you must be the happiest soul alive, you always seem so cheery , love watching the videos relaxing and less intense than some other channels, thanks for just being you 👍
Bonjour! C’est très agréable de vous écouter même si je suis …francophone et du ..Québec! Moi, je mets mes écouteurs et j’écoute des Balados lorsque je désherbe. Parfois, ce sont des Balados de …jardinage, bien évidemment! 🤣😂
Oh - you have bindweed, too? It has one useful attribute: its twining vines are very flexible and strong for their thinness - I use lengths of it to tie up droopy flowering plants like dames rocket and peonies, first stripping the leaves off the vine by gripping it with one hand at the tip and quickly running down the length of it lightly pinched between the forefinger and thumb of the other hand - the leaves pop off easily and I have a yard or so of natural garden string.
Honey was analyzed for plant DNA to see what flowers bees seek out. Answer? Weeds.... I mean native wildflowers. All the more reason to embrace them on your property 🐝 💚
Hey Ben, I love the planner. That looks really easy. I also use the time trick. 'I'm going to do 15 minutes of work in the garden'. Most of the times I end up working an hour, which is perfectly fine. And weeding I use the same trick as well. Can't really motivate myself sometimes to do it, so that ended up in weeding every day > 1 bucket full and I quit. Keeps my garden really tidy very easily.
That's the ticket - break things up into chunks. And I like your idea of 'tricking' yourself into 15 minutes work and then getting carried away and doing an hour!
I have pretty severe arthritis so I started the little at a time approach a few years ago. It took me awhile to quit being frustrated because I could no longer work all day and get the complete garden done. Arthritis has taught me to be patient.
I really enjoy weeding, but always dreaded having to gather them to toss. As a fairly new gardener, I’m thankful to learn I can just leave them where they were and that they will just return the nutrients to the soil while decaying! Thank you! ❤️
Hi Ben I've just subscribed to your channel and learned something already! I've always thought weeds will grow back if they're left on the garden, so go back over the area searching 🙄 but my chickies love them so I don't mind really 😉 look forward to the next instalment 🙂 thank you 😊
I drop a sump pump in my rain barrel,plug it in,and attach a hose to water my garden. My back & arthritis make it difficult to carry water cans. This works well for me.😉
mostly all down to the weather,when it sucks nothing gets done then jobs just pile up and it becomes a loosing battle trying to do what needs done now and what should ve been done previously
My weekly "must-do" garden chore is to "deadhead" fading flowers on my roses, day lilies and other flowering ornamentals and to pinch off most of the heads on those herbs which are bolting in my herb garden. I leave some of the blooms for the bees, especially the basil, which they love.
Great suggestions. One of the tips I suggest is to work on those garden paths each winter when a warm day pops up. Over the summer the paths get filled with bits of dirt and plant matter as well as the wood decomposes so it all turns into a great growing medium for the weeds. I scrape off all the chips into a pile and put down new newspaper/cardboard. Then I put down new wood chips. The pile I removed can be screened and is a wonderful mulch. You can reuse the big wood chips and pile up the mulch for use the next summer.
I just moved into a new rental home. I'm pooped from the move and am a few weeks to a couple months behind in making the yard beautiful and productive for our area of the world so right now I'm concentrating on keeping alive the strawberry plants the previous tenants planted and revitalizing a few more small beds, even if it's just to prep the soil and cover with mulch for next year. They are small areas but I will do a little bit every other day which I believe will bring big enough results to make it worth the while. Thanks for the advice, GrowVeg!
My beds weren’t planned. I just kept adding them. The result was that cutting the grass was a problematic with a narrow path between them. I got a load of chips and I am slowly covering the vegetable garden area. Worth the effort.
NICE! Said it prior...Sayin' it again.... This is one of the BEST gardening channels on Y/T. The older I've become, the taller and narrower my old back has dictated my raised beds to be. At counter height, weeds are a 'non-issue' unless my amendments introduce weed seeds. Also, I build my beds so that North/South paths are at least 1.5M apart so I can trellis/arch over paths for plants that benefit from climbing. 40% gain for only a 10% increase in footprint. Keep up the good work. Best of success and God Bless....~Eli.
I just went to raised beds this year, also because of my back. I didn't think when building that taller would be better. You say "counter height", that seems... high. And trellises... brilliant!
@@MamboDogFace ....Use of trellises here are fairly recent and are HUGE benefit of the knowledge gained here on Y/T. Ya gotta keep in mind yer old back when planting OR eventual harvesting. I now plant ALL of my leafy greens and 'tubers' in 'counter height' beds, and trellis ALL of the rest, (INCLUDING tomatoes). Works well for THIS 64 y/o man. But I've only been gardening for 56 years so what the heck do I know?....LOL.
@@singleman1986 I've planted my tomatoes just inside a bamboo teepee I built for beans last year. I will support them with adding gardening twine as they grow. A sort of trellis then! I have planted squashes and leafy greens in 15 gallon bags, so they're at least 2 feet higher off the ground. I'll definitely have higher beds next year, thanks to you! I'm 68 and still learning better ways to save the old bod some strain 😊
@@MamboDogFace .....Now THAT'S thinking ''outside the box''. Well Done. MY "old bod" has FORCED me to adapt rather than give up. Best of success and God Bless....~Eli.
I move my compost from one bin to the next after placing the finished compost onto a garden bed. That way I’m guaranteed to have room in the first bin for the next incoming material. I always have buckets of fresh horse manure every day to go into the first bin.
Thanks Ben, this was so motivating and I especially loved the time laps! I do lawn and bed edges continuously. Little and frequently does the magic, stays manageable and has a huge impact on the overall appearance of the garden.
Just the inspiration I needed , now the rain has finally stopped I need to tackle the flower borders and plant out my runner beans and and and. I was feeling quite overwhelmed with so much needing to be done , but I shall make a plan to tackle it bit by bit. Thanks Ben
We live in completely different climates but I get so much value from your videos! This one in particular was just perfect and I’m so glad I’m not the only procrastinator! Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge.
Thank you for this video! I have a few beds that are getting thick with weeds and I've been procrastinating; love the idea of tackling it in 20 minute blocks. Will feel great to have it done and sorted for new plants!
every day I weed two beds at my allotments. Each bed is 2.4 by 1.2 meters. I get round the whole lot in a week. These days there are very few weeds as I too have moved to no dig.
Thank you so much my mantra is little and often. I find that if I take my weed bucket around with me I tend to do more weeding it's those little tips that help!
Hello I am new to your channel. I feel a little overwhelmed because I have recently got an allotment. However I am excited and over the moon. But I have such a lot to learn...Now your videos are a must watch for me!! I am learning so much! You always sound so upbeat and positive. You really fills me with confidence. Thank you so much for sharing your experience and skills. 🙏🏼👌🤗🌽🥕🍆🥔🍆🥦
Good luck with you allotment. Don't be intimidated by it - just grow a few things you feel confident with then expand from there. Squashes, courgette/zucchini, beans and potatoes are great first-year crops.
Thankyou so much for your advice. Planted all the veg you recommended. However my lettuce was doing well.But I recently noticed they are being munched by something 🧐. Someone advised me to put sand or wood chipping around them🤔. Will let you know how I get on.
Finish building the new insulated henhouse, and get in some more of the cabbages and brassicas sitting in their seeding trays waiting for a home somewhere in the garden. The list of things to do is never ending even now when we're about to start out winter.
You are efficient, authentic and well educated. Simply the the best organized garden video I’ve seen. Keep them coming please. Procrastination is just “deferred action”. We are deferring, postponing, but not cancelling an activity. We postpone until we can get around to it. Sometimes a ‘round tuit’ is hard to find, so we must often make the ‘round tuit’ ourselves. I have heard people say that they “can’t find time” for some sort of activity, but how can they lose time in the first place? But frankly, we are always doing something and sometimes prioritization leads to deferred action in some other engagements.
New subscriber! This was so helpful. I’ve been gardening since I was a child and was always taught to remove them. I had no idea that I could just leave the weeds to die in the soil. It makes perfect sense in that it creates a composting habitat. For some reason, I just grew up thinking they would drop seeds in the soil or magically reroot themselves somehow. Lol. I also love your smaller beds. I think mine are much too large. Awkward to maneuver around. Time to reorganize my lay out with the gardening app you told us about!
Thanks Holly - great to have you on board. The beds I have are quite small (they're old pallet collars) but they make everything quite manageable. Crucially they are easy to pick up and quite cheap to buy (mine cost £7/$10 each).
Holly Don, the only weeds you need to get rid of after they've been pulled out are any with seed heads or obvious signs of disease. Otherwise it's just greenery which rots down and returns nutrients to the soil.
Thanks Ben I do love your videos! We have quite a big garden and as I walk around with the dogs every day I pull out any weeds I see! Which means I rarely have to go out to weed! ☘️☘️☘️☘️☀️🐝
I have a ton to do Ben 😵💫 I have a big pool where it’s all surrounded by my pots and I need to move the cabana where my hanging baskets hang and then I need to move my storage way on the other side of the pool so I can move my cabana on that storage space. All by myself no assistance from my husband who is disable so pray for me to finish it before summer gets here, 😊👩🌾🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻thanks for all the tips and advice Ben 🙏🏻😊👍👍
I agree about the pooch. Go ahead and put up the arch. Your squash will leap with joy and start climbing. Fun to watch and really fun to strike off the list of chores!
Just a thought so give it a go. Thanks for your videos. I have only recently found your channel on UA-cam and I am enjoying them immensely. You give great advice in a very concise fashion with no bullshit added and your bright and breezy personality and presence make for easy viewing. I bought your book as well and enjoyed it although I didn't get much more out of it than I get watching the videos. I look forward to many more hours of videos in the future.
Hi Peter. Thanks for the kind words and for buying the book - hopefully there were a few additional ideas in there for you. We've (I say we as we are a small team) got lots more videos planned, so stay tuned!
Like your planning software. Lovely video with some very useful tips. We keep a gardening journal with to dos, tasks done, creatures, plants in bloom, veg herb and fruit notes. We also include emptying water buts for winter, turning off the outside mains tap, moving in garden ornaments and collecting canes for over winter storage. Also removing plant pot saucers to stop water rot and moving tender pot plants close to walls for winter shelter. We leave brooms and dustpans easily accessible for clearing paths from leaves or snow. We do audits to make sure we don't run out of plant feeds and bird nuts/seeds. Thank you.
It's great to have a set of garden brooms and dustpans definitely. A new yard broom is on my Christmas list. So pleased you enjoy the planning software Graham.
This week I need to be confident enough to plant the 2 trees I bought: Alleghany Serviceberry and River Birch. I plan to plant them via the Helen White method. Fingers crossed that I've chosen the right spots!
I have a sawmill nearby that I pick up sawdust from. It’s great ! I use it in the barn and chickenhouse as well. We set up a large container for rainwater. Rigged up a faucet where I can use a water hose attachment to water from. So much better than using the chemically treated local water. Have a blessed week !
@@GrowVeg Yes my friend in Cambridge was telling me . Now we are having weather like August. No rain. Getting hot. So we are in need of it. Thankfully, I have plenty stored so I’m not having to use the chlorinated water I pay for . Ugh. We still have a well, and I use that water to drink and for the cattle. But we need some rain for the hayfield
Always positive and helpful tips. Ive a garden back n front of my house plus a large allotment with Bindweed n Couch grass 😥😥🙈. Always so much to do . Been in the garden today planting out n potting on . Then up to the allotment to clean my pond full of baby Newts n Frogs potting on n planting out again . Love it Thank you .
One job I detest is cleaning and sterilising pots, and those plastic ones are becoming an environmental baddie so I invested in a paper pot maker, you just bury the whole thing when you plant out and they breakdown naturally, for deeper rooting veg like beans etc. I use loo rolls they breakdown more slowly so not so good for shallow rooted stuff like sweetcorn, so no more pot cleaning!
Love this positive video. The suggestions about logging mistakes and triumphs is really useful. I have tried growing many more things this year and as a result, am making mistakes all the time. Throw into that mix, a wet cool May , and it is easy to struggle when following the ‘ instructions. I have learnt to asses the environment constantly and respond to how my plants are doing. Some of my plant ( board beans) have recovered nicely from my eager early planting 😬. My French beans have not ( lesson learnt).
Just found your channel and it’s great, thank you for sharing all your knowledge. New to veg gardening and doing ok….but…. Weeding - How on earth do you combat bind weed!!!? It’s absolutely everywhere. I practise No Dig after discovering Charles Dowding (my mobility is limited due to health) and my hoe is my best friend 😊 also Rhubarb…. I had 3 brilliant crowns last year but this year, 2 of them are droopy, limp. Plenty of water given and some feed, no visible pests. I moved last year and discovered them lurking in the overgrown part of the garden, weeded and “Voila” they really took off. I’m at a loss at to what’s happened this year. Thank you again, great advice for people like me with so much to learn!!
I never combat bindweed fully - it's a constant battle! I just pull it out whenever I see it - going over ground at least once a week. I am slowly winning. But I think you can never eradicate it. If you can, cover ground with cardboard etc when not in use to severely weaken it. Rhubarb - mine did the same after planting. It sulked for a whole year but then suddenly took off in the second year. You may find that it comes back with gusto next year. Check that the conditions are the same as last year too. Is it suddenly very sunny? Perhaps you are giving it too much water and feed? Hopefully it'll be fine next spring.
When I do weeding, I pretend like it's those quests in the computer games where someone wants 10 or 20 of a particular thing. I get those 10 or 20 and then either call it good for now, or if I'm still okay for it then I repeat the quest and get another 10 or 20.
Very Very interesting especially about burying the weeds. I have been busy with landscaping my backyard and front yard with beautiful flowers and shrubs this Spring. I just Love Love going to our local Garden Nursery. I could spend hours there just walking around and getting new ideas. When I think I am done . I think I just come up with another reason to go there. Which is why I am going to go there today. Our local Garden Nursery had such a Wonderful assortment of plants, shrubs, trees, vegetables , flowers. Thank you for sending me a new video. I Love your visit from England. I don't know if I told you I have cousins in England. I am Maltese and live in the United States. 🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌷🌾🌻🌳🌳🌳🌲🌲🌹🌼💚💚💚💚
Thanks for watching Patricia. I hope you have a very successful growing season. We've finally got some warm and sunny weather here, so things have now doubled in size in a week!
Yes, getting to those tasks and doing a little at a time can make short work of them. I recently moved to a larger property here in North Florida. Southern gardening is quite different - Woodchips result in fire ants and termites - Not good. We find frequent shallow cultivation works for us, like what you're doing with that sharp hoe, and putting the entire garden on a drip tape irrigation is the easiest way to keep it watered. I've gone from a small 25' x 40' garden to a 30' x 160' main garden with two Zones for drip tape. At 68 years old, I could never manage this size garden without my Hoss Tools wheel hoes and attachments, including a drip tape layer, a 12" oscillating hoe, plow attachments for hilling and furrowing, and a garden seeder. I garden like my life depends on it - Because it does!
Thanks for the heads up on that. We're (myself and the team) experimenting with a more relaxed and informal style of presentation, so it's great to hear it's appreciated and given the thumbs up.
@@GrowVeg That's great! There's nothing wrong with the other style of presentation, but I find the more relaxed style more accessible. It definitely goes better with a quiet sit down and a cup of tea 🙂
i have my landscape in zones, i weed and feed by zones, for weeks i don't have lots of time...by the end of the week i've completed all the zones. for next year's garden i start writing notes to myself in my garden journal, thinks to try or do different. i track what i planted and when so i can study that in the off seadon. i'm going to start taking a video of the planting beds, recording things to change, what to repeat etc. will do tgat through the summer, looking forward to watching later. this spring i couldn't remember where the hostas all were, so the video will help me know where perennials that disappear in winter are.
@@GrowVeg thanks😄i plan conferences, my work life is thinking and planning months in advance, multiple tasks over time produces a conference, i feel that's helped me live how well completing a group of tasks works. Notes to myself I describe as a gift to myself...otherwise I'll have to remember to correct a mistake or repeat a success, appying your knowledge base. Also, looking at each zone, i helps with designing a cohesive garden, repeating textures, colors and tones for each zone, not perfectly matching, something dark green, sage color, etc. thanks for your video, these help increase my garden knowledge base.
Very helpful video, thanks. In Denmark we have very aggressive weeds. They can grow out of a little piece you didn't quite get, so I have to take it away from the beds, and lay them on something in the sun for days. I sit on my little plastic footstool, and sit and dig the out, follow their long wiry roots. It takes me further down, about 25 cm, and further down still, So, I know I've lost the battle, and that they will be here long after all of us are gone, but I win some time, and from thereon, I can keep them in check as you do now. I like the planner. I started one in Word, then in Excel, and none got finished, because it looks boring, and confusing. I will try to download the planner, and hope I can do it on my old Dell. Anyways, have a nice week.
I get old rugs and line my garden walk with them. They keep out the weeds being soft to walk on and last for years. I live in Iowa so they see all types of weather.
One of my weekly jobs at this time of the year is tending to the two grape vines in the greenhouse. If I leave them for two weeks it becomes a difficult job to see what what has to be pruned and what can stay, and leave them for more two weeks and it's a jungle, you'd almost need a machete to get in!
I finally have all my water and posts in place. As soon as I get a couple dry days, I'll finish planting. We have been harvesting broccoli and Asparagus. The carrots, peas. radishes, beets, Watermelon and Cantaloupe and swiss Chard are all in
Ha-Ha its Sasquatch not sofsquash, still another great and motivating video. I hate weeding and have to use the gardeners mantra "One days seeding means seven years weeding".
Thank you for the tips on the 'weeds.' Herb Robert was taking over my garden, so I pulled the lot out, not knowing it was edible or good for the pollinators. Have you ever eaten it? I'm wondering what it tastes like as it has such a strong smell 😅
I go out and do some weeding when I’m stressed and it only takes about 10 minutes for me to feel better ☺️
Nature has a habit of doing that.
i find weeding so relaxing
Me too! I can do it for hours
@@ruellsmith1366 i have family who think i'm crazy....maybe i am...happy and crazy😂
@@ruellsmith1366 me 3!
you must be the happiest soul alive, you always seem so cheery , love watching the videos relaxing and less intense than some other channels, thanks for just being you 👍
Cheers Stevie, appreciate that.
I so agree 👍
Ditto!
I agree...Ben (and Rosie, of course!) are the best antidepressant possible!
Bonjour! C’est très agréable de vous écouter même si je suis …francophone et du ..Québec! Moi, je mets mes écouteurs et j’écoute des Balados lorsque je désherbe. Parfois, ce sont des Balados de …jardinage, bien évidemment! 🤣😂
I put several watering cans in a wheel barrow when watering all of my scattered potted plants.
Oh - you have bindweed, too? It has one useful attribute: its twining vines are very flexible and strong for their thinness - I use lengths of it to tie up droopy flowering plants like dames rocket and peonies, first stripping the leaves off the vine by gripping it with one hand at the tip and quickly running down the length of it lightly pinched between the forefinger and thumb of the other hand - the leaves pop off easily and I have a yard or so of natural garden string.
My yard is riddled with bindweed! I hate the stuff! It ate my strawberries last year.
Great idea Andrew!
Excellent idea thank you!
Honey was analyzed for plant DNA to see what flowers bees seek out. Answer? Weeds.... I mean native wildflowers. All the more reason to embrace them on your property 🐝 💚
Absolutely Barb - they're not that bad really are they!
I find most weeds are beneficial if controlled and quite beautiful
"Gardening isn't static...plans are fluid..." Truth.....🌾🌻
Hey Ben, I love the planner. That looks really easy. I also use the time trick. 'I'm going to do 15 minutes of work in the garden'. Most of the times I end up working an hour, which is perfectly fine. And weeding I use the same trick as well. Can't really motivate myself sometimes to do it, so that ended up in weeding every day > 1 bucket full and I quit. Keeps my garden really tidy very easily.
That's the ticket - break things up into chunks. And I like your idea of 'tricking' yourself into 15 minutes work and then getting carried away and doing an hour!
I have pretty severe arthritis so I started the little at a time approach a few years ago. It took me awhile to quit being frustrated because I could no longer work all day and get the complete garden done. Arthritis has taught me to be patient.
I really enjoy weeding, but always dreaded having to gather them to toss. As a fairly new gardener, I’m thankful to learn I can just leave them where they were and that they will just return the nutrients to the soil while decaying! Thank you! ❤️
It's great when you can just let them drop where you pull them up.
Hi Ben I've just subscribed to your channel and learned something already! I've always thought weeds will grow back if they're left on the garden, so go back over the area searching 🙄 but my chickies love them so I don't mind really 😉 look forward to the next instalment 🙂 thank you 😊
Just don’t leave weed flowers because that’s where the seeds are
From 🇨🇦. Thank you for this ,, informative and inspiring,,
“Tidy sock drawer.....” next door to the unicorn stables 💡 😂
Love this one. Will put it in my favorite idioms-drawer!
Haha - I have no such thing either. I'm not sure why it popped into my head!
I drop a sump pump in my rain barrel,plug it in,and attach a hose to water my garden. My back & arthritis make it difficult to carry water cans. This works well for me.😉
Great idea - the convenience of mains water but the benefit of rain water!
Thank you for the tip. I can't carry anything heavy and I can't believe I never thought of this.
@@tonje_gram Glad that tip could help you as well.❤
@@juliekraft4102 It's just so random you know... reading a random comment that you just know is gonna change so much for you. Again, thank you!
I never really minded weeding. It's kind of meditative for me. I feel the same way hanging the wash on the line. 😊
Me, too! My teen is always out in the garden with me now. Great time to talk about life and it helps time fly
Great tip to do little and often, especially with the weeding
Love that little wildlife (has light brown fur) running around your garden! Extremely cute!
That's Bens Cavapoo, real star of the show in my opinion :-)
She's stealing the show for sure!
mostly all down to the weather,when it sucks nothing gets done then jobs just pile up and it becomes a loosing battle trying to do what needs done now and what should ve been done previously
I started weeding once or twice a week this year and it has made a huge difference!
My weekly "must-do" garden chore is to "deadhead" fading flowers on my roses, day lilies and other flowering ornamentals and to pinch off most of the heads on those herbs which are bolting in my herb garden. I leave some of the blooms for the bees, especially the basil, which they love.
Great video. Very very well shot, edited, produced and planned.
Actually it succeeded in it's aims: I feel MOTIVATED!!
Thank you and well done. 👍👍
So pleased we've managed to motivate you - that's the aim! :-)
Having a wee bit of trouble getting motivated to get outside and do the gardening jobs. Thanks for this video - it helps with motivating me.
Hi Janet
Great suggestions. One of the tips I suggest is to work on those garden paths each winter when a warm day pops up. Over the summer the paths get filled with bits of dirt and plant matter as well as the wood decomposes so it all turns into a great growing medium for the weeds. I scrape off all the chips into a pile and put down new newspaper/cardboard. Then I put down new wood chips. The pile I removed can be screened and is a wonderful mulch. You can reuse the big wood chips and pile up the mulch for use the next summer.
That's a really good idea William. Makes sense to use it as mulch and top up fresh path matter.
I just moved into a new rental home. I'm pooped from the move and am a few weeks to a couple months behind in making the yard beautiful and productive for our area of the world so right now I'm concentrating on keeping alive the strawberry plants the previous tenants planted and revitalizing a few more small beds, even if it's just to prep the soil and cover with mulch for next year. They are small areas but I will do a little bit every other day which I believe will bring big enough results to make it worth the while. Thanks for the advice, GrowVeg!
Good luck with the new yard - great to have a new project to get stuck into. :-)
My beds weren’t planned. I just kept adding them. The result was that cutting the grass was a problematic with a narrow path between them. I got a load of chips and I am slowly covering the vegetable garden area. Worth the effort.
NICE! Said it prior...Sayin' it again.... This is one of the BEST gardening channels on Y/T. The older I've become, the taller and narrower my old back has dictated my raised beds to be. At counter height, weeds are a 'non-issue' unless my amendments introduce weed seeds. Also, I build my beds so that North/South paths are at least 1.5M apart so I can trellis/arch over paths for plants that benefit from climbing. 40% gain for only a 10% increase in footprint. Keep up the good work. Best of success and God Bless....~Eli.
Thanks so much for your encouraging words - it makes all the difference. We've a busy schedule of videos over the coming months so stay tuned. :-)
I just went to raised beds this year, also because of my back. I didn't think when building that taller would be better. You say "counter height", that seems... high. And trellises... brilliant!
@@MamboDogFace ....Use of trellises here are fairly recent and are HUGE benefit of the knowledge gained here on Y/T. Ya gotta keep in mind yer old back when planting OR eventual harvesting. I now plant ALL of my leafy greens and 'tubers' in 'counter height' beds, and trellis ALL of the rest, (INCLUDING tomatoes). Works well for THIS 64 y/o man. But I've only been gardening for 56 years so what the heck do I know?....LOL.
@@singleman1986 I've planted my tomatoes just inside a bamboo teepee I built for beans last year. I will support them with adding gardening twine as they grow. A sort of trellis then! I have planted squashes and leafy greens in 15 gallon bags, so they're at least 2 feet higher off the ground. I'll definitely have higher beds next year, thanks to you! I'm 68 and still learning better ways to save the old bod some strain 😊
@@MamboDogFace .....Now THAT'S thinking ''outside the box''. Well Done. MY "old bod" has FORCED me to adapt rather than give up. Best of success and God Bless....~Eli.
I move my compost from one bin to the next after placing the finished compost onto a garden bed. That way I’m guaranteed to have room in the first bin for the next incoming material. I always have buckets of fresh horse manure every day to go into the first bin.
These videos are the ultimate relaxer . They are so informative and entertaining .
So pleased you find that George, thank you for watching. :-)
Thanks Ben, this was so motivating and I especially loved the time laps! I do lawn and bed edges continuously. Little and frequently does the magic, stays manageable and has a huge impact on the overall appearance of the garden.
So true - little and often's a winner!
Just the inspiration I needed , now the rain has finally stopped I need to tackle the flower borders and plant out my runner beans and and and. I was feeling quite overwhelmed with so much needing to be done , but I shall make a plan to tackle it bit by bit. Thanks Ben
Hi Lynda
0:21 Keep on top of weeding
3:40 Target your watering
5:24 Keep access paths clear
7:11 Review and make plans
8:34 Conquer procrastination
We live in completely different climates but I get so much value from your videos! This one in particular was just perfect and I’m so glad I’m not the only procrastinator! Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge.
Haha - there are plenty of us procrastinators don't worry!
Thank you for this video! I have a few beds that are getting thick with weeds and I've been procrastinating; love the idea of tackling it in 20 minute blocks. Will feel great to have it done and sorted for new plants!
Hello how are you doing my friend
Those new campanula are lovely. Thanks for the idea about wood chip paths!
every day I weed two beds at my allotments. Each bed is 2.4 by 1.2 meters. I get round the whole lot in a week. These days there are very few weeds as I too have moved to no dig.
Thank you so much my mantra is little and often. I find that if I take my weed bucket around with me I tend to do more weeding it's those little tips that help!
i do the 2 watering cans thing too!
its about simple planning to achieve your goal...then you'll have your dream come true
Love our videos - I live in France
Cheers Marion! 😃
Lovely tidy garden. Well done! Nice dog as well!
I always have lot’s of job to do in the garden and I love it ❤️👍
Loved this video Ben, I don’t know how I’ve not come across you before but I’m glad I have now. You are very motivational 👩🏻🌾💚
Thanks so much - and a warm welcome to the channel!
I love your garden! It is perfect for my soul 🙂
That is so kind of you to say. Happy gardening!
Hello I am new to your channel. I feel a little overwhelmed because I have recently got an allotment. However I am excited and over the moon. But I have such a lot to learn...Now your videos are a must watch for me!! I am learning so much!
You always sound so upbeat and positive. You really fills me with confidence. Thank you so much for sharing your experience and skills. 🙏🏼👌🤗🌽🥕🍆🥔🍆🥦
Good luck with you allotment. Don't be intimidated by it - just grow a few things you feel confident with then expand from there. Squashes, courgette/zucchini, beans and potatoes are great first-year crops.
Thankyou so much for your advice. Planted all the veg you recommended. However my lettuce was doing well.But I recently noticed they are being munched by something 🧐. Someone advised me to put sand or wood chipping around them🤔. Will let you know how I get on.
Love your videos. I can imagine you finish the day with a fine red....you deserve it.
That's not a bad idea at all - and yes, I often do. Just the ticket!
Finish building the new insulated henhouse, and get in some more of the cabbages and brassicas sitting in their seeding trays waiting for a home somewhere in the garden. The list of things to do is never ending even now when we're about to start out winter.
Tell me about it - the list never seems to shorten!
You are efficient, authentic and well educated. Simply the the best organized garden video I’ve seen. Keep them coming please.
Procrastination is just “deferred action”. We are deferring, postponing, but not cancelling an activity.
We postpone until we can get around to it. Sometimes a ‘round tuit’ is hard to find, so we must often make the ‘round tuit’ ourselves. I have heard people say that they “can’t find time” for some sort of activity, but how can they lose time in the first place?
But frankly, we are always doing something and sometimes prioritization leads to deferred action in some other engagements.
Very true - sage words!
New subscriber! This was so helpful. I’ve been gardening since I was a child and was always taught to remove them. I had no idea that I could just leave the weeds to die in the soil. It makes perfect sense in that it creates a composting habitat. For some reason, I just grew up thinking they would drop seeds in the soil or magically reroot themselves somehow. Lol. I also love your smaller beds. I think mine are much too large. Awkward to maneuver around. Time to reorganize my lay out with the gardening app you told us about!
Thanks Holly - great to have you on board. The beds I have are quite small (they're old pallet collars) but they make everything quite manageable. Crucially they are easy to pick up and quite cheap to buy (mine cost £7/$10 each).
Holly Don, the only weeds you need to get rid of after they've been pulled out are any with seed heads or obvious signs of disease. Otherwise it's just greenery which rots down and returns nutrients to the soil.
Same here!
Ben, your videos bring me joy. Thank you!
Weeding is like going to the dentist, if you go often each trip isn't that bad.
1 years digging equals 7 years weeding !
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Idk about you but I don't go to the dentist up to 5-10 times a year but good analogy lol
@@excemptfrombs21241 years seed = 7 years weed. The trick is not to let the weeds get to seed (flowering)
I always love seeing your doggie enjoying the garden with you.
She's a great companion in the garden - ever present!
Thank you! ❤️ Great advice!
Really encouraging! I'm gonna make a dent in my overgrown garden, too. Thanks, Ben! 😊
I’m always excited when I see a new growveg video is out!🤘🏻🌱🤘🏻
Thanks Ben I do love your videos! We have quite a big garden and as I walk around with the dogs every day I pull out any weeds I see! Which means I rarely have to go out to weed! ☘️☘️☘️☘️☀️🐝
That's the way to do it - keep on top of 'em!
This is a great programme. Very encouraging! Thanks for taking the time to do it.
I have a ton to do Ben 😵💫 I have a big pool where it’s all surrounded by my pots and I need to move the cabana where my hanging baskets hang and then I need to move my storage way on the other side of the pool so I can move my cabana on that storage space. All by myself no assistance from my husband who is disable so pray for me to finish it before summer gets here, 😊👩🌾🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻thanks for all the tips and advice Ben 🙏🏻😊👍👍
Good luck with all those jobs Emy - slow and steady does it! :-)
In comparison to most British gardens yours is the size of the universe!
Your canine gardening companion as adorable. I am currently avoiding putting up an arch for my squash to grow up...
I agree about the pooch. Go ahead and put up the arch. Your squash will leap with joy and start climbing. Fun to watch and really fun to strike off the list of chores!
Vegetable arches look awesome. Here's a video which includes steps on making one: ua-cam.com/video/V9JAY6H95mM/v-deo.html
I try to keep it tidy, but as I sort 1 job, I see another, then another. Keeps me going
So true - doing jobs inevitably leads to others...
I like your videos, GrowVeg... you inspire me. Thank you ... God bless you ... hello from Indiana USA
Thanks for watching! :-)
Very nice to see you show us 5 simple jobs and save hours in the garden , thanks for sharing tips about garden effective and educational
your such a lovely soul thank you for these tips i always leave clover dandelions wild flowers keeps my plants healthy and beautiful!
Just a thought so give it a go. Thanks for your videos. I have only recently found your channel on UA-cam and I am enjoying them immensely. You give great advice in a very concise fashion with no bullshit added and your bright and breezy personality and presence make for easy viewing. I bought your book as well and enjoyed it although I didn't get much more out of it than I get watching the videos. I look forward to many more hours of videos in the future.
Hi Peter. Thanks for the kind words and for buying the book - hopefully there were a few additional ideas in there for you. We've (I say we as we are a small team) got lots more videos planned, so stay tuned!
Like your planning software. Lovely video with some very useful tips. We keep a gardening journal with to dos, tasks done, creatures, plants in bloom, veg herb and fruit notes. We also include emptying water buts for winter, turning off the outside mains tap, moving in garden ornaments and collecting canes for over winter storage. Also removing plant pot saucers to stop water rot and moving tender pot plants close to walls for winter shelter. We leave brooms and dustpans easily accessible for clearing paths from leaves or snow. We do audits to make sure we don't run out of plant feeds and bird nuts/seeds. Thank you.
It's great to have a set of garden brooms and dustpans definitely. A new yard broom is on my Christmas list. So pleased you enjoy the planning software Graham.
Your puppy dog is just the cutest 🥰
This week I need to be confident enough to plant the 2 trees I bought: Alleghany Serviceberry and River Birch. I plan to plant them via the Helen White method. Fingers crossed that I've chosen the right spots!
What's the Helen White method sorry??
Good luck!
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I have a sawmill nearby that I pick up sawdust from. It’s great ! I use it in the barn and chickenhouse as well. We set up a large container for rainwater. Rigged up a faucet where I can use a water hose attachment to water from. So much better than using the chemically treated local water. Have a blessed week !
Rainwater is great stuff if you can get it. We've had a bit too much of it recently but it finally got sunny and warm this week!
@@GrowVeg Yes my friend in Cambridge was telling me . Now we are having weather like August. No rain. Getting hot. So we are in need of it. Thankfully, I have plenty stored so I’m not having to use the chlorinated water I pay for . Ugh. We still have a well, and I use that water to drink and for the cattle. But we need some rain for the hayfield
I really enjoy weeding by hand, I find it relaxing and therapeutic
It really is isn't it!
Always positive and helpful tips. Ive a garden back n front of my house plus a large allotment with Bindweed n Couch grass 😥😥🙈. Always so much to do . Been in the garden today planting out n potting on . Then up to the allotment to clean my pond full of baby Newts n Frogs potting on n planting out again . Love it Thank you .
Wow - baby newts - what an honour! :-)
@@GrowVeg yea I love them . I gave a couple of frogs in there as well one lives to sit on the lily pads n get showered with the hose pipe 🙈🤣🐸
One job I detest is cleaning and sterilising pots, and those plastic ones are becoming an environmental baddie so I invested in a paper pot maker, you just bury the whole thing when you plant out and they breakdown naturally, for deeper rooting veg like beans etc. I use loo rolls they breakdown more slowly so not so good for shallow rooted stuff like sweetcorn, so no more pot cleaning!
Never heard of the paper pot makers but have just found one in local store - thanks for the tip!
Never ever have I sterilized any pots. I just rinse it in rain barrel and let dry in sunny place. Never had a problem because of it.
I've never cleaned my pots , not even rinsed like above states. Not had a fungal or any issues. I even keep them in the greenhouse :/
I would love to learn more about natural material pots and get rid of plastic!
I like that idea of a paper pot. Is that for growing in a pot, or the ground? Could you just line a pot you have with paper?
Love this positive video. The suggestions about logging mistakes and triumphs is really useful. I have tried growing many more things this year and as a result, am making mistakes all the time. Throw into that mix, a wet cool May , and it is easy to struggle when following the ‘ instructions. I have learnt to asses the environment constantly and respond to how my plants are doing. Some of my plant ( board beans) have recovered nicely from my eager early planting 😬. My French beans have not ( lesson learnt).
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very organized with your garden list & plan..
Just found your channel and it’s great, thank you for sharing all your knowledge. New to veg gardening and doing ok….but…. Weeding - How on earth do you combat bind weed!!!? It’s absolutely everywhere. I practise No Dig after discovering Charles Dowding (my mobility is limited due to health) and my hoe is my best friend 😊 also Rhubarb…. I had 3 brilliant crowns last year but this year, 2 of them are droopy, limp. Plenty of water given and some feed, no visible pests. I moved last year and discovered them lurking in the overgrown part of the garden, weeded and “Voila” they really took off. I’m at a loss at to what’s happened this year. Thank you again, great advice for people like me with so much to learn!!
I never combat bindweed fully - it's a constant battle! I just pull it out whenever I see it - going over ground at least once a week. I am slowly winning. But I think you can never eradicate it. If you can, cover ground with cardboard etc when not in use to severely weaken it.
Rhubarb - mine did the same after planting. It sulked for a whole year but then suddenly took off in the second year. You may find that it comes back with gusto next year. Check that the conditions are the same as last year too. Is it suddenly very sunny? Perhaps you are giving it too much water and feed? Hopefully it'll be fine next spring.
Fantastic new style to the video, very well done! Nicely polished.
When I do weeding, I pretend like it's those quests in the computer games where someone wants 10 or 20 of a particular thing.
I get those 10 or 20 and then either call it good for now, or if I'm still okay for it then I repeat the quest and get another 10 or 20.
I like your thinking!
Very Very interesting especially about burying the weeds. I have been busy with landscaping my backyard and front yard with beautiful flowers and shrubs this Spring. I just Love Love going to our local Garden Nursery. I could spend hours there just walking around and getting new ideas. When I think I am done . I think I just come up with another reason to go there. Which is why I am going to go there today. Our local Garden Nursery had such a Wonderful assortment of plants, shrubs, trees, vegetables , flowers. Thank you for sending me a new video. I Love your visit from England. I don't know if I told you I have cousins in England. I am Maltese and live in the United States. 🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌷🌾🌻🌳🌳🌳🌲🌲🌹🌼💚💚💚💚
Thanks for watching Patricia. I hope you have a very successful growing season. We've finally got some warm and sunny weather here, so things have now doubled in size in a week!
Just discovered your channel and I love it!! I really like the way you talk and explain things. Keep up!
Greatings from Switzerland
Thanks so much for watching , it's appreciated!
Yes, getting to those tasks and doing a little at a time can make short work of them. I recently moved to a larger property here in North Florida. Southern gardening is quite different - Woodchips result in fire ants and termites - Not good. We find frequent shallow cultivation works for us, like what you're doing with that sharp hoe, and putting the entire garden on a drip tape irrigation is the easiest way to keep it watered. I've gone from a small 25' x 40' garden to a 30' x 160' main garden with two Zones for drip tape. At 68 years old, I could never manage this size garden without my Hoss Tools wheel hoes and attachments, including a drip tape layer, a 12" oscillating hoe, plow attachments for hilling and furrowing, and a garden seeder. I garden like my life depends on it - Because it does!
I am in SW Fl and can barely make it through the heat outside, but so much to be done...!
You've got quite a good sized garden now Carol! Keep up the good work! :-)
Love your videos Ben! Thanks so much :)
Thanks for watching. :-)
I'm loving your videos!
I really prefer this more restrained style of presenting. I'll definitely be watching more of your videos if you continue like this.
Thanks for the heads up on that. We're (myself and the team) experimenting with a more relaxed and informal style of presentation, so it's great to hear it's appreciated and given the thumbs up.
@@GrowVeg That's great! There's nothing wrong with the other style of presentation, but I find the more relaxed style more accessible. It definitely goes better with a quiet sit down and a cup of tea 🙂
Good tips, thanks for sharing!
I love tidy paths as well!
Always great advice! Thanks from Nashville
Cheers Debra, thanks for watching.
i have my landscape in zones, i weed and feed by zones, for weeks i don't have lots of time...by the end of the week i've completed all the zones. for next year's garden i start writing notes to myself in my garden journal, thinks to try or do different. i track what i planted and when so i can study that in the off seadon. i'm going to start taking a video of the planting beds, recording things to change, what to repeat etc. will do tgat through the summer, looking forward to watching later. this spring i couldn't remember where the hostas all were, so the video will help me know where perennials that disappear in winter are.
That's a vert smart move Kate.
@@GrowVeg thanks😄i plan conferences, my work life is thinking and planning months in advance, multiple tasks over time produces a conference, i feel that's helped me live how well completing a group of tasks works. Notes to myself I describe as a gift to myself...otherwise I'll have to remember to correct a mistake or repeat a success, appying your knowledge base. Also, looking at each zone, i helps with designing a cohesive garden, repeating textures, colors and tones for each zone, not perfectly matching, something dark green, sage color, etc. thanks for your video, these help increase my garden knowledge base.
This is perfect if you have a chronic illness❣️
I so very much enjoy your videos. Thank you!
I am loving your videos and try to watch them all. I just got your books to so will be reading them tonight.
Thanks so much John - enjoy the book.
Excellent advice!
Very helpful video, thanks. In Denmark we have very aggressive weeds. They can grow out of a little piece you didn't quite get, so I have to take it away from the beds, and lay them on something in the sun for days. I sit on my little plastic footstool, and sit and dig the out, follow their long wiry roots. It takes me further down, about 25 cm, and further down still, So, I know I've lost the battle, and that they will be here long after all of us are gone, but I win some time, and from thereon, I can keep them in check as you do now.
I like the planner. I started one in Word, then in Excel, and none got finished, because it looks boring, and confusing. I will try to download the planner, and hope I can do it on my old Dell.
Anyways, have a nice week.
Great job Sybil. Keep persisting with the weeds, if only to stop them getting out of hand. A little weeding often is the solution. :-)
I get old rugs and line my garden walk with them. They keep out the weeds being soft to walk on and last for years. I live in Iowa so they see all types of weather.
Great idea Sue!
I feel the same way about weeding ☺
Good on you Susanne!
Great advice, again Ben. No dig is so easy on the weeding!
Absolutely!
Thank you : )
Ben - you are brilliant! 🤩
Thank you! :-)
One of my weekly jobs at this time of the year is tending to the two grape vines in the greenhouse. If I leave them for two weeks it becomes a difficult job to see what what has to be pruned and what can stay, and leave them for more two weeks and it's a jungle, you'd almost need a machete to get in!
They grow fast!
@@GrowVeg INDEED! each time you blink, they grow 10 cm!
I finally have all my water and posts in place. As soon as I get a couple dry days, I'll finish planting. We have been harvesting broccoli and Asparagus. The carrots, peas. radishes, beets, Watermelon and Cantaloupe and swiss Chard are all in
Great work!
Ha-Ha its Sasquatch not sofsquash, still another great and motivating video. I hate weeding and have to use the gardeners mantra "One days seeding means seven years weeding".
Haha - I knew as soon as I said it I got it wrong!
Thank you for the tips on the 'weeds.' Herb Robert was taking over my garden, so I pulled the lot out, not knowing it was edible or good for the pollinators. Have you ever eaten it? I'm wondering what it tastes like as it has such a strong smell 😅
I've never eaten it, but I've heard it makes a reasonable tea. I will have to give it a try.
Great video again Ben informative and helpful 👍
Thanks 🙏