Small Garden May 2023

[@robertevans8024]

I don't give some away because I planted too much. I plant too much so I can give some away. 😍🌱🍅🌶️🌽🥦🥒🥔🌰 Love your channel so much Sir Charles !🤴 👍👍

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Haha cool.

[@scottmason229]

All about sharing the joy! ❤

[@stevendowden2579]

lovely video charles

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Thank you 🙂

[@danfarkas5375]

This is about how much area I plant on. It's great to see someone with as much experience as CD doing something on the scale of average people.

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Thank you, I am glad it helps 🙂

[@fairgolfer]

Also showing disappointments 👍

[@BlackDogDesigns]

I just love when you show your small garden, it’s very similar in size to my small No Dig garden and I always learn so much from you! Thank you so much for sharing🪴

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Thank you for your kind words🙂

[@sebasforest963]

it's always a great day when a small garden video comes out!

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

🙂

[@izaacdreddpimp]

I feel the same way.

[@lenamccubbin1068]

I want to express how much I am enjoying using your methods of seeding and transplanting multi sown vegetables. Not everything is a great success as I need more experience but enough is successful that I will continue. It’s made more fun in gardening. Thanks!

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

This is great to hear Lena I am glad you are finding it fun 🙂 🌱

[@jorgeramella9666]

Thank you for share it, from Mar del Plata , George

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

🙂

[@naomi2646]

Thank you Charles, I enjoyed the visit. Hope your enjoying your Spring.

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

🙂 Thank you glad you enjoyed it.

[@DanFree7]

Like your shirt and the brown jacket Charles! Cheers from another gardener : )

[@TalkingThreadsMedia]

Hi, Charles. In Saturday’s garden feeds... there was a very nice article about you and your Homeacres garden. It was fun reading about your early days in gardening. Best wishes from Kate in Olympia, WA - 5/22/2023.

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Nice to hear Kate and thanks

[@nancyanaya3150]

Hi Charles you are an inspiration to our generation. I have learnt so much mych from you. You make farming fun. From Kenya

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Thank you for your kind words 🙂

[@Sue-ec6un]

I'm always so happy when there's a new video! Let me tell you, Charles, your no dig approach has me producing enough food for myself for a year, with very little "work"! So thankful I found your channel 5 years ago before I started gardening in my new yard! This method is so great and since there is no damage to the underlying ground, it's easy to rearrange where my gardens are and to build new ones, year after year. I have never been so successful in my gardening endeavours before. Thank you so much!

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

This is great to hear. So pleased 🙂

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

How wonderful! Thanks for your feedback

[@nnnnnnnn2125]

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[@tamararoberts9307]

Yes! Same for me. I'm 61 in south-central Indiana and been following your videos for several years . I never till. Been gardening on our new property for 7 years now. I'm loving it ❤

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

This is great 🙂 thank you for your support

[@NannaCarlstedt2]

Thank´s Charles. You are the best, the King of No Dig! Thank you for sharing your experiences.

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Thank you for your kind words 🙂

[@bernadette6211]

The sky in south west Ireland is nearly always veiled ! Lovely to see the small garden, thankyou..I'm off the sow carrots

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Thank you 🙂

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

It's so shocking, in plain view yet hardly known

[@bernadette6211]

I know, it is shocking. I've been aware of it for about 5 years now. Have you noticed it for long? I'm enjoying your lovely no knead rye bread recipe from the No Dig Cookbook.

[@peggyhelblingsgardenwhatyo7920]

Good morning, Charles, from Windermere, Florida 9b USA 🇺🇸 Your Garden is really productive. We are 4-6 weeks ahead of you. Already consistent days up to 90° Happy Gardening, My Friend ❤Peggy❤

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Thank you and to you also 🙂

[@nettiebetti1484]

That is a dream garden

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Thank you 🙂

[@alisonburgess345]

Great video Charles - I've got a freezer, jars, baskets and sacks full of beautiful veggies for winter thanks to your knowledge and videos over the years. It's the way I'll grow my own vegetables for ever 🎉

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

💚 ah great!

[@rendezvous_with]

Small Garden! Woo!

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

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[@Roddersville]

Thank you Charles ….😁👍🏻

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

🙂

[@itsmewende]

It always quite amazing to see just how much food can be had on a small plot. Have a wonderful week ahead.

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

It is amazing you are right and you also 🙂

[@stlmama7643]

Timely! Noticed spinach putting on flowers today, and was hoping to pinch them off and still get a harvest in the coming weeks. Thanks for the confirmation.

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Perfect 🙂

[@thatgirlthatgrows]

It’s so interesting the see how much you can grow in a small space! Thank you for sharing!

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

🙂

[@Scott3387]

Every year my garden get's closer and closer to looking like yours! I attribute this in part to your teachings of course.

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

That is great 🙂

[@william_rc]

Lovely video. My next level of garden knowledge I'm looking to gain is succession planting. Planning to do a lot of testing over the next few seasons. I would love more videos on that and some different things to think about in terms of succession planting.

[@Sue-ec6un]

Charles has great videos for succession planting. He even put out a timeline. Adjust it for your growing zone. Happy gardening!

[@smas3256]

Thank you Charles. Having problems with down pours washing beets, carrots, peas away so replanted. Zone 6B U.S.A. In the 90's few weeks back. 64F today w. heavy to light rain. We needed. Roma withheld winds. Two things I'd like to share with you Charles. 1.) I was watching tomato site. On indeterminant varieties, depending on conditions like spacing he does not remove suckers and cuts back the top that won't get ripe tomatoes before end of season. 2.) I'm in my mid 70's and also learning how to strengthen my weak low back muscles and painful knees. No more weaknesses and pain free adventures in the garden.

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Oooh sounds difficult weather. Good luck with keeping fit, gardening helps for sure :)

[@harrymonk6]

Nothing like a smoke before harvesting radishes 😊

[@kensearle4892]

Thanks for showing us the edging too! I added weed fabric this year but I still have to deal with the edge because I don't want the lawn mower catching the weed fabric.

[@backwoodscountryboy1600]

I'm here in the States, thank you so much for sharing your knowledge and wisdom. I have learned so much from you. And over 90% of your ideas work here in the southern region of the States. Thank you again Sir.

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Thank you for your kind words and good to hear your success 🙂

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Lovely to hear! 💚

[@roxiquir]

Thank you so much! So satisfying and great information!

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Thank you 🙂

[@ThatBritishHomestead]

Lovely stuff we have 2 allotment and this much at home. It’s amazing how much you can grow in such a small amount of Space

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Isn't it good!

[@whatifitnt]

It’s such a treat to follow you around in your gardens 💖 Thank You for sharing your wisdom and talents with us once again... so helpful 💝

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

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[@spir5102]

This is one of the best videos you’ve done! Your garden and the tasks in the garden were very similar to mine. It was great to see you covering many of the topics that need attention in a smaller garden. So helpful! Thank you for all you do to help us gardeners.

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

So pleased you found it helpful and thank you for your kind words

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Thank you so much and it makes it feel super worthwhile for me when I have comments like this 💚

[@PlantObsessed]

Pill bugs have been bad this year. They ate some of my tomato seedlings. I dont think i have ever seen that before. I have been putting ground egg shell on the stems to try and help.

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

I had it happen once when there was too much old rotting wood nearby in the greenhouse. It definitely helps to have a bit of a spring clean before propagation starts. It's incredible how their numbers escalate very rapidly, when any wood is decomposing!

[@bipedal675]

Thanks Charles for another wonderful video on the small garden….I’ve managed to get a small alottment this year in Philadelphia and have designed and planted with yours in mind 🌸

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Nice to hear!

[@janecarver9672]

You have inspired me to make my vegetable gardens no dig. I love watching your videos even though we are 6 months out here in New Zealand. Today I've planted Suttons Dwarf Broad beans, as I'm sick of the tall ones falling everywhere, celtuce, and sugar chicory seeds too. We have torrents of rain here and the paths between the raised beds are slush. Thanks for your continual inspiration Charles

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Nice to see this Jane and I'm sorry about the unnatural weather, good luck with those sowings 🌱

[@dustyflats3832]

Our beets usually are disappointing. Carrots are hit and miss. I try to keep them watered well, but wonder if it’s a boron issue. Too cheap to get soil test so will try to rig up irrigation and do a test. I believe the nutrients are covered but if they run on dry side I suppose they can’t take it up. Our springs seem to be too hot. With in ground rows it helps to dig a 3-4” trench around edge to prevent lawn from creeping in.

[@mickaltham8202]

The small garden videos are my favourite as my garden is a small garden, I've started to get into the habit of putting sowing dates one the plant lables so I can get an idea of what to sow to go in when something comes out, I'm on my 4th sowing of courgette and there just not germinating I'm going to buy a different packet and brand today along with a couple of plug plants just to make sure 😁👍

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Good to hear Mick and yes sounds like old seed :(

[@mickaltham8202]

@@CharlesDowding1nodig I think it's the seed also, although has 2024 oon pack lol, but like in one of your previous videos on seed, who knows how old it is before being packaged 👍

[@elizabethlake6986]

These uploads are so helpful thankyou Charles keep them coming please.

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

So glad you find them helpful 🙂

[@francisgeorgemurphy]

Always an inspiration, thank you Charles

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

thank you 🙂

[@LoveIsBeingHuman]

Thanks Charles I was checking every day hoping for a new video.And here it is. Loved it. Make another one tomorrow please.

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

I wish. These are half a day's work each, including the planning, b rolls, edits, organising translations for subtitles

[@LoveIsBeingHuman]

@@CharlesDowding1nodig I know it's a lot of work. But I love your calm voice and smooth honest approach. I live in an apartment block in Australia. I have taken over the garden. Today I planted 16 Cabbages, Zinnias and peas and beans a mandarin tree an olive tree, turmeric and spring bulbs. I try to work out your sowing dates in down under seasons. Thanks Charles love your work.💌😃✴🌟⭐

[@carlfogarthy6508]

Charles always tops! thanks

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

thank you 🙂

[@stan1050]

'the sky's been a bit hazy at times'. I know how you mean. I got up 5am one beautiful clear sky morning & then watched in anger as the 'condensation trails' spread out. By 9am all was milky white & I could almost look directly at the sun.

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Crazy times Stan. Send love upwards to help.

[@alannalujan]

Yayy!!! I always look forward to the small garden videos because I’m working with a small space.

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Glad you enjoyed it 🙂

[@marykappesser5145]

I love your Channel Charles. I learn so much from you. I look forward to seeing more about succession planting.

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Thank you for your kind comments 🙂 I am glad you are enjoying my content

[@xxsweetalkinxx]

I have followed you for some time now and rarely comment but I just want to say Thank you for all your advice and help :P :)

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

That is lovely, thankyou

[@jennyjohnson9012]

Love the small garden Charles. It's an ongoing battle with the slugs, I had most of my peas taken last night! More sowing today. Off to sow some radishes in between my garlic and onions. It's a busy but enjoyable time. Thankyou for all your tips.

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Busy bee Jenny

[@aname5267]

I feel like from 1st January I’m already looking forward to the last frost date but then the French beans and tomatoes still need to be indoors until June when it’s 10 degrees or more at night. Wish I had a greenhouse!

[@patriciaserdahl5577]

Thank you Charles my small garden has been doing well the last few years since you taught the No dig method Im just able to plant too here in the PNW Washington very similar growing conditions we share 😊

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

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[@sams_veg_patch]

Love these videos always very informative 👌

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Thank you 🙂

[@suepowlesland8541]

For badgers... Maybe wire mesh tunnels? I secure sturdy wire panels with 2" openings over anything my local racoon likes to eat. Now he just digs the lawn for grubs, so I think we have come to a mutual arrangement 😊😮

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Many thanks Sue

[@victoriagolmehdi8506]

My allotment is my sanctuary and I have now filled it up with a lot of different things, thanks to your calendar. I am learning all the time and managing to keep on top of the slugs and birds! Thank you for sharing your hard earned knowledge so generously Charles and one day I will come to Home Acres and take one of your courses.

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

That is lovely to hear Victoria!

[@maca6240]

Gracias maestro... Es un 17:32 privilegio ver tus vídeos... 👏👏

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Gracias 🙂

[@livus3787]

Can't wait till I will have my OWN small garden 😔... I can dream on

[@elizabethlake6986]

I sincerely hope your wait won't be too long, dreams can come true fingers crossed.

[@EarthBackThen]

All the very best

[@thelmamc522]

My best carrots every year are planted between my onions. I sow the seeds in early June and by the time I pull out the onions, the carrots have plenty of space to grow. It is a very bountiful part of my garden. I plant 300 onions, then I get fresh carrots from Sept to march. I am in Pacific northwest zone 7.

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Super process Thelma

[@irishcottagerenovation9900]

Love to see the small garden progress, alas the slug problem here prevents me from growing certain veg outside but my NO DIG poly tunnel is now producing wonderful harvests of broad beans,peas,lettuce onions, and strawberries so thank you for all your inspiration.

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Glad the polytunnel is going well and thank you 🙂

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Excellent! A positive start, go you

[@Travellingwithakira]

My brassicas also flopped this year, never had so much failure with cabbage brocoli chinese leafy greens and lettuce. All got eaten by slugs. So far only my summer plants and garlic is thriving. Just have to keep resowing brassica.

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Yes it's quite a mystery and I'm noticing it on money but not all brassicas

[@patweldon5880]

Love the small garden video has we have limited space in our retirement park. Its amazing what you can produce if it's done correctly. ❤

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

it definitely is and thank you 🙂

[@Hayley-sl9lm]

I have a soft spot for dandelions because I have so few early flowers in my garden right now, so this year I kind of left some and dead-headed & thinned them like I would a garden flower. I learned man do they make excellent slug habitat! Something about the way that basal rosette hugs the ground, completely blocking out light and making it super wet underneath; I swear I found a slug under every single one I removed this year! And the slugs love to crawl up the stems at night to eat the flowers. It seems hard (especially in places where this is a native wildflower) to balance habitat vs pest harborage 😢.

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Great observations, thanks

[@lauramonahan9343]

I had to look up the definition of garden fleece (was imagining sheep fleece covering you plants 😊). We unimaginatively call it row cover here in the USA. Thank you for all you do. Just received your book!

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

😂 Thank you for your kind words and enjoy the book 🙂

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Nice to see this Laura and yes it's a different language!!

[@tmy1065]

I was rewatching the Small Garden playlist this week and appreciate the latest update. I love to see how everything is growing and also how you deal with any problems that arise. I learn just as much from what hasn’t been working as from the successful plantings. Your videos and books have helped me understand the rhythm of the growing season better. Today I harvested a spring variety of Korean radish and had green bean seedlings ready to plant! They were a little more spicy than the ones I harvested in the fall, probably because of the crazy blast of hot weather last week. A few had started to send up a flower stem. But still made delicious kimchi.

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Lovely to see this and I can imagine they were spicy! Nice you had the succession ready

[@Sky-Child]

Love how you correct yourself from pest damage to bug damage. 🐛 although we are always against them in the battle of veg growing, bugs have as much right to be here as us humans 😅

[@lisathemessenger7973]

Pest as a verb and not as a noun

[@dumitracheviorelalexandru9113]

You have heaven over there

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

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[@Jorduan100]

@6.18 Charles just casually brushes his hand over the stinging nettles,: like a true gardening warrior he shows no pain, only love for the stingy gits! Jokes aside, your videos are inspiring for improving my own garden and growing lots of food!

[@markirish7599]

I have arthritis in my shoulder. I sting myself most days in the shoulder it really helps. I'm being serious incase you think I am joking

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Haha thanks, they are noble plants, and I'm happy to help you 😀

[@lucybarnard3954]

Love all your videos I learn something new every time thanks x

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Good to hear 🙂 Thank you for your support

[@maleahlock]

I used to buy second hand saws to edge my beds but now we have an awful noisy petrol thing because I can't crawl along the ground anymore 😅 I think I might keep an eye out for those long handled biters you have and try to convince my partner to ditch the awful motorised thing. Lovely to hear all of your experience. Thank you for sharing 🪲

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Shortly after we finished filming, the neighbour got out his two stroke strimmer, what a racket!

[@helendennis7662]

Edging shears are great and we used them at all our clients gardens after mowing for a smart finish. However we established something like a ditch in the soil of the beds and birders next to the grass, so grass grew out kind of sideways, and you didn’t cut into soil with the edging shears. Then all we had to do was zoom round with a hoe after to lose the clippings in the soil.

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

We tried that but birds soon fill the 'ditch' with organic matter eg wood chips

[@mojavebohemian814]

Thank you

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

🙂

[@samanthahoos9827]

I’m sowing a second round of herbs/vegetables this week for planting out when the garlic comes out next month. How long to leave onions in that were over wintering - guess I’ll rewatch your onion videos.

[@jennyreeves8191]

Thank you for taking the time to make these videos it’s so informative and inspiring!

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Thank you for your support 🙂

[@terryjanssen316]

Cream of nettle soup. One of my favorite and good for you.

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

🙂

[@marielefebvre5891]

I’ve noticed quite a few rolly pollies, aka pillbugs, too. In VA, USA. They seem to like the roots of my seedlings in the cellar.

[@christiansmith6766]

Ive got lots of spare sungold tomatoes. When my peas finish cropping im gonna plant them outside along a wall which gives lots of heat back when the sun goes down. Its quite shelterd and apperently more resistant to blight being outside. Although i dont think ive actually ever suffered from tomatoe blight. Im growing lots of salad leaves. My basil has been disappointing and the aphids have eating it mostly. My allotment is looking good. Im holding back planting anymore seed till ive planted all my squash curcubits out. Which i have done now. Ive sown more sunflowers and really want some january king 3 plants so need to plant some of them. I wonder if any of my all year round cauliflowers will produce and my brussels are already 2 foot high :)

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

That's all very organised Christian! Your basil probably has aphids because you have put it in a little early which means the plants are weak, later plantings should be fine

[@SaintCoemgen]

11:33 - Have you considered or used a Wilkison Sword garden blade for edging? They are available in the UK and rather easy to use to edge. If you have used them or not, a review of your use would be a good video. Hope this helps.

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

thanks, never saw one yet

[@aeastman59]

Hi Charles, go to your nearby sheep farmer and ask for some fleece after they shear the sheep... take it and fluff it out a bit and circle pieces around your small starts to keep slugs away... slugs do not want to go over hairy things.... and the sheep wool is biodegradable plus you are helping your sheep farmer put excess sheeps wool to good use!

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Nice to hear thanks :)

[@insidethegardenwall22]

My young carrot seedlings were mostly destroyed by slugs. With your carrots under fleece, wouldn’t it make slugs more welcoming? How did you keep the carrots safe? I reseeded the gaps caused by slugs and called it succession planting.

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Yes, succeed with succession! I did nothing at all to protect them or I would've mentioned that. As I said, I'm almost surprised and attribute it to the no dig soil environment having a good balance of slug predators such as beetles

[@izaacdreddpimp]

Good job Mr.Dowding. You have been such a blessing to me. Because of your videos i have now converted 90% of my garden to No-dig raised beds. I too put alot of time,thought ,an effort into my composting. U are a great teacher an talented grower. Also, I had an idea.I purchased your 2023 calendar it was a Christmas gift for my girlfriend. I live in Virginia,USA. Maybe you could have an adapted USA version of the calender ( it would include our holidays,an days of significance). Also i have a question. Are all the British calenders set up with Monday being the first day on the far left side? In America Sundays take up that spot. Take care keep up the work.

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Thanks for your lovely comment and that's interesting about the calendar. My business is not big enough to justify a separate American printing, yet you have got me wondering!

[@seanjamescameron]

Been telling people on our allotment site (London) today not to get too excited as I’m expecting just one more frost before we are out of the woods.

[@anitast.9043]

I wish I had listened to the climate predictions because for once they were correct.

[@lksf9820]

There will be no more frost until Autumn 🙂

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Cheers Sean and I see no more this spring

[@FireflyOnTheMoon]

We had our last cold night towards zero three weeks ago in London.

[@fairgolfer]

Badgers in the garden whoa! I thought I had issues. We have deer and groundhogs.

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

That's enough! Good luck

[@apost099]

Second year using no dig practice and I made a mistake building by latest bed. Now I have a few pesky weeds popping up in the middle of my garden. How do you recommend fixing areas where the cardboard didn’t stop the weeds? I’m thinking of excavating the area down to the cardboard and laying some new cardboard down. Hopefully that works.

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

That is normal if the weed roots are strong and I find that it's a lot easier and quicker to keep removing the regrowth. Over time and depending on what the weeds are, the deeper roots run out of juice and stop growing. Just keep at it, little and often, much better for everything then digging out and starting again

[@apost099]

@@CharlesDowding1nodig I built the bed about a month ago. My worry with digging out the weeds is that I will punch through the existing cardboard and make the situation worse.

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

You remove the weed regrowth by removing only the top growth, above the original soil level, so you are not puncturing the cardboard

[@NATURALBEEKEEPERSCOLLECTIVE]

@7:28 Caught you digging! Just kidding hahaha Have you ever tried seeding your carrots with onion seeds as a form or pest control actually pest prevention? If not try a small test plot and you will be amazed. I have tried 60/40 carrot to onion ratio that worked better for productivity then a 50/50 So on trial right now is a 70/30 ratio I used a mix of red onions white onion and spring onions Got a substantial crop of Carrots in an area that is nortorios for carrot fly as well as tons of pickling sized onions. We are not allowed to use any pesticides on the Farm as there are Bee Hives and its 100% Organic

[@marieboileau950]

Merci monsieur je vous remercie pour votre partage c'est vraiment un régal de vous écouter vous êtes si généreux , pour moi c'est grâce à vos conseils avisés que j'ai tout appris à comprendre comment jardiner. C'est vraiment sympathique d'avoir créé un petit potager pour les débutants sachant que vous êtes un professionnel dans le domaine, ainsi votre temps est précieux pour votre entreprise , mais vous avez car même fait un petit coin pour nous démontrer que le potager est accessible à tous et surtout bien plus facile avec le no dig way,pour tout cela très cher monsieur je vous remercie infiniment 🙏 from 🇫🇷❤❤❤.

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Merci Marie, je vous souhaite de bonnes récoltes!

[@lisakunish936]

Hoops and bird netting held down tight with garden staples work pretty well to keep the critters out of the strawberries 🍓

[@pazwidmer8005]

❤Always waiting for your tips 🌼🌿👍

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Glad you find them helpful 🙂

[@priayief]

I'm berating myself because I see that you're planting dill as transplants. For whatever reasons, I've always believed that dill does not transplant well. Another (of many) good lessons I've learned from you. Thanks

[@lksf9820]

Here in the grim wastelands of the North I've got actual pea pods on the plants (started in the PT in Feb), I planted a whole packet of 3yr old PSB seeds as a test in your 60 modules and every one germinated so I planted them out, 40 odd were taken by the rabbits in the first night. Oddly they left the lettuce and beetroot. Salsify are sprouting haphazardly, Cutworms have taken many plants so far, but I grew plenty to replace them, carrots doing well, as are Caulis and Kohl. First time for Cucamelons and they're very slow after germination for some reason.

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Ahhh, grim wastelands, sounds like you are going well!

[@suttonsplash14]

Cutting nettles to "Reduce the population of mollusks" lmao great word

[@mike1968442]

Charles, I understand you don’t fertilizer’s and your “dirt” is fertile, but have you ever had it tested for nutritional value? I only fertilize my fruit trees but I do add “A to Azomite” minerals back in my soil. I wouldn’t believe that “composting” would create /build up minerals in the soil. Please correct me if I’m wrong.

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

It's a good question Mike, But I am suspicious of tests which can only evaluate what they look for and what's there, as opposed to evaluating the processes and interactions, including the biological part. I am using my plants as the test. There may be cases where some amendments are needed.

[@uklife1628]

I am overloaded with spinach at the moment 😂😂😂. I need to give them away 😅😅😅

[@jonnyreggae100]

I had great success in the greenhouse over winter but slow growth outdoors now in Bolton

[@lesliekendall5668]

I've never seen you talk about corn. If you do mainly salad crops, growing baby corn would be nice...plain or pickled.

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

I grew it last year and was not impressed, a lot of space and work for not much harvest

[@VanderlyndenJengold]

I use blue water pipe to help cover crops yet I like that metal wire. Trying to find some cheap online in the UK. How thick should it be? 3 - 4mm?

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Yes 4mm, is not cheap but lasts a long time

[@myslicechannel]

Great video.Any ideas why carrot germination has been so bad for me this year? Its been weeks and hardly a thing showing? I also lost all my brassicas - every one! I have replanted though and put beetroot round the edges and thistle leaves and eggshell all over the place! (I had used leaves as a mulch for the bay - wouldn't recommend that!!)

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

I'm afraid it's slugs. Look very closely and you often can see tiny green stones which is all that remains. If it's drier now, you have a chance at least

[@spoolsandbobbins]

Been a similar winter/spring here in Somerset, Nova Scotia but much colder. We use fleece and plastic which really helps with the kale regrowth from winter as well as the newly planted spinach, onions, carrots and lettuce. We are in a rush to grow and preserve as much as possible this year as grocery foods are tasting worse and prices keep getting higher 😳. Fleece is incredible and we found acres of the stuff when we moved to this old 1800’s farm 2 years ago. Very grateful and thoroughly enjoyed your video Charles.

[@FireflyOnTheMoon]

Is it that the fleece keeps the wind off? There is no heat advantage.

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Sounds amazing and I so agree!

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Both!!

[@spoolsandbobbins]

@@FireflyOnTheMoon it does keep some warmth in and using it together with plastic is even better. We mostly use it against the wind and pests though. We wouldn’t grow much here without it.

[@shaunblunden294]

Edging the garden is the bain of my life. My garden is surrounded by kaikoura grass which spreads incredibly quickly. Do you have any tips to deal with that? Thanks.

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Afraid not Shaun

[@gigs1602]

My question about fertilizer was answered.

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

👍

[@cirleneluz4486]

Acho muito legal a busca por alimentos do povo ao norte do planeta😊 Aqui no Sul, latitude 23 pra ser mais exata, sempre faz calor, a época do ano mais fria é agora 17, 15 graus C. Nunca vi geada na minha vida😅 É quando fazemos horta. Para não sofrer tanto com as temperaturas altas de verão. Sempre acima de 30🥵

[@shihtzusrule9115]

I bought Sungold Select II seeds from Baker Creek. They usually do heirloom seeds. it says they are orange and will occasionally produce a red tomato but they are a selection from the regular Sungold by Reinhard Kraft. I'm wondering how close to the original they will be. I've never grown the original. This was my first attempt to find it.

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

That's interesting and good luck. I've tried a few such attempts to replicate the original and have so far been disappointed with harvest. I hope yours is close to the real thing!

[@pennyfrance8312]

My problem is sourcing enough 'topping'. i use our own horse muck which i collect but the huge problem is they are fed on a lot of hay & I get lots of weeds.

[@mollvandiepenbrugge9817]

I live your small garden how big is it and how much compost did you need?

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

25 m², and Compost is about three large wheelbarrows each year

[@Cerrydwenn]

Have you ever experienced trouble from ants in the garden? Next to the aphids they maintain, ive had them kill/uproot tiny spinach plants this year. They seem to be makin nest entries right where the seedlings are growing, causing the root to die? Im not sure, but nearly all of them have died by now

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Sounds bad and I have a few nests, giving water helps keep them at bay

[@5kittens]

เป็น​สวนผ่ักที่สวยงาม​มาก

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Thank you 🙂

[@aperson1181]

Hello, I just learned about your work and looking forward to following your methods. However, I read some amazon reviews and many people find it difficult to follow your methods. Can you just do 1, 2, 3 steps. Simple, straight to the point? Please?

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Thanks, and sorry to hear that, I wonder why. It depends what you are starting with. If there are many weeds it's worth laying cardboard on them, then about 4 inches compost on top. Keep removing any perennial weeds which emerge, after the cardboard decomposes within about eight weeks. Compost can be anything decomposed and need not be perfectly fine. You still need to pull weeds but it's easier when they are growing in compost. Annual maintenance is another inch also on top of decent quality compost.

[@CharlesDowding1nodig]

Where were the reviews please?