I'm Done With No Dig and a Nice Harvest

[@howarddavies3744]

I'm up a mountain in Wales, it's been a terrible year but the brassicas have been fantastic. Always good to watch your enthusiastic videos.

[@John-e5g4d]

What a summer we have had in the NW, for me the worst in 12 years of gardening for lack of sun and rainfall. My onions, probably around 200, completely failed with a fungal mildew. I have never seen anything like it. Tomatoes in the polytunnel ripening as late as I have ever seen and much smaller than other years....

[@Loz-oh3us]

Same here - tomatoes just beginning to ripen. I think the clouds are being seeded. Have you also noticed a reduction in insects and flies this year 🤔

[@DadThatCooks]

Love your style of videos

[@majordog2399]

Its great to see your progress from last year's health issues. Onwards and upwards sir. Digging is good for the soul and body. Thanks for still putting some KZbin content out there .

[@carolwhite6979]

it was so good to see you happy and digging in your garden. what a difference a year has made for you! hugs!

[@dn744]

Those cabbage leaves make great slug traps. Fold in half and put in any gaps between plants. In the morning collect the slugs. Leaves last several days before throwing away. 😊

[@newbatling4194]

Ooo what a great idea

[@GARDENER42]

For stuffed jalapenos (AKA atomic buffalo turds), halve, remove the calyx & seeds, fill halves with cream cheese, then put back together, wrap in streaky bacon & stick them in the oven.

[@susiespearing6165]

The peas always dry out Tony .There a cold weather crop and always shrivel up in heat 🙂

[@helenkeough4187]

Happy anniversary of still bringing joy to our screens. Long may you continue to be able to dig!!!

[@samueljaramillo4221]

That’s huge cabbage. I don’t cut and drop anything. I chop everything and put them into my compost bins.

[@thetweegarden]

It’s been a tough year, it’s my first season growing on my new allotment and honestly if I had been totally new to it and I hadn’t already been growing at home I think I’d have given up! You’ve got some great harvests there, I saw that amazing cauliflower too! Well done Tony ❤

[@Bunglesfamilyplot]

I remember ya earlier video when you said 2 cabbages doesn’t look enough in that bed , but they look amazing Tony 🎉

[@amousawie]

If you have an expired multivitamins tub, then dissolve in water, add charcoal powder and let the mix set for a few days and dilute the mix. Every 15 mils into 25 liters of water and water your peas with it, and it should make your plants stronger. The charcoal prevents roots from rotting. Cut the extra cabbage leaves into pieces, place them on the soil, the add more soil on to. Water with charcoal powder and water mix. This should give your plants a nutrient rich mix and they will become greener and would yield you more produce than usual.

[@markwojciechowski5720]

You plant peas early in February they're done middle of june.

[@neeway1620]

I'd guess with the peas that they were small plants and produced pods low down. Once a pea plant produces a pod that ripens fully it dies off as the plant knows it has made its seed. Same with cucumbers and why I try to pick earlier rather than later.

[@bertibear1300]

Can’t grow cabbage except for Durham spring cabbage.Hope you are well Tony.

[@VanessaPapilio]

I’m way down south in Dorset … and my peas just suddenly went brown and papery like yours! Weird year for growing!

[@tecmow4399]

Great to see you having a forking good time!

[@christinebrooks6364]

Hi Tony, wow! Huge cabbage! Well done! Oh no! Your poor peas! Great video update. Thanks for sharing and take care 😊

[@jayjohnson3724]

Great to see you having fun.

[@billbasherbill1364]

The peas have gone through their life cycle and died .

[@Dawn_Grows_Veg]

So good to see you fit after your awful time last year. Good on you hun. Those pointy red cabbage are amazing, such an incredible colour! Out of 6 I planted earlier in the year I ended up with one that was any good (thanks to the slug and snail damage grr ) and man we really enjoyed it over several dinners. I picked up some more plug plants to put in hopefully they will be ok. The variety was called Kalibos and absolutely delicious! Keep an eye on those onions, you will kick yourself if you leave them too long

[@paulineprice9534]

Interesting year with tomatoes. Last year ours totally failed. This year, we bought really good quality compost (Evergreen multipurpose). Put well rotted manure in base of sunken buckets, compost layered with comfrey leaves. Weekly feed of homemade comfrey brew 10% mix with rainwater. Now a bumper crop of beefsteak tomatoes as a result plus big crop greenhouse toms. I can only think the extra prepping made the difference.

[@patriciadempsey4259]

I'm down in North Yorkshire, we have not been able to grow peas this year. None of my allotment neighbours have had any luck either, been a bit of a bad year in the open beds 😮

[@thetweegarden]

Same here in West Yorkshire, out of 100+ sown I’ve got 2 plants and they are the most pathetic specimens.

[@TheUnconventionalGrower]

Hi Tony, great video. You seem to have done well with the sweetcorn. I've had a fairly naff year this time with them. Peas seem to have had a shorter season that last time but still managed a decent-ish harvest. Keep up the good work.

[@RobertSmith-rr4zt]

Hey mate your peas have just done their dash is all. Mine were sown late February it's now August they're crispy golden brown and loaded with enough pods for next year

[@lorainemcguire5795]

Your allotment looks great My peas dried out quickly ❤ crimson crush 🍅

[@crocketp]

That cabbage is absolutely monstrous! 😝

[@philomenabrabazonobroin5236]

Chick weed is a very useful herb

[@MrLaking123]

I've had the same issue with the peas. It started with powdery mildew, then they just started dying.

[@hoosierpioneer]

Elbow Grease. Wouldn't it be nice if we could grease our elbows? and knees, hips....

[@scientistforscience]

I know you guys are focused on production but if you start the video and notice the beauty... wow. The shapes, the colors, even the bird sounds.

[@dereknash3638]

Got loads of tomato’s on my outdoor plants large and small tomato’s in my back garden, my hanging basket of tumbling toms are laden with tomato’s so much cannot touch the branches in case they break off with the weight of them, but very few of them are turning red. I would not mind but we only eat about half a dozen of them a week and don’t make sauces. We are not salad people. Tony you get down to your plot early but you always seem in a rush, I’m still in bed by time you get back home.

[@newbatling4194]

Hey I've been a done it.......ordered an Engwe L20... hope it turns out to be a good buy.

[@artyanne65]

Cabbages look great Tony 😊 mine are hearting up nicely. I always forget to use my Hori Hori knife.

[@ballysillanallotment-man5793]

Tony i don't know but since i went no dig I've had more and more trouble with slugs and snails i was going to dig my beds this winter and let the birds and the frost clean the soil just to see if it makes any difference

[@thedorkasaur]

The trouble is the slugs and snails have just been rife regardless of how anyone grows Be a shame to loose all your benefits and hard work for the idea of slugs and snails, when it's been dreadful everywhere

[@TheEnglishladyskitchengarden]

We've despatched over a thousand slugs in a fortnight. We are leaving the leopard slugs alone as not all slugs are a menace.

[@MariA-nw5qx]

I was digging up main potatoes a couple of days ago and noticed clumps of slug eggs as well as several slugs deep in the soil. 1-1.5 inches below the soil level. I have rather sandy soil, common in my part of Yorkshire. No dig is good but if the area is known to host a vibrant slug population, I think it's worth digging to disturb the slug's life cycle.

[@RawLondonGardener]

Nice top notch harvest

[@grahamburchell1]

No Dig ... we all dig at some point, even if just to get out that stubborn weed or deep rootted parsnip, so no one is truley No Dig, just limited till.

[@Jacqui-Pen]

Nice size cabbages there Tony 😊

[@hamster1968]

My peas this year did exactly the same as yours

[@DavidJones-lv6li]

Bad year for tomatoes for me in north devon. Taken 15 out and bagged em for the tip. As got blight !!!!sad. But go again in March next year

[@susanelwood5794]

I’ve had hundreds of outdoor tomatoes and more to ripen BUT the greenhouse ones have been abysmal🥺. My peas on the other hand have been fantastic, they’re on their 2nd round of pods. Beetroots and radish have been rubbish. Strawberries have been crap as well

[@Feelgoodgardens]

Wow what a whopper of a cabbage Tony 😍 Weeds always seem to grow better than crops don't they 😂 Our peas haven't been successful either 🙄 Everything else coming along great 👍 Nice few tomatoes 🍅 Have a great week 🌻

[@Lynne-plot35b-36b]

Hey Tony what a cabbage!! But what dyu do with a red cabbage? Apart from pickle it I never know what to do with them.

[@lorrainegrey8240]

Braised red cabbage is delicious 😋

[@LucyLeaf]

Makes a nice coleslaw

[@AmanitaWoodrose]

Makes a great base for sauerkraut!

[@Paddyandpoppy]

I’m in the middle of France and it’s the worst year we have ever had, hardly anything has done well, numbers and sizes down massively. Not pests although we do get Colorado beetle but bad germination, stunted growth. Most of it looks healthy just not coming to much.

[@tanyacurtis2884]

I really, really don't get it - veggies and flowers struggling but weeds having a real party time 🤔

[@Veggiesrule1908]

WOW 🤩 what a beauty (the cabbage I mean 🤣🤣) what variety are they?

[@GARDENER42]

Tom's have been DIRE this year & peppers a waste of time. Big fat leaves are bad for chop & drop, as they're great for slugs & snails. My aubergines are looking super healthy but too late for more than 5 or 6 fruits before the cold does for them.

[@Bernietheoc]

👏🏻🥬

[@JamzJaro]

First!

[@RealFoodComesDirty]

Yo Tony, what's with the wee knife? Did you lose your hori hori?

[@TonyCSmith]

The Hori Hori is my pride and joy.

[@RealFoodComesDirty]

@@TonyCSmith ❤

[@susiespearing6165]

That's manspeak for " it's a wonderful knife but can't remember where it is " Audrey 😂

[@thegreygamer9975]

None of my toms have any colour at all, not even a hint.

[@Mal.t123]

Wear your gloves tony if you are next to the rat holes

[@newbatling4194]

My Tom's are just flowering then nothing only things this year that grew into anything are few onions, one cabbage (not destroyed by slugs) and few beetroot, it has been disaster year for growing

[@micktepolt6276]

maybe your peas PH is bad

[@tangerinebabe1]

I'm not doing cardboard next year. Just on my pathways. I'm not digging still, but I'll top with farm manure and see what happens. My cauliflowers, cabbages, onions and garlic were terrible this year.

[@thedorkasaur]

Cardboard is normally only for the initial set up. Once the bed is set up, just a top up of manure and compost each year.