Almost died when your shovel broke 😂 Thanks for keeping that in. Also thanks for your high quality and enjoyable videos. It's such a joy to watch fellow gardeners. God bless.
Is that still Rosie? What a beauty she looks so fluffy and cuddly. Where would we be without our furry companions? Bless her heart. I was a Master Gardener and we always would go around and pick off a piece of something we might be interested in. Stick it in water and we had FREE PLANTS. The I became friends with a gal at a local nursery. She let me trim some of her tomato plants and such. I told her what I was doing and it was fine with her since they looked better after I was there. I took the small branches and planted them and got FREE tomato plants... It was the fun of getting something free even if I could afford to buy them. :) I will be getting more herbs to do as you suggested. Thank you
That's a great way to get more tomatoes - wonderful! Yes, that's still Rosie. She's quite fluffy in the video but has just been trimmed so looking much sleeker now.
I apologize but as an American your wood pigeons are gorgeous! I'm sure they're a pain but they remind me of my homing birds I used to keep. Lovely content, thanks for keeping it coming sir.
“Go forth and multiply” 😂 if I wasn’t bathed and in my Pj’s , I’d go out in the garden now with your tips in mind having watched your video. Love your enthusiasm 🌱
I have a peony that came to Canada with my great great great grandfather. I remember it as a child lining my grandmother's yard. When she passed several of its "offspring" were split off and given to my mom and her siblings and my cousins. I now have the plant that belonged to my mom. It has been moved several times as she moved 3 times and I have moved twice. An off shoot of it lives in my dads sisters garden for "safe keeping" in case I moved into an apartment at some point. So one plant has beautified the yard of several generations and many families related and unrelated as a part of it was always left behind for the new residence of each home left.
On the rare occasion when I purchase plants, I always look through the cells to see if there are more than one seedling in each, that way, instead of 4 or 6 plants, I will get more, for the same amount of money. Thank you for sharing. Be safe and stay well. Catherine
I'm fairly new to gardening and have recently discovered your video's - both of which I absolutely love! My favourite part of gardening is planting seeds and seeing them sprout! I currently peep inside my little greenhouse serveral times a day to see what's happening! I'm finding your video's so helpful, informative and easy to understand - thank you!
Hi Jade, Welcome to the gardening family. If you wish to do so, I would recommend you also check out Charles Dowding, Huw Richards, Epic Gardening (Kevin Espiritu) and James Prigioni's TH-cam channels... They have been a wealth of information for me and really entertaining/enjoyable to watch. Happy growing!
Greetings from Pennsylvania, USA! Thank you so much for these videos! Last June I was unexpected given a small raised bed and as excited as I was, I was totally unprepared! Being a city dweller most of my life I had almost zero gardening knowledge. So I did my best to muddle through, but made lots of nubby mistakes. I look forward to going through these videos and soaking in your knowledge! I want to grow more than just tomatoes and zucchini (or courgettes, if you're across the pond)! Cheers!
Thanks for another great video. When my aunt passed away, we dug up her peonies. They are spread out in four separate gardens now. I have also shared my doubled bearded iris with many garden friends.
Chives as edible edging-what a great idea. I need to fill two long beds with deer resistant plants and want to alternate something with the garden sage at the outside border. Put them in front of the daffs and they'll help conceal the wilting foliage. I'll add them between the hardy geraniums in the other adjacent bed to tie them together. You're a genius. I've been staring at those beds for a year wondering what to do. They're inexpensive and prolific and I have a bunch I can lift and transplant. So glad I found your channel.
Happy gardening, Ben! Happy Spring!Another fun and super informative episode!👍 Tomorrow I will divide some of my herbs...sharing some with other gardeners. Now I know it's time and good for my plants!🙂 I think I love everything about gardening...even the challenges. Mostly I love encouraging kids and adults to try knew foods by walking through my garden and tasting things.😀 Miss Rosie is looking well...oh, so cute!🙂 She gives you cuddle breaks while gardening. Garden fur buddies are such a joy!🙂 They are good for the soul!😀 Your potting area is looking like loads of fun! Have a great week...well wishes to all the family!❤
When I decide seedlings I usually wait until they are just a little dry, and pull them gently by the seedling leaves. Works well, but the water hack works for some very well too.
I’ve just moved to a garden property and this channel was recommended to me for budgeting and tips for growing veg. Watching with interest but got to get rid of lots of weeds first but thinking of starting off growing indoors first. 👀🤷🏽♂️👍🏾🇬🇧🙏🏽
Hello from California! Omg, thank you for these great tips!! I use the water root separation trick all the time, but for houseplants! Somehow it never occurred to me to try it with garden plants too? But omg, that will be a game-changer! 😀😀🌱🌵
Supermarket basil is my fave because a) you get so many plants from one pot, and then b) once big enough you can cut and propagate for more plants. All being well, an endless and bountiful supply all from the purchase of one sad yet cheap supermarket basil!
My fav bit about this video? Well, seeing the parsley flowers for one. I like plants that attract insects. And I enjoyed hearing the British pronunciation of oregano. I like that better than what I’ve always said and heard!
Oh yaay a new gardening channel! You randomly popped up in my feed today, and I quickly subbed after watching this video. I garden in the desert in Arizona, so obviously a different climate than UK, but excited to watch more of your videos. :)
My favorite thing is the occasional 'surprise' planting. Like what I thought was a planting of basil that turned out to be about 40 pepper plants. Many current surprise planting are lots and lots of papaya seedlings sprouting amid my tomato plants. I see an orchard in my near future.
Love it! Broccoli is one thing I've got growing at the moment, first ever attempt at growing it and it's all leggy so really looking forward to that video.
I scored a VERY sad looking pot of parsley for 50 cents = 28p. Divided it all up, replanted it into good soil, a bit of TLC until it started to regrow - I ended up giving heaps away! Also, I bought some potted portulaca which had several plants all clumped together - 'expert' advice was that it hates root disturbance, but I divided it up anyway and it's happily flowering away as if nothing happened. For me that's half the fun of gardening - trying and succeeding or trying and learning. And OUCH!! So sorry your poor old fork died - hope it wasn't one of your favourite tools!
It's great to try things out like that, for sure. Sometimes well-meaning expert advice isn't as solid as it's portrayed, so always worth experimenting. The fork will need replacing, but I'll buy one with a solid metal handle this time round!
Ben I have been following your channel for almost a year now and cant thank you enough for all your advice and great knowledge..I am disabled but your hints and tips make it easier for me to manage my little 4x3 ft plots thank you so much dear friend 🙂
Received your book, GrowVeg two weeks ago. I purchased it for my daughter-in-law but haven't given it to her yet as I have been enjoying it myself. The photos and descriptions are very well done. Maybe I need one of my own too!
@@GrowVeg it takes a great deal of time to write and publish a book but very glad you did. In some of your videos your daughter and puppy dog have been in them. Have you thought about doing a gardening book for children?
Again, such great information executed wonderfully! It is frustrating when equipment breaks, but you are showing yourself as real and that is great! Sorry about your shovel. ~Christine~
Love your enthusiasm! I find that division is the best way to propagate herbs that are hard to start from seed. The water trick is really neat, I'll have to try this! Thank you for sharing!
I'm so glad you're bringing to light the 'free' plants that come in the over-seeded cell packs. I grow carrots from existing ones by cutting 1 inch off the top and putting them in a shallow saucer of water. Also, I cut the end off of celery, an inch or more, and also put that in water. They sprout up and now I've got celery in pots 1 foot tall! I also sowed celery in Feb. I love these 2 varieties: Utah 52 and Tender Crisp. I've just potted them on this morning from the germination tray, 3" tall and very strong plants. I really love your garden videos, you are a great teacher and a fabulous gardener!
Hi Ben a friend told me to to dig it up when there's a frost split it let the frost get to it put manure in the hole and replant them I had fab plant's leaves as big as umbrella and thick stems
Ya know, I’ve been watching you since you were on my PBS station. And I always learn something from you. It snowed here again in these mountains, ugh ! But I have lettuce, spinach, garlic and radishes coming up. Tomatoes and cucumbers under the grow lights. Today I was working on animal things and got the roundpen up to work the horses. I have my basil in the window sill as well as dill and some lemon grass. I’ll replant them when it warms up outside. I can’t wait. This hillbilly woman’s feet are itching to be bare in the dirt ! Lol ! Have a blessed weekend all. And go to church !
Absolutely love your videos, so practical and down to earth 😁 Looking forward to getting home today as I just got an email saying your book had been delivered... very excited 😊
Bought my pot of parsley after watching your earlier video on supermarket herbs. Divided our chocolate mint, and garden mint few days ago too. As you say, makes good pressies or swaps with gardening friends and family. Loving your channel. Thanks for sharing the knowledge.
Ben, you rock.!! So informative and you bet I am getting some herbs on monday and divide them into multiples. I never even thought of that. Thank you so much for another great video!!
My cousins & I have a family dahlia of my grandmothers. I have video of it growing in 1956 in my mother's garden in Germany when dad was working there for a coulpe of years 😄.
Ben another fantastic vlog. I so look forward to them. Always full of great advice and knowledge. I’m a big advocate of your advice. Thank you. Be great if you done more than once week. 👍🏻
Years ago I was at a nursery buying vegetable plants. I watched someone carefully take tiny seedlings from a crowed tray and place them in the six unit cells. Handle them by the leaves not the stem. Damaged leaves will be replaced but a damaged stem is a dead plant.
LMFAO! I totally broke my shovel today as well as split a piece of wood in half in the ground when I was hammering it in for a trellis I'm making(had to dig the damn thing out!). Sometimes gardening IS what it's cracked up to be LOL. Such a wonderful place to learn patience in so many ways! Love your videos and the Grow Veg App! Thanks all the way from Kentucky!
Hi Dave. The greenhouse isn't heated so only about 2-5C above outside temperature, though warmer on a sunny day. The bales of straw were used to grow tomatoes in last year, and I'll be planting them again this year too.
I just dug up some straying raspberries and re planted back in the raspberry bed. New plot and working my way through, nearly done weeding. Planted some onion sets under some fleece, protection from pigeons and next weds cold spell. Hopefully I've done the right thing.👍
Hi there! I trust your opinion over most. Is black mulch really that bad for the garden? I've heard different things. Thank you for all the information I've learned from you!
I'm not sure what you mean by black mulch - other than dark-coloured mulch I'm guessing? I guess the only downside to a very dark/black mulch is that it will trap more heat, which in the heat of summer may not be desirable. But I've never heard of black-coloured mulches being 'bad' for the garden.
You can get new plants from stems of tomatoes just stuck into potting soil. Water well and they will grow roots. They seem to think they are older than they are so flowering is much sooner.
I've been doing this for a while now but I'm not a patient as you. I wind up damaging 2-3 but it works out because it delays them for a week and can stagger them.
Good video as always :) Just wanted to add though, with your example of chard seedlings, that they actually grow quite well in clumps! I work on an organic farm in Scotland and we always leave clumps of about 3 plants to grow together, and they do specatcularly well. :)
As I discovered chard that way, I couldn't tell you if single plants would indeed grow even better.. but I can't see that being likely, given how well they do in clumps hehe. I even adopted it at home in my own veg patch (where I do things half assed compared to at the farm I work hehe..) and I get the same amazing results as at the farm.
I love watching your videos but I would like to know...how to make your raised bed boards...it looks like some sort of hasp on them? Do they fold up? That would be such a space saver if you need to store them!
They do indeed fold up. My raised beds are simply repurposed pallet collars, which you can find quite widely available to buy. It's great as they can be dropped straight into position, no construction needed, and they're very cheap.
Thanks for the suggestion - I've made a note of that to consider for a future video. In the meantime, you may find this video handy: th-cam.com/video/wzTNTUcDr0Y/w-d-xo.html
Almost died when your shovel broke 😂 Thanks for keeping that in. Also thanks for your high quality and enjoyable videos. It's such a joy to watch fellow gardeners. God bless.
High quality gardening but not high quality spade.
Thanks so much. New fork on the shopping list for me now!
@@GrowVeg Get a second fork as back up 😜
This is one of the best channels on TH-cam. Assuming you’re a gardener. 🌱😁🌱
Yes
I have to agree!
Agreed gardening is great. My pea seeds are sprouting lovely in the green house
Cheers @Precious Metal Head!
I agree he has great tips. I am always learning from Ben. Ty❤
If I was blessed with a greenhouse like yours I'd never leave.
Nor Me I Would Be In That Lovely Greenhouse Most The Time.
Gardening pun if ever I saw one...
Is that still Rosie? What a beauty she looks so fluffy and cuddly. Where would we be without our furry companions? Bless her heart. I was a Master Gardener and we always would go around and pick off a piece of something we might be interested in. Stick it in water and we had FREE PLANTS. The I became friends with a gal at a local nursery. She let me trim some of her tomato plants and such. I told her what I was doing and it was fine with her since they looked better after I was there. I took the small branches and planted them and got FREE tomato plants... It was the fun of getting something free even if I could afford to buy them. :) I will be getting more herbs to do as you suggested. Thank you
That's a great way to get more tomatoes - wonderful! Yes, that's still Rosie. She's quite fluffy in the video but has just been trimmed so looking much sleeker now.
I apologize but as an American your wood pigeons are gorgeous! I'm sure they're a pain but they remind me of my homing birds I used to keep. Lovely content, thanks for keeping it coming sir.
They do make lovely sounds and they aren't 'bad' - just a nuisance that's all. I'll just be sure to cover what I need to to keep them off.
Love seeing Rosie. She's just so adorable. Love your videos. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
The shovel handle breaking had me laughing so hard. 😂🤬🤣🤣🤣
RIP Shovel 😢
Happens to us all hey! 😆
Me too 😂
It keeps on happening! I need to invest in a metal handle I think!
I properly cackled when your spade broke :'D Great tips!
You are a delight to watch🌹
Ms Pat from southern Indiana
Thanks Pat!
I swear that I could smell the basil when you broke some off! My favourite garden smell!🇨🇦🇨🇦🪴👩🌾
It's fab isn't it!
I love fresh basil
“Go forth and multiply” 😂 if I wasn’t bathed and in my Pj’s , I’d go out in the garden now with your tips in mind having watched your video. Love your enthusiasm 🌱
Thanks Clare! :-)
I go out in my pj's! They are just clothes called PJ's! ha ha
I have a peony that came to Canada with my great great great grandfather. I remember it as a child lining my grandmother's yard. When she passed several of its "offspring" were split off and given to my mom and her siblings and my cousins. I now have the plant that belonged to my mom. It has been moved several times as she moved 3 times and I have moved twice. An off shoot of it lives in my dads sisters garden for "safe keeping" in case I moved into an apartment at some point. So one plant has beautified the yard of several generations and many families related and unrelated as a part of it was always left behind for the new residence of each home left.
That is such a lovely story - and what a great testament to all of those family members that have gone before you.
On the rare occasion when I purchase plants, I always look through the cells to see if there are more than one seedling in each, that way, instead of 4 or 6 plants, I will get more, for the same amount of money. Thank you for sharing. Be safe and stay well. Catherine
It's the best way to do ti Catherine, for sure. :-)
Great tip about separating seedlings by soaking them in water.
Watching it all grow in a beautiful evening…💜
Thank you Ben, gardening doesn't have to be expensive. I'm always taking cuttings.
My fav way to get flowers is cuttings
Thanks for another informative gardening video! So helpful! Love the cute, adorable dog! Take care! 🐕🐸🦎🐛🦋
I'm fairly new to gardening and have recently discovered your video's - both of which I absolutely love! My favourite part of gardening is planting seeds and seeing them sprout! I currently peep inside my little greenhouse serveral times a day to see what's happening! I'm finding your video's so helpful, informative and easy to understand - thank you!
Hi Jade,
Welcome to the gardening family.
If you wish to do so, I would recommend you also check out Charles Dowding, Huw Richards, Epic Gardening (Kevin Espiritu) and James Prigioni's TH-cam channels... They have been a wealth of information for me and really entertaining/enjoyable to watch.
Happy growing!
@@lvh912 Thank you so much, I really appreciate that!
Gets addictive doesn't it!
Yes, welcome Jade. Great additional recommendations from Loïc too - they're all fab channels.
Greetings from Pennsylvania, USA! Thank you so much for these videos! Last June I was unexpected given a small raised bed and as excited as I was, I was totally unprepared! Being a city dweller most of my life I had almost zero gardening knowledge. So I did my best to muddle through, but made lots of nubby mistakes. I look forward to going through these videos and soaking in your knowledge! I want to grow more than just tomatoes and zucchini (or courgettes, if you're across the pond)! Cheers!
Hopefully you'll gain a few tips and ideas in the videos - best of luck for this new growing season.
Thanks for another great video. When my aunt passed away, we dug up her peonies. They are spread out in four separate gardens now. I have also shared my doubled bearded iris with many garden friends.
That's a great way to remember your aunt.
Thanks my friend for always sharing 🥰❤🌱
That shovel break XD awesome video as always!
Chives as edible edging-what a great idea. I need to fill two long beds with deer resistant plants and want to alternate something with the garden sage at the outside border. Put them in front of the daffs and they'll help conceal the wilting foliage. I'll add them between the hardy geraniums in the other adjacent bed to tie them together. You're a genius. I've been staring at those beds for a year wondering what to do. They're inexpensive and prolific and I have a bunch I can lift and transplant. So glad I found your channel.
That's great to hear - chives ares so beautiful - it will make a great difference to your beds I'm sure. :-)
Great ideas, thank you 👍💚🌱
... and the basil leafs make a great pesto for pasta. 😉😊
one of my favorite garden things is your enthusiastic videos!
Happy gardening, Ben! Happy Spring!Another fun and super informative episode!👍
Tomorrow I will divide some of my herbs...sharing some with other gardeners. Now I know it's time and good for my plants!🙂
I think I love everything about gardening...even the challenges. Mostly I love encouraging kids and adults to try knew foods by walking through my garden and tasting things.😀
Miss Rosie is looking well...oh, so cute!🙂 She gives you cuddle breaks while gardening. Garden fur buddies are such a joy!🙂 They are good for the soul!😀
Your potting area is looking like loads of fun! Have a great week...well wishes to all the family!❤
Thanks so much Valorie. Yes, Rosie is a great companion. Her cuddle breaks make up for the occasional spot of uninvited digging!
When I decide seedlings I usually wait until they are just a little dry, and pull them gently by the seedling leaves. Works well, but the water hack works for some very well too.
Auto correct strikes again.
I am loving the swish tip, thanks for the education!
My favorite part of gardening is just being in the peace and quiet of the Spanish countryside down in my veggie garden.
Sounds divine!
I’ve just moved to a garden property and this channel was recommended to me for budgeting and tips for growing veg. Watching with interest but got to get rid of lots of weeds first but thinking of starting off growing indoors first. 👀🤷🏽♂️👍🏾🇬🇧🙏🏽
Make a start Angela - no matter how small. You can expand as space gets cleared and your confidence grows. Happy gardening!
Hello Ben, the spade break really made me laugh 🤣I desperately tried to lip read your reaction🤣🤣 We've all been there! thanks Ben.
Best you didn't read my lips on that one Ian!
I love going out to garden and being able to multiply my crops
Hello from California!
Omg, thank you for these great tips!! I use the water root separation trick all the time, but for houseplants! Somehow it never occurred to me to try it with garden plants too? But omg, that will be a game-changer! 😀😀🌱🌵
Great stuff Rose!
Supermarket basil is my fave because a) you get so many plants from one pot, and then b) once big enough you can cut and propagate for more plants. All being well, an endless and bountiful supply all from the purchase of one sad yet cheap supermarket basil!
It keeps on giving does that there basil - wonderful herb!
My fav bit about this video? Well, seeing the parsley flowers for one. I like plants that attract insects. And I enjoyed hearing the British pronunciation of oregano. I like that better than what I’ve always said and heard!
Parsley is such an incredible plant for attracting beneficial insects - it's the best!
My fav 😍 part of gardening is watching the plants grow over time
i like that you kept in the fork breaking, was a nice touch.
Oh yaay a new gardening channel! You randomly popped up in my feed today, and I quickly subbed after watching this video. I garden in the desert in Arizona, so obviously a different climate than UK, but excited to watch more of your videos. :)
Thanks so much for the sub - and a very warm welcome to the channel!
😂😂😂 watched the spade snap three times 😂😂😂 you crack me up! Love this channel!
Glad to have raised a smile Paige. :-)
I bought a withered chive plant from the supermarket years ago for about 45p. I'm still dividing it and giving it away
Brilliant!
My favorite thing is the occasional 'surprise' planting. Like what I thought was a planting of basil that turned out to be about 40 pepper plants. Many current surprise planting are lots and lots of papaya seedlings sprouting amid my tomato plants. I see an orchard in my near future.
Oh wow - that's quite a surprise!
I never seen this water method before 🤯 Love this so much!
Love it! Broccoli is one thing I've got growing at the moment, first ever attempt at growing it and it's all leggy so really looking forward to that video.
Thank you for sharing fantastic gardening information. So valuable!!
Great vlog as always thanks Ben 👍
Thanks Janet.
Great idea using the water to help separate roots!!
Ben you continue to be a massive inspiration for me. Thank you for all your help and enthusiasm. 👍
Thanks so much Wayne - thank you for watching. :)
I just bought a young Raspberry bush for $8 and it had 2 extra starts in it with the bigger bush. Win Win!
Brilliant!
Thank you. Pasta for dinner!! Basil I love even the scent... You are so encouraging. Thank you again.
Buon appetito Jeanette!
thanks for new ideas appearing in my head :-) Very motivating videos!
I scored a VERY sad looking pot of parsley for 50 cents = 28p. Divided it all up, replanted it into good soil, a bit of TLC until it started to regrow - I ended up giving heaps away! Also, I bought some potted portulaca which had several plants all clumped together - 'expert' advice was that it hates root disturbance, but I divided it up anyway and it's happily flowering away as if nothing happened. For me that's half the fun of gardening - trying and succeeding or trying and learning. And OUCH!! So sorry your poor old fork died - hope it wasn't one of your favourite tools!
It's great to try things out like that, for sure. Sometimes well-meaning expert advice isn't as solid as it's portrayed, so always worth experimenting. The fork will need replacing, but I'll buy one with a solid metal handle this time round!
Ben I have been following your channel for almost a year now and cant thank you enough for all your advice and great knowledge..I am disabled but your hints and tips make it easier for me to manage my little 4x3 ft plots thank you so much dear friend 🙂
So pleased the videos are helping. I'm sure your plot looks beautiful. :-)
Received your book, GrowVeg two weeks ago. I purchased it for my daughter-in-law but haven't given it to her yet as I have been enjoying it myself. The photos and descriptions are very well done. Maybe I need one of my own too!
That's so kind of you to say Debra - I'm so pleased you're enjoying it. The photographer will be delighted to hear this too. :-)
@@GrowVeg it takes a great deal of time to write and publish a book but very glad you did. In some of your videos your daughter and puppy dog have been in them.
Have you thought about doing a gardening book for children?
Love watching your videos from the US! You always give well presented great information!
Thanks Shammah. :-)
Again, such great information executed wonderfully! It is frustrating when equipment breaks, but you are showing yourself as real and that is great! Sorry about your shovel. ~Christine~
Thanks Christine - I'll be sure to invest in a solid-handled fork next time round.
Great Tips. Thanks👍👍
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Lol, same thing happened to me when I was mixing a tub of soil and my pitchfork handle just snapped like a twig.
It happens alarmingly regularly.
thats what i was looking for smart ideas
Love this channel I'm new to gardening..
Welcome Fiona - I hope you grow lots of wonderful things this year.
You can also pop the basil tips into soil and let them set roots.
Yes, that's a good point - the ends can be propagated. I enjoy rooting basil cuttings directly in water too.
Love your enthusiasm! I find that division is the best way to propagate herbs that are hard to start from seed. The water trick is really neat, I'll have to try this! Thank you for sharing!
Your my replacement for old school River Cottage
Loved River Cottage!
Great info, thank you.🌱🌼🪴
I'm so glad you're bringing to light the 'free' plants that come in the over-seeded cell packs. I grow carrots from existing ones by cutting 1 inch off the top and putting them in a shallow saucer of water. Also, I cut the end off of celery, an inch or more, and also put that in water. They sprout up and now I've got celery in pots 1 foot tall! I also sowed celery in Feb. I love these 2 varieties: Utah 52 and Tender Crisp. I've just potted them on this morning from the germination tray, 3" tall and very strong plants. I really love your garden videos, you are a great teacher and a fabulous gardener!
Thanks for watching. It's great o hear your celery is growing so well - a delicious harvest will be yours for the taking very soon :-)
Just worked half the day in the garden, great day today. Sun is shining, around 65 degrees - I mean what more can you ask for.
Perfect!
Hi Ben a friend told me to to dig it up when there's a frost split it let the frost get to it put manure in the hole and replant them I had fab plant's leaves as big as umbrella and thick stems
I love this channel Ben you not only give great advice you saved me money with the great tips keep up your great work 👍
Ya know, I’ve been watching you since you were on my PBS station. And I always learn something from you. It snowed here again in these mountains, ugh ! But I have lettuce, spinach, garlic and radishes coming up. Tomatoes and cucumbers under the grow lights. Today I was working on animal things and got the roundpen up to work the horses. I have my basil in the window sill as well as dill and some lemon grass. I’ll replant them when it warms up outside. I can’t wait. This hillbilly woman’s feet are itching to be bare in the dirt ! Lol ! Have a blessed weekend all. And go to church !
Thank you Tonie. I am sure spring isn't far off now. You'll have your feet in the dirt soon I hope! :-)
Absolutely love your videos, so practical and down to earth 😁
Looking forward to getting home today as I just got an email saying your book had been delivered... very excited 😊
Hi lovelovinghourses
Just to Say l have Ben's Gardening Book Enjoy
Reading it.
HAPPY GARDENING
Petesveg 👨🌾
So pleased your book has arrived. I hope you enjoy it. Very happy gardening to you - and you too Peter. :-)
Bought my pot of parsley after watching your earlier video on supermarket herbs. Divided our chocolate mint, and garden mint few days ago too. As you say, makes good pressies or swaps with gardening friends and family. Loving your channel. Thanks for sharing the knowledge.
You're welcome - and so pleased you've been dividing herbs like that and spreading the joy.
Ben, you rock.!! So informative and you bet I am getting some herbs on monday and divide them into multiples. I never even thought of that. Thank you so much for another great video!!
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@@christophermee5214 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😘😘😘😘😘😘😘
Cheer for that - really pleased you enjoy the videos. :-)
My cousins & I have a family dahlia of my grandmothers. I have video of it growing in 1956 in my mother's garden in Germany when dad was working there for a coulpe of years 😄.
Wow - that's a great result!
Great stuff.
Love the tip for dividing seedlings, thank you!
All great tips! The shovel part had me rolling, we need a blooper reel!
That's a great idea - there are plenty of bloopers!
Good video . Simple, clear and with genuine passion for gardening .
Ben another fantastic vlog. I so look forward to them. Always full of great advice and knowledge. I’m a big advocate of your advice. Thank you. Be great if you done more than once week. 👍🏻
Thanks so much, that's very encouraging of you to say. :-)
Years ago I was at a nursery buying vegetable plants. I watched someone carefully take tiny seedlings from a crowed tray and place them in the six unit cells. Handle them by the leaves not the stem. Damaged leaves will be replaced but a damaged stem is a dead plant.
Yes, absolutely.
LMFAO! I totally broke my shovel today as well as split a piece of wood in half in the ground when I was hammering it in for a trellis I'm making(had to dig the damn thing out!). Sometimes gardening IS what it's cracked up to be LOL. Such a wonderful place to learn patience in so many ways! Love your videos and the Grow Veg App! Thanks all the way from Kentucky!
Thanks for watching. Good to hear I'm not the only one struggling with my tools this week! Happy gardening.
Absolutely loved this video - so many great tips!
I Love your videos ! 🤗 Thank You 🙏♥️🌷
I love your tips. I have a notebook I write your tips in.
Good stuff!
I use that method with my own seedlings, to keep from damaging the roots when I pot on. I'm pretty sure I saw that on this channel sometime last year.
Spot on! Please report temp in Green house during vid....& what are the bales of straw for? Good show!
Hi Dave. The greenhouse isn't heated so only about 2-5C above outside temperature, though warmer on a sunny day. The bales of straw were used to grow tomatoes in last year, and I'll be planting them again this year too.
Great video, I got lots of tips 🌱🌻👍
great tip for separating seedlings, thx!
I just dug up some straying raspberries and re planted back in the raspberry bed. New plot and working my way through, nearly done weeding. Planted some onion sets under some fleece, protection from pigeons and next weds cold spell. Hopefully I've done the right thing.👍
Sounds like you're onto a winner there Nick.
Soo great ! All your videos are soo helpful and informative 😀bye bye monty don time for a change of presenter 🤭🤓you would be great ! 🌻
Thanks so much Jane! :-)
Hi Ben, may I know which garden planner you use on your tablet please. Many thanks. Wincy
Absolutely. It's called the Garden Planner and you can find out more about it here: www.growveg.com/garden-planner-intro.aspx
Ben I can not belive you never broke off some long basil stems and placed them in water to root.
Yes, I've done that in the past too. It's a great way to propagate.
Hi there! I trust your opinion over most. Is black mulch really that bad for the garden? I've heard different things.
Thank you for all the information I've learned from you!
I'm not sure what you mean by black mulch - other than dark-coloured mulch I'm guessing? I guess the only downside to a very dark/black mulch is that it will trap more heat, which in the heat of summer may not be desirable. But I've never heard of black-coloured mulches being 'bad' for the garden.
You can get new plants from stems of tomatoes just stuck into potting soil. Water well and they will grow roots. They seem to think they are older than they are so flowering is much sooner.
Great tip, thanks for sharing. :-)
Outstanding thanks
I almost pooped my pants when you broke your tool 😂 Great video!
Pesky fork!
I've been doing this for a while now but I'm not a patient as you. I wind up damaging 2-3 but it works out because it delays them for a week and can stagger them.
Good video as always :) Just wanted to add though, with your example of chard seedlings, that they actually grow quite well in clumps! I work on an organic farm in Scotland and we always leave clumps of about 3 plants to grow together, and they do specatcularly well. :)
Interesting - I'd always assumed with chard it was best to grow them individually - that's really helpful to know, thank you.
As I discovered chard that way, I couldn't tell you if single plants would indeed grow even better.. but I can't see that being likely, given how well they do in clumps hehe. I even adopted it at home in my own veg patch (where I do things half assed compared to at the farm I work hehe..) and I get the same amazing results as at the farm.
I love watching your videos but I would like to know...how to make your raised bed boards...it looks like some sort of hasp on them? Do they fold up? That would be such a space saver if you need to store them!
They do indeed fold up. My raised beds are simply repurposed pallet collars, which you can find quite widely available to buy. It's great as they can be dropped straight into position, no construction needed, and they're very cheap.
would you please consider making a video on potting mixes and which is best to use for seedling, planting out, propagator and so on
Thanks for the suggestion - I've made a note of that to consider for a future video. In the meantime, you may find this video handy: th-cam.com/video/wzTNTUcDr0Y/w-d-xo.html
Hope that’s peat free compost, you never say!
Love your videos.
It is Colin. I only use peat-free compost. :-)