Small Garden Autumn 2021
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- The 24th Small Garden video!
It's four years since we made the first one • Small garden (1), vari... . Since then the garden has produced nearly a half tonne of vegetable harvests. over 80kg this year until mid-November.
Autumn 2021 has been productive, and there are more harvests to come through winter. The zone 8 climate, maritime temperate, sees a lowest temperature of about -6C 21F.
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Edward is filming and editing Small Garden for the last time, although he will still create occasional videos, as time allows, and we have some of his videos on the backlist, such as How to Grow Parsnips, and Asparagus, Harvesting potatoes, Growing salads under cover through winter.
For new videos I am working now with Alessandro of Spicy Moustache. He's creative and technically excellent, see Items to Get Ready for the Next Growing Season • Items to Get Ready for... .
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Hi Mr. Charles I just want to tell everyone what a standup guy you are. I purchased a calendar from you a month ago, got it, browsed through it, beautiful lots of info. Then Monday I received another calendar from you with a note saying there were some misprints in the first one sent out. I'm not sure what was wrong with the first one but without me complaining or reaching out to you, you corrected the mistake and sent a new one. No one does that in these crazy times we are living in. Thank you! You are the one and only GARDENING GODFATHER!
How lovely and I'm so pleased to see this because it has been a huge amount of effort and expense to sort out the problem! I'm not complaining because it opens the door to lovely comments like this, and as you say the world needs some good vibes! 💚
@@CharlesDowding1nodig : it was the same for me... And I checked them I can't find what should be wrong with the first delivery... thank you anyway for the superior service...
Muchas gracias señor Charles especialmente porque has puesto la opción de los subtitulo en español mientras veía y escuchaba pude entender perfectamente l tengo una higuera en un bancal quiero cambiarla de sitio cual seria el ideal cuál me sugerieres?
I’ve enjoyed this series this year Charles, since I’ve become a born again gardener! For me it helps me to not get overwhelmed with my allotment and just manage it “bite sized.” And credit to the great working relationship with your son, long may it continue. Thanks
Wonderful Pat
I love your videos charles, I don't know if you already know but fig trees benefit from their roots being restricted in a container buried in the ground. It kind of forces the tree to produce fruit, it also stops the roots invading your other beds. This will also solve the issue with all leaf and no fruit. I hope you see this and it helps. Thanks 😊
Thank you Matt, this is very nice of you to say.
I do know that, and naïvely hoped that planting it in that corner would solve that issue because the ground there is full of stones. However clearly there is enough soil for the roots to pass through and into my bed so we may need to dig some out and put in a barrier!
We here in Mid-Atlantic US have had an old fashioned fall. Many nights below freezing recently with leaves falling late. Covering is so helpful here to sustain the cool weather plants.
Cold winter ahead!
Every time I watch one of your videos I learn something I can transfer to my own plot! I really enjoy the small garden videos as it’s easier to see how to scale things for a smaller setting.
Awesome! Thank you!
Great update Charles.
That’s an amazing haul of fruit and veg from what is a relatively small space 👍
Mr. Dowding I just received your course 1 book and after the first 25 pages, I immediately pre ordered your coming book. I love how you weave cleverness and practicality into the abundance of information in your writing. Thank you for your dedication to teaching others how to grow healthy foods.
How lovely, happy to help :)
I love the small garden videos as they seem relevant to my growing space ( probably just a psychological thing). What a huge amount of healthy food from that space! I have fig trees in pots and they grow mostly pretty leaves and half size inedible figs. Maybe this summer…..
Nice to hear Gail and so funny!
Mine is always next summer
I finally started a fall/winter garden this year for the first time here in zone 8b Grand Bay, AL. Very excited at the results I am having and can't believe I never did this before.The kohlrabi you're growing is beautiful. I'll be growing a green variety this season for the first time and hope for a large harvest. I hear it is delicious.
Lovely to hear this William
I sympathize with your fig ripening issues. My Brown Turkey fig is finally doing well after I moved it twice for more sun. I learned this past year that the non-ripening autumn figs are a time and temperature issue. Another CZcamsr posted that figlets need almost three months of temperatures above 80F/27C to mature. I've started pinching off newly emerging figlets in July (I'm 7B) so the tree will put its effort into the older figlets that have a chance of ripening. This year all but three of my figs ripened by mid-October. I love your videos and have begun to use many of your methods, especially multi-sowing and more succession planting. Thank you!
Thank you and this is helpful! The British climate is remarkable for its lack of heat, as much as it is lovely for a gentle and continued mildness at this time of year for example. Here also is the question of late frosts which keep damaging the overwintered baby figs.
Next year!!
Great you enjoy succession.
I am in 7b along the northeastern shore of USA . Our figs freeze each winter. Some people dig up half the root ball, tip them over & bury the tree, tip it upright again come Springtime. Usually, we let ours just die back & it just resends new shoots in the spring. Has a steady batch of figs, enough to share? But I have a friend with huge patches of fig trees! He brutally cuts them all down to about hip hight after the first frost. Says the “energy”goes back into the roots sooner this way and gives him better yields. His fig tree patches seem thicker, more branches, every year. I picked his figs for a couple months then copied him & his pruning techniques this Fall! Fingers crossed for next year! Our figs are also brown turkey. Best of luck to all lovers of figs! :)
That is an interesting small garden case study... and what a lot of food it produces.
I was attracted to the idea of no dig because digging is such hard work (!) and its taking me longer and longer to recover as i get older! But since starting with that simple reason to change, I've learned so much about soil and the fungi and life that it protects... and seeing it in action in my own garden...
Thanks for your ongoing snapshots and info.... always new things to learn!
Great to hear Rose
@Charles Dowding, I’m so happy to see all the little fungus growing in my no dig patch! I wish I could send you a photo some of them are quite beautiful, called the Orange Peel fungus. Edible but not tasty, so I just let them be, several other little cuties too.
Sounds great Nancy!
I love to spend time watching garden shows like yours because in our Zone 4 area of central Alberta (51 degrees north) our autumn is over. Yours us still green. So peaceful. Thanks.
That is awesome difference, thanks
Hello! DearMr.Charles, thank you for telling about growing vegetables. You have such beautiful plots with plants and salads. cabbage, onions! I'm learning from you. It's snowing and cold in Moscow right now, but broccoli and onions are growing in my greenhouse. Thank you so much for having subtitles in Russian! Good luck and good health to you!
Very nice to hear this and to imagine the snow falling, for us that is quite romantic and unusual! I'm glad you like the subtitles and good luck with that broccoli and the onions.
@@CharlesDowding1nodig DearMr.Charles, I wish you and your family a Happy New Year and Merry Christmas! Happiness, health, well-being!
I really enjoy this. It's nice to see examples of what you can do and the amount of food you get- on a relatively "backyard" scale. Very inspiring! 💕🌱💕
💚 so right!
Can I just chime in and report the amazing results I got from my home saved seed recently... a french bush bean Tendergreen (in Australia). My own seed produced incredibly strong, large seedlings, compared to the bought seed. It was stark. Its really worth saving your own seed, folks! i have a feeling the professional growers get the best, freshest seed, and retail gets the rest. Nice video guys - enjoyed that!
Thanks Alison, great feedback
Thank you Edward - its great to how your dad manages the small garden.
I started a "Charles Dowding No-Dig" garden last Mar (Zone 7a), and after Spring-Summer-Fall growing periods, I'm left to say that if you could bottle your No-Dig magic, you'd deserve a Nobel Prize. I'm hoping my 2d season is better than the 1st.
I'm moving from 7b to 7a so I'm excited to know you've had success. Thanks
@@heirwithjesus “I’m hoping my 2D season is better..” because my 1st was largely a bust. I felt I needed magic to make things work. Good luck!
@@JRileyStewart Remember, no garden is ever as good and the one you're going to have next year! :-)
Sorry to hear.
Go you year 2 :)
Be patient check your varieties that you've planted...sometimes your veggies/seeds will require a full year to grow and be exposed to your micro environment, esp If you've planted all herritage seeds. I'm in 7B and found my volunteers seed sprouts grew my best producing plants 2 yrs ago.. and never looked back. Be generous with your own compost if you can, becareful with comerically produced manures bc of weed suppresion chemicals maybe present. Those chems are hard on your plants. Blessings.
still looks great well done
Hello Charles.. your new fan from across the pond... US 😊. I have been watching gardeners and homesteaders, some for 2-3 years. For the most part after watching several of your videos I now realize there is 'getting by' gardeners and then there's you! Thank you so much for your years of hard work and continual research and sharing your techniques. Wow sir! I now have to change the way I garden.. certainly going to give it a try. God bless.
Welcome! Lovely to read this, and may your garden prosper
I always enjoy an update on this garden. My whole veg growing space (minus greenhouse) is a bit smaller than this patch so it's really helpful to see how I can be making better use of it.
Excellent, thanks
Even this time of year is good to grow
As always, I love visiting you gardens with you
Hi Charles! Of all your beautiful no-dig garden beds, I like this one the best. I am always impressed how much this tiny "not so secret" garden produces. After taking the time to read comments from others before me...I think you could say that you and your gardens are both hits! Well done to you and your team. Cheers!
Many thanks Craig 💚
Red Russian kale is my favorite green because it will grow all year long without bolting and all winter long here in southeast Virginia. The number one green for our area.
That is very nice to know George, and what an asset!
Hi to get ripe figs in chesterfield I pick off anything bigger than a pea in October, then when some growth has started in spring take the lead bud off the branches to make the fruit swell. This gives us one crop on the outside tree most years, we get two or three crops from the greenhouse figs variety brown turkey.
Thanks Penny for your brilliant tips! Let's see…
Even though we are under the snow until next spring....
It is soo nice to see your awesome garden.
It is encouraging to see those tough brassicas braving the frost.
I so look forward to your videos
Amo cuando tienen subtitulos. Gracias Charles. Soy tu fan.
Thank you . An excellent
video which captured so much of the season and a great year.
Best wishes to you both.
Many thanks Hilary
I can’t believe how abundant your garden still is at this time of the year.
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Good on ya Edward, brilliant idea, I'm certain it's helped loads of growers.
I try browse some of your many videos all are wonderful and very inspiring sorry for myself it' s only now i following this channel.You're so successful sir more power and your doing great😀
Charles, thank you so much! No dig is invaluable knowledge to grow and your experience provide a perfect complement to learn. I'm going to start with your courses in my personal roof garden in Mexico! Abrazos!
That sounds wonderful, I wish you healthy food Rogello
Thanks for this inspiring video!
Envying your plants from snow covered Canada, lovely video Edward and thank you Charles for inspirations over the years on the great ideas.
🍻 thanks
Really welcome video , just about my size. Great to see Charles.
I love getting the alert to tell me there's another Charles Dowding video, particularly now as my new small no dig beds are under a little bit of snow. Am in love with learning and growing and seeing how things work. The fresh air is wonderful, and i can't wait to start germinating again! INterested to know how my compost turns out. Viva no dig!
Wonderful comment thanks Sarah, sounds like you are having fun there :)
Beautiful, thanks for sharing.
Congratulations for all informations and integral dedication.
Thanks for the inspiration 🙏🏽🌻❤️
Que gran vídeo Charles!! Muchas gracias por tanta generosidad. Saludos desde Romeral 🇨🇱💚
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Hello Charles, also thanks to you I have set up this year two vegetable and medicinal herb gardens. No dig, lots of compost...(this year still purchased). One of the gardens was already distinguished as "Nature in Garden" - Garden. That is a movement coming from Austria giving a nice plaque to gardens which fulfill the criteria for organic gardening. In addition to your method I am also using effective microorganisms (EM) and bokashi from kitchen waste. When producing the bokashi I am also using EM and plant charcoal. Then I burry the bokashi in the beds (between the plants, so that the roots are not touched, or just in a currently empty space (which always is a problem to find:) ) and after 2-3 weeks the bokashi transforms into lovely soil. Sometimes I also put it into my compost heap and it very much accelerates the composting. I had great harvest this year and one of the gardens is still quite full with vegetables similar to the ones shown in your video above whereas all the gardens around me are empty...I am so greatful to you for all your shared knowledge and all the little tips and hints. And I am also greatful for all the experiments you are doing making it possible to break longstanding beliefs and myths in gardening. THANK YOU.
Many thanks, and I congratulate you! I really hope that your garden is a source of good health to many people. The world so needs that.
For me, I would find that work with bokashi takes too much time, but it's great that it's working for you.
Thank you to Edward for all his videos and good luck for what he is going to be doing in the future.
You are a master and such a inspiration , thank you for share your knowledge
I don't know if you've ever left radicchio root in the ground. I did once and it made beautiful blue flowers the next year. In Canada we have a native chicory species that commonly grows in the gravel along the roadside. I never made the connection between radicchio and wild chicory until I noticed it in my garden.
Yes I have and they are pretty indeed!
I’ve put my garden to bed now. I am on the dark side of a valley and the sun just doesn’t come above the hill for more than a few hours. There is a bit of kale and chard and that’s it. I can still pick my herbs but everything else is frozen, pickled or dried.
I appreciate all your gardening wisdom and have learned a lot from you in just a few months but I was even more appreciative when you said you were still learning how to prune your fig tree. Thank you
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You're a great one for calling out garden myths. But, you really don't need the small figs to develop before winter. If you take off all the figs that haven't ripened, in spring, the tree will produce new figs that will grow fast. Also taking off damaged/rotting figs during spring/summer helps too.
Another good video Charles.
Thanks for the tips Daniel. I did leave the tiny figs last autumn and then on seventh May, they got frosted!
It's a beautiful project. My kitchen garden is about the same size and same conditions. Neighbors overgrown treeline and our barn. I've wove the wisteria into the fence for so many years it looks beautiful in spring. But all I see is a massive runner issue. I consider the bed closest the sacrificial bed. If something survives there it's a keeper.
Oh wow!
The Small Garden is my favorite. I've copied the design for my own small garden, and I enjoy seeing how much food can actually come out of it.
Lovely to hear :)
Envy you being able to grow through the winter. We have already had temps down to 17ºF, which has taken care of all of the fall crops. All of the beds are heavily mulched with compost, and ready for next Spring's planting.
That is so different ❄️ and yes we are fortunate
It doesn’t matter the size of your garden Charles it always looks a picture. I’m trying a few new varieties in my veg garden this summer in Australia. Pink celery, paprika and strawberry spinach. It will be interesting to see how the grow. I follow the no dig method. Thanks for all your informative videos
Thanks for sharing this Caroline.
My pink celery this year was awful and I hope that your variety performs much better! Mine was quite small and flat with short stems. Paprika sounds nice!
What a beautiful little garden 😍, we watch your CZcams channel all the time and have took inspiration to start our very own channel and have taken over a plot. We have just started and we are total amateurs but we have chosen the no dig method , we really cant wait to see the results 😀 so just a thankyou really.
So nice of you to say, good luck, share the joy and encourage others, we all need this health 🌱
So true that one can raise canopy and thin crown of nearby trees for more light penetration, but water will remain a critical issue. Your 'no dig' method maximizes production and reduces labor even in situations less than ideal for veg. I really enjoy your method. Blessings from Oregon.
Thanks Susan
Muchas gracias por los subtítulos en español querido Charles. Miro todos los vídeos siempre, con mucho entusiasmo. Un abrazo grande 🇦🇷
Si si, veritas 💚
So lovely to see all your veg Charles. I am trying to pick myself up after Storm Arwen demolished my veg area. So many things destroyed and part of our roof came off. My allotment is a tangled mess and the next day we had snow. I dont know where to start. My allotment will rise again with your inspiration. Thankyou for this video.
So sorry Jenny, superb you are positive
Obrigada, Charles, por tanto ensinamento. Um abraço do sul do Brasil.
Madelaine, Que adorável!
I've been going through all your videos (thankfully still many to view) and find them informative and relaxing. Bravo to Edward too for great camera work.
I'm currently building a greenhouse to complement my planned no dig veggie patch (we're in Winter here in Australia so I will have to be patient).
Thank you Christopher.
Winter is absolutely the best time for doing that work because then you will be ready for spring, which will arrive sooner than you think! Or at least I hope so 😀
Great video Charles and lovely edit!! 👏🏻
🎯!
Inspiring
I love this video. It makes me think of how much food a 25 sq ft can give... I think most of us don't have a big garden so the info of a small garden is very helpful. Thanks, Charles.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Just stunning! The gardens, photography and most of all your heart. Best wishes from Nova Scotia
Many thanks!
Have a nice time in Scotland, Charles
Cheers Donald
This is exactly the size of the area I'm preparing for this spring. It will be my first garden. Thank you for the totals. As a novice gardener I know my yields will be nowhere near this but it gives me an idea of the potential.
Good luck!
Moving into an acerage in Australia to do no dig gardening . You have been a huge help and inspiration. Thank u
Exciting and may success be yours
Hey Charles, looks good, got to say your winter garden has a bigger variety of veggies than mine. We’ve got a lot of carrots and green onions. Couple of varieties of lettuce and turnips are still doing good. Course garlic is doing well but that’s about it. I sure wish I had your compost bins setup. Looking forward to a great spring. Thanks for sharing. You always have a beautiful garden and well maintained. God bless. (Old guy from Arkansas)🇺🇸
Nice to hear Steven and that sounds a pretty good turnout to me! Enjoy your early winter.
Danke Charles, für die Deutsche Übersetzung. Lg aus der Eifel
😀 Ich habe an dich gedacht
Checking in to say that Texas is a beast🤣 Sweet Potatoes, okra and green beans are by far the heartiest plants that can handle North Texas brutal sun and summer heat. I applaud anyone who can keep tomatoes alive, mine didn’t fair well. I started late spring early summer so I didn’t get to enjoy any spring crops. I’m looking forward to it this coming spring but I decided to give it a rest this fall. Will start again early spring and see how it goes! Thanks for all of your help Charles!
Have you ever tried growing Cushaw Squash? I understand they love the hot, dry weather of the SW.
Wow!! 🍺
@@ohio_gardener I never have but basic yellow squash grows great here. I’ll look into it though, thanks!
Bandit instead of Philomene?! Blasphemy!
Edit: I love these small garden videos, they're among my favourites on your channel. Thanks Edward and Charles!
Haha well spotted! And thanks
ROCK ON SMALL ABUNDANCE !!!!!!!
Charles I agree with you on brassicas forming mycorrhizal associations. I have pulled various brassicas from my no dig garden and have seen the white mycelial mat on the roots. The first time I saw them I thought it was by coincidence that the mycelium formed there but I have seen it multiple times now so I am convinced as well
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It was such a pleasant surprise to see the Russian purple kale growing in your garden because the identical plant is also growing in my raised bed at this time. I guess that makes us relatives. I direct sowed mine on 9/11 and started harvesting, very little at a time, a month ago. This is first sowing in this bed and its a lot of guesswork for me at this time but its paying off little by little. Thank you so much for all your helpful videos. Be well sir. BTW I'm in Oregon and my summer gets very hot up to over 100 degrees F.
Great to hear!
Nice little project, nice film. Our average California summer mid to high 90s. Perhaps it's time to plant figs. 🎋
Grata pela legenda☺️🇧🇷
Miners lettuce is growing all over our mountain top here in Salinas CA, we eat them every year thanks to one of your videos we know about them!
There's a mushroom that has some sort of powder inside when kicked the dust goes everywhere brown tried looking it up couldn't find anything
Caterpillars appeared and a bunch of moths were flying around Im afraid they will lay eggs and come back strong in the spring
Thanks for your comments, nice you found the free food 😀
Ooo super
Exelente como siempre saludos desde Puerto Madryn en la costa de la Patagonia Argentina
Gracias. ¡y me encanta saber de tantos de ustedes en la Patagonia!
There is no symbiosis between arbuscular mycorrhiza and Brassicaceae. Apparently, this plant family lost the symbiosis. Still there are loads of other soil microbes that probably will play their role in the soil and maybe interact with plants, which benefit from being undisturbed in no dig soil.
tienes mucha diversidad en ese pequeno espacio!me encantan los tomates dan mucho y los chicharos! yo tuve un tiempo ..pero fue una lastima que los infantes no pudieron ver todo eso...con la pandemia dejaron de asistir al colegio..fue muy triste para mi. charly ..!me encantaria ver tu cuento infantil algun dia!..yo estoy en un proyecto de escribir ..aun me falta pero ya tengo algunos de ellos listos .. !te imagino pequeno en un mundo de vegetales gigantes!😄... creo que sera un exito!
Encantada de escuchar, y estoy tan ocupada escribiendo
khu vườn tốt quá a
Good morning from Auckland, New Zealand it’s Friday, December 3, 2021…
So far ahead! I enjoyed Auckland 1988 :)
@@CharlesDowding1nodig 1988 I was in USA ...
Hi Charles ☺ great content, thank you.
Will you be doing a video on cutting back your fig?
I had not thought to do this because I am not the expert! and actually I did it yesterday, took 10 minutes simply cutting off most of the branches, because I've decided to let it grow one year wood then crop in 2023. There were only a few branches of one year wood which had anything that looked like a baby fig. We may dig a trench around the roots to restrict them!
Love your videos Charles! while we can't control things like sun and precipitation...nutrient uptake and the photosynthetic engine of plants are both things that can make these bugs/pests a non-issue.
Absolutely 🎯
Excellent video!! We're experimenting with peas for shoots in Victoria BC. We've only got a few but the plants are growing slowly and they're delicious!! Thank you Edward !! All the best!!
Unfortunately didn't see the link to fig pruning video. We have 1 and it needs a haircut lol !!
Cheers
Sounds great and I now added the link, it's from BC! czcams.com/video/RB0D_tuKgtQ/video.html!
I heard a pigeon cooing just before you said, "We dont have pigeons at the monent"!!
Yoyr annual harvests would be so much higher from that wonderfully productive little plot if you wouldn't keep throwing away those fabulous leek leaves! Delicious, nutritious and tender, right to the tip! I keep trying to convince you, but I don't think you have yet enjoyed the gourmet delight of potato, leek and dill soup, made with unpeeled spuds and full length leeks.
Ok cool that is on my list to try Ruby! Thanks
Another great video! (P.S. I noticed this video is not yet in your small garden playlist)
figs like to be pruned hard and they like the roots contained! and a nice hot southfacing wall!
3rd growing season Figs. I’m 37* N and 1850 ft altitude. In September, if I prune the ends of the branches w fruit and cut out any no fruit branches, the fruit ripens. No pruning, no ripening. I’ll prune earlier next year and see what happens.
Beautiful helpful video, as always! Thank you!
Thankyou!
Could you look into moving the Fig? My ex Mother-In-Law has one in their garden, a few street away from me, that does very well, but I don't know anything about it that could help you get ripe fruit from yours, other than it has sun for most of the day. They are one of my favourite fruits, so I used to be able to take advantage of it when I used to look after her garden when they travelled. Now I have those moments where I wish I'd asked her how she looked after it!
I think that pruning will help and it's worth a try, yes I love figs so much
Hey Charlie, maybe giving the fig a skeleton prune
Charles , good luck with that fig tree, it's tremendous tusk, because it can be similar to cutting the head of Hydra, done by Heracles finally
Nice analogy!
The bitter leaves are quite healthy for the gallbladder / liver health...
I'm getting a microscope, just to look at my compost and soil. 🤞I will find life. Find it amazing, iv just have to see it for my self! Thanks Charles
Best of luck Billy!
You will truly enjoy it, Billy! I have had a microscope for a number of years, and enjoy checking out the microbial and fungal life in my soil and compost. It has helped me to improve the quality of the soil considerably over the years.
Fantastic! I'll enjoy it very much. Thank you for the reply
Hey Charles. You linked a video about pruning figs. Do you have something similar related to citrus? Thanks heaps for the videos!!! Love your effort. I’ve converted my garden to no dig and it’s been amazing since.
I don't Marko and thanks for your comment, nice to hear
Saludos de México
Where I am we hit -12c last year which probably only happens every few winters these days. By way of comparison with you, coriander and Red Russian Kale were the absolute winners there, they continued unfazed, whilst Nero di Toscana, calabrese (not all brassicas are built the same, it seems), aquadulce broad beans got wiped out. So growing some of the latter over winter for an early spring harvest becomes a risky proposition, especially if you are limited in space or seeds are expensive for you.
Thanks for this, interesting, and the phone seem to see it does help both for being cheaper and because it has better vigour
@@CharlesDowding1nodig I think your keyboard got taken over by aliens there for a second :D
@@csgowoes6319 😂🤣😂 What a lovely way to comment - try as I might, I could not figure out what he meant to say!!
У нас 1 декабря полил дождь, ливень, 2 декабря снегопад.
О, нет! Потому что хоть раз здесь хорошая погода! Хотя нам сегодня обещают дождь. Снега нет! Сегодня было 6 C
Hi Charles, I have a question about your 3 bed trials. I know you weigh them for differences but I was wondering if you’ve tested them for differences in tastes between each bed? I’d be interested to know. We’ve just got an allotment and I’ll definitely be using the no dig method. Thank you for sharing all these nuggets!
So far, nobody has noticed any differences!
Flavour is such a hard one to quantify too.
Hi Charles, the next year you have to try to plant Radicchio di Treviso Tardivo, it'is a particular type of radicchio cultivated in north east of italy. After harvesting it is placed in water for 10 days for bleaching. It's more sweet than all the other radicchio's varieties and it's an excellence of our territory.
Thanks for the tip Carlo.
I actually have grown this before but the seed packet instructions from Franchi/Seeds of Italy were so poor that the black process was not explained at all, and so I got disillusioned with it, no heart in autumn. I think that has happened to thousands of people in England, and I told the owner of Seeds of Italy but he was not particularly interested to change the description. He is a cook more than gardener.
Let's see!
@@CharlesDowding1nodig here in Veneto we transplant the radicchio in August, after the first frosts you can collect it with the roots and place it in buckets with a little water, the buckets must be kept in the dark in a not too cold environment (from 5 to 10 degrees) in this period the heart growth and bleaching. After 10/15 days you can remove all the external leaves by now rotten and cut the external roots keeping a piece of at least 5 cm. In some areas the radicchio is left in running water coming from spring rivers that maintain temperatures that are never too low, this is the peculiarity that gives the radicchio a particular taste. Here are two links describing small and medium scale cultivation. czcams.com/video/IeyO6hU1R-g/video.html&ab_channel=CollettivoRizoSfera czcams.com/video/z_AVwbO2yjU/video.html&ab_channel=EmanueleT.
@@CharlesDowding1nodig the harvesting period starts now, it is normal that until now the heart is small because it will then grow in the water
Thanks Carlo, all makes sense. Just the seed packets sell seed without us knowing!!