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Hi Ben, this is my first time growing any veg and your videos are ace! I followed the video for broccoli and planted out 1 month ago (in Cornwall, UK). They’ve grown rapidly outside, however they’ve gone to flower and doing a little Google it appears they’ve ‘bolted’. Does this mean I need to get rid of the crop or is there anything I can do to save them? Thank you

I’m not versed in gardening terminology and I assumed ‘companion plants’ were somehow akin to ‘companion animals’… I feel silly now, but this was an interesting video nonetheless!

so interesting.

Hi Ben, great video. Would you recommend feeding the tomato plants in grow bags before the flowers start? I was thinking of an all purpose feed such as miracle grow to get the plant boosted. Thanks.

I've just harvested the elephant garlic and I'm going to plant out some butternut squash where it was. Good year for garlic on the I.O.W this year 😊

I think it would help if you were to wear a microphone. I am sorry, but I feel like you are shouting at me and it is stressful to listen to.

Not seeing many recipes in the comments, so: slice up your shrooms, toss 'em in some salt, pepper, and olive oil. then bake 'em until they're crispy - maybe about 30 minutes if you're baking at 175 C / 350 'Murican.

Will they get me high tho? I need to know

Love these masterclass videos. I wouldn't recommend putting anything with paint (especially fresh paint) in a garden bed soil though

That was an absolute master class in growing cucumbers. Nice work.🫡

How many ears do you pollinate with one tassel?

Don’t you find people steal your veggies especially with cost of living crisis? They could just walk in at night and pinch stuff.

Love your channel! So incredibly helpful. Thank you 🙏🏼

I've got my p.s.b in an old IKEA drawer in my conservatory 😅It's doing really well!

Laziness? Hahahahaha not a chance. I'm sure you are like me, and just prefer more enjoyable garden chores.

Very informative! Do snails tend to eat them up after I move them out to the ground?

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You know this guy is amazing, if you are feeling his passion seep through the screen! Subscribed 🙂

My official garden is on hold and am doing some containers and some in ground plants near the house in a more French style of cottage garden. The main focus for us this year and next is converting three acres of yard and corn field into flower meadow. The corn field has very little organic matter left as it's been best up for five years straight with corn corn corn corn & corn. So we're doing sunflower, crimson clover and Mexican sunflower for NPK heavy organic matter and N fixing in school me spots and straight wildflowers/ annuals in other spots.

hey ben - i just started gardening this year. my grandma passed and now im slowly moving into her house - she always had a huge field in her garden where she grew a lot of crops. im doing the same now, i found some 10-15 year old potatoes that she put aside for planting but never got around to it well 2 months ago i planted them along with many other veggies and theyre looking great! thank you for all the videos you make - makes for a great binge watch!

Just felt down into the soil around my own first earlies and pulled out a hen's egg-sized spud - so excited! Going to wait until the kids get home from nursery tonight to play the ultimate lucky dip game. No matter how many years I grow potatoes, the whole buried treasure vibe never ceases to thrill... ditto the lack of blight-related anxiety about first earlies...

As long as the foliage green, it is still in growth. You should harvest when the foliage dried fully, than you get the biggest pieces.

Is wood ash good to add to a compost pile?

never ADD anything

I always throw my potatoes in where my soils the worst. My area is very sandy. So its great for onions who love muddy areas. An potatoes that like to keep it dry mist of the time. I always have far to many potatoes an onions to go around. Combo growing flowers like cosmos an sunflowers, an herbs like sage an onions ; keeps my plants happy an lush

most plants you really want to raise seedlings. it's a bugger when you plant a handful of seeds only, and then they dont come up. you've wasted a part of the warm season and the space. i do use cell trays, rather than mucking about with lots of pots. planting them out young in warm weather, rather than having very large seedlings, ensures they take into soil quickly. i also prefer premium seeds, with relevant anti disease coating and strongest new F1 variety. if the packet of seeds costs no more than a kilo or two of the full grown crop, you know you'll get your money's worth. which is always the case.

Last Sunday was harvest day: so 1,041 kg of stawberries, 6 pack choi, rocket salad, some peas and a few fava beans. I'm following your advice Ben, the more you pick the more you get 😊Thank you

Thank you Ben all of your videos are so helpful and the best I have found.

Could you please please please make a video on using, Urea, Triple Super Phosphate and Muriate of Potash as fertilizers? Could you please cover dosage per plant, pros and cons etc. It would be very economical to use if one knows the right way to use it. Please make a video.

Love Romaine lettuce! 😊

Would it be fine to do one on a little stand type thing? Instead of having it on the ground?

I was able to watch this video thanks to the feature that allows us to adjust the speed. My brain needs the material to be presented faster to stay engaged, so with 1.75 X speed plus captions, I was able to stay attentive to the entire video. I'm intrigued by the archway because I have oodles of scrap fence that I could utilize. I think I'm going to see if 4 bamboo poles and cable ties could support the fence and beans over a 1.2 meter-wide bed. In fact... I'm going to go do that right 😁now.

Wow. I don't see one bug. Nice for you all.

This is great information thank you

I have grown great plants for 3 years now the issue is getting them to produce any cucumbers. My squash is the same way????

Thank you for this video. I have learnt a lot and how to compost more in my garden. I'm going organic fully. Subscribed!

Thank you! Learned a lot (:

Watching your results has made me decide to try again to grow potatoes this fall. Loved your beans!! Mine have been the saving grace from the early heat in Florida. Great video and info as always!!

I have gone out to add some items to my compost bin today, and I have loads of ants in there, is this good or bad? If it's bad, then how do I get rid of them?

Ben, can you clarify what kind of weather you have on average? I suspect your part of the UK is a bit cooler than my part of the US. I suspect I wouldn’t want to sow new carrots in PA for a while yet.

Can you use 1litre buckets? I get these regularly free with my yoghurt 😸

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It's all looking lovely Ben. I had some Peppermint chard leaves and my first tiny broad beans (I couldn't wait!) and song spring onions and green garlic. Made a lovely noodle soup with some miso paste and the vegetables. Yum! Followed by my first strawberries of the season - summer has arrived. Although I am battling the slugs on my lettuces. How are yours looking so beautiful? I have to strip quite a lot away as tiny baby slugs are getting deep into the hearts which is a bit yucky. A good wash required before adding to salads for sure.

My marigold seeds won't germinate 😭

How do I harvest seeds from black currants, though? I want to make black currant seed oil! :)

But standing water will bring on mosquitoes breeding.

So I paused the video at 3:56 and I thought for a moment you were adding your own liquid gold!

I discovered a french bean variety 'stanley' last year. I only brought them as they shared my sons name but they where so prolific, never got tough or woody and froze perfectly.

Hi Ben, Can you please tell me when and what months can I expect to see fruit on my blackcurrant bushes. This the second year and no fruit. What do you think could be wrong. In a country where it is hot.

Great content as always, i'm currently an all at once gardener until I can get my head around spacing out my veggies