Dear Charles, the most relaxed gardener I have ever seen, amidst no rain, record heat, and pests. Still your gardens are the BEST! I've planted a 30 ft. border and weeded twice this season, with enough weeds to start a second lasagna garden bed. Still green with envy in Maryland. Love, K🌻
@@dougbrant8575 there’s plenty of videos mate go have a look. just not wasting water/nutrients is the main thing it’s a important part everyone is looking for the best result in what they are dealt with and work with it. It’s all a big adventure
Phenomenal. He's walking around a large area of land but I see no weeds, even on open ground/compost. phenomenal. you are the Elvis of no dig Charles! Haha.
@@spriteespritee1237 By applying c9mpost that is weed seed free from heat generation, and never digging or deep tilling which brings up weed seeds and pathogens. Also he uses cardboard and tarps ,which stimulate weed seeds to germinate and die under the covering if you leave it long enough.
Charles ,it is so refreshing to see how much food you facilitate without all the raised beds and foo foo that many market gardeners feel is necessary. I like the greens harvester machines but picking outside leaves like you do eliminated the need for it .
@@brucehitchcock3869 thank you,all noted.But I have couch grass(quitch) in my garden…I am afraid that it will reach my compost and spreads in there.I know one lady she bought horse organic manure and quitch spreaded aggressively in there only within 1 season.I will give a try.Do you recommend any environment friendly tarps?
@@brucehitchcock3869 thanks Bruce and I reckon that a lot of so-called time-saving methods & tools are actually not! When you look at the bigger picture of other associated jobs like repeat sowings
Always a pleasure watching you and listening to you Charles. I wish I could afford to be a stay at home mom and spend 80% of my time in the garden/allotment and in the kitchen, growing food, harvesting and preserving like our grandparents did back in the day. This is a dream of mine. If you didn't grow it then, you didn't have it. You are so knowledgeable, thank you! 😊
I understand that Steffie and I'm sorry you are feeling frustrated, however keep the vision in mind and prepare to be surprised! It's amazing how life can unfold in ways that seem impossible at the beginning, but it may not be obvious at first what is happening
Charles, your borlotti beans look great. For the past several years, I’ve been growing my grandfather’s beans (Buffalo, New York) to keep the seed. We never knew the name; he just called them Ladner beans which was his surname. The closest thing I have seen is borlotti. It was such a treat to see you open up a pod and show those beautiful speckled beans. Thank you!
@Jacek Witak Thanks for the information. I never heard of dragon tongue but just looked them up and they may be; I’ll definitely be researching more on those. Thanks again!
I appreciate the details you share. The closed captioning seems really accurate too, it's nice to know the cultivar names and everything :) take care Charles & team
I appreciate your generosity in sharing your gardening with us! There aren’t very many things I use a screen for these days. Your channel is a regular for me though. I’ve turned 1/2 acre into a large series of gardens thanks to your help! Three years ago I began after watching you show how to begin a no dig garden. I feel like I get to come into your beautiful gardens for training with each new video! Thanks so much, and God bless you! (God bless you with rain!) Much love from Garden City, Utah, USA!
🎉I have finally discovered what the planted row of plum trees in my parents garden are, they planted them 75yrs ago not knowing what they were but also knowing that the fruit they’d get were slightly tarter than the neighbours Victoria. Now, after all this time, they have seen and recognised their trees as your Coe’s Golden Drop. 🎉 Thanks Charles❤
You deserve an RHS Award of Garden Merit. The only one ever awarded to a human being. I have said before and will say again it is a mystery why you dont hold a regular place on Gardeners World. Ive learned more from you than everyone one else put together. A national treasure. Thanks for all you do.
Charles, I so love listening to you talk. I wished your books came in audible with you talking. Lol Also, would like to give a shout out to your wonderful camera person... She always gives such good views of your breath taking gardens. It takes a village I know to have what you have and accomplished.. I so look forward to your videos. We to have had a terrible drought here in Northeast Arkansas US zone 7a.. but the Good Lord has given us rain recently and hopefully we will be able to keep our cattle grazing a little longer. Thank you for all you do. God is so Good
@@CharlesDowding1nodig Good morning Charles 😊 Really nice to here you've experienced the land of Forest and lakes 😁 I only really started to get into gardening when I moved over here can you belive! I guess I met the right people, however, what with our Summer being quite short it can be a challenge 🤣 I love being at our Allotment and we're learning all the time 👍 Have a nice weekend 😀
Your Garden looks wonderful for the heat You've had. We are still having 90's every day with humidity in the high 80% early morning and high 60% by the time it hits 90°! Thank goodness for afternoon showers. Another 30 days of summer and on to 🍂 I'm getting my pots, Worm Castings, soil and seeds lined up for Fall planting. Take care, Charles Dear 🌿💚🌿
Gosh, I think the best way to do a tour is to start with a snack and end with one, haha. I really enjoyed the tour from a different perspective today. Behind the compost is just as lovely as the rest of the property. We too have had dry hot weather but it is raining today and I admit to doing a little dance of happiness when I saw it. I only water if I have to so I am glad to see it for sure. I do hope you do not get your normal rainfall all at once. That has troubles in itself. It must be an odd thing, having dry crispy grass in the UK. It is not what one from away would think could happen there. Best of luck throughout the transition of the seasons. Enjoy the plums! 😉
Loved the tour Charles and loved your shirt it was a lovely pop of colour made you stand out amongst all the lush greenery 🌳🥦☘️🌱🥬☘️🌱🥦🌳🥬🥦🌱☘️🥬🌳🧤🌱🌱🌱if you had to have been wearing green we’d have lost you there especially in the tunnel 😂🙋🏻♀️
Hi, Charles, totally agree with you, the joy you get from harvest can't be bought, and the flavor is indeed so rich when you just pick from the plant directly. Thanks for all your videos, I truly enjoyed.
Thank you so much for yet another beautiful and inspiring tour of your vegetable heaven. You have so much jaw dropping bounty! I am so pleased you were the channel I found when embarking on my own vegetable growing adventure. I have incorporated no dig and several of the seed varieties that you mention, working with the tips on multi sowing timings and care. So Thank you from the bottom of my heart for all your wise wisdom that you generously share with the budding gardening fraternity, helping us to grow our own. Have a lovely week. Karen 🙏🏼
Beautiful video, Charles. This is my 4th or 8th time watching through your videos, i cant remember, love them more and more each time. Thanks eternally for sharing with us.
I am so pleased with my 😊 ’No Dig’ Audible book. Totally recommend it. So glad you narrated it ( best Sunday voice) 😊 I have a two hour round trip to and from work so it’s been really useful to fill my head with veg knowledge. 👏👏
Ha, I was just going to write, 'the most calm gardener of all' when I glimpsed the post just below mine 'the most relaxed gardener' . No wonder your plants grow so happily.
As always, your gardens are so pleasurable to behold. Re: powdery mildew, which plagues us all in humid weather, at first sight, if it's wiped away with a damp paper towel, & no spores are spilled before the affected leaves are remed (ASAP), as soon as spotted, we may remove & toss the mildew before it's allowed to disperse the hundreds or millions of spores onto other plants & the soil. Also a spray bottle with water & a whole milk, repeated after every rain, the environment might be incompatible with mildew.
Thanks Cheryl, and that is thorough! I'm still not convinced that the problem is so bad for plant growth. I've only ever seen it on all the leaves which are not photosynthesising so much, and new leaves which are the important ones remain without mildew. Then this year I've noticed more powdery mildew on the cucumbers of my dig bed in the trial compared to the no dig bed, which has less. Suggesting that soil health plays a part in keeping plants strong and more resistant to the mildew. (see the video before this, Compost Question).
I've turned totally green all over with envy Charles!! Just amazing. Glad you showed the flea beetle damage, I thought it was caterpillars. I have exactly the same. I'm so glad its cooled off and we're back to normal. That melon is making my mouth water.
My brussel sprouts look much like some of Charles' brassicas, so I think I've been hit by it too. I did find a couple of caterpillars a month back, but none since so I was wondering what was responsible for the holes.
Hello Charles, your flowers and veggies are stunning! Thankyou for the monthly tours. I'm getting ready to flip my tomato beds to fall and winter veggies...Preserved most of my tomatoes, they'll taste good in Dec-March. I grew the yellow oxheart, and it preserves really well..my pollenators are feasting on the bounty provided by the row of zinneas..and the ones in the flower beds..its' fun to see hundreds of butterflies daily during the hot dry weather..blessings.
Merhaba, bahçenize ve bitkilere bebek gibi bakıyorsunuz tebrik ederim. Onun için bahçeniz çok güzel görünüyor. Sağlıklı günlerde yemenizi dilerim. Elinize sağlık. Teşekkürler. Türkiye'den sevgiler. TR
Thank you so much Charles, my plants and even seedlings have been devastated by the appearance of holes in their leaves and had to throw them away, now I know the culprit.
I will have to borrow your suggestion on my tomatoes. I walked out this morning to all my twine holding my tomatoes broken in half. My daughter said well mom we do have a lot of tomato weight this year🙃. Hagd Charles.
Does anyone else notice, and appreciate, how seamlessly Charles switches between Metric (the oppressive, unnatural units used by the galactic empire to construct the Death Star) and English measurements (the units used by the Jedi knights and the rebel forces)?
Thank you Charles for your wonderful videos. I've learned of your method just recently through Epic gardening. I am in the process of turning my back lawn into a vegetable & cut flower garden. I will be 73 next month & have found I no longer have the arm strength to manually start my Troy built tiller. So, your method is my saving grace. I will be putting down cardboard soon on some new beds that I will be starting & following your method. You mentioned about the weather changes. There is a documentary called "The Dimming" by Dane Wiggington. He is on TH-cam & it explains why our weather is changing so much. And this has been going on for years. I first learned about it around it in 2012. And I have seen firsthand the results of it when I took an extended trip to California in 2015. I just cried to see how dry things are out there. We are more fortunate here in Wisconsin
Dear brother Charles, Happy to see that you are growing that variety of peppers ! They look like what in Romanian we call "gogosar", being one of the traditional varieties. It is very common and popular in Eastern European countries. In my opinion, this is by far the tastiest variety of peppers.
Love your channel, my whole plot is now no dig but i do crop rotate( 3 year cycle). Suffered for the first time ever from Cabbage Root Fly. Will be making up collars for next year. Thanks for the tour and keep them coming.😎
Beautiful garden despite all the set backs this summer! Most information I can find about flea beetle control is geared toward commercial agriculture(I believe they are detrimental to canola crops). I wish there was more information and better means to take care of them. They are so problematic in my garden that I just don’t even attempt brassicas any longer.
For me the best remedy is not to grow brassicas for salad in spring and summer. And to cover all new plantings with mash, at least for the first few weeks. After that the plants can survive them!
As usuell it has been a lovely tour Charles. Thank you so much for sharing your garden life with us. I am a gardener myself since about 20 years now and get very inspired by the work you do. Would love to meet up one day and garden together…….like you mentioned with the melons……some experiences in the garden can never be bought😊 Lovely greetings from the south of Germany
Charles I am glad you are gettingmore comfortable with enjoying the fruit of your labor on screen, how else are we going to be convinced that your fruit is not just pretty but also edible. Respect from Africa 🇿🇦
This is going to be my second spring season. When I started we had just weeds, tall weeds/ bushes. After clearing it roots and all, we saw the most beautiful soil we could wish for. We divided the beds, put cardboard and woodchips in between and started planting the seedlings. We have been able to grow enough veges to last us through winter despite not having enough water and a very dry hot summer. This year we can use the compost we made from weeds and horse manure. I've topped the beds with this mixture and the first seedlings are coming up and are ready to plant in a ew weeks time. Between you guidance and Mr. G. Smith, we can do this too. I'm going outside now and start making more mulch, cheers.
A lovely summer garden. My summer garden this year is sadly mostly a dried, shriveled batch of brown stalks. The heat. The drought. The local government forbidding watering gardens. They all took their toll. My rain barrels were not enough to last two months without rain. I am hoping the fall garden will be better. But we shall see. It has been a hard year for many of us. Edit: In case my comment above came across wrong: I am not seeking sympathy or pity. Nor expressing anything but delight in how well your garden is doing. Merely commenting in comparison on my local conditions. Hope this helps.
Thank you for your comment and just so you know, I didn't find it negative or self pitying! It's good to share these things and I'm sure many others will take consolation, because it has been a really difficult summer unless you have water
@@krazedvintagemodel Excellent question. Sadly, the simple answer is *No* Why? Because household waste water, gray water, etc is also regulated in many locations. Including mine. So I can not legally use this water source to put on my garden. It is sad this is the case, but that is the current law. Similar to tiny houses being illegal in many places (despite their obvious benefits). Politics. Special interests. Etc. Maybe as parts of the world dry out, local governments may "get it". But currently, where I am, they do not yet. Hope this helps.
My theory on your success;. Along with everything else you keep roots in the ground. This keeps the biome active and well fed .The Korean natural farming also shows how NPK etc. Is not the best way. Feed the soil biome ,keep roots or cover crops ,yes they have roots too . I use lot of cardboard and other mulch to keep bare soil covered.
Oh my! Such beautiful plums! What a lovely colour! So happy you talk about the fruit trees. Please talk some more about what you do to take care of them. Mine just won't grow up. I finally got 2 fruit on them after 3 years 😕
When you got to the pepper I was thinking "hm, looks like the Liebesapfel that I grow in my garden" and it was :-) I've chosen it because its meant for tougher conditions - my garden is 420m above sea level - and it really grows and ripens nicely and the taste is really good and sweet.
Dear Charles, thanks so much for this video! I‘m from Bern and yes, the Berner Rose is a well known tomato here;) there is also sn apple with this name and a lovely aroma. I hope you can enjoy know also some cooler weather….
Thanks for the info Ferdinand and it's great to hear from someone in the place itself! The warmth has not been a problem here, and I love it! A lack of rain is more serious… But not yet critical.
I love your videos so much. The amount of depth that just rolls out of your mind is like no other gardener that I’ve seen. Always stoked to learn what you have to share
Dear Charles, the most relaxed gardener I have ever seen, amidst no rain, record heat, and pests. Still your gardens are the BEST! I've planted a 30 ft. border and weeded twice this season, with enough weeds to start a second lasagna garden bed. Still green with envy in Maryland. Love, K🌻
Thanks so much and those weeds are surely diminishing now!
Maybe you should look into Australian gardening/Ag And see how we do it 😅
@@26dato how do you do it?
@@dougbrant8575 there’s plenty of videos mate go have a look. just not wasting water/nutrients is the main thing it’s a important part everyone is looking for the best result in what they are dealt with and work with it. It’s all a big adventure
I'm the kind of gardener who appreciates a few "special" plants😉 let's say...but Charles is always so relaxed I don't think he'd need it
Thank you Charles for literally changing my life, and many others i'm sure.
Have a nice day!
Happy to hear that!
@@CharlesDowding1nodig what an abundance of vegetables and fruits WOW good Monday Morning to you from 🇨🇦 #YSW
Great to see (in these crazy times) two people who are not afraid of biting the same piece of fruit :) Fantastic tour video, as always.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Phenomenal. He's walking around a large area of land but I see no weeds, even on open ground/compost. phenomenal. you are the Elvis of no dig Charles! Haha.
Im new here,how is this achieved here that there was no weed at all😱😱😱😱
@@spriteespritee1237 By applying c9mpost that is weed seed free from heat generation, and never digging or deep tilling which brings up weed seeds and pathogens. Also he uses cardboard and tarps ,which stimulate weed seeds to germinate and die under the covering if you leave it long enough.
Charles ,it is so refreshing to see how much food you facilitate without all the raised beds and foo foo that many market gardeners feel is necessary. I like the greens harvester machines but picking outside leaves like you do eliminated the need for it .
@@brucehitchcock3869 thank you,all noted.But I have couch grass(quitch) in my garden…I am afraid that it will reach my compost and spreads in there.I know one lady she bought horse organic manure and quitch spreaded aggressively in there only within 1 season.I will give a try.Do you recommend any environment friendly tarps?
@@brucehitchcock3869 thanks Bruce and I reckon that a lot of so-called time-saving methods & tools are actually not! When you look at the bigger picture of other associated jobs like repeat sowings
So envious of your gardens. You inspire me immensely
After all these years watching you, I'm first to comment!!
You rock Ruby!
Always a pleasure watching you and listening to you Charles. I wish I could afford to be a stay at home mom and spend 80% of my time in the garden/allotment and in the kitchen, growing food, harvesting and preserving like our grandparents did back in the day. This is a dream of mine. If you didn't grow it then, you didn't have it.
You are so knowledgeable, thank you! 😊
I understand that Steffie and I'm sorry you are feeling frustrated, however keep the vision in mind and prepare to be surprised! It's amazing how life can unfold in ways that seem impossible at the beginning, but it may not be obvious at first what is happening
@@CharlesDowding1nodig yes, i am manifesting a life like this 🤞
Charles, your borlotti beans look great. For the past several years, I’ve been growing my grandfather’s beans (Buffalo, New York) to keep the seed. We never knew the name; he just called them Ladner beans which was his surname. The closest thing I have seen is borlotti. It was such a treat to see you open up a pod and show those beautiful speckled beans. Thank you!
Ah great! They dark into a brown colour when dry, if that helps you to identify them
@Jacek Witak Thanks for the information. I never heard of dragon tongue but just looked them up and they may be; I’ll definitely be researching more on those. Thanks again!
I appreciate the details you share. The closed captioning seems really accurate too, it's nice to know the cultivar names and everything :) take care Charles & team
Thank you. We do take the time to check these captions before they are translated! It's all by rev.com and they do a good job.
I appreciate your generosity in sharing your gardening with us! There aren’t very many things I use a screen for these days. Your channel is a regular for me though. I’ve turned 1/2 acre into a large series of gardens thanks to your help! Three years ago I began after watching you show how to begin a no dig garden. I feel like I get to come into your beautiful gardens for training with each new video! Thanks so much, and God bless you! (God bless you with rain!)
Much love from Garden City, Utah, USA!
Hello Jennifer, thanks for your lovely comment and I'm really happy to have inspired you to do this.
your crops are incredable lovely video
If I was jealous of anything in my life it would be this man's Garden perfection
He must spray paint his weeds the same color as the soil :) kidding. Its really beautiful seeing everything so neat. Love this channel
Great plums there Charles and great tomatoes. I like the look of that Yellow brandywine.
Thanks and hope you find seeds
🎉I have finally discovered what the planted row of plum trees in my parents garden are, they planted them 75yrs ago not knowing what they were but also knowing that the fruit they’d get were slightly tarter than the neighbours Victoria.
Now, after all this time, they have seen and recognised their trees as your Coe’s Golden Drop. 🎉 Thanks Charles❤
That is amazing James!!
Dziękuję za tłumaczenie pańskich filmików, wiele się z nich nauczyłam
Miło słyszeć 💚
Great video!! Thank you Charles from TEXAS 👍
Hope you're cooling!
You deserve an RHS Award of Garden Merit. The only one ever awarded to a human being. I have said before and will say again it is a mystery why you dont hold a regular place on Gardeners World. Ive learned more from you than
everyone one else put together. A national treasure. Thanks for all you do.
That's nice to hear and thanks for the award!
Nice video with several plants and crops to show, thank you!
Thankyou Daniela
Always enjoy your calm, laid back approach to gardening. Great video, thank you!
Thankyou Lavina
Beautiful bounty for now and later. Well done!
Charles, I so love listening to you talk. I wished your books came in audible with you talking. Lol Also, would like to give a shout out to your wonderful camera person... She always gives such good views of your breath taking gardens. It takes a village I know to have what you have and accomplished.. I so look forward to your videos. We to have had a terrible drought here in Northeast Arkansas US zone 7a.. but the Good Lord has given us rain recently and hopefully we will be able to keep our cattle grazing a little longer. Thank you for all you do. God is so Good
Thanks Jenny, and Nicola will be happy
They do come in Audible with him talking, I've got one
Very nice Charles. Keep up the wonderful work you do. Thanks for sharing your broad knowledge of gardening with us all 😇 Greetings from Finland 🇫🇮
Brave man you are in that climate, but I love the saunas. I was in Finland as au pair summer 1977, in Kauttua
@@CharlesDowding1nodig Good morning Charles 😊 Really nice to here you've experienced the land of Forest and lakes 😁 I only really started to get into gardening when I moved over here can you belive! I guess I met the right people, however, what with our Summer being quite short it can be a challenge 🤣 I love being at our Allotment and we're learning all the time 👍 Have a nice weekend 😀
Your Garden looks wonderful for the heat You've had. We are still having 90's every day with humidity in the high 80% early morning and high 60% by the time it hits 90°! Thank goodness for afternoon showers.
Another 30 days of summer and on to 🍂 I'm getting my pots, Worm Castings, soil and seeds lined up for Fall planting. Take care, Charles Dear 🌿💚🌿
Thanks for sharing this Peggy, it's so much hotter in Florida!
You are so good at explaining things; I learn a lot from your channel
PS yes we must take a little bitter with the sweet
Happy to hear that Katie!
Gosh, I think the best way to do a tour is to start with a snack and end with one, haha. I really enjoyed the tour from a different perspective today. Behind the compost is just as lovely as the rest of the property. We too have had dry hot weather but it is raining today and I admit to doing a little dance of happiness when I saw it. I only water if I have to so I am glad to see it for sure. I do hope you do not get your normal rainfall all at once. That has troubles in itself. It must be an odd thing, having dry crispy grass in the UK. It is not what one from away would think could happen there. Best of luck throughout the transition of the seasons. Enjoy the plums! 😉
Thanks so much Angeli that's really kind of you! Glad you enjoyed the tour.
Thanks Charles. Great tour. The garden is so different in different seasons.
Yes Matthew, and after all these years that still amazes me!
Loved the tour Charles and loved your shirt it was a lovely pop of colour made you stand out amongst all the lush greenery 🌳🥦☘️🌱🥬☘️🌱🥦🌳🥬🥦🌱☘️🥬🌳🧤🌱🌱🌱if you had to have been wearing green we’d have lost you there especially in the tunnel 😂🙋🏻♀️
Thankyou :) red and green go nicely together 🍅
What a brilliant video and anyone watching will use this video as a bench mark as to what a garden should be.
💚 thanks
Hi, Charles, totally agree with you, the joy you get from harvest can't be bought, and the flavor is indeed so rich when you just pick from the plant directly. Thanks for all your videos, I truly enjoyed.
Thank you so much for yet another beautiful and inspiring tour of your vegetable heaven. You have so much jaw dropping bounty! I am so pleased you were the channel I found when embarking on my own vegetable growing adventure. I have incorporated no dig and several of the seed varieties that you mention, working with the tips on multi sowing timings and care. So Thank you from the bottom of my heart for all your wise wisdom that you generously share with the budding gardening fraternity, helping us to grow our own. Have a lovely week. Karen 🙏🏼
I am delighted Karen, to read this 💚
Beautiful video, Charles. This is my 4th or 8th time watching through your videos, i cant remember, love them more and more each time. Thanks eternally for sharing with us.
Wow, thank you Ted, how amazing 💚
Thanks for the tour. Got me prepped for next year.
I always love your tours, thank you!
I love your garden Charles. Your garden is the best by far. I absolutely love these tours you do. Greatly appreciated
Thanks so much Richard
I am so pleased with my 😊 ’No Dig’ Audible book. Totally recommend it. So glad you narrated it ( best Sunday voice) 😊 I have a two hour round trip to and from work so it’s been really useful to fill my head with veg knowledge. 👏👏
I love that and thanks Leonore 😊
Ha, I was just going to write, 'the most calm gardener of all' when I glimpsed the post just below mine 'the most relaxed gardener' . No wonder your plants grow so happily.
Love that! Thanks Annie
Amazing Charles
Beautiful video and great information Charles. Thank you for sharing your NoDig gardening knowledge.
Amazing! The garden still looks so fresh despite all the climatic stresses of this year.
I'm impressed too!
As always, your gardens are so pleasurable to behold.
Re: powdery mildew, which plagues us all in humid weather, at first sight, if it's wiped away with a damp paper towel, & no spores are spilled before the affected leaves are remed (ASAP), as soon as spotted, we may remove & toss the mildew before it's allowed to disperse the hundreds or millions of spores onto other plants & the soil.
Also a spray bottle with water & a whole milk, repeated after every rain, the environment might be incompatible with mildew.
Thanks Cheryl, and that is thorough!
I'm still not convinced that the problem is so bad for plant growth. I've only ever seen it on all the leaves which are not photosynthesising so much, and new leaves which are the important ones remain without mildew.
Then this year I've noticed more powdery mildew on the cucumbers of my dig bed in the trial compared to the no dig bed, which has less. Suggesting that soil health plays a part in keeping plants strong and more resistant to the mildew. (see the video before this, Compost Question).
Great video the melon looks delishxx
I've turned totally green all over with envy Charles!! Just amazing. Glad you showed the flea beetle damage, I thought it was caterpillars. I have exactly the same. I'm so glad its cooled off and we're back to normal. That melon is making my mouth water.
My brussel sprouts look much like some of Charles' brassicas, so I think I've been hit by it too. I did find a couple of caterpillars a month back, but none since so I was wondering what was responsible for the holes.
😀
Holy cow! It is parched!
I love spotting the rich purple of plums on a tree.
Very neat place. And with very little rain. Bravo!
Your garden is beautiful & inspiring!💚your tomatoes look amazing!!
Thanks so much! 😊
Gotta start using your roofs as water collection systems Charles!
Again, thank you Charles!
I've had the dreaded lettuce aphid for a number of years now and will try the extra watering. I do love your monthly tours.
Aww bumblybee! Great tour, really enjoy seeing what you can do with time and the right mindset. Can't wait until I get my permanent garden
I always learn something from Mr. Charles, appreciate your sharing with us.
Glad to hear it Pam!
Hello Charles, your flowers and veggies are stunning! Thankyou for the monthly tours. I'm getting ready to flip my tomato beds to fall and winter veggies...Preserved most of my tomatoes, they'll taste good in Dec-March. I grew the yellow oxheart, and it preserves really well..my pollenators are feasting on the bounty provided by the row of zinneas..and the ones in the flower beds..its' fun to see hundreds of butterflies daily during the hot dry weather..blessings.
Sounds amazing Linda!
Merhaba, bahçenize ve bitkilere bebek gibi bakıyorsunuz tebrik ederim. Onun için bahçeniz çok güzel görünüyor. Sağlıklı günlerde yemenizi dilerim. Elinize sağlık. Teşekkürler. Türkiye'den sevgiler. TR
yorumun için çok teşekkürler
I truly think the seasons are changing.
Such a beautiful walk around your garden Charles. Thanks, always amazed. (Old guy from Arkansas)🇺🇸
Glad you enjoyed it Steve!
Thank you so much Charles, my plants and even seedlings have been devastated by the appearance of holes in their leaves and had to throw them away, now I know the culprit.
Piękny ogród. Zawsze oglądam. Dziękuję za napisy po polsku.
My pleasure Anna
I will have to borrow your suggestion on my tomatoes. I walked out this morning to all my twine holding my tomatoes broken in half. My daughter said well mom we do have a lot of tomato weight this year🙃. Hagd Charles.
Sorry to hear that Lisa!
@@CharlesDowding1nodig it's OK! Just knowing I can be this successful in my garden is enough! Ty again!
Lovely tour, nice to see some different things. That melon looked absolutely delicious!
Glad you enjoyed it
Loved seeing the joy on your face from the fruit, they look so good!
Thanks so much! 😊 They are flavour bombs.
Thank you, excellent.
Does anyone else notice, and appreciate, how seamlessly Charles switches between Metric (the oppressive, unnatural units used by the galactic empire to construct the Death Star) and English measurements (the units used by the Jedi knights and the rebel forces)?
😅 interesting description!
Are "English measurements" not called "Imperial" ? Sorry to throw the spanner in your metaphor 😅
Thank you Charles for your wonderful videos. I've learned of your method just recently through Epic gardening. I am in the process of turning my back lawn into a vegetable & cut flower garden. I will be 73 next month & have found I no longer have the arm strength to manually start my Troy built tiller. So, your method is my saving grace. I will be putting down cardboard soon on some new beds that I will be starting & following your method.
You mentioned about the weather changes. There is a documentary called "The Dimming" by Dane Wiggington. He is on TH-cam & it explains why our weather is changing so much. And this has been going on for years. I first learned about it around it in 2012. And I have seen firsthand the results of it when I took an extended trip to California in 2015. I just cried to see how dry things are out there. We are more fortunate here in Wisconsin
Great to hear, enjoy your gardening Mary Ann
We too have a Troybuilt horse. It’s nice but doesn’t get much use anymore. Good luck with your garden! 🙂
I love the flowers at the top and bottoms of the beds. A bit of both worlds.
Dear brother Charles,
Happy to see that you are growing that variety of peppers ! They look like what in Romanian we call "gogosar", being one of the traditional varieties. It is very common and popular in Eastern European countries. In my opinion, this is by far the tastiest variety of peppers.
That is nice to hear and Liebstapfeln in German I think. Delicious indeed!
you are number one in growing plants...
I always grow the very tiny leeks in with the flowers. They produce beautiful silvery heads that are much loved by pollinators.
Thanks for sharing Mary
Flea beetle!? maybe that's what's nibbling at my radishes. actually never heard of it before, thanks C.
Happiness is dirt under the nails after a day in the garden
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Thanks Charles for another enjoyable video. I hate those flea beetles. They love my eggplant.
Your garden is gorgeous, love watching your videos so informative, love the beautiful flowers.
Love your channel, my whole plot is now no dig but i do crop rotate( 3 year cycle). Suffered for the first time ever from Cabbage Root Fly. Will be making up collars for next year. Thanks for the tour and keep them coming.😎
Beautiful garden despite all the set backs this summer! Most information I can find about flea beetle control is geared toward commercial agriculture(I believe they are detrimental to canola crops). I wish there was more information and better means to take care of them. They are so problematic in my garden that I just don’t even attempt brassicas any longer.
For me the best remedy is not to grow brassicas for salad in spring and summer. And to cover all new plantings with mash, at least for the first few weeks. After that the plants can survive them!
I love your garden. !!! Thanks for a tip. Bless you.
It's always nice to watch your videos. 🙏
Thank you! 😃
Looks amazing. We'll done
As usuell it has been a lovely tour Charles. Thank you so much for sharing your garden life with us. I am a gardener myself since about 20 years now and get very inspired by the work you do. Would love to meet up one day and garden together…….like you mentioned with the melons……some experiences in the garden can never be bought😊
Lovely greetings from the south of Germany
Thanks Daniel 🌱
Amigo tu huerta es divina, tiene de todo,flores frutos,vegetales leguminosas,aromáticas,todo hermoso un beso y un abrazo desde Miami USA
Aprecio tu comentario, que linda
Charles I am glad you are gettingmore comfortable with enjoying the fruit of your labor on screen, how else are we going to be convinced that your fruit is not just pretty but also edible. Respect from Africa 🇿🇦
😅 Lovely comment Justus.
Just eating next video!!!
I also grow the Liebesapfel "Love Apple" pepper. They actually taste like an apple, they are an absolute treat.
enjoy your work so much! It is an inspiration, from Washington state, USA
Happy to hear that Darren
This is going to be my second spring season. When I started we had just weeds, tall weeds/ bushes. After clearing it roots and all, we saw the most beautiful soil we could wish for. We divided the beds, put cardboard and woodchips in between and started planting the seedlings. We have been able to grow enough veges to last us through winter despite not having enough water and a very dry hot summer. This year we can use the compost we made from weeds and horse manure. I've topped the beds with this mixture and the first seedlings are coming up and are ready to plant in a ew weeks time. Between you guidance and Mr. G. Smith, we can do this too. I'm going outside now and start making more mulch, cheers.
Great to read this Marc, and may spring be good!
Pięknie zachwycam się 💚💚♥️♥️
Mmmmm, that melon looked divine! As did those beautiful Ox Heart type tomatoes. Haven't ever grown any of those. Must try some!
A lovely summer garden.
My summer garden this year is sadly mostly a dried, shriveled batch of brown stalks. The heat. The drought. The local government forbidding watering gardens. They all took their toll.
My rain barrels were not enough to last two months without rain.
I am hoping the fall garden will be better. But we shall see.
It has been a hard year for many of us.
Edit: In case my comment above came across wrong: I am not seeking sympathy or pity. Nor expressing anything but delight in how well your garden is doing. Merely commenting in comparison on my local conditions. Hope this helps.
Would you not be able to use gray water, household waste water you collect from sinks, shower and tub or washing machines?
Thank you for your comment and just so you know, I didn't find it negative or self pitying! It's good to share these things and I'm sure many others will take consolation, because it has been a really difficult summer unless you have water
@@krazedvintagemodel Excellent question. Sadly, the simple answer is *No*
Why? Because household waste water, gray water, etc is also regulated in many locations. Including mine. So I can not legally use this water source to put on my garden. It is sad this is the case, but that is the current law. Similar to tiny houses being illegal in many places (despite their obvious benefits). Politics. Special interests. Etc. Maybe as parts of the world dry out, local governments may "get it". But currently, where I am, they do not yet.
Hope this helps.
@@CharlesDowding1nodig You are kind. And you Sir are a gentlemen. 🙂
Love your videos with Spicy Mustache!
Thanks! This one is Nicola Smith 😀
Thank you!
I would absolutely love a video just about all of the companion flowers you have in the garden
We have one waiting to publish!
Great video Charles.
Thanks Christopher 👍
My theory on your success;. Along with everything else you keep roots in the ground. This keeps the biome active and well fed .The Korean natural farming also shows how NPK etc. Is not the best way. Feed the soil biome ,keep roots or cover crops ,yes they have roots too . I use lot of cardboard and other mulch to keep bare soil covered.
Thanks for sharing Bruce
Amazing
Oh my! Such beautiful plums! What a lovely colour! So happy you talk about the fruit trees. Please talk some more about what you do to take care of them. Mine just won't grow up. I finally got 2 fruit on them after 3 years 😕
Thank you, and a good idea!
When you got to the pepper I was thinking "hm, looks like the Liebesapfel that I grow in my garden" and it was :-) I've chosen it because its meant for tougher conditions - my garden is 420m above sea level - and it really grows and ripens nicely and the taste is really good and sweet.
Lovely to hear!
Dear Charles, thanks so much for this video! I‘m from Bern and yes, the Berner Rose is a well known tomato here;) there is also sn apple with this name and a lovely aroma.
I hope you can enjoy know also some cooler weather….
Thanks for the info Ferdinand and it's great to hear from someone in the place itself!
The warmth has not been a problem here, and I love it! A lack of rain is more serious… But not yet critical.
I love your videos so much. The amount of depth that just rolls out of your mind is like no other gardener that I’ve seen. Always stoked to learn what you have to share
That is nice Doug and I'm happy to help
Thank you so much 🌻
Brilliant, tidy, delicious
Buen comienzo con las ciruelas y mejor final con ese estUpendo melón de carne naranja😂😂 Saludos desde Tenerife!! 👏👏🥕🍅🌸🥕
Gracias Manuel 🍈
Wonderful as always Charles, thanks for sharing guys
I’m hooked.
Growing like mad and I’m only 57 !
Oh good. Young 'un!
Always a pleasure to visit you and your garden. I have started a new garden area, getting out of raised beds, they are not for Texas.
Sounds promising!