Channel: Charles Dowding

Category: Howto & Style

Tags: no digreduce weedinggrow vegetables easilymake compostgarden tourspring gardening

Description: It's 4th April and you see that small transplants are in the ground, yet new growth is hesitant. Their roots are establishing out of sight. Soil is healthy, covers are on where needed, and growth will be rapid once it warms up, from about mid April here. Music is 'Homeacres' by Jacqui Vincent jacquivincent.bandcamp.com/track/homeacres 00:00 Introduction 00:39 In the greenhouse, and a look at the hotbed 02:01 Sowings on the hotbed - tomatoes, aubergines, peppers, marigolds, asparagus and I explain potting on 03:11 Showing you plants outside that have come from the greenhouse - multisown beetroot, spring onions, carrots 03:59 A word on fleece, and why I used wire hoops 04:35 A look at plants in the polytunnel: brassicas - salad rocket and mustards, endive and radish 05:16 Showing broccoli outside, and more on using fleece when it’s windy 06:43 A look at the herb garden 07:31 And a look at the new ground - multisown leeks… 08:06 …and bindweed! 09:44 Frost damage to broad beans 10:34 A look at overwintered garlic 11:06 The second polytunnel with more winter salad 11:28 Wild rocket, and how I harvest it differently to salad rocket 12:10 A look at Theramcrop, covering early cabbage and Calabrese 12:47 Rhubarb, planted in wood chip 13:40 A look at a pile of maturing wood chip 13:56 … a pile of municipal garden waste compost - very dry 14:14 … a pile of mushroom compost 15:15 …and a pile of green waste compost - full of bindweed 15:55 New ground, with black plastic to obliterate weeds 16:44 Showing a trial comparing old cow manure, fresh mushroom compost and old wood chip compost 17:19 A look at rye grain, which I use to make bread 17:55 The importance of having edges 18:33 The pond, unfortunately with a leak 19:52 A brand new bed with wood chip mulch - a work in progress! 21:01 A look at a pallet of my homemade compost 22:18 A pallet of wood chip mixed with grass mowings 23:05 An overview of a selection of beds, nearly all covered in fleece, and growing a variety of frost hardy plants 23:49 Some Autumn raspberries, and using a metal bar to stop the roots from spreading 24:45 Plants for saving seed - carrots and onions 26:09 Established asparagus beds 27:01 Cauliflower in two stages 28:02 Then a look at onions, shallots, overwintered cabbages, broad beans 29:09 Another trial comparing different composts 29:54 …and another! Comparing the effects of no rotation on lettuce 30:12 Also no rotation of first early potatoes, eighth year in the same bed 30:54 Spinach leaves, made sweet by frost 32:30 Flowers starting to come up for summer 33:16 Brief mention of my new weekly advice subscription newsletter *more details in description below* 33:34 A look at the dig / no dig trial beds to finish off Video and edits by Alessandro Vitale @spicymoustache, and I hope you enjoy the new special music. I have started a new weekly advice newsletter - the What, When and How. It gives advice on sowing, transplanting, protecting, weeding and harvesting for the week ahead. It runs for 9 months each year, from February until October, and costs £5/month, or £30/year for the calendar year from date of sign up. **From Eddie Bailey, geologist ""This is so valuable, especially for full-time workers: a simple template ‘safety net’ I can follow and just get to it" New subscribers receive a free one-week trial period. Monthly subscribers will not be charged during the months of November, December and January. You can unsubscribe at any time but without refunds for cancellation part-way through a subscription month. You can subscribe here, via Campaignzee: manage.campaignzee.com/sAxSigxfrC Or by visiting the signup box on my website home page: charlesdowding.co.uk You can pay a fee monthly to join this channel and support our work with helping gardeners grow better, and to receive monthly videos made only for members: youtube.com/channel/UCB1J6siDdmhwah7q0O2WJBg/join