Just brought some chives today and sewed them. Also some lettuce, baby carrots, pea shoots, spring onions, radishes and turnips! Had all the seeds already just needed warmer soil and inspiration!
I'm umming and arring! We're going to be away for three weeks and we live in dry Norfolk, so I'm afraid anything I sow might just die while we're gone.🙈
Hi, this is my first year at planning veg. I have lots in a very small place. My cabbage plants have caterpillars, every day I check them. At first I cut off the affected leaves. They are now appearing on broccoli and brussel sprouts. I'm about to replant cauliflower. Is there anything I can do to get rid of them? I have planted marigolds throughout my veg.
I've already sown some Brussels and cabbages ready for the winter, but I will be sowing more seeds including chard, kohl rabi, Carrots, onions etc all winter varieties, I find I want to sow so much but run out of space, so have decided to apply for an allotment and share it with my daughter, so we can grow more produce.
Hello from Huntington Beach, California USA. Thank you for your video. I'm sowing lemon cucumbers and trying to start my butternut squash seeds. I have two corn plants, one w a zucchini, need to transplant another zucchini and sow some beans with them both for my three sisters to thrive! My coriander was a volunteer and it was so cool to taste the flower...in the middle the pollen is as sweet as honey on my tongue! No wonder the pollinators love it! Cheers and God bless to all our friends across the pond. Michelle
@@sandrascott8650 - we are no dig. That‘s the only way I‘m able to manage the garden at all. But our main weed is bindweed, that‘s almost impossible to get rid of, even with no dig 😉 Also cockspur/barnyard millet, which keeps coming in with the wind. Now that I’m using Alpine strawberries as living mulch, the cockspur is almost gone. But oh, the bindweed 😏
Hi Niall, Im in North Devon & have just started growing a new veg patch this year . It was rough ground & I have cleared it from weeds , then the no dig method. I started with pots & broad beans . Now I have lots of others growing, runner bean, toms, leeks, spinach & bolotti beans too. This week I just planted out sprouts, lettuce & parsley. Thanks for all your videos😊
Thanks for the advice Niall's. Gardening is just starting to pay off here in New England. Potatoes, Onions, Bush Beans, Tomatoes, Corn and Squash, Zucchini and Eggplant. Don't let me forget the Peppers, watermelon and Sunflowers. Just planted some cucumber's as the first batch were struggling. These popped up in less then 5 days which is exciting. Put in a succession crop of Zucchini today. Only 95 days left in my growing season.
Hello from Florida. It’s so humid and hot here. I’m growing okra & flowers. Zinnias, Sunflowers & Marigolds. My husband and I start my vegetables gardening when the Hurricane Season slows down & it’s cooler here. I enjoy your video! Your garden is beautiful!!!!
HI Carole, I just found this channel. Very nice and well done. I'm in Windermere, Florida zone 9b 🇺🇸 We are growing tomatoes, giant Japanese Red Mustard and Chinese Multicolored Spinach. It's so hot we are just trying to survive the heat and any hurricanes going through 🌿💚🌿
Hi Carole! Oh Okra - that's cool! I've been to Florida a few times now so I can well understand the challenges you have to deal with in terms of the weather - it's so so different from here!
@@niallgardens Hi Niall, Are you gardening in Ireland? I don't think I heard you say. Lovely channel ❤ I will be watching. I started a gardening channel last September. I'm 71 and gardening for over 50 years. I've lived in Pennsylvania, Hawaii and Florida so many different climates. I've learned lots and I am still learning. My channel is about passing on free or frugal, easy tips to make growing fun. Happy Gardening to you 🌿💚🌿
Haha, you said (around 13:40) that you're not sure if you have space for some of the plants you still have to put out... I see some grass- you hate mowing the lawn so quick, stick another bed in! Thanks for the video :)
Hi Niall, loved the video, just sown turnips a few days ago and I've never grown them before but kohlrabi I've grown lots and we eat a lot of that here in Eastern Europe. You can even ferment them and that's amazingly delicious as well as epic for the gut flora. Got to grow the flora in our bellies, too 🤣 sending you lots of love ❤ from Latvia 🇱🇻
How do you prepare your Kohlrabi for fermentation? Sliced? Sticks? What herbs/spices do you like to use? I'm branching out into new ferments this year, so I'd love to hear your advice 😊 Thank you!
@sproutingemily we go for all sorts of shapes. Sometimes just slice it, often I actually grate it. Not very finely but like a coarse grater. If it is bigger it takes a little longer to ferment of course and if smaller, it is faster but that of course depends on the temperature, too. I like to grate it with jerusalem artichokes, carrots and even add green tomatoes, courgettes, green beans... traditionally here, in Latvia they use caraway seeds, lots. I don't quite like it that much, they make everything taste just like caraway 🤣 I like paprika, garlic, summer savory, bay leaves & black pepper because where I come from, in Hungary, those are traditional. But I'm a bit of a daredevil with flavours - from the UK from a friend for my birthday I always receive a big box of high quality Indian spice blend varieties like tikka, korma, garam masala... I add those a lot! They taste divine fermented! Probably all Indians are doing a backflip reading about my crime 🤣 that is my favourite so far though, the Indian spices. I can eat those ferments until I burst 🤣 just unstoppable 😋👌👌👌 We also forage for wild mushrooms in the woods. It's the local culture. Everyone goes to the woods after it rains... depending on what I find I include mushrooms, too in my ferments. One year I found insane amounts of chicken of the woods mushrooms. It was so much that I couldn't find use for it all, the freezer got full, I dehydrated some for powder and still I had lots. That year I fermented a small barrel of just those mushrooms and it was phenomenal!!!! I decided that next time I just ferment them and won't bother with powder and all... I'm still looking 🤣🤣🤣 since then we haven't found any decent amount 🤣🤣🤣 not even enough for a jar 🤣 but I know I just have to keep looking and I will get lucky again 🤣🤣🤣 have fun experimenting and discovering new flavours 😋💖 lots of love to you, gorgeous 💋💋💋
@BeeVargaTheHulahooper You are so lovely! Thank you for this treasure trove of information and ideas. Pickled mushrooms are indeed one of my favorites, so I'm definitely adding that one to my ferment list. I haven't been mushroom hunting in ages, but love morels if I'm lucky enough to find them - yum! I'm also in love with the idea of adding Indian spices to ferments. We have a major spice house in our city called Penzeys who will have anything I need for this endeavor. Just brilliant 👏 I'm not sure I would've thought of that! Have a lovely week 💕💋😊
@sproutingemily here the morel season is over. We usually have them around May. I had very good luck with old apple trees. Then I read that it is for a reason. They are good buddies apparently, they are in a symbiotic relationship and they love to hang out. So maybe after rain if you check under all the apple trees you can, you could end up with a nice harvest. We rent gardens - almost like an allotment system... and one of the gardens has 6 old apple trees. After rain we can harvest enough for a meal for all of us just from under those trees. It used to get so bushy with a weed called ground elder that I never noticed before. But since I found out about this apple-morel friendship, I trim gently the top of the ground elder every time before rain 🤣 cheeky but I am keen to help the morels thrive and the ground elder can enjoy peace after the morel season is over 🤣 so I'm not farming mushrooms and never planted them but I joined the apple-morel comradery 🤣🤣🤣 and after the morel season I sprinkle wood shavings or rotten old wood and dead sticks and twigs under the tree. The morels like dead tree matter, too nkt just a living apple tree. Basically if you have an apple tree, you can save all your twigs and sticks and any wood waste you can get your hands on. Scatter under your tree and next spring you get your basket full of morels 😋 In the past I used to walk all day to look for them in random places hoping for the best 🤣 now I'm manipulative 🤣 I still go for walks! But for morels I don't have to rely on luck anymore. Honestly, give it a try, got nothing to lose 💗 I always wanted to grow mushrooms but didn't want to spend a fortune on weird expensive kits and shipping and packaging and force some weird environment that I have to create... this way it feels like I'm just giving them my twigs and save all the unwanted wooden bits and the Universe just rewards me without ordering any kits 🙏🙏🙏💚
Hi from Sweden! I've just sowed some potatoes, lettuce, spinach and different varities of herbs. I have sowed alot of different veggies and herbs this year since I moved to a new house! Green peas, potatoes, garlic, carrots, spinach, lettuce, cauliflower, broccoli, peppers and chilis, chives, schalotts, cucumbers, cabbage, strawberries, tatsoi and pak choi, asparagus, squash... I've probably forgotten to mention some :) heh
Hi Evelina! Thanks for your comment - it's so cool getting to hear what other people are sowing and growing! You've got such a brilliant selection of plants there - nice work! I'm growing a lot of those things, so it'll be really interesting to keep in touch so we can see how we both get on!
Hi Niall, thanks for great inspiration! Your garden is beautiful! Today is a rainy day in Sweden but forecast for next week says sun and above 25C, so it is perfect for get some seeds in the ground right now. I will seed some cos-sallad, dill, carrots, rocket and radishes. In the veggarden I’m already growing succhini, strawberries, beans, peas, tomatoes, cucumbers, corn, potatoes, pumpkins and lots of flowers 🌸
Hi Charlotte! You're totally welcome! You certainly do seem to be due some great weather over in Sweden! You've got a brilliant selection of fruit and veggies growing - keep it up! I'm playing catch up behind you because I'm running to late this year!
Id love to recommend a delicious asian green. Tatsoi. I tossed a pack of seeds in a bed, huge germination. I transplanted the seedlings in several stages into other beds, my hydroponic frame and aquaponic frame. Amazing success with continuous harvests in a pick-and-come-again strategy. Deep green leaves in such a pretty rosette shape. Ideal to stirfry, add to long soups, salads, eggs, burgers etc etc… almost a year round growing season.
I love kitchen/vegetable garden and love watching your garden growing/maturing. Thanks for sharing Niall! My garden is small but raised bed filled with lavender, lupins, clematis, few different type of hydrangeas. But I also have few pots of strawberries, thanks for your recommendation during this winter, freebies at Blooms couple years ago from Keelings are now double in quantities...! I also have two boxes of lettuce with nasturtiums....So looking forward to see your veg garden through out summer, into autumn and winter!
Hi Mutsumi! I love the selection of plants that you have - beautiful, and a gorgeous combination. That's so good that you're getting a nice strawberry crop! And the nasturtium flowers will be beautiful in salads!
Thanks for the advice Niall! A new one I'm trying this year is a Belot Cauliflower, never tried a winter cauliflower before so I'm looking forward to it!
Lots of beans, purple sprouting broccoli, beets, fennel, cilantro, spring onion-all started from seed and ready to take the place of the garlic and potatoes if it ever stops raining here!!!
I am rewatching this from last year. I’ve planted parsley and basil from seed. They grow very well here in zone 5b/6 Pennsylvania, USA. Putting in salad greens in the next few days. Thank you for the info!
I just today planted a swiss chard (never have eaten it, but I'm curious), a winter spinach, and some lollo rossa lettuce. I planted some beetroot two days ago (I've tried twice this year and they haven't made it). I'm a brand new gardener (first year) and it's all one big experiment! I also am growing borlotti beans. Not flowered yet, but are climbing and climbing their teepees. Your raised beds look fab!
Sounds great! Nice selection of things growing - good on ya! And although it's an experiment, I'm willing to bet you'll have tons of success! Yeah I'm growing borlotti beans this year and looking forward to seeing how they get on...
@@niallgardens I have already harvested some spring onions, spinach, coriander, and some courgettes. I've even tried out some borage leaves! We finally have a tomato ripening (out of 50 on two plants combined) and my Purple Queen dwarf French bean has a load of blossoms and a teensy baby bean. No blossoms on the borlotti yet, but they were planted a couple of weeks after the French. Good luck for the rest of your season! 😁 I'm hooked now - plan to grow every year moving forward!
I have given up sowing parsley which seems quite difficult to germinate. I now buy a pot from the supermarket and plant it out. It really works although you are not supposed to transplant parsley, and a pot is cheaper than a packet of seeds I have had good supplies of parsley, both curly and flat, by doing this the last few years.
That's a very valid way of growing parsley - like you say, it can be tricky to germinate and when you can pick it up so cheaply in the supermarket, it's a great way of getting around that problem! Nice one!
kohlrabii is amazing. Eat the leaves too. We like to make a sweet pickle with kohlrabi slices, cuke, onion and apple into vinegar w black pepper. Thanks for great reminder video.
Today's job.. First early spuds out of the bed raked over and leeks that have been in a large pot for the last month have gone in. Plus a new sprinkling of Lilia Spring Onions which I've never tried before (usually only do white lisbon) so here's hoping they're as good as they're meant to be.
Thanks for all the suggestions. I think I’ll give turnips a try… I just planted some Hungarian parsley. It’s a broad-leaf variety and apparently very flavourful!
Hey Niall! Hello from a wee tiny bit more north than you and half way up a smallish mountain. No protection from rabbits and squirrels?? So lucky! I feed the wild bunnies my organic kale (from the kale forest, many varieties) to distract them; the squirrels - fallen rose petals and bird seed in avocado shells. Bunnies chase squirrels. Squirrels like to be chased. Bunnies chase birds. I love watching these critters. Despite success in growing lemongrass and stevia, yep, halfway up a N. Irish mountain, roots, beans and leaves in abundance, we have struggles with dill, carrots, and believe it or not, parsley. Any tips? Best wishes
Hi! I'm intrigued about where you're living... it sounds beautiful AND challenging at the same time. Funny, we basically don't get rabbits here whatsoever which is a real surprise to me considering we're living in the country. My thoughts on dill, carrots, parsley... well parsley can always be a stubborn plant to germinate and sometimes just won't work so I'd maybe be considering some new really fresh seed? Then for all of those plants, if I was direct sowing them, I might be giving them some cover / shelter with some horticultural fleece or similar... even in the summer since I can imagine your location means wind and cooler temperatures. Also since the seeds are so small, if you're direct sowing them, make sure to keep them moist at all times... I'm wondering if the winds are just drying out the soil that little bit too much? You could try James Prigioni's trick of placing a plank on top of the seed row until they germinate to shelter them and keep moisture in?
I’m in New Jersey and just planted canna lily seeds that my friend in Kentucky sent me from her garden. Hoping that with a good mulch, they’ll overwinter.
@@niallgardens they’re pretty tropical for NJ too!!! There’s a gorgeous new green and purple variegated variety called Cleopatra that is utterly mind blowing!
Hi Naill. Due to veg garden so over grown and so much to do in and out of the house. Im not sure how much i will get in. Im hoping to get a few carrots, spinach, broccoli and beetroot in if i can clear enough of the veg beds and topped up with some extra Mushroom compost i already have . Got new beds to treat and line they are just pallet collars for quickness. Which should last a few years. Will really be planning to be busier in veg garden come the spring. Hoping to get a field or two open for wild camping. This summer
You've got a lot going on! Fair play! I've basically been in the same situation as you where I've had to devote a lot of time to the creation of the veg plot, which holds back actual growing.... I'm hoping for the same as you, really getting a more organised, productive system next year! PS: Wild camping sounds cool!
Haha! I put you on pause at beginning of video and nearly broke my neck looking for my notebook and pen, unpaused you just to hear you say " don't worry about writing these down..." Awk Niall that was another really fantastic video..I just love them. I'm going to be growing a lot of your salad leaves you talked about, you made them sound yummy! Can i ask you, and forgive me for my naivety, but if I wanted my own grown Brussel sprouts on Christmas day when should I sow them? Perhaps I'm too late this year but maybe next year... many thanks!
Hi Geraldine! Thanks for such a gorgeous comment! ❤️ I have a feeling that if you sow Brussel Sprouts now they won't be ready in time for Christmas - I think you'd need to have done that earlier. HOWEVER! I would say, sow some anyway and see... we could get perfect conditions between now and Christmas, and you might be lucky! Alternatively, we might get bad conditions and they might be really late. I always like giving it a go anyway and you have the fun of waiting to see if your master plan works! 😃
@@niallgardens Thank you so much for getting back to me. I think I'll take your advice Niall and sow them anyway. As you say it will be fun watching to see what happens! x
@@bernadettesullivan29 I actually cheated and went to local garden centre and bought plants. I got a small harvest for Christmas but I hadn't protected them properly against white butterfly at the beginning and I'm sure if I had at the time, I would have had a much bigger yield! This year however my sprouts are all netted up and are doing really well. I noticed a garden centre selling them the other day so perhaps give it a go but remember to protect them now. Good luck Bernadette xx
You're welcome! Don't despair - I'm really far behind this year too (truly) because I was starting my veg plot from scratch and so much time was taken actually creating the structure. You'll be great!
Great list, I have recently sown most of those crops. I am going to sow a few more, like rutabaga, amaranth, white radishes and fennel. Once the onions are harvested I will have plenty of room for peas, both for pea shoots and sugar snaps in the fall.
Pak Choy is one of my favourite veg which I grew up with You must try! I can eat that everyday stir fry with lots of garlic and ginger or finely chopped garlic only it only takes 5 mins to cook! A cornflour gravy with a bit of soy sauce and sesame oil will finish it perfectly Or you just quick steam with garlic and ginger add soy sauce or oyster sauce at the end if you want Or to make a quick veg broth with shredded chicken or pork always cook with garlic and ginger and also you can throw some small cut leaves or stems into fried rice or stir fry dishes to add colour and flavor Just experiment your creativity with it Enjoy!!!
Fabulous Niall! I'm always open for suggestions. My tomatoes are growing nicely and l am thinking of sewing some salads underneath. Great suggestions , rocket. My favourite and l must look here in the Netherlands to see what's available. Maybe spinach would go well too? Love your enthusiasm. Have a fabulous weekend. Cheers, Úna
Hello, and thank you for your channel. New sub. We're in Kansas zone 6A and seed starting herbs, salad bowl lettuce, broccoli, cauliflower and swiss chard this weekend. Keep the great content coming and happy harvests.
Just my tomatoes in the greenhouse, lovely fruits on them already and plenty of flowers the bees keep popping in to see them 😉, hope you're OK Niall, thanks for this info,don't grow veg etc,only my bedding plants,all planted and starting to flourish, too many cats liking my garden !!
Wonderful! That's so good to hear that all your bedding plants are coming on nicely! I'm one of those people that'll grow a bit of this and bit of that! 😂
Well done to you, keep the vids coming love watching them ,have good weekend, sun or rain it does the gardens good,and saves all the watering needed, 😀
Great share Niall, great varieties,must get my act together and sow some more carrots and my last lot of peas,thanks for the reminder. I have been planting peas successionally. Veg gardens are looking good. I was told not to plant too many onions near peas as you don't get as much peas, but i do plant some onions near them as the rabbits and slugs seem to stay away from the peas. Enjoy the seasons growing. How's the pollytunnel going?
Thanks Lorraine! That's interesting to know about planting onions next to peas - thanks for adding that! The polytunnel is going so well I can't believe it! It's packed full of stuff which I'm delighted about! I think that might be in next week's instalment! 😃
Thank you! Can I start all of the seeds mentioned, including carrots, off in the greenhouse? My allotment soil is awful and planted a majority of the seeds mentioned, direct in April/May and not a single crop 😓
Hiya Niall, Thanks for sharing another great video. I can't sew anything yet as I am due to move into our new house in September so I don't think I will be sewing any seeds until next year I am however growing tomatoes in pots at our rented house which are coming along nicely.
Awesome crops :D I am going to be experimenting with some bush bean varieties and replanting some chard and spinach and Black Tuscany kale ... I dont really have room for anything else but I will be putting in a few more pistachios and stratifying some hazelnuts and cobnuts soon :D :D :D
Thanks so much! The pistachios, hazelnuts and cobnuts all sound particularly interesting - they're not things that I'm growing here! Cheers for sharing! 😃
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Hey Niall Seeing you talking about sowing peas now was heartening, but can I ask if you have a way to beat pea moths? I only sow early to try and get all the flowering and cropping out of the way before the pea moth becomes an issue. I had a while crop trashed a few years ago and it was gutting 😭😭😭 it out me off growing peas at all for a while Any tips to avoid that would be VERY greatly relieved.
Hi Eli, Hanna Sjoberg mentioned it so she's maybe already given you her opinion on it, but I remember the pea moth well from horticulture college Pest & Disease class! 😀 The advice is generally not just to sow early, but to sow late as well, skipping the middle. Sowing at this time of year should pretty much eliminate your chances of an attack since by the time the plants germinate, grow, and fruit it'll be the back end of the summer, well away from their typical fave attack months! For me the main thing is a physical barrier so I'd be going with a very fine insect netting or even horticultural fleece to keep the blighters out! That'll give you the added advantage of keeping a little bit more heat around your plants in the cooler Scottish climate as well. Another great tip that many don't think about is to opt for a mangetout pea instead as they don't get attacked (generally!)
Morning Niall, I keep forgetting to ask you what are those papers you have for each seed. Do they come with the seeds or is there somewhere you print them from? I am doing some brassicas but as my garden is chock a block full right now I’m limiting to quick radish, lettuce and Chinese greens. I struggle with lettuce though it always wilts it’s been super hot but getting cooler thank goodness. Thank you for sharing ✌️🇨🇦🐝 safe all
Hiya Ali! Great to hear from you! Those leaflets are actually stapled onto the seed packets from the Irish supplier I use - they're just brilliant... tons of info and written in a way that gives you confidence rather than denting it! I can well imagine that your garden is packed at the minute!
Hi Niall from Co Leitrim. I went a bit mad earlier this year so have enough salad to sink a boat. :/ I also think I've overdone the kale, but the broccoli is giving us lovely florets already. It's good to hear I can still grow herbs and chard...I love chard but due to the weird weather so far it all bolted, so I'll get some more in. Do you plan on doing any videos on preserving garden crops? I'm freezing greens and dehydrating but any tips would be great.
PS My kohl rabi is doing great, I think you'll love it :) Is it too late to re-sow leeks for winter? The spring ones I grew are brick hard and trying to seed. :(
Hahahaha! I love hearing about you going a bit crazy with the sowings! That's the best bit about all those leafy plants - you've got a backup by sowing them now if they bolt which can be a pain! I might well make a video on preserving crops actually - I'm certainly hoping that I'll have enough quantity of things to do that! On the leeks.... hmmmm... everything I know about them would say it's too late. However! I would say that for the cost of seeds, why not sow some and see how well they get on. Absolute worst case, they simply don't do... but you might be lucky and even have baby/mini leeks to eat!
@@niallgardens Thanks Niall, I'll let ye know how it goes with the leeks! On the leafy greens, at least the bolting's handy for saving seed. When the family groan "Ach, not ANOTHER salad!" I remind them how healthy it is. :D
Hi Niall I came across your vlog and found it interesting I will be sowing some of the varieties you are growing, will you be direct sowing everything, or sowing some in modules first then plannting them out in a few weeks as you never said?
Generally at this time of year, I opt for direct sowing, but I’m thinking a few things, like my purple sprouting broccoli will get sown in modules and brought on in pots before being planted out 👍
It's just the tiniest bit on the late side, but I'd still go for it and I think they'll grow fine for you. I'm afraid I don't really grow cabbages so I'm not so sure what to recommend!
Love French beans but I always run into problems! I think I’m having problems with caterpillars because I can’t see slug trails and I am using measures for those. Do you know any plants that will repel these?
I’m afraid I don’t! If you suspect caterpillars, then I’d be thinking of a physical barrier control like netting, etc… to keep the butterflies at bay. Either that, or keep vigilantly checking the leaves and remove caterpillars as soon as you spot them - but that’ll be fairly high workload!
I'm actually not in a good position to give advice, because strangely, whilst we live in the country, we actually don't really get rabbits here.... I've literally never seen one in the garden and there's never any evidence of them either! Realistically I think you'll need to be fencing off areas that you want protected, and making sure that the fencing is buried well underground also...
Carrots can certainly be overwintered. And don’t despair about your early carrots - I think you’ve made a good decision. Since they’re an early variety, they’ll mature quicker which is a good thing if sown in the middle to late summer like this. I’m willing to bet you’ll have success!
I had salad 🥗 growing a little while ago, got covered in greenfly, had to bin it. How can this be prevented in future ? I’m new to growing in buckets 🪣
My thinking would be that you could get hold of some very fine netting and cover your seedlings early before the greenfly would have an opportunity to take hold?
Hi everyone! Let me know what you're sowing (or not sowing!) this month! It's so cool being able to share our experiences!
also started to grow a few carrots too. not been successful previously but they are growing in a deep tub in my poly tunnel!
Just brought some chives today and sewed them. Also some lettuce, baby carrots, pea shoots, spring onions, radishes and turnips! Had all the seeds already just needed warmer soil and inspiration!
I'm umming and arring! We're going to be away for three weeks and we live in dry Norfolk, so I'm afraid anything I sow might just die while we're gone.🙈
Hi, this is my first year at planning veg. I have lots in a very small place. My cabbage plants have caterpillars, every day I check them. At first I cut off the affected leaves. They are now appearing on broccoli and brussel sprouts. I'm about to replant cauliflower. Is there anything I can do to get rid of them? I have planted marigolds throughout my veg.
I've already sown some Brussels and cabbages ready for the winter, but I will be sowing more seeds including chard, kohl rabi, Carrots, onions etc all winter varieties, I find I want to sow so much but run out of space, so have decided to apply for an allotment and share it with my daughter, so we can grow more produce.
Hello from Huntington Beach, California USA. Thank you for your video. I'm sowing lemon cucumbers and trying to start my butternut squash seeds. I have two corn plants, one w a zucchini, need to transplant another zucchini and sow some beans with them both for my three sisters to thrive! My coriander was a volunteer and it was so cool to taste the flower...in the middle the pollen is as sweet as honey on my tongue! No wonder the pollinators love it! Cheers and God bless to all our friends across the pond.
Michelle
Thanks for the reminder. I have a whole pile of seeds that need to go in the ground, but every time I‘m at the allotment, I‘m busy with weeds 🤣
@Mornings at the Allotment.....How right u are 🤣
Go no dig it drastically cuts down on the amount of weeds
@@sandrascott8650 - we are no dig. That‘s the only way I‘m able to manage the garden at all. But our main weed is bindweed, that‘s almost impossible to get rid of, even with no dig 😉 Also cockspur/barnyard millet, which keeps coming in with the wind. Now that I’m using Alpine strawberries as living mulch, the cockspur is almost gone. But oh, the bindweed 😏
@@MorningsattheAllotmentfeeling your pain! Bindweed, couch grass AND an extremely tenacious and vicious bramble on my allotment - constant war… 😵💫😱🤣
Hi Niall, Im in North Devon & have just started growing a new veg patch this year . It was rough ground & I have cleared it from weeds , then the no dig method. I started with pots & broad beans . Now I have lots of others growing, runner bean, toms, leeks, spinach & bolotti beans too. This week I just planted out sprouts, lettuce & parsley. Thanks for all your videos😊
Liz made me laugh out loud - love her
Thanks for the advice Niall's. Gardening is just starting to pay off here in New England. Potatoes, Onions, Bush Beans, Tomatoes, Corn and Squash, Zucchini and Eggplant. Don't let me forget the Peppers, watermelon and Sunflowers. Just planted some cucumber's as the first batch were struggling. These popped up in less then 5 days which is exciting. Put in a succession crop of Zucchini today. Only 95 days left in my growing season.
Superb! You're doing really well and have so much growing!!!
Hello from Florida. It’s so humid and hot here. I’m growing okra & flowers. Zinnias, Sunflowers & Marigolds. My husband and I start my vegetables gardening when the Hurricane Season slows down & it’s cooler here. I enjoy your video! Your garden is beautiful!!!!
HI Carole, I just found this channel.
Very nice and well done.
I'm in Windermere, Florida zone 9b 🇺🇸
We are growing tomatoes, giant Japanese Red Mustard and Chinese Multicolored Spinach. It's so hot we are just trying to survive the heat and any hurricanes going through 🌿💚🌿
Hi Carole! Oh Okra - that's cool! I've been to Florida a few times now so I can well understand the challenges you have to deal with in terms of the weather - it's so so different from here!
Hi Peggy! Sounds like you're growing a lovely selection of things... brilliant!
@@niallgardens Hi Niall, Are you gardening in Ireland? I don't think I heard you say.
Lovely channel ❤
I will be watching.
I started a gardening channel last September.
I'm 71 and gardening for over 50 years. I've lived in Pennsylvania, Hawaii and Florida so many different climates.
I've learned lots and I am still learning. My channel is about passing on free or frugal, easy tips to make growing fun.
Happy Gardening to you 🌿💚🌿
Haha, you said (around 13:40) that you're not sure if you have space for some of the plants you still have to put out... I see some grass- you hate mowing the lawn so quick, stick another bed in!
Thanks for the video :)
There's always a way to cram some more plants in, isn't there?! Hahahaha!
Great to hear a northern Irish voice on CZcams thanks for all the info I'll get up and get sowing
Hi Niall, loved the video, just sown turnips a few days ago and I've never grown them before but kohlrabi I've grown lots and we eat a lot of that here in Eastern Europe. You can even ferment them and that's amazingly delicious as well as epic for the gut flora. Got to grow the flora in our bellies, too 🤣 sending you lots of love ❤ from Latvia 🇱🇻
How do you prepare your Kohlrabi for fermentation? Sliced? Sticks? What herbs/spices do you like to use? I'm branching out into new ferments this year, so I'd love to hear your advice 😊 Thank you!
@sproutingemily we go for all sorts of shapes. Sometimes just slice it, often I actually grate it. Not very finely but like a coarse grater. If it is bigger it takes a little longer to ferment of course and if smaller, it is faster but that of course depends on the temperature, too. I like to grate it with jerusalem artichokes, carrots and even add green tomatoes, courgettes, green beans... traditionally here, in Latvia they use caraway seeds, lots. I don't quite like it that much, they make everything taste just like caraway 🤣 I like paprika, garlic, summer savory, bay leaves & black pepper because where I come from, in Hungary, those are traditional. But I'm a bit of a daredevil with flavours - from the UK from a friend for my birthday I always receive a big box of high quality Indian spice blend varieties like tikka, korma, garam masala... I add those a lot! They taste divine fermented! Probably all Indians are doing a backflip reading about my crime 🤣 that is my favourite so far though, the Indian spices. I can eat those ferments until I burst 🤣 just unstoppable 😋👌👌👌
We also forage for wild mushrooms in the woods. It's the local culture. Everyone goes to the woods after it rains... depending on what I find I include mushrooms, too in my ferments. One year I found insane amounts of chicken of the woods mushrooms. It was so much that I couldn't find use for it all, the freezer got full, I dehydrated some for powder and still I had lots. That year I fermented a small barrel of just those mushrooms and it was phenomenal!!!! I decided that next time I just ferment them and won't bother with powder and all... I'm still looking 🤣🤣🤣 since then we haven't found any decent amount 🤣🤣🤣 not even enough for a jar 🤣 but I know I just have to keep looking and I will get lucky again 🤣🤣🤣 have fun experimenting and discovering new flavours 😋💖 lots of love to you, gorgeous 💋💋💋
@BeeVargaTheHulahooper You are so lovely! Thank you for this treasure trove of information and ideas. Pickled mushrooms are indeed one of my favorites, so I'm definitely adding that one to my ferment list. I haven't been mushroom hunting in ages, but love morels if I'm lucky enough to find them - yum! I'm also in love with the idea of adding Indian spices to ferments. We have a major spice house in our city called Penzeys who will have anything I need for this endeavor. Just brilliant 👏 I'm not sure I would've thought of that! Have a lovely week 💕💋😊
@sproutingemily here the morel season is over. We usually have them around May. I had very good luck with old apple trees. Then I read that it is for a reason. They are good buddies apparently, they are in a symbiotic relationship and they love to hang out. So maybe after rain if you check under all the apple trees you can, you could end up with a nice harvest. We rent gardens - almost like an allotment system... and one of the gardens has 6 old apple trees. After rain we can harvest enough for a meal for all of us just from under those trees. It used to get so bushy with a weed called ground elder that I never noticed before. But since I found out about this apple-morel friendship, I trim gently the top of the ground elder every time before rain 🤣 cheeky but I am keen to help the morels thrive and the ground elder can enjoy peace after the morel season is over 🤣 so I'm not farming mushrooms and never planted them but I joined the apple-morel comradery 🤣🤣🤣 and after the morel season I sprinkle wood shavings or rotten old wood and dead sticks and twigs under the tree. The morels like dead tree matter, too nkt just a living apple tree. Basically if you have an apple tree, you can save all your twigs and sticks and any wood waste you can get your hands on. Scatter under your tree and next spring you get your basket full of morels 😋
In the past I used to walk all day to look for them in random places hoping for the best 🤣 now I'm manipulative 🤣 I still go for walks! But for morels I don't have to rely on luck anymore. Honestly, give it a try, got nothing to lose 💗 I always wanted to grow mushrooms but didn't want to spend a fortune on weird expensive kits and shipping and packaging and force some weird environment that I have to create... this way it feels like I'm just giving them my twigs and save all the unwanted wooden bits and the Universe just rewards me without ordering any kits 🙏🙏🙏💚
Hi from Sweden! I've just sowed some potatoes, lettuce, spinach and different varities of herbs. I have sowed alot of different veggies and herbs this year since I moved to a new house! Green peas, potatoes, garlic, carrots, spinach, lettuce, cauliflower, broccoli, peppers and chilis, chives, schalotts, cucumbers, cabbage, strawberries, tatsoi and pak choi, asparagus, squash... I've probably forgotten to mention some :) heh
Hi Evelina! Thanks for your comment - it's so cool getting to hear what other people are sowing and growing! You've got such a brilliant selection of plants there - nice work! I'm growing a lot of those things, so it'll be really interesting to keep in touch so we can see how we both get on!
Way to grow Evelina.
Hi from Alabama I continue to plant green beans also
Hello there! Great that you’ve got your beans going too!
Deffinatly going sow some lettuce, spring onion ,carrots,
Hi Niall, thanks for great inspiration! Your garden is beautiful!
Today is a rainy day in Sweden but forecast for next week says sun and above 25C, so it is perfect for get some seeds in the ground right now. I will seed some cos-sallad, dill, carrots, rocket and radishes. In the veggarden I’m already growing succhini, strawberries, beans, peas, tomatoes, cucumbers, corn, potatoes, pumpkins and lots of flowers 🌸
Hi Charlotte! You're totally welcome! You certainly do seem to be due some great weather over in Sweden! You've got a brilliant selection of fruit and veggies growing - keep it up! I'm playing catch up behind you because I'm running to late this year!
Id love to recommend a delicious asian green. Tatsoi. I tossed a pack of seeds in a bed, huge germination. I transplanted the seedlings in several stages into other beds, my hydroponic frame and aquaponic frame. Amazing success with continuous harvests in a pick-and-come-again strategy. Deep green leaves in such a pretty rosette shape. Ideal to stirfry, add to long soups, salads, eggs, burgers etc etc… almost a year round growing season.
I just got to say I love your intro! Makes me want to get out in my garden right now!
Thanks very much! That’s so cool that it’s given you the inspiration and energy to go garden! 😃
Very helpful as I’ve never grown any vegetables before this is a good starting point for me thank you
Cucumber too.
Cucumbers are so rewarding to grow aren't they?
I love kitchen/vegetable garden and love watching your garden growing/maturing. Thanks for sharing Niall! My garden is small but raised bed filled with lavender, lupins, clematis, few different type of hydrangeas. But I also have few pots of strawberries, thanks for your recommendation during this winter, freebies at Blooms couple years ago from Keelings are now double in quantities...! I also have two boxes of lettuce with nasturtiums....So looking forward to see your veg garden through out summer, into autumn and winter!
Hi Mutsumi! I love the selection of plants that you have - beautiful, and a gorgeous combination. That's so good that you're getting a nice strawberry crop! And the nasturtium flowers will be beautiful in salads!
Thanks for the advice Niall! A new one I'm trying this year is a Belot Cauliflower, never tried a winter cauliflower before so I'm looking forward to it!
Great video. Informative. Great re-watch for future reference. Already growing some. Going to add your selection to grow now. Thanks.
Awesome, thank you!
Lots of beans, purple sprouting broccoli, beets, fennel, cilantro, spring onion-all started from seed and ready to take the place of the garlic and potatoes if it ever stops raining here!!!
Sounds great! Loads of different things - like it!
I am rewatching this from last year. I’ve planted parsley and basil from seed. They grow very well here in zone 5b/6 Pennsylvania, USA. Putting in salad greens in the next few days. Thank you for the info!
Hi Laura! Thanks for the re-watch! Sounds like you're growing great things this year
Great ideas on hat to sow. I've just sown some more turnips and black kale as they are deliciousxx
I just today planted a swiss chard (never have eaten it, but I'm curious), a winter spinach, and some lollo rossa lettuce. I planted some beetroot two days ago (I've tried twice this year and they haven't made it). I'm a brand new gardener (first year) and it's all one big experiment!
I also am growing borlotti beans. Not flowered yet, but are climbing and climbing their teepees.
Your raised beds look fab!
Sounds great! Nice selection of things growing - good on ya! And although it's an experiment, I'm willing to bet you'll have tons of success! Yeah I'm growing borlotti beans this year and looking forward to seeing how they get on...
@@niallgardens I have already harvested some spring onions, spinach, coriander, and some courgettes. I've even tried out some borage leaves! We finally have a tomato ripening (out of 50 on two plants combined) and my Purple Queen dwarf French bean has a load of blossoms and a teensy baby bean. No blossoms on the borlotti yet, but they were planted a couple of weeks after the French. Good luck for the rest of your season! 😁 I'm hooked now - plan to grow every year moving forward!
So pleased I’ve seen this as I’m a beginner and want to grow all year round. 😊👍
Wonderful! Hopefully it'll give you some handy ideas and bring you lots of successes!
I have given up sowing parsley which seems quite difficult to germinate. I now buy a pot from the supermarket and plant it out. It really works although you are not supposed to transplant parsley, and a pot is cheaper than a packet of seeds I have had good supplies of parsley, both curly and flat, by doing this the last few years.
That's a very valid way of growing parsley - like you say, it can be tricky to germinate and when you can pick it up so cheaply in the supermarket, it's a great way of getting around that problem! Nice one!
kohlrabii is amazing. Eat the leaves too. We like to make a sweet pickle with kohlrabi slices, cuke, onion and apple into vinegar w black pepper. Thanks for great reminder video.
Oh now that sweet pickle sounds AMAZING! I'll totally have to give that go with my harvest! Glad you enjoyed the video!
Today's job..
First early spuds out of the bed raked over and leeks that have been in a large pot for the last month have gone in. Plus a new sprinkling of Lilia Spring Onions which I've never tried before (usually only do white lisbon) so here's hoping they're as good as they're meant to be.
I'm interested by the sound of Lilia Spring Onions... I'm going to check them out!
@@niallgardens Reccomended by Jessie at Plot 37.
Fabulous video - so many great ideas I lost count! Thanks for all the tips! New subscriber here!
Thanks so much for such a lovely message! Delighted to have you as a subscriber!
Thank you!
Thanks for all the suggestions. I think I’ll give turnips a try… I just planted some Hungarian parsley. It’s a broad-leaf variety and apparently very flavourful!
I'll definitely look up Hungarian Parsley - I'm familiar with standard flat-leaf parsley as it would get added into vegetable broth! Yum!
thanks for sharing the beautiful video.
You’re welcome! Delighted that you enjoyed it!
Hey Niall! Hello from a wee tiny bit more north than you and half way up a smallish mountain. No protection from rabbits and squirrels?? So lucky! I feed the wild bunnies my organic kale (from the kale forest, many varieties) to distract them; the squirrels - fallen rose petals and bird seed in avocado shells. Bunnies chase squirrels. Squirrels like to be chased. Bunnies chase birds. I love watching these critters.
Despite success in growing lemongrass and stevia, yep, halfway up a N. Irish mountain, roots, beans and leaves in abundance, we have struggles with dill, carrots, and believe it or not, parsley. Any tips? Best wishes
Hi! I'm intrigued about where you're living... it sounds beautiful AND challenging at the same time. Funny, we basically don't get rabbits here whatsoever which is a real surprise to me considering we're living in the country. My thoughts on dill, carrots, parsley... well parsley can always be a stubborn plant to germinate and sometimes just won't work so I'd maybe be considering some new really fresh seed? Then for all of those plants, if I was direct sowing them, I might be giving them some cover / shelter with some horticultural fleece or similar... even in the summer since I can imagine your location means wind and cooler temperatures. Also since the seeds are so small, if you're direct sowing them, make sure to keep them moist at all times... I'm wondering if the winds are just drying out the soil that little bit too much? You could try James Prigioni's trick of placing a plank on top of the seed row until they germinate to shelter them and keep moisture in?
What about parsnips? I have some starting in loo roll tubes for planting out when my broad beans are finished by end-July
I’m in New Jersey and just planted canna lily seeds that my friend in Kentucky sent me from her garden. Hoping that with a good mulch, they’ll overwinter.
Oh Cannas - I love them! They have such a great tropical look (or at least they look tropical in Ireland!!)
@@niallgardens they’re pretty tropical for NJ too!!! There’s a gorgeous new green and purple variegated variety called Cleopatra that is utterly mind blowing!
yah just planted up more peas yesterday that I had grown from seed about 3 weeks ago!
Oh fantastic! That's brilliant!
@@niallgardens how do you ear yours? we seem to just eat raw as fresh but on their own as a snack!
Enjoyed listening and being reminded to continue sowing with the added knowledge of companion plants etc....new sub here. Thank u 🌱
Thanks very much, and welcome! Thanks for subscribing!
Checking back Niall! Great Vid my friend!
Thanks for the visit and delighted you enjoyed the video!
I hadn't thought of peas at this time and I havent done any this year so will give it a go.!
It's a cool idea isn' it? Like I say, I can't take the glory for the idea, but I was really impressed with the thinking behind it!
Hi Naill. Due to veg garden so over grown and so much to do in and out of the house. Im not sure how much i will get in. Im hoping to get a few carrots, spinach, broccoli and beetroot in if i can clear enough of the veg beds and topped up with some extra Mushroom compost i already have . Got new beds to treat and line they are just pallet collars for quickness. Which should last a few years. Will really be planning to be busier in veg garden come the spring. Hoping to get a field or two open for wild camping. This summer
You've got a lot going on! Fair play! I've basically been in the same situation as you where I've had to devote a lot of time to the creation of the veg plot, which holds back actual growing.... I'm hoping for the same as you, really getting a more organised, productive system next year! PS: Wild camping sounds cool!
Haha! I put you on pause at beginning of video and nearly broke my neck looking for my notebook and pen, unpaused you just to hear you say " don't worry about writing these down..." Awk Niall that was another really fantastic video..I just love them. I'm going to be growing a lot of your salad leaves you talked about, you made them sound yummy! Can i ask you, and forgive me for my naivety, but if I wanted my own grown Brussel sprouts on Christmas day when should I sow them? Perhaps I'm too late this year but maybe next year... many thanks!
Hi Geraldine! Thanks for such a gorgeous comment! ❤️ I have a feeling that if you sow Brussel Sprouts now they won't be ready in time for Christmas - I think you'd need to have done that earlier. HOWEVER! I would say, sow some anyway and see... we could get perfect conditions between now and Christmas, and you might be lucky! Alternatively, we might get bad conditions and they might be really late. I always like giving it a go anyway and you have the fun of waiting to see if your master plan works! 😃
@@niallgardens Thank you so much for getting back to me. I think I'll take your advice Niall and sow them anyway. As you say it will be fun watching to see what happens! x
@@geraldinekelly1301 can I ask if you sowed the Brussels sprouts afterwards and was it a success? 🙋🏻♀️
@@bernadettesullivan29 I actually cheated and went to local garden centre and bought plants. I got a small harvest for Christmas but I hadn't protected them properly against white butterfly at the beginning and I'm sure if I had at the time, I would have had a much bigger yield! This year however my sprouts are all netted up and are doing really well. I noticed a garden centre selling them the other day so perhaps give it a go but remember to protect them now. Good luck Bernadette xx
@@geraldinekelly1301 Thanks for all the helpful advice Geraldine I’l remember to net mine , I Love Brussels Sprouts I even enjoy eating them raw. 💁🏻
Great tips thanks. I feel very behind and unmotivated this year with my little veg area. You have spurred me on. Off to get the seed out- thanks 😊
You're welcome! Don't despair - I'm really far behind this year too (truly) because I was starting my veg plot from scratch and so much time was taken actually creating the structure. You'll be great!
Great list, I have recently sown most of those crops. I am going to sow a few more, like rutabaga, amaranth, white radishes and fennel. Once the onions are harvested I will have plenty of room for peas, both for pea shoots and sugar snaps in the fall.
Thanks so much! Sounds like a great selection of things to be growing... I've always been interested in Amaranth but haven't tried it myself yet
Nice one .a pleasure to watch and learn
Thanks very much!
I know this is from a year ago, but I'm getting more interested in Pak Choi, and I was wondering what it tastes like?
Oh for me, Pak Choi has a lettuce-y flavour with perhaps a very slight hint of cabbage flavour, but it's really lovely
@@niallgardens Oh thank you, I'll have a go at growing some next year!
Pak Choy is one of my favourite veg which I grew up with You must try! I can eat that everyday stir fry with lots of garlic and ginger or finely chopped garlic only it only takes 5 mins to cook! A cornflour gravy with a bit of soy sauce and sesame oil will finish it perfectly Or you just quick steam with garlic and ginger add soy sauce or oyster sauce at the end if you want Or to make a quick veg broth with shredded chicken or pork always cook with garlic and ginger and also you can throw some small cut leaves or stems into fried rice or stir fry dishes to add colour and flavor Just experiment your creativity with it Enjoy!!!
Not much space left on the garden now... Will try some peas, thanks for the tips!
I hear with that! I'm starting to run out of room and I thought I'd created plenty of space!
Fabulous Niall! I'm always open for suggestions. My tomatoes are growing nicely and l am thinking of sewing some salads underneath. Great suggestions , rocket. My favourite and l must look here in the Netherlands to see what's available. Maybe spinach would go well too? Love your enthusiasm. Have a fabulous weekend. Cheers, Úna
Yeah spinach could do nicely as well! I quite like Rocket, but Kenny adores it!
Hello, and thank you for your channel. New sub. We're in Kansas zone 6A and seed starting herbs, salad bowl lettuce, broccoli, cauliflower and swiss chard this weekend. Keep the great content coming and happy harvests.
Thanks for the sub! Great to hear all that you're starting at the min - brilliant!
Just my tomatoes in the greenhouse, lovely fruits on them already and plenty of flowers the bees keep popping in to see them 😉, hope you're OK Niall, thanks for this info,don't grow veg etc,only my bedding plants,all planted and starting to flourish, too many cats liking my garden !!
Wonderful! That's so good to hear that all your bedding plants are coming on nicely! I'm one of those people that'll grow a bit of this and bit of that! 😂
Well done to you, keep the vids coming love watching them ,have good weekend, sun or rain it does the gardens good,and saves all the watering needed, 😀
Great share Niall, great varieties,must get my act together and sow some more carrots and my last lot of peas,thanks for the reminder. I have been planting peas successionally. Veg gardens are looking good. I was told not to plant too many onions near peas as you don't get as much peas, but i do plant some onions near them as the rabbits and slugs seem to stay away from the peas. Enjoy the seasons growing. How's the pollytunnel going?
Thanks Lorraine! That's interesting to know about planting onions next to peas - thanks for adding that! The polytunnel is going so well I can't believe it! It's packed full of stuff which I'm delighted about! I think that might be in next week's instalment! 😃
@@niallgardens looking forward to see how its going, whenever you can, no rush. Yes our owner of the allotments mentioned it.
“I must get my act together” literally every gardener on the planet😂
Thank you! Can I start all of the seeds mentioned, including carrots, off in the greenhouse?
My allotment soil is awful and planted a majority of the seeds mentioned, direct in April/May and not a single crop 😓
Yes you can! Though just be careful about ventilation and temperatures since the greenhouse can get mega hot at this time of year.
Hiya Niall, Thanks for sharing another great video. I can't sew anything yet as I am due to move into our new house in September so I don't think I will be sewing any seeds until next year I am however growing tomatoes in pots at our rented house which are coming along nicely.
You're welcome! 😃 That's brilliant that your tomatoes are doing well! Hopefully the house you're moving too will have a nice growing space for you
@@niallgardens Yep the garden is lovely
I suck at coriander! Just can't seem to get it to product very much before bolting
Awesome crops :D I am going to be experimenting with some bush bean varieties and replanting some chard and spinach and Black Tuscany kale ... I dont really have room for anything else but I will be putting in a few more pistachios and stratifying some hazelnuts and cobnuts soon :D :D :D
Thanks so much! The pistachios, hazelnuts and cobnuts all sound particularly interesting - they're not things that I'm growing here! Cheers for sharing! 😃
@@niallgardens my chestnuts looked lonely o thought it only fair 😂
Hi I get of slug I put salt on them in my Raise bed
Thank you for sharing
You're welcome! Thanks for watching!
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Hey Niall
Seeing you talking about sowing peas now was heartening, but can I ask if you have a way to beat pea moths? I only sow early to try and get all the flowering and cropping out of the way before the pea moth becomes an issue. I had a while crop trashed a few years ago and it was gutting 😭😭😭 it out me off growing peas at all for a while
Any tips to avoid that would be VERY greatly relieved.
Hi Eli,
Hanna Sjoberg mentioned it so she's maybe already given you her opinion on it, but I remember the pea moth well from horticulture college Pest & Disease class! 😀
The advice is generally not just to sow early, but to sow late as well, skipping the middle. Sowing at this time of year should pretty much eliminate your chances of an attack since by the time the plants germinate, grow, and fruit it'll be the back end of the summer, well away from their typical fave attack months!
For me the main thing is a physical barrier so I'd be going with a very fine insect netting or even horticultural fleece to keep the blighters out! That'll give you the added advantage of keeping a little bit more heat around your plants in the cooler Scottish climate as well.
Another great tip that many don't think about is to opt for a mangetout pea instead as they don't get attacked (generally!)
Morning Niall, I keep forgetting to ask you what are those papers you have for each seed. Do they come with the seeds or is there somewhere you print them from? I am doing some brassicas but as my garden is chock a block full right now I’m limiting to quick radish, lettuce and Chinese greens. I struggle with lettuce though it always wilts it’s been super hot but getting cooler thank goodness. Thank you for sharing ✌️🇨🇦🐝 safe all
Hiya Ali! Great to hear from you! Those leaflets are actually stapled onto the seed packets from the Irish supplier I use - they're just brilliant... tons of info and written in a way that gives you confidence rather than denting it! I can well imagine that your garden is packed at the minute!
Hi Niall from Co Leitrim. I went a bit mad earlier this year so have enough salad to sink a boat. :/ I also think I've overdone the kale, but the broccoli is giving us lovely florets already. It's good to hear I can still grow herbs and chard...I love chard but due to the weird weather so far it all bolted, so I'll get some more in.
Do you plan on doing any videos on preserving garden crops? I'm freezing greens and dehydrating but any tips would be great.
PS My kohl rabi is doing great, I think you'll love it :) Is it too late to re-sow leeks for winter? The spring ones I grew are brick hard and trying to seed. :(
Hahahaha! I love hearing about you going a bit crazy with the sowings! That's the best bit about all those leafy plants - you've got a backup by sowing them now if they bolt which can be a pain! I might well make a video on preserving crops actually - I'm certainly hoping that I'll have enough quantity of things to do that! On the leeks.... hmmmm... everything I know about them would say it's too late. However! I would say that for the cost of seeds, why not sow some and see how well they get on. Absolute worst case, they simply don't do... but you might be lucky and even have baby/mini leeks to eat!
@@niallgardens Thanks Niall, I'll let ye know how it goes with the leeks! On the leafy greens, at least the bolting's handy for saving seed. When the family groan "Ach, not ANOTHER salad!" I remind them how healthy it is. :D
Just found you, thanks for the video. New sub here.
Awesome, thank you!
Hi Niall I came across your vlog and found it interesting I will be sowing some of the varieties you are growing, will you be direct sowing everything, or sowing some in modules first then plannting them out in a few weeks as you never said?
Generally at this time of year, I opt for direct sowing, but I’m thinking a few things, like my purple sprouting broccoli will get sown in modules and brought on in pots before being planted out 👍
Thanks for sharing! I haven't sown as much as I wanted to so far and hoping to catch up before the end of the month.
I find this very reassuring to know that it's not only me that runs late! 😂
What zone are you in? I’m zone 10b California.
CAN I SOW WINTER CABBAGE, AND IF SO WHAT VARITIES ?
It's just the tiniest bit on the late side, but I'd still go for it and I think they'll grow fine for you. I'm afraid I don't really grow cabbages so I'm not so sure what to recommend!
Love French beans but I always run into problems! I think I’m having problems with caterpillars because I can’t see slug trails and I am using measures for those. Do you know any plants that will repel these?
I’m afraid I don’t! If you suspect caterpillars, then I’d be thinking of a physical barrier control like netting, etc… to keep the butterflies at bay. Either that, or keep vigilantly checking the leaves and remove caterpillars as soon as you spot them - but that’ll be fairly high workload!
How do you keep the rabbits away?
I'm actually not in a good position to give advice, because strangely, whilst we live in the country, we actually don't really get rabbits here.... I've literally never seen one in the garden and there's never any evidence of them either! Realistically I think you'll need to be fencing off areas that you want protected, and making sure that the fencing is buried well underground also...
I heard that carrots can be overwintered, but it’s just occurred to me that my seeds are earlies. Are they doomed? 😢
Carrots can certainly be overwintered. And don’t despair about your early carrots - I think you’ve made a good decision. Since they’re an early variety, they’ll mature quicker which is a good thing if sown in the middle to late summer like this. I’m willing to bet you’ll have success!
I had salad 🥗 growing a little while ago, got covered in greenfly, had to bin it. How can this be prevented in future ? I’m new to growing in buckets 🪣
My thinking would be that you could get hold of some very fine netting and cover your seedlings early before the greenfly would have an opportunity to take hold?
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Thanks will try that next time.