วีดีโอ

Homestead your in England now not America it's a small holding😮

Interested to hear more about your book when you are able to tell us all

So much still growing in October. When did you get the ducks? They are so cute!

Nice to see you Stephanie! Don't worry re how many videos you get around to doing - only so much you can do in a day! I have a touch of 'polytunnel envy'....one day I may have a good sized green house if I make room! I do have a few small greenhouses around my yard which works reasonably well. Here in Australia, well, where I am which is Blue Mountains in NSW, we're having a coolish spring with some big winds. I'm waiting for my tomatoes to get going. A few have popped up so a good sign. We have a short summer up here in our cool climate. Not sure what our summer will be yet. There are forecasts of a hot wet summer. See what happens. All the best.

Wonderful tunnel. Is it mesh in the top door panels? Do you ever seal those top panels (how?), or is it ventillation 24/7? :)

Great! Love the ceramic containers as they don’t leach micro plastics. I wonder how big they can be? If using plastic always transfer into a new one every so often. Would love to know why the leaves and grass have to be dry if you are just going to pour water on them ?

Hi from New Zealand. I was interested in the brief reference to ants. I must admit I have been aiming to eradicate the nests because one ant colony I found was beneath the roots of an ornamental that was suffering. I am also conscious that they run a highway on my citrus. I have done very light reading which mentions some benefits to ants in the garden but also a lot of negatives. A little confused now.

Lovely ideas thank you 😊 it looks so pretty and is useful, too. What a nice gift for others and oneself

Everything in my garden is alive too, just about, sadly not a lot seems to be thriving however 😢

It made me laugh when you said ‘not dead, which is exciting.’ I’ve been saying the same about so many things in my garden this year. My sweet peas stayed the same for a whole month and then took off in the last week. Same with my tomatoes. I’m not at all sure what my potatoes are doing, I might have a little look underground today and see what’s happening. I hope you enjoy your little break. X

Thank you!

Lovely video, as usual!

Hi Stephanie, lovely update. Looking forward to see how your potatoes and broad beans experiment goes. I've let my coriander go to flower and have really enjoy the flowers plus they last for such a long time.

Love your kind of gardening no frills no OCD 😅have a lovely time on break 😊

Been the same here in France. Rain, rain and more rain! My first year of gardening but I'm not letting it get to me

happy solstice. yes, not only colder where i am, but so very cloudy and dull! thinking thats the way of the future, with climate change :(

So many challenges this year. It is always a pleasure to see what you are up to and absorb some of your optimism.

What's the name of the Cardiff tomato seed/is there somewhere to get or buy it from? Cheers

😊🌱💚🌻🌻

Thank you Stephanie - inspiring as ever. I’m interested to hear that you’re still harvesting purple sprouting broccoli at the end of May. Mine had finished in early May despite using a late variety. Do you have any tips for keeping it going a bit longer?

Hi Stephanie, I love watching your videos. You mention rodents. Do you have problems with rabbits? I live in a rural area too and have a big problem with them. The little blighters are everywhere! I've surrounded each of my raised beds with anti rabbit wire mesh - like chicken wire but smaller holes - but it makes it difficult to get into the bed to weed. Do you have any suggestions for someone on a budget? I would love to put a fence around my plot like Huw Richards has done on his self sufficiency garden, but it's too costly to do that.

Hanging your washing in the polytunnel - top tip Stephanie!

😊💚🌱🌻🐝

Wow that is a lot of planting ahead I think you doing a great job 😊

Greetings from Somerset!

You're so relaxing to listen to. 😊

Great video, Stephanie!

Lovely video, thank you! I don't know how you find the hours in the day...do you actually sleep ever? 😆 Your garden has such a great vibe, it looks like the kind of place a curious person could lose a whole day wandering! I harvested the elephant garlic scapes yesterday and made pesto, not especially adventurous, but so so delicious! Have a good week! 😊

Slugs the size of sheep! 😂 I feel your pain. The thunder storms are due to reach us in the Scottish Highlands this afternoon - hoping my carrot seeds don't get washed away!

The only way I can get marigolds past the slugs is to grow them in hanging baskets near the tomatoes, it works really well

This was incredibly helpful in several ways! Thanks so much for sharing your experiences and sensible wisdom ❤

Love the abundance of gardens in spring and summer. We are heading into autumn here so everything is slowing down. Will enjoy watching your amazing garden throughout the growing season!! Thanks Stephanie

What type of tree is your beautiful tree with the pink leaves at around 9.45 in the video?

What a year! The weather, the slugs and snails- gah! Glad to see you’re still smiling Steph! Thanks for a lovely video - your garden is so interesting and beautiful 😊

Beautiful Stephanie. I too love Runner Beans but some of mine have been pulled out by a rodent. I've got a second lot growing now. Every night my plot is attacked by some four legged beastie! Little holes everywhere, including molehills. It's been fun this year, not to mention the slugs. Ah well....the joys of gardening!!

The garden is looking lush and beautiful!

Good tips on growing and tying tomatoes. Thanks. I also follow Bruce Darrel on the RED gardens project. He seems to have a nifty way of securing his made from a wire holder which you wind string around and then hook up above. A bit like a child’s seaside wind up fishing line we used to catch crabs on.

Really interested in the long keepers - I’ve not heard of those before - would love to see how they grow and how you store them etc and how do they taste? As good as fresh? I’ve got 44 varieties this year - I only have room for 17 in my new polytunnel that I built with my dad. So excited to grow in there for my first year. 😊I love growing tomatoes - I don’t know what it is! A symbol of summer maybe? 🍅☀️😊 Especially excited this year after all the rain of last year. I got blight and had hundreds of green tomatoes! Still it taught us to be creative and we made an amazing green tomato curry and chutneys! X

Hi there. When you say the seed potatos have been kept in very cold environment , would that be the fridge or somewhere else? I have been wondering how to stop seed potatoes from going bad while waiting to sow them for a Christmas harvest

Enjoyed the update! I have two and a half allotments and I have never had such a problem with slugs as I have this year. Rhubarb wine, mmm, sounds great!

Really good point around the microplastics. I didn’t consider this until you pointed it out and think I will now switch to your method. Thanks.

This is very interesting. I've never heard of long keeping tomatoes before so will see if I can access seed here in Aotearoa/NZ for next springtime. I would love to know more about the varieties of tomatoes you use and how they perform. Particularly for disease resistance. Thanks for a great video, as always.

I love the idea of finding a way to attach string to the sky😊. I always put basil out too soon so that it goes tough and leathery so this time I am waiting a few more weeks….

Im getting my first poly tunnel erected on Friday ! I love that you have no raised beds as I don't intend to have any. But could you tell me your reasons ? Do you have a video explaining how you started your polytunnel , preparing the soil etc. Thank you.

Wow so many varieties good luck. I love your boots where are they from

Silly question but because you grow so many varieties do they not cross pollinate at all. Your poly tunnel looks great and full and such an exiting time of year. Me too wish for dryer summer here in the soggy west of Ireland. Thank you for sharing and love the idea of long lasting toms.

Any recipe for the rhubarb relish Steph?

I am trying the long keeping tomato hanging prince this year, it will be interesting. I have been planting some of my 15 varieties in the tunnel today, I always enjoy trying new varieties 🍅

Haha! I find last year's labels dotted around too! Getting the tomatoes out has to be one of the best jobs of the year - the smell of summer

Really interesting about the long keeping tomatoes - I'd never heard of those before but they sound like a great idea for next year. I'll look forward to seeing how they get on 👍