September Tour - vegetable's sweetness| Edging| Rhubarb and composting| Charles Dowding

September Tour - vegetable's sweetness| Edging| Rhubarb and composting| Charles Dowding
Harvests, so many! Helped by the no dig abundance with soil in a very fertile state.
I'm growing almost every vegetable which is possible and viable in the climate here, so that's a wide range. It's a temperate oceanic climate with daytime temperatures this September averaging 22°C 72°F by day 13°C 55°F by night, September has been as warm as any summer month. And with rainfall of 72mm or 2.9in.
The sugar test we do at the beginning is with a portable refractometer. If you put those two words in 'search' you should find options for purchasing one. It's a fun device and an easy way to discover more about what you are growing.
00:00 Introduction - I show some harvests in my conservatory
00:18 Celery harvested too late
00:49 Chicory for radicchio, used in my salad bags
01:16 Cabbages and cauliflower
01:44 Onions, garlic and squash - all stored in the house
02:02 Loofahs
02:24 Seed from French Marigolds grown in the polytunnel
02:36 Garlic ‘seed’ (cloves)
02:55 Dry beans - borlotti and Czar
03:31 Sweetness of harvest - I demonstrate using a portable refractometer to measure the sweetness of beetroot
04:56 More results - apples, tomatoes, carrots, tomatillos and garlic
07:10 In the garden - chicory for radicchio and cauliflower
08:08 Tomatoes in the polytunnel with some late blight on the leaves, and some new plantings of chard and kale
09:41 Cucumbers and loofahs, and I cut open a watermelon
11:40 Winter radish outside, Bora variety
12:25 How we manage edging
13:14 Jerusalem artichoke
13:31 Chervil interplanted between lettuce
14:10 Kale and cavolo nero, and asparagus
14:59 Rhubarb
15:58 Pure wood chip on a bed
16:24 Two types of beetroot - a red stemmed variety, and Cheltenham Green Top
17:03 Lettuce just harvested, and broccoli
18:14 A slug, and how to manage them
18:36 Nantes carrots, and some info on carrot root fly
19:28 Cover crop of mustard, and plantings of rye - a trial against wireworm
20:30 Spinach
21:06 Deer damage to chicory and endive
21:48 Onion seeds in the shed, and squash
23:00 Compost in pallet bays
23:10 A bed of squash, some just harvested, and how to know when they’re ripe
24:17 Chicory and endive - different ways of harvesting
25:08 Bed with cleared Borlotti beans, and garlic now planted with compost over - a comparison of compost of different ages
25:26 A caterpillar on a cabbage, which has been sprayed with Bacillus thuringiensis
26:56 Compost in my 7-bay system - adding green and brown
29:43 Outro
Link for the copper tools implementations.co.uk
The recommended seeds are from tamarorganics.co.uk/product-c....
My how to save seed video • How to save your own s...
For those in Europe I recommend this excellent seed company who save most of their own seeds www.bingenheimersaatgut.de
Filmed 28th September by Nicola Smith at Homeacres no dig garden in Somerset, UK. Nicola apologises for exporting the file SD rather than HD. It's fine for watching on smaller screens.
For growth and planting comparisons, see my August tour one month before this • No dig abundance in my...
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[@tmd7859]

I would love to see a video where people who work for you in your gardens are interviewed. I would love to hear their prospective!

[@izaacdreddpimp]

Thats a novel idea. Nice!

[@livus3787]

Yes yes 🤩 (also amy positions availablw? 🥺 fir real 🙋‍♀️)

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

There could be next spring, do contact me via my website, or [e-mail]

[@johnman559]

​@livus3787 He don't do dat kinda growin....shamon🥳

[@teslaandhumanity7383]

Wouldn’t it be a joy to work for Charles , the knowledge and experience, working outside is a dream .

[@heisrisen1113]

That slug was enormous

[@RoyHolder]

Thanks Charles, very comprehensive garden tour, well done! Love your channel, you deserve more subscribers! 👍

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Thank you that's very kind Roy

[@turtle2212]

Wow! Fascinating that from the same garden there is always something new or interesting to see and learn. And all my worries about strange looking plants disappear when you tell us that yours look similar and that 'this is quite normal! Merci!😊

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Thank you and I am glad 🙂

[@alexandrialindsay8826]

This is the best video ever! I'm paying attention to every detail, Thankyou charles

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Glad you enjoyed it Alexandria 🙂

[@izaacdreddpimp]

Good morning Charles, this is Zack from Newport News, Va USA. Love your garden an videos. Its great to see a master in his craft.Showcasing what is possible in a smaller size property. I always seem to learn a thing or two every time I watch u. God bless, keep up the great work.

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Glad you enjoyed it Isaac, Great to hear 🙂

[@gardeningwithkay]

Charles! You always have the best harvest! I wish I was your next door neighbour 😂😂

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

So nice thanks Kay

[@stevenbp101]

Charles it’s always a pleasure seeing your beautiful garden. Thanks. (Old guy from Arkansas)🇺🇸

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Thank you Steven 🙂

[@stevendowden2579]

great tour really enjoyed it well done charles

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

I am glad you enjoyed it, thanks Steven

[@ScottScottScott1000]

Thanks Charles, I’ve enjoyed all your videos in my first year of vegetable growing and I’ve learned so much thanks to you! I even visited your plot back in May with my son and we had a great time spotting all the different vegetables and flowers! We’ve had massive successes with cherry tomatoes and pumpkins and so hilarious slug hunting nights filling buckets with slugs and snails to save the lettuce and beetroots!

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

That's great to hear Steve and sound like a fun activity with your son 🙂

[@patrickthomas7084]

As always, very inspirational! Learn something new every video. Cheers Charles!

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Great to hear Patrick

[@dzintrarowe4272]

What a wonderful gardener you are.

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Thank you Dzintra

[@llamalover7623]

Big up Charles! What a belter of a tour. I shall enjoy my own harvests with much gratitude for what you've shown me the last few years. 💚

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Glad you enjoyed it and thank you for your kind words.

[@tamrawhitney]

You and Jag from Daisy Creek Farm have been so helpful in learning all the gardening techniques. Thank you

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

That is great to hear thank you 🙂

[@irenesmith5676]

Hi Charles enjoyed every minute thank you !

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Glad you enjoyed it Irene

[@JVSwailesBoudicca]

Magnificent - the whole lot 👌👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Thank you 🌱

[@Ngapaktegaljunior]

Greetings from Indonesia 🇲🇨🇲🇨, good luck

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Many thanks, happy cropping

[@ItsSweetLew]

Charles - the master of edging

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

😎 thanks

[@hp-cs7mx]

I’ve never seen such a big slug! No dig has got my snail and slug population down by 90%. Now if only the cabbage white butterflies would take note and go away too. Love from Australia.

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Great to hear 🙂

[@joshuahoyer1279]

Thumbs up for Mr and Mrs Carrot 😆

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

😆

[@juliemulie1805]

Thanks for the best laugh all week, "Mr and Mrs Carrot"!

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

😂

[@user-gr8rw1cm2d]

Здравствуйте! Слушать Вас, смотреть видео, любоваться Вашим прекрасным садом и учиться у Вас - это огромная радость! Благодарю Вас!!!

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Спасибо, я рад, что вам понравилось

[@amparitopena9384]

I just learned you are coming to Chile, ❤❤❤❤, Welcome, looking forward.

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Thank you! 😃

[@maruminc]

yes, please do make a video about edging! 😊🤓

[@TheGentGaming]

Huh - I always find adding browns to my compost really kicks it into gear, not cools it down...however I'm often lacking browns, so probably just don't have enough.

[@calumimray]

Still in my first year of growing some of my own fruits & vegetables and these tours are such a great way to pick up information. But the suggestively-shaped carrots were definitely a highlight here 😁

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Great to hear Calum and glad you enjoyed the carrots 😂

[@fourdayhomestead2839]

Wonderful garden tour!

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Thank you

[@itsmewende]

😊Mr. & Mrs Carrot😊 Honestly, I got more out of the video, but that just cracked me up.

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

😂

[@mwmingram]

Great! Loved this.

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

So glad

[@tara981]

Habe deinen Beitrag genossen 🌻 Danke für den Rundgang. Liebe Grüße aus der Eifel 👻

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Danke Tara

[@sarahdyer1967]

A bad year for me with slug damage, so I would love to see a video on edging and minimising habitat! To sign off on on a positive note we had wonderful no dig potatoes and carrots

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

I cover this in many videos, wonder if you have older wooden bed sides, shall see what we can do kzbin.info/www/bejne/j3WmcpWNr898bpI

[@loisbanks3614]

Thanks for all your invaluable teachings Charles. What good work you do.

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Thank you Lois

[@dinetk3125]

Thank you!

[@HomesRealEstate]

Thank you! You always make my day better ❤

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

That's great to hear 🙂

[@BlackJesus8463]

Nice steam.

[@doinacampean9132]

I started the video with, wow, half an hour? and ended it with, what? it's over already? Splendid tour!

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

😂 Thank you Doina, glad you enjoyed it.

[@exscapegoatpowerfulhealer9685]

Fantastic

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Thank you

[@helenlazoga1487]

Hi Charles, thanks again for such a beautiful and inspirational video. Looking forward to November's video. Warm greetings from Hellas ( Greece).

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Glad you enjoyed it Helen, greeting to you also 🙂

[@momcation9786]

Thank you so much Charles for educating us! You’re heaven sent! Take care always!🌻

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

So nice of you

[@fitzg002]

couldn't have put it better!

[@fundakurt2452]

Teşekkür ederim, yine keyifli ve bilgilendirici bir bahçe turu oldu🌱

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Teşekkür ederim, beğendiğinize sevindim Funda

[@camicri4263]

Beautiful garden Charles! I enjoyed the video with Eric Berg! Thank you for your teaching! Blessings 💕🤗

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Glad you enjoyed it Cami!

[@jennyjohnson9012]

Lovely tour as always Charles. I've grown squash for the first time and I'm so excited. Already brought in my Uchi Kukuri and Crown Prince. Still waiting for my sweetcorn but the tassels are turning brown. Lovely time of year with harvests to look forward to. Thankyou for another wonderful video.

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Great to hear of your success and thank you glad you enjoyed it Jenny🙂

[@GenerousWealth]

Your recordings are always so informative and your knowledge base is so vast! Thank you for sharing and benefiting the world and wonderful ways with quality food. It would help me if you recorded with increase volume and let me turn it down when it gets too loud. Sometimes I miss words Shalom

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Nice to hear Jonathan. My son is reluctant to do that, he says you lose audibility. We do offer subtitles and I hope you can make out what you need to know.

[@livus3787]

Those pumpkinsss 😭😭🤩

[@fionaimison2042]

Really appreciate these videos, just wish the sound was a bit louder. I set my phone up on a stand while washing dishes, but can hardly hear above. No problem with the other gardening youtubers, but this channel is my favourite. Thanks

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Sorry about that, shall see, and thanks

[@trevorwills3356]

Simple solution is to turn captions on this helps when Charles tends to drop the volume of his speech.

[@fionaimison2042]

@@trevorwills3356 Thanks Trevor, l do that sometimes. But if Im cooking, doing dishes, cleaning the bathroom, or actually gardening, l'm only glancing at the screen here & there. More just listening. When l have time to sit quietly with my phone right in front of me, l dont need subtitles. 3 years of youtube gardeners in USA & UK taught me from scratch how to grow veg. ( l'm in Australia)

[@KatBurnsKASHKA]

thank you!

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

You're welcome 🌱

[@jaselc]

godbless sir. garden looks great

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Thank you

[@greengardenideas]

Hi Good farming Your job is great......

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Thank you

[@RealDarkBlade]

Love my cavolo nero. Just that caterpillars love it more

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Oh no!

[@patioverde]

Gracias por compartir

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

💚

[@sherlockstu]

Imagine if we all lived on the 33rd parallel. We could grow almost everything all year. Tomatoes, peppers and cucumbers are perennial

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Maybe but they have extra pests and summer heat!

[@sherlockstu]

@@CharlesDowding1nodig interesting I don’t know that. In fact I seen today someone having problems with aphids on their cucumbers. I’ve never had that. So I checked their location and it was Alabama 😐

[@tmy1065]

I look forward to your garden tours. We technically live in the same climate zone but your area gets so much more summer precipitation it’s interesting to me to see the difference. I grew beans for pods this year after seeing yours and I enjoyed a snack of white bean hummus on pita while watching this video. I’m enjoying my fall harvests but ugh I planted too much bok choi 😒 I went overboard on the varieties.

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Nice feedback thanks! That hummus sounds good.

[@AngelaMartinez-du9oh]

Estoy muy emocionada por lo que mire en el video de wini❤ no veo la hora de verte ahí 😊

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Eso es encantador y gracias.

[@lukecarlisle1673]

that was epic!

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Glad you enjoyed it Luke

[@lukecarlisle1673]

@@CharlesDowding1nodig I've never been very good at growing things for winter, lots of inspiration for trying things

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Glad you are inspired Luke 🙂

[@rebecca4058]

🎉🎉 Gorgeous Videos ❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉 Can't wait to watch the Movie!! Bandicoot holes?? honestly no clue😂😂😂

[@VeggieSushi]

Good vibes 🌱 ❤ Good Dirt It could all be so simple.

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

💚 🌱

[@Pixieworksstudio]

Thank you Charles, your videos are so encouraging.

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

I am glad Amanda-Jayne

[@luisagarcia3961]

Que maravilhosa ❤

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

💚

[@Ali.McL9]

Another wondeful video. Thank you Charles 🙏🏻.

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@smac6880]

Love your honest reviews.

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

I am glad 🙂

Im learning, this year my green grapes almost miss the perfect harvest time, with all the rain we are getting, the grapes split and started to rot. I manage to make juice and a little of wine. 🥰

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

So sorry to hear this, the weather is unbeatable!

[@francinedaime1784]

Bonsoir Charles, toujours un plaisir de voir vos vidéos et d'écouter vos explications : votre jardin et vos légumes sont tout simplement M A G N I F I Q U E S !!!!!!!!!

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Merci Francine :)

[@smas3256]

Hi Charles and Edward:) Wonderful production. Thankyou. Now you got me interested in Chervil. Have you tried a bit in steamed carrots? BTW. 3 rows of our fall planting from seeds, seedlings washed away. Other seedlings planted 2 weeks earlier are good. Looking ahead. Be blessed. Zone 6b USA

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Thanks so much, nice thought, and your weather sounds extreme!

[@lindadykes4040]

Beautiful as always. God bless you and your family.✝️Much love 💖

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

👐

[@teslaandhumanity7383]

Charles omg 😳 loofah come from the sea 🌊 don’t they . 😂.

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Amazing eh?

[@dwighthires3163]

What an abundance you have grown. So fun to watch your videos.

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Glad you enjoyed it Dwight

[@karltraunmuller7048]

Your conservatory is such a nice space, with the rustic wooden table, and wooden windows.

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Thanks Karl - it was one of the first things I said in motion when recently arrived here in 2012. Without it the house would feel tiny!

[@TheWatching11]

Mr. and mrs. carrot cameo! lololo

[@barrabuswoods8636]

I tried three gardeners delight this year, very vigorus growth but the flesh was a bit pappy like plum toms. The best flavor was from the cherries, ive saved the seeds from the sweetest plants for next year.

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Thanks for sharing, it varies for sure

[@gchrom]

Thanks for sharing! Brix levels/sugar content is definitely not what people make it out to be, it can vary due to many factors like time of day or weather conditions - plants can apparently move sugars around when they sense a storm is coming! Not saying it useless to measure it, just that it may be too complex to make sense of it

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Great points and that is indeed the issue with any measurements, how to interpret the numbers

[@kath-phlox]

Your videos really help to see that it doesn't always look perfect. My chard is all yellow this year and my spinach is looking beaten up, every year is a surprise.

[@Hicklety]

I love that video. One can see what bountiful rewards all that hard work and living soil tending bring.

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

I am glad you enjoyed it 🙂

[@mountainhobbit1971]

garlic produces seeds at the top of their flower stalk after it flowers, which we often eat as 'garlic scapes'. The seeds look like dark skinned mini garlic cloves. If you plant the seeds, it takes two seasons before you harvest the bulbs themselves. We eat the 'bulb', which consists of 'cloves'. I have never tried to eat the seeds. :-)

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Yes, and only hard neck garlic does this

[@jenjoy4353]

I’ve also had bulbuls form. Not sure why this happened, perhaps a stressed plant.

[@gardennonsense]

Dope 💚💚💚🐢🐢

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

💚

[@mojavebohemian814]

Yaaaay! No Dig Wins

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

🙌

[@user-mr9mf4nq3e]

Дорогой Чарльз! Смотрю Ваши видео как самый увлекательный сериал. Вы-наш дорогой учитель! Спасибо🙏

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Спасибо

[@afzamajid3202]

Charles you have a amazing harvest 🎉

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

😀 thanks

[@dannyzuccho4414]

​​@@CharlesDowding1nodigHi Charles.....earlier in the year I commented on one of your videos about growing Exhibition Dahlias completely organically and using no dig and KNF techniques.....just to let you know I had my most successful season ever winning best in show at County level shows such as Birmingham DS and also winning classes at the National down at Wisley 😊

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Congratulations Danny that's great to hear of your success 🎉

[@dannyzuccho4414]

@@CharlesDowding1nodig Thank you Charles, I really appreciate that and everything you have done to promote soil health and sustainable growing methods 💚🌱

[@jodicox3717]

Hi Charles great video as always! I believe in this case the garlic is reading high due to high levels of galacto-oligosaccharides. These do not have the same phsiolocical effects of monosaccharides such as glucose or disaccharides such as sucrose and actually act as fibre and probiotics in the gut 😊

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

That's very interesting thanks. I thought nonetheless that the refractometer measures only simple sugars like glucose and fructose, as opposed to the saccharides?

[@jodicox3717]

@@CharlesDowding1nodig possibly! It's a long time since I've used one 🙈 I do remember previously getting a very high sugar content from mung beans and likewise it was due to the FOS interfering with the refraction. I can't seem to see much about oligo detection online other then when broken down with HCL and measured as glucose! Thin layer chromotography or anion exchange chromotography would likely be the most accurate methods of measurement. The refractometer is such a great tool to have though!

[@tanamananggrek]

Yes oc❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

💚

[@chaddamp2894]

would love to see you care for half garden allotment through a season (s).....the issues are very different than you have at your wonderful garden..

[@livus3787]

He does have a small garden series here with only 3 avarage size patches, beside walls and hedges and in shade of neighbors trees 👉

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Yes it's more difficult, see the small garden series 25m2 / 270ft2 kzbin.info/aero/PL7WDfop74y-njULr-6gXPcfyF_VHS4mm5

[@lidiagarcia5378]

CHARLES: HOY RECIBIMOS UNA CLASE IMPORTANTE... Y GRATIS!!! GRACIAS POR ESTE REGALO!!!

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Que lindo, un placer Lidia.

[@jonerlandson1956]

it all looks good... thanks...

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Thanks for watching!

[@tomm5228]

Hi Charles early into your video, Dr berg, Carbohydrates, root veg are sweeter, I’m on a ketogenic diet

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

I did try keto for a while and then found it difficult because of the carbohydrates in vegetables I want to eat! And fruits as well.

[@riverstun]

Suggest "prairee fire" tomato for high sugar

[@jeshurunfarm]

A question Charles: If you had to make your current space more profitable, what can you change to achieve this goal? Respect from Africa 🇿🇦

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Stop doing my trials, grow a smaller range of vegetables which are the profitable ones, reduce the wages I pay, and spend less time on hedges and experimenting with compost making

[@annedoyle9640]

Interesting question.

[@jeshurunfarm]

@@CharlesDowding1nodig that is great news, so your market garden is actually profitable, your are just spending more resources for the purposes of educating us. Thank you Sir. 😊

[@rubyquinonez5966]

cada dia aprendo algo nuevo con tigo mister charly..aun son novata en esto y lo disfruto como no tienes idea😘😚

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Gracias Ruby

[@GARDENER42]

Damn' caterpillars ate all my kalettes - hid down on the stems so I didn't see them. Still can't find_bacillus thuringiensis_ at an affordable price, as it's only sold to gardeners for treating box moth caterpillar. Great to see your ongoing harvests.

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

I was given a pack by somebody who found it online cheaply for shipping to the UK and it's all in Chinese, with the only English words being Bacillus thuringiensis

[@dennistaylor3796]

In USA eBay

[@jaymeelk9380]

Yay I’m First! Thank You Charles.

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

I think you are! Cheers

[@mattdaylewis]

love you videos! FYI chioggia is pronounced "k-ee-OH-g-j-ee-aa" (which is the correct phonetic spelling) or more simply "kee-o-jee-a"

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Ah thanks!

[@derpty420lerp3]

you not picking that caterpillar off got me a little bit

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

‼️ perhaps should have!

[@The_Argent]

Sounds like you need to harvest a secondary crop of pigeon and deer.

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

🕺🏼 the cat is good on pigeons! But yes

[@julianzenker6679]

Hey Charles, very informative video as always and coming at the right time. I got one question: I live in the south of germany and i have slug issues with with my chinese cabbage, even though i got a fine net around the bed. Do you have Informations on growing chinese cabbage somewhere?

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Yes, absolutely www.charlesdowding.co.uk/product/pln_pests-understand-and-manage-r2h00dr0 Slug slug Chinese cabbage and you're doing well if you keep them all out. It can help to remove the decaying outer leaves

[@rileymg4675]

I love these videos, I find your energy calming and the knowledge you share invaluable through these tours. I'm a young grower and very inspired.

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Great to hear that you are inspired Riley and thank you 🙂

[@alistairmccairnhill1729]

Hi Charles, would you mind doing a video on the reasons why the market garden is not turning a profit ? that would be very insightful as your garden and approach is most impressive.

[@alistairmccairnhill1729]

just saw your answer further below in the comments. well yes that makes sense to '''Stop doing my trials, grow a smaller range of vegetables which are the profitable ones, reduce the wages I pay, and spend less time on hedges and experimenting with compost making" i was under the impression you were able to turn a profit :)

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Noted, I have also done this kzbin.infocBh93exbYXQ

[@johnrimmer7426]

Very encouraging and great to see. Re Borlotti Beans. Mine are stil on green plants and the pods mostly not dry yet. Can they be picked and dried indoors (shed probably)?

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Thanks John. Probably it's too late for them to dry truly and if you try to dry them when picked green, they will probably shrivel. Maybe consider shelling them and freezing the beans

[@yvonnejackson1696]

@@CharlesDowding1nodigThanks. I was wondering the same thing myself

[@NannaCarlstedt2]

Charles, have look at the last 30 secs of this video; the link square is unfortunately covering you in the picture.

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Oops my fault thanks

[@fatmaarslanbas7925]

😊😊😊😊😊😊

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

🙂

[@nb_pt]

What an amazing video, Charles! Thank you! I live in a region where there is no frost (the equivalente to hardiness zone 10b I think). Could you share your thoughts about what dates should I consider as first and last frost dates? I transplant peppers and tomatoes outdoors when night temperature is above 10 Celsius, but it's the only reference I have. Thank you! 😊

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Glad it was helpful and that's a bit tricky. It's related to daylight as well as temperature. I would estimate early November, late March

[@nb_pt]

@@CharlesDowding1nodig makes sense! Thank you!

[@StSdijle]

thanks for the flik! One question on the Brixmeter: how sure are you that you measure sugar? The meter basically measure optical properties of a solution: that is it measures how much the polarisation of light changes when passing through a solution. For pure sugar solution the degree orientation is changed is proportional to its concentration. But I am not sure if other substances have similar properties and if theses substances can occur in vegetables. Do you know?

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Thanks, I should like to know more, interesting thought

[@FredMertzification]

So, at 26:13 that's an electroculture antenna?

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Yes! Checking to see!