May Vegetable Garden Tour | What's Growing Now!
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- čas přidán 30. 06. 2024
- It's time for a May Vegetable Garden Tour with everything that's growing, what's changing, what's been added... one great big catch-up! This year things are look really abundant and hopeful.
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Let me know what you think! ❤
I'm in Tennessee US, I've been watching you for about 2 years now and love all your tips, but I have to say that you just make me happy🤗
That's so brilliant that you've been a subscriber for so long - that makes me really happy!
Good morning Niall, from Windermere, Florida 9b 🇺🇸 ❤
Your Garden has SOO CHANGED
It's all beautiful changes. The gravel is really an awesome idea.
Take care
❤Peggy❤
Hiya Peggy! Great to hear from you - hope all's well! It really does feel like the veg garden is coming together, bit by bit!
I like you "cheat-o culture" :) No harm done it's going to be good soil after a while.
Hahahaha! I was thinking on the spot and that was the first thing that came to mind! 😂😂😂
6:25 i still pick volunteer potato shoots from the beds i had potatoes planted in 2018... Lesson learned, I now have dedicated raised beds for my potatoes and I grow them on a perpetual basis. It is just sooo much more efficient: I dont have to plant them, only harvest when and as much as I need, don't have to store them as they stay in the ground all year round. I'm in Co Cavan by the way, and this winter I'm gonna be honest, I wasn't very confident about my potato growing method as we had hard freezing for a solid 2 weeks, below -10C at nights. But to my biggest surprise they all survived and now all have came up and growing fine. I grow red duke of york, charlotte, purple majesty and sarpo mira. I really recommend everyone to give this method a try, don't have to waste time on planting, don't have to harvest it all at the same time, don't have store it, every early spring I top them up with a bit of compost and some bone meal and that's it. I have also noticed that over the years as they're settling in, they are getting even more resistant to disease and pests, probably as they're adopting to their environment. And no more volunteers all around the garden. Except for those from 2018 I still haven't been able to get rid of... 🤣
Wow, this is actually fascinating! You seem to have broken almost every rule and you’re having success - I love it! This could be a very interesting experiment and particularly since you’re so close to me. Really positive to hear that they made it though the cold before Christmas. Thanks so much for sharing this!! Awesome!
Niall, what a really exciting video.The fruit guild is looking wonderful. I'm so excited today to see one asparagus growing in a new bed, as I took your advice and contained it in an area where it can grow on its own. Happy gardening 😊
Love your enthusiasm Naill, and your garden looks great! I have to disagree with your choice of path coverings though. I’m a huge fan of grass paths, but the gravel will look amazing, I’m sure. 😊 Looking forward to seeing the finished result. I enjoy your channel a lot. Keep up the good work! ❤
Hi Linda! So glad you're enjoying the channel and the content I'm making!
Thanks for update, the gravel will give you a warmer place it will look nice and the slugs will just hate it👩🌾
That’s exactly my thinking - practical, less slugs, more trapped heat! 😃
Nialll, everything looks amazing in your garden. Before watching this video. I was watching Catherine from Dainty Diaries & I saw that you two got to meet @ the Chelsea Flower Show. That is wonderful for me to see ...my favorite Irish CZcamsrs in the garden together. Have a great night & be well.
Yeah! I was so chuffed to meet her! She lives quite close to me, so you never know, we might do a little collab!!
I love your content! Yes, potatoes either become a weed or s pleasant surprise. And there's no such thing as too many onions! You can chop and freeze them.
Totally agree! That’s what I do as well - get them chopped up and freeze ‘em - so handy isn’t it?!
🇨🇦❤️Niall, how are you? Your friend in Newfoundland, Canada here!….your garden really does look lush and GREEN!
Hello I'm good thanks - hope you are too!
Can’t wait to see the gravel down!
It probably seems like it's taking forever at times but very enjoyable to watch the garden fall into place over the last few years.
There's something really lovely about seeing it all come together isn't there? Even if it does take a long time
I love all the progress! It's amazing how these projects take years. It's going so well!
I'm going to look into kalette, I've never heard of it.
It's funny, in some ways I feel like the veg garden is still brand new and it's already been a couple of years!
Adore how happy you seem in this
Haha yeah I’m loving it!
Love your videos. Information presented in a fun way with heaps of great tips. Thanks!
Thanks so much Annie!
Your may garden looks gorgeous! subscribed!
Good Morning Niall 😃
Hello! Good morning!
Hello! I had a slow start this spring, when I should've been planting I just felt overwhelmed with it all! Like what should go where, how much to plant, etc. Its a new garden for us that we have dug from grass and weeds and tons of rocks! So I've finally been planting away, today it was kales and I too have kalettes and purple sprouting broccoli. I'm not sure yet what areas of our garden to plant directly in so I'm starting most in cells right on the dirt of the garden; no greenhouse yet. Lovely channel!
Sounds like you're getting lots of great things into the ground - super! That feeling of overwhelm is a common thread that runs through most of us - I know it certainly does with me too
Great video. Very much enjoyed watching it. 😊
Thanks Eilish!
Well wone, niall !!!
Love your excitement which extends to the 🪴. ❤
Thanks Patricia, that’s very kind! ❤️
Looks great, Niall!! Love the variety and the symmetry!! That gravel will look fab! Hope you’re well!!
Thanks very much! I'm a sucker for a neat bit of symmetry!
Looking good. Like the gravel.
Thanks Becky! I’m looking forward to having it all done!
You have a very nice garden spot going there! Wishing you all the best. I love gardening as well. Cheers!
Thanks very much Clarence!
Looking great, Niall 😍 plenty is growing and Im glad youve taken our your raspberries and blackberries..i have to do the same thing this autumn as the RB have invaded the blueberry planter and they look like weeds 🙈 And will also turn it into an asparagus bed,its such a long project 😊...glad youve picked out your gravel, it is going to look very smart and clean, once down. All the best, M. 💚🌿
I’m glad it’s not just me! I wish I’d never planted them there now! 😂 also, the gravel…. That was entirely influenced by seeing how you’ve created your garden! Honestly!
@Niall Gardens That's so cool and sweet at the same time 🥰🤗, probably seeing and experiencing something you had already thought about really solidified your decision. I'm delighted for you ❤️
Niall, you are doing a grest job,whoohoo oinions galore, great to store for winter, ive planted lettuce in between mine, great coverage for the lettuce in the heat. Love your fruit tree beds, they have come on so well. I took the cover off my psb too, easier for me to have a nibble as i pass by. Re beans, someone said to me that we have successes but also for no reason some that donymt work, every season is different. Delighted you will have your paths sorted, will be beautiful to sit amongst, a few solar lights, and beautiful evenings to relax in. Great video Niall as always. Thank you.
Hello hello! ❤️ That’s such a cool idea to plant lettuces between the onions - I’m going to give that a go!! How are you keeping?
@niallgardens someone told me it helps deter slugs,but I wouldn't fully trust it,but does help the lettuce with cover from too much sun.
I'm good Niall, think I've finally got over, what was thought to be long covid, so many illnesses well over a year. Plugging away in my lotty, got my mojo back. How are you guys doing. I'm as excited as you for your seating area among the fruit trees. It has developed so well. You are doing a wonderful job.
Afternoon Niall, glorious weather here, veg look very healthy, well done and thanks for sharing your garden and knowledge. My gardens just flowers. Still seedlings to get pricked out, so late I am this year .hey ho I'll get there take care happy gardening till next time 😊
Hi Hazel! Don't worry, I've still got things that need pricked out and potted on too. I always find no matter how organised I am, I end up slipping behind!!
@@niallgardens glad its not just me then, its the energy to do the gardening that's sometimes the problem, 😂 x
Hi Niall: Actually, i was not in favor of you destroying the grass, but I've changed my mind. One, it looks great, but two, you may well have far few slugs in your veg beds because they won't want to crawl across the gravel as easily as they do the grass. I would love to hear a report from you about your experience with slugs and snails after it's all spread. Take care and stay safe up there. DA
Yeah I was in two minds for so long about the gravel vs grass argument, but I'm happy with what I've settled on. Or at least I will be when I've got the hard graft out of the way and the gravel is in place!!!
rocket flowers are edible so you can still get some use from them in your salads
Very true! And they're beautiful as well aren't they!
I have plant strawberries with my asparagus. My mini cherry tree did few flowers but now it just bare. I think am going cover it with frost cover next year to see if it help for next year I do hope it comes back the same as my mini apple tree.
Hopefully it does come back for you. That's really cool that you plant strawberries amongst your asparagus too!
Amazing garden! Can’t wait to hear more abt your fruit tree guilds! Also, how do you prepare your broad beans for the freezer? Last year was a fail, but this year I’m heading for a bumper crop!
I shell the beans then with a sharp knife put a small nick into each bean, about 1cm long, then bag them and freeze them. That way, when you cook them, it's easy to pop the tasty green inner bean out of the bitter outer shell
Garden beds really looking good this year. Check the first turnips you showed. You can cook the greens and you want the turnips small. (lemon size) For cooked greens not to be bitter you should par boil for a few minutes then drain off the water and start with fresh water. Love the Fruit tree guild beds. Just lovely. Thanks for the garden tour.
That's really good info - thanks Donna! Yeah the fruit tree guild beds are looking gorgeous
Turnips with greens are delicious in beef and barley soup
Oh good call! Thanks!
Hi Niall! Lovely to see your garden progress! I was wondering what shoes you're wearing in this video... I have been looking for a lightweight/flexible pair of garden boots (à la duckboots style) for my own forest gardening ventures, and right now I only have a pair of heavy/stiff and clunky rubber boots with lining (they do the job well for some areas I'm working in, but are not practical for all areas of the property). I wasn't sure if the ones you wear are a brand name or what type of shoe they're called! Many Canadian thanks!
Fruit trees are a great addition to any garden .
They really aren't they?! And so affordable if bought nice and small
Where did you get those black hoops and netting from please Niall, they look fab 🤗🤗🤗. Love your garden it’s beautiful 😍
They are so so good! They're from a UK company called Gardening Naturally
Any company in Ireland selling the hoops and netting? As Gardening Naturally now only deliver within the UK only. I've grown potatoes on top of the ground covered with hay and leaves. No digging at harvest time, only push back the grass and leaves and pick what you need. Plant your Rocket later in the year. The cooler weather will prevent it from bolting or plant it in the shade.
Afraid I don't have an alternative company to suggest. I normally successionally sow my rocket since the weather each month here can be so variable...
@@niallgardens Thanks for reply.
Great video thank you, looks lovely, where did you get the frame for the netting please? It looks very nice and tidy.
Oh it comes from a UK company called Gardening Naturally
Thank you 🙏
everything is so small this time of year but every time you go down the allotment they DoUBLE and then soon you'll not be able to move
It's incredible just how quickly everything grows isn't it!!!
Hi Niall, is the terracotta pot in the fruit tree guilds an olla? I would love one for my garden but I can't find any in garden the centres
Oh it’s actually not an Olla, it’s a rhubarb forcer that I leave there as decoration!
Hi Niall, how do you spell the mini purple cabbages..Kolett ? Colettes???:)
Kalettes! Found it
Perfect! Kalettes!
Niall, where did you get your arches from please. I’m looking for something just like them to grow a couple of clematis over. Thanks
I bought them from a local discount shop. I have to say they’re extremely lightweight and flimsy. So they’re very much there for looks and I doubt they’ll stand the test of time. However, they were much more affordable than other alternatives
Thank you
Does anyone know what kind of mesh cover is protecting the brassica bed? Is that a Niall DIY?
I’m afraid it’s not a Niall Garden’s DIY job! I got them from a UK company called Gardening Naturally 😃
@@niallgardens Wow, thanks so much for responding--they're really stylish! Off to see if they'll ship to the States 😁 Garden is looking beaut, btw! 🌿
When you guys taste the red onions believe me you wont be giving them away.