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Luke Stephens
Приєднався 13 лют 2023
Gardening tips and advice tailored to the British climate!
Vlogging and Tutorials on growing Vegetables, Fruit, Flowers, Herbs and more! Plus foraging videos!
For more information or any enquiries please contact me via:
lukestephens1122@gmail.com
Vlogging and Tutorials on growing Vegetables, Fruit, Flowers, Herbs and more! Plus foraging videos!
For more information or any enquiries please contact me via:
lukestephens1122@gmail.com
Vegetable Garden and Allotment tour in October! Harvesting and clearing the allotment!
Often we can feel a bit overwhelmed in the garden, especially after a busy Summer. My garden and allotment is no different! However by splitting the garden into sections and not trying to tackle everything at once it's much easier to manage and get back on top of things.
October is very much a harvest month: apples, pumpkins, sweetcorn, the list goes on. But storing and preserving these gluts is a skill I'm very passionate about developing, there's nothing worse than a beautiful harvest going to waste!
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October is very much a harvest month: apples, pumpkins, sweetcorn, the list goes on. But storing and preserving these gluts is a skill I'm very passionate about developing, there's nothing worse than a beautiful harvest going to waste!
#gardening #vegetablegardening #veggiegarden #kitchengarden #growingveg #growyourownfood #allotment
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Autumn Abundance: Growing PERFECT pumpkins from seed for INCREDIBLE harvests!
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Autumn is associated with beautiful colors and no vegetable encapsulates this better than PUMPKINS! However there are loads of varieties to choose from and not all are orange! In this video I go through growing 'Burgess Vine Buttercup' which is a green variety of pumpkin known for its incredible taste! Despite not being orange the pumpkins are still very ornamental and look great as decorative ...
AUTUMN, here we come! 🍁 Vegetable Garden and Allotment tour in SEPTEMBER
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In this video I go through the garden and allotment at the beginning of September. As always there are some fails such as my unsupported tomatoes that contracted blight. But there are also some great successes like the pumpkins at the allotment. In September the garden begins to transition from summer crops to autumn and winter harvests. Crops like Chard, spinach, cabbage and beetroot all begin...
TIRED of buying COMPOST? Learn my technique to make HIGH QUALITY compost in a SMALL garden!
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TIRED of buying COMPOST? Learn my technique to make HIGH QUALITY compost in a SMALL garden!
From Planting to Editing: Making Garden Content for YouTube
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In this video I show you how I make Gardening/Vegetable growing content on UA-cam. I discuss my thought process and the practicalities of making videos including my top tips. Below are links to some of the equipment I use: Tripod: YOTOCversion 1.7 Meter/67 inch Phone Tripod Stand & Bluetooth Selfie Stick Tripod, Cellphone Tripod with Bluetooth Remote, Compatible with iPhone 15/14/13/12/12 pro/1...
August Abundance: Vegetable Garden and Allotment Tour in the UK! #kitchengarden #vegetablegardening
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In this video I give you a tour of my Allotment and Vegetable kitchen garden on the 3rd August 2024. The allotment has given me more space and I've capitalized on this my growing pumpkins. It's great to see the fruits swelling and I can't wait to harvest. At the allotment there is a very overgrown section which contains lots of soft fruits and I even discovered a pear tree I never knew I had! A...
NOT just LEAFY greens! Top 8 veggies to keep your garden PRODUCTIVE all the way through the year!
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It's super important to keep on sowing even when there is little space to plant. July and August is a prime time to begin sowing crops that will grow well in the relative cool of autumn/fall. Lots of people assume it's only salads that you can grow but there actually a lot of choice of things to sow. Check out the video to see everything you could be sowing in July/August
How to grow ONIONS from SEED! Super easy crop to grow and provides plenty of benefits to the garden!
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In this video a show you how to grow ONIONS from seed. Onions can be grown from seed or from 'sets'. Sets are basically small baby onions which you can plant out in spring. However with onions from seed, the seed needs to be sown in the depths of winter. The below is a rough timeline I would use: - Sow seeds in December to January - Plant out in February to March - Harvest in July Now once onio...
Tidying, harvesting and general VEGETABLE growing jobs!
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Tidying, harvesting and general VEGETABLE growing jobs!
Practical tips on Interplanting and Succession sowing for July
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Practical tips on Interplanting and Succession sowing for July
How to grow BROAD BEANS from SEED to HARVEST
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How to grow BROAD BEANS from SEED to HARVEST
Transition Time! Vegetable Garden and Allotment Tour in June 2024!
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Transition Time! Vegetable Garden and Allotment Tour in June 2024!
Vegetable Garden and Allotment tour in MAY 2024! Lots to harvest and loads to look forward to!
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Vegetable Garden and Allotment tour in MAY 2024! Lots to harvest and loads to look forward to!
Ultimate METHOD to Controlling WEEDS in Your Vegetable Garden
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Ultimate METHOD to Controlling WEEDS in Your Vegetable Garden
How to grow RADISH in your vegetable garden! #vegetablegarden #growyourownfood #gardening
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How to grow RADISH in your vegetable garden! #vegetablegarden #growyourownfood #gardening
SEEDS to sow in APRIL for ALL YEAR round HARVESTS 🌱 #vegetablegarden #growyourownfood #gardening
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SEEDS to sow in APRIL for ALL YEAR round HARVESTS 🌱 #vegetablegarden #growyourownfood #gardening
SPRING tour of my VEGETABLE Garden and Allotment in APRIL! 🌱 #vegetablegarden #growyourownfood
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SPRING tour of my VEGETABLE Garden and Allotment in APRIL! 🌱 #vegetablegarden #growyourownfood
EXPAND your Raspberries for FREE whatever the season! COMPLETE raspberry propagation guide!
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EXPAND your Raspberries for FREE whatever the season! COMPLETE raspberry propagation guide!
DON'T forget to SOW these tasty crops in MARCH! 🌱
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DON'T forget to SOW these tasty crops in MARCH! 🌱
Part 3: Completing the ALLOTMENT! Ready to PLANT! How much time and money did this cost?
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Part 3: Completing the ALLOTMENT! Ready to PLANT! How much time and money did this cost?
Tour of my VEGETABLE garden and ALLOTMENT in MARCH! Lots of seedlings and a few simple HARVESTS! 🌱
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Tour of my VEGETABLE garden and ALLOTMENT in MARCH! Lots of seedlings and a few simple HARVESTS! 🌱
SIMPLE, PRACTICAL tips for designing a FLOWER border!
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SIMPLE, PRACTICAL tips for designing a FLOWER border!
Part 2: Shaping the ALLOTMENT by creating paths and beds!
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Part 2: Shaping the ALLOTMENT by creating paths and beds!
Part 1: Assessing the ALLOTMENT and building a COMPOST HEAP
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Part 1: Assessing the ALLOTMENT and building a COMPOST HEAP
Make GROWING vegetables EASY! How to BUILD and FILL a raised vegetable bed! #growyourownfood
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Make GROWING vegetables EASY! How to BUILD and FILL a raised vegetable bed! #growyourownfood
5 EARLY vegetables you need to SOW in February!
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5 EARLY vegetables you need to SOW in February!
The Truth about Plastic Greenhouses: Are They Worth Investing In?
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The Truth about Plastic Greenhouses: Are They Worth Investing In?
January Sowing: Is It Worth the Controversy?
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January Sowing: Is It Worth the Controversy?
Rose Pruning Made Easy: Step-by-Step Tutorial for Beautiful Blooms
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Rose Pruning Made Easy: Step-by-Step Tutorial for Beautiful Blooms
They are also very easy to take cuttings from
I know people don’t like fall and the end of harvests but I personally love the clearing stage and tidying everything for the new seasons ahead. You definitely have some fab potatoes Luke. My sprouts loom tiny but lucky I have them in a closed cage. Caterpillar 🐛 did get a lot of other things including my carrot tops. Have a super week Luke, Ali 🌞🥶☔️🇨🇦
I'm with you! Autumn always makes me feel better when I get an opportunity to catch up! Plus it means caterpillar season is over 😂 Thanks Ali!
my leeks are not doing to well dont know if it birds or leaf miner
@@paulineellison9047 Ah that's a shame! It could be the variety! I've had great results with 'musselburgh' but had rubbish harvests from 'Autumn Giant'. 'Bandit' is apparently a really good variety.
Some amazing harvests Luke 🎃🎃, have a super week, Ali 🌦️🇨🇦
Pests and disease is really a nutrient deficiency indicator (look for talks by Dr Don Huber, or John Kempfs channel Advancing Eco Agriculture) your corn has a Ca def indicated by the wavy leaf, also a Mn def indicated by the yellow intervein stipes on the leaves, flea beetle indicates the micro nutrients required for full protein systhesis (Mg, S, Mo, B) are deficient, aphid is a sign of high nitrates in the plant indicating an incomlete soil food web LAB will convert Nitrates into long chain amino acids to help there (also look for JADAM liquid IMO recipie, easy to make) apple scab is a fungus again a micronutrient def, I sprinkle a handfull of rocksalt round the rootzone 4x a yr for micronutrients recomended by JADAM. There's multiple different approaches to correct all that, aerated compost teas with kelp extract, or the JADAM approach with ferments, or the AEA approach with foliar feeds and biological innoculants, or a combination of all those with Soil remineralization (see Steve Solomons "The Intelligent Gardener" or Michael Asterras "The Ideal Soil" which you can d/l for free from buildasoil) Hope that helps.
Blight can only survive on living plants, i have always composted mine when i get it and never had a problem mate. Love the garden btw👌👌👌
Glad to hear! The amount of material I got from the tomatoes for composting, I couldn't pass up on! Thank you! 😊
Tsk tsk we don’t use the term failure Luke we use learning curve or opportunity 😅. Don’t get me started on tomatoes 🍅 this year mine are pants as the Brit’s say. What isn’t ripe is just falling off the vine and they are taking so long ripen the skins are toughening up 😢. But hey no onward and upward winter sowings are at hand. Have a fab week ahead, Ali 🌞🥵🇨🇦
Thanks Ali! Definitely a learning opportunity! Glad to hear the winter sowings are under way! Your Tromboncino are looking amazing btw!
@@WiltshireVeggies thank you 🙏
use a milk spray on your pumpkin leaves.... looking good . ...leeks are looking nice wish mine would thicken up as mine are still sticks
I forgot all about the milk spray. I'll have to give that a try next year, see if it means I get bigger pumpkins! 😄 I'm sure the leeks will bulk up as the season progresses! 🤞
Your gardens are looking good! 🌱 Thanks for the tour!
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed!!
nice 1 iv got 4 bins and do a 50/50 mix chop things up as small as i can but i have things i cant compost or dont think i can like rhododendron and holly... iv got 2 large rhododendron trees that have got out of hand and need cutting back bad do i compost it or not thats the question
Thanks commenting! With things like rhododendron and holly it's fine to compost them but a bit like I've experienced with beech leaves; they take a long time to breakdown. Leaves that have that kind of waxy feel always tend to be the last thing to breakdown. I think you're doing the right thing by chopping them up small so that should help ☺️ 🍂
Good tips Luke, I’m trying to make more of my own compost. Have a super week ahead, Ali ☔️☔️☔️🇨🇦
Thank you Ali! I'm finding it one of the most satisfying things that I'm making at the minute! 😂
Excellent video Luke 👍
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it! ☺️
Thank you for your informative tips! I plan to review them often. And congratulations on your subscriptions! I hope you get many more thousands! 🎉
Thank you so much! Glad the video is of use!! ☺️
Congratulations 🥳 Luke, I lost a few 😂 so I’ll follow your advice. Have a fabulous Sunday and happy growing, Ali 🌞🥵🇨🇦
Thank you Ali! I wouldn't worry about that! I'm loving your Instagram updates at the minute! 😊
Thanks Luke, some good advice there. We'll done on getting your first 1K 👍
Thank you! It's been a journey!! 😂
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Thanks for the video & how great to have those 3 wonderful trees! A bit of a prune in winter & a feed next spring will do them the world's of good! Happy gardening 👍🇦🇺👍
Thank you! Yeah i'm hoping once I hack back the weeds underneath them I'll be able to assess what I've got! 😊
Hi Luke great tour your pumpkins looking great you have a lot of fruit on your trees also a lot of pruning 🍎🍏🍐
Love the tour Luke.
Thanks for the garden tour. It’s looking great, even with a few challenges! Things are going much slower here, but onward we go!
Garden and production is looking fantastic Luke. The fruit trees are amazing as so many people loathe a lot to fruit drop. Have a great week hope the winter cabbage do well, Ali 🥵🌞🇨🇦
Thanks Ali! I absolutely love the fruit trees, just a shame they've been left for so long! Hopefully I can reclaim the space with autumn and next year will be even better ☺️
@@WiltshireVeggies it is my limited understanding of fruit trees that you can prune a third each year so hopefully that will bring them back to excellent production 🙏
hey luke what variety of sunflower is that?
The variety is called 'Teddy Bear' 😊
What potooes will you sow for Christmas?
This year I've sown Charlotte! However last year I did Maris Peer and got brilliant results!
Thanks really enjoyed your video ❤
What's that strange light blue colour in the sky? Did I also see a mysterious glowing orb up there at one point? This Spring/Summer has been so utterly miserable here that virtually everything has been eaten by Slugs and Snails, and that won't change if the terrible weather continues, but we'll have a go!
A rare sight indeed! I agree, the slugs have been a problem this year; well into the summer but I've got faith nature will soon correct the imbalance! Hopefully before my cabbage seedlings go out!!
Love your tips❤ I love growing all the vegetables you suggested..
Thank you! 😊
Great video. 👏 From a fellow beginner UA-camr, your content is really great. You've got a new subscriber here. 😀
Thank you! I've just checked out some of your videos, and your content is great too! I'm soooo jealous of all your space!
@WiltshireVeggies Thanks so much. 😀 The space definitely is fantastic, but I didn't always have this much space. I had a small backyard once upon a time too. 😅 I find that if you have a smaller garden, then you utilize every inch of it a lot better than if you have a big garden.😂
Where did you get seed potatoes this time of year and what variety are they please?
I used a website called Simply Seed and they specifically sell 'Christmas Potatoes' however in reality they are just 'Second earlies' that have been kept on. The variety I'm doing this year is 'Charlotte' but last year I had massive success 'Maris Peer', similar to 'Maris Piper'
Fantastic, thank you. I will certainly be giving this a go.
Its the tiny baby ones which are harder to spot. 🧐
If you used plastic cups, like party cups, and did the exact same thing prbably prevent the cup swelling or softening. The milk shake plastic tall cups with clear domed lids would probably work. I go out at dusk and collect at least 20 to 30 large ones, mostly on top of my grass but probably en route to my vegetables. I put them in a bucket of salt water.
Great tip about the plastic party cups they'd also work really well, and you probably get more uses. Night time slug hunts are the best! 😄
groundnut or peanut also works fine
1. Spring onions 2. Beetroot 3. Cabbage 4. Turnip 5. Chou Sum 6. Chard 7. Spinach 8. Radish
Perfect timing thank you. I've just subscribed.
Awesome! Really appreciate it ☺️
How do you dispose of it
Recycle the lid but unfortunately I think the cups end up going to landfill. However at least with this you get an additional use out of the cup ☺️
Many thanks.
You are welcome! ☺️
I hope you decided to use the smallish garlic anyway. It still has some value. 😋
Thanks, I definitely will! Just drying them now ☺️
I’ve never heard of broad beans before. I obviously live in a different climate. It was very interesting, however, and I was happy to learn something new! Thank you for sharing.
Awwww, thanks for watching! ♥️
How about making jars of lazy / minced garlic with your garlic harvest?
Yeah that's a great idea! I probably will, shame I'll have to peel all the tiny cloves at once but it'll be worth it! 😁
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Isn't it too hot for these crops! It's 105 here
Here in the UK our summers rarely go above 85°F. Typically we'll have maybe a week or two 'heat wave' which gets up to 85F but then the rest of the summer is about 70F.
Good advice! 🍎
Swede tastes lovely mashed with milk and butter but its a tough old bod to cook
I got rid of my dwarf plum trees plums seem to be a sickly fruit in.my opinion always aphids maggots etc whereas my dwarf apple trees are much more straightforward
Thanks for the info! Glad it might not be my poor gardening! I'm hoping to at least give it another season but elsewhere in the garden I might get some apple trees this autumn 🍁
@@WiltshireVeggies i got 3 m27 apple trees from keepers nursery ltd and get a decent little crop but quaranteed to be 5 to 6ft tall only
@@wales123100 That sounds perfect! Which variety are you growing?
@@WiltshireVeggies otava , kidds orange red and a bramley they are all in the right pollination group to pollinate each other.
Enjoy your garlic blight, bro
Another quality short🙂↕️🤌
Thanks Pete! 😊
Great job 🏞️🥬🌵
Thank you! 😊
Roasted radishes are lovely! (Toss in olive oil, salt, pepper, seasoning of your choice, then roast until soft. Delish!)
I'll have to give that a go! Someone at work also mentioned pickled raddishes! So between roasting and pickling them I should get through the last of them! 😄
The seed garlic is hardneck garlic and the Chinese garlic is softneck. Softneck garlic doesn't produce scapes.