It's great that most of your gardening wisdom applies to our garden which is on another continent :-) I have just watched another of your videos, on mulching with wood chips, and it works just the same here in the Netherlands (even though termites are fortunatelly not a problem here!).
There is the rascal that turned me on to your channel (OneYardRevolution) Motivated me to build a greenhouse & now mulch with wood chips. Also saving me a ton of money getting my chips for free. It's so nice to be able to learn from gardeners near & far.
I started two months ago my own first experience following your advices... I am delighted and absolutely surprised about how easy and productive this kind of gardening is. Thank you so much for your videos and further contributions.
Hi Manuel! I'm so glad to hear you're trying the polyculture and happy with the results! What climate are you in? Did you make some changes to accomodate the difference in climate?
GrownToCook, the question about climate is a fair one. I am in Maderuelo, Spain at 1000m central spanish plateau... It should be a dry continental climate. Therefore I was preparing a drop irrigation system to sustain it. The problem is that we had have the wetest and coldest year that anyone remembers. Let us say that we have a scottish highland spring so far. This year is an exception... I tell you further when the Hot and dry normality reapears. Cheers.
Thanks so much for sharing your experience! I am very curious to know how the polyculture does in different climates :) We've been having a very strange year as well - the warmest May on record and very dry too!
I love the idea of this video. What a fantastic way to have a bed with something growing all season, and to be able to use up seeds that you have that are a bit old and the germination rate may not be as good as fresh seed. I am looking forward to trying this in the coming season and viewing your updates. Happy Gardening! Catherine
I love this idea. We just started a bed this last week using a similar selection, a little late because our winter here in Michigan decided it wanted to seep into spring. I scattered the seeds around my early kale and cabbage that have been growing under cloches. I feel like the mustards and lettuces will make a good green mulch for them. Very excited to see how it does.
Hi Alice, thank you! This video is a couple of years so the updates are on the channel! And there are other combos described in my book Edible Paradise (as well as a chapter on the best self-sowing veggies) if you’d like to delve deeper:)
Thanks, Cheryle! I hope it will work for you too! Please check out the following videos in the polyculture series if you'd like to see how it develops during the season!
Thank you for a great video, I have just planted up one of my 6ft by 3ft raised beds as you did, using some fresh but an awful lot of old seed. I'm really looking forward to see what germinates!
Hi Steve, that's great to hear! Please let me know how your polyculture turns out! I want to film an update on mine on Monday, we've already started harvesting the leaf mustard :-)
Awesome gardening tips. I'm always looking for new ways to plant more in the same space. I'm gonna have a happy greenhouse this year, with many more happy plants. I'm in zone 5 (just above Boston) so it can get very cold. What growing zone are you in?
Thank you! I think we're in zone 7 (the division into zones is not used as much here in Europe) , so it does not get as cold here. But I think your summers are probably warmer than ours, too :)
are you going to plant a polyculture bed this spring? i did mine at the beginning of March under the low tunnel, some plants have sprouted nicely already and i'm waiting for the first harvest. thanks for this awesome idea!
Hi Mona, I'm glad to hear you're trying the polyculture and that is sprouting nicely! Please keep me posted! I will be trying a different mix this year, one that can be sown later (after Midsummer) and we will of course make a video about it!
Superaanvulling op de uitleg in je boek. Ik was onzeker over hoe ik precies moet zaaien, maar nu weet ik hoe het moet. Ik zou graag peterseliewortel in mijn bed willen zaaien, maar die lijken nergens verkrijgbaar. Heb je enig idee waar dat aan ligt? (Ik gebruik graag biologische zaden.)
maggiepopaggie Zaad van wortepeterselie is o.a. verkrijgbaar bij De Nieuwe Tuin: denieuwetuin.be/home/151-wortelpeterselie.html?search_query=wortelpeterselie&results=2 maar dat is niet gecertificeerd biologisch
Did you avoid the pea family on purpose for rotation? Seems like they would co-mingle well with the varieties and climate in which you planted and would bring the benefit of fixing some nitrogen for your spring crop...
Hi Masca! You're right, the polyculture would benefit from some nitrogen- fixation. The rreason I did not include peas is due to their growth habit. But maybe I could add some for harvesting as pea shoots which would keep the plants compact. I was also thinking about adding bush beans to my midsummer polyculture - I didn't this year but will try to next time!
An alternative that would still fix nitrogen but may better conform to the growth pattern you seek are the clovers. Maybe not as palatable as the neighboring greens but still edible, maintaining a pretty compact structure until seeding. I interplanted bush beans with my potatoes this year. Although the harvest on the beans was less than impressive, the plants seemed to share the space well and the beans also helped to control weeds between the potatoes... I actually had some volunteer clovers that were growing in the understory of the two that have now died back.
Excellent advice! We grow a lot of the same crops in our cool weather polyculture beds.
It's great that most of your gardening wisdom applies to our garden which is on another continent :-) I have just watched another of your videos, on mulching with wood chips, and it works just the same here in the Netherlands (even though termites are fortunatelly not a problem here!).
There is the rascal that turned me on to your channel (OneYardRevolution) Motivated me to build a greenhouse & now mulch with wood chips. Also saving me a ton of money getting my chips for free. It's so nice to be able to learn from gardeners near & far.
Eindelijk een filmpje dat is duidelijk genoeg voor mij als buitenlander woon in NL. Erg bedankt, vind ik echt super behulpzaam.
Fijn dat je er wat aan hebt, Siti!
I started two months ago my own first experience following your advices... I am delighted and absolutely surprised about how easy and productive this kind of gardening is. Thank you so much for your videos and further contributions.
Hi Manuel! I'm so glad to hear you're trying the polyculture and happy with the results! What climate are you in? Did you make some changes to accomodate the difference in climate?
GrownToCook, the question about climate is a fair one. I am in Maderuelo, Spain at 1000m central spanish plateau... It should be a dry continental climate. Therefore I was preparing a drop irrigation system to sustain it. The problem is that we had have the wetest and coldest year that anyone remembers. Let us say that we have a scottish highland spring so far. This year is an exception... I tell you further when the Hot and dry normality reapears. Cheers.
Thanks so much for sharing your experience! I am very curious to know how the polyculture does in different climates :) We've been having a very strange year as well - the warmest May on record and very dry too!
I love the idea of this video. What a fantastic way to have a bed with something growing all season, and to be able to use up seeds that you have that are a bit old and the germination rate may not be as good as fresh seed. I am looking forward to trying this in the coming season and viewing your updates. Happy Gardening! Catherine
Thank you, Catherine! Please let me know how your polyculture turns out!
I love this idea. We just started a bed this last week using a similar selection, a little late because our winter here in Michigan decided it wanted to seep into spring. I scattered the seeds around my early kale and cabbage that have been growing under cloches. I feel like the mustards and lettuces will make a good green mulch for them. Very excited to see how it does.
That's great to hear - please keep me posted about your polyculture! So interesting to hear how it does in different climates!
GrownToCook I will! We just started getting our first sprouts. I hear it's supposed to snow again here, but the temps in the forecast look okay.
brillant can't wait for updates. Now going to separate possible flowering seeds in my compost for raised beds.
Hi Alice, thank you! This video is a couple of years so the updates are on the channel! And there are other combos described in my book Edible Paradise (as well as a chapter on the best self-sowing veggies) if you’d like to delve deeper:)
Excellent idea!! Thank you..
Thankyou, I will definitely do this next spring in Australia
Thanks, Cheryle! I hope it will work for you too! Please check out the following videos in the polyculture series if you'd like to see how it develops during the season!
Great video. Thanks for the info.
You're welcome! I hope it will inspire more people to try polycultures :-)
Thank you for a great video, I have just planted up one of my 6ft by 3ft raised beds as you did, using some fresh but an awful lot of old seed. I'm really looking forward to see what germinates!
Hi Steve, that's great to hear! Please let me know how your polyculture turns out! I want to film an update on mine on Monday, we've already started harvesting the leaf mustard :-)
Awesome gardening tips. I'm always looking for new ways to plant more in the same space. I'm gonna have a happy greenhouse this year, with many more happy plants. I'm in zone 5 (just above Boston) so it can get very cold. What growing zone are you in?
Thank you! I think we're in zone 7 (the division into zones is not used as much here in Europe) , so it does not get as cold here. But I think your summers are probably warmer than ours, too :)
are you going to plant a polyculture bed this spring? i did mine at the beginning of March under the low tunnel, some plants have sprouted nicely already and i'm waiting for the first harvest. thanks for this awesome idea!
Hi Mona, I'm glad to hear you're trying the polyculture and that is sprouting nicely! Please keep me posted! I will be trying a different mix this year, one that can be sown later (after Midsummer) and we will of course make a video about it!
can't wait to see it!
Started in April 2019 still eating salads....
Superaanvulling op de uitleg in je boek. Ik was onzeker over hoe ik precies moet zaaien, maar nu weet ik hoe het moet. Ik zou graag peterseliewortel in mijn bed willen zaaien, maar die lijken nergens verkrijgbaar. Heb je enig idee waar dat aan ligt? (Ik gebruik graag biologische zaden.)
maggiepopaggie Fijn, ik ben blij dat het filmpje helpt! Peterseliwortel is prima, je kunt het aan de wortels toevoegen!
maggiepopaggie Zaad van wortepeterselie is o.a. verkrijgbaar bij De Nieuwe Tuin: denieuwetuin.be/home/151-wortelpeterselie.html?search_query=wortelpeterselie&results=2 maar dat is niet gecertificeerd biologisch
Ontzettend bedankt!!!
Did you avoid the pea family on purpose for rotation? Seems like they would co-mingle well with the varieties and climate in which you planted and would bring the benefit of fixing some nitrogen for your spring crop...
Hi Masca! You're right, the polyculture would benefit from some nitrogen- fixation. The rreason I did not include peas is due to their growth habit. But maybe I could add some for harvesting as pea shoots which would keep the plants compact. I was also thinking about adding bush beans to my midsummer polyculture - I didn't this year but will try to next time!
An alternative that would still fix nitrogen but may better conform to the growth pattern you seek are the clovers. Maybe not as palatable as the neighboring greens but still edible, maintaining a pretty compact structure until seeding.
I interplanted bush beans with my potatoes this year. Although the harvest on the beans was less than impressive, the plants seemed to share the space well and the beans also helped to control weeds between the potatoes... I actually had some volunteer clovers that were growing in the understory of the two that have now died back.
@@GrownToCook What about bush peas, they don't require staking, Sugar Ann variety.