Grow Your Own Food 2022 Part 6 | Prepare For Food Shortages

[@callyg7696]

Hi mate. I've done the same as you this year and got myself a small pollytunnel and beds, grow bags etc. Yours is looking really good. Amazed at how much the melon plant looks like a cucumber plant never occured to me they must be related lol. Some tips I picked up was to remove cucumbers before they get to full size as apparently once the plant makes enough seeds to carry it on it stops producing more cucumbers. Also, look into what aspirin does to tomato plants. A light spray with soluble aspirin forces the plant into a defensive state and it producers more tomatoes, faster and also makes the plants hardy against all kinds of illness. Currently I'm looking at what I can grow over autumn and winter months to keep the free food coming. Prices dont appear to be dropping anytime soon and the talk of power outages means my grow lights and fridge will suffer if it happens. Good luck with it all mate. I also finally put the finishing touches to the pizza oven build I started in 2029 lockdown. New chimney and Indian sandstone around my log storage base with doors. Happy with the result!

[@mancaveprojects4693]

Thanks for the great comments. I also do some foraging which I might feature on the channel. I have a great spot at Lymm Dam in Cheshire for wild garlic and a couple of ancient orchard sites that are now on public land with apples, plumbs, gooseberries, raspberry's blackberries, pears etc. (best site being at the old Hardy Farm site near Jacksons Boat in Charlton, Manchester). This site gives some great advice regarding the locations of ancient orchards across the UK: ptes.org/get-involved/surveys/countryside/traditional-orchard-survey/orchard-maps/

[@callyg7696]

@@mancaveprojects4693 I had no idea this was a thing I'll get on it. We did some foraging last year but going to get back on it this year. Amazing to see how much you can use in your own area and the health benefits. Especially the likes of nettles. Thanks for the link 😁