Your gardens look WONDERFUL!!! Don't worry about misremembering what you planted, I planted what I thought were DAFFODILS by the hundreds last year which this spring all came up as TULIPS. Boy was I shocked, after looking at my map of plantings, and can only assume the bulbs were mislabeled, but nevermind they were beautiful and lasted longer than the daffodils.
First time watching your videos and I really like the way you present your garden. Your soft spoken way is very soothing and not tiring at all. Your garden has motivated me to try and mix flowers and veg next season as well. 👏🏼 great work
What an achievment in just one season!!! I just have a tip for the borretsch… the leaves are used in Italy to make a filling for ravioli- like pasta. Together with fresh cheese, nuts or whatever you like. Much like spinache. And its sooooo good!
Lovely tour of your garden Liz. I grow Tobacco plants for the moths too, (Nicotiana Alata lime green) and hopefully that will help the dwindling number of bats here.
I’ve deep mulched with hay so far so good. No weeds plus the ground is nice and damp (Wiltshire) there’s been no rain for weeks plus many wildfires here.
I've got wood mulch, straw, and black polythene as a trial and for potatoes have done best in the straw while the smaller plants like Chard, Lettice has done better in the wood mulch but the onions, Runner beans and Strawberries have grown getter than ever in the black plastic and with zero weeds it is my first choice.
Liz whatever it is you use on the compost area roof , you could have rain butts on the other side as it slopes down . There could be a good amount of water caught there or even some troughs and a couple of watering cans . Xx I am astonished at how many plants and how many different varieties you have this year giving the beds color and height and the fragrance as you walk past must be Devine . Absolutely beautiful video Liz . 🦋💚🌸💐🍋🍎🥦
Looking fab! I just love the combination of edibles and flowers. We’ve got a nest of baby hedgehogs and mum living in one of our compost bays currently which means I can’t access any compost until they leave 😜
You've done very well in the relatively short time you've been at the new place!! I'm seeing powdery mildew, too. Some of my comfrey has it. I don't know if it's the dry weather or what.
You are lucky to have rain liz and we have not had any for months and we have now almost ran out of water. But apart from losing new seedlings and seed showings we havnt done too badly. The sunburnt our runner bean flowers so no beans set but we have now another flush of flowers so here is hoping.👍
Hi Liz, Huw Richards recommended watching your channel...so glad I have, you mentioned using shorn wool to help full your beds. We're only at the start of our garden and we've a stack of wool, how much would you use? Absolutely love watching your garden, especially loved the perennial veg and fruit video. Thanks 😊
I'll move some of the plants to the flower garden because in many beds I have 10 of each plant. Nine of them can go into the flower field and one can stay in the veg garden. The flowers will eventually be for sale and it will be easier to pick them when grown together in rows in the field.
Hi Liz, the veg garden is looking fab! There's so much too look at, can I ask where you got your metal raised beds from please? Wonderful video once again! X
Hello Liz. I love watching your utube channel for good ideas and inspiration. I have heard you mention your problem with rabbits. I have gardened rural for many years and have found that rabbits are repelled by Calendulas. They don't like the pungent smell of the mature plants and flowers. Might be worth experimenting. Thank you for sharing your wisdom. All the best from New Zealand. 💖
I am again reminded that it seems people don't realize that butterflies and moths are pollinators. In fact, some types of flowers are pollinated mostly by butterflies and moths. Columbine and peas being in the list.
Your flowers look beautiful. I've struggled growing flowers from seed. They seem to need so much time. Do you have any suggestions? Do you start seeds in trays or direct sow?
There are a couple of videos with footage of hedgehogs from our last home. I'll try and find the links for you. And, here's how to deal with powdery mildew (from my website) bytherfarm.com/powdery-mildew/
Looking great!! I'm also in camarthen. I'd love to come for a visit for some serious inspiration as we look at expanding our own veg garden! 😊😉 also willing to help out around the farm if you need an extra pair of hands 😁
Rain! What’s that? We haven’t had any for weeks and weeks. Please send some our way. I’m in the South West notorious for rain but it’s disappeared. I’m going to have to do a rain dance.
Hi Tanya, the plants I bought aren't plugs, they are field grown plants. They have arrived and are about 15 inches (45 cms) tall. I bought them from Cornish Cabbages.
Hi Liz , how much land did you move onto and did you buy it with accommodation , I keep playing with the idea of a small holding , I always fancied Cornwall , but after this year visiting Wales , it’s pretty amazing countryside , I wondered if I could do similar but live in a static caravan or something as property is a bit out of our range , but I have worked hard for 5 years filling my own garden with polytunnel and beds , flowers etc from seed . I think it’s great 👍 I love watching your progress x 😘
Hi Andrea, we bought 4.5 acres with a small cottage and lots of barns and outbuildings. We had the option to purchase another 6.5 acres, but we've had to do so much to the house to bring it up to standard of watertight and warm that we can't afford the additional land (boo hiss).
Because I grow mixed beds, it usually doesn't matter what goes in where. There are some combinations that I try to avoid, like growing alliums with beans. The great thing about polycultures, is that they reduce the risk of pests and diseases building up in the soil.
Beds are 12 ft long and approx 4 feet wide (beds in the two centre rows are more like 3 feet wide), pathways are approx 3 feet wide because I want them wide enough to use a wheelchair in the garden.
Hi there! Great garden you have! I noticed that of certain well known brand seeds, i didn't see the veggie coming up i bought! I also bought Brussels sprouts for the winter but i got broccoli all over the place..they all became white leaved because of fungi (dew you called it!) and it's also results of chemtrails..i just recycled them, they will not be good for eating..so .many veggies and fruits didn't busted since the chemrains killed the plants..they start to hurry to make seeds so it's a sterilizer in the air..dew .rain . I also had this with my strawberries i have for 27yrs now .and the chemtrails in early spring kill the first flowers so the plants starts to do weird.. They are spraying warfare crap i researched..it means they spray stuff on our crops .it kills the whole plant tree in 2 to 4months..root leaves stem flowers fruits..! They look burned..it's a new warfare method..pretty gros..again humanity who love to be self-sufficient or do nodig weddings or permaculture.. They really don't want succes.. But it does show which plants still do well and survive..depending on the soil and garden of course . Huge veggiegarden you have..do you all eat from it only..for a family? Or do you sell too?
@@LizZorab I agree! I came from the country and was amazed when they'd come out at night to feed on BUGS. Then I met a gal in the city, whose Father and she put up bat boxes to protect them, I was in for an education and LOVE BATS NOW!!! They LOVE to eat mosquitoes.
Bats are are a valuable and essential part of the ecosystem, please do what you can to support them, don't harm them! Your garden and you will benefit ! :) They're a delight.
If you've enjoyed this garden tour, you may like this tour of our food forest ua-cam.com/video/FQ_gnIGC93U/v-deo.html
A feast for the soul, a feast for the eyes, and the stomach ! Wow ! How incredibly beautiful everything is. Blessings to you, Liz.
Wow, thank you
I chop the dill flowers into salads. .. adds a lovely dill flavour
You've done a fabulous job in such a short time, Liz!
Your gardens look WONDERFUL!!! Don't worry about misremembering what you planted, I planted what I thought were DAFFODILS by the hundreds last year which this spring all came up as TULIPS. Boy was I shocked, after looking at my map of plantings, and can only assume the bulbs were mislabeled, but nevermind they were beautiful and lasted longer than the daffodils.
It's come on really quickly Liz. You are going to have such fun taking care of it all.
What a fabulous garden, great crops. More garden tours please!
I love your channel! We’re putting in a no dig raised bed potager as we speak.
First time watching your videos and I really like the way you present your garden. Your soft spoken way is very soothing and not tiring at all. Your garden has motivated me to try and mix flowers and veg next season as well. 👏🏼 great work
Absolutely amazing what you have accomplished already. Well done!
What a beautiful variety you have going on! I know how much hard work goes into keeping even a small garden going, you are doing amazing! 🌻🌸🦋🥒🫑🥦
What an achievment in just one season!!!
I just have a tip for the borretsch… the leaves are used in Italy to make a filling for ravioli- like pasta. Together with fresh cheese, nuts or whatever you like. Much like spinache. And its sooooo good!
Incredible from grass to production beautiful
You’ve done an amazing job. I wish I had your green thumb.
Wow Liz, what an achievement in 8 months! Hat's off to you, it all looks fabulous👏👏👏
Well done, what progress.
It's amazing what you've been able to achieve in 8 months hun :D It's awesome :)
Thank you so much!!
Such a great garden in only eight months
Fabulous. You have done a great job..
Thank you so much 😊
Wow I’m so inspired. You make me want to go grab my shovel right now and it’s already 10 pm. Such a beautiful space.
Amazing progress within the first year 💚 beautiful the mix of flowers and edibles
Thanks so much 😊
Amazing what you have achieved in such a short time span! Lovely.
Hedgehogs are good climbers and explorers, you may be surprised one day and find one in your beds.
Gorgeous!!
Lovely tour of your garden Liz. I grow Tobacco plants for the moths too, (Nicotiana Alata lime green) and hopefully that will help the dwindling number of bats here.
Looking beautiful
I’ve deep mulched with hay so far so good. No weeds plus the ground is nice and damp (Wiltshire) there’s been no rain for weeks plus many wildfires here.
I've got wood mulch, straw, and black polythene as a trial and for potatoes have done best in the straw while the smaller plants like Chard, Lettice has done better in the wood mulch but the onions, Runner beans and Strawberries have grown getter than ever in the black plastic and with zero weeds it is my first choice.
Liz whatever it is you use on the compost area roof , you could have rain butts on the other side as it slopes down . There could be a good amount of water caught there or even some troughs and a couple of watering cans . Xx
I am astonished at how many plants and how many different varieties you have this year giving the beds color and height and the fragrance as you walk past must be Devine .
Absolutely beautiful video Liz . 🦋💚🌸💐🍋🍎🥦
Guttering is already waiting to be put up to collect the rainwater - yay!
@@LizZorab oh excellent xx
All looks great in the time scale you’ve had. I think your kale is Scarlet. I have some and it’s doing really good like yours!
its all looking great well done liz
Looking fab! I just love the combination of edibles and flowers. We’ve got a nest of baby hedgehogs and mum living in one of our compost bays currently which means I can’t access any compost until they leave 😜
Oooh how exciting! There won't be many slugs hiding in that compost when you finally get to it!
You've done very well in the relatively short time you've been at the new place!! I'm seeing powdery mildew, too. Some of my comfrey has it. I don't know if it's the dry weather or what.
Here's an article about powdery mildew that's on my website bytherfarm.com/powdery-mildew/
You are lucky to have rain liz and we have not had any for months and we have now almost ran out of water. But apart from losing new seedlings and seed showings we havnt done too badly. The sunburnt our runner bean flowers so no beans set but we have now another flush of flowers so here is hoping.👍
If you can give your runner beans some water at the roots while they flower, you should have a better chance at having some beans 💚
The tobacco plant is a nicotiana...I love the lime green variety and they reseed nicely!
You'd be amazed how many times I say 'and this is a' and the name goes completely out of my head!
Absolutely amazing Liz!!! So impressed and inspired at how quickly you've created a garden like that. You are a total inspiration 😊
Thank you so much!
You've accomplished so much in such a short time. Your veg garden is beautiful. Wondering, are you growing any peppers or yomatos?
Hi Liz, Huw Richards recommended watching your channel...so glad I have, you mentioned using shorn wool to help full your beds. We're only at the start of our garden and we've a stack of wool, how much would you use? Absolutely love watching your garden, especially loved the perennial veg and fruit video. Thanks 😊
good video
Beautiful garden...I love the mix of herbs, flowers and veg in each bed. Just wondering why you'll move some of the flowers to the flower garden.
I'll move some of the plants to the flower garden because in many beds I have 10 of each plant. Nine of them can go into the flower field and one can stay in the veg garden. The flowers will eventually be for sale and it will be easier to pick them when grown together in rows in the field.
@@LizZorab thanks...I was really just being nosy!
Hi Liz, the veg garden is looking fab! There's so much too look at, can I ask where you got your metal raised beds from please? Wonderful video once again! X
Hi Carole, You can find similar raised beds at huwsgarden.com/
Gorgeous!!! 😍 May I ask, what is covering the paths between the beds? How hard is it to keep the weeds out? It's been a real struggle this year.
Hello Liz. I love watching your utube channel for good ideas and inspiration. I have heard you mention your problem with rabbits. I have gardened rural for many years and have found that rabbits are repelled by Calendulas. They don't like the pungent smell of the mature plants and flowers. Might be worth experimenting.
Thank you for sharing your wisdom.
All the best from New Zealand.
💖
I am again reminded that it seems people don't realize that butterflies and moths are pollinators.
In fact, some types of flowers are pollinated mostly by butterflies and moths. Columbine and peas being in the list.
Perhaps it's not that people don't realise, but that they have never been told or learnt it.
Your flowers look beautiful. I've struggled growing flowers from seed. They seem to need so much time.
Do you have any suggestions? Do you start seeds in trays or direct sow?
I’m soooo envious that you have Hedgehogs 🦔 nearby! When you find one sometime , I hope you’ll video it to show us !
How do you treat powdery mildew?
There are a couple of videos with footage of hedgehogs from our last home. I'll try and find the links for you. And, here's how to deal with powdery mildew (from my website) bytherfarm.com/powdery-mildew/
Thank you for replying ! 😊
I would like to see any hedgehog you may find as well 🦔 ☺️ if possible
I’m trying Perfection Fennel. So far no bolting
I'll make a note of it for next year - thanks for the tip!
Looking great!! I'm also in camarthen. I'd love to come for a visit for some serious inspiration as we look at expanding our own veg garden! 😊😉 also willing to help out around the farm if you need an extra pair of hands 😁
Rain! What’s that? We haven’t had any for weeks and weeks. Please send some our way. I’m in the South West notorious for rain but it’s disappeared. I’m going to have to do a rain dance.
This looks amazing. Can you tell me where you got your metal beds please? I would really like to put in a couple of taller raised beds.
Hi, You can find similar raised beds at huwsgarden.com/
Thank you.
Do you keep any chickens? Would they help to keep the slugs down?
Beautiful mix Liz. You mention ordering veggie plugs online. Where do you order from please
Hi Tanya, the plants I bought aren't plugs, they are field grown plants. They have arrived and are about 15 inches (45 cms) tall. I bought them from Cornish Cabbages.
@@LizZorab thank you. I'll take a look. Always good to have a back up plan 😊🤞
Where did u buy those corrugated raised beds please
Hi Patricia, You can find similar raised beds at huwsgarden.com/
Hi Liz , how much land did you move onto and did you buy it with accommodation , I keep playing with the idea of a small holding , I always fancied Cornwall , but after this year visiting Wales , it’s pretty amazing countryside , I wondered if I could do similar but live in a static caravan or something as property is a bit out of our range , but I have worked hard for 5 years filling my own garden with polytunnel and beds , flowers etc from seed . I think it’s great 👍 I love watching your progress x 😘
Hi Andrea, we bought 4.5 acres with a small cottage and lots of barns and outbuildings. We had the option to purchase another 6.5 acres, but we've had to do so much to the house to bring it up to standard of watertight and warm that we can't afford the additional land (boo hiss).
@@LizZorab your doing great 👍
Where do you buy your seeds?
How do you like the metal raised containers compared to the wood ?
For every day I prefer the look of wood. For the ease of bending over, the deeper metal beds are nicer.
How do you decide what to put in each bed?
Because I grow mixed beds, it usually doesn't matter what goes in where. There are some combinations that I try to avoid, like growing alliums with beans. The great thing about polycultures, is that they reduce the risk of pests and diseases building up in the soil.
Did you mesh the ground level of the beds as West Wales has a rather large Mole population?
What is the average size of the beds and also what is the walkway space between them?
Beds are 12 ft long and approx 4 feet wide (beds in the two centre rows are more like 3 feet wide), pathways are approx 3 feet wide because I want them wide enough to use a wheelchair in the garden.
How do you store your courgette? My wife freezes sone dehydrate some and make jam with ours
I freeze a few, but we don't eat many, so we give to the neighbours.
I've not heard of courgette jam. Will have to look it up. I froze a lot last year but we just can't get through it all.
Are foxglove edible?
No - they're poisonous, but very good for the pollinators (Mr J)
💖🌻💖
What’s the cat’s name?
The cat is called Monty 🐱
I am surprised to see tobacco in your garden. My grandma always had few plants in her garden against blight on tomatoes and potatoes.
Hi there! Great garden you have! I noticed that of certain well known brand seeds, i didn't see the veggie coming up i bought! I also bought Brussels sprouts for the winter but i got broccoli all over the place..they all became white leaved because of fungi (dew you called it!) and it's also results of chemtrails..i just recycled them, they will not be good for eating..so .many veggies and fruits didn't busted since the chemrains killed the plants..they start to hurry to make seeds so it's a sterilizer in the air..dew .rain .
I also had this with my strawberries i have for 27yrs now .and the chemtrails in early spring kill the first flowers so the plants starts to do weird..
They are spraying warfare crap i researched..it means they spray stuff on our crops .it kills the whole plant tree in 2 to 4months..root leaves stem flowers fruits..! They look burned..it's a new warfare method..pretty gros..again humanity who love to be self-sufficient or do nodig weddings or permaculture..
They really don't want succes..
But it does show which plants still do well and survive..depending on the soil and garden of course .
Huge veggiegarden you have..do you all eat from it only..for a family? Or do you sell too?
Bats die around here I can't stand them I love our beautiful butterflies
Bats are legally protected species in many countries like UK and USA. I think they are wonderful little creatures.
@@LizZorab I agree! I came from the country and was amazed when they'd come out at night to feed on BUGS. Then I met a gal in the city, whose Father and she put up bat boxes to protect them, I was in for an education and LOVE BATS NOW!!!
They LOVE to eat mosquitoes.
Bats are are a valuable and essential part of the ecosystem, please do what you can to support them, don't harm them! Your garden and you will benefit ! :) They're a delight.
@@carolineshowell3837 not here