I can't believe it! Today is the day! Book number 3! Thank you all for making this possible and I really hope you enjoy it! geni.us/Veg-Grower-Handbook ☺️
Congratulations on the new book, Huw! Just wondering, have you ever tried inoculating your compost pile with soil samples from local forests? I took a tablespoon of soil from a couple old forests in my area, and my compost and soil is now much richer in fungal life!
Good day. In general foreign fungus and baterial inputs will be outcompeted by local existing micro organisms. However if a niche exists that isn't filled yet it can add. Usually it doesn't. Kr
I have a big zippered binder with 4-pocket photo organizer pages to organize my seed packets. It makes it super easy to flip through and see exactly what I have any time I want. Lovely video as usual Huw!
Interesting to hear you say that potatoes are ‘quite destructive of the soil’ and to grow in containers. I discovered quite the opposite here in Tuscany Italy in my start up garden…. The container potatoes dried out quickly and required a lot of water and attention and I got no crop. However the quality of a clay soil after a first crop of potatoes has been beautiful. Very happy with my first grown crop of potatoes too! I suspect the exudates from the potatoes help the soil microbiology to develop. Next year I want to put my potatoes crops using No Dig with straw on all my new garden beds as a first crop. One can rarely have enough potatoes! Huw, thanks for sharing your gardening experience with us all.
We don't have wool packing in Oz either, but I do re-use bubble wrap in the garden. Bubble side in and smooth side out it makes good insulation for pots in the greenhouse over winter.
Grow Food for Free being delivered today. Can't wait. I'm a total novice but love your vids. Speaking in a language I can understand, no big words or baffling science. Just ordering this book now. HUGE HUGS and thanks.xxx
Great collection of tips Huw, some I had long forgotten about such as the plank over a newly sown row of seeds, it used to be familiar sight in the 70's and I dont think I have seen it since till you reminded me last year...Steve...😁
I have a hack that works for me in my arid region. Most of my beds are raised but a few are in the ground especially those where I grow brassicas. Watering those areas can be difficult, with the water running off rather than going in. I cut the bottoms off of gallon size plastic nursery pots (which I have plenty) then bury them about half way in the ground. I plant the young brassica seedling in the center. Then, all I have to do is go around and fill the pots with water which is directed straight down to the roots. I use much less water and the plants do great. Also, I don't get many weeds since I'm not watering the whole bed.
Ontario, Canada here. Some what new to ur channel. But very much enjoying it. Going to put some of these ideas I to practice as I have decided to greatly expand this year. Thanks for all ur time, effort and hard work. God Bless.
Hi Huw! Enjoy your channel, there's one challenge I have, living in the Southern hemisphere, our seasons are opposite yours. When you say "April" I have to think "October". Just a suggestion to make your videos clearer for everyone, especially us people who live "down under", if you could refer to the season e.g. "early Spring", that would make your talks easier to follow for your followers around the world. Thank you for your positive enthusiastic inspiring talks and demonstrations. You make the world a better place.
Please be aware that open tubs of water are a drowning hazard for birds, insects, reptiles and other small animals. If you don't cover your water then leave a long stick in the tub touching the side so that critters can get out.
A great, condensed amount of very useful tips - one never stops learning! I'm definitely going to try the beans-between-beds, never thought of that myself, hurrumph! So obvious!!
Hey hue thanks for your videos, I’m a chef who’s trying to start a garden to grow produce for my food truck, I’ve been watching, self sufficient me, epic gardening, James prigioni, and you have been my favorite, I love your style of gardening! Just bought your book! Thanks bro! Out here in Bay Area California!
Congratulations on your book! I'm amazed that you continue to find useful, fresh, and effective tips to share with us. Your garden is a treasure and I so appreciate you sharing all your considerable garden wisdom. Thank you from Virginia, USA.
Wool shoddy was used as fertiliser in the Yorkshire rhubarb triangle in the production of plants for forced rhubarb. It's high in nitrogen and was readily available from the wool mills.
Excellent work on publishing book #3! Congrats and keep up the great work! Also, thanks for sharing where you heard these ideas from. I love to hear my favorite TH-camrs all riffing off each other and creating better and better ideas/ or making them more available to non-gardener natives. 🙏🙏🙏
I mentioned the other day that my copy of your book had been dispatched and now it's here! I have flicked through it, from back to front (just because I am left handed and find it easier to flick this way). The pictures are fantastic. I've also read the odd paragraph here and there. I've been growing vegetables for a couple of decades but there is always something new to learn and there are lots of interesting topics in your book. I will definitely be reading it from cover to cover and am excited about trying out quite a lot of new things! Thanks so much for your videos and congratulations on your new book.
Great tips! I'm going to try to plank tio for my carrots this year. Just remember that a large bucket of water is a drowning hazard for young children. If you have any children/grandchildren/etc, it might be better to stick with filling your buckets directly from your rain barrels.
Yes! My toddler grandson stumbled and fell into my bird water bucket, head first, right before my eyes. Had I not been standing just a couple feet away, it would've ended badly.
I've been watching your videos for quite some time now. You've come a long way since your first video of planting small seedlings. Keep up the great work sir and long live the passion of gardening.
Thank you! My book just arrived today, I can't wait to read it out and learn from the best! I very much recommend it, it's quality is perfect, and every single side is very detailed and informative!
@@HuwRichards I like that it's detailed in such a way that is easily understandable for everyone, the pages are very well organized, and you can learn everything from planning your garden until you have your beautiful harvests in your hands! I especially like the different vegetable's information, it's very compact and tells everything that I need to know about them and it doesn't matter where you are in the world, for example, I live in Hungary and I can still use every single tip this book can give! Thank you again, and I hope I'll be able to read your other books as well, congratulations, this is one of the best gardening books on the market! Keep up the good work! :)
If you don't have a greenhouse / polytunnel, you can transplant some brassicas indoors like a houseplant. Obviously depends on variety and your space etc. I had them on a sunny window and got 2-3 months more leaf productions from pak choi and chard I took inside. Downside was they had aphids and they took over but by that time there was little sunlight anyway so out they went. Do be careful if you have other plants indoors that outdoor pests would infect.
Really interesting Huw. I love the plank method for germinating seeds, which I've not seen before and will definitely give it a try. Thank you for the video which was enjoyable to watch as always. Kind regards. Gary
I live on the Mornington Peninsula in Victoria Australia , I never plant the same veggies next to each other , I mix veggies and edible flower all over the garden . I live in a unit with a very small yard and I have miniature fruit trees as well as 2 different sorts of passion fruit growing on my fence , I have just planted a kiwi berry so I hope it does well .
Hi i was an organic farmer for about 10 years but could not make enouhg profit, but i love my garden and and i want too say that your chanal is Amazing! keep it up greeting from dk
Huw, congratulations on the book...it looks beautiful. I'm excited to be able to get it in the USA next month! As always, happy for you and proud of all the work you have accomplished and thanks for continuing to share your knowledge with us. I always feel like I'm in a master gardening class with Professor Richards.
There's some great hacks here, some that I will use myself. As for the "plank" method for germinating seeds, I've used a form of that for years: Sometimes I sow seeds in squares as well as rows and I always cover my newly-sown seeds with anything I have available - maybe an old piece of carpet, piece of plywood or cardboard, slightly weighted down. I never have to worry about my seeds drying out.
Congratulations! Well done! We love watching your inspirational, educational and practical videos. We are on the other side of the world (New Zealand) but that doesn't stop us from gardening! Thank you!
Congratulations on your book release! Regarding the plank over the sown seeds: it occurs to me that the plank also protects the seeds from birds and rodents that might otherwise pick and eat the seeds. Here at our small, city apartment, we have had a balcony garden through the pandemic and struggled with keeping the squirrels (and an occasional rat) away from the seeds. Sowing indoors and then transplanting helped but it didn't occur to me to cover the seeds. Thanks for the tip! BTW: I like your channel because your climate zone is similar to mine. The California gardeners are nice to watch but I prefer to learn from someone who knows about the weather challenges I will face in the Midwest.
I just found your videos - brilliant! More bonuses to leaving plants to flower is that it helps provide for the pollinators as well as providing exudates from the roots that feed the bacteria and fungi. thanks for the great videos.
Received my hardback copy of your book yesterday and its fantastic. I loved it so much but didn't want to mark it up with high-lighting or annotations, so bought the kindle version too. Now i can take it in the garden, read the bits I need in situ, and not have to worry about dirtying up those pages. Oh, and my favourite bit so far HAS to be the Master Growing Chart. Awesome. Thanks Huw.
Congratulations on your new book Huw. Your hacks as normal are amazing. I am taking away some new ones to try from your video. Thank you for what you do for us veg growers.
Thank you Huw for very useful tips! I wonder if the "plank method" of germination has more to it than just moisture retention? There are some very interesting experiments with microgreens where moisture is controlled and the same in all trays but those trays with few kg of weights on them germinate better and lead to higher yield of crop than those without weight. Maybe it's weight of the plank as well as moisure that help germination? Interesting topic!
I've ONLY had success with the plank method. I'm shocking with forgetting I've sown something (even labeled!) Or my dogs will go for a "wander through the gardens" and whatever else! Because the seeds don't need sun to germinate and almost no soil, even a watering can will easily move the seeds, and not always where you want them! So I find the "visual aid" of a plank, with a label so I know the type, amazingly helpful! My success rate is brilliant and I actually over sow my seeds as when I thin them out I either get baby carrots/beets or I use the greens in salad. I'm also not hugely fussed on "perfect rows" I'll mark the width/length of the plank in the soil and just scatter, thinning what I NEED to. As time goes on you can clearly see which need thinning, still giving you the "baby version" or salad greens but I get a vast amount more beets/parsnips/turnips/radishes/lettuces than sticking to lines or the square foot method. Instead we go by "survival of the fittest" (within reason!) I thoroughly water wherever I'm planting, sow seeds and then give it a light mist and maybe one more mist before the plank comes off. So it's incredibly time saving, the seeds STAY where they're planted as opposed to "wandering" from water flow and I don't get caught out if I don't make it into the garden when they NEED water. The planks weight won't change anything, if you added much you'd possibly struggle with delicate seedlings like carrots popping up, same with lettuce, taking into account whether they're root veges or not I don't think would change all that much?!
Hi Huw, I've been using the plank method ever since I saw it on one of your videos, it is incredibly successful and I tell everyone about it! I do make sure to look under the planks every day to check for our little slimy friends- this becomes another advantage to using this method in keeping down slug numbers!
The bucket of water idea is good, but I’d make a cover for it with window screen, hardware cloth, or chicken wire, if you don’t mind mosquitoes from breeding in it, it can be a drowning hazard if you have toddlers around, even if you don’t have children about, small mammals can climb in for a drink and drowning as I found happen to one of our local Chipmunks. Thank you for the tips, and congratulations on your book. I love your channel, you’ve come a long was since the avocado & grape seeds, beautifully done at that.
I have bought your book yesterday, can't wait to receive it ! I love your videos, all the things I learn and the time you put in them, they are as gorgeous as your vegetables!! Thanks again :)
Just received your book, without releasing I also have your other two books on my shelves. Keep up the good work been following you for a few years now.
Will definitely fill in any gaps with herbs and that plank method is like nothing I've ever seen, wow! I appreciate all these simple yet effective tips.
Another great video. Thank you. I can't afford to buy your book yet but when I have the money, I'll definitely keep it in mind. I love that you shared where you got all these wonderful ideas from. Many of the people you mentioned are in my sub list. And I'm going to check out the ones who I'm not yet subbed to. Thanks again!
I've just bought your book! I'm moving into my own home later this year and I have a big beautiful blank-canvas garden. Been enjoying your videos and your book will be very helpful, I'm sure! Thanks Huw!
Tried now for 4 years and I harvest very little. In NI. I have so much to work with ie space, seeds, equipment. Just feel useless. This year I'm sticking to very few . I have 3 books of yours. They're lovely and easy to follow. But with so much info and I'm a useless Gardener 🙃 so I have to look up so much info and words to their meaning. Gardening is hard work when I work more hours than I sleep each week . I hope to get started something simple this year
Hello Huw, After discovering your videos i today purchased a copy of your book, Grow Food For Free. It is a great book and i can't put it down, Besr wishes.
I can't believe it! Today is the day! Book number 3! Thank you all for making this possible and I really hope you enjoy it! geni.us/Veg-Grower-Handbook ☺️
I ordered it today, it is arriving next week. 😊 So excited! Much love from Sweden
My book has just arrived! 🎉
You incredible Huw-man, keep up the good work!
Your content has been of great value these last years and deserves support. Book is ordered and will be in my hands by march 8. Keep it up! 😀
Just ordered! You truly are awesome 👏🏻
Congratulations on the new book, Huw! Just wondering, have you ever tried inoculating your compost pile with soil samples from local forests? I took a tablespoon of soil from a couple old forests in my area, and my compost and soil is now much richer in fungal life!
now thats an idea worth exploring! thanks for sharing.
Good day. In general foreign fungus and baterial inputs will be outcompeted by local existing micro organisms. However if a niche exists that isn't filled yet it can add. Usually it doesn't. Kr
Yes absolutely! This is a big part of Korean Natural Farming which is one of my biggest influences! Watch this space😊
Been meaning to get that and saturate organisms to add to soil Ala Dr Elaine Ingham.
I’ll have to do that we have woods on our property, thanks for the tip.
I like how you share where/who you picked up your ideas from! Looking forward to ordering the book 🤩🙌🏽
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I have a big zippered binder with 4-pocket photo organizer pages to organize my seed packets. It makes it super easy to flip through and see exactly what I have any time I want.
Lovely video as usual Huw!
Interesting to hear you say that potatoes are ‘quite destructive of the soil’ and to grow in containers. I discovered quite the opposite here in Tuscany Italy in my start up garden…. The container potatoes dried out quickly and required a lot of water and attention and I got no crop. However the quality of a clay soil after a first crop of potatoes has been beautiful. Very happy with my first grown crop of potatoes too! I suspect the exudates from the potatoes help the soil microbiology to develop. Next year I want to put my potatoes crops using No Dig with straw on all my new garden beds as a first crop. One can rarely have enough potatoes! Huw, thanks for sharing your gardening experience with us all.
I received an unexpected parcel in the post today - a secret extra belated Christmas present from my brother! It's absolutely gorgeous. Delighted...
Gardening hacks and eye candy, it's a good morning!
He is a handsome man, isn’t he?
Congratulations! Also, I wish Amazon used wool packing material instead of that bubble wrap!
We don't have wool packing in Oz either, but I do re-use bubble wrap in the garden. Bubble side in and smooth side out it makes good insulation for pots in the greenhouse over winter.
Grow Food for Free being delivered today. Can't wait. I'm a total novice but love your vids. Speaking in a language I can understand, no big words or baffling science. Just ordering this book now. HUGE HUGS and thanks.xxx
You're very welcome! Hope it is useful for you! Thanks for your support :)
Great collection of tips Huw, some I had long forgotten about such as the plank over a newly sown row of seeds, it used to be familiar sight in the 70's and I dont think I have seen it since till you reminded me last year...Steve...😁
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Do I teally need anpther gardening book? Nope. Will I end up buying this? Possibly…..
Congratulations Huw, you are an inspiration.
Awhh thank you! You definitely won't regret having this one😉
I have a hack that works for me in my arid region. Most of my beds are raised but a few are in the ground especially those where I grow brassicas. Watering those areas can be difficult, with the water running off rather than going in. I cut the bottoms off of gallon size plastic nursery pots (which I have plenty) then bury them about half way in the ground. I plant the young brassica seedling in the center. Then, all I have to do is go around and fill the pots with water which is directed straight down to the roots. I use much less water and the plants do great. Also, I don't get many weeds since I'm not watering the whole bed.
Ontario, Canada here. Some what new to ur channel. But very much enjoying it. Going to put some of these ideas I to practice as I have decided to greatly expand this year. Thanks for all ur time, effort and hard work. God Bless.
Hi Huw! Enjoy your channel, there's one challenge I have, living in the Southern hemisphere, our seasons are opposite yours. When you say "April" I have to think "October".
Just a suggestion to make your videos clearer for everyone, especially us people who live "down under", if you could refer to the season e.g. "early Spring", that would make your talks easier to follow for your followers around the world. Thank you for your positive enthusiastic inspiring talks and demonstrations. You make the world a better place.
Your video's are such a breath of fresh air God bless you Huw
Thank you :)
Please be aware that open tubs of water are a drowning hazard for birds, insects, reptiles and other small animals. If you don't cover your water then leave a long stick in the tub touching the side so that critters can get out.
What a beautiful garden! Where I live, large open buckets of water will become mosquito nurseries. I would only use them with covers.
A great, condensed amount of very useful tips - one never stops learning! I'm definitely going to try the beans-between-beds, never thought of that myself, hurrumph! So obvious!!
Congratulations on your new Book and keep your good work. Awesome Chanel. Best regards from Germany 🇩🇪
Thank you so much :)
The plank on direct sew seeds is AMAZING! Works soooo well, everytime!
Hey hue thanks for your videos, I’m a chef who’s trying to start a garden to grow produce for my food truck, I’ve been watching, self sufficient me, epic gardening, James prigioni, and you have been my favorite, I love your style of gardening! Just bought your book! Thanks bro! Out here in Bay Area California!
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Congratulations on your book! I'm amazed that you continue to find useful, fresh, and effective tips to share with us. Your garden is a treasure and I so appreciate you sharing all your considerable garden wisdom. Thank you from Virginia, USA.
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Very generous of you to share your hacks. Happy summer from New York
Love that trellis over the pathway! Probably better than a normal wigwam because of the air flow as well.
Wool shoddy was used as fertiliser in the Yorkshire rhubarb triangle in the production of plants for forced rhubarb. It's high in nitrogen and was readily available from the wool mills.
I like the hack of growing pumpkin in your compost ! Thanks for sharing. Congrats for your book
Excellent work on publishing book #3! Congrats and keep up the great work!
Also, thanks for sharing where you heard these ideas from. I love to hear my favorite TH-camrs all riffing off each other and creating better and better ideas/ or making them more available to non-gardener natives. 🙏🙏🙏
I mentioned the other day that my copy of your book had been dispatched and now it's here! I have flicked through it, from back to front (just because I am left handed and find it easier to flick this way). The pictures are fantastic. I've also read the odd paragraph here and there. I've been growing vegetables for a couple of decades but there is always something new to learn and there are lots of interesting topics in your book. I will definitely be reading it from cover to cover and am excited about trying out quite a lot of new things! Thanks so much for your videos and congratulations on your new book.
Amazing garden! Thank you for sharing these great tips!!
Great tips! I'm going to try to plank tio for my carrots this year. Just remember that a large bucket of water is a drowning hazard for young children. If you have any children/grandchildren/etc, it might be better to stick with filling your buckets directly from your rain barrels.
Yes! My toddler grandson stumbled and fell into my bird water bucket, head first, right before my eyes. Had I not been standing just a couple feet away, it would've ended badly.
@@VanBuren0926 oh, my goodness!! Praise God, you were there and saw it! So glad you're little one is ok! ❤💜
Keep doing what you do Huw and ty for reminding me of the plank technique.
I've been watching your videos for quite some time now. You've come a long way since your first video of planting small seedlings. Keep up the great work sir and long live the passion of gardening.
I know what i wish for my birthday! Yay! It's been a while since I was looking forward to a gift, as this.
5 seconds in, I saw the book and cut away to Amazon to order. I’m confident it will be good, your videos are always helpful.
Wow thank you so much Sheila!!!
Congrats on number 3 book 🎉.
Have been watching you for several years & you always give us good information…. Even tho I’m in Nevada USA 🇺🇸. 👵🏻👩🌾❣️
Thank you! My book just arrived today, I can't wait to read it out and learn from the best! I very much recommend it, it's quality is perfect, and every single side is very detailed and informative!
Wow that's amazing!!! Thank you so much! If you get a spare moment to leave an honest review then I would be so grateful 😊🌱
@@HuwRichards I like that it's detailed in such a way that is easily understandable for everyone, the pages are very well organized, and you can learn everything from planning your garden until you have your beautiful harvests in your hands! I especially like the different vegetable's information, it's very compact and tells everything that I need to know about them and it doesn't matter where you are in the world, for example, I live in Hungary and I can still use every single tip this book can give! Thank you again, and I hope I'll be able to read your other books as well, congratulations, this is one of the best gardening books on the market! Keep up the good work! :)
I just received your book in the mail. So excited to dive in. LOVE your channel.
Your tips and videos are like nourishment to me. Thank you so much!
you brits make the best of what u have, whether its gardening or astronomy. good luck in ur garden, im subbed.
Best video with loads of tips and hacks! Buying the book Huw!!
If you don't have a greenhouse / polytunnel, you can transplant some brassicas indoors like a houseplant. Obviously depends on variety and your space etc. I had them on a sunny window and got 2-3 months more leaf productions from pak choi and chard I took inside. Downside was they had aphids and they took over but by that time there was little sunlight anyway so out they went. Do be careful if you have other plants indoors that outdoor pests would infect.
Really interesting Huw. I love the plank method for germinating seeds, which I've not seen before and will definitely give it a try. Thank you for the video which was enjoyable to watch as always. Kind regards. Gary
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The straw hack is so sweet haha.
Congratulation Mr.Huw you are the best 🥳
I live on the Mornington Peninsula in Victoria Australia , I never plant the same veggies next to each other , I mix veggies and edible flower all over the garden . I live in a unit with a very small yard and I have miniature fruit trees as well as 2 different sorts of passion fruit growing on my fence , I have just planted a kiwi berry so I hope it does well .
Hi i was an organic farmer for about 10 years but could not make enouhg profit, but i love my garden and and i want too say that your chanal is Amazing! keep it up greeting from dk
My preorder arrived, really great book Huw, just what I wanted to go with Veg in one bed 😁
Great! Thank you so much!
So brilliant!!
Thank you! Hope you enjoy it! :)
Huw, congratulations on the book...it looks beautiful. I'm excited to be able to get it in the USA next month! As always, happy for you and proud of all the work you have accomplished and thanks for continuing to share your knowledge with us. I always feel like I'm in a master gardening class with Professor Richards.
Wow! Thank you Darin! I like the sound of Professor Richards!
Glad you find my videos/books useful. Thanks so much for your support :)
There's some great hacks here, some that I will use myself. As for the "plank" method for germinating seeds, I've used a form of that for years: Sometimes I sow seeds in squares as well as rows and I always cover my newly-sown seeds with anything I have available - maybe an old piece of carpet, piece of plywood or cardboard, slightly weighted down. I never have to worry about my seeds drying out.
Congratulations! Well done! We love watching your inspirational, educational and practical videos. We are on the other side of the world (New Zealand) but that doesn't stop us from gardening! Thank you!
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I'm waiting for my American version. I pre-ordered my from Amazon. Happy gardening.
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So much knowledge and good practice shared among the people, great!
I love the plank and the stick&string idea! Thank you for this video!
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I'm so excited for your new book! Fantastic video:)
Thank you so so much😊🙈
Congratulations on your book release! Regarding the plank over the sown seeds: it occurs to me that the plank also protects the seeds from birds and rodents that might otherwise pick and eat the seeds. Here at our small, city apartment, we have had a balcony garden through the pandemic and struggled with keeping the squirrels (and an occasional rat) away from the seeds. Sowing indoors and then transplanting helped but it didn't occur to me to cover the seeds. Thanks for the tip! BTW: I like your channel because your climate zone is similar to mine. The California gardeners are nice to watch but I prefer to learn from someone who knows about the weather challenges I will face in the Midwest.
As always, great to watch, and thanks for all those tips, it's good to know who inspires/you're following, too. I can't wait to receive my book.
You're welcome hope the tips are helpful for you :)
I just found your videos - brilliant! More bonuses to leaving plants to flower is that it helps provide for the pollinators as well as providing exudates from the roots that feed the bacteria and fungi. thanks for the great videos.
Thanks for wonderful tips and good luck with the new book!
Thank you so much Peg!
Received my hardback copy of your book yesterday and its fantastic. I loved it so much but didn't want to mark it up with high-lighting or annotations, so bought the kindle version too. Now i can take it in the garden, read the bits I need in situ, and not have to worry about dirtying up those pages. Oh, and my favourite bit so far HAS to be the Master Growing Chart. Awesome. Thanks Huw.
Fantastic! Thank you so much! Hope it proves helpful for you :)
Here in USA kindle will release it May 17, 2022. Congratulations…all the best!
Your enthusiasm is infectious. Ordered the book, cheers!
Awhh that's amazing thank you so much!!!:)
Oh I just got it in the mail! It's beautiful! I'll be pouring over it the next few weeks. So exciting 🥰
YAY!!! So pleased to hear it thank you!!
Omg the archway!!!!!!
Congratulations on your new book Huw. Your hacks as normal are amazing. I am taking away some new ones to try from your video. Thank you for what you do for us veg growers.
Will be ordering a copy. Great video as always
Awh thank you so much!!
Your trellises are fantastic!
Thank you Huw for very useful tips! I wonder if the "plank method" of germination has more to it than just moisture retention? There are some very interesting experiments with microgreens where moisture is controlled and the same in all trays but those trays with few kg of weights on them germinate better and lead to higher yield of crop than those without weight. Maybe it's weight of the plank as well as moisure that help germination? Interesting topic!
I've ONLY had success with the plank method. I'm shocking with forgetting I've sown something (even labeled!) Or my dogs will go for a "wander through the gardens" and whatever else! Because the seeds don't need sun to germinate and almost no soil, even a watering can will easily move the seeds, and not always where you want them! So I find the "visual aid" of a plank, with a label so I know the type, amazingly helpful! My success rate is brilliant and I actually over sow my seeds as when I thin them out I either get baby carrots/beets or I use the greens in salad.
I'm also not hugely fussed on "perfect rows" I'll mark the width/length of the plank in the soil and just scatter, thinning what I NEED to. As time goes on you can clearly see which need thinning, still giving you the "baby version" or salad greens but I get a vast amount more beets/parsnips/turnips/radishes/lettuces than sticking to lines or the square foot method. Instead we go by "survival of the fittest" (within reason!)
I thoroughly water wherever I'm planting, sow seeds and then give it a light mist and maybe one more mist before the plank comes off. So it's incredibly time saving, the seeds STAY where they're planted as opposed to "wandering" from water flow and I don't get caught out if I don't make it into the garden when they NEED water. The planks weight won't change anything, if you added much you'd possibly struggle with delicate seedlings like carrots popping up, same with lettuce, taking into account whether they're root veges or not I don't think would change all that much?!
… the weighted microgreens is what came to my mind as well when I saw him using the planks … it makes for stronger seedlings apparently …
What a fabulous video! Pre-ordered to Canada and so looking forward to it.
Such an amazing interesting person you are …so passionate and dedicated in gardening I have learned so much since I started my simple gardening
Thanks Sarah I'm glad the videos are helping☺️🌱
Very informative and helpful. Thanks for sharing. Congratulations on your new book. Big thumbs up!
Thank you Dennis! Really appreciate it🌱
thanks for sharing caring
Just got the book through the letterbox today! I'm excited to dig in! Looks beautiful and full of info by the quick look I had :)
Hi Huw, I've been using the plank method ever since I saw it on one of your videos, it is incredibly successful and I tell everyone about it! I do make sure to look under the planks every day to check for our little slimy friends- this becomes another advantage to using this method in keeping down slug numbers!
Thank you for sharing your tips
My Pleasure! :)
Fabulous tips Huw, thank you very much
The bucket of water idea is good, but I’d make a cover for it with window screen, hardware cloth, or chicken wire, if you don’t mind mosquitoes from breeding in it,
it can be a drowning hazard if you have toddlers around, even if you don’t have children about, small mammals can climb in for a drink and drowning as I found happen to one of our local Chipmunks. Thank you for the tips, and congratulations on your book.
I love your channel, you’ve come a long was since the avocado & grape seeds, beautifully done at that.
Congratulations Huw. Looking forward to getting your new book.....I have watched your videos for many years and have learned immensely from them.
I have bought your book yesterday, can't wait to receive it ! I love your videos, all the things I learn and the time you put in them, they are as gorgeous as your vegetables!! Thanks again :)
Great! Thanks so much! Hope you enjoy :)
Just received your book, without releasing I also have your other two books on my shelves. Keep up the good work been following you for a few years now.
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Will definitely fill in any gaps with herbs and that plank method is like nothing I've ever seen, wow! I appreciate all these simple yet effective tips.
So happy for you Huw! Amazon has despatched your book. Looking forward to receiving it. Congrats from Singapore!
Thanks for all these great tips Huw! And congratulations on your newest book!!!
Thank you so much!!
Thanks, Huw.
Another great video. Thank you. I can't afford to buy your book yet but when I have the money, I'll definitely keep it in mind. I love that you shared where you got all these wonderful ideas from. Many of the people you mentioned are in my sub list. And I'm going to check out the ones who I'm not yet subbed to. Thanks again!
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FAB got your book! So so impressed , from scotland👍❤️
I've just bought your book! I'm moving into my own home later this year and I have a big beautiful blank-canvas garden. Been enjoying your videos and your book will be very helpful, I'm sure! Thanks Huw!
That's great news! Congratulations! I hope my book will serve you well :)
I appreciate that you give credit where it's due. I have learned a lot from you and the people you cite.
Congratulations on your new book and thank you for the amazing tips and kacks.
Tried now for 4 years and I harvest very little. In NI. I have so much to work with ie space, seeds, equipment. Just feel useless. This year I'm sticking to very few . I have 3 books of yours. They're lovely and easy to follow. But with so much info and I'm a useless Gardener 🙃 so I have to look up so much info and words to their meaning. Gardening is hard work when I work more hours than I sleep each week . I hope to get started something simple this year
Book arrived today. It’s wonderfully comprehensive and inspiring.
Thank you. So glad to hear it.
Great video!! Watched it several times. Can’t wait for my book!!!
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Congratulations on the new book out on my 75th birthday. Lol
Congratulations on your new book. Which I am enjoying with a cuppa on my day off. And probably a glass of wine later
Lovely! Thanks so much for your support :)
Thanks so much for these hacks Huw! I'm in Canada and just pre-ordered your book through Amazon 👍. Can't wait to get it👏👏🙂
Yay thank you Cheryl!! Really hope you enjoy it when it arrives!😊
Hello Huw, After discovering your videos i today purchased a copy of your book, Grow Food For Free. It is a great book and i can't put it down, Besr wishes.
muchas gracias por tus tutoriales, son muy inspiradores, voy a tratar de usar la técnica de las papas, muy interesante todo. FELICITACIONES
Great video! Thanks Huw!
My pleasure! :)
Da iawn! Great video can’t wait to read your book
Vert glad that it is offered as an Ebook.