Been following for 3 years now, and I still consider this channel to be a valuable gem. It's hard to find this kind of objective and factual gardening content nowadays.
This is my annoyance with gardening I've been growing veg for about 3 or 4 years and whilst it feels a long time it's only 3 or 4 lessons if you know what I mean, (and why videos like this help alot)
I absolutely love your videos. No intro and no begging for likes and subs before I have even watched. You explain the purpose of the video and get right to the info. I really hate it when a video says I will see/learn Process A, but first we need to make breakfast, feed chickens, fix fence, water pigs,and 25 minutes later we can start Process A after another lengthy explanation. Thank you for continuing to show your successes, failures, goals and obstacles. You have grown into an amazing garden over the years and I love it all.
Woooow I have been following you diligently for quite some time and I'm amazed by the power of knowledge you share with a passion and consistency 👌 Be blessed always 🙏🙏🙏
If even HALF the world had your thoughtful, analytical, measured, rational approach to situations and problem solving - the world would be a far better place! Thanks for these videos - they are an oasis of true calm in a crazy world! Fond greetings from Australia!
Thank you! What you describe is pretty much my main objective, but I would be glad of a much smaller portion of the world taking a more considered approach.
At first I wasn't quite a "fan" of the channel, perhaps I got the wrong impression, but I noticed after watching a couple of video's I became addicted to them. You are probably one of the most humblest of persons. I must say, and you can see this as a tip perhaps - I was a fan of the "series" you did about tomatoes. I think this keeps people hooked and wanting to see more.
Wow, thanks for that comment. I often wonder what attracts people to my channel, and if they are interested for the start. It is good to know there are people out there who 'warm' to it.
You're a total legend, have found your videos to be amongst the most detailed, truthful and realistically inspiring of all the big UA-camrs in the world of gardening.
Glad to stumble across your page and will be a subscriber. Constructively, you may want to look at the cadence of your speech... I do understand there is a large impact on attracting new persons. Best wishes. Your garden is inspiring!
@@REDGardens I enjoy the cadence. I find the videos relaxing and they are already detailed and relatively short for all the information provided. Not to say the above comment is wrong, opinions are subjective and I just have a different one.
I'm a big fan and honestly I'm continuously surprised that you don't have more followers. Possibly because you avoid catchy click bait-y titles and thumb nails, and instead focus on a fact driven, dispassionate discussion of your observations. Honestly your channel is what we need more of in this world and I have faith that in time your channel and name will come to rank with some of the big names of organic gardening/farming. Keep it up please.
Hey there! I am a bit surprised too, keep waiting for that increase to happen. I know the click bait titles work for drawing attention, but I don't think they work for sustaining interest, and getting people to grow a lot more food. But I need to think more about how to frame things so they are a bit more accessible and interesting to others. Thanks for your confidence in me!
I've been watching Red Gardens for about a year now and I keep coming back because the author clearly cares about the value of objectivity. He presents what he has learned in an honest way and seems to have no problem pointing out what he have have done wrong and leaves the reader to draw their own conclusions from his research. Clearly a scientifically minded individual which is such a breath of fresh air from the majority of others who claim to have all the answers, oversimplify to a fault or worst of all are just selling product disguised as advice. Bravo!!
I've been gardening all my life and pushing 70 now - (and yes age matters)! This channel has been so refreshing. There is not one video where I haven't learned something new, or haven't been inspired to try something outside my comfort zone. You are a continuous inspiration and very much more interesting than you think. I wish I could be another helpful neighbour (but Canada is a bit far)
Hurrah! It's a brilliant learning synposis. - - I have no idea why the channel views have plateaued. It's the best horticultural channel I have found, in years of searching. Some people want content that affirms their biases and political learnings. Most people, I think, love polemic, and easy answers, not genuine learning, an X-ism or an anti-Y-ology; trumpets, sabres and flags.
Thanks! I think that 'easy answer' thing is a big part of it, that there is a limited pool of people who are interested in this type of channel. But I guess the purpose of this channel is to encourage more people into that group!
@@FireflyOnTheMoon Yeah, apologies again for not replying to your Patreon messages. I really need to get better at keeping an eye on that side of things!
I am glad you had some help this year. I think the most important part of planning to not being around is teaching what you have learned. Good luck this year.
It's has been great following along with you and the development of RED Gardens over the past five years. I imagine you got a significant surge in viewership as Covid home bound people turned to gardening, and I wouldn't be surprised if that source of surge has plateaued. I hope your great channel has contributed to keeping many of them as life-long gardeners. As always, thank you, Bruce, for all you do and share.
Yeah, it did get that initial surge, but basically plateaued since then. The thing about channels like this is I have no way of knowing about or tracking what really matters, as you identified, contributing to people becoming life-long gardeners. Thanks for watching and consistently offering valuable feedback!
There might have been a bump in viewers from Brexit as well. People starting up their own veg garden just in case the world ground to a halt in the UK.
I watched in 2021 and even moreso in 2020 the huge surge in first time gardeners. These were people that couldn't even identify when to harvest a zuchinni. I know the seed shortage of 2020 was very real and across many of the biggest suppliers. I also seen many of these influxes of new people interested in foraging and medicinal herbs as well. I suppose ultimately it has been more people interested in self sufficiency and less reliance on the supply chain. This has also been seen in people trying to escape into more rural areas where they can do just that.
@@TNBushcrafter Yeah, there was definitely a significant shift, with a lot of people taking things like food growing more seriously. Many of them seemed to have faded away, but there is definitely more going on now.
@@REDGardens yeah for sure. Forgot to mention the canning, dehydrating, and food preservation groups as well. We live on a farm out in the woods and all that is just a way of life. We've done all of it for generations.
Having an extra pair of hands to help is a God send! 2 people helped me with prep and winter clean up yesterday and we got done in 5 hours what would have taken me days! What a blessing!!!
I'm very proud to call myself a loyal supporter via Patreon since the beginning. I wouldnt know what I know in tackling issues in the gardens (for example did I have the same issue with dried-out compost this past year), so simply working along this strategy, learning and adapting is why I am still, and will be until the end, a Patreon. Keep on Gardening, Bruce & Kris!
Bruce, you are the best! Thank you for presenting ideas which I may never have considered. Your work is so valuable to me and others as you present in an honest and generous manner!!!
I am assuming due to the algorithm your videos have not popped up in my recommended/feed for a long time for me… im not sure what made THIS video pop up but I watched the entire thing and it was incredibly thought provoking and enjoyable. Thankfully I now have a binge session to look forward to. I really appreciate the time and effort you put into documenting your discoveries and assisting those who are less experienced🙏
I completely LOVE how you are experimenting with different methods of growing, it gives us an abundance of knowledge and a basis of how we can approach our own gardens.
Thank you for sharing this information! This is something we all should start doing ourselves within our own communities and neighborhoods. Getting back to basics, less reliance on outside factors. I know it’s a lot of work, but the result is so worth it! 😁
Super grateful for your videos, I find the scientific way you approach a lot of your gardening helpful for me who also loves to keep records and numbers to see how my garden is going and progressing so that I can make changes each year to try and improve. Thankyou!
Hello Red Gardens! I've just subscribed to your channel! Something that I have found extremely useful last year - I run a 30 bed kitchen garden for a client, we set it up over 18 months and were growing and building at the same time last year. We have a 30 ft tunnel in which we grew tomatoes, melons, peppers, aubergines, and grow salads during the winter. I grew all our Augbergines from seed, but bought just one different variety in - it was the only one that got mould on it, but what stopped that dead in it's tracks was a spray of Colloidal Silver. This is fabulous diulted, as it kills the nasties, bolsters the plants and makes for healthy young plants. I dilute 20ppm by 50% and have a spray bottle handy.
You host one of the most consistently useful and informative channels I visit. Your focus on learning through sharing experiments is very impressive. Please keep it up and I am sure growth will follow in the future. All the best.
This is the best channel out there. The only one I really stop to watch as soon as a video is release. It is genuinely about learning the subject of growing vegetables with a scientific approach. No tic toc style self-centred author, no adverts, no begging for likes. I’m so glad the channel is going strong.
I always appreciate your very helpful tips and this end of the year--what I learned one is a favorite. I've gardened for over 30 years, and I am STILL learning new things all the time. One of the great joys of gardening is that you can always improve. Thanks for sharing all your knowledge. It is most appreciated!
Regarding carrots. Try adding Perlite to the soil bed. Up to 50%. Carrot roots need phosphorous, calcium and magnesium to grow. When too much nitrogen is in the soil you get the 'hairy' carrots. The 'hair-roots' are searching for nitrogen. The only time nitrogen is needed is at the very start. And only a small amount on the top layer of soil. Love your channel. Keep up the great educational work.
We're new to gardening last year and were lucky enough to come across your channel. I've learned from you and your community through reading the comments. There is a collective wealth of knowledge here. Cheers from Victoria Canada Btw We're trying your tomatoe technique this year 🌱🌱🌱
This channel is a gem! The algorithm brought me to you a few days back and i'm so grateful for that. I don't have a garden right now, just growing some plants in my living room. So now is the time to soak up many informations for the future where i have my own (big) garden and your channel is perfect for this! Thank You for doing this and please keep at it!
You have a great channel. Probably the best there is. I understand you as my channel went thru the same issue. I decided to eliminate adds during the videos and saw a positive change in subscribers and average video duration. Keep up, please. This is a great channel.
Yes. I unsubscribe from channels with mid-roll ads - no matter how good the channel or how much I like the presenters and admire their work. I try to engage first but, often, giving any kind of gently critical feedback is met with indignant pushback.
@@REDGardens Unfortunately, because of UA-cam’s policy on ads, I took down my videos (not that there were many of them). I don’t want any ads on my channel, but UA-cam shoves them on anywhere it wants now, even if a channel is not monetized by the channel owner. I don’t know if it places ads on videos marked private.
What an incredibly interesting and helpful video. SOOOO much info here, showing what goes right and how things can go wrong. Way more helpful than focusing on only what worked. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻❤️
I just watch your video for the first time and I have to confess that I learned a lot. Thank you. I have been planting a vegetable garden, for a great while. and up to now thought I was an expert, but now I know that I am not. I like the out.lines of your video making it easier to follow. Thank you again Eduardo
The UA-cam algorithm finally connected us again!! So glad to see you are still at it. I am currently watching the backlog of videos I've missed. Thanks for the wealth of invaluable information you share with us all!!
Hi Bruce I love your channel and always learn a lot. You have inspired me to carry on and even to carry out experiments of my own - thank you very much 👍
I like this channel as one of the best gardening channels out there, simply because it is less biased than most. It's easy to find some No dig enthousiast or deep plower hacking at his soil and get lost in their methodology. Here at Red Gardens we'll see different approaches applied to the same soil and climate. This, together with all successes as wel as failures, I find very educational.
Your videos continue to inspire! I can associate with most of these points. It's a fascinating introspection to the entire process of gardens, at every level. Best channel i ever watched; worth waiting to hear from you when you have something to say. Take the time you need, no-one has escaped the realities of the current state of things. Just do what you do best; we'll be here.
Man, your work is one of the best and Iam so thankful for finding your channel years ago. Love your eloquence, the factual straight to the point approach, the profound insights and detailed documentation. I have and will watch every video with great appreciation no matter how long the time in between. If more videos means diluted content or filler topics, please don`t. That is one of the main reasons I unsubscribe from channels every time it happens. Good content is very much like growing plants... you can not pull them to make them grow faster. Wonder if ilfe sent you the helping hand to understand the topic of teaching more deeply (at wich you are exceptionally good at already imo) to prepare for the book that I have no doubt you will write one of these days. I can not wait to lay hands of one of the first printings. Very heartfelt greetings from Hungary.
Every one of these lessons is applicable to so much beyond the garden without much translation. Thanks for the deep thoughts and inspiration as always.
Hi, new subscriber from the Netherlands, interesting vid thanks. I've used a drip watering system in my greenhouse, I think that consistent slow amount of water helps to avoid split tomatoes, at least I didn't have any in the 2 years I've been growing 💚 good luck!
After using your carrot planting techniques I've found great success in growing big beautiful carrots. Love everything your doing . I use different techniques depending on the crops I'm growing based on your experiences. Thanks! I love burgundy bush beans. I've done comparisons on different varieties of bush beans and they are my favorite thus far. My kids call them magic beans because they change color when cooked. I also love your homemade weeding tool. I even made one I can use while standing up.
Hello, thank you for sharing all your knowledge in this thoughtful video! I loved hearing your observations and good advice and learned a lot! Your channel just got recommended to me today (lucky me~), looking forward to more! Happy gardening :)
First time on your channel and I loved the video concept, and the work you've been putting in. Subscribed and looking forward to watching and learning more from you :) I've been growing some of my food in my small backyard but there's still so much to learn. Hoping to soon buy a bigger lot where I can keep some animals too.
You have no idea how much this videos common sense-types of information Actually HELPED IMMENSELY!! Thank you so very much for providing this video as it gave at least me personally a good starting pointers to keep in mind for the future to keep in mind as I hopefully & finally will be able to eventually achieve!! 🧚🏼♀️🦄🐈⬛
Each and every one of your videos is an absolute treat. I know it will always be something thoughtful, innovative and different. I have a feeling that those who started gardening with oodles of enthusiasm have now plateaued off of gardening themselves, when going back to work, or getting back to life as they knew it. This includes the boring task of supermarket queues, rather than not being interested in what you do and say. I know which I'd rather do :D. What is a supermarket anyway?
Ah, thanks! I think you are probably right about the enthusiasm trailing off, and people getting busy. We need to get more and more people going more of their own food, but I guess we need to accept the ebb and flow of interest.
@@REDGardens Yes we most certainly do. I hope when spring comes that people at least grow basics, such as salad crops and potatoes. Lots of things are going to be massively expensive, not just food. So I hope this pushes more people to grow. The UK is underfunded as far as allotment space goes, and I can only hope that farmers can see the benefits of letting out land for this purpose. Fertilizer for farmers has quadrupled in price at least, not to mention feed prices; plus there are crop disasters abroad such as tomatoes with droughts and other problems. I'm hoping the upward swing of prices will encourage more to grow food if they have the space.
I love your content, keep up the great work. I know a lot of people like me who are still wanting to get started with gardening but are a little unsure where and how to start. A back to basics series this spring might be helpful. You know laying out a garden plot, starting seeds, how to transplant, watering, weeding, pruning, and so on. An everything around the garden for those of us who know nothing, or less than nothing.
Thoughtful as always. Re: Your wood framed poly box. I inherited some butchered up IBC totes. I took one top and used it as a "tunnel" for sowing. Drilled holes in the top for venting. Dug channels with a flat point shovel for snug fit to ground. Staked & bungied it down. Yanked it off when temperatures warmed. Plants were then not constrained. Took a bottom & top and used those as an ultra mega winter sowing "milk jug." Put drain holes in the bottom piece & vent holes in the top. It was crazy productive for seedling starts.
@@REDGardens Both had to be covered at night several times when temps dropped unexpectedly. I used raggy old sleeping bags. They were to only thing big enough. I couldn't figure out how to get rid of the IBCs, so I had to use them. The butcherd up cages made good compost bins & trellising.
Found you 2-3 years ago when I saw your no rules compost video, I like your delivery and what seems to be authentic nature, many other channels are too focused on making things “flashy”.
I don't know how long I've been watching this channel and never realised you were only down the road! I've begun my own little biodiversity project focusing mostly on heirloom varieties on a little half-acre site so will be using your channel so much more now that I know we're in the same growing zone.
Thanks so much Bruce! I am glad to get to know your channel, and the opportunity to ask you questions and get your answers through the comments on your channel. Especially interesting is the topic of creating compost and obtaining humus.
I would not worry about the plateauing of the views, you can see with google trends that gardening as a topic had exploded with the pandemic and now seems to go down slightly
For that Cold frame with the squash maybe a vertical net trellis would help give her sum where to go you can see how she reaches out to the edges of the frame and then tries to go up n out. With the leaves up in the air the roots and lowers would get much needed air and cooling which I think stifled that run even though the cold frame gave them such a head start! Learned so much from this video thanks 👍
I recommend Cupidon bush beans... the beans hang above the leaves and makes them easier to pick. They’re an heirloom variety and stringless, absolutely delicious.
This video on growing greens & vegetables couldn't been more timely for my pilot project at Hyderabad, India where am growing similarly. After 27 yrs corporate career, started this pilot project and first harvest of greens is coming up later this month and its fascinating to learn from your experiments and rich experience of 10 years and these videos are a great tool
This is my first time viewing your video. As an experienced gardener, I appreciate the fine tuning in this comprehensive video. I think your garden looks fabulous and you've certainly come a long way in five years! My first-time-viewer opinion doesn't hold much weight of course, but in answer to your question I have an observation. Many people are NEW gardeners needing their hands held. They could not use the refined advice as they struggle with basics. So thats a significant portion of new viewers who may not be ready for your sage wisdom in things beyond keep plants alive. I plan to watch more because I,too like to improve and see what others learn. Thank you and I love your succinct and organized delivery!
Glad you found and appreciate my channel! Your thoughts about new gardeners needing something else are spot on, I think. I see my explorations and videos as focussing in the realm of people with more experience, as there are loads of channels that focus on the beginner aspects. That will obviously limit the available pool of people who will like this type of video. But I am surprised how many beginner growers, and even people who do not have a garden yet, who watch my videos, and seem to get a lot out of them. Perhaps it is that my approach is valued by people who think certain ways, or like to understand the world around them, regardless of their experience growing vegetables.
Врло пријатан тон комуникације, ни мало иритирајући иако је на енглеском јер је човек очигледно добар, поштен и неискомплексиран пореклом, а намере му нису задње.Велики поздрав!🖐️
Have been following a number of years and I still get excited when I see a notification saying you have uploaded a new video. Your videos give amazing food for thought and are well developed and presented
About bush beans - my understanding is that you don't harvest them from the bush. You pull them WITH the bush, when most of the beans have developed to your liking, still tender. You then will pick the pods and throw the rest into compost pile. And you should plant your bush beans every 2 weeks or so - that way you will have continuous supply of beans throughout the season, always fresh and not rotting. (I read it in the Robert Bowden's book). I hope it helps.
I just saw your channel today, watched this video and subscribed before video was over. I'm looking forward to binge watching everything over the next short time period. That makes me happy. 😁
You are an inspiration for many. Surely the best gardening chanel there is. You inspired me to do some variaty trials myself. Keep up good work! Kind regards from the Netherlands!
Love the format of this one. I gotta say its quite refreshing to get a clean, concise overview of a garden in this online maelstrom of influencer-homesteaders.
I've been watching this channel since last year and I can't believe that I just noticed I haven't subscribed. I'm changing that today, especially since this is one of the channels that had helped me think outside the box on many aspects of gardening.
Oh I was wondering why I couldnt find your videos; turns out I wasnt subscribed and I fixed that, easily on of my top three favorite gardening channels on youtube. Thanks for the content!
So good to see your video on what you learned 2021. I always look forward to what you have to say which can help us even out here in the desert. Sending all good wishes for 2022.
I stumbled upon this video quite by chance. I am wondering why it took me so long to "discover" you? I thoroughly enjoyed it. Very informative. Excellent tips. I have encountered all the problems that you have mentioned, and more, but didn't know why... let alone how to fix them. Thank you for sharing your experience. Now you've one more fan! 🥰
man you are inspiring me and my girlfriend so much! We love your videos and you give us a lot of new ideas for a better understanding of growing our own food! Keep going and thanks for the job you are doing! Tiziano and Lea
Been following for 3 years now, and I still consider this channel to be a valuable gem. It's hard to find this kind of objective and factual gardening content nowadays.
Same it's a great channel
Thanks! Very good to know my approach to all this is valued!
Same same. An inspiration for investigation for a time of changes. Greetings from mexican semi-arid lands.
@@betrocoli7319 Hey there, in a place so very different from Ireland ... thanks!
This is my annoyance with gardening I've been growing veg for about 3 or 4 years and whilst it feels a long time it's only 3 or 4 lessons if you know what I mean, (and why videos like this help alot)
I absolutely love your videos. No intro and no begging for likes and subs before I have even watched. You explain the purpose of the video and get right to the info. I really hate it when a video says I will see/learn Process A, but first we need to make breakfast, feed chickens, fix fence, water pigs,and 25 minutes later we can start Process A after another lengthy explanation. Thank you for continuing to show your successes, failures, goals and obstacles. You have grown into an amazing garden over the years and I love it all.
Active engagement here from the US to help your analytics. Thanks for the vids.
Thanks for the engagement!
2021 taught me how to say NO with confidence and love.
The greatest lesson of my life ❤️☘️💪
Good lesson!
Woooow
I have been following you diligently for quite some time and I'm amazed by the power of knowledge you share with a passion and consistency 👌
Be blessed always 🙏🙏🙏
If even HALF the world had your thoughtful, analytical, measured, rational approach to situations and problem solving - the world would be a far better place! Thanks for these videos - they are an oasis of true calm in a crazy world! Fond greetings from Australia!
Thank you! What you describe is pretty much my main objective, but I would be glad of a much smaller portion of the world taking a more considered approach.
At first I wasn't quite a "fan" of the channel, perhaps I got the wrong impression, but I noticed after watching a couple of video's I became addicted to them. You are probably one of the most humblest of persons. I must say, and you can see this as a tip perhaps - I was a fan of the "series" you did about tomatoes. I think this keeps people hooked and wanting to see more.
Wow, thanks for that comment. I often wonder what attracts people to my channel, and if they are interested for the start. It is good to know there are people out there who 'warm' to it.
You're a total legend, have found your videos to be amongst the most detailed, truthful and realistically inspiring of all the big UA-camrs in the world of gardening.
Ahhh, thanks!
Glad to stumble across your page and will be a subscriber. Constructively, you may want to look at the cadence of your speech... I do understand there is a large impact on attracting new persons. Best wishes. Your garden is inspiring!
@@ashleilarman2096 Thanks for the comment and the feedback.
@@REDGardens I enjoy the cadence. I find the videos relaxing and they are already detailed and relatively short for all the information provided. Not to say the above comment is wrong, opinions are subjective and I just have a different one.
@@JOHNOOH Thanks. I don't like listening to how I speak, but I am glad some people do 😁
I'm a big fan and honestly I'm continuously surprised that you don't have more followers. Possibly because you avoid catchy click bait-y titles and thumb nails, and instead focus on a fact driven, dispassionate discussion of your observations. Honestly your channel is what we need more of in this world and I have faith that in time your channel and name will come to rank with some of the big names of organic gardening/farming. Keep it up please.
Hey there! I am a bit surprised too, keep waiting for that increase to happen. I know the click bait titles work for drawing attention, but I don't think they work for sustaining interest, and getting people to grow a lot more food. But I need to think more about how to frame things so they are a bit more accessible and interesting to others. Thanks for your confidence in me!
@@REDGardens thumbs up emoji👍
I’ve got a lot of old seeds and I think I’ll just throw them all in this year to see what happens 👍🏼
I've been watching Red Gardens for about a year now and I keep coming back because the author clearly cares about the value of objectivity. He presents what he has learned in an honest way and seems to have no problem pointing out what he have have done wrong and leaves the reader to draw their own conclusions from his research. Clearly a scientifically minded individual which is such a breath of fresh air from the majority of others who claim to have all the answers, oversimplify to a fault or worst of all are just selling product disguised as advice. Bravo!!
Thank you for that encouraging comment! It is great to know that people really appreciate the way I approach all of this gardening stuff.
I've been gardening all my life and pushing 70 now - (and yes age matters)! This channel has been so refreshing. There is not one video where I haven't learned something new, or haven't been inspired to try something outside my comfort zone. You are a continuous inspiration and very much more interesting than you think. I wish I could be another helpful neighbour (but Canada is a bit far)
Ah, Elizabeth, that is a lovely comment to read. Thank you.
Hurrah! It's a brilliant learning synposis. - - I have no idea why the channel views have plateaued. It's the best horticultural channel I have found, in years of searching. Some people want content that affirms their biases and political learnings. Most people, I think, love polemic, and easy answers, not genuine learning, an X-ism or an anti-Y-ology; trumpets, sabres and flags.
Thanks! I think that 'easy answer' thing is a big part of it, that there is a limited pool of people who are interested in this type of channel. But I guess the purpose of this channel is to encourage more people into that group!
@@REDGardens I have messaged you a few time via Patreon. Could you check?
@@FireflyOnTheMoon Yeah, apologies again for not replying to your Patreon messages. I really need to get better at keeping an eye on that side of things!
Here from the start - still here - still interested.
Always fascinating
Thanks for continuing to watch, through all those videos!
I am glad you had some help this year. I think the most important part of planning to not being around is teaching what you have learned. Good luck this year.
Thanks, it has been a rewarding year in the way.
I appreciate your ability to observe and assess what goes on in your garden. And how well you communicate the information!
Thanks for that comment, skills I am trying to develop!
It's has been great following along with you and the development of RED Gardens over the past five years. I imagine you got a significant surge in viewership as Covid home bound people turned to gardening, and I wouldn't be surprised if that source of surge has plateaued. I hope your great channel has contributed to keeping many of them as life-long gardeners. As always, thank you, Bruce, for all you do and share.
Yeah, it did get that initial surge, but basically plateaued since then. The thing about channels like this is I have no way of knowing about or tracking what really matters, as you identified, contributing to people becoming life-long gardeners. Thanks for watching and consistently offering valuable feedback!
There might have been a bump in viewers from Brexit as well. People starting up their own veg garden just in case the world ground to a halt in the UK.
I watched in 2021 and even moreso in 2020 the huge surge in first time gardeners. These were people that couldn't even identify when to harvest a zuchinni. I know the seed shortage of 2020 was very real and across many of the biggest suppliers. I also seen many of these influxes of new people interested in foraging and medicinal herbs as well. I suppose ultimately it has been more people interested in self sufficiency and less reliance on the supply chain. This has also been seen in people trying to escape into more rural areas where they can do just that.
@@TNBushcrafter Yeah, there was definitely a significant shift, with a lot of people taking things like food growing more seriously. Many of them seemed to have faded away, but there is definitely more going on now.
@@REDGardens yeah for sure. Forgot to mention the canning, dehydrating, and food preservation groups as well. We live on a farm out in the woods and all that is just a way of life. We've done all of it for generations.
Having an extra pair of hands to help is a God send! 2 people helped me with prep and winter clean up yesterday and we got done in 5 hours what would have taken me days! What a blessing!!!
it can really help, especially with big tasks.
I'm very proud to call myself a loyal supporter via Patreon since the beginning. I wouldnt know what I know in tackling issues in the gardens (for example did I have the same issue with dried-out compost this past year), so simply working along this strategy, learning and adapting is why I am still, and will be until the end, a Patreon.
Keep on Gardening, Bruce & Kris!
Thank you so much for being a Patron for so long!!!
Bruce, you are the best! Thank you for presenting ideas which I may never have considered. Your work is so valuable to me and others as you present in an honest and generous manner!!!
Ah, thanks for that really encouraging comment!
Epigenetics is how your garlic learns. It’s an amazingly adaptive mechanism.
Amazing stuff indeed!
I am assuming due to the algorithm your videos have not popped up in my recommended/feed for a long time for me… im not sure what made THIS video pop up but I watched the entire thing and it was incredibly thought provoking and enjoyable. Thankfully I now have a binge session to look forward to. I really appreciate the time and effort you put into documenting your discoveries and assisting those who are less experienced🙏
Thanks! And hope you enjoy the other videos!
I completely LOVE how you are experimenting with different methods of growing, it gives us an abundance of knowledge and a basis of how we can approach our own gardens.
Thanks! It really helps to know that people out there appreciate and get something out of my efforts!
Thank you for sharing this information! This is something we all should start doing ourselves within our own communities and neighborhoods. Getting back to basics, less reliance on outside factors. I know it’s a lot of work, but the result is so worth it! 😁
👍
Super grateful for your videos, I find the scientific way you approach a lot of your gardening helpful for me who also loves to keep records and numbers to see how my garden is going and progressing so that I can make changes each year to try and improve. Thankyou!
It is so good to know that people find these videos helpful, thanks!
Hello Red Gardens! I've just subscribed to your channel! Something that I have found extremely useful last year - I run a 30 bed kitchen garden for a client, we set it up over 18 months and were growing and building at the same time last year. We have a 30 ft tunnel in which we grew tomatoes, melons, peppers, aubergines, and grow salads during the winter. I grew all our Augbergines from seed, but bought just one different variety in - it was the only one that got mould on it, but what stopped that dead in it's tracks was a spray of Colloidal Silver. This is fabulous diulted, as it kills the nasties, bolsters the plants and makes for healthy young plants. I dilute 20ppm by 50% and have a spray bottle handy.
Thanks for the tip.
You host one of the most consistently useful and informative channels I visit. Your focus on learning through sharing experiments is very impressive. Please keep it up and I am sure growth will follow in the future. All the best.
Thanks Norman, and thank you for consistently watching and commenting!
I learned a great trick!
I used alfalfa pellets meant for horses as a side dressing fertilizer for everything and it all thrived!!
I'm trying it this year.
Thanks for sharing your tip! I will try it.
That sounds like a good source of fertility. It seems that anything we can feed to horses, or other livestock, can be used for fertilising our plants.
Thanks so much Bruce! I love how you approach things. I'd be lucky to have 1% of your skill set.
:)
This is the best channel out there. The only one I really stop to watch as soon as a video is release. It is genuinely about learning the subject of growing vegetables with a scientific approach. No tic toc style self-centred author, no adverts, no begging for likes. I’m so glad the channel is going strong.
Awesome, thanks!!
I always appreciate your very helpful tips and this end of the year--what I learned one is a favorite. I've gardened for over 30 years, and I am STILL learning new things all the time. One of the great joys of gardening is that you can always improve. Thanks for sharing all your knowledge. It is most appreciated!
Love hearing your successes and failures. We learn a lot from you. Keep it up!
:)
Thanks, as always, you for your helpful and thoughtful words.
:)
Regarding carrots. Try adding Perlite to the soil bed. Up to 50%. Carrot roots need phosphorous, calcium and magnesium to grow. When too much nitrogen is in the soil you get the 'hairy' carrots. The 'hair-roots' are searching for nitrogen. The only time nitrogen is needed is at the very start. And only a small amount on the top layer of soil. Love your channel. Keep up the great educational work.
Thanks! Perlite would be interesting to try, though that would be a lot of Polite at the scale I am growing at.
We're new to gardening last year and were lucky enough to come across your channel. I've learned from you and your community through reading the comments. There is a collective wealth of knowledge here.
Cheers from Victoria Canada
Btw We're trying your tomatoe technique this year 🌱🌱🌱
Glad you found my channel, and found it useful! Hope you have great tomatoes this year, over there in Victoria!
This channel is a gem! The algorithm brought me to you a few days back and i'm so grateful for that.
I don't have a garden right now, just growing some plants in my living room.
So now is the time to soak up many informations for the future where i have my own (big) garden and your channel is perfect for this!
Thank You for doing this and please keep at it!
Thank you. Really glad you found my channel and are getting a lot out of my efforts!
You have a great channel. Probably the best there is. I understand you as my channel went thru the same issue. I decided to eliminate adds during the videos and saw a positive change in subscribers and average video duration. Keep up, please. This is a great channel.
Yes. I unsubscribe from channels with mid-roll ads - no matter how good the channel or how much I like the presenters and admire their work. I try to engage first but, often, giving any kind of gently critical feedback is met with indignant pushback.
Thanks! And thank you for the insight about mid-roll ads, which I have always avoided.
@@AtheistEve Yeah, I don't like mid-roll ads either!
@@REDGardens Unfortunately, because of UA-cam’s policy on ads, I took down my videos (not that there were many of them). I don’t want any ads on my channel, but UA-cam shoves them on anywhere it wants now, even if a channel is not monetized by the channel owner. I don’t know if it places ads on videos marked private.
good news i turn off so many yt vids now because of adds,hope others do as you do regards.....
Love the lessons learned video. I wish more people would share their lessons learned. Keep up the good work.
👍
What an incredibly interesting and helpful video. SOOOO much info here, showing what goes right and how things can go wrong. Way more helpful than focusing on only what worked. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻❤️
I just watch your video for the first time and I have to confess that I learned a lot.
Thank you.
I have been planting a vegetable garden, for a great while. and up to now thought I was an expert,
but now I know that I am not.
I like the out.lines of your video making it easier to follow.
Thank you again
Eduardo
Thank you for the great comment! Glad you found my channel!
I look forward to your videos as I like a little experimentation and enjoy the results. Looking forward to the 2022 garden videos 👍 thanks!
So cool to know that people look forward to my videos, thanks!
The UA-cam algorithm finally connected us again!! So glad to see you are still at it. I am currently watching the backlog of videos I've missed. Thanks for the wealth of invaluable information you share with us all!!
Yay! Glad to connect again. Thank you!
Beautiful greenhouse and useful information. Thank you!
Every year I plan and set goals for the garden. This is a good reminder that wrapping up the year by noting the lessons learned is important too.
It has become an important thing for me, which I try to do at the beginning of each year.
Hi Bruce I love your channel and always learn a lot. You have inspired me to carry on and even to carry out experiments of my own - thank you very much 👍
I like this channel as one of the best gardening channels out there, simply because it is less biased than most. It's easy to find some No dig enthousiast or deep plower hacking at his soil and get lost in their methodology. Here at Red Gardens we'll see different approaches applied to the same soil and climate. This, together with all successes as wel as failures, I find very educational.
Thank you for that comment, which helps to make the whole thing feel more worthwhile!
Your videos continue to inspire! I can associate with most of these points. It's a fascinating introspection to the entire process of gardens, at every level.
Best channel i ever watched; worth waiting to hear from you when you have something to say. Take the time you need, no-one has escaped the realities of the current state of things.
Just do what you do best; we'll be here.
Ah, thanks. Thank you for that supportive message, it helps.
I follow you, have done so for about 2 years. It’s very useful and appreciated.
Thanks!
Man, your work is one of the best and Iam so thankful for finding your channel years ago.
Love your eloquence, the factual straight to the point approach,
the profound insights and detailed documentation.
I have and will watch every video with great appreciation no matter how long the time in between.
If more videos means diluted content or filler topics, please don`t.
That is one of the main reasons I unsubscribe from channels every time it happens.
Good content is very much like growing plants... you can not pull them to make them grow faster.
Wonder if ilfe sent you the helping hand to understand the topic of teaching more deeply
(at wich you are exceptionally good at already imo) to prepare for the book
that I have no doubt you will write one of these days.
I can not wait to lay hands of one of the first printings.
Very heartfelt greetings from Hungary.
Every one of these lessons is applicable to so much beyond the garden without much translation. Thanks for the deep thoughts and inspiration as always.
Thanks for that. I definitely take a lot of lessons with me from the gardens into the other areas of my life!
Hi, new subscriber from the Netherlands, interesting vid thanks.
I've used a drip watering system in my greenhouse, I think that consistent slow amount of water helps to avoid split tomatoes, at least I didn't have any in the 2 years I've been growing 💚 good luck!
Hello there in Netherlands! I have shifted to drip system as well, though I think I leave it on too long each cycle, which is causing some issues.
Your work is great, informative, and honest. Thank you from LA, Calif.
Thanks! Hello there in LA, in such a different climate/context!
Your work is inspiring by the way 👍
Thanks!
After using your carrot planting techniques I've found great success in growing big beautiful carrots. Love everything your doing . I use different techniques depending on the crops I'm growing based on your experiences. Thanks! I love burgundy bush beans. I've done comparisons on different varieties of bush beans and they are my favorite thus far. My kids call them magic beans because they change color when cooked. I also love your homemade weeding tool. I even made one I can use while standing up.
Hello, thank you for sharing all your knowledge in this thoughtful video! I loved hearing your observations and good advice and learned a lot! Your channel just got recommended to me today (lucky me~), looking forward to more! Happy gardening :)
Thanks, glad you found my channel!
I don’t interact much on videos, but I do listen to all your videos, and always really enjoy them.
Thanks for watching, and letting me know that you enjoy them.
First time on your channel and I loved the video concept, and the work you've been putting in. Subscribed and looking forward to watching and learning more from you :) I've been growing some of my food in my small backyard but there's still so much to learn. Hoping to soon buy a bigger lot where I can keep some animals too.
You have no idea how much this videos common sense-types of information Actually HELPED IMMENSELY!!
Thank you so very much for providing this video as it gave at least me personally a good starting pointers to keep in mind for the future to keep in mind as I hopefully & finally will be able to eventually achieve!!
🧚🏼♀️🦄🐈⬛
Each and every one of your videos is an absolute treat. I know it will always be something thoughtful, innovative and different. I have a feeling that those who started gardening with oodles of enthusiasm have now plateaued off of gardening themselves, when going back to work, or getting back to life as they knew it. This includes the boring task of supermarket queues, rather than not being interested in what you do and say. I know which I'd rather do :D. What is a supermarket anyway?
Ah, thanks! I think you are probably right about the enthusiasm trailing off, and people getting busy. We need to get more and more people going more of their own food, but I guess we need to accept the ebb and flow of interest.
@@REDGardens Yes we most certainly do. I hope when spring comes that people at least grow basics, such as salad crops and potatoes. Lots of things are going to be massively expensive, not just food. So I hope this pushes more people to grow. The UK is underfunded as far as allotment space goes, and I can only hope that farmers can see the benefits of letting out land for this purpose. Fertilizer for farmers has quadrupled in price at least, not to mention feed prices; plus there are crop disasters abroad such as tomatoes with droughts and other problems. I'm hoping the upward swing of prices will encourage more to grow food if they have the space.
I love your content, keep up the great work. I know a lot of people like me who are still wanting to get started with gardening but are a little unsure where and how to start. A back to basics series this spring might be helpful. You know laying out a garden plot, starting seeds, how to transplant, watering, weeding, pruning, and so on. An everything around the garden for those of us who know nothing, or less than nothing.
There's always something new to learn! Thanks for your work, I've been watching I believe since 2019 and I'm still enjoying your videos!
Excellent! Thanks!
I get a lot of good information from RED Gardens and I’ve been gardening for 40 years!
Wow, thanks! I hope I am still learning in another 20 years!
Thoughtful as always.
Re: Your wood framed poly box.
I inherited some butchered up IBC totes.
I took one top and used it as a "tunnel" for sowing. Drilled holes in the top for venting. Dug channels with a flat point shovel for snug fit to ground. Staked & bungied it down.
Yanked it off when temperatures warmed. Plants were then not constrained.
Took a bottom & top and used those as an ultra mega winter sowing "milk jug." Put drain holes in the bottom piece & vent holes in the top. It was crazy productive for seedling starts.
That use of IBC tank sounds interesting.
@@REDGardens Both had to be covered at night several times when temps dropped unexpectedly. I used raggy old sleeping bags. They were to only thing big enough. I couldn't figure out how to get rid of the IBCs, so I had to use them.
The butcherd up cages made good compost bins & trellising.
Found you 2-3 years ago when I saw your no rules compost video, I like your delivery and what seems to be authentic nature, many other channels are too focused on making things “flashy”.
Thanks for that comment, and for watching!
I don't know how long I've been watching this channel and never realised you were only down the road! I've begun my own little biodiversity project focusing mostly on heirloom varieties on a little half-acre site so will be using your channel so much more now that I know we're in the same growing zone.
Excellent!, Glad you found the channel. Where about are you based?
@@REDGardens Just outside Mullingar, but then everywhere is down the road in Ireland.
I think we learn every year and no one is like the other! Please more? Thank you very much!!! Best greetings from Austria.
😀
thank you. great help!
I am a small organic farmer from Cape Cod, MA, USA.
😀 Hi there in Cape Cod!
Καλημέρα από Ελλάδα!
Το βίντεο σας βοηθά κάθε καλλιεργητή να κάνει τον κήπο του πιό παραγωγικό και πιό εύκολο στην διαχείριση του!
Thanks!
Thanks so much Bruce! I am glad to get to know your channel, and the opportunity to ask you questions and get your answers through the comments on your channel. Especially interesting is the topic of creating compost and obtaining humus.
My pleasure!
I accidentally watched your channel. Its very helpful to start up my garden.
Glad you 'accidentally' found my channel.
Thank you for you videos, you'd become my favorite garden channel since OYR stopped posting 2-3 years ago
Wow, thanks! It is a shame OYR stopped.
I would not worry about the plateauing of the views, you can see with google trends that gardening as a topic had exploded with the pandemic and now seems to go down slightly
Yeah, I try not to worry too much about it, though another few steps increase in view/subscribers/patrons would make a huge difference.
For that Cold frame with the squash maybe a vertical net trellis would help give her sum where to go you can see how she reaches out to the edges of the frame and then tries to go up n out. With the leaves up in the air the roots and lowers would get much needed air and cooling which I think stifled that run even though the cold frame gave them such a head start! Learned so much from this video thanks 👍
I would consider removing the cold frames by the time the squash are starting to outgrow them. Love your gardens and thoughtful content !
Yes, I think that might be a better approach.
For the beans you need bamboo taipee like support. Wood berried under the plants help the plants grow.
Not sure about the buried wood.
@@REDGardens My grand ma used to cut ferns and bury them, then put some soil and on top plant potatoes.
I love the footage of your garden and the highlights of your learning. Thank you!
😀
I like how considerate you are. Keep going. We watch
🙂
I recommend Cupidon bush beans... the beans hang above the leaves and makes them easier to pick. They’re an heirloom variety and stringless, absolutely delicious.
Thanks for the recommendation. I did try them last year, and it was cool how the beans are above the leaves!
This video on growing greens & vegetables couldn't been more timely for my pilot project at Hyderabad, India where am growing similarly. After 27 yrs corporate career, started this pilot project and first harvest of greens is coming up later this month and its fascinating to learn from your experiments and rich experience of 10 years and these videos are a great tool
Excellent! Hope you have a great season growing!
Awesome video! Thanks for the tips and for sharing your experience 💚
You are so welcome!
This is my first time viewing your video. As an experienced gardener, I appreciate the fine tuning in this comprehensive video. I think your garden looks fabulous and you've certainly come a long way in five years! My first-time-viewer opinion doesn't hold much weight of course, but in answer to your question I have an observation. Many people are NEW gardeners needing their hands held. They could not use the refined advice as they struggle with basics. So thats a significant portion of new viewers who may not be ready for your sage wisdom in things beyond keep plants alive. I plan to watch more because I,too like to improve and see what others learn. Thank you and I love your succinct and organized delivery!
Glad you found and appreciate my channel! Your thoughts about new gardeners needing something else are spot on, I think. I see my explorations and videos as focussing in the realm of people with more experience, as there are loads of channels that focus on the beginner aspects. That will obviously limit the available pool of people who will like this type of video. But I am surprised how many beginner growers, and even people who do not have a garden yet, who watch my videos, and seem to get a lot out of them. Perhaps it is that my approach is valued by people who think certain ways, or like to understand the world around them, regardless of their experience growing vegetables.
@@REDGardens well I appreciate learning the deeper nuances and shortcuts from an experienced Gardner. Thanks
Врло пријатан тон комуникације, ни мало иритирајући иако је на енглеском јер је човек очигледно добар, поштен и неискомплексиран пореклом, а намере му нису задње.Велики поздрав!🖐️
Thank you!
@@REDGardens Поздрав🇷🇸🖐️
Thank you for your work and clarity. My family has gotten to know your voice!
Thanks! Hope your family don't mind the sound of my voice :)
Have been following a number of years and I still get excited when I see a notification saying you have uploaded a new video. Your videos give amazing food for thought and are well developed and presented
Ah, thanks! Knowing there is a bit of excitement out there helps me to keep going!
Another great year ! Yup the algorythms were not ’pushing’ your videos froward to me this year. I’ll put the Bell on.
Thanks!
About bush beans - my understanding is that you don't harvest them from the bush. You pull them WITH the bush, when most of the beans have developed to your liking, still tender. You then will pick the pods and throw the rest into compost pile. And you should plant your bush beans every 2 weeks or so - that way you will have continuous supply of beans throughout the season, always fresh and not rotting. (I read it in the Robert Bowden's book). I hope it helps.
That is interesting. I think that would really work with a few of the varieties, but others seem to be more of a steady cropping over a longer time.
I just saw your channel today, watched this video and subscribed before video was over. I'm looking forward to binge watching everything over the next short time period. That makes me happy. 😁
Yay! Thank you! 😀
You are an inspiration for many. Surely the best gardening chanel there is. You inspired me to do some variaty trials myself. Keep up good work! Kind regards from the Netherlands!
Wow, thank you!
Thank you for your knowlegable, experienced, and humble approach. I so appreciate it and you. Thanks.
So nice of you
Love the format of this one. I gotta say its quite refreshing to get a clean, concise overview of a garden in this online maelstrom of influencer-homesteaders.
Thanks!
Excellent as always Bruce.......great video
Thanks Jim!
I've been watching this channel since last year and I can't believe that I just noticed I haven't subscribed. I'm changing that today, especially since this is one of the channels that had helped me think outside the box on many aspects of gardening.
Thanks for watching and subscribing, and for the feedback that my videos have helped you see 'outside the box', which is awesome!
Glad UA-cam recommended your channel. Great information.
Glad you found my channel!
Oh I was wondering why I couldnt find your videos; turns out I wasnt subscribed and I fixed that, easily on of my top three favorite gardening channels on youtube. Thanks for the content!
Welcome back!
So good to see your video on what you learned 2021. I always look forward to what you have to say which can help us even out here in the desert. Sending all good wishes for 2022.
Thank you! I find it so fascinating that people in very different climates get stuff out of my videos.
I love how analytic you are of everything! People and plants!
Thanks!
I appreciate your dedication to share your mistakes
🙂
I stumbled upon this video quite by chance. I am wondering why it took me so long to "discover" you?
I thoroughly enjoyed it. Very informative. Excellent tips. I have encountered all the problems that you have mentioned, and more, but didn't know why... let alone how to fix them.
Thank you for sharing your experience.
Now you've one more fan! 🥰
The best channel for gardening
:)
Excellent work. I'll be referencing this video over the next few months as I plant out the seasons crops. Thanks from arkansas.
👍
man you are inspiring me and my girlfriend so much! We love your videos and you give us a lot of new ideas for a better understanding of growing our own food!
Keep going and thanks for the job you are doing!
Tiziano and Lea
That is awesome! Thank you for watching.
Your videos are incredible and very informative without the drab of some channels. Keep up the good work. Here's to not plateauing
Thanks! Glad you think so. Hope to pull out of that plateau soon.