No Dig Gardener Makes Abundant Kitchen Garden

[@LizZorab]

Watch Steph's garden tour, 18 months after moving to her new home. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jYPIfnqBhdpoobc

[@ellenyoung9223]

I love that you support each other’s channels over there in Wales. Your garden and Stephanie’s are both beautiful and inspiring.

[@LizZorab]

Thanks so much 😊 There's a great deal of pleasure in supporting each other and sharing time, ideas and laughter. Steph and I have become good friends over the last couple of years and I'm thrilled that we live reasonably close to each other.

[@gailthornbury291]

Now Christmas is over I suddenly feel urgency to get out and clear up ready for the new growing season. Today I spread compost, packed leaves into a large bin for leafmould - climbing in and jumping to pack as many in as possible. I knew that extra Christmas weight had a higher purpose.

[@LizZorab]

Sounds great! It's far too wet for us to do any gardening yet, the ground is saturated and it's a bit of a mud bath out there!

[@deborhgilmartin4192]

Haha that's the way to be positive

[@dip_emb_mexuk]

Oh I still do go out in the garden at this time of year, come rain of shine! Yesterday I cut back Mexican fleabanes, pulled out some nettles, moved one of Astrantias to a shady area as it couldn’t well with full sun in my garden. Coming up next week > pruning shrub roses :) enjoy gardening everyone!

[@sura2047]

My two favourite gardening ladies! Thank you for being so inspiring, both of you. Great video, thanks for sharing

[@JBNat]

So wonderful to see a garden in the height of summer at this time of year Liz. Been following Steph's wonderful updates on instagram for a long time. Absolutely mad how quickly both of you have turned your land productive. PS That was a beautiful shot of Steph enjoying the hammock 😆

[@LizZorab]

Women on a mission! LOL

[@carolineholland4178]

Thank you Liz, I love watching Stephanie's videos as well as yours. Her recipes in The Creative Kitchen are a feast for the eyes as well as the tummy!

[@LizZorab]

I agree, The Creative Kitchen is a fabulous book!

[@stephaniehaffertyhomesteading]

Thank you

[@francesbatycki404]

Yay! Love Steph and her channel and her garden! The lushness of her garden and the gentle breeze - I can almost smell the garden!

[@LizZorab]

Thanks so much - I hope I captured the beauty of her garden in this video.

[@francesbatycki404]

@@LizZorab you most certainly did! Happy new year to you and Mr. J. 🇨🇦❤️👩‍🌾🥦🥒🪴🫑🥬🥕

[@stephaniehaffertyhomesteading]

Thank you Frances

[@rubygray7749]

What a treat!! Two favourite gardening ladies in one video (much too short unfortunately).

[@LizZorab]

Glad you enjoyed it! It's a good sign for me when a video feels too short. We'll be making more videos this summer 💚

[@sandideak4125]

Really enjoyed hearing about the goals and plans for her plot. Helps me think of what I want to accomplish in the new year! 🎉💕

[@LizZorab]

I'm looking forward to filming with Steph again this year, to see how much has changed since I last visited.

[@irishcottagerenovation9900]

Brilliant liz, I’m a big fan of Steph, it’s so great she shows what a woman on her own can achieve as often watch videos where people have partners to help and it make you feel down if you are on your own so thank you.

[@LizZorab]

Couldn't agree more! I know lots of people think that Mr J does half the gardening here, but he's the first to admit that he doesn't garden. Like Steph has the occasional help from her children, I have the occasional help from Mr J - but we can do it as women on our own in the garden!

[@stephaniehaffertyhomesteading]

I'm glad you like my work/videos! It is all me, with very occasional help from my kids for things like putting up the big fruit cage, along with full time work and all the other things we do in life - that's why things are done in manageable stages :-)

[@stephaniehaffertyhomesteading]

@@LizZorab the amount of time I get asked who I employ to do the garden, how many other people work here......!!

[@niallgardens]

Really enjoyed watching this. You've both created productive spaces from scratch in such a short time which is so impressive! 😃

[@LizZorab]

Thanks so much! 😊 And I know that you created a fabulous vegetable garden pretty quickly too!

[@stephaniehaffertyhomesteading]

Thanks Niall. Next time you're in the UK come and visit.

[@OrtoForesta]

Steph is a force of nature!

[@stephaniehaffertyhomesteading]

Thank you

[@lynmaunsell4062]

Great video. I enjoy seeing the progress in Steph’s garden as in your’s Liz.

[@LizZorab]

Thanks Lyn. And thank you for joining us for the live chat 💚

[@gillianhigham3065]

Good encouragement to grow organic, healthy food at home! Very interesting!

[@LizZorab]

Glad that you enjoyed the video!

[@michaelmcclafferty3346]

Well done Liz and Steph. Happy New Year from north east Scotland. I love your generous spirit Liz to include other growers. I think that you are one of the few YT producers who does this. That’s very impressive.

[@LizZorab]

Thanks so much! I am more than happy to introduce or highlight other growers that I think are growing a great garden. And when it comes to making videos with friends, like Steph, well then it just feels like a day of play!

[@Whoop1]

Thank you Stephanie. & Happy new year to you Liz and All .🌹

[@LizZorab]

Happy new year!

[@margaretsofocleous1999]

Thanks Liz I will definitely look at Steph's channel

[@LizZorab]

Thanks Margaret. Happy New Year x

[@smileawhile3788]

Thank you for this video. This has given me so many ideas and inspiration as well. Thank you

[@LizZorab]

Glad it was helpful!

[@insidethegardenwall22]

It gives me hope that I too, can garden on my own! Not nearly as good but as a novice, I do farm-to-table from my front yard ok. Thanks for sharing!

[@LizZorab]

You can do it!

[@stephaniehaffertyhomesteading]

You can!

[@Saedolin]

"Death to all dandelions." 😄 I know what she means. I leave a lot in my borders for the bees, but I also remove a LOT of seedlings! I can't get on with the taste sadly.

[@LizZorab]

I'm exactly the same, keep a few, remove lots!

[@stephaniehaffertyhomesteading]

@@smileawhile3788 it isn't the case, dandelions grow almost everywhere, all kinds of soil. They are not an indication that you need to work the soil. Ecologically, better not to work the soil, too.

[@ErnieCG]

Lovely

[@christiegrows2022]

Inspiring ❤

[@LizZorab]

Absolutely!

[@66REDD66]

Fantastic ❤❤👍

[@eljardindesofi6288]

Muy bien videos

[@karenm5681]

8:25 time stamp… I have also tried making the roasted dandelion roots “coffee” after hearing about this substitute that they made in wartime. It was vile. Never again.😂 Steph, I’m curious if you have a solution to slugs in the garden, as that is a problem at times in my garden.

[@LizZorab]

Hi Karen, here is my video about slugs kzbin.info/www/bejne/ol7XeKmFir2po5Y

[@karenm5681]

Thank you so much, Liz! Will watch it right now,!!!🥰

[@stephaniehaffertyhomesteading]

Mostly it's a combination of relocation to one of the wild areas, encouragement of predators and reduction of slug habitat where I'm growing slug-susceptible plants. So I use mulches that don't encourage them, mostly don't have sides to my beds, keep debris (piles of logs, twigs, etc) in the wild areas.

[@karenm5681]

@@stephaniehaffertyhomesteading Sounds good! Thanks for your reply.

[@TESELETGARDEN]

Sangat bagus

[@LizZorab]

Thank you!