John, I needed to say to you how much I appreciated the production-style of this video, in particular! I love this type of video where you 'get into it and I can see the honest result' without much editing. It makes it so real, and allows me to see those important tips, which saves me so much failing time. For a novice gardener like myself, it helps me in decision making in my own plots - I can see how you tackle some of the greivances of gardening in Tassie especially my issue of warmth and care to get the most out of the summer months. Thank you. Every video is a blessing. The experience you bring keeps me positive that I will learn about the nuances of my location, and when is best to grow and how. Also what fails I have and why! I have over 20 macrapods at all times trying to break into my beds. Along with shaded property at times. So the mistakes can be brutal for me! I need to have it all set-up for the coming Spring/Summer down here and this helps this month. Thanks once again.
Love watching you garden John. I’m not sure if you realised but you repeated a couple of segments in this video. I’ve kept my Jerusalem artichokes in pots to contain them as I don’t have a lot of land. They literally break the pots sometimes. Great value but my husband is scared of them. He can’t tolerate them too well 😂
I find tansy is good for getting rid of aphids. It tends to be a bit prolific so I just keep a small patch of it to chop and drop around plants that are susceptible to aphids. 😊
Hi John, check out Daves seeds. He's in the huon valley and sells some hybrid broccoli/brassica seeds that perfrom really well. Thanks for the update :)
John, Do you have to net all your fruit trees? like apple trees? or which fruit trees?, would an enclosure like your berry garden be practical for the fruit trees? I find your content inspirational. Thanks
Thanks. We only net cherries, berries and occasionally the prunes. Some places have a lot more bird problems than we do. Yes, sometimes a full netted orchard is worthwhile.
i'm over the whole organic thing, with the false premises of growing veggies on almost 100% dead organic matter, which has very little if any of required minerals/nutrition and the additional problems of hydrophobicity and poor drainage. amending my veggie patch with hydrated lime and plenty of concreting sand. the sand is a permanent improvement, rather than becoming atmospheric carbon dioxide in a season. wishing you a good warm season efforts as we start warm season seeds and shed this particularly cold winter. dont bother with companion planting. it's widely spread folklore and doesnt work well at all. you'll get some flowers, but that's the extent of it. horticultural oil and pyrethrum take care of aphids. you can combine horticultural oil with potassium bicarbonate so it becomes a pest/antifungal and light feed of potassium, in one.
John, I needed to say to you how much I appreciated the production-style of this video, in particular!
I love this type of video where you 'get into it and I can see the honest result' without much editing.
It makes it so real, and allows me to see those important tips, which saves me so much failing time.
For a novice gardener like myself, it helps me in decision making in my own plots - I can see how you tackle some of the greivances of gardening in Tassie especially my issue of warmth and care to get the most out of the summer months.
Thank you. Every video is a blessing. The experience you bring keeps me positive that I will learn about the nuances of my location, and when is best to grow and how. Also what fails I have and why!
I have over 20 macrapods at all times trying to break into my beds. Along with shaded property at times. So the mistakes can be brutal for me! I need to have it all set-up for the coming Spring/Summer down here and this helps this month. Thanks once again.
Thank you for making these videos. As a novice gardener in NW Tas it is fabulous to have found your channel.
Love watching you garden John. I’m not sure if you realised but you repeated a couple of segments in this video. I’ve kept my Jerusalem artichokes in pots to contain them as I don’t have a lot of land. They literally break the pots sometimes. Great value but my husband is scared of them. He can’t tolerate them too well 😂
I find tansy is good for getting rid of aphids. It tends to be a bit prolific so I just keep a small patch of it to chop and drop around plants that are susceptible to aphids. 😊
Great video. I cant wait to have my own garden soon.
Hi John, check out Daves seeds. He's in the huon valley and sells some hybrid broccoli/brassica seeds that perfrom really well. Thanks for the update :)
Always great advice as usual, John. Well done 👍🏼.
Thanks John , always enjoy your videos.
May I ask how you put your seeds on the fireplace?
The top of my fire would be way too hot.
Our wood heater has a 'dish rack' about 1m above the cooking top and I put them up there. Warm, but not too hot!
Thanks John.
John, Do you have to net all your fruit trees? like apple trees? or which fruit trees?,
would an enclosure like your berry garden be practical for the fruit trees? I find your content inspirational. Thanks
Thanks. We only net cherries, berries and occasionally the prunes. Some places have a lot more bird problems than we do. Yes, sometimes a full netted orchard is worthwhile.
@@homesteading Thanks for the info John, and sharing your knowledge.
i'm over the whole organic thing, with the false premises of growing veggies on almost 100% dead organic matter, which has very little if any of required minerals/nutrition and the additional problems of hydrophobicity and poor drainage.
amending my veggie patch with hydrated lime and plenty of concreting sand. the sand is a permanent improvement, rather than becoming atmospheric carbon dioxide in a season.
wishing you a good warm season efforts as we start warm season seeds and shed this particularly cold winter.
dont bother with companion planting. it's widely spread folklore and doesnt work well at all. you'll get some flowers, but that's the extent of it. horticultural oil and pyrethrum take care of aphids. you can combine horticultural oil with potassium bicarbonate so it becomes a pest/antifungal and light feed of potassium, in one.