebasforest963]

Thanks for the late blight resistant tomato recomendations, It's a big problem here, my plants all die in mid August, I'll try them next year!

[@justinarnold7725]

Plant early plant often is my motto

[@junkinjodi]

I live in Indiana and I love chard. You can't go wrong

[@timflatus]

So inspiring. My new garden is about the same size as this, so you're giving me a great model. I can't wait to put my first batch of home-made compost down, but it needs another couple of months yet. My tomatoes aren't as red as yours, but I have less protection from wind chill and they will come out as soon as temperatures drop. I and my household have been eating well, so it's been a rewarding year. Thank you so much!

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Lovely to hear, thanks for sharing

[@camicri4263]

Just beautiful! Always a joy to see your garden Charles! Blessings 💕🤗

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Thank you Cami

[@robertling9872]

Beautiful NoDig video, thanks for sharing Charles.

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

My pleasure Robert

[@frankiefrank2628]

I enjoy your videos. Salute from Canada.

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Glad you like them!

[@rubyquinonez5966]

es como magia mister charly

[@johnmorgan5495]

Thanks Charles

[@magdalenasepulvedadiaz4167]

Gracias Te copié la idea del canasto para las frutillas, espero me vaya bien este verano.

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Buenos!

[@afzamajid3202]

Hey Charles you ar amazing I always watch your video trying to learn some of your techniques

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Ah cool!!

[@educrearte]

Gracias por los subtítulos ❤

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

💚

[@glassbackdiy3949]

Good show, cheers Charles

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@exscapegoatpowerfulhealer9685]

One stake for the tomatoes is fantastic. It's spring here & I've got young vines & one's that need support so I've created the classical trellis but seeing what you've done & how that support works, well then I might sort out that much simpler method & I'll have stakes to spare for other food vines. Thankyou Charles. . ( just had a memory of us little kids growing up on nsw coast, on a very productive farm & an older sibling would call out, in a strong fake English accent, as we sat on the tractor carry-all, " Charles, take me down that track " it was not the imaginary chauffeur, it was Dad ). Lol

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

So funny, love this comment, cheeky children!

[@peggyhelblingsgardenwhatyo7920]

Good morning, Charles, from Windermere, Florida 9b USA ❤ We're still waiting for Autumn 🍂 90°yesterday and we are expecting a cooler 88° today 😅 I hope you have a wonderful week ahead, My Friend💚 ❤Peggy❤

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Good evening Peggy! A cooler 64F here today :) It's looking a windy week, nice temperatures and rain ;)

[@angelmolina2227]

Hola, maravilloso jardín de hortalizas. Gracias. Saludos.

[@jennyjohnson9012]

An inspiring video again Charles. All my winter brassicas are in and doing well. I love your small garden and it just shows how much you can get growing in a smaller space like I have. Mine is full to bursting! Garlic and onions next to go in!!

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Thank you and fantastic to hear Jenny

[@itsmewende]

Always love the info every video but, that view at the end with sun, that was just stunning.

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Glad you like that, he has a new camera!

[@janeaneingram3302]

Thank you! Great to have these focussed videos cos it's hard to remember all of the features in every tiny house. Could you please compile a video of bathrooms that also features outdoor baths & showers.

[@Themagpiemakerie]

I don't know what video this comment relates to, but I want to watch it also!

[@peterdelmonte9832]

I’m old and new to this, though I’ve not eaten meat for over forty years. You’d think I’d know all these vegetables but at least half of your crops are just names to me. I’m in Suffolk btw and have just spread compost..a mix of bought and home made..over cardboard on a newly constructed raised bed with three tons of new topsoil in it. Chickory, endive, chard? I’ve never eaten those and don’t know how you do. I’m off now to google if they’re all for steaming or eating raw as salad items. At least I won’t be flummoxed by fennel as I know they’re aniseed flavoured and as such, just about the only food item I ever decline. Anyway, off to educate myself further. I’m working from your month by month guide which is terrific…thank you.

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Nice to hear Peter, and like you I am learning all the time :)

[@mojavebohemian814]

Thank you!

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

my pleasure Mojave

[@JVSwailesBoudicca]

I know that envy is a sin, but I am envious of all your produce ! Especially that fantastic Swiss Chard - I love it. I used to grow the Rainbow variety, with varying success. Thank you for the video.

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

You can do it I am sure, envy becomes desire becomes fruitful actions :)

[@JVSwailesBoudicca]

@@CharlesDowding1nodig Thank you ....I'll take your word for it 🙃

[@kathyritscher9459]

I just planted some broccoli transplants under my single stem tomatoes and pak choi next to my cucumbers. Love the rotation of new plants as the older plants are still performing.

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Fantastic Kathy

[@slavenkabozic9655]

Malo je reci da mi se svodjaju vasi tutorijsli. Bio bi to veliki poklon za mene. Samo lkoji vole ono sto rade mogu tp kao vi. Hfala!

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

хвала што је љубазно Slavenka

[@karltraunmuller7048]

Glad to see you're well, Charles. I'm getting in some very late cauliflower, white cabbage, and china cabbage, let's see how far they make it. Also trying out green manures for the first time, buckwheat is so vigorous, overgrowing field beans and phacelia. Tomatoes have been a big success this year, really stocked up on passata.

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Sounds great Karl!

[@Plot22]

The Zinnias I planted sulked for a little while, now they look great and are a nice addition adding colour. The plan for next year is to add more flowers of varieties that are good for attracting pollinators. Another thing for next year will be adding more tomato plants to end of beds. Thanks for the link to that place for blight resistant varieties. For me that is the way forward - I'd rather pay a little more for blight resistant varieties than watch the plants get wiped and have little or no harvest.

[@stevenbp101]

Stay close to Jesus and God bless y’all.

[@grahamrobinson3715]

Inspired by no-dig, focus on soil health, and not getting hung up on strict rotation, we’ve got so much going into the ground this September on our half-plot allotment. Steady flow of CD15 seedlings filling the gaps as they emerge. Japanese greens, Claytonia, land cress, second crop of turnips, spring onions…joining the majestic savoys and winter/spring cabbage.

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Wonderful to hear this, nice work

[@samanthahoos9827]

Thank you! 😊 I succession sowed carrots and planted squash in mid summer to avoid as much pest damage - it works! Today I’m attempting to harvest herbs and reset planters with radishes, spinach, bok choy, etc. that can tolerate cool weather ahead. Can we please see how you store your seeds? I’d imagine you have a large amount, more than would fit in a shadow box like I use.

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Great job, shall see what we can do

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

I have made this video around a year ago which you may find interesting kzbin.info/www/bejne/mHmpmGmQetiAedk

[@ximenaisabeljimenezgalindo9044]

Hola Charles ,que hermoso jardín ,mis acelgas están hermosas,pero tengo pena porque mi zarzamora se seco ,no se que hice mal 😢espero nuevamente tener una tal vez mucha humedad no se , gracias como siempre mi esposo y yo vemos con mucho entusiasmo tus hermosos videos 🌷🌷🇨🇱

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Que lindo gracias Ximena.

[@jonsoons]

Culinaris have a "Rondobella". Perhaps this is the one you meant.

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Yes, it's medium size. The small one is Primabella

[@jamesalanstephensmith7930]

Ducks eat snails! Muscovy don't quack.

[@yvonnejackson1696]

I love strawberries and say every year that next year I’m putting some in but I’m bad about letting them get overcrowded. I like the idea of potting the runner plants, but how long do you leave the old plants in the garden before clearing them out? Maybe you could do a short just on strawberries.

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Three years, good idea

[@dorotaguziak8838]

Nakręci Pan film o tym jak zrobić sadzonki pomidorów z pędów bocznych? Kiedyś Pan wspominał o tym. Chodzi o zachowanie gatunku. Dziękuję 😊

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Można!

[@CurtisGoogle]

Charles, do you have a video describing your style of tomato planting and care?

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Here you are kzbin.info/www/bejne/apObn4NnjsR9qZY

[@johnmccarthy115]

Hi Charles, always great revisiting the small garden & seeing what's worked & what hasn't 👍 Loved Edward's reaction, acquired taste for sure 😂 You got me thinking when you mentioned planting up the strawbs. I'll hopefully make a raised bed or 2 with bottom to put high on a table. For say, lettuce what soil depth would you recommend as minimum, 6"?

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Thanks 👍 and yes 6in for lettuce

[@johnmccarthy115]

@@CharlesDowding1nodig Ta muchly Charles 👍

[@stlmama7643]

What variety(ies) of cucumbers do you plant? Those in this video are beautiful and a nice size for pickling. Hello Edward! So nice to see you😊 and great editing. A wonderful video as usual.

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Thanks from him. Markemore and Spacesaver

[@williamvillar2519]

Unfortunately, all of my strawberries died this summer due to the extreme heat and drought we experienced here in Grand Bay, AL zone 8b. Which is a shame because my grandson loved being able to walk outside and pick them fresh.

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

So sorry

[@jamesheffernan7311]

Hi Charles.I’ve been following your channel for some years now .And found it very informative , Your probably the best man to ask this question. I’m intending to build a green house using some pvc windows this winter.If I roof it with polycarbonate,will my seedlings get enough light or will they get leggy .Any suggestions

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Thanks James, and that sounds good. As long as you can keep the sheets clean, there will be enough light, even in Ireland.

[@mozbolt9859]

Can you help? Under almost every pumpkin I found a nest of slugs eggs. How to destroy them for sure? Smash or something else? Thank you!

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Oh dear, I think collect them with a trowel and put in salty water

[@chaddamp2894]

hello charles.... greenhouse fans,have you any advice please

[@mikeedward3161]

Please let us know if you have ever saved peppers year to year as it's been stated here on the KZbin that this is possible, if so how did you manage this and if it needs grow lights? But overall what do you think of the costs nower days where watering costs have risen so much and I am thinking that in the future, so many more that would have grown in heated greenhouses, or / and with grow lights will decrease because of added costs of electric and although food costs have greatly raised in supermarkets, but by careful shopping in these places and/or markets, wisely through the forthcoming darker days, still can outway costs of heated greenhouses. I too have been watching your videos for a considerable time and have greatly enjoyed. I have recently purchased your 2024 calender which I look forward to helping me, as I am rather new to this part of the world.

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Cheers Mike. I never heat a greenhouse. For early propagation I use a hotbed. I do keep some tomatoes alive over winter but find the newly sown ones grow as fast in spring and it's a lot of time and care.

[@mananddog9884]

Manure advice needed please, are there any crops that don’t do well with manure or don’t like it? Thanks

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

In gardening when we apply manure, it's decomposed and often one year old already. So it's become compost and in my experience, all vegetables grow well with that

[@lisa-lou57]

Please could I ask about your hoops. How do you get them to stay up and not get dragged down by the wind? Are they more than an arched rod?

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

They are 4mm high tensile galvanised wire, pushed about 10cm into the soil, length is 2.5m. see sharanya.co.uk if in UK

[@lisa-lou57]

@@CharlesDowding1nodig thank you

[@BenjaminHofer-v8r]

Hi Charles, i was wondering what kind of dof bracelet that is you are wearing (the white one) Cheers Ben 😊

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

It's jade made by Julia joodaboo.com

[@BenjaminHofer-v8r]

@@CharlesDowding1nodig thanks, whats the bracelet called? 🙏🏼

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

She made it to order because white bracelet is a sign of no jab

[@MK-km2wc]

I love your garden. I hope to have a garden like you one day. I like to know what is the Temperature in July and August in your area?

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

I hope so. Afternoons average 21-22C low seventies F

[@johanfrye2253]

Those Zinnias are impressive! Please can you tell me what they are called?

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Pack says only Zinnia elegant from Bingenheimer Seeds

[@johanfrye2253]

Thank you 😊

[@franksinatra1070]

Thanks Charles I always learn from your videos! Do you have white fly problems in the UK? They are tiny aphid like flying insects that suck the life out of your plants and I've been getting them every August. They remain a problem until the weather turns cold enough to kill them. I've been using Neem on them but it doesn't seem to help much. And they usually start under my insect mesh on my brassicas so not sure if they are hatching in the soil or small enough to get trough the mesh. Very annoying though.

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

I don't suffer them but many people do and I'm pretty sure it's indicating either a lack of moisture, or a lack of organic matter in soil, both of which stress the plants. Aphids are attracted to plants showing any sign of weakness

[@denisebrady6858]

Charles with Radicchio can you eat the outer leaves or are they bitter ? My Spring Garden is looking fantastic & family/Friends loving it as too much for us. Great Video Thank you - Cheers Denise- Australia

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Nice to hear Denise and they are bitter!! Edible, just!

[@dinacuadros1518]

Buongiorno volevo Sapere,come fare per controllare la cavolaia , grazie

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Penso che tu intenda bruchi e io spruzzo Bacillus thuringiensis kzbin.info/www/bejne/hJPJaHduZc9opdU

[@dinacuadros1518]

Buongiorno da tanto seguo il insegnamento del orto, ma è meraviglioso complimenti, o un piccolo orto i bisogno di un maestro Ortolano grazie a Lei. La maniera come spiega ogni cosa, grazie per dar scolto all mio messaggio.

[@barbararussell897]

Every snail 10,000 eggs (not really sure about that),.. prevention

[@youngyvidz716]

Strawberry plants are looking healthy! I've got plenty for my own garden waiting to arrive, what kind of spacing do you keep yours at? I usually see 30-45cm, not sure how necessary that is?

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

30cm here, thanks

[@sarahdean6441]

Thanks Charles. Did you say you plant a few chard seedlings together, as in 2 or 3 in the same space? Great video.

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Cheers Sarah, yes for cooking leaves I aim for two plants per station

[@sarahdean6441]

@@CharlesDowding1nodig thank you very much.

[@woodmannc1]

Hi Charles. Love your videos. How would your planting chart work for some one in zone 7b USA? Foothills of North Carolina. Cheers

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Thanks and very similar. Have a look at this webpage with same info www.charlesdowding.co.uk/education/sowing-timeline

[@Themagpiemakerie]

Charles, I have enjoyed your videos, books, and courses for a while now, and would love to know if there is a successional sowing plan for small gardens written down anywhere? (I've sadly had to give up my allotment and want to be as productive as I can in my tiny back garden (Chesterfield/Sheffield area))

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Hi Sarah, thanks, good luck and this pack has what you are asking though not written specifically for a small space www.charlesdowding.co.uk/product/pln_planning-your-plot-and-your-growing-zwgv0d2o

[@Themagpiemakerie]

​@@CharlesDowding1nodigThanks for the response, that looks perfect!

[@lindypatterson8585]

I have plenty of beetroot in the ground still as they are quite small is it ok to leave in the ground or should I take them all out and put in shed.

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Hi Lindy, keep them in because they will grow more until November

[@stuffandnonsense8528]

Thank you, as always, Charles. I'm about to start (from a base of pasture) an allotment sized veg garden. For the first time I will do it entirely no-dig. I'm curious as to how frequently you find yourself sowing? Obviously this will shift by season, but sowing (frequency and planning) has never been my strongest suit, and I'm curious as to how you have mastered it. I will be sowing almost entirely in module trays (under glass).

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Best of luck, and most weeks I am sowing something different, to have the whole range of possible vegetables for each season. Depends what you want to eat.

[@chrish1657]

Will there be an electroculture vid?

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Not yet!

[@notforwantoftrying1]

It's a load of quackery, I hope he doesn't produce a video, unless it is to talk about how stupid this idea is. I would really hate for Charles to damage his reputation by promoting such nonsense.

[@chrish1657]

@@notforwantoftrying1 he's doing an experiment, which will hopefully show if it's quackery or not. We can count on CD to be objective and open-minded, and to let the results speak for themselves. Have you done an experiment? Why are you so sure it's quackery?

[@notforwantoftrying1]

@@chrish1657 I'm so sure it's quackery because it has never been proven to have any effect, and there is no scientific explanation for why you would expect it to have an effect. Passing some kind of electric current through water has no effect on it from a plants point of view, it's identical to water which has no had an electric current passed through it. It's on the level of homoeopathy in terms of quackery.

[@anngahagen1370]

Do you use a liquid fertilizer on your tray seedlings?

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

No never, the compost needs to be good kzbin.info/www/bejne/d5SqlJ-djMynf7M

[@Kriby-is-a-man]

Hi there, had a question. My tomatoes are not yet ripe, but it rains quite a lot here in the Netherlands, so I placed a cut-off, but now I'm wondering what kind of mulch I should use for the soil.

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Ripening now is slow, good luck. The mulch I use for everything is compost on all beds. A little woodchip on paths

[@ian-on1td]

Hi Charles, i’m Just looking to use my first batch of compost, made entirely using your method of layering green and brown material. It’s reduced by about half in my Dalek bin and looks fantastic, a fine brown tilth 👍. I’m just a little concerned though, as although it’s obviously well rotted, when I grab a handful of it, it’s absolutely full of worms. Will I be ok to use it or should I leave it a little longer? Cheers Ian

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Sounds great Ian. This may sound odd but if you need it, it's ready. There is no one definition for that word and it will continue to decompose on the surface. Some of those worms will be eaten by birds and a few will survive, that also is fine and it's how nature works.

[@rubyquinonez5966]

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[@rubyquinonez5966]

me encantas tus videos mister charly.. solo que estoy triste!

[@pinballwizard6906]

✌️😎

[@slavenkabozic9655]

Koliko je tesko dodati titlove na srpski jezik ?

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Prvo, nisam siguran koliko platformi nudi ovu opciju. Drugo, bilo bi skupo

[@Ann-qf5vk]

Can I ask about boxes? I was starting a no dig garden two years ago but my gardener friend said to put boxes in. I need to get rid of boxes as am out of room to keep planting He also said weeds coming through are from me putting cardboard down on top of grass The weeds are very easy to remove so I'm thinking no does what it says on the tin

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Your gardener friend needs educating! I would remove box sides and jhave narrower paths, for more space. Weeds are reduced by the initial cardboard :)

[@yvonnejackson1696]

We have an extremely difficult weed here called Bahia grass (an introduced and very invasive plant). I found that cardboard is very effective in getting rid of most of it and Charles’ methods of no dig makes it easy to pull up any of these extremely tough deep rooted plants that remain. Good luck!

[@jeshurunfarm]

Thank you Charles. We got to see the man behind the camera, did you know that, 😂 or did he sneak that in in the final edit...😊

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

I did not know!!

[@jeshurunfarm]

@@CharlesDowding1nodig plot thickness.

[@tara981]

Danke Charles für den Bericht. Hast du auch Jostaberry? Die nasche ich gerne 🇦🇹 Gruß aus der Eifel

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Ja ich habe ein klein jostaberry

[@zaharin1205]

I wish I could go there to work for you and enjoy the homeacre.

[@rhysjaggar4677]

You have a text editor with sardonic humour Charles: 'bang in season' translated to 'banging Susan'. Any women in Alhampton being overcome by rapacious plants?!

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Yes it's frustrating because I spotted that mistake and thought I had corrected it! A notable sense of humour as you say and as far as I know, everyone here is okay

[@tree.....4884]

Chur my brother Charles, love it my bro

[@charlesvickers4804]

Not sure what to call you ,a gardener or an artist.

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

That's nice thanks Charles

[@carolewarner101]

Fantastic!

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Thank you Carole

[@angelad.8944]

Hello again. ☺ Lovely tour as always. I really appreciate everyone's hard work to make it all look so nice. I am thinking about that tayberry. You may need to do some tip layering. You could train one or two canes to go along the ground so you can bury them and make some babies. ☺ Now that you have pruned it, did any new shoots come up? I think burying them might do the trick too since they may not be able to harden off in time. My husband laughs at my wild ways when I bury the tips of my berry canes, no matter where they land. 😁

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Thank you for your tip and it sounds worth a try! I'm glad you liked tour around.

[@Steve1026.]

Charles! You are a master of your craft sir, happy growing!❤

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Thank you Steve

[@jordancornerstone6416]

Great info, i have my winter veg in my CD vell trays, growing away lovely in the greenhouse :D Im so glad to see you using the knife! Really made my day! Keep it up!

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Ah cheers Jordan. I love the knife and wanted to mention your wonderful gift, however sadly the writing has all disappeared! It was great while it lasted 😎

[@jordancornerstone6416]

​@@CharlesDowding1nodig As in, the etching has disappeared? 🤔