This looks amazing Huw. We have an allotment and a home veg bed, but really hard to keep up when we only get the weekend to work on them. This video has been a true inspiration, thank you. I used to love tomatoes but I'm now allergic to them (and fresh peas too 🙁), so have to substitute with peppers. We're getting tons of tips from watching your videos each week and really appreciate all that you share.
Hugh, can I plant sugar snap peas in between the rows of my onions? Or can you suggest something else that I can use that space for growing food? Many thanks! Cindy 🇨🇦🌻
He he, so right! It was strange to realise as an adult that we had such a safe environment compared to other countries, the only dangerous snakes/spiders etc we saw as kids were behind protective glass in zoos with huge warning labels on them, the idea of them running around free was.... Gulp.....Except I still hate it when I come across ants 🐜 *shudder* Nope.. never been to Australia, I heard everything can kill you 😉
Ha! Love it. So true (though might get a pesky squirrel dig something up right in front of you but definitely nothing compared to bears mountain lions venomous snakes venomous spiders dingos honey badgers hyenas etc)
Here in my part of Germany we had a cold and rainy spring. Almost everything was going to rotten, except my garlic and the strawberries. Now the raised beds are coming alive. But I am feeling it really when you are saying, that even your little paradise is four weeks behind. Everything here is so late. A little depressing so, to see all the big harvests in other peoples pictures. But, oh, well. I know! I am thankfull for the things growing. And the beauty that already is there. Maybe we will have a longer Summer for it?
You have the right attitude here, about being thankful that things are actually growing and optimistic about the summer - that is exactly how I too am feeling :D
Don`t worry about the delay in the growing season this year as we here in East Galway Ireland are behind by a month too as are most of the country gardens nationwide. Keep positive and it will all work out.
@@BaerbelBorn ^^ Nur das mit dem längeren Sommer scheint trotzdem nichts zu werden, stimmts? Na ja, was solls. Einige Sachen sind ja noch am Reifen und bei mir machen mich vor allem die Tomaten glücklich. Und bei dir? :-)
I've been watching your videos for about two years now and I just thought I should write to you that I am amazed at how healthy all your plants always look! You're doing an amazing work there with your garden.
I'm in southern Arizona. The desert! My garden looked like that after our Monsoon rains. I now understand how important "natural watering" is to gardens...not just regular "faucet" water.
I think your excitement is infectious. I too get that same almost manic pleasure and pride in what nature provides for our enjoyment Great garden. Don't forget nature's best kept secret. Nasturtiums.
@@chrispedersen6999 Yes, that's what I said: "since they attract them". What I meant is that my WHOLE GARDEN had more aphids, not just the lure plant. So it was a bust that I won't be repeating.
Here in Michigan in the US, we had no rain for weeks. Then for the past 2 weeks including today we've had rain just about every day. Nice to not have to water the garden, but would like a little sunshine now and then too.
One nice thing about runner beans - you can grow them in the more public-facing parts of your turf and they're attractive enough not to bother some fussy neighbors. It helps too that they are able to grow in spaces (shade, upward) that are more challenging for other crops.
I just harvested the last fennel and made a gorgeous pesto with the fronds. Pasta e fagioli with fresh borlotti today, and vegetable lasagna with the squash and eggplant tomorrow. Gardens are joy! In 3 weeks when your garden is full, mine will be dying down because of the California summer heat. Lovely tour.👏🏽
Just stumbled on you today- LOVE YOUR VIDEOS. I LEARN THE DIFFERENT VEGETABLES, SEASON THEY DO BEST, WHAT THEY ACTUALLY LOOK LIKE. WHAT T GROW TOGETHER IN THE SAME BED. YOUR GARDEN IS BEAUTIFUL.
Makes me feel better knowing that I’m not the only one way behind where I was last year. Seems like the whole northern hemisphere is behind in the garden this year. Things are still looking great though! We’ll get there! Thanks, Huw!
Being in the North with a short growing season, I hear you, but, an odd thing is also happening, my fall flowers are in bloom- What is going on, it is only 9 days into summer!
@@sjr7822 it’s been a strange year to say the least. I’m in zone 3b. We had a cold finish to spring followed immediately by consistent temps in the 30s (°C)... my garden seems confused too 🤔
We had 40 degrees turn to 90 in about 2 days, my garden is doing poorly, harvested 5 pea pods LOL. Radishes are in flower, lettuce flowered, I need to start all over again. I call for a do-over of Spring.
I love celery and can't always wait for the finished plant, so I cut some celery leaves and add them into my omelette, along with a spring onion, delish.
On a good binge watch while getting seedlings ready inside. Your permaculture is truly an inspiration. I've been watching your channel for a few years now. Thank you.
Suckers 🍅 make for a great second crop if you have time left in the season. Looks great!! 💕 We are behind 3-4 wks in central US too....weird season. Adaptability, haha the garden is always teaching. 🌱💗
Beautiful, 04:47 At a young age, my view about flowers, were like my Dad's view, "if you can't eat it, what good is it?" to the old-age view, if there is a spot without flowers, fill it up. I love flowers intertwining with the vegetables for splashes of color, and as you pointed out, bees love the flowers, on the most part. It took me 25 years, but I have flowers blooming from spring into the winter, wildflowers and bought seeds and plants. I'm sorry I didn't put up a teepee bean runner this year, I have woods full of saplings for oodles of teepees, but, I had my fingers in so many other experiments this year.
I love how you utilize space in your garden beds by adding in the tepees from one bed to the other to grow your vining vegetables. You maximize your space to grow food and pollinating flowers. Your gardens are stunning!
so funny that I am in Canada, southern Ontario specifically and we have been having very similar weather, May was much colder than usual, going through another heat wave of 31c good rain fall but very hot days so my lettuce and spinach did not last long, tomatoes are doing terrific and harvesting some of my peas finally (most don't make it as far as the kitchen)
Lower British Columbia has had a very cool winter that continued into Spring, and now even June and early July. We had one three day heat spell a few weeks ago. The tomatoes rocketed during that heat. Everything is behind in the garden and trees even have been late blooming with great numbers of tree blossoms blooming all at the same time..i am having my first garden in 35 years, and much appreciate the nuance of what you share, and the fact that your climate is similar to ours, means i get a lot of useful tips for adapting to the weather.
I love living in paradise! Walking thru archways of harvest is magically delicious! First time designing our gardens! Yours is magnificent,and fun and you are happy and playfully imagining more! Blessings of harvest I'am sure!Happy for your excitement of Gorgeous FoxGloves!
Beautiful garden. Your climate is great for brassicas and broad beans. I’m learning a lot about climate differences this year. Indiana doesn’t have the right climate for most brassicas. I get by with radishes, turnips and bokchoy. Anything that takes more than 45 days just attracts aphids and borers. Broccoli grows small heads and attracts deer fly as soon as the temps are above 75 F. French beans do well here but runner beans and broad beans wilt in the summer heat.
I know what you mean! I’m learning so much about microclimates too. I have an almost full sun backyard. In the Texas heat, the full sun part is too harsh for most veggies but the shaded part is thriving.
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I grew Aztec brocolli last year. It's cousin goosefoot pops up like weeds everywhere, but that's edible too. I liked the Aztec so much I built my own little dedicated raised bed for it. It grew just over 6 foot and provided a lot of food. Another reason for the dedicated bed, is that it goes a gorgeous red in the autumn, and adds wonderful colour, but this is the stage where it starts to reseed itself. With the dedicated bed, I don't have to worry about pulling it out before the seeds go everywhere. "Tree spinach" (Chenopodium giganteum) is a similar and good one to grow, and also provides a wonderful splash of colour in its leaves - I also have a dedicated raised bed for it!
Thanks Huw for being so soothing, inspiring and informative , after watching the first 5 minutes of this I ordered foxgloves! And some sweet peas! , really enjoy listening to you on the way back and forth to work 🌱☀️🥰
Love the runner bean 'wig-wam'. We used to grow beans that way as arches between our beds and it made lovely tunnels to walk through. The children liked them too.
inspiring, I just did my first serious garden ever in Bulgaria, very pleased, I had mature trees and grapevines to begin with, I decided to companion plant various beans and peas with sunflowers and has been a great success, lots of parsley, potatoes, herbs and already planning next year.
Incredible work, so refreshing to see. You mentioned you and your family aren’t connected to water. Have you always lived here or was this a choice? So very inspiring. Its beautiful. Love from the Netherlands
I used to put bird net over my strawberries. I did not need to this year. 2 reason: 1) I grew so many strawberries the birds couldn't eat a fraction of them anyway and I wasn't as bothered about losing such a small fraction, and 2) the birds have been too focused on my goumi berry shrubs. They have damaged a few strawberries and grabbed a few raspberries, currants, and gooseberries, but by and large the goumi berry shrubs have distracted them. I literally watched a catbird jumping around strawberry plants loaded with ripe strawberries beneath a goumi berry, but it did not peck at any of the strawberries. It was just eating the goumi berries. Over the course of a couple weeks the birds picked that goumi berry clean. But by the time that one was empty, the other variety was ripe, and they've moved on to that one. The first goumi started to ripen 1 week after my strawberries started to ripen, and the second goumi still has ripe fruit on it a week after the strawberries finished up. I think it will still have fruit through the raspberry and red currant harvest. Between that and fixing nitrogen, they've been pretty useful! And when fully ripe they taste good, even if there is very little meat on the fruit and it has a relatively large seed in the center. So I let them have the goumi berries, and I harvest almost all of the rest of the berries.
I made the fermented nettle juice with the brown sugar, but it didn't create very much liquid, even though I had 1.5 kilos of nettle tops. After about a week, I had to add some water in order to help the proces. I can tell my plants love this fertilizer. I am going to start some more. 😊
Thank you for the tour. I like the runnerbeans over the path. We had so much rain in June here in The Netherlands. And it was to cold. Every year is different, but that's the beauty of gardening, I think.
Hi Huw, Garden looks Beautiful !! I wanted to share with you a couple of things on spaghetti squash that I have learned over the years.Yes they are great in salads. PLUS cut them in half length wise,scoop out seeds leave the meat. Spear a little olive oil ,turn upside down and bake for 45-1hr on a cookie sheet.Then when you remove meat it does look like spaghetti. Then make your favorite tomato sause and meatballs. Cover with Parmigiano cheese.Great replacement for pasta. OR bake the same way and mix cinnamon and butter Brown sugur as a wonderful sweet treat dish. You can also when planting them on a trellis and tie fruit they get heavy. Just wanted to share , you have shared so much helpful gardening ideas. Pam > from Iowa. Take Care. 🍇🍓🍅🥦 Happy Gardening🧄🌶🫑🥕
I suppose your drier weather this year mimicked more the American weather and that is why you had little slug damage, and why we can use lots of mulch here without too much trouble. (And benefit so much from using it). Do you ever have problems with allium leaf miner? They recently appeared here and decimated my onion and leek crops this year. Since they originally come from the European continent I wondered if you also have to deal with them.
Nice tour, everything doing really well. Watching the video gave me an idea that I think you might consider. That is, a cookery episode, offshoot. You talk a lot about how you use your produce and I think that’s an area of great interest - how do we cook and enjoy what we grow.
I'm definitely with you on growing potatoes in canvas containers next year. It was the only part of the property I tilled and every weed buried for the last century has come up. Even if I put the containers in the same spot, once I harvest, that spot is getting a good dose of cardboard and mulch!
What a fab garden. I am watching this on a cloudy December day. It has really cheered me up. I have been gathering a lot of leaves and manure, so hoping for good things next year.
Having had been growing grapes for almost 2 decades, I know that they go rampant in the heat of summer and do need detailed pruning throughout the growing season for optimum fruit production You also want to access the vines from all angles and preferably at a comfortable height or you will have a hard time keeping up. Furthermore, you don’t want the foliage to cast too much shade over any summer crops below like cucumbers and tomatoes. That said, if you keep up with the constant maintenance, it’s a marvelous crop to have. Enjoy your channel as always.
Thank you, I have been interested in a grape-covered archway so this helps! So: Plan to keep it at a reachable height; prune often in the height of summer, from various angles; be aware of planting anything under/northward that could get shaded out. Yes?
@@pbandjelly1311 Yes. By no means an expert, but experience shows that you want to space each plant at least 4-8 feet apart (I actually do mine every 10 feet). Choose your varieties well before you plant, research the various pruning methods for the specific varieties and prepare to protect your crops from the birds down the road. Grapes are easy to grow but hard to grow well. Make friends with the local viticulturists to learn more about the best varieties, soil conditions, pruning methods and pest control. Enjoy your adventure!😌
It's such a beautiful garden. Regards from Majenang, Central Java, Indonesia. We have many stakes made of bamboo for the butterfly pea flower to grow. It helps easy harvesting the blue flower every morning.
Huw,, love your videos ❤️. I’m also in a Zone 8 (was 7b until this year 🤷🏻♀️) here in North Carolina. I’m cracking up that you’ll be planting brassicas in JUNE - way too hot here at that time. Brassicas are Cool Weather crops for us. I’ve got 4 cauliflower plants which I’m growing for rabbit feed. My beet roots are, I think, ripe and ready to pull. I’m anxiously awaiting delivery of your new book which may give clues on how to prepare beets for eating! I am tightly packing my crops as you demonstrate. Thank you, thank you….keep posting! Following your 10 Staples guidelines.
Thanks for your videos I really enjoy them, I sometimes go back to your early ones and watch you doing them when u were a child, u have come so far, good on u. I would love to see u do some quick and easy Welsh lunch recipes from the food u pick Thanks, from New Zealand
I don’t know how many more of your videos I can handle, that overhead view at the beginning make my garden look so sad. Great video, I have to go console my garden now🤣
I love all of your videos and have implemented many of your techniques and suggestions in my own garden. Also have two of your books. Thank you for your outstanding work.
Hello from Victoria, Australia! Love watching your videos Huw. My husband and I have just moved into a new built home and I can't wait to get a good raised vegetable bed going and hopefully have it set up by the time spring comes around here. Your videos are so great to watch and I'll be using so many of them as guides for my own growing practices! Seeing your garden is so inspiring and amazing! Thank you for sharing your knowledge and passion for growing your own food. 😊
Love watching your garden grow & getting growing tips. I too am growing potatoes in a container for the first time & I'm growing them in (Sawdust) from our sawmill! I would like advice on pruning the Grapevine? I made over 4 cases of Grape 🍇 jelly last year from mine .
Love looking at your bounty and your obvious love and passion for what you do. So crazy that here in Texas, I am also in a 8 zone like you in Wales. Can tell right away by you standing in June with pants and a long sleeve shirt, that zone 8 can vary wildly in June/July. Thanks for sharing and getting me all inspired and ready to plant next month!
The US zones don't really work for here in the UK as we don't have a continental climate. We'd be called an 8 based on our mild winters but our summers are not as hot as a US zone 8 (sadly for us!).
Hola, qué preciosidad de huerto tienes, estoy maravillada!!! un saludo desde Chile en el extremo sur de Sudamérica. Éxito en tus futuras plantaciones y cosechas.
I gave up on the broad beans. The peas are okay but like you the dry and then the cold got many plants. I thought I’d lost my fig tree but after losing all of its leaves to frost is now looks lovely. A lot of stuff went to seed before even growing properly, even my sorrel, very topsy turvy.
wow....amazing garden. i loved what you said about using carrot for calcium and you are using it for your fermented plant juice as foliar spray.... great idea
Looks good, that trellis over the path is a great idea. I have some videos of my garden here in Australia if anyone is interested in seeing what i have growing through winter here. I have been planting lots of potatoes just in mulch for a no dig Ruth Stout style and i will be pulling up my first 2 plants very sson
Nice video Huw. I hope your Amaranth gets enough sun as it loves sunshine. Such an aesthetically pleasing plant and you can eat the leaves and seeds, so very productive. It's mid-winter here in Australia so not much growing right now. Lot's of work to get ready for spring though when the weather permits. Hope to see that Amaranth 2 metres tall and full of seed heads later in the year 👍
All looking lovely as usual Huw. We've put in 24 foot of arch tunnel at the side of beds to maximise space. I'd love to know what Liz does to her spagetti squash to get 15 to 20 from one plant. Thats amazing!
Full garden tour will be out around early August😊 sorry for the over saturated section of video...#oompaloompahuw
The plants looked good, at least. Now I'm singing in my head the song from the original Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory movie. 😊 🎶
Loving the amaranth. You can eat the seeds as a lil snack or porridge. Or the leaves with salted fish or meats. They also come in green.
So happy this popped up on my feed! I learned a few things :-)
This looks amazing Huw. We have an allotment and a home veg bed, but really hard to keep up when we only get the weekend to work on them. This video has been a true inspiration, thank you.
I used to love tomatoes but I'm now allergic to them (and fresh peas too 🙁), so have to substitute with peppers. We're getting tons of tips from watching your videos each week and really appreciate all that you share.
Hugh, can I plant sugar snap peas in between the rows of my onions? Or can you suggest something else that I can use that space for growing food? Many thanks! Cindy 🇨🇦🌻
I love seeing tours of British gardens. You know you'll never be surprised by a venomous snake or dig up deadly spiders. So relaxing
He he, so right! It was strange to realise as an adult that we had such a safe environment compared to other countries, the only dangerous snakes/spiders etc we saw as kids were behind protective glass in zoos with huge warning labels on them, the idea of them running around free was.... Gulp.....Except I still hate it when I come across ants 🐜 *shudder*
Nope.. never been to Australia, I heard everything can kill you 😉
Or in Canada, your in the back garden and a bear comes wandering though!
Ha! Love it. So true (though might get a pesky squirrel dig something up right in front of you but definitely nothing compared to bears mountain lions venomous snakes venomous spiders dingos honey badgers hyenas etc)
Ya.. haha
Fire ants. Constant battle.
Here in my part of Germany we had a cold and rainy spring. Almost everything was going to rotten, except my garlic and the strawberries. Now the raised beds are coming alive. But I am feeling it really when you are saying, that even your little paradise is four weeks behind. Everything here is so late. A little depressing so, to see all the big harvests in other peoples pictures. But, oh, well. I know! I am thankfull for the things growing. And the beauty that already is there. Maybe we will have a longer Summer for it?
You have the right attitude here, about being thankful that things are actually growing and optimistic about the summer - that is exactly how I too am feeling :D
@@HuwRichards 🤗 Thank you so much for your kind respond! And thanks for your wonderfull videos. 🙂
Don`t worry about the delay in the growing season this year as we here in East Galway Ireland are behind by a month too as are most of the country gardens nationwide. Keep positive and it will all work out.
I feel you 🥰 NRW here.
@@BaerbelBorn ^^ Nur das mit dem längeren Sommer scheint trotzdem nichts zu werden, stimmts? Na ja, was solls. Einige Sachen sind ja noch am Reifen und bei mir machen mich vor allem die Tomaten glücklich. Und bei dir? :-)
The way you described lettuce flowers is the way I want my romance novels to read every👏time👏
I love seeing sheep on the hillside behind you!!!
Same! ;)
I've been watching your videos for about two years now and I just thought I should write to you that I am amazed at how healthy all your plants always look! You're doing an amazing work there with your garden.
I'm in southern Arizona. The desert! My garden looked like that after our Monsoon rains. I now understand how important "natural watering" is to gardens...not just regular "faucet" water.
Aaaa Soo beautiful 👏
I think your excitement is infectious.
I too get that same almost manic pleasure and pride in what nature provides for our enjoyment
Great garden. Don't forget nature's best kept secret. Nasturtiums.
Funny, I found they drew more aphids to my garden (since they attract them) than I had without them.
@@patriot20000 yes, exactly 😁. They're a trap crop to lure aphids away from your main crops 👍👍
@@chrispedersen6999 Yes, that's what I said: "since they attract them". What I meant is that my WHOLE GARDEN had more aphids, not just the lure plant. So it was a bust that I won't be repeating.
Holy crap, your garden is insane......job well done my friend. Amazing what you've done.
Here in Michigan in the US, we had no rain for weeks. Then for the past 2 weeks including today we've had rain just about every day. Nice to not have to water the garden, but would like a little sunshine now and then too.
Almost like April showers now come in May-June. We're going to need a new seasonal ditty.
Oh dear! I wish we had some of your rain Mary!
@@HuwRichards me too. Flooding all over the state. Many highways closed because they're under water and more rain predicted for the next 2 days.
Gosh that does not sound like fun!!
Garden is looking great! Love the ideia of using up dead space over the footpaths to grow the runnerbeans x
Thank you Elie!! :D
I am a vegetarian .And it is my dream to have own great perfect garden like your garden. Thank you for good explanation.
One nice thing about runner beans - you can grow them in the more public-facing parts of your turf and they're attractive enough not to bother some fussy neighbors. It helps too that they are able to grow in spaces (shade, upward) that are more challenging for other crops.
Yes they are wonderful in full flower! I believe they were origionally grown as an ornamental here in the UK until it was discovered they were edible
Watching this video, I was fascinated by the beauty of the British garden and field!
I just harvested the last fennel and made a gorgeous pesto with the fronds. Pasta e fagioli with fresh borlotti today, and vegetable lasagna with the squash and eggplant tomorrow. Gardens are joy! In 3 weeks when your garden is full, mine will be dying down because of the California summer heat. Lovely tour.👏🏽
Oh that all sounds SO DELICIOUS Sarah! I cannot wait for a filled garden, I hope you have had a great growing season
Just stumbled on you today- LOVE YOUR VIDEOS. I LEARN THE DIFFERENT VEGETABLES, SEASON THEY DO BEST, WHAT THEY ACTUALLY LOOK LIKE. WHAT T GROW TOGETHER IN THE SAME BED. YOUR GARDEN IS BEAUTIFUL.
Brilliant ! Welcome to my channel. I hope you find it useful :)
Makes me feel better knowing that I’m not the only one way behind where I was last year. Seems like the whole northern hemisphere is behind in the garden this year. Things are still looking great though! We’ll get there! Thanks, Huw!
We will indeed get there Erik, thank you so much for watching and commenting :)
Nice
Being in the North with a short growing season, I hear you, but, an odd thing is also happening, my fall flowers are in bloom- What is going on, it is only 9 days into summer!
@@sjr7822 it’s been a strange year to say the least. I’m in zone 3b. We had a cold finish to spring followed immediately by consistent temps in the 30s (°C)... my garden seems confused too 🤔
We had 40 degrees turn to 90 in about 2 days, my garden is doing poorly, harvested 5 pea pods LOL. Radishes are in flower, lettuce flowered, I need to start all over again. I call for a do-over of Spring.
What a fabulous garden thank you for showing it.
I love watching a lot of your plants...I. am also a small farmer her in Philippines..I love living here In our mountain
I love celery and can't always wait for the finished plant, so I cut some celery leaves and add them into my omelette, along with a spring onion, delish.
every time I watch one of your tour videos I'm left thinking...yeah I need another 4 raised beds. I'm running out of room over here Huw.
Hehehe well I guess that is a good thing ;)
Wow
On a good binge watch while getting seedlings ready inside. Your permaculture is truly an inspiration. I've been watching your channel for a few years now. Thank you.
Suckers 🍅 make for a great second crop if you have time left in the season. Looks great!! 💕 We are behind 3-4 wks in central US too....weird season. Adaptability, haha the garden is always teaching. 🌱💗
They do but unfortunately we don't :)
this garden is so beautiful
Thank you!😊
We just had to move to a new plot this year, and I'm watching your vids to hype me up. It's working 😊
My bean leaves did that too, and soon grew out of it. I also assumed strong sun was to blame.
Yep mine are looking much better now :)
Beautiful, 04:47 At a young age, my view about flowers, were like my Dad's view, "if you can't eat it, what good is it?" to the old-age view, if there is a spot without flowers, fill it up. I love flowers intertwining with the vegetables for splashes of color, and as you pointed out, bees love the flowers, on the most part. It took me 25 years, but I have flowers blooming from spring into the winter, wildflowers and bought seeds and plants. I'm sorry I didn't put up a teepee bean runner this year, I have woods full of saplings for oodles of teepees, but, I had my fingers in so many other experiments this year.
I love how you utilize space in your garden beds by adding in the tepees from one bed to the other to grow your vining vegetables. You maximize your space to grow food and pollinating flowers. Your gardens are stunning!
What a wonderful garden, Huw! I can see all your experience shining. So nice to see you doing what you love. Happy for you. 🌾
so funny that I am in Canada, southern Ontario specifically and we have been having very similar weather, May was much colder than usual, going through another heat wave of 31c good rain fall but very hot days so my lettuce and spinach did not last long, tomatoes are doing terrific and harvesting some of my peas finally (most don't make it as far as the kitchen)
Lower British Columbia has had a very cool winter that continued into Spring, and now even June and early July. We had one three day heat spell a few weeks ago. The tomatoes rocketed during that heat. Everything is behind in the garden and trees even have been late blooming with great numbers of tree blossoms blooming all at the same time..i am having my first garden in 35 years, and much appreciate the nuance of what you share, and the fact that your climate is similar to ours, means i get a lot of useful tips for adapting to the weather.
Your garden is beautiful. Wish I had one that looked like that. Your garden should be in magazines. I have never seen anything like it.
I love living in paradise! Walking thru archways of harvest is magically delicious!
First time designing our gardens!
Yours is magnificent,and fun and you are happy and playfully imagining more!
Blessings of harvest I'am sure!Happy for your excitement of Gorgeous FoxGloves!
Beautiful garden. Your climate is great for brassicas and broad beans. I’m learning a lot about climate differences this year. Indiana doesn’t have the right climate for most brassicas. I get by with radishes, turnips and bokchoy. Anything that takes more than 45 days just attracts aphids and borers. Broccoli grows small heads and attracts deer fly as soon as the temps are above 75 F. French beans do well here but runner beans and broad beans wilt in the summer heat.
I know what you mean! I’m learning so much about microclimates too. I have an almost full sun backyard. In the Texas heat, the full sun part is too harsh for most veggies but the shaded part is thriving.
He’s, so stunning. Like a calming place, I could spend hours in your lovely garden 🪴
Wowww this makes me so happy! Great garden!!
Me too! Glad it brings you happiness too. :)
Beautiful, Huw! There aren't enough words to describe the beauty of your garden. 😍
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I really admire your knowledge and your garden
Thank you! That's lovely to hear. Really appreciate it :)
I grew Aztec brocolli last year. It's cousin goosefoot pops up like weeds everywhere, but that's edible too. I liked the Aztec so much I built my own little dedicated raised bed for it. It grew just over 6 foot and provided a lot of food. Another reason for the dedicated bed, is that it goes a gorgeous red in the autumn, and adds wonderful colour, but this is the stage where it starts to reseed itself. With the dedicated bed, I don't have to worry about pulling it out before the seeds go everywhere. "Tree spinach" (Chenopodium giganteum) is a similar and good one to grow, and also provides a wonderful splash of colour in its leaves - I also have a dedicated raised bed for it!
Thanks Huw for being so soothing, inspiring and informative , after watching the first 5 minutes of this I ordered foxgloves! And some sweet peas! , really enjoy listening to you on the way back and forth to work 🌱☀️🥰
Love the runner bean 'wig-wam'. We used to grow beans that way as arches between our beds and it made lovely tunnels to walk through. The children liked them too.
Such a variety of crops! Amazing!
The interplanting is something I need to do more of, and watching this will help me. Thank you
I've watched this three times now. I have spring fever so badly up here in Alaska!
Amazing Information of Gardening. A wide variety of plants are best maintained for good results. Thanks for sharing.
inspiring, I just did my first serious garden ever in Bulgaria, very pleased, I had mature trees and grapevines to begin with, I decided to companion plant various beans and peas with sunflowers and has been a great success, lots of parsley, potatoes, herbs and already planning next year.
The grapes are amazing. And I love the beans growing up the water tanks. It's functional and beautiful.
Incredible work, so refreshing to see. You mentioned you and your family aren’t connected to water. Have you always lived here or was this a choice? So very inspiring. Its beautiful. Love from the Netherlands
I used to put bird net over my strawberries. I did not need to this year. 2 reason: 1) I grew so many strawberries the birds couldn't eat a fraction of them anyway and I wasn't as bothered about losing such a small fraction, and 2) the birds have been too focused on my goumi berry shrubs. They have damaged a few strawberries and grabbed a few raspberries, currants, and gooseberries, but by and large the goumi berry shrubs have distracted them. I literally watched a catbird jumping around strawberry plants loaded with ripe strawberries beneath a goumi berry, but it did not peck at any of the strawberries. It was just eating the goumi berries. Over the course of a couple weeks the birds picked that goumi berry clean. But by the time that one was empty, the other variety was ripe, and they've moved on to that one. The first goumi started to ripen 1 week after my strawberries started to ripen, and the second goumi still has ripe fruit on it a week after the strawberries finished up. I think it will still have fruit through the raspberry and red currant harvest. Between that and fixing nitrogen, they've been pretty useful! And when fully ripe they taste good, even if there is very little meat on the fruit and it has a relatively large seed in the center. So I let them have the goumi berries, and I harvest almost all of the rest of the berries.
Wow I might have to try this
I made the fermented nettle juice with the brown sugar, but it didn't create very much liquid, even though I had 1.5 kilos of nettle tops. After about a week, I had to add some water in order to help the proces. I can tell my plants love this fertilizer. I am going to start some more. 😊
Lovely garden . I have tried to build one in my home terrace , but due to the over heat in Morocco, city Marrakech , my garden is nearly Burned. 😒
Hi have you got a video how to build the runner beans wigwam please? 🙏🏻😍
Thank you for the tour. I like the runnerbeans over the path. We had so much rain in June here in The Netherlands. And it was to cold. Every year is different, but that's the beauty of gardening, I think.
Hi Huw, Garden looks Beautiful !! I wanted to share with you a couple of things on spaghetti squash that I have learned over the years.Yes they are great in salads. PLUS cut them in half length wise,scoop out seeds leave the meat. Spear a little olive oil ,turn upside down and bake for 45-1hr on a cookie sheet.Then when you remove meat it does look like spaghetti. Then make your favorite tomato sause and meatballs. Cover with Parmigiano cheese.Great replacement for pasta. OR bake the same way and mix cinnamon and butter Brown sugur as a wonderful sweet treat dish. You can also when planting them on a trellis and tie fruit they get heavy. Just wanted to share , you have shared so much helpful gardening ideas. Pam > from Iowa. Take Care. 🍇🍓🍅🥦 Happy Gardening🧄🌶🫑🥕
U have ur own paradise keep green
Question: How, if at all, will the grape vines in the tunnel affect the plants below them? Will they block out the light?
I suppose your drier weather this year mimicked more the American weather and that is why you had little slug damage, and why we can use lots of mulch here without too much trouble. (And benefit so much from using it). Do you ever have problems with allium leaf miner? They recently appeared here and decimated my onion and leek crops this year. Since they originally come from the European continent I wondered if you also have to deal with them.
Wonderful tour thank you. I'm loving the subtitles...Llanover peas come up as hangover peas!!!!!
What a delight to watch your summer tour of your well stocked garden and simple straightforward presentation thank-you.
Nice tour, everything doing really well.
Watching the video gave me an idea that I think you might consider. That is, a cookery episode, offshoot. You talk a lot about how you use your produce and I think that’s an area of great interest - how do we cook and enjoy what we grow.
I love to listen to you talk. Your so smart. I just found your videos. Hello from Louisiana
Huw.........that is beauty, heart warm and a great inspiration. I love way the garden mirrors you in so may ways. Thank you 👍
I always enjoy the tours , it is good to see what you have growing and how it compares to my own garden, also ideas of trying something different .
I'm definitely with you on growing potatoes in canvas containers next year. It was the only part of the property I tilled and every weed buried for the last century has come up. Even if I put the containers in the same spot, once I harvest, that spot is getting a good dose of cardboard and mulch!
What a fab garden. I am watching this on a cloudy December day. It has really cheered me up.
I have been gathering a lot of leaves and manure, so hoping for good things next year.
Thank you! I'm so glad this cheered you up. Good luck with your growing! :)
Having had been growing grapes for almost 2 decades, I know that they go rampant in the heat of summer and do need detailed pruning throughout the growing season for optimum fruit production You also want to access the vines from all angles and preferably at a comfortable height or you will have a hard time keeping up. Furthermore, you don’t want the foliage to cast too much shade over any summer crops below like cucumbers and tomatoes. That said, if you keep up with the constant maintenance, it’s a marvelous crop to have.
Enjoy your channel as always.
Thank you, I have been interested in a grape-covered archway so this helps! So: Plan to keep it at a reachable height; prune often in the height of summer, from various angles; be aware of planting anything under/northward that could get shaded out. Yes?
@@pbandjelly1311 Yes. By no means an expert, but experience shows that you want to space each plant at least 4-8 feet apart (I actually do mine every 10 feet). Choose your varieties well before you plant, research the various pruning methods for the specific varieties and prepare to protect your crops from the birds down the road. Grapes are easy to grow but hard to grow well. Make friends with the local viticulturists to learn more about the best varieties, soil conditions, pruning methods and pest control. Enjoy your adventure!😌
Inspiring. My garden is so empty by comparison. I'm going to stuff it with more plants, get some flowers in, right now.
It's such a beautiful garden. Regards from Majenang, Central Java, Indonesia.
We have many stakes made of bamboo for the butterfly pea flower to grow. It helps easy harvesting the blue flower every morning.
Your garden so beautiful. Regards from Indonesia🙏👍❤
Your garden is magical & beautiful. I wish I could have one. I live in an apartment in the city & have no space.
Growing things up along the water tanks is something I know I'd be doing as well. I'm always trying outofthebox ideas for space
Beautiful views of the vegetable paradise
I grew one short and bushy azdek broccolli bush diameter of three metres with masses of broccoli tips for months
Huw,, love your videos ❤️. I’m also in a Zone 8 (was 7b until this year 🤷🏻♀️) here in North Carolina. I’m cracking up that you’ll be planting brassicas in JUNE - way too hot here at that time. Brassicas are Cool Weather crops for us. I’ve got 4 cauliflower plants which I’m growing for rabbit feed. My beet roots are, I think, ripe and ready to pull. I’m anxiously awaiting delivery of your new book which may give clues on how to prepare beets for eating! I am tightly packing my crops as you demonstrate. Thank you, thank you….keep posting! Following your 10 Staples guidelines.
Thanks for your videos I really enjoy them, I sometimes go back to your early ones and watch you doing them when u were a child, u have come so far, good on u.
I would love to see u do some quick and easy Welsh lunch recipes from the food u pick
Thanks, from New Zealand
I don’t know how many more of your videos I can handle, that overhead view at the beginning make my garden look so sad. Great video, I have to go console my garden now🤣
😂 me too
I love all of your videos and have implemented many of your techniques and suggestions in my own garden. Also have two of your books. Thank you for your outstanding work.
Your borage can be chopped back into the soil for a nutrient boost. Great vid!
It inspired us to grow vegetables for ourselves.(Thailand)
Hello from Victoria, Australia! Love watching your videos Huw. My husband and I have just moved into a new built home and I can't wait to get a good raised vegetable bed going and hopefully have it set up by the time spring comes around here. Your videos are so great to watch and I'll be using so many of them as guides for my own growing practices! Seeing your garden is so inspiring and amazing! Thank you for sharing your knowledge and passion for growing your own food. 😊
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Beautiful vegetables garden ❤️
Thank you for the teepee idea I will use it this year and the trellises over the beds.
'if i were a slug...' love it x
Love watching your garden grow & getting growing tips. I too am growing potatoes in a container for the first time & I'm growing them in (Sawdust) from our sawmill! I would like advice on pruning the Grapevine?
I made over 4 cases of Grape 🍇 jelly last year from mine .
I love your videos. I learn alot from you and appreciate the sharing of knowledge! Thank you so much!
Love looking at your bounty and your obvious love and passion for what you do. So crazy that here in Texas, I am also in a 8 zone like you in Wales. Can tell right away by you standing in June with pants and a long sleeve shirt, that zone 8 can vary wildly in June/July. Thanks for sharing and getting me all inspired and ready to plant next month!
The US zones don't really work for here in the UK as we don't have a continental climate. We'd be called an 8 based on our mild winters but our summers are not as hot as a US zone 8 (sadly for us!).
What a flourishing space, Huw! Love the poly culture ✌🏼.
Hola, qué preciosidad de huerto tienes, estoy maravillada!!! un saludo desde Chile en el extremo sur de Sudamérica. Éxito en tus futuras plantaciones y cosechas.
Hello im watching from Kuala Lumpur Malaysia 👋🙋♀️you have a wonderful garden. Can't wait for your next videos.
I'm here because 1. I love gardening and 2. I love your accent. : )
I gave up on the broad beans. The peas are okay but like you the dry and then the cold got many plants. I thought I’d lost my fig tree but after losing all of its leaves to frost is now looks lovely. A lot of stuff went to seed before even growing properly, even my sorrel, very topsy turvy.
Best description of this growing season: very topsy turvy!!
wow....amazing garden. i loved what you said about using carrot for calcium and you are using it for your fermented plant juice as foliar spray.... great idea
Your strawberries look amazing! Yum . But ,of course, everything in your gardens always look great and healthy ❤
It’s so peaceful there ….
Очень классный огород! Мы живем в Западной Сибири, а выращиваем все тоже самое! 😍😍😍
Looks good, that trellis over the path is a great idea. I have some videos of my garden here in Australia if anyone is interested in seeing what i have growing through winter here. I have been planting lots of potatoes just in mulch for a no dig Ruth Stout style and i will be pulling up my first 2 plants very sson
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Nice video Huw. I hope your Amaranth gets enough sun as it loves sunshine.
Such an aesthetically pleasing plant and you can eat the leaves and seeds, so very productive.
It's mid-winter here in Australia so not much growing right now.
Lot's of work to get ready for spring though when the weather permits.
Hope to see that Amaranth 2 metres tall and full of seed heads later in the year 👍
All looking lovely as usual Huw. We've put in 24 foot of arch tunnel at the side of beds to maximise space. I'd love to know what Liz does to her spagetti squash to get 15 to 20 from one plant. Thats amazing!