Channel: Charles Dowding

Category: Howto & Style

Description: 7th March at Homeacres, Somerset, UK. Increasing leaf harvests outside and plenty under cover, we look at some of the compost heaps, spring cabbage, radish rotting (!), my two trial beds, and an abundance of seedlings in the greenhouse. For a deep description of my approach at this time of year, see my latest website blog, post of early March charlesdowding.co.uk/march-2022-mega-update-no-dig-and-timings-bed-prep-new-trays-varied-germination-compost-and-compost-confusions 00:00 Introduction 00:21 Leaves just harvested from outside - mustards, spinach, salad rocket 00:47 Comparing growth of same plants growing outside and inside the polytunnel 02:12 Demonstration / explanation of picking leaves 02:33 I pull a radish, the first harvest of spring sowing 03:36 Comparing composts on two no dig beds, cow manure and homemade 05:18 Pigeon damage on 8 month old broccoli 05:53 A look at overwintered spinach, decaying outer leaves 06:59 Showing the compost heaps, and I explain the three-bay system for four fills 07:19 Many worms in the compost - the reasons why 08:26 Work with wood chip 09:35 Four rows of parsnips now shooting 10:07 Asparagus bed planted with radish - I show slug damage to leaves 11:00 Overwintered vegetables - spring greens, spring cabbage, broad beans, leeks and kale 12:14 Radish under mesh, better with finer compost 13:47 Dig / no dig comparison - see the difference in the surfaces 15:08 Using a hoe to cut roots of developing weeds, I explain cover crops 16:19 A look in the greenhouse - my hot bed, plants and a compost trial 17:16 Tomato plant (Rosada F1 hybrid), propagated using a side shoot 17:44 Multisown turnip plants in CD60 module trays 18:56 Reason for direct sowing carrots and parsnips 19:11 Interplanting and no dig, continual cropping - lettuce, carrots, tomatoes and garlic 19:35 My Vegetable Garden Calendar 2022 - discounted price! Filmed by Nicola Smith on my iPhone at Homeacres, Somerset, UK My Vegetable Gardening Calendar gives you the best sowing dates for each vegetable. There is also a brief vegetable growing summary for every month as well as pages about the benefits of no dig, where to buy seeds and which varieties to sow. Buy now at a discounted price from my website: charlesdowding.co.uk/product/charles-dowdings-vegetable-garden-2022-calendar Have a look at Module 2 from my online course, Skills for Growing, for detailed information on seeds and seed saving, propagation, multisowing, and transplanting vs. sowing direct. It is currently half price: charlesdowding.co.uk/product/skills-for-growing-online-course-module-2-seeds-sowing-and-planting For detailed information on growing any of the vegetables mentioned in this video, please check out my 30 'From Seed to Harvest' online lessons, in which I explain 40 of the most popular vegetables in detail, describing their special needs and qualities so that successful harvests are likely. Each lesson can be bought individually: charlesdowding.co.uk/product-category/fsth-individual-lessons Or all 30 lessons can be purchased as a full course: charlesdowding.co.uk/product/from-seed-to-harvest-online-course My CD60 module trays can be purchased from Containerwise: containerwise.co.uk/product/charles-dowding-60-cell (15 and 30 cell trays will soon be available by Thursday 10th March). Module trays in Europe from Quickcrop Ireland and the Farm Dream thefarmdream.com/?s=books In N America from allaboutthegarden.com You can join this channel by paying a monthly fee, to support our work with helping gardeners grow better, and to receive monthly videos made only for members: youtube.com/channel/UCB1J6siDdmhwah7q0O2WJBg/join To buy my collections of super informative video garden guides with an encyclopaedic search function, visit Retrieve with whom we partner charlesdowding.retrieve.com/store/#