Two beautiful souls!thank you! I was just thinking of making a compost toilet this year in the garden and 5 minutes later I hear you discuss this.I will take it as a sign.
Yes, thank you Charles! I can't express it enough. At 60 and wanting to garden again, it was a questionable endeavor. Was it something I could physically do and sustain for years to come? I also live in Montana in a short season climate. I am now 2 years into it and it has been amazing. My plants are healthier, I know how to manage the challenges, and I can see myself capable of continuing for many years to come. I don't think this would be possible without all the brilliant insight and experience you share. So appreciated ❤
Thanks for encouraging us to grow whatever we can ,,where ever we we can,,no matter what the weather in our respective regions ,,all in all grow some share some ,,enjoy the journey of growing our own food 👍🇮🇳
So inspiring. After watching this, I was compelled to harvest and cook some of my rhubarb chard (which I planted in a hitherto unused, shaded corner of my garden some time ago, and has finally sprung to life). Thank you Charles and Gaz!
Sevgili charles video için teşekkürler. Türkiye 4mevsim yaşıyor benim için bu bir ayrıcalık. 3.mevsim bahçemde bitkilerim büyüyor 1.mevsim kendime aileme ait. Bu bir ihtiyaç. Üstelik kendi yaşadığın topraklarda bunu yapmak en doğrusudur. Sana katılıyorum. Her ikinize de hayatta başarılar diliyorum. Sen benim bahçemin kahramanısın❤
Jesus loves you both! So nice to see the mentor and the mentee in the garden! Sharing, conversing, learning from each other. Thank you for growing and cooking in a way that promotes health and preserves the earth, with cost effectiveness and most importantly, servant hearts and love.
I second everything that Gaz had to say. Thanks, heaps! You're my favorite gardener & the coolest ❤, inspiring me to keep going during the rough start of gardening 😊
About 20 years ago as a sludge tanker driver l removed all the contents of a very old cesspit in Cornwall , it was a property in the country. The owner told me that they used to dump the contents on there field and spray the liquid on the land and the field yielded so much more than it is now!!! They’re not allowed to do it now as it could affect the river at the bottom of their field. I think not all rules work for the best ? 😇
That's so fascinating, thanks for sharing. Those wonderful materials need to be put on land somewhere, if not close to a river and in small amounts during the growing season, that would not cause leaching in my reckoning.
Gaz, every area has it's problems. It's so hot and humid here in Georgia my tomatoes, and peppers scorch from the sun, so uncomfortable to be outside it's 30°C and it feels like 36.... There is no pleasure for me to go in the garden. Every year we have spring days during the winter and then freezing temperatures and when all dangerous of frost are done, we jump directly into hot water bypassing the spring all together and since I had to cut a tree due to fungus, my garden it's in full sun from morning to night. I definitely need to put drip irrigation this fall/winter and install a shade somehow. Bug pressure it's high too. I didn't know what clothes to take off in July and you have a jacket on, honestly... I prefer the jacket. Good to see you Charles! Blessings 🙏🏻💞
I am in the Gers South West France, it was 37° yesterday. I have a stepped garden, I have planted fruit trees everywhere and I grow underneath, the shade is really welcome and my fruit trees get watered so everyone is happy.
Thanks Cami for your different perspectives! Just for once, we have a few days of mid 80s and I'm actually enjoying it because it's such a change! I would not like it the whole time.
This was a very good discussion why Gaz perceived bought compost to be dirt, yet Charles buys cheap medium because he perceives it as carbon the building block of soil life. Last year I bought three types. The first brand had gravel added for weight as it was full of what appeared to be fine shreds of some wooded material, the second type I came across again a soft wooded fibrous texture lacking actual composted soil but with green minute pellets, similar to those found to provide nutrients to plants which aid to boost growth. The third I finally found to have soil in which had the sweet aroma of compost. The problem was I had to buy three types to take home to open up to find which was most suitable before I bought more. I am continually working on obtaining materials to use to create my own, but it is never enough. Thanks for all you do Charles. Looking forward to the new book.
Thanks for your perceptive observation. It's such a pity that as you say, not many composts are clearly labelled. I wonder even if the makers really know or understand what they are producing!
I am a new gardener, maybe a year or two in. I have been spreading the joy and i find the best way to do that is to convince people to grow lettuce and some herbs. Its pretty easy, forgives people if they forget to water, and it is something everyone needs a lot of. Also can be done even if you are a balcony gardener.
Beginning to grow my own has made me appreciate why all the beautiful varieties of fruit and veg have disappeared from supermarkets and we get a handful of varieties compared to what exists. Our food system has trained us to accept that veg is abundant and plentiful and if you buy it and leave it in the fridge for 3 weeks its okay, you can throw it out and buy more. We need to make it more accessible for buyers to access growers directly (even more so than it is now)
I’m slowly moving toward growing my own food ( inspired but still learning). And you are correct that most people don’t do that unless they realize the value of knowing what chemicals or not have been on their food, what additives (not really any because it’s fresh and not processed), and also some people won’t go the organized route but they either think it’s important to have that skill or they appreciate the quality of a homegrown food.
Yes, and as someone else has said, if they could only have a pot of compost, then sow a few carrot seeds, then taste the carrots 10 to 12 weeks later, they would know what they need to do, and why!
I think many people are out of growing their own veg because they don't have any idea how to go about it. They feel daunted and that it's going to be really hard work and don't even know where to begin... Or there may be no allotments available or they live in a flat. My feeling is that we need videos on how to easily grow veg, like your wonderful videos on creating a raised bed.. but also like idiots guides to growing a few varieties of veg... Beginners guides, showing right through from making beds or filling containers, to sowing seeds in modular trays or small pots, pricking out lettuces, transplanting seedlings... Maybe just focusing on a few tried and true veg, like lettuce, cherry tomatoes, courgettes, climbing beans, potatoes, possibly carrots (although this year we all had to sow carrots several times to beat the slugs!).
Thanks, and I have been thinking along these lines myself. For a 100% beginner, there's a lot to learn and it's not difficult, just needs explaining and demonstrating
Charles was also my inspiration to get back into growing my own food after a 19 year interlude (starting & running one's own business uses up a LOT of time...) & also in changing HOW I grow. I was already into 4'/1.2m wide beds back in the 1980s thanks to the late Geoff Hamilton but Charles & no dig have been a revelation, both in reduced effort(especially in weeding), increased yield & encouraging a new 'hobby' - composting! It's also encouraged me to cook with what I have, rather than heading off to the supermarket (I'm 100% omnivore but hunting & fishing supplies at least half my protein input, plus rabbit curry is FAR better than chicken...).
What a lovely comment, thanks for sharing this. I had the pleasure to meet Geoff in 1988 and was blown away by his lovely nature and down-to-earth attitude.
Working with Chef Oakley must be a Gaz, Gaz, Gaz! Here in Australia we have done a really good thing. First-of-its-kind research shows how "ecoacoustics" can help scientists monitor the health of soils - using underground critter concerts. The lead researcher at Flinders University is Jake Robinson in case you wanted to interview him on your channel. Cheers!
I follow you both on UA-cam and its great to see you chatting about your gardens. Since I turned wholly plant based (I used to add fish and seafood into my diet), for the first time, I actually really enjoy preparing meals. Depending on the season, I grow much of what I eat and this makes all the difference to my delight in cooking and preparing food from the garden. For you both, its so clear that you aren't 'selling' something, you are joyfully giving voice to a love of gardening.
So pleased to hear that even you feel it's been a duff year.. we've had so much trouble, have you managed to get your runner beans pollinated?.. ours have simply failed, never seen that before.
My two favourite people on You Tube, in another video together ❤ - I think there's definitely scope for a more seasonally-based cookbook as I find alot of vegan cookbooks include produce that can't be grown or found locally or isn't in season, for example, aubergines and leeks, completely opposite ends of the year!
Love it! I agree about the closed loop comments. I feel like a farm should have an open loop for taking in all the compostable materials that no one else is using. Especially in cities, all this material that they bring in, needs to go back out to the farms. I think it goes back to the control factor--if you can control all the compost and fertility, then you don't have to worry about contamination and trucking stuff in, etc. But it's another job, right? Making good compost is a lot of work, especially if you don't have mechanical means for flipping it.
There is a fascinating discussion about the health and medicinal value of nutrition rich food on the latest Advancing Eco Agriculture video podcast, especially regarding diabetes and age-related issues.
The kind of lives most people live nowadays are not conducive to having enough time to tend gardens. I don’t know anything about school schedules where you are but in the US we don’t have school in the summer. This comes from a time when children were needed at home to help with the family farm or to hire out to tend the farms of others to bring in money for the family. - Simple times perhaps.
Eliot Coleman talks a lot about growing cover crops (especially if you can't produce enough compost), even under vegetable crops. How is it that you don't do (and talk about the value of) cover crops?
@CharlesDowding1nodig I understand ... thank you for responding! I am thinking of solarizing the overwintering cover crops.. is solarizing bad for the soil? I do no-till in Boston (not too far from Eliot), but I want to grow some cover crops for the nutrients as I want to be more self-sufficient when it comes to enriching my soil. I am not sure if solarizing is OK for the soil organisms, I have read mixed opinions. Please let me know what you think.
I was in London for a week and a half there more gardens then garden supplies in my opinion, I could not find any seed-shop around the area. I think someone should produce a seed package of different seeds in same. Online seeds were available but all individually packed.m I wanted to visit you but schedule was not on my side.
@@CharlesDowding1nodig Hey Charles! I went to buy a truck at a dealership after finishing a job for a customer. They looked me up and down and said you can't afford that. Well did I have some words for them and took my cash elsewhere. 🥰 Catherine
Hi Charles .I really like your vegetable garden. I've been following you for a long time. I live in Thailand Have you ever been to Thailand?My house is tropical. I don't know if I can grow plants as well as in your house.
I have to admit to barefoot gardening these days. I just got fed up with constantly booting up. My feet find windfalls better than my eyes. Btw I first heard of you through your salad bags, which I used to snack on instead of crisps. They're a great advert for no-dig. One of the additional benefits of growing your own is you get to eat parts of the plant that don't store or travel well, like flowers. But yes, it's about access to land.
If I was going to suggest to a newbie, I’d say onions and carrots - because they have the biggest difference in taste from supermarket equivalents. There’s no comparison between home grown carrots and bought ones. Once you’ve tasted your own, you never want to go back.
Charles, brilliant as always, thank you. I have a question if its ok with you as its not about cooking but about my rye. I wrote to you before as this is my first time growing it. they look amazing and going by your date i believe It should be ready by next week as its been quite warm around Lincolnshire. I picked a few and put them in my window to dry and they look brilliant. I was going to wait for another week as its suppose to be quite warm and sunny again. I am a bit worried as they are dropping in the pot they are in' and I don't want to lose them. I'll bring you some to see as I am coming on the 31st August and for your open day. I cant wait.
That sounds amazing, and yes, I would harvest tomorrow! You do risk them dropping out, and if you cut the ears now, leave them in shallow boxes to continue drying, say on a veranda anywhere out of the rain, then process when you have time
I’m so disappointed! I’m doing something wrong! This is my 3 rd year after moved to new area and decided to do no dig. I’m using wood chips ( pulling back wood chips to plant in compost that I put in the planting isles). The wood chips breed so many insects that eat up my plants! Wish I could show you a picture
I wonder where you got the idea to use wood chips as a mulch around plants. I absolutely never do that and use compost only. On my pathways I spread a little new woodchip every year and that's about 1/4 of the total garden area, Beds are 3/4 of the area and receive compost only, although the compost may have a few woody bits in, which is fine. I can well imagine that woodlice / roly-poly's / pillbugs are feasting on your plants and also the plants will be not so strong as if grown with compost mulch only. I would start by scraping off most of the wood!
I think that crazy p(l)andemic was the best „booster“ for new gardeners. Gaz started, Weedy from Australia started, I started… and I know so many more who stepped out of the system and started to become self sufficiant… For me, besides the fact, that I know, what I „put in my plants“, the biggest argument to grow my own food is: I can grow flavours I cannot buy anywhere… all those old, forgotten veggies I still know from my childhood… only gardeners know them! I‘m not so interested im the „hip“ staples, like tomatos… I already can buy „rare organic varieties“ in the supermarket… but I‘m interested in those unknown perennial crops, that cover my beds in the winter… or kilos of berries, I would spend a treasure if I would buy it… one of my favourite things to do in the summer is wandering through the garden and let myself inspire (is that a phrase in english? 😳🤔) what I want to eat today and what to combine in the kitchen… go „shopping“ in the garden! That’s the biggest luxury nowadays… 😊
I just don’t like Gaz , his body language and trying always be about him like he is a master. If he was a master he probably not going to visit Charles, fake selfish Gaz sorry
Charles thank you so much for having me on the channel. Thank you again so much for all the inspiration over the years
That's nice of you to say Gaz, and I must say people are making lovely comments and many want to visit you!
I like how Charles pointed out there is no control, just adjusting to nature.
This is a great couple talking about food, different generations with common interest.
Lovely to meet this extra ordinary young person. Hope his dream of a garden and restaurant comes true soon.
Two beautiful souls!thank you!
I was just thinking of making a compost toilet this year in the garden and 5 minutes later I hear you discuss this.I will take it as a sign.
Go for it!
Yes, thank you Charles! I can't express it enough. At 60 and wanting to garden again, it was a questionable endeavor. Was it something I could physically do and sustain for years to come? I also live in Montana in a short season climate. I am now 2 years into it and it has been amazing. My plants are healthier, I know how to manage the challenges, and I can see myself capable of continuing for many years to come. I don't think this would be possible without all the brilliant insight and experience you share. So appreciated ❤
Wonderful to hear of your success Nancy
You can tell that Charles is so excited about interviewing this young man😊
Thanks for encouraging us to grow whatever we can ,,where ever we we can,,no matter what the weather in our respective regions ,,all in all grow some share some ,,enjoy the journey of growing our own food 👍🇮🇳
Well said Azam!
That food looked delightful , Many thanks for sharing .
You are welcome 🙂
So inspiring. After watching this, I was compelled to harvest and cook some of my rhubarb chard (which I planted in a hitherto unused, shaded corner of my garden some time ago, and has finally sprung to life). Thank you Charles and Gaz!
Great job!
Sevgili charles video için teşekkürler. Türkiye 4mevsim yaşıyor benim için bu bir ayrıcalık. 3.mevsim bahçemde bitkilerim büyüyor 1.mevsim kendime aileme ait. Bu bir ihtiyaç. Üstelik kendi yaşadığın topraklarda bunu yapmak en doğrusudur. Sana katılıyorum. Her ikinize de hayatta başarılar diliyorum. Sen benim bahçemin kahramanısın❤
unu duyduğuma sevindim, çok teşekkür ederim
Great video... encouraging conversation... thank you both! Blessings on your growing season kind sirs! 🌻🐛🌿💚🙏💕
I am glad you enjoyed it Carolyn
Ah, two of my favourite videoographers. What a lovely chat you had.
Love videos of you collaborating! Gaz is always lovely
I am glad you enjoyed it Kuki
It’s great to see two people with such passion
The break in growing period gives you the possibility to travel. I lived the remark about counting one’s blessings! So wise! Thank you! 😊
Lovely video with two of my favorite content creators!
I am glad you enjoyed it Leslie
Charles this has been one of my most favourite videos of yours. I felt like I was in that conversation! Thanks so much for all that you do.
Thank you, I am glad you enjoyed it Josh😀
Really inspiring and lovely that Gaz can combine his love of cooking with growing his own fresh, organic no dig veg! Thanks for sharing Charles 🙏
You are welcome Lezley
Jesus loves you both! So nice to see the mentor and the mentee in the garden! Sharing, conversing, learning from each other. Thank you for growing and cooking in a way that promotes health and preserves the earth, with cost effectiveness and most importantly, servant hearts and love.
Thanks Michelle
I second everything that Gaz had to say. Thanks, heaps!
You're my favorite gardener & the coolest ❤, inspiring me to keep going during the rough start of gardening 😊
So nice to hear
About 20 years ago as a sludge tanker driver l removed all the contents of a very old cesspit in Cornwall , it was a property in the country. The owner told me that they used to dump the contents on there field and spray the liquid on the land and the field yielded so much more than it is now!!!
They’re not allowed to do it now as it could affect the river at the bottom of their field.
I think not all rules work for the best ? 😇
That's so fascinating, thanks for sharing. Those wonderful materials need to be put on land somewhere, if not close to a river and in small amounts during the growing season, that would not cause leaching in my reckoning.
Gaz, every area has it's problems. It's so hot and humid here in Georgia my tomatoes, and peppers scorch from the sun, so uncomfortable to be outside it's 30°C and it feels like 36.... There is no pleasure for me to go in the garden. Every year we have spring days during the winter and then freezing temperatures and when all dangerous of frost are done, we jump directly into hot water bypassing the spring all together and since I had to cut a tree due to fungus, my garden it's in full sun from morning to night. I definitely need to put drip irrigation this fall/winter and install a shade somehow. Bug pressure it's high too.
I didn't know what clothes to take off in July and you have a jacket on, honestly... I prefer the jacket.
Good to see you Charles! Blessings 🙏🏻💞
I am in the Gers South West France, it was 37° yesterday. I have a stepped garden, I have planted fruit trees everywhere and I grow underneath, the shade is really welcome and my fruit trees get watered so everyone is happy.
Thanks Cami for your different perspectives! Just for once, we have a few days of mid 80s and I'm actually enjoying it because it's such a change! I would not like it the whole time.
This was a very good discussion why Gaz perceived bought compost to be dirt, yet Charles buys cheap medium because he perceives it as carbon the building block of soil life. Last year I bought three types. The first brand had gravel added for weight as it was full of what appeared to be fine shreds of some wooded material, the second type I came across again a soft wooded fibrous texture lacking actual composted soil but with green minute pellets, similar to those found to provide nutrients to plants which aid to boost growth. The third I finally found to have soil in which had the sweet aroma of compost. The problem was I had to buy three types to take home to open up to find which was most suitable before I bought more. I am continually working on obtaining materials to use to create my own, but it is never enough. Thanks for all you do Charles. Looking forward to the new book.
Thanks for your perceptive observation. It's such a pity that as you say, not many composts are clearly labelled. I wonder even if the makers really know or understand what they are producing!
That’s guys! So lovely.
Charles you are my inpiration on my garden thank you 😊
Lovely to hear, thank you Ester
what a blast to see you both for one Reason Growing healthy food
I am a new gardener, maybe a year or two in. I have been spreading the joy and i find the best way to do that is to convince people to grow lettuce and some herbs. Its pretty easy, forgives people if they forget to water, and it is something everyone needs a lot of. Also can be done even if you are a balcony gardener.
Lovely comment!
I now want to travel to Wales!
Hopefully Gaz will have a place to visit when I get there!
Go you!
Beginning to grow my own has made me appreciate why all the beautiful varieties of fruit and veg have disappeared from supermarkets and we get a handful of varieties compared to what exists. Our food system has trained us to accept that veg is abundant and plentiful and if you buy it and leave it in the fridge for 3 weeks its okay, you can throw it out and buy more. We need to make it more accessible for buyers to access growers directly (even more so than it is now)
Having a septic tank where your poop etc. melt into your garden is a gift to your soil fertility.
Coucou te merci pour ta visite.
I’m slowly moving toward growing my own food ( inspired but still learning). And you are correct that most people don’t do that unless they realize the value of knowing what chemicals or not have been on their food, what additives (not really any because it’s fresh and not processed), and also some people won’t go the organized route but they either think it’s important to have that skill or they appreciate the quality of a homegrown food.
*organic not organized
Yes, and as someone else has said, if they could only have a pot of compost, then sow a few carrot seeds, then taste the carrots 10 to 12 weeks later, they would know what they need to do, and why!
I think many people are out of growing their own veg because they don't have any idea how to go about it. They feel daunted and that it's going to be really hard work and don't even know where to begin... Or there may be no allotments available or they live in a flat.
My feeling is that we need videos on how to easily grow veg, like your wonderful videos on creating a raised bed.. but also like idiots guides to growing a few varieties of veg... Beginners guides, showing right through from making beds or filling containers, to sowing seeds in modular trays or small pots, pricking out lettuces, transplanting seedlings...
Maybe just focusing on a few tried and true veg, like lettuce, cherry tomatoes, courgettes, climbing beans, potatoes, possibly carrots (although this year we all had to sow carrots several times to beat the slugs!).
Thanks, and I have been thinking along these lines myself. For a 100% beginner, there's a lot to learn and it's not difficult, just needs explaining and demonstrating
My biggest acheivement so far this year was that the only thing not home grown on my Sunday lunch was the pork 😊 Thank you for inspiring me Charles ❤
Love that!
We grow eggplant and peppets and tomatoes outside in New York state. USA. 153 day grow season.
Lovely to hear, what a difference!
Hi, it is so nice to see you two together. Thank you both that you make the world a better place.
Thank you for your kind words 🙂
Charles was also my inspiration to get back into growing my own food after a 19 year interlude (starting & running one's own business uses up a LOT of time...) & also in changing HOW I grow.
I was already into 4'/1.2m wide beds back in the 1980s thanks to the late Geoff Hamilton but Charles & no dig have been a revelation, both in reduced effort(especially in weeding), increased yield & encouraging a new 'hobby' - composting!
It's also encouraged me to cook with what I have, rather than heading off to the supermarket (I'm 100% omnivore but hunting & fishing supplies at least half my protein input, plus rabbit curry is FAR better than chicken...).
What a lovely comment, thanks for sharing this. I had the pleasure to meet Geoff in 1988 and was blown away by his lovely nature and down-to-earth attitude.
The pleasure of eating something that you’ve grown is amazing and reward in itself.
I love Gaz's channels. You are both really calming and soothing to watch.
Thank you 🙂
So nice to see you guys ❤
thanks
everytime i watch you too, im speechless .good vibes, so much information and encouragement ,just lovely
I am glad you enjoyed it Camelia
Nice to see two favourite growers.
Wish could visit your beautiful garden 😅.
Working with Chef Oakley must be a Gaz, Gaz, Gaz! Here in Australia we have done a really good thing. First-of-its-kind research shows how "ecoacoustics" can help scientists monitor the health of soils - using underground critter concerts. The lead researcher at Flinders University is Jake Robinson in case you wanted to interview him on your channel. Cheers!
Many thanks. This is happening in Germany too - amazing sounds
I follow you both on UA-cam and its great to see you chatting about your gardens. Since I turned wholly plant based (I used to add fish and seafood into my diet), for the first time, I actually really enjoy preparing meals. Depending on the season, I grow much of what I eat and this makes all the difference to my delight in cooking and preparing food from the garden. For you both, its so clear that you aren't 'selling' something, you are joyfully giving voice to a love of gardening.
Great to hear this Annie 🙂
Brilliant. Two wonderful humans😊
So pleased to hear that even you feel it's been a duff year.. we've had so much trouble, have you managed to get your runner beans pollinated?.. ours have simply failed, never seen that before.
same here
I'm not sure, but I'm noticing a 99% lack of insects and that must be related
@@CharlesDowding1nodig that is amassing 99% where they gone? is it spraying chem, sky is always in stripes? maybe that is killing all insects?
My two favourite people on You Tube, in another video together ❤ - I think there's definitely scope for a more seasonally-based cookbook as I find alot of vegan cookbooks include produce that can't be grown or found locally or isn't in season, for example, aubergines and leeks, completely opposite ends of the year!
Thanks, and I totally agree!
Fab vid. I love I when you guys get together, the Fab Four of the veg world…..Charles, gaz, Hew and Ben 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Love it! I agree about the closed loop comments. I feel like a farm should have an open loop for taking in all the compostable materials that no one else is using. Especially in cities, all this material that they bring in, needs to go back out to the farms. I think it goes back to the control factor--if you can control all the compost and fertility, then you don't have to worry about contamination and trucking stuff in, etc. But it's another job, right? Making good compost is a lot of work, especially if you don't have mechanical means for flipping it.
Many thanks 😊
Yes. I feel Where you live is great, modern machinery, I really like it, thank you and always welcome it, follow your videos 😊❤
well that was a great video charles
I am glad you enjoyed it Steven 🙂
A good watch... As usual Charles and gaz
Glad you enjoyed it 🙂
Love this Thank you. You both are very inspirational.
I am glad you enjoyed it and thank you
2 of my favourite UA-camrs!
fantastic video thankyou both you are both inspirational to so many of us
So glad!
That chopper going over, I thought Minty had developed a massive purrr 🤭😂😂
The last couple of years have been hard growing years
Haha and yes esp in western UK, so damp and dull
Listen, I love what you do, Charles. Gaz, you're not bad, mate. But, put some bloody shoes on. 😅
😮
I don't have words for how much joy this conversation gave me 🙏🙏🙏
I am glad you enjoyed it 🙂
Légumes verts comme les haricots , petit pois, choux c'est top
Obrigado querido Charles amei ❤
Estou feliz Luisa 🌱
E eu estou mais feliz por você obrigado
Very cool!
I've had the best year so far, lots of healthy brassicas and snow peas and it's still Winter here in South Australia!
Lovely to hear, in winter!!
There is a fascinating discussion about the health and medicinal value of nutrition rich food on the latest Advancing Eco Agriculture video podcast, especially regarding diabetes and age-related issues.
Thanks so much for that
Choosey chefs choose no dig 😊
You guys would should do a podcast together ✌️
Thank you Mr. Charles, another great inspirational video. Well done!
You are welcome, glad you enjoyed it 🙂 🙂
Two of my favourite
💚
I love the fact they're both barefoot
love you both xx
If you have cesspit
Pump it out onto your land.
As long there is no risk of contaminating any streams!
Charles, have you ever came across a channel called Soil Works LLC? Some amazing info regarding compaction of soil and what certain weeds do.👍🙏
Thanks, and no, my time is too short!
"Work becomes pleasure". I totally agree. I never work in my garden. I play 🙂
The kind of lives most people live nowadays are not conducive to having enough time to tend gardens. I don’t know anything about school schedules where you are but in the US we don’t have school in the summer. This comes from a time when children were needed at home to help with the family farm or to hire out to tend the farms of others to bring in money for the family. - Simple times perhaps.
So true. I wish that more children might use summer holidays for gardening! I used to do from work.
Eliot Coleman talks a lot about growing cover crops (especially if you can't produce enough compost), even under vegetable crops. How is it that you don't do (and talk about the value of) cover crops?
Probably he has fewer slugs, def has more sunshine, is not growing the small blocks of vegetables I favour, and he tills, shallow
@CharlesDowding1nodig I understand ... thank you for responding! I am thinking of solarizing the overwintering cover crops.. is solarizing bad for the soil? I do no-till in Boston (not too far from Eliot), but I want to grow some cover crops for the nutrients as I want to be more self-sufficient when it comes to enriching my soil. I am not sure if solarizing is OK for the soil organisms, I have read mixed opinions. Please let me know what you think.
I was in London for a week and a half there more gardens then garden supplies in my opinion, I could not find any seed-shop around the area. I think someone should produce a seed package of different seeds in same. Online seeds were available but all individually packed.m
I wanted to visit you but schedule was not on my side.
Interesting feedback!
You can move to Colombia 🇨🇴 we never get hurricanes or tornados, it's tropical and we can grow food all year long🙏🏻
Amazing, thanks!
Love Gaz.
Two heroes earthing. Now where’s the recipe?
This young fellow really needs to fix his jeans.
Don't judge a person by their clothing please ........😁
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@@CharlesDowding1nodig Hey Charles! I went to buy a truck at a dealership after finishing a job for a customer. They looked me up and down and said you can't afford that. Well did I have some words for them and took my cash elsewhere. 🥰 Catherine
Love this Catherine!! That'll learn them
Hi Charles .I really like your vegetable garden. I've been following you for a long time. I live in Thailand Have you ever been to Thailand?My house is tropical. I don't know if I can grow plants as well as in your house.
Yes I have, to Chang Mai, loved it. It felt like you have a lot of potential to grow food
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I have to admit to barefoot gardening these days. I just got fed up with constantly booting up. My feet find windfalls better than my eyes. Btw I first heard of you through your salad bags, which I used to snack on instead of crisps. They're a great advert for no-dig. One of the additional benefits of growing your own is you get to eat parts of the plant that don't store or travel well, like flowers. But yes, it's about access to land.
Lovely to hear Tim, and especially your comment about finding the apples! Can be painful…
@@CharlesDowding1nodig one learns to tread lightly on the earth ... ;)
If I was going to suggest to a newbie, I’d say onions and carrots - because they have the biggest difference in taste from supermarket equivalents. There’s no comparison between home grown carrots and bought ones. Once you’ve tasted your own, you never want to go back.
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Charles, brilliant as always, thank you. I have a question if its ok with you as its not about cooking but about my rye. I wrote to you before as this is my first time growing it. they look amazing and going by your date i believe It should be ready by next week as its been quite warm around Lincolnshire. I picked a few and put them in my window to dry and they look brilliant. I was going to wait for another week as its suppose to be quite warm and sunny again. I am a bit worried as they are dropping in the pot they are in' and I don't want to lose them. I'll bring you some to see as I am coming on the 31st August and for your open day. I cant wait.
That sounds amazing, and yes, I would harvest tomorrow! You do risk them dropping out, and if you cut the ears now, leave them in shallow boxes to continue drying, say on a veranda anywhere out of the rain, then process when you have time
And see you 31st!
@@CharlesDowding1nodig Cant wait.
@@CharlesDowding1nodig thanks very much . I will do it tomorrow and bring you some to show off :-)
I feel sorry for Gaz and I'm starting a fundraiser to buy him some new jeans.
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I’m so disappointed! I’m doing something wrong! This is my 3 rd year after moved to new area and decided to do no dig. I’m using wood chips ( pulling back wood chips to plant in compost that I put in the planting isles). The wood chips breed so many insects that eat up my plants! Wish I could show you a picture
I wonder where you got the idea to use wood chips as a mulch around plants. I absolutely never do that and use compost only.
On my pathways I spread a little new woodchip every year and that's about 1/4 of the total garden area, Beds are 3/4 of the area and receive compost only, although the compost may have a few woody bits in, which is fine.
I can well imagine that woodlice / roly-poly's / pillbugs are feasting on your plants and also the plants will be not so strong as if grown with compost mulch only. I would start by scraping off most of the wood!
Wow, 2 souls cut from the same cloth as myself. I too walk barefoot in my garden, I also talk to my plants 🤣🤣🤣Great video :)
Love that!
Really enjoyed the conversation chaps
I am glad you enjoyed it Stuart
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Jeans and bare feet, got too be good
I think that crazy p(l)andemic was the best „booster“ for new gardeners. Gaz started, Weedy from Australia started, I started… and I know so many more who stepped out of the system and started to become self sufficiant…
For me, besides the fact, that I know, what I „put in my plants“, the biggest argument to grow my own food is: I can grow flavours I cannot buy anywhere… all those old, forgotten veggies I still know from my childhood… only gardeners know them!
I‘m not so interested im the „hip“ staples, like tomatos… I already can buy „rare organic varieties“ in the supermarket… but I‘m interested in those unknown perennial crops, that cover my beds in the winter… or kilos of berries, I would spend a treasure if I would buy it… one of my favourite things to do in the summer is wandering through the garden and let myself inspire (is that a phrase in english? 😳🤔) what I want to eat today and what to combine in the kitchen… go „shopping“ in the garden! That’s the biggest luxury nowadays… 😊
Lovely, thanks, and it's a great phrase you use to go 'shopping in the garden', to be inspired by what's there.
better flavour in home grown fruit n vegetable is king
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coupla barefoot bosses!
When Jesus was on the cross He said, Father forgive them, for they know not what they do.
I just don’t like Gaz , his body language and trying always be about him like he is a master. If he was a master he probably not going to visit Charles, fake selfish Gaz sorry
The volume is so low, it was barely understandable.
Sorry, settings were the same
Absolutely fine for me. On my phone out in the garden ... @@CharlesDowding1nodig
That's a shame, I didn't have any issues with it.
No issues for me
No issues for me either.