It's good that when you talk to camera you have less bright light directly in your eyes giving a more clear visual, readable expression on your face. I am enjoying watching your work as I am taking advice that I can tailor to my own garden. Birdy
What a beautifully provocative video. Many years ago on a permaculture site I wrote a piece on 'how to compost cats'...Well, that kicked off a firestorm and I was warned 'never mention the C word again!!] Composting anything is a matter of time, not a recipe. Your 4 methods, all tried and true, attempt at gardening is ingenious. Well done, look forward to more. cheers floot
Joe Jenkins ("The Humanure Handbook") composts marauding opossums and raccoons in his humanure compost bin. Also when his dog died, she was consigned to the pile, and lived on to fertilise his garden. I have composted a sheep. The apple trees never had it so good!
I’ve come back to this from your latest video and wow! What a huge change you have gone through with making your videos. You have every reason to be proud of yourself
I've seen a lot of gardening videos I think you're by far ahead of the crowd by incorporating every aspect in other words a comprehensive teaching teaching while you're learning. very interesting. thanks for taking the time to share
LOVE! The hanging baskets of crop and am installing shade houses (shade is more important in a subtropical climate than heat and the shade cloth helps keep frost away...) My shade houses will have inbuilt strength to allow for vertical gardening, creating more crop from less ground space... This is looking great in your videos and I look forward to trying it out for myself... Construction starts May, 2017 allowing for day time temperatures cool enough to work rather than over 32 degree C.
Sounds like you have quite different weather conditions than I deal with. Over here it has to be a sunny day before we get above 32º in the polytunnel - rarely above 22º outside. Shade is a big problem here!
Such an amazing project. This is a true test to see what works best in different situations. I've always felt so confused after reading from different gardening authors.
I'll be watching with great interest. It's quite a challenge you've set yourself. I've had a traditional alotment for the last three years. What started as one has become four plots. I'm building no dig beds on my new plot and have also been considering the Hugel kultur approach although the latter takes time to establish as you point out. I'm learning as I go and my time is limited because I work full time. I do want to continue growing throughout the year and need to make progress to this end. One thing I don't have is a poly tunnel...but maybe this will be plot 5. I look forward to future uploads. Many thanks Mike
Hi, thanks for the thought-provoking project! I kinda wish you were a couple years down the road and already had the answers... Keep the videos coming so we can enjoy the journey with you.
I appreciate your comments, they help me to keep going with the videos. I also wish I was a couple more years down the road already, but it took longer to get going than I planned. It is indeed a journey.
Have you thought of setting up a timelapse for each of the gardens next year? Doesn't have to be fancy, just put a marker on the ground and take a photo a week from the same spot, then stitch together at the end of the year.
It's really helpful that you are being clear about which methods require the most resources to set up and maintain. One of the main barriers for me, and probably many other people, is the moolah to buy enough compost/mulch/improvers to start some of the types of garden you are researching. I'm setting up a hot compost pile to deal with the mounds of weeds I'm getting from clearing my garden. It makes sense to me to put composting at the front of my own journey, alongside clearing. That way by the time I've settled on what or which methods I want to try out - I'll hopefully have a little free (and weed seed free) compost available to me. I'm hearing that homemade 'teas' like nettle tea are good as plant feeds, so I will leave some nettles and other weeds in the ground. Would you be kind enough to make a 'tea' video at some point in the future? Best, Ellie :)
Thanks. Compost is a big barrier for some people, and getting enough fertility to your plants is an important issue. I don't have any suggestions for you about all that, especially as so much depends on context, but I would suggest keeping things simple to start with, and that might be simply buying compost or fertility in, or starting quite small.
This video is six years old, and it's very interesting to listen a direct comparison on different methods, i would like to listen what you'd say now... Did you make any recent video comparing these different systems? Thanks for sharing, it's really valuable
Whenever I listen to your videos I have to turn my volume all the way up to hear you. In editing can you raise the volume just slightly? (In future Videos)
Really interesting gardening approaches. We've recently acquired a small 30ft x 30ft plot and we're hoping to be able to develop it as a no dig plot eventually once we've dug out all the rubble! It's been neglected for years and seems to have been used as a dumping ground at some point in the past.
Wow you are doing some crazy science over there, I commend your research! You will for sure have your own method and book shortly and I will be sure to read it!
I like it! Personally I will pursue the no-dig method with pre-made compost myself in the future. Just because It seems to require the least amount of effort.
Great videos Bruce, and well done for all the work and research you do. If you had the space and time I'd like to see the results/comparisons of a Biodynamic garden.
Thanks. I probably won't be doing a full Biodynamic Garden. Mainly because the gardens I am currently trialing are more structural in their differences: no-dig vs double dig; extensive vs polyculture; etc. Biodynamic methods can be applied to any or all of them - as can effective microorganisms, activated compost, biochar, etc. I might set up a number of some smaller trial beds in an area of the larger Black Plot to compare a variety of different methods.
i like the idea of doing no dig with chickens like paul gautschi does in his back to eden garden (which is just a no dig garden). Might make it work better in your environment
If the land required to produce the inputs for each of the areas was weighed in, then those areas with the most inputs would have their harvest per unit of land ratio diluted substantially. For us the harvest and land use efficiency is determined by how much of each plant we can eat at the time. If we have a ton of kale but are burned out on eating brassicas from eating a lot of arugula, then we have to put more effort into establishing more from each of the other plant families. Also a lot of plants that are torn out of the ground in the fall can survive a mid-continent winter, and such plants can be an excellent early source of food the following spring~
That is a really good point about he land ratio dilution, and something that I would love to explore. Like how much land is needed to actually supply all of the fertility for these gardens. It is complicated by the fact that a lot of the inputs are considered waste streams from other land use activities, for example the chicken manure pellets. I am thinking of setting up a garden with only a certain percentage of the plot growing food, and the rest of it growing fertility.
That's why the general food forest model can be optimal, the deep shade from trees can fall on areas like a river or a building, and the deep roots bring everything up for the rest of the polyculture, without too much wasted area. You have an admirable dedication to gardening efficiency, and we need a million more test plots to speed up the process. I think the most limiting factors are seed scarcity and space to experiment. I've thrown many types of seeds into the lawn, and a lot of them worked, except for the part where they get mowed, and many others into the shaded backyard, looking for plants that establish in those places to free up some space in the main garden. Many perennials are commonly misidentified as annuals (even for a mid-continent climate), and all it takes is to leave the garden as it is over winter to find out which ones come back in the spring, speeding up their growth a lot and supplying food a lot earlier in the season~
Is it difficult to keep in form/Technique (to maintain integrity of the particular gardening style) when moving from garden to garden ? If so, maybe a video covering those similar situations is in order. Great channel. I like the question, "What is the best method of growing food? ". I think that a more complete question is being answered here already though. What is the best method for ME... to grow food. Me being anyone watching this channel. Thank you again.
This video is four years old, and it's very interesting to listen a direct comparison on different methods, i would like to listen what you'd say now... Did you make any recent video comparing these different systems? Or are you planning to? Thanks for sharing, it's really valuable
Glad you appreciate my videos. I am planning t make a type of comparison video soon, but a have update videos on all the gardens in the past few months.
@@REDGardens just discovered your channel, I'm checking your videos... And definitely sharing them, your comparisons, experiments and thoughts are really valuable in my opinion
Bruce, I'm sorry if I missed your comments on the subject, but could you tell me if you considered raised beds? If so, and assuming that you rejected the method, can you tell me why you rejected it? Thanks for your videos. They're giving me some good ideas for easing the workload. I'm fast approaching eighty, so every bit helps.
Good question. I haven’t done and raised beds as I already have good quality topsoil on the site and i felt the area I am working in is too big to set up raised beds. I think they are very useful in smaller gardens and when the original soil isn’t great and you want to import topsoil.
@@REDGardens Thanks for getting back to me so quickly, Bruce. I do have a small lot. I also want to keep cats and birds out of the beds and it seems that raised beds with a screened lid would do the trick. I'm really enjoying your videos. Do you donate or sell the abundant food you produce? It looks like a great project.
Hello! We've recently relocated to the Netherlands and have access to 70 square meters of soil for planting. Our focus is on growing vegetables and fruits, but we're unsure about suitable crops for our soil type. It appears to be dark, clay-like, and tends to be wet. Could you please provide some recommendations?
What about "Square Foot Gardening" by Mel Bartholomew? The first version of the book sold 2 million copies back in the 80's. I just heard about it recently. Seems very popular!
I had thought about the adding square foot gardening to the mix, but it seemed too gimmicky to me. I can appreciate that it can be a useful technique for novice growers, but I question its reliance on so much imported growing medium.
Thank you, that makes sense. He did mention that for 3rd world countries, he recommends just using 100% compost. I really like your compost video! Hope you continue with your compost video series!! I am trying to figure out how to compost horse manure from my 3 horses. I had African Night Crawlers for a time, but my system failed.
I shallowly work it into the surface of the soil, usually mixed as part of a COF (Complete Organic Fertiliser) with limes, seaweed meal, soft rock phosphate, etc. Following the advice of Steve Solomon.
Could anyone explain the concept of growing a crop just for biomass? I don’t quite understand how you could increase the amount of nutrients in soil by using plants that have grown, taking nutrients from that same soil.
The biomass from this kind of crop is generally mixed in to the soil where it decomposes, releasing all of the nutrients, so there is generally no loss. The benefit of growing it in the first place can be, preventing nutrients from leaching away in heavy winter rain, preventing soil erosion, fixing nitrogen, and to break up the soil. But the strong plants can also pull new nutrients from deep in the soil which are then made available to the weaker rooted plants in the topsoil. Most importantly, and answering your question directly, the biomass grown then becomes food for the soil biology, such as worms, which can have a very positive impact on the soil quality, and the productivity of the following plants. A certain amount of this biomass can end up as long lasting hummus which can really help the soil.
I've decided to watch your videos in chronological order. And finally I see a couple of dislikes on this one. I'm of the belief that this could be a result of you shaving your beard.? Cos the content is just awesome. I can't think of another reaosn.
I appreciate you sharing your knowledge but I just have to make the comment. The way you speak makes me feel like you're trolling me. Sound like Yoda+J.R.R. Tolkien. But I love your garden talk, it's all love.
I'll be watching with great interest. It's quite a challenge you've set yourself. I've had a traditional alotment for the last three years. What started as one has become four plots. I'm building no dig beds on my new plot and have also been considering the Hugel kultur approach although the latter takes time to establish as you point out. I'm learning as I go and my time is limited because I work full time. I do want to continue growing throughout the year and need to make progress to this end. One thing I don't have is a poly tunnel...but maybe this will be plot 5. I look forward to future uploads. Many thanks Mike
This one is truly the most scientific gardening channel nowadays
Hey, thanks!
I have a new favorite gardening channel.
Glad you appreciate my videos!
It's good that when you talk to camera you have less bright light directly in your eyes giving a more clear visual, readable expression on your face. I am enjoying watching your work as I am taking advice that I can tailor to my own garden.
Birdy
This is outstanding!
All of the pros and cons of the various gardening methods all in one location.
thanks!
If only the world had more people like you in it. Keep it up!
Thanks!
What a beautifully provocative video. Many years ago on a permaculture site I wrote a piece on 'how to compost cats'...Well, that kicked off a firestorm and I was warned 'never mention the C word again!!] Composting anything is a matter of time, not a recipe. Your 4 methods, all tried and true, attempt at gardening is ingenious. Well done, look forward to more. cheers floot
Thanks - I like the 'how to compost cats' title.
Joe Jenkins ("The Humanure Handbook") composts marauding opossums and raccoons in his humanure compost bin. Also when his dog died, she was consigned to the pile, and lived on to fertilise his garden.
I have composted a sheep. The apple trees never had it so good!
Incredible video, thank you! I am starting a garden and this was immensely helpful.
Those are some beautiful plants. With your videos I learn a lot since I'm new and learning. Thanks for showing us.
I’ve come back to this from your latest video and wow! What a huge change you have gone through with making your videos. You have every reason to be proud of yourself
Wow, thanks! I haven't watched that old content for ages, and almost afraid to!
Thanks ... I find myself wanting to watch more of your videos.
Hope you like(d) my other videos.
I've seen a lot of gardening videos I think you're by far ahead of the crowd by incorporating every aspect in other words a comprehensive teaching teaching while you're learning. very interesting. thanks for taking the time to share
Jesus Taveras Thanks for the very supportive comments. I am very glad to hear that my efforts are appreciated!
I'm thinking about allocating a space for a garden specifically to test out things I learn from you - thanks a lot for your videos!
The greatest project of our generation!
Woah! Thanks!
LOVE! The hanging baskets of crop and am installing shade houses (shade is more important in a subtropical climate than heat and the shade cloth helps keep frost away...) My shade houses will have inbuilt strength to allow for vertical gardening, creating more crop from less ground space... This is looking great in your videos and I look forward to trying it out for myself...
Construction starts May, 2017 allowing for day time temperatures cool enough to work rather than over 32 degree C.
Sounds like you have quite different weather conditions than I deal with. Over here it has to be a sunny day before we get above 32º in the polytunnel - rarely above 22º outside. Shade is a big problem here!
Wow! What you are doing is so fantastic!!! Love how you are experimenting with different methods,. Thank you for sharing what you are learning.
Thanks. Really glad you appreciate my work.
I love your scientific approach. I’m excited to keep learning about what you find
Thanks! Hope my future videos live up to your expectations.
Such an amazing project. This is a true test to see what works best in different situations. I've always felt so confused after reading from different gardening authors.
Thanks!
I like your approach to your channel. I look forward to following your work. Great job!
Thanks!
I'll be watching with great interest. It's quite a challenge you've set yourself. I've had a traditional alotment for the last three years. What started as one has become four plots. I'm building no dig beds on my new plot and have also been considering the Hugel kultur approach although the latter takes time to establish as you point out.
I'm learning as I go and my time is limited because I work full time. I do want to continue growing throughout the year and need to make progress to this end. One thing I don't have is a poly tunnel...but maybe this will be plot 5.
I look forward to future uploads. Many thanks
Mike
I’m going through the process of finding the best way for my location so this video is perfect. Thank You!
Glad you found it useful. Best of luck with your garden.
Thank you
Informative, thank you. Beautiful gardens. Healthy looking crops. I prefer the tunnel. Less weathered crops.
Thanks. The plants in the tunnel definitely are less damaged!
Hi, thanks for the thought-provoking project! I kinda wish you were a couple years down the road and already had the answers... Keep the videos coming so we can enjoy the journey with you.
I appreciate your comments, they help me to keep going with the videos. I also wish I was a couple more years down the road already, but it took longer to get going than I planned. It is indeed a journey.
Have you thought of setting up a timelapse for each of the gardens next year? Doesn't have to be fancy, just put a marker on the ground and take a photo a week from the same spot, then stitch together at the end of the year.
Yes, I have thought about that, but haven't yet got around to it. thanks for reminding me, I may try it this year.
Great video bruce! I shared it with the summerschool participants. Looking forward to see more on your channel!
really love your video. love from Indonesia sir.
Thanks! Really cool to know that people as far away as Indonesia are watching my videos!
Thanks for all this hard work. Very informative content.
Great channel Bruce. Always a mine of information
Thanks.
It's really helpful that you are being clear about which methods require the most resources to set up and maintain. One of the main barriers for me, and probably many other people, is the moolah to buy enough compost/mulch/improvers to start some of the types of garden you are researching. I'm setting up a hot compost pile to deal with the mounds of weeds I'm getting from clearing my garden. It makes sense to me to put composting at the front of my own journey, alongside clearing. That way by the time I've settled on what or which methods I want to try out - I'll hopefully have a little free (and weed seed free) compost available to me. I'm hearing that homemade 'teas' like nettle tea are good as plant feeds, so I will leave some nettles and other weeds in the ground. Would you be kind enough to make a 'tea' video at some point in the future? Best, Ellie :)
Thanks. Compost is a big barrier for some people, and getting enough fertility to your plants is an important issue. I don't have any suggestions for you about all that, especially as so much depends on context, but I would suggest keeping things simple to start with, and that might be simply buying compost or fertility in, or starting quite small.
I hugely look forward to your videos. Thanks for sharing your detailed knowledge.
Thanks. Hope you get a lot out of the other videos.
Very interesting.Curious regarding your own back story ie how you came to gardening ete.Ta
This video is six years old, and it's very interesting to listen a direct comparison on different methods, i would like to listen what you'd say now...
Did you make any recent video comparing these different systems?
Thanks for sharing, it's really valuable
Whenever I listen to your videos I have to turn my volume all the way up to hear you. In editing can you raise the volume just slightly? (In future Videos)
Hmm. I did have some sound issues with earlier videos. Do you find the same issues with my latest videos?
Good stuff! Surely interested and will find more of your videos. Thank you for making them.
Thanks for your support.
I like that we are in similar climates.
What works in Ireland, should work here, SW of Seattle.
That is cool.
Great work! I hope your analysis also includes the ecological impact each various method of growing food has.
Thanks! The ecological impact is really important, but tough to measure and compare. Something I want to work more on in the future.
Thanks for sharing important information.
Really interesting gardening approaches. We've recently acquired a small 30ft x 30ft plot and we're hoping to be able to develop it as a no dig plot eventually once we've dug out all the rubble! It's been neglected for years and seems to have been used as a dumping ground at some point in the past.
Digging out a plot like that can be a lot of work - i've done it a few times! I hope your efforts lead to a great garden! Thanks for your comments.
Thanks for sharing the book titles and authors.
Wow you are doing some crazy science over there, I commend your research! You will for sure have your own method and book shortly and I will be sure to read it!
Hey, thanks for the info on Coleman's book. thats one gardening book that I will purchase
It is a great book!
Double digging, in the polycarp, with mulch like no till. idk, I'mjust imagining the perfect one would take the best from each.
Yeah, I have had similar thoughts.
Awesome. Just Awesome.
I like it! Personally I will pursue the no-dig method with pre-made compost myself in the future. Just because It seems to require the least amount of effort.
Cool.
Great video, thanks for sharing!
what a Guy. south east coast USA
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ليث المجتمع يتعلم منك ليستفيد
شكرا السيد رد
Thank you for your comment. I am glad that my videos have been found useful to so many people from around the world.
Very informative, thank you.
Glad you liked it.
Great content and valuable info! Gardens look happy :)
Thanks. When the gardens look happy, I am happy!
Great videos Bruce, and well done for all the work and research you do. If you had the space and time I'd like to see the results/comparisons of a Biodynamic garden.
Thanks.
I probably won't be doing a full Biodynamic Garden. Mainly because the gardens I am currently trialing are more structural in their differences: no-dig vs double dig; extensive vs polyculture; etc. Biodynamic methods can be applied to any or all of them - as can effective microorganisms, activated compost, biochar, etc.
I might set up a number of some smaller trial beds in an area of the larger Black Plot to compare a variety of different methods.
Any update on the perennial garden? Curious to see how it’s evolved
i like the idea of doing no dig with chickens like paul gautschi does in his back to eden garden (which is just a no dig garden). Might make it work better in your environment
I'm thinking of trying that out, as I finally got some wood chip.
poly culture is and always will be primo, I have experience for sure.
What do you think of Dick Raymond's gardening method from The Joy of Gardening?
If the land required to produce the inputs for each of the areas was weighed in, then those areas with the most inputs would have their harvest per unit of land ratio diluted substantially. For us the harvest and land use efficiency is determined by how much of each plant we can eat at the time. If we have a ton of kale but are burned out on eating brassicas from eating a lot of arugula, then we have to put more effort into establishing more from each of the other plant families. Also a lot of plants that are torn out of the ground in the fall can survive a mid-continent winter, and such plants can be an excellent early source of food the following spring~
That is a really good point about he land ratio dilution, and something that I would love to explore. Like how much land is needed to actually supply all of the fertility for these gardens. It is complicated by the fact that a lot of the inputs are considered waste streams from other land use activities, for example the chicken manure pellets. I am thinking of setting up a garden with only a certain percentage of the plot growing food, and the rest of it growing fertility.
That's why the general food forest model can be optimal, the deep shade from trees can fall on areas like a river or a building, and the deep roots bring everything up for the rest of the polyculture, without too much wasted area. You have an admirable dedication to gardening efficiency, and we need a million more test plots to speed up the process. I think the most limiting factors are seed scarcity and space to experiment. I've thrown many types of seeds into the lawn, and a lot of them worked, except for the part where they get mowed, and many others into the shaded backyard, looking for plants that establish in those places to free up some space in the main garden. Many perennials are commonly misidentified as annuals (even for a mid-continent climate), and all it takes is to leave the garden as it is over winter to find out which ones come back in the spring, speeding up their growth a lot and supplying food a lot earlier in the season~
Man with the plan:)
Great video,very informative,thank you for it
Is it difficult to keep in form/Technique (to maintain integrity of the particular gardening style) when moving from garden to garden ? If so, maybe a video covering those similar situations is in order. Great channel. I like the question, "What is the best method of growing food? ". I think that a more complete question is being answered here already though. What is the best method for ME... to grow food. Me being anyone watching this channel. Thank you again.
It can be a bit difficult to switch techniques and approaches when moving between gardens. Your video suggestion is a good one, I'll keep it mind.
Fantastic!!!
This video is four years old, and it's very interesting to listen a direct comparison on different methods, i would like to listen what you'd say now...
Did you make any recent video comparing these different systems? Or are you planning to?
Thanks for sharing, it's really valuable
Glad you appreciate my videos. I am planning t make a type of comparison video soon, but a have update videos on all the gardens in the past few months.
@@REDGardens just discovered your channel, I'm checking your videos... And definitely sharing them, your comparisons, experiments and thoughts are really valuable in my opinion
Bruce, I'm sorry if I missed your comments on the subject, but could you tell me if you considered raised beds? If so, and assuming that you rejected the method, can you tell me why you rejected it?
Thanks for your videos. They're giving me some good ideas for easing the workload. I'm fast approaching eighty, so every bit helps.
Good question. I haven’t done and raised beds as I already have good quality topsoil on the site and i felt the area I am working in is too big to set up raised beds. I think they are very useful in smaller gardens and when the original soil isn’t great and you want to import topsoil.
@@REDGardens Thanks for getting back to me so quickly, Bruce. I do have a small lot. I also want to keep cats and birds out of the beds and it seems that raised beds with a screened lid would do the trick. I'm really enjoying your videos. Do you donate or sell the abundant food you produce? It looks like a great project.
Hello! We've recently relocated to the Netherlands and have access to 70 square meters of soil for planting. Our focus is on growing vegetables and fruits, but we're unsure about suitable crops for our soil type. It appears to be dark, clay-like, and tends to be wet. Could you please provide some recommendations?
Sorry, I can't make recommendations. Quite a different climate and very different soil to what I work with.
What about "Square Foot Gardening" by Mel Bartholomew? The first version of the book sold 2 million copies back in the 80's. I just heard about it recently. Seems very popular!
I had thought about the adding square foot gardening to the mix, but it seemed too gimmicky to me. I can appreciate that it can be a useful technique for novice growers, but I question its reliance on so much imported growing medium.
Thank you, that makes sense. He did mention that for 3rd world countries, he recommends just using 100% compost. I really like your compost video! Hope you continue with your compost video series!! I am trying to figure out how to compost horse manure from my 3 horses. I had African Night Crawlers for a time, but my system failed.
Thanks. I plan to do a few more videos on composting - soon.
I've seen in another video that you use oil cake to fertilize the soil, how do you apply it? Just dig it in or broadcast over the surface of the soil?
I shallowly work it into the surface of the soil, usually mixed as part of a COF (Complete Organic Fertiliser) with limes, seaweed meal, soft rock phosphate, etc. Following the advice of Steve Solomon.
Where do you get all this time? What do you do for a living?
This project is my full time work. Not yet at the point where I can say that it is a 'living' but starting to move in that direction.
Could anyone explain the concept of growing a crop just for biomass? I don’t quite understand how you could increase the amount of nutrients in soil by using plants that have grown, taking nutrients from that same soil.
I can't believe someone watched this video at just about the same moment I did.
The biomass from this kind of crop is generally mixed in to the soil where it decomposes, releasing all of the nutrients, so there is generally no loss. The benefit of growing it in the first place can be, preventing nutrients from leaching away in heavy winter rain, preventing soil erosion, fixing nitrogen, and to break up the soil. But the strong plants can also pull new nutrients from deep in the soil which are then made available to the weaker rooted plants in the topsoil. Most importantly, and answering your question directly, the biomass grown then becomes food for the soil biology, such as worms, which can have a very positive impact on the soil quality, and the productivity of the following plants. A certain amount of this biomass can end up as long lasting hummus which can really help the soil.
@@REDGardens Thank you for the response! I really appreciate all of the knowledge you share through these videos.
If you can add links to the books that would be great for us and a revenue source for you.
I'm not sure what you mean about a revenue source?
New subscriber .. Great video's.
:-)
I've decided to watch your videos in chronological order. And finally I see a couple of dislikes on this one. I'm of the belief that this could be a result of you shaving your beard.? Cos the content is just awesome. I can't think of another reaosn.
I do wonder why there are a few dislikes on some of the videos, on other videos I get it.
Thanks for the comments and for watching the videos!
Where did you find that companion planting chart?
i.imgur.com/kQzF9Gw.jpg
Thank you so much. That is one really awesome and comprehensive list.
Bummer we can't fast-forward a few years to see how each garden is doing.
Václav Čermák Wouldn't that be great!
This might help - th-cam.com/video/L2jDIPwPDpU/w-d-xo.html
9:30 I think I saw a rat or a small cat running outside the tunnel.
I had a look, and I'm pretty sure that is just the edge of the ground cover fabric blowing in the wind. It does look like a rat though!
I appreciate you sharing your knowledge but I just have to make the comment. The way you speak makes me feel like you're trolling me. Sound like Yoda+J.R.R. Tolkien. But I love your garden talk, it's all love.
Thanks for the comments, and the rather odd observation about the way I talk in this video (I think...)
I'll be watching with great interest. It's quite a challenge you've set yourself. I've had a traditional alotment for the last three years. What started as one has become four plots. I'm building no dig beds on my new plot and have also been considering the Hugel kultur approach although the latter takes time to establish as you point out.
I'm learning as I go and my time is limited because I work full time. I do want to continue growing throughout the year and need to make progress to this end. One thing I don't have is a poly tunnel...but maybe this will be plot 5.
I look forward to future uploads. Many thanks
Mike
Thanks for the comments Mike. I see you have your own channel. Plan to watch of your videos when I get a chance.