Just outstanding demo of great techniques - I can see the rain gutter method being equally effective for radishes, bok choy, spinach, pole beans, etc, and the framing structure for cucumber, tomato, zucchini, etc. Thanks so much for sharing!! Stay safe & healthy, eat your veggies to stay resilient & strong.
the big issue i have with the gutter method is that it takes much space. I've got a tray with 300 pods of an inch by an inch, which i can easily place indoors or in a little greenhouse i've built solely for quickly making sprouts from seeds. The extra warmth speeds things up by alot and after a week or 2, the pods can be pulled out without damaging the roots (much), you'll need far less compost to get things started this way too.
I don't use the gutter method for peas, I use it for Bush beans, in fact that's the best plant to use this method on. No spacing required just dump the beans randomly it down matter of there not spaced they grow fine.
@@AwoudeX Not really you just cut to size, also you don't need to use a full Polly tunnel or green house. Just put it outside covered in a mini Polly tunnel or clear plastic. Simple.
Absolutely beautiful pea trellis, and the pea gutter tactic is magnificent. Thank you, you are obviously an expert and your knowledge is very much appreciated.
I saw this method last year on a gardening website and really want to try it this year. I have the worst rodent problem so I cannot direct seed anything. One year I planted hundreds of seeds in a 30 foot bed and got a grand total of 5 plants that survived. Last year I planted out seeds I started inside and grew to several inches tall and finally had my first successful pea crop but it was so much work planting each individual plant. This will be so much more efficient!
My kids invited friends few years back and asked if they could pick some peas. When I checked, they got all of them. I wasn´t mad since they were 7yo and they said they tasted wonderfully. So the next year, I planted a 10m by 8m field and invited them over again. Well, the field was gone in half a day again. Now it´s almost a tradition.
Hey Huw! The method you describe in this video is genius. I have added my own stroke of genius in the form of drip watering my snow peas. I could not find any old guttering so I purchased 1.5m of black drainage pipe that has a removable open grid top for less than $20 AUD. It has two open ends, and I put it under a dripping tap planted out just as you suggested on a gentle slope on a concrete path. It fits out of sight behind a cast iron and wooden garden bench seat. This method was 100% successful, as gravity guided the water through the compost that I used as the growing medium in the black draining pipe. In some ways it acted as a swale with the overflow, eventually finding it's way to watering a 40 year old everbearing lime tree a few meters away even though I put two bricks at each end to protect my little seedlings from being eaten. The best part is I can use it over and over again! Cheers!
This is one of my most favorite garden videos ever..Thank you SO very much for posting it. Please continue to share your wonderful garden tricks with us. You have a very lovely garden! 💗🙏☺️
I do love the Alderman variety of pea. My garden is steps away from the ocean and many days are foggy due to marine layer. Couldn’t grow a bean here to save my life but this pea variety grows like a weed in these conditions.
Beautiful...I've never been able to figure out how these natural structures are built, this looks easy enough for a non builder like myself. Thank you!
Thank you for explaining so clearly and encouragingly how to get the bet yield from peas. You inspired me to grow more veg this year with the help of my child. So satisfying to spend time outdoors and learn new skills together. All the best for a good growing season and much gratitude for sharing your knowledge and live of gardening!
Easy peasy peas.. I've got seeds and thanks to your no nonsense video I am confident to have a go. And I had no idea what pea shoots were. Yummy yum yum
Dude this idea is absolutely brilliant. The rain gutter was really the only reason I picked this video, thought yeah I got a few of those not doing anything.
Interesting to see how differently we do the same thing. In my Mediterranean type climate with minimal frost I plant in late October to November.Harvest February and March. Too warm most of the year for healthy plants. My soil is clay and wants to compact so I would never step or sit in planter boxes. When I stand off of a walkway where roots are i like to stand on boards to avoid compaction. Your soil looks much better. I planted 30 pole snap peas on a 12 foot nearly 4 meter ( horizontal distance) trellis. Usually I plant fewer but they still made a mass of foliage that used all the sun. Alderman may take less space than mine. Then there is the trellis. Looks very good for pole beans but the sticks seem too big for attachment of attachment of tendrils. So I use horizontal strings every 6 inches --roughly 15 cm None of this may matter as your soil looks so good.
I also had wood rats and never managed to get peas without them going into rodent nosh so super idea God bless Jeff for this one. Like the extra string I have terrible cross winds in my garden some times.
Perfect timing Huw, I'm doing my transplanting today. Will try rain gutter method next season. Hoping my support system turns out like yours. You explain it in a measured easy to understand way. Stay safe and well
Love this idea - thank you! I will admit to being a little perturbed seeing you standing on your soil and compacting it. I've been taught that that's a big no-no.
Great video, Huw. A continuation of your rain gutter; a friend of mine put up a block of guttering 4 metres square at a height of 1.5 metres,and sows her peas in it.the peas trail down towards the ground,and she doesn't break her back harvesting them.genius
This is indeed a great way to plant peas. I do it myself. Geoff was great wasn't he? Hoping to get peas growing on my very new & scruffy allotment in S Wales this year. Thanks for all the great vids to spur me on. Nige
A hint: I do the same thing but I use one long piece of string instead of cutting it into bits and tying each one. Works just as well and it’s less work.
I've just made a teepee support using harvested cane. I erected it in a lorry tyre planter I made. I cut the sidewalls off to increase the planting area. Hopefully I will have a pea teepee very soon!
Ah Huw, this is great, thank you so much for referencing the very wonderful Geoff Hamilton. Well explained and reflecting how easy they can be to grow. I like to place a couple of canes diagonally across my structures as added great support too. All the best, Hugh 😊👍🏼🌿
Hello mate, brilliant video-rain gutters and bamboo plus string and Bob's your uncle. I just found your channel today and have subscribed. Utterly impressed. Thank you for a quality video and content. G'day mate👋
Wow. That is awesome. I will try this in the fall or definitely next season. I already planted peas 2 months ago and have been harvesting. We love sugar snap peas!
Hello there. My English is not very good but for the first time I was able to understand all of someone's videos. Thank you for your simple and practical expression. I hope your books will be translated into Turkish as soon as possible.
You can use willow, but you must make sure you put the TOP of the withy in the ground or it will root. I've been growing peas for 50 years, I've yet to have one make it to a pot.
Wow this looks so simple.....I have some mung beans coming up just about 5inches and they are shooting beans already.....now I can transplant knowing how to get maximum spacing .....thx Huw....
I wonder if you could do this in old shoeboxes or cardboard boxes and then just plant the whole thing in the ground? Maybe cut the bottom of the box out?
I just got to figure out how to get my 6ft long gutter down to the allotment. Probably have to cut in half or stick out the back of my van! It's only around the corner. My first time 👍
Thank you for this information. Great clever use of the gutter. I've started with sweet pea flower plants in individual small pots this year, which produced peas then transplanting into tubs. Don't know how successful they will be, but had a few plants given me last year by my daughter. They gave some fruit but not a lot, but were pretty. I collected those peas once dried off and are coming along nicely in their pots for now. Had some bad winds last year too, which didn't help..
Thanks to all the UK garden content makers, I’ve been using the word ‘bit’ more frequently. But I still prefer ‘awesome’ of ‘brilliant’… lol… greetings from the USA.
A lot of people on our allotment site use plastic electric cable ties to join the canes. We also attach diagonal canes going up corner to corner to make the structure more rigid. We have to net the plants until they are quite big because of pigeons.
I like using my sunflower stalks from the previous year as trellises. They work well.
I use last year's mj stalks
Yo Mama You’re better than that, those are for making gummies and edibles in a magical butter maker with spent dry herb.
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Hempstalks ?
I remember these as a child. My Grandad grew them with runner beans. Best days of my life .
I found myself more fascinated by the scenery, the accent and the dimples! I had to re watch the video for the gardening tips👍
You have given me ideas for growing my favorite flower - sweet peas - as well as eating peas. Really like the rain gutter method.
Thank you so much for showing us an easy way to plant peas and plants . Great ideal for sure . Happy '🤗😊❤️👍🙏👍
Just outstanding demo of great techniques - I can see the rain gutter method being equally effective for radishes, bok choy, spinach, pole beans, etc, and the framing structure for cucumber, tomato, zucchini, etc. Thanks so much for sharing!! Stay safe & healthy, eat your veggies to stay resilient & strong.
the big issue i have with the gutter method is that it takes much space. I've got a tray with 300 pods of an inch by an inch, which i can easily place indoors or in a little greenhouse i've built solely for quickly making sprouts from seeds. The extra warmth speeds things up by alot and after a week or 2, the pods can be pulled out without damaging the roots (much), you'll need far less compost to get things started this way too.
@@AwoudeX buzz killer mon
I don't use the gutter method for peas, I use it for Bush beans, in fact that's the best plant to use this method on. No spacing required just dump the beans randomly it down matter of there not spaced they grow fine.
@@AwoudeX Not really you just cut to size, also you don't need to use a full Polly tunnel or green house. Just put it outside covered in a mini Polly tunnel or clear plastic. Simple.
Peas be with you.
Sheep in the background! absolutely beautiful
So satisfying watching those peas jiggling out of the guttering ❤
Love that you work bare-handed, my Earth brother!
Absolutely beautiful pea trellis, and the pea gutter tactic is magnificent. Thank you, you are obviously an expert and your knowledge is very much appreciated.
I saw this method last year on a gardening website and really want to try it this year. I have the worst rodent problem so I cannot direct seed anything. One year I planted hundreds of seeds in a 30 foot bed and got a grand total of 5 plants that survived. Last year I planted out seeds I started inside and grew to several inches tall and finally had my first successful pea crop but it was so much work planting each individual plant. This will be so much more efficient!
Gotta get some barn cats👍😎
This is a FANTASTIC idea!! No more scooping plants one-by-one! Wow.
You are a national treasure, I hope your people appreciate you! Thanks for all that you do, from across the pond in the U.S., stay well young man!
I planted some peas last year and not one made it into the house. I ate them right from the garden!
Amen. My peas never get any into the house. Last year i doubled my peavplanting and still none made it.
That's the spirit :)
My kids invited friends few years back and asked if they could pick some peas. When I checked, they got all of them. I wasn´t mad since they were 7yo and they said they tasted wonderfully. So the next year, I planted a 10m by 8m field and invited them over again. Well, the field was gone in half a day again. Now it´s almost a tradition.
Great tradition@@bowlchamps37
Hey Huw! The method you describe in this video is genius. I have added my own stroke of genius in the form of drip watering my snow peas. I could not find any old guttering so I purchased 1.5m of black drainage pipe that has a removable open grid top for less than $20 AUD. It has two open ends, and I put it under a dripping tap planted out just as you suggested on a gentle slope on a concrete path. It fits out of sight behind a cast iron and wooden garden bench seat. This method was 100% successful, as gravity guided the water through the compost that I used as the growing medium in the black draining pipe. In some ways it acted as a swale with the overflow, eventually finding it's way to watering a 40 year old everbearing lime tree a few meters away even though I put two bricks at each end to protect my little seedlings from being eaten. The best part is I can use it over and over again! Cheers!
Well organised and maintained veggie garden, even down to the grass pathways.
This is one of my most favorite garden videos ever..Thank you SO very much for posting it. Please continue to share your wonderful garden tricks with us. You have a very lovely garden! 💗🙏☺️
What a background behind your garden! Beautiful.
I do love the Alderman variety of pea. My garden is steps away from the ocean and many days are foggy due to marine layer. Couldn’t grow a bean here to save my life but this pea variety grows like a weed in these conditions.
Beautiful...I've never been able to figure out how these natural structures are built, this looks easy enough for a non builder like myself. Thank you!
this is the greatest idea i ever have seen. 😍 until now i did it with single containers... thanks for your great ideas and videos
As Jimmy Dean use to say, "bless your pea pickin' heart".
Thank you so much! This is my first year growing peas and this helps so much!
The very best idea I have heard since the paperclip!! Thank You!
Thank you for your very clear and succinctly demonstrated instructions. Also, the final arrangement is very pleasant to look at---and that's a plus.
Thank you for explaining so clearly and encouragingly how to get the bet yield from peas. You inspired me to grow more veg this year with the help of my child. So satisfying to spend time outdoors and learn new skills together. All the best for a good growing season and much gratitude for sharing your knowledge and live of gardening!
Easy peasy peas.. I've got seeds and thanks to your no nonsense video I am confident to have a go. And I had no idea what pea shoots were. Yummy yum yum
Never been able to get peas to grow after planting direct into soil…will give the gutter method a go. Thanks
Please do share the update on this plantation as appropriate to learn more about it.
Thank you so much. I JUST planted some peas. Now to build a structure.
"If they're being a little bit naughty"... This is why the British are superb
I do the same method for Bush beans.
The "Christmas trees make excellent 'pee' sticks" was the one that really tickled my dirty mind.
all the desciptive english words that could be used but is "naughty" is always y'alls top choice
“If they’re being a bit naughty…” ;) So cute. Great video, great ideas and execution and stunning garden & location
My 3 year old daughter helped multisows peas today in Michigan. Such a serious little counter as she made sure that each cell had two peas. ❤️
Genius! Looks like a simple version of the paper pot transplanter in the way of the simplicity of sowing the seedlings. Great job
After watching this now I want to grow peas again this spring. Haven't really grown them in years.
Everything about this video made me smile. I’m so looking forward to trying to grow peas this year
Thank you so much! 🫛
Dude this idea is absolutely brilliant. The rain gutter was really the only reason I picked this video, thought yeah I got a few of those not doing anything.
Fantastic system! I love this as I love having peas in my garden. Thanks for a brilliant idea.
love the design and look of your garden
Interesting to see how differently we do the same thing.
In my Mediterranean type climate with minimal frost I plant in late October to November.Harvest
February and March.
Too warm most of the year for healthy plants. My soil is clay and wants to compact so I would never step or sit in planter boxes. When I stand off of a walkway where roots are i like to stand on boards to avoid compaction. Your soil looks much better. I planted 30 pole snap peas on a 12 foot nearly 4 meter ( horizontal distance) trellis. Usually I plant fewer but they still made a mass of foliage that used all the sun.
Alderman may take less space than mine. Then there is the trellis. Looks very good for pole beans but the sticks seem too big for attachment of attachment of tendrils. So I use horizontal strings every 6 inches --roughly 15 cm
None of this may matter as your soil looks so good.
I also had wood rats and never managed to get peas without them going into rodent nosh so super idea God bless Jeff for this one. Like the extra string I have terrible cross winds in my garden some times.
Thanks huw:) Great demo, the soil in your raised beds looks epic. Bet you'll get a ton of peas from that setup:) Good growing.
Perfect timing Huw, I'm doing my transplanting today. Will try rain gutter method next season. Hoping my support system turns out like yours. You explain it in a measured easy to understand way. Stay safe and well
I love your video's Huw. You ought to consider applying for a TV job, as you are a confident and knowledgeable presenter.
I love the rain gutter idea!!! Now I need a rain gutter haha!
Love the simple trellis and twig/branch idea.
Happy “eating of the peas” to you too my friend. I’m gonna use that sign off with some of my friends.
Love your videos. Thanks so much. From South Afrika, Northern Cape... Winter is near.
Roelien Dreyer I’m growing peas in Durban
EXCELLENT EXCELLENT, thank you so very much from a Canadian in Australia.
Oh my, I love your tutorials, you are great at tips.
Thank you so much! :)
'A bit of a tidy'... brilliant planting.
Thank you for these tips, I see clearly what mistakes I've been making.
Love this idea - thank you! I will admit to being a little perturbed seeing you standing on your soil and compacting it. I've been taught that that's a big no-no.
Huw! That is brilliant!!! Thank you for the great idea!!!
Thanks, very useful. Am growing peas for the first time, didn't know I could grow them that close. Gonna be planting more today. 😊🍃
I just think it's so funny that willow is so freaking stubborn, that even a simple stick might root 😂
Great video, Huw. A continuation of your rain gutter; a friend of mine put up a block of guttering 4 metres square at a height of 1.5 metres,and sows her peas in it.the peas trail down towards the ground,and she doesn't break her back harvesting them.genius
Genius! Do you have a picture of this setup?
Simple but brilliant. I love it. Why did I not think of this? Thanks for sharing!
I absolutely love fresh-picked baby peas.💕
This is indeed a great way to plant peas. I do it myself. Geoff was great wasn't he? Hoping to get peas growing on my very new & scruffy allotment in S Wales this year. Thanks for all the great vids to spur me on. Nige
The gutter usage is awesome! Save time and space.
Oh, that is very neatly done. :) I'll keep that in mind for next year.
you really missed an opportunity not naming this video "Easy Peasy"
and to say "Peace" at the end
@@elon2 peas, out!
Peas like and subscribe if you found this video helpful.😅
I do this with bushbeans.
😄😄😄👍❤
Amazing. No wonder I never get a good pea crop. I don't plant enough!
A hint: I do the same thing but I use one long piece of string instead of cutting it into bits and tying each one. Works just as well and it’s less work.
And recycling the string
Thank you Huw. Loving your videos. I’m a bit worried that I haven’t planted enough peas and my radishes are in between them.... oh dear...
Love. This looks like it will work for those with tiny homes
I've just made a teepee support using harvested cane. I erected it in a lorry tyre planter I made. I cut the sidewalls off to increase the planting area. Hopefully I will have a pea teepee very soon!
Ah Huw, this is great, thank you so much for referencing the very wonderful Geoff Hamilton. Well explained and reflecting how easy they can be to grow. I like to place a couple of canes diagonally across my structures as added great support too. All the best, Hugh 😊👍🏼🌿
Thank you very much Hugh (yay fellow name almost) - I'm glad you enjoyed the video☺️
Hello mate, brilliant video-rain gutters and bamboo plus string and Bob's your uncle. I just found your channel today and have subscribed. Utterly impressed. Thank you for a quality video and content. G'day mate👋
You're Welcome! Thank you for Subscribing! Great to have you :)
Brilliant! I've been agonizing over what type of support to use. Thank u!!
Damn those green hills and sheep background is lit af
I've got lots of gutters in my barn; now I have a cool use for them. LOL!!
Wow, this is great! I have never seen peas done like this! Thanks
Brilliant! I was just wondering how to do this. Thank you so much for this informative video! I got so much out of it.
Wow. That is awesome. I will try this in the fall or definitely next season. I already planted peas 2 months ago and have been harvesting. We love sugar snap peas!
Hello there. My English is not very good but for the first time I was able to understand all of someone's videos. Thank you for your simple and practical expression. I hope your books will be translated into Turkish as soon as possible.
Loved all the great ideas. Thank you so much for sharing.
You can use willow, but you must make sure you put the TOP of the withy in the ground or it will root. I've been growing peas for 50 years, I've yet to have one make it to a pot.
Thank you, I will be growing peas for the first time and appreciate this beneficial info.
My granddad used to grow peas using an old wheel on big pole with ropes tied onto it that are attached to the ground once the pole is placed.
It's the first time I plant peas this year, and I'm surprised how easy it is. I'm getting a good crop so far. Great video, by the way.
I love the English peas & I really want to grow some, as they're very flavorful.
Thank you for pea trellis. I had forgotten that I have a curl willow tree and used the limbs.
Wow this looks so simple.....I have some mung beans coming up just about 5inches and they are shooting beans already.....now I can transplant knowing how to get maximum spacing .....thx Huw....
Super helpful! Thank you so much. Yesterday I found an old gutter laying around in the garden, so I will give it a use. Going to try this today! ;)
what a beautiful garden
I think I would tie the end supports and one in the middle before installing the top piece. Nice rain gutter trick.
I love the way you plant them very smart ideas
I love it have had difficulty with growing peas and I am excited to use your suggestions. Beautiful!
I wonder if you could do this in old shoeboxes or cardboard boxes and then just plant the whole thing in the ground? Maybe cut the bottom of the box out?
Best station I’ve found cheers Bro 👍🏻
I just got to figure out how to get my 6ft long gutter down to the allotment. Probably have to cut in half or stick out the back of my van! It's only around the corner. My first time 👍
What a smart way to plant peas!
Thank you for this information. Great clever use of the gutter. I've started with sweet pea flower plants in individual small pots this year, which produced peas then transplanting into tubs. Don't know how successful they will be, but had a few plants given me last year by my daughter. They gave some fruit but not a lot, but were pretty. I collected those peas once dried off and are coming along nicely in their pots for now. Had some bad winds last year too, which didn't help..
Otherwise known as how to survive in the wilderness. Well done, Sir!
Thanks to all the UK garden content makers, I’ve been using the word ‘bit’ more frequently. But I still prefer ‘awesome’ of ‘brilliant’… lol… greetings from the USA.
Haha Brilliant! Slip it into conversation a little 'bit' more :)
Very satisfying way to plant!
THIS is pure GENIUS !!!!! Thanks so much for an awesome tip !!!!
A lot of people on our allotment site use plastic electric cable ties to join the canes. We also attach diagonal canes going up corner to corner to make the structure more rigid. We have to net the plants until they are quite big because of pigeons.