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Luke Stephens
เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 13 ก.พ. 2023
Gardening tips and advice tailored to the British climate!
Vlogging and Tutorials on growing Vegetables, Fruit, Flowers, Herbs and more! Plus foraging videos!
For more information or any enquiries please contact me via:
lukestephens1122@gmail.com
Vlogging and Tutorials on growing Vegetables, Fruit, Flowers, Herbs and more! Plus foraging videos!
For more information or any enquiries please contact me via:
lukestephens1122@gmail.com
SOW these FANTASTIC seeds now to get a head start this SPRING!
February is the quiet before the storm in the garden. Come March there is lots to sow and plenty of jobs to do in the garden.
So in this video I cover three vegetables and two flowers to start sowing in February to ease the burden later on in the season.
Each of these vegetables and flowers are perfect for sowing in February and in some cases will perform better from an earlier sowing compared to a late one.
So in this video I cover three vegetables and two flowers to start sowing in February to ease the burden later on in the season.
Each of these vegetables and flowers are perfect for sowing in February and in some cases will perform better from an earlier sowing compared to a late one.
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Part 4: Getting ready for SPRING! Less time weeding, less time edging and MORE time GROWING!
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This video is part 4 of my allotment journey and after a successful 2024 growing vegetables and fruit at the allotment I am keen to make sure 2025 is even better! One thing that bugs a lot of us is weeding! Having to constantly remove weeds not only takes time but can diminish harvests if the weeds compete with your crops! Now over 2024 I did a lot of weeding and by a lot I mean LOADS! The allo...
Beautiful Companion Plants you NEED to start now to improve your ORGANIC harvests!
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For every pest there is a pesticide you could use. However not only would this harm your health but it'd also harm the environment. Therefore more and more people are growing organically. But without chemicals to combat pests it can seem the organic grower is at a disadvantage. Well in this video I cover one tool is the growers tool belt to manage pests- COMPANION PLANTING! ,
Vegetable Garden To-Do List: 5 Jobs for January
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In this video I go over some gardening jobs for January! It's a pretty bleak month but the vegetable garden is nice and empty which presents the perfect opportunity for certain jobs. Doing a bit of gardening little and often prevents things getting overwhelming and helps spread out the workload.
Part 1 Review: A cross between a SHED and GREENHOUSE. But how good is it?
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In this video I give my initial thoughts on the 10ft by 6ft potting shed I purchased. I've longed for a greenhouse ever since I started vegetable growing but I've never been able to select a suitable place to put one. However when my shed, that came with the property started letting in a lot of water I knew I had a potential opportunity to get something that suited my needs. After a lot of rese...
How to GROW all your vegetables for a traditional ROAST dinner! 🤤
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With a bit of planning and some luck, you can be growing all your vegetables you enjoy on Christmas day! The key to growing vegetables in winter is to plan ahead. Seeds simply won't germinate in cold weather so you'll often find a lot of 'winter' veg is actually sown in late spring and summer. By starting long growing crops like parsnips and Brussel sprouts at the end of spring and then sowing ...
Top 3 Benefits of Growing Your Own Vegetables! Beginners start NOW!
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Having a hobby is an amazing thing. That escape from the mundane. Doing something for yourself. Focussing on what matters! Gardening is no different and by growing your own vegetables, you're getting a hobby which not only benefits you but our environment too. In this video I explain the top 3 reasons I grow my own vegetables! #gardening #growingveg #growyourownfood #vegetablegardening #kitchen...
Vegetable Garden and Allotment tour in October! Harvesting and clearing the allotment!
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Vegetable Garden and Allotment tour in October! Harvesting and clearing the allotment!
Autumn Abundance: Growing PERFECT pumpkins from seed for INCREDIBLE harvests!
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Autumn Abundance: Growing PERFECT pumpkins from seed for INCREDIBLE harvests!
AUTUMN, here we come! 🍁 Vegetable Garden and Allotment tour in SEPTEMBER
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AUTUMN, here we come! 🍁 Vegetable Garden and Allotment tour in SEPTEMBER
TIRED of buying COMPOST? Learn my technique to make HIGH QUALITY compost in a SMALL garden!
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TIRED of buying COMPOST? Learn my technique to make HIGH QUALITY compost in a SMALL garden!
From Planting to Editing: Making Garden Content for YouTube
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From Planting to Editing: Making Garden Content for TH-cam
August Abundance: Vegetable Garden and Allotment Tour in the UK! #kitchengarden #vegetablegardening
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August Abundance: Vegetable Garden and Allotment Tour in the UK! #kitchengarden #vegetablegardening
NOT just LEAFY greens! Top 8 veggies to keep your garden PRODUCTIVE all the way through the year!
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NOT just LEAFY greens! Top 8 veggies to keep your garden PRODUCTIVE all the way through the year!
How to grow ONIONS from SEED! Super easy crop to grow and provides plenty of benefits to the garden!
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How to grow ONIONS from SEED! Super easy crop to grow and provides plenty of benefits to the garden!
Tidying, harvesting and general VEGETABLE growing jobs!
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Tidying, harvesting and general VEGETABLE growing jobs!
Practical tips on Interplanting and Succession sowing for July
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Practical tips on Interplanting and Succession sowing for July
How to grow BROAD BEANS from SEED to HARVEST
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How to grow BROAD BEANS from SEED to HARVEST
Transition Time! Vegetable Garden and Allotment Tour in June 2024!
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Transition Time! Vegetable Garden and Allotment Tour in June 2024!
Vegetable Garden and Allotment tour in MAY 2024! Lots to harvest and loads to look forward to!
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Vegetable Garden and Allotment tour in MAY 2024! Lots to harvest and loads to look forward to!
Ultimate METHOD to Controlling WEEDS in Your Vegetable Garden
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Ultimate METHOD to Controlling WEEDS in Your Vegetable Garden
How to grow RADISH in your vegetable garden! #vegetablegarden #growyourownfood #gardening
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How to grow RADISH in your vegetable garden! #vegetablegarden #growyourownfood #gardening
SEEDS to sow in APRIL for ALL YEAR round HARVESTS 🌱 #vegetablegarden #growyourownfood #gardening
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SEEDS to sow in APRIL for ALL YEAR round HARVESTS 🌱 #vegetablegarden #growyourownfood #gardening
SPRING tour of my VEGETABLE Garden and Allotment in APRIL! 🌱 #vegetablegarden #growyourownfood
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SPRING tour of my VEGETABLE Garden and Allotment in APRIL! 🌱 #vegetablegarden #growyourownfood
EXPAND your Raspberries for FREE whatever the season! COMPLETE raspberry propagation guide!
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EXPAND your Raspberries for FREE whatever the season! COMPLETE raspberry propagation guide!
DON'T forget to SOW these tasty crops in MARCH! 🌱
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DON'T forget to SOW these tasty crops in MARCH! 🌱
Part 3: Completing the ALLOTMENT! Ready to PLANT! How much time and money did this cost?
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Part 3: Completing the ALLOTMENT! Ready to PLANT! How much time and money did this cost?
Tour of my VEGETABLE garden and ALLOTMENT in MARCH! Lots of seedlings and a few simple HARVESTS! 🌱
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Tour of my VEGETABLE garden and ALLOTMENT in MARCH! Lots of seedlings and a few simple HARVESTS! 🌱
SIMPLE, PRACTICAL tips for designing a FLOWER border!
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SIMPLE, PRACTICAL tips for designing a FLOWER border!
It’s way too early for tomatoes yet! They grow fast, and will go leggy before the last frost dates anywhere in the UK. Might be OK if you have a heated greenhouse … but no, April for me, and I’m in Dorset!
@@VanessaPapilio I've got a plan! 😉 Watch this space!
Thank you for the inspiring video. We’re still a little too cold here for playing outside in the dirt, but I know it won’t be long until Spring will be on the way! 🌱🌱🌱 ☀️
New to the channel. Great video. I particularly favour the Cherry Falls determinate variety of tomatoes which do really well in the box houses up on the plot.
Welcome! I love a good determinate variety of tomato! I'll give that one a look! 😊
Early for tomatos really. No need to sow yet.
@@tonyphillips5525 End of January when I'm filming this is probably a bit early! But February is perfect for making sure they have time to ripen; especially if growing outdoor varieties!
@WiltshireVeggies Well I guess it's what suits you personally, I just find unless you have a heated greenhouse planting so early has no advantage over seeds sown in March, which grow rapidly as the days lengthen and temperatures hopefully rise. If you are growing to plant outside in most of the UK it is still up to 5 months until that can be safely done.
Some good points! I'll definitely have my hands full tending to my early tomatoes! In fact you've inspired me to start filming an experiment comparing the sowings I just made against an equal sowing in March! Watch this space ☺️
How do you get such muscular legs? Do you work out, if so, what activities do you do?
Bro what
It's not the comment I expected to get on this video! 🤣 But as you asked, some dead lifting and barbell squats (5 sets of 8 reps) 😉
I think gardening helps! There's always something to lift or shovel. Turning compost and mulching beds is probably the most strenuous tasks I typically perform in the garden!
Great video thanks 😊
Thank you! 😊
I must try this, thank you 🙂
You’re welcome 😊
Thank you so much . ☺️
You're welcome, glad you enjoyed!
Nice little video this,thank you.....lets get outside everyone😊
I pile my leaves next to the compost bin, then thru the year as I add green waste, the leaves are there to add
That's a great tip! 👏 I think I'm going to hoard my leaves this year for exactly that purpose and try and see how much compost I can make in a year!
Hope you had an amazing Christmas Luke, here’s to a wonderful 2025 growing season, Ali 🥶🇨🇦
You too Ali! Here we go again! 😁
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Merry Christmas Luke 🤶🎄🇨🇦
Some decent ‘snips there lad!
@@RobbieB2606 Thanks Robbie! Merry Christmas! 🎄
Use corrugated box sheeting for the roof. Job done the one time and won’t need renewing. 👍
That'll definitely be an future upgrade!
Hi, Great video. Where did you buy it and how much did it cost? I'm really interested in this. Thanks, Michael.
Thanks Michael! I bought the shed from shed.co.uk and paid about £770. That price was for a pretty plain model, there's lots of customisations you can pay extra for but I gauged the stuff they were offering I could probably do myself for less (paint, different locks, etc)
Absolutely love that shed Luke great addition to any garden, Ali 🥶🇨🇦
Thanks Ali! Looking forward to spring now! 🤣
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So cute! 🥰
I have sprouts and a few parsnips I’m holding off harvesting and hopefully Christmas 🎄 dinner 🥘. Great update Luke, Ali ☔️☔️🇨🇦
Thank you Ali! ☺️
no pseudo-science or sponsored-tips. love it!
The main reason I don't grow my own vegetables is because I live in an apartment and don't have a yard. I am considering growing tomatoes, chili peppers, and herbs in containers, however, but for now the start up costs of such a thing are out of my budget. Also, I live alone and am worried I might end up with more fruits or vegetables than I can handle if I grew my own.
@@MatthewTheWanderer I'm glad you're considering container growing! Herbs like sage do really well and the flowers are great. Gluts are definitely a problem but I find they help me be a bit more creative in the kitchen! This year I had a huge glut of radishes and ended up making Korean style pink pickled radishes. Which is now a favourite! Best of luck with the future growing! 😊
@@WiltshireVeggies Thank you! I am especially interested in chives when it comes to herbs. But, yeah, I suppose I should learn how to do pickling and canning if I ever start growing my own veggies.
The reason to grow your own food and be self-sufficient is always, zombie apocalypse
Definitely one of the 'other' reasons!
If it was easy like everyone would do it 😂, it’s only us crazies that do it all. Have a nice week ps love the red lettuce trees, Ali ☔️☔️🇨🇦
Ha! I'm glad you noticed the red lettuce! I'm leaving them in until the first frost just because they're pretty! 😍
@@WiltshireVeggies they definitely are and can you save seed from them Luke?
Yeah you can! In fact, the lettuce in the video is from last year's home saved seed! It's pretty straight forward to do and I actually made a video on it! th-cam.com/video/FTWB41nqDOs/w-d-xo.htmlsi=1O2P1-9XYDlr536A Only difficult thing is separating the seed from the "chaff" but it's not a big deal! 😊
They are also very easy to take cuttings from
I know people don’t like fall and the end of harvests but I personally love the clearing stage and tidying everything for the new seasons ahead. You definitely have some fab potatoes Luke. My sprouts loom tiny but lucky I have them in a closed cage. Caterpillar 🐛 did get a lot of other things including my carrot tops. Have a super week Luke, Ali 🌞🥶☔️🇨🇦
I'm with you! Autumn always makes me feel better when I get an opportunity to catch up! Plus it means caterpillar season is over 😂 Thanks Ali!
my leeks are not doing to well dont know if it birds or leaf miner
@@paulineellison9047 Ah that's a shame! It could be the variety! I've had great results with 'musselburgh' but had rubbish harvests from 'Autumn Giant'. 'Bandit' is apparently a really good variety.
Some amazing harvests Luke 🎃🎃, have a super week, Ali 🌦️🇨🇦
Pests and disease is really a nutrient deficiency indicator (look for talks by Dr Don Huber, or John Kempfs channel Advancing Eco Agriculture) your corn has a Ca def indicated by the wavy leaf, also a Mn def indicated by the yellow intervein stipes on the leaves, flea beetle indicates the micro nutrients required for full protein systhesis (Mg, S, Mo, B) are deficient, aphid is a sign of high nitrates in the plant indicating an incomlete soil food web LAB will convert Nitrates into long chain amino acids to help there (also look for JADAM liquid IMO recipie, easy to make) apple scab is a fungus again a micronutrient def, I sprinkle a handfull of rocksalt round the rootzone 4x a yr for micronutrients recomended by JADAM. There's multiple different approaches to correct all that, aerated compost teas with kelp extract, or the JADAM approach with ferments, or the AEA approach with foliar feeds and biological innoculants, or a combination of all those with Soil remineralization (see Steve Solomons "The Intelligent Gardener" or Michael Asterras "The Ideal Soil" which you can d/l for free from buildasoil) Hope that helps.
Blight can only survive on living plants, i have always composted mine when i get it and never had a problem mate. Love the garden btw👌👌👌
Glad to hear! The amount of material I got from the tomatoes for composting, I couldn't pass up on! Thank you! 😊
Tsk tsk we don’t use the term failure Luke we use learning curve or opportunity 😅. Don’t get me started on tomatoes 🍅 this year mine are pants as the Brit’s say. What isn’t ripe is just falling off the vine and they are taking so long ripen the skins are toughening up 😢. But hey no onward and upward winter sowings are at hand. Have a fab week ahead, Ali 🌞🥵🇨🇦
Thanks Ali! Definitely a learning opportunity! Glad to hear the winter sowings are under way! Your Tromboncino are looking amazing btw!
@@WiltshireVeggies thank you 🙏
use a milk spray on your pumpkin leaves.... looking good . ...leeks are looking nice wish mine would thicken up as mine are still sticks
I forgot all about the milk spray. I'll have to give that a try next year, see if it means I get bigger pumpkins! 😄 I'm sure the leeks will bulk up as the season progresses! 🤞
Your gardens are looking good! 🌱 Thanks for the tour!
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed!!
nice 1 iv got 4 bins and do a 50/50 mix chop things up as small as i can but i have things i cant compost or dont think i can like rhododendron and holly... iv got 2 large rhododendron trees that have got out of hand and need cutting back bad do i compost it or not thats the question
Thanks commenting! With things like rhododendron and holly it's fine to compost them but a bit like I've experienced with beech leaves; they take a long time to breakdown. Leaves that have that kind of waxy feel always tend to be the last thing to breakdown. I think you're doing the right thing by chopping them up small so that should help ☺️ 🍂
Good tips Luke, I’m trying to make more of my own compost. Have a super week ahead, Ali ☔️☔️☔️🇨🇦
Thank you Ali! I'm finding it one of the most satisfying things that I'm making at the minute! 😂
Excellent video Luke 👍
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it! ☺️
Thank you for your informative tips! I plan to review them often. And congratulations on your subscriptions! I hope you get many more thousands! 🎉
Thank you so much! Glad the video is of use!! ☺️
Congratulations 🥳 Luke, I lost a few 😂 so I’ll follow your advice. Have a fabulous Sunday and happy growing, Ali 🌞🥵🇨🇦
Thank you Ali! I wouldn't worry about that! I'm loving your Instagram updates at the minute! 😊
Thanks Luke, some good advice there. We'll done on getting your first 1K 👍
Thank you! It's been a journey!! 😂
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Thanks for the video & how great to have those 3 wonderful trees! A bit of a prune in winter & a feed next spring will do them the world's of good! Happy gardening 👍🇦🇺👍
Thank you! Yeah i'm hoping once I hack back the weeds underneath them I'll be able to assess what I've got! 😊
Hi Luke great tour your pumpkins looking great you have a lot of fruit on your trees also a lot of pruning 🍎🍏🍐
Love the tour Luke.
Thanks for the garden tour. It’s looking great, even with a few challenges! Things are going much slower here, but onward we go!
Garden and production is looking fantastic Luke. The fruit trees are amazing as so many people loathe a lot to fruit drop. Have a great week hope the winter cabbage do well, Ali 🥵🌞🇨🇦
Thanks Ali! I absolutely love the fruit trees, just a shame they've been left for so long! Hopefully I can reclaim the space with autumn and next year will be even better ☺️
@@WiltshireVeggies it is my limited understanding of fruit trees that you can prune a third each year so hopefully that will bring them back to excellent production 🙏
hey luke what variety of sunflower is that?
The variety is called 'Teddy Bear' 😊
What potooes will you sow for Christmas?
This year I've sown Charlotte! However last year I did Maris Peer and got brilliant results!
Thanks really enjoyed your video ❤
What's that strange light blue colour in the sky? Did I also see a mysterious glowing orb up there at one point? This Spring/Summer has been so utterly miserable here that virtually everything has been eaten by Slugs and Snails, and that won't change if the terrible weather continues, but we'll have a go!
A rare sight indeed! I agree, the slugs have been a problem this year; well into the summer but I've got faith nature will soon correct the imbalance! Hopefully before my cabbage seedlings go out!!
Love your tips❤ I love growing all the vegetables you suggested..
Thank you! 😊