I don’t hear much of what Charles says when the cat shows up on screen. 🥰😜😜🤣🤣
@kayhowlett2334
11 ай бұрын
Me too! Minty is a star!❤
@CharlesDowding1nodig
11 ай бұрын
😂
@elainewilliams3025
11 ай бұрын
That cat says, it's all about me laugh.
@Ann-qf5vk
11 ай бұрын
I love cats but mine uses the boxes as a big poop tray. Raised beds.
@yvonnejackson1696
11 ай бұрын
Can’t be a no dig cat then
@marymcandrew7667
11 ай бұрын
I had to laugh when those three cheeky cabbage whites flew right up to the camera!
@itsmewende
11 ай бұрын
I see the new supervisor is back, making sure you know what you're talking about, no doubt ^..^ Always a pleasure spending time in the garden with you.
@rpg_wizzard8267
11 ай бұрын
Minty is supervisor, foreman, and head of security.
@itsmewende
11 ай бұрын
@@rpg_wizzard8267 😊
@CharlesDowding1nodig
11 ай бұрын
😂
@CharlesDowding1nodig
11 ай бұрын
😂
@rendezvous_with
11 ай бұрын
The garden, kitty, and butterflies are all celebrating the warmth. Fairy tale stuff
@sofiamiliaressis5403
11 ай бұрын
A perfect day at Charles’s farm for sure, very nice indeed!
@CharlesDowding1nodig
11 ай бұрын
Thank you Sofia
@CharlesDowding1nodig
11 ай бұрын
They were Rama 🙂
@yvonnejackson1696
11 ай бұрын
I was taught old school gardening. When I started cutting my field peas even with the ground instead of pulling them, to my surprise, they put on growth, bloomed and bore a second crop. Wow!
@CharlesDowding1nodig
11 ай бұрын
That is so nice!
@robertling9872
11 ай бұрын
The beautiful combination between nature and the NoDig master. Thanks for sharing Charles.
@CharlesDowding1nodig
11 ай бұрын
My pleasure Robert
@PurringMyrrh
11 ай бұрын
Gardens and kitties and butterflies - oh my! 😍💚💚 Another lovely and inspiring video. 🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱
@CharlesDowding1nodig
11 ай бұрын
Thank you Michelle, glad you enjoyed it 🙂
@Elfling26
11 ай бұрын
If you have a dog that sheds their undercoat like a husky or malamute, put their fur around young plants. Slugs don't like it sticking to them and the fur keeps the soil warmer in winter too x
@GARDENER42
11 ай бұрын
I sowed one of your 60 cell trays with Medania spinach on the 25th of August (yes, later than optimal...) with 30 using home saved seed from this year & 30 from last year's bough seed (which says use before end 2025). 28 of the home saved have come through & 7 of the bought seed...
@seanjamescameron
11 ай бұрын
7:18 What a beautiful moment with the butterflies.
@rpg_wizzard8267
11 ай бұрын
Thank you for all the effort in making these videos. I look forward to every one.
@CharlesDowding1nodig
11 ай бұрын
Thank you that is nice to hear 🙂
@cookingsherry8784
11 ай бұрын
Those 3 white dancing butterflies video bombing you looked like they were drawn in like a Cinderella scene. Gotta love nature! LOL
@paulwestcott8171
11 ай бұрын
Brilliant helpful info as always, Thanks. I think the cat now knows the route you take around the garden when your doing your KZitem tours 😄
@CharlesDowding1nodig
11 ай бұрын
Very true! 😹
@memascabin1186
11 ай бұрын
Egg shells around the plants worked well for me the sharp edges I think made them stay off tomatoes and other vegetables good luck trying it y’all
@tedbastwock3810
11 ай бұрын
Haha UK torch and USA torch are two different things, it took me a second to realize what you were saying 😀I have used a propane torch many times as a form of organic weeding ... but I doubt the torch to which you refer would be much use in that regard 🤣Another lovely video, Charles, many continued blessings to you and all yours 🙏
@lolaseymour1532
11 ай бұрын
Love your approach to the economy of using the plot to achieve it's full potential.
@CharlesDowding1nodig
11 ай бұрын
Thank you Lola
@elainewilliams3025
11 ай бұрын
Your Kitty is lovely
@pascalxus
11 ай бұрын
what a great interplanting pair: tomatoes and spinach. BrillianT! love seeing the small garden
@CharlesDowding1nodig
11 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it
@denisebrady6858
11 ай бұрын
Another amazing video Charles !! Thank You cheers Denise- Australia
@CharlesDowding1nodig
11 ай бұрын
Thank you Denise, I am glad that you enjoyed it 🙂
@nopelindoputraperkasa5869
11 ай бұрын
Thank you for the tips, very useful 👌👍✨🤍💕
@CharlesDowding1nodig
11 ай бұрын
My pleasure
@jkdruid
11 ай бұрын
Minty the cat is probably scaring the birds from eating your strawberries
@CharlesDowding1nodig
11 ай бұрын
😂
@afzamajid3202
11 ай бұрын
Hello, recently I started watching your video. I do grow vegetable but I am learning from your video. Keep sharing for people like me thank you
@CharlesDowding1nodig
11 ай бұрын
Great to hear Afza
@Chet_Thornbushel
11 ай бұрын
Charles I just noticed the CGM on your arm for the first time 😊 I didn’t want to make assumptions so I searched and see you mentioned your diagnosis on your website. My ten year old son is T1D and watches your videos with me sometimes. He will be excited to know that you’re in the same club and living such a rich and wonderful life! I always love pointing other T1Ds out to him so he can see that he isn’t alone and that so many adults that he admires have been living with it for years 🤍
@CharlesDowding1nodig
11 ай бұрын
Thanks for this and I'm happy to reassure him. I was lucky to be diagnosed age 29 so I have been quite responsible in looking after my blood sugars and suffer no adverse effects, 35 years later! He will be okay, but it is about constant vigilance and sometimes I wish not to have to count the carbohydrates or to calculate ahead, my energy output!
@Chet_Thornbushel
11 ай бұрын
@@CharlesDowding1nodig thank you ☺️ we are quite mindful of what we eat and try to strike that balance of eating in a way that’s healthy for him and easy on his body, but making sure he doesn’t feel deprived. He has celiac as well so food substitutes are a way of life for our household. It’s made gardening and producing our own food even more paramount!
@CharlesDowding1nodig
11 ай бұрын
Wow. My son has coeliac as well as type 1!
@stevenbp101
11 ай бұрын
Hi Charles, I love to see your gardens. Take care.
@CharlesDowding1nodig
11 ай бұрын
Nice to hear 🙂
@pavana2810
11 ай бұрын
Charles your acres look like a gorgeous quilt so perfect and neat. My garden got messy because I couldn’t take the heat on the worst days in August. A few more real hot ones then next week 60s-70s Fahrenheit. Can you speak more on climate change? I just notice that the expected frost date is 6-8 weeks late in NY. It doesn’t get really cold until December now.
@CharlesDowding1nodig
11 ай бұрын
Thanks it's clearly an issue but the causes are debatable!
@lauramarfil8887
11 ай бұрын
Wonderfull video Mr Charles. Tranks you. Greetings from Argentina🇦🇷😊
@CharlesDowding1nodig
11 ай бұрын
Gracias Laura!
@lenkasurianska
11 ай бұрын
Wonderful garden! Charles, thank you so much 🙏 for helpful video, as every time 👍😁
@CharlesDowding1nodig
11 ай бұрын
Thank you and my pleasure 🙂
@smas3256
11 ай бұрын
Beautiful Charles with so many ideas. Thank you. I've been buying watering cans and non shower. Driving me crazy. 95 degrees in zone 6b
@CharlesDowding1nodig
11 ай бұрын
Ooh that is hot, we feel it when 86F as this week
@billbow6440
11 ай бұрын
Thank you for all your work! In Australia we have different seasons to you and a warmer climate with frost free winters in coastal areas! Insects and evaporation are the biggest issues we have
@CharlesDowding1nodig
11 ай бұрын
Thanks for sharing this, so different as you say. I can't imagine frost free winters. On the other hand, I understand how that results in insect pressure, good luck with that.
@stevendowden2579
11 ай бұрын
a most enjoyable video charles
@CharlesDowding1nodig
11 ай бұрын
Thank you Steven
@geraldineconway1865
11 ай бұрын
The garden is looking incredible, those outdoor tomatoes are beautiful 😍
@CharlesDowding1nodig
11 ай бұрын
Thank you Geraldine
@gruttewibe76
11 ай бұрын
Hi, about strawberries not getting eaten by the birds, probably at this time of year there are enough berries in nature for the birds to feast on. At least here in the Netherlands I have lately seen lots of birds feasting on berries. I think it were mostly elderberries.
@CharlesDowding1nodig
11 ай бұрын
Thanks, a good point!
@camicri4263
11 ай бұрын
Beautiful garden Charles! Blessings 💕🤗 thanks for your teaching!
@CharlesDowding1nodig
11 ай бұрын
You are so welcome Cami
@alisonburgess345
11 ай бұрын
Haha, we're just getting started down here in Australia. I've got multisown onions and peas ready to go after composting the beds this weekend. 🫛🧅🌦️
@CharlesDowding1nodig
11 ай бұрын
Amazing to imagine that 🌱
@lekharnaturalvlog4311
11 ай бұрын
So beautifully ❤ Watching from Dubai
@CharlesDowding1nodig
11 ай бұрын
Stay connected! It must look green to you 😀
@CharlesDowding1nodig
11 ай бұрын
Thank you
@gineli1130
11 ай бұрын
Thank you for the solution to kill slugs. You made me go out now and kill humunguous slugs in my garden
@CharlesDowding1nodig
11 ай бұрын
Oh wow! Should make a difference
@user-mp9zi9bo1m
11 ай бұрын
Love watching your videos ! I started growing in June and you have been a massive inspiration !!
@CharlesDowding1nodig
11 ай бұрын
Wonderful!
@tattooedbeauty3201
11 ай бұрын
I'm the same. Started growing on mother's day, woke up and went fk it I'm growing food lol. Then boom entire kitchen filled with grow lights and seedlings. Roll on June and I had made 9 raised beds, flower beds and growing in containers. All of it taken from charles (only done raised beds as have one low bed and the kids and dog trample through it). My garden is thriving and I'm feeding the community and family with it. Trying to empty the beds to plant new stuff but that much grew and grew well I can't get through it fast enough and it's all through following his no dig method and planting beneficial flowers to attract pollinators. Since I started my garden has been buzzing with life, bats flying around at night when I only ever seen them in the woods. Yet have 3-4 bats flying around my garden catching the insects I've attracted. I've got loads of bees and loads of beneficial insects like ladybirds etc which I find all over my rose bushes and tomato plants then wonder why I don't have issues with aphids 🤣🤣. I've watched every single video and can't wait for next season
@CharlesDowding1nodig
11 ай бұрын
Lovely to see this and congratulations. I am very happy to have helped, and your enthusiasm is brilliant, plus all those wildlife observations.
@tattooedbeauty3201
11 ай бұрын
@CharlesDowding1nodig thank you honestly. It's been an amazing summer tbh just hope the rain stays off longer than just the few days we had again (massive storm last night again, I'm in scotland) just so my tomatoes can ripen that's I've been nursing since March lol. Only thing I'm struggling with is the sever amount of slugs I get the numbers are unreal and if I don't slug hunt they will destroy a full crop overnight and also come into my house lol. Thank you so much for everything as so far I'm handing food packages out, putting food outside the house for people to take and handing food to a local church twice a week that feeds the community 2 days a week. Thank you
@dotathillcrest
11 ай бұрын
Thank you Charles, always inspiring..
@CharlesDowding1nodig
11 ай бұрын
Glad you were inspired Dot 🙂
@eloisewiggins8198
11 ай бұрын
I just love your videos I'm learning a lot. TY
@CharlesDowding1nodig
11 ай бұрын
Great to hear Elouise 🙂
@stephenw1799
11 ай бұрын
I'm sure you probably know this slug trap trick but upturned ridge tiles dotted around the bed will attract them to hideout before sunrise. Then you can dispose of them accordingly.
@CharlesDowding1nodig
11 ай бұрын
Yup thanks!
@amandar7719
11 ай бұрын
Thank you for the tips. Might sow another round of spinach although I’m now harvesting loads from another bed. Hope your open day was a success. 💚
@CharlesDowding1nodig
11 ай бұрын
Good luck and thanks, it was huge, 510 really keen visitors!
@leodb3894
11 ай бұрын
Autumn strawberries are such a gift! I’ve been lucky to get two rounds of flowering from my Cambridge favourites this year (although the birds and snails managed to get at a couple of the really good looking ones!) The garden is looking incredible. I’m starting on an allotment soon, so taking lots of inspiration every video
@CharlesDowding1nodig
11 ай бұрын
That's great Leo and good luck on your new allotment. That is great news 🙂
@nadia_rem8511
11 ай бұрын
I just toss the slugs on the driveway using sticks, cant bear to touch them. But sure, blowtorch dissection works! Old drumsticks for the dibbers, and clothes my kid can no longer fit as crop covers.
@CharlesDowding1nodig
11 ай бұрын
Wonderful recycling :)
@elainewilliams3025
11 ай бұрын
Thank you Charles, informative as ever 🌱🌱
@CharlesDowding1nodig
11 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it Elaine 🙂
@EcologiaeFe-sz3xx
11 ай бұрын
Great planigication
@ceridavis8876
11 ай бұрын
I planted some Florence strawberries a few weeks ago also…mine definitely have been discovered by birds, slugs and wood lice! I haven’t had a chance to try one yet!
@CharlesDowding1nodig
11 ай бұрын
Ah whoops!
@manjarirajoraon8070
11 ай бұрын
7:23 the butterflies 😍
@andyc972
11 ай бұрын
Thanks Charles, some great tips there ! What varieties of blight resistant tomato have you grown please, al of our outside tomatoes have been ruined with blight this year ?
@CharlesDowding1nodig
11 ай бұрын
Thanks, and Sunviva, Resigrande, Awesome Emma
@James1980-
11 ай бұрын
Great to see the strawberries going well Charles. Mine have fruited too but the fruit seems small and doesn’t taste as good as normal. I cut the fruit off most of them just to help the energy go into the crowns and hope that means a better harvest next year. Like you the birds seem to have ignored them. Must be all the blackberries and raspberries around!
@CharlesDowding1nodig
11 ай бұрын
Good to hear James. I think the sunshine levels at this time of year are not strong enough to make full sweetness. Good luck with your new project.
@joolsmonash9855
11 ай бұрын
Thank you so much for the constant inspiration.
@CharlesDowding1nodig
11 ай бұрын
My pleasure Jools
@Yvonne-cd6qs
11 ай бұрын
Already planted spinach, lettuce, corn salad and radish :)
@CharlesDowding1nodig
11 ай бұрын
😎 tops
@marinaloulli3452
11 ай бұрын
I always find here in dry ol South Lincolnshire that strawberries tend to push out late summer fruits which the birds never touch, whereas earlier in the summer they’re avid for them.Might be to do with their breeding cycle, but the jury is still out.
@axefairy7868
11 ай бұрын
North Lincolnshire here and I’ve had more trouble with slugs and wood lice than birds with my strawberries!
@jeannet9592
11 ай бұрын
Excellent video. Thank you.
@CharlesDowding1nodig
11 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it Jeanne
@fotodelray
11 ай бұрын
Thank you so much for sharing the status of your marvelous garden, Charles! I admire your beautiful tomatoes in the small garden at the end of the video. And it brings me to my question I have for a couple of weeks now - tomatoe plants suffering from phytophthora, can they be disposed into the compost? I cannot find that bit in your book. But I think it is there and you said it is one of those myths that it is dangerous and that disease will spread.
@CharlesDowding1nodig
11 ай бұрын
Thank you, and I can't be sure about that from not having experience of that disease. If it was here, I would compost them but only on a hot heap. That is likely at this time of year when heaps are hot!
@fotodelray
11 ай бұрын
I will follow your advice!
@mariaignacialeiva653
11 ай бұрын
Me encanta ver tus videos,.. Muchas gracias por compartir
@CharlesDowding1nodig
11 ай бұрын
Gracias Maria 🙂
@sarahward5620
11 ай бұрын
Can you please explain your tomato trellis here. I love how it gives you so much more space to work with. Thank you. I love learning from you.
@CharlesDowding1nodig
11 ай бұрын
Cheers Sarah, it's 2x2in stakes banged in next to each tomato, then I push a 7ft bamboo in and tie that to the stake. Would not stand high wind but normal breeze is ok!
@patstephenso7206
11 ай бұрын
Thank you 😊
@CharlesDowding1nodig
11 ай бұрын
My pleasure Pat
@eb1684
11 ай бұрын
Did you say you leave the cucumber roots in the ground?
@CharlesDowding1nodig
11 ай бұрын
Yes exactly. Cut main stem at ground level
@pavana2810
11 ай бұрын
Me too 🍓 no one is eating any of the strawberries! I have 7 varieties all organic. What is happening? Oh well, more for us.
@CharlesDowding1nodig
11 ай бұрын
It worries me!
@CharlesDowding1nodig
11 ай бұрын
All very interesting from a different environment, pest problems! V sorry to hear of garlic loss
@turtle2212
11 ай бұрын
Again such an informative video, Sir Charles! How do you manage not to be distracted by this sweet cat? I started lettuce 2 weeks ago, Grenoble red, and they came up fine in 2 leaf stadium, but now they just bend over and die. All of them, is it too hot or any suggestion what might go wrong here? Thanks so much😊.
@CharlesDowding1nodig
11 ай бұрын
Thanks and oh dear, you may be overwatering!. Lettuce roots need air, do try again and in small module cells, not loads of compost :)
@ivyclark70
11 ай бұрын
It's not the bare ground Minty loves Charles, it's your attention she's after :) She's a beautiful cat
@CharlesDowding1nodig
11 ай бұрын
I shall pass on the compliment!
@franksinatra1070
11 ай бұрын
Very smart gardening Charles!! That interplanting is tricky stuff. You really have to know your plants and when they'll be done producing. I've been practicing no dig for a few years now and most of my beds are in good shape with firm soil but once in a while I run into a bed where the soil seem compacted. How would you suggest correcting that problem? I was thinking of using a garden fork and loosening the soil and then just adding compost on top as usual and hope it works in and breaks up the soil. Or I could just do a one time dig and mix the soil in with a generous addition of compost. Any thoughts? Thanks.
@CharlesDowding1nodig
11 ай бұрын
It's difficult to give advice on this because the word compacted has so many meanings, different for every single person from what I come across. My beds are sometimes very firm in some areas and the soil feels really dense. Then in dry weather it goes rock-hard. Nonetheless plant root into it. Firm and hard soil is not necessarily bad! so if your plants are growing okay, I would leave alone.
@franksinatra1070
11 ай бұрын
@@CharlesDowding1nodig Thanks Charles. Maybe I'll get some Daikon radish seeds.
@MilanOfCreagan
11 ай бұрын
hi there, great video. we moved from Surrey to the Trossachs. any idea how do we adjust sowing dates throughout the year to suit Highlands climate? happy growing
@CharlesDowding1nodig
11 ай бұрын
A big move! On my website we have a guide to sowing dates in the highlands of Scotland, written by somebody who lives there but currently the link is not working. We've just done a huge changeover of the website and I hope within a week it will be back, on the sowing timeline page.
@MilanOfCreagan
11 ай бұрын
@@CharlesDowding1nodig thank you so much for your reply. Will check it out when back from my Holiday. Also wanted to ask. I've sown some radishes, pak choi, salad leaves and Chinese leaves on 5th of July and majority went straight to flower. Was it because of still very long day hours?
@CharlesDowding1nodig
11 ай бұрын
Yes mainly for that reason because July 5th is flowering season for those plants. First week of August is my best time for them.
@MilanOfCreagan
11 ай бұрын
@@CharlesDowding1nodig would that applay for the Highlands or shall I wait week or so for the days to get shorter?
@CharlesDowding1nodig
11 ай бұрын
It's getting late! Sow asap
@gsftom
11 ай бұрын
Like yr videos. Not sure that I believe all of your claims, but good to watch either way.
@CharlesDowding1nodig
11 ай бұрын
Well I am not making anything up 😎, good you like them
@gailthornbury291
11 ай бұрын
Why don’t you give it a go yourself. Then you won’t have to ‘believe’ because you’ll know
@jayneteal-jeffery6283
11 ай бұрын
Great update of your abundant garden. It is really beautiful. I have a question Charles. My perennial arugula is a bit out of control but the bees do love the flowers. Could I just cut it back some at the base and plant other crops around it or is the root system of the arugula too dominant.
@CharlesDowding1nodig
11 ай бұрын
Thanks Jayne and I would do that. asap while warmth is there
@jayneteal-jeffery6283
11 ай бұрын
@@CharlesDowding1nodig thank you! Yes it’s unseasonably hot here in Southern Ontario today but should be cooling over the next week.
@sebahatayas562
11 ай бұрын
❤slm kolay gelsin harika işler yapıyorsun
@CharlesDowding1nodig
11 ай бұрын
thank you!
@socloseagain4298
11 ай бұрын
Oh my god how do you still have strawberries producing this late?! 😲
@CharlesDowding1nodig
11 ай бұрын
plants were in cold storage!
@jajasays
11 ай бұрын
Thank you Charles for making this year such a rewarding year for GYO since discovering you autumn last year and gradually building up my knowledge and tools following your book and videos. I’ve made enough pickles, chilli sauces and chutneys and now gradually clearing and prepping up my beds and greenhouse with “home compost” 🙏🏼 again. Is it still advisable to sow winter salads like lettuce and Chinese greens in an unheated greenhouse ( fluctuations 10-25°C, I’m in Surrey UK) or on a windowsill in the house? Also I’m never sure if it’s better to cover them with clear lid or not. I follow your sowing method but can’t see if you cover the trays or leave them open
@CharlesDowding1nodig
11 ай бұрын
That's nice, and your greenhouse is still plenty warm enough for germination now. A lid is optional and I rarely use them
@VanderlyndenJengold
11 ай бұрын
A simple stick can serve as a dibber, and it is easily replaced for free.
@donisenberg3032
11 ай бұрын
I’ve used an old golf club, with the club head as my handle.
@andykyriakides2144
11 ай бұрын
Hi Charles , can you offer any advice on how to deal with leaf miner disease ?? It's been plaguing my leafy greens all season , especially Chard and Beetroot , can't shift it , even after digging everything out , and replanting things more than once .
@eb1684
11 ай бұрын
It's not a disease. It is bugs. Either spray with malathion or cover the crop with row cover from day one.
@CharlesDowding1nodig
11 ай бұрын
Digging out Andy?! These insects have been very common this year and my approach is to keep removing damage leaves to the compost heap. As long as soil is healthy and undisturbed, with sufficient organic matter, plant should grow through that and be mostly healthy. Just don't expect perfection!
@andykyriakides2144
11 ай бұрын
@@CharlesDowding1nodig i cleared and destroyed a bed of overwintered spring onions , Swiss chard , Beetroots , and Black eye peas in spring /early summer . Thereafter i tried again with Beetroot and Chard 50 feet away from the effected bed , and lo and behold they got leaf miner damage . I'm really frustrated , i feel helpless .
@deelite2356
11 ай бұрын
Sounds like you need some insect cloth over that area.
@shineyrocks390
11 ай бұрын
❤❤❤❤❤❤❤'S for Kitty!!
@Joe-yo1tm
11 ай бұрын
Hi Charles, thanks so much for all of this info. I have a question if I may? I got blight on my tomatoes this year, can i still keep the roots of the tomato in the ground?
@CharlesDowding1nodig
11 ай бұрын
Yes, for sure you can! Many people will advise against that but they do not understand how lbight spores do not survive in soil and compost. Take it from me, you are totally safe doing that and you can also put the blighted plants on your compost heap, for the same reason. You have to learn to ignore a lot of what is commonly said!
@Joe-yo1tm
11 ай бұрын
@@CharlesDowding1nodig thank you!
@NateFord
11 ай бұрын
7:14 - the butterflies… perfection 🎥
@janspenno2241
11 ай бұрын
I saw what looks like chard and I have grown for the first year ( rainbow) but dont knownhow toneat it
@CharlesDowding1nodig
11 ай бұрын
Simply sautéed in oil with some garlic is very tasty, 3 to 4 minutes, or add to bean stews, see my cookbook www.charlesdowding.co.uk/product/no-dig-cookbook
@gwennandenise2338
11 ай бұрын
Hello Minty!
@tattooedbeauty3201
11 ай бұрын
Tomatoes almost finished yet mine are still green 🤣🤣🤣. Also the birds and squirrels aren't messing with my strawberries ether. They should of stopped fruiting a few weeks ago but they're still going mental so they probably think they're done
@CharlesDowding1nodig
11 ай бұрын
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@masoali5015
11 ай бұрын
I am a follower from Iraq😅😅😅😅😅
@CharlesDowding1nodig
11 ай бұрын
Amazing, this must look so green compared to your country! May your garden prosper.
@lunarteswisewoman
11 ай бұрын
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@CharlesDowding1nodig
11 ай бұрын
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@maternater
11 ай бұрын
Was that onion seedlings in the large module trays in the greenhouse?
@CharlesDowding1nodig
11 ай бұрын
Yes spring onions
@johnmorgan5495
11 ай бұрын
So Charles , what happened to your Cabbage Tree in the small garden ?
@CharlesDowding1nodig
11 ай бұрын
It was killed by the deep frost last December John. Fortunately I had taken two cuttings from it in the autumn and now have two new plants in front of the house.
@ashtongarcia1629
11 ай бұрын
one question I see you have a cat does your cat use your garden for its bathroom? if not what do you do to stop that from happening?
@CharlesDowding1nodig
11 ай бұрын
Yes garden size makes it ok and soil health reduces problems
@petrapap
11 ай бұрын
i can't seem to find the video that contained how to pretect aainst slug. someone can link it here?
@CharlesDowding1nodig
11 ай бұрын
This short kzitem.infotvQVUxgBbeU
@michaelfong6941
11 ай бұрын
My strawberrys this year were also strangely un-attacked
@yvonnejackson1696
11 ай бұрын
I grew strawberries for many years and my experience was that birds would get a few the first week then not bother them the rest of the season
@toxicrunner10zholo90
11 ай бұрын
this guy is the grampa from stardew vally
@dralexmedmd
11 ай бұрын
First like, than watch!
@deelite2356
11 ай бұрын
YT will then not count the like. Better to watch until the very end...then like.
@Daared81
11 ай бұрын
I have a Question about strawberries and no dig. Is it fine to cover the crowns in compost befor winter ( 1-2 inches ). Also would you cut them back ? ( I am in Sweden so winters with -20c sometime ).
@CharlesDowding1nodig
11 ай бұрын
For your winter, I would not cut them back but less straw over the top in early December, until March approximately, not too much straw
@lksf9820
11 ай бұрын
It's likely the birds you are missing are moulting Charles, they lose their appetite when that is happening.
@breachofthepeace1829
11 ай бұрын
I’m surprised you don’t forget where you’ve seeded and then pick them out as weeds.
@CharlesDowding1nodig
11 ай бұрын
Indeed but there are few new weeds so that makes it a lot easier
@jeanettebot193
11 ай бұрын
My indeterminate strawberries also don’t get eaten in autumn. I think the birds just don’ have the searchpattern for them in the Autumn.
@janwilky
11 ай бұрын
There's also a lot more alternative food around for them in autumn. I find our summer raspberries get attacked by the blackbirds but the autumn ones barely get a nibble. We have a bumper crop of hedgerow fruits this year so there's plenty for the birds to eat.
@CharlesDowding1nodig
11 ай бұрын
Good point
@axefairy7868
11 ай бұрын
Glad to find out I’m not the only one that’s uses a knife for slug control 😅
@hippdip
11 ай бұрын
That’s not slug control, that’s barbary. When kids do stuff like that, they get sent to the shrink. We all find slugs annoying, but there are plenty of non-lethal ways to keep them out. Slaughtering them, no matter how gruesomely, will not stop new ones from coming, whereas deterrents are permanent.
@axefairy7868
11 ай бұрын
@@hippdip it’s a quicker death than a bird or frog would give them, which tend to be best of the more natural methods of control
@annakrizova7314
11 ай бұрын
Is it problem for vegetable or for soil if cat leaves her excrement in the soil?
@CharlesDowding1nodig
11 ай бұрын
Opinions vary. If I see one, I remove to compost.
@annakrizova7314
11 ай бұрын
@@CharlesDowding1nodig ok, I see only holes after dibbing.. and I know what is next to the hole.. :-) I heard only 1 opinion, that this is no good for vegetable and also some worms it can brings. So I am little bit worried about that.
@CharlesDowding1nodig
11 ай бұрын
Well, that's an opinion and what is the reason? It's too easy just to say something! All I can say is that I have not observed any problems and as I say, if I find it before planting I remove to compost, and I observe no problem from doing that
@GARDENER42
11 ай бұрын
What make of watering can is the one you're using? looks rather better than the standard offerings.
@CharlesDowding1nodig
11 ай бұрын
Wish I could remember! Not easy to find good ones
@GARDENER42
11 ай бұрын
@@CharlesDowding1nodig I found it. Rhino Easi-can from Stadium/Flambeau. Still in their catalogue but emailing them regarding whether it was still available received a reply with nothing more than a list of stockists of all their products, none of whom have the watering cans listed. Pity, as it is listed as being made in Europe. Ho hum...
@mike1968442
11 ай бұрын
❤️ meow!
@Xsksnssjccxghb
11 ай бұрын
Does anyone know what the red flower all over his garden is? They are so pretty!
@CharlesDowding1nodig
11 ай бұрын
Thanks, Zinnia elegans
@Ann-qf5vk
11 ай бұрын
Enjoying the small garden but my friend put raised beds in and my cat loves them. Is that because the compost is loose and not compacted? I'm thinking of doing away with boxes.
@CharlesDowding1nodig
11 ай бұрын
It could be, plus they dry out a little more, best of luck
@pepintagle7154
11 ай бұрын
Hello. How do you get red zinnias? I plant them and other colors come out. Thank you.
@CharlesDowding1nodig
11 ай бұрын
This variety Zinnia Elegans, from Bingenheimer Saatgut but others should sell them
@pepintagle7154
11 ай бұрын
Thank you very much, Charles. Greetings from Cantabria (Spain)@@CharlesDowding1nodig
@georgelee9099
11 ай бұрын
Do rats or mice ever nibble your leafy greens
@CharlesDowding1nodig
11 ай бұрын
Occasionally. Cat helps!
@anniegaddis5240
11 ай бұрын
QUESTION: Do you have a suggesstion for those of us with hard packed clay? Maybe just dig a "little?"
@CharlesDowding1nodig
11 ай бұрын
I would not but some do. Roots find their way in if 10cm compost on top
@anniegaddis5240
11 ай бұрын
Thank you!@Disabled.Megatron
@TransdermalCelebrate
11 ай бұрын
Actually, this is something I’m planning as an experiment, for a portion of my outer garden, for next year. I’ve laid down compost over the surface, with a thick layer of grass cuttings for mulch on top, in a small rectangular plot, about 4 x 20ft. I’ve heard that certain crops laid down as a sacrificial crop, will naturally work their way into the clay claggy soil and leaving the crop in to naturally break down, will help and encourage the ingress of our friendly organisms, as well as giving them a good feed. I’ll be trying sunflowers for the first year, but I’ve heard Craidon radishes perform a similar function. This is an area I’ve put aside and hopefully I’ll have a better understanding by the end of next year.
@anniegaddis5240
11 ай бұрын
Thank you!@@TransdermalCelebrate
@anniegaddis5240
11 ай бұрын
Thank you!@@CharlesDowding1nodig
@adranscyth1556
11 ай бұрын
hello charles
@darlene9154
11 ай бұрын
What do you do with all your produce?
@lisabevans8107
11 ай бұрын
Darlene, Charles has a market garden.
@CharlesDowding1nodig
11 ай бұрын
Sell it locally. Big orders today, Spar and restaurants
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