What Happens When You Ignore Your Garden for 8 Weeks?

[@MissWeeLassie]

There's nothing I love more than walking round someone elses garden/allotment - and having a wee nosy at how their plants are doing - even better when I can sit here and be 'taken round' whilst sipping on a cuppa! 😁

[@simplifygardening]

I love the walk arounds but I don't like to over do them. This is the first this year I think

[@amandar7719]

As per other comments here, I also love a garden tour. Learn so much from them when healthy plants are pointed out, pest issues, struggles, achievements. Weather, tips, etc. Helps the viewers to praise, learn and commiserate just as much as how-to’s.

[@simplifygardening]

Glad you enjoyed the walk around

[@amandar7719]

@@simplifygardening I really did, Tony!!! I’m in awe of your compost setup; I know it was hard work getting it established for this year when you uploaded a video moving all that free stuff that was delivered. I couldn’t have done it. So sorry about the chickens. Everything looks beautiful and tidy. The soft fruit! Wow! The potato database will be incredibly useful for your viewers. There’s barely any useful information for gardeners re determinates, etc. My word, you must’ve put your heart and soul into it!!! You are such a star! Take good care. Hope putting up the soft fruit goes well.

[@Brenda-xc7sq]

I don't know how you do all that you do, your accomplishments in many subjects is really impressive. Thanks for the walk around.

[@simplifygardening]

Thank you very much!

[@manolstoyanov2946]

Yes, you are back, Tony Great tour of your garden!!! Everything looks good, especially the fruit cage. I'm amazed at the amount of fruits in there. Well done 👏

[@simplifygardening]

Thanks again!

[@spritzpistol]

Welcome back…great to see the allotment is doing very well. Good luck with your public speaking and on-line tools, and info. I love to see how things are progressing in Wales, as we don’t have great weather here (N. East Coast), encouraging to see your crops are doing roughly the same as ours…😊. You’re the reason Tony, I grow my spuds in tubs,and they been so productive. Thank you.

[@simplifygardening]

Thank you kindly. Its been a bad year weather wise for a lot of people. we just need to make the most of it

[@renestewart604]

I love walking in your garden with you. Thank you.

[@simplifygardening]

Thanks for visiting

[@gazzertrn]

You got too get this guys book , its one of the best guides you can get .

[@simplifygardening]

Thanks for your kind words. appreciate it

[@nadias5192]

Tony your garden is flourishing thankyou for sharing it with us all. It’s great to have you back talking all things gardening

[@simplifygardening]

You are very welcome

[@AliW-xu4lv]

Wow Tony, i thought i had a lot to do! I dont know how you keep up with all that and work and your youtube channel as well. The harvesting and preserving alone must take ages, never mind all the other stuff gardeners have to do. Credit to you! Its amazing!

[@simplifygardening]

Much appreciated. Thanks its a lot of work but I love what I do

[@chrispoulton8743]

Thanks

[@simplifygardening]

Thanks for your support

[@richard3008]

great to see you again love watching your videos learned so much

[@simplifygardening]

Thanks so much

[@TheFarmyardGarden]

Love tours around growing spaces we can only aspire to own. Looking forward to the potato video and whether it’ll eclipse the one you were telling us about at Malvern. Happy gardening 🌱

[@simplifygardening]

That video just dropped to come see it

[@tassiegirl1991]

Tony it looks so colourful, plenty to pick and enjoy. It was lovely to have this tour and to get motivated for our coming spring, had frost the last two mornings its been very cold this year. I am going to install a drip system but will have to be connected to our mains no way to collect water as garden is too small and on a hill. Take care and enjoy the fruits of your labour. Definitely do not give away anything you work hard to develop there are too many in this world will take it and monetise it for themselves. The potatoe data sounds amazing. Over here I struggle to id what some potatoes are i am sure there are many like me.

[@simplifygardening]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@don5125]

Thank you 😇👍

[@user-yl9jr9wt7n]

Very nice tour! Garden looks good. Thank you!

[@simplifygardening]

Thanks for watching!

[@GardenerScott]

You definitely have a lot of work to do, mate. Your garden looks great! When I had chickens I had a wire fence in the coop like you and added a welded wire fence to it that was buried one feet deep. It was enough to keep foxes and racoons out.

[@simplifygardening]

I didnt bother at this place there has never been any sign of them but we live and learn mate

[@barbarahudson1042]

Good to see you back

[@simplifygardening]

Thanks

[@mariondunn6580]

Thwe plot looks great. Inspirational.

[@simplifygardening]

Thank you appreciate it

[@maddiepritchard611]

Great tour! Your garden looks fantastic. I got some great ideas on my list for my garden here in New Zealand :)

[@simplifygardening]

Thats awesome Maddie. Thanks for the view

[@homegardens7682]

All looks great Tony. Here in Essex we have had Summer now. One week lol!! Into Autumn now!!

[@simplifygardening]

About right. At this rate I don’t think we will have a summer

[@thelightlysgardenallotment8050]

Well I've been following your channel for two years now and after watching this video I have allotment envy. 😀 I am encouraged by your slug problem as I too have suffered as never before 😲 My garden is 600ft above sea level here on the South Wales Border so can understand the wind problem totally. ♥ I shall look forward to your imersive potato app. 😀x

[@simplifygardening]

THANKS I just finished editing and uploading that video ready for next Friday :)

[@michaelboom7704]

I did realize not seeing video from you in some time. Your garden for the most part looks absolutely great! Your only human with two hands and only so many hours in a day!

[@simplifygardening]

Thank you so much!

[@jumper123910]

Thank you. I can't wait until your next video. You have certainly changed the way I will be growing potatoes, THANKS.

[@simplifygardening]

You are so welcome!

[@bowtielife]

My fig trees are masters at plating possum! They are quite convincing that they are dead then spring back and show so much vibrant life! They're amazing!

[@simplifygardening]

Yeah im looking forward to getting this fruit off them, they have never fruited until now and it only took them to nearly die lol

[@jodalry]

Thanks Tony, great video. Can’t wait to see the potatoes database. 👍🏻

[@simplifygardening]

Already filmed and uploaded will be available Friday

[@lorainemcguire5795]

Hi Tony your well being garden is lovely, I'm always glad you show us everything even what's not worked although mostly everything looks fantastic ❤ Great video 👍

[@simplifygardening]

Thanks so much

[@christinebrooks6364]

Hi Tony, watch a lovely tour of your plot, always lots of hints & tips too. Looking foward to watching you potato video. Thanks for sharing and take care 😊

[@simplifygardening]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@franksinatra1070]

Thanks Tony for your videos and getting that potato databse together. Looking forward to seeing it. I was just planting some late potatoes in containers and had to search around to figure out if they were determinate or indeterminate so I'm sure it will be helpful to a lot of people.

[@simplifygardening]

Fantastic! I am sure it will help a lot of people just learning what they have

[@theodoreramwell]

I love these garden catchups, get me psyched to get into my garden!

[@simplifygardening]

awesome

[@Munter1]

Great to see you back Tony and l have to say your runner beans look pretty good, my beans on the other hand have all been eaten by snails the plants were covered in them l've never seen so many snails out of at least 50 plants l don't have a single one left, for the first time in 30 odd years l've given up on the beans (it's soul destroying looking at a long row of bare canes) l did try slug pellets but the crows eat every pellet. Next year l'm going to try netting for the first time.

[@simplifygardening]

They been extremely bad this year havent they>?

[@melsibley5191]

Excellent allotment Tony , fruits of your hard work paying off ,

[@simplifygardening]

Thank you kindly

[@traceypotts9425]

This is what we need someone who cares about other gardener's to try and get us sorted out with some really good information and not just that but all the codes for super deals 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

[@simplifygardening]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@traceypotts9425]

Loved it M8 always do straight to the point on things as well as what feeds to use when planting potting up or in containers also so thanks from every supporter of the channel 🐔

[@greenfields5507]

Nice one Tony got a lot out of your vlog yet again ,Thanks👍

[@simplifygardening]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@amberdy12]

Am v envious. A lot of hard work - really appreciated video

[@simplifygardening]

So nice of you thanks for watching

[@rickthelian2215]

Hi Tony, glad your back, great work with a potato data base, that would be beneficial for many potato gardener’s and public speaking which you do so well. Thank you for the garden tourTony, garden still looking great, okay there’s a few things yet to do, we are all like that. Sorry about the chickens, damn foxes, hope you can redo the chicken coop to protect the new flock when you get them, I’m sure you’re missing the fresh eggs. Just to add hope the garlic was a good harvest for you. It’s been raining so much in Sydney Australia 🇦🇺 so no need to water the garden, mostly onion and garlic with a few odd things like potatoes and carrots, if I do need to water it just use the captured rain water, but it’s hard getting things done when it’s so wet.😁

[@simplifygardening]

Yeah Australia had it bad too this year Rick

[@georgejennings9959]

Nice to have you back! I missed your channel videos. Definitely you have plants with needs well met! Do the cherry trees shade the onions? They like full sunlight. Nodding onion grows in the forest, I want to try that one. Perennial tree collards would help provide a wind break. Your rhubarb looks really big and needing to be divided. They would do well under the cherry tree as long as it's away from the tree roots. Have you tried skirret? It's another perennial and I'm really excited about this plant since it creates usually around 5-15 offsets per plant in the first year under ideal growing conditions and is pretty much disease free and bug resistant and delicious. Of course it's quite delicious to voles also. Your garden looks great. Your corn is a bit slow perhaps you should give them nitrogen, or plant beans which are nitrogen fixers... Great tour thanks your very good keeping the weeds away! I let the only 2 weeds grow: amaranth and pigweed since they are delicious choice edibles. Great boiled up, much better than spinach, kale or any other boiled green in my opinion. But that's just my opinion, thats just me. Your tastes may differ. :)

[@simplifygardening]

They get it for around 6 hours as the sun comes up behind them, but ideally it would be better suited elsewhere. the cherry trees have piled on a ton of growth this year

[@gardeningtroutmaster]

so nice i love your bedframes for your shade cloths

[@simplifygardening]

Glad you like them!

[@stevesamoffgridsmallholdin5378]

Great video enjoyed comparing your plants with ours whilst we were having our dinner🙂👍

[@simplifygardening]

Way behind this year. weather been atrocious. its hammering down as I write

[@eliandkate]

❤ that’s ok… you’re back now

[@simplifygardening]

Diolch appreciate it

[@eliandkate]

@@simplifygardening 's e do bheatha

[@darrenross8676]

Good to have u back making vids what fertilizer did u use for ur spuds

[@simplifygardening]

blood fish and bone meal when sown and seaweed liquid fertilizer through the system

[@phaethon3124]

maybe maize wants to be in a square rather than a row for maximum pollination.i was also shaking pollen on to a magazine and helping it get on the sticky hairs

[@simplifygardening]

Blocking any form of corn family is a good idea

[@go4adventure4k]

You are busy! I found your website a few weeks ago on growing potatoes in containers. It was a great video! I would like to signup to your newsletter but I can't seem to find where to do it on your website. Can you give me the link please?

[@simplifygardening]

Oh damn I forgot to add a link. here it is. landing.mailerlite.com/webforms/landing/a1z3g1

[@ColoradoTodd]

Great to see you again! Just curious: why didn't you cover that one bed of kale? I would think they'd suffer from the white butterfly larvae...

[@simplifygardening]

I never have an issue with the butterfly on Kale, they always want the brassicas besides them so I don't bother cover. I also do a second sowing around now which will come behind these if required

[@myrustygarden]

Are you reenacting the feeding of the 500 🤭, wow Tony so much fabulous looking vegetables. Slugs have been crazy all over they ate half my tomato plants. Good to see you back in the garden, Ali 🌞🥵🫠🇨🇦

[@simplifygardening]

Thanks Ali. yeah been a challenging year and the only time i didnt use nematodes it wont happen again lol

[@jamesrussell7775]

Great to see you back. Can I ask where you get the nets to cover your grapes?

[@simplifygardening]

They are fruit bags from the supermarket

[@phaethon3124]

i did a raised sand box for carrots using last years sifted tomato compost.maybe it was still too rich,a couple are going to flower

[@simplifygardening]

Wow, ive never experienced that. Possibly too much nitrogen still in the compost

[@ibrstellar1080]

I use the copper pot scrubbers for my Brassica and seems to be working so far.

[@simplifygardening]

Great idea

[@BumblebeeAdventure]

🐝thanks for the great video🌻 welcome back

[@simplifygardening]

Thank you too!

[@voodoomotion5855]

Amazing work, great to see you seeing enjoying the fruits of your labour! May I ask when did you plant your garlic? We're in the same region as you, and planted a spring variety in early April, the stems have grow big but I'm not sure if we should dig them up yet? Some leaves are yellowing a bit, mostly at the tip. We test dug one and it seemed a little small 😂 more of a bulb than cloves. No scales yet either, which we've been looking forward to tasting. Appreciate your advice. Keep up the fantastic work, very inspiring!

[@simplifygardening]

My garlic always planted around end of october

[@voodoomotion5855]

@@simplifygardening ah ok thanks, I'll try that variety next time. Enjoy the berries, plenty of smoothies or crumbles 😋

[@chriseverest4380]

Busy boy!😂❤ my nematodes are still in my fridge!😂 my slugs are rampaging😢 love the set-up and looking forward to spud time video.🎉

[@simplifygardening]

Spud video all filmed edited and uploaded ready for next Friday

[@ibrstellar1080]

I had massive problems with foxes and I would dig down 12 inches and put zinc sheeting down with the zinc 2ft above grond level A weld mesh nailed to a 4x2 as the rabbit wire isn't much good these days.

[@simplifygardening]

Its what I intend to do for them

[@rdeglan5391]

Do you ever let your tomatoes grow bottom up and hang from something? I do and my indetermates like it and there's no need for clipping and caging the flavor seems to be more intense

[@dn744]

Yes, I do 5 that way. The wild look 👀

[@simplifygardening]

No i dont do that. This way always works well for me

[@rdeglan5391]

@@simplifygardening its quite the curiosity to most that see it decorating the side of my storage building

[@lizzieatherfold2293]

Looks great Tony, I only have a little plot but it does us okx

[@simplifygardening]

It’s not about the size. As long as it brings happiness that’s all matters

[@馬伕]

Whatever happened to growing avocado? That video with your kid was the best.

[@simplifygardening]

I have the plants away to people who visited and wanted them. I’ll prob grow more at some point

[@darv66]

Tony is back,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh yes the great welshman is back yehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[@simplifygardening]

Thank you Thank you :)

[@Cdngardengirl]

Love your hard work and expertise, and sorry about your chicken loss. Chicken wire is made only to keep chickens in, not keep out predators. You need welded wire mesh for that, including under the fence line where they like to burrow and on the 'roof'. Lost count how many times we've found many cats on our racing pigeon coop roofs, and had several hawks try to smash into the wire mesh unsuccessfully. Our coops average 8 to 10 ft tall and we're not sure how cats get onto the roofs but a swipe with a broom gets them off fast.

[@simplifygardening]

I didn’t bother with anything more than chicken wire because we have high fences and we had never seen a fox on site.nature showed me otherwise though

[@radharcanna]

What a beautiful (and huge) garden you have Tony. It must take a great deal of work to keep it going. Is it an allotment or is it at the back of the house?

[@simplifygardening]

Its 3 full size allotments. 195 ft by 87 ft

[@RobinGardens]

If those marigolds are the Cracker Jack type...mine were 2' before they gave a flower this year here in Chicagoland. Once they do start up it's quite a show.

[@simplifygardening]

Maybe thats what they were, I wasnt sure what the variety I sowed was this year

[@dnawormcastings]

I love your farm set up 🇳🇿🌱

[@simplifygardening]

Thanks very much

[@davidwhitelaw2354]

super informative...

[@simplifygardening]

Thank you

[@hamdc4291]

Lovely garden! In your view, how is your Northern Polytunnel holding up? Has it been 3 years since you made it’s installation video? Just wondering as I’m considering one myself, and would be grateful if you had any headsup that I should know about, from your experience.

[@simplifygardening]

I absolutely love it. Its held up again 100mph winds, the windows are brill for ventilation. the staging is brilliant. the only issue I had with mine was the roll down plastic for the window coverings, that went brittle very quickly. but turned out it was a bad batch of plastic and was replace Free of charge with no issues at all. Yeah its been 3 years and the thing is as good as the day I bought it. If I could afford it id buy another and replace the home built one at the back where the grapes are. If you do decide to buy one. I would appreciate it if you went through my link as I would get a small kick back at no cost to you, this helps fund the channel, Thanks. northernpolytunnels.co.uk/?ref=simplify

[@hamdc4291]

@@simplifygardening🙏🏻👍👍

[@howarddavies3744]

I'm in Nantyglo and I can attest to the awful wind we've been battered with this year as well as the cold and rain, an actual summer would be nice!

[@simplifygardening]

tell me about it. not set to get any better anytime soon either

[@kennethstensrud669]

Hello Tony, i just like your allotment. Me and my garden hasn't got as far this year due to ill health. I also love your t-shirt, is it self made, or where have you got it from? Greetings from Kenneth in Norway.

[@simplifygardening]

Hey Kenneth. The T shirt was from an online company, I bought a few dif ones I forget it name atm but I will try and find it for you. Hope your feeling better soon

[@eligirl44]

Hi Tony. I love watching your videos. I'm on Vancouver Island in Canada. We have fairly similar weather to you it seems. And I find your advice really useful here. I have been looking for the Colossus strawberries that you grow. They are just amazing looking and my grandson adores strawberries. But that variety is not available here. So many things are not available in Canada because most of Canada doesn't have this mild temperature zone we are considered 8b to 9b. But since we are such a small temperature zone in a mainly cold climate country, we can't get appropriate varieties for it area. I was wondering if you knew of any place that might sell Colossus seeds. I know that strawberry seeds are kind of tricky and not all varieties can reliably grow from seed. But if you know of such a thing for Colossus, I would sure appreciate the info. Thanks, and keep up the really helpful videos please

[@simplifygardening]

I dont know of anyone who would sell them. I dont think collosus comes true from seed either

[@GARDENER42]

My fruit cage developed a hole - only found out when I saw a blackbird inside & no gooseberries or blackcurrants left.☹As for broad beans; I planted three 10m rows down a 1m wide bed, as both I & my brother always liked them. Sadly, he passed away unexpectedly in January & I'm going to be living on beans for months, as I harvested 45kg (including pods) from that one bed & so far, I've blanched & frozen 8kg of actual beans & there's probably another 5kg yet to do. I used slug nematodes 3 or 4 weeks ago & they don't seem to have been very effective (different supplier from last year).

[@simplifygardening]

Mine did last year but i sealed them all

[@truth3358]

Great video as usual which home page is your link to the potatoes 👍

[@simplifygardening]

The link for the tool is in the next video where I will introduce it and show how it works

[@Sylvie_M]

Your North American fruit shrub would be a Haskap or honeyberry. Yum. They make magnificent jam, chutney, and filling for baking. They are too tart for me for fresh eating off the bush.

[@simplifygardening]

Yes they can be bitter but great as a pie or jam

[@Sylvie_M]

@@simplifygardening Tart, not bitter.

[@evelynolivari4947]

Can you tell me more about your power flow battery please

[@simplifygardening]

Its amazing. it will power any 240 volt, and 12 volt, any 24volt item. I use it all day and prob dont even use half the capacity. they are not cheap but are so worth it. I even used it to run our freezer, fridge and tv and saalite system during a powercut with no issues for over 14 hours and it still had 46% battery left in it when the power came back on. Ive used it if i go to the beach or anywhere i wanna use power. So worth every penny. There is a link below in the description to learn more about it

[@evelynolivari4947]

@@simplifygardening many thanks Tony for your speedy response. I will certainly be having another look at this, it sounds amazing

[@disabilitytoabilitygardening]

oh i wish i could use my grass clippings but got the dreaded clover and creeping buttercups and daisies and ground ivy, pretty lawn but overtakes the grass, can i still use it oh and the smaller hogweed too as mulch?

[@simplifygardening]

you can still use it on compost and mulch, just watch for any sprouting and pull it as soon as you see it

[@quietspacearts]

@@simplifygardening oh wonderful advice thanks Tony, good to know always seems a shame to rid it to a recycle plant

[@steveprosser7154]

Hi Tony. Your plants are much better than mine. What was the name of the battery you use for power please?

[@simplifygardening]

So far behind normal, hopefully we get a harvest

[@tammyohlsson7966]

How in the world do you take care of that huge garden and work. Looks amazing!

[@simplifygardening]

Its a lot of work for sure lol. But i do love it. Lets just say I work until all hours creating content for you guys and when not in work im either out with family or at the garden

[@tammyohlsson7966]

@@simplifygardening May God continue to bless you with the strength and energy for everything! Especially your family.

[@cw2126]

👍👍👍

[@carrerasjoel]

Where do you get the support for your netting? .They look more sturdy and long lasting than the one I can find on line

[@simplifygardening]

They are header and footers of steel bed frames

[@ruinunes8251]

I showed this video to my wife and she said" Christ, how big is his garden"? Nice video

[@simplifygardening]

lol Its big and takes me a long time to maintain but i love what i do

[@kazkimber5310]

Do you cover your kale to stop white fly and cabbage white butterflies

[@simplifygardening]

The cabbage white doesn’t bother much with it but I’ll do a couple sowing so a second sowing will be done around now. White fly is a pain tho but plants usually to big at that point

[@garwilliams1]

Where are you in wales? My cousin lives in glanaman and was in the fire service till recently.

[@simplifygardening]

Im in south wales near caerphilly. The goal will be to do this for a living and quit the fire service

[@phaethon3124]

maybe my garlic wasnt in early enough.thought i might have been able to sow at the start of the year

[@simplifygardening]

Mine was in last autumn

[@Landroverguru4]

Is there a video of how your chickens get water from the ibc tanks?

[@simplifygardening]

There isnt but I will do a short on it so look out for it in the next week or so

[@waynerodgers3207]

Tony we're did you get them drip emitters from trying to do you method with potatoes cheers

[@simplifygardening]

Here they are amzn.to/461Xznd

[@waynerodgers3207]

Cheers for that Tony keep up the great work

[@dn744]

We always need compost ✔️

[@simplifygardening]

Its a must in the garden

[@racebiketuner]

I really need one of those shirts! 😉

[@simplifygardening]

They are brilliant I have a few of them. I fact I’m wearing a different one in next weeks video

[@lllCostalll]

So where do you use your leaf mould compost?

[@simplifygardening]

I use it in all sorts of stuff but mainly my seed mixes

[@PIESvcs]

'Nematodes down on the ground' for slugs and snails? I need to learn more. Is that EM?

[@simplifygardening]

no they are microscopic worms that bore into slugs and hunt them, they prevent the slug feeding and they die. i have a video on it I talk more about it in this video. kzbin.info/www/bejne/bIOafZ56nsyZesU

[@PIESvcs]

​@simplifygardening Thank you! We're struggling to keep up with everything. Was building a 'potato platform' with 30 litre pots, but had to leave our farm to help my brother following his emergency surgery before water system completed. Yield was poor, but I will be trying again during our southern hemisphere spring. All the best, thanks for your video production.

[@kazkimber5310]

Where do you get your black hoops from.

[@simplifygardening]

They were the header and footers off steel bed frames

[@justinarnold7725]

Hi Mia

[@Jazzidoodle]

What are the bags on your grapes?

[@simplifygardening]

They are net fruit bags when purchasing veg and fruit from supermarkets

[@JJE2010MO]

First :)

[@user-xb7sj2uk4u]

You need a holiday

[@simplifygardening]

Ill be having one in October :)

[@starlight1867]

Dry, hot weather - what’s that? 😳 I’m so far behind with my veg and general gardening due to the amount of rain we have had in the NW and strong cold winds. Praying for a few weeks of dry weather - please, it’s been a very bad summer so far. Usually everything is in by the end May bank holiday (last frost date here) but we are about 4 weeks behind 🫣

[@simplifygardening]

Yeah I think everyone is

[@pajcka]

Фина башта.

[@connorlumb90]

Those hoops on the end of your beds were, did you get them from.

[@simplifygardening]

They are the footer and headers of steel bed frames. I got them when our fire station refurbed and they changed the beds

[@connorlumb90]

@simplifygardening oh wow, that's a really good idea they look great. I'll be keeping an eye for something similar.