Become Independent. Seed Sowing 101!
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- čas přidán 7. 03. 2024
- Dive into the world of gardening with "From Farm Crisis to Home Harvest: A Seed Sowing Journey." In this engaging video, Tony O'Neill guides you through the empowering process of starting your garden from the very basics of seed sowing. Amidst the backdrop of challenges faced by farmers across Europe and the USA, Tony emphasizes the importance of self-sufficiency and taking control of your food source. From understanding different seed types and preparing your soil to mastering various sowing techniques and tackling common gardening pitfalls like damping off, this video is packed with practical advice. Learn how to transform your garden into a flourishing haven of sustainability and resilience, all while contributing positively to the environment. Join us on this green-thumbed adventure to empower your plate and cultivate a thriving garden one seed at a time.
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Thanks for speaking out on behalf of our farmers Tony. They are in dire straits and need our help. Grow what you can and try and buy the rest from your local farm.Some foods in certain supermarkets are being coated in Apeel. Look it up, it's not good. Unfortunately we can no longer trust our own Government as they are compromised. Your videos are a great help to people who are new to growing food
Much appreciated
I suggest you find a more reliable source regarding Apeel, as the ones claiming it's harmful are based on a false use of data from a cleaning product of the same name.
Apeel as applied to fruit is derived from such things a grape skins from wineries & orange peel from juice producers.
@@GARDENER42Actually fatty acids derived from oils..
If your Brix (Sugar and mineral) levels are above12% in you leaves when growing the fruits have a natural longer shelf life.
Pesticides and herbicides compromise plant immunity and you never get the Brix numbers needed..
I have done trials with a large horticultural operation for 2 years testing.
Apeel is a project of Bill Gates
@@GARDENER42plant based means that. Its plant based.. But this is plant based technology! There is non listed ingredients. The foid they sell is already dead from storage and nearly all gmo. Like this new biotechnology food. No thanks
Thanks for supporting farmers mate -- and your growing tips.
We all have to stick together
Despite being in NW England, for several months each year, I grow melons, aubergine, tomatoes, cucumbers, courgettes sweet & chilli peppers, fine beans, all in a 20' x10' polytunnel.
Even during winter, I still get enough spinach, lettuce, rocket, mizuna & coriander for our needs.
Not only does this save me a great deal of money, it also (by my reckoning) saves at least 1 tonne of CO² emissions from commercial growing methods & transport from Spain, Africa or even further away.
I couldn’t agree more
I'm similar. I grow lettuce, rockets and herbs all year round in my tiny conservatory. Also, I minored in meteorology and majored in environment protection and 1 thing I have to say that man-made global warming, or what they're calling now climate change to better fit their agenda, is the greatest scam ever perpetrated on humanity. They never cared about life or health, which I think the last 3 years proved beyond any doubt, let alone the environment. So now I'm forced to buy non-organic compost and wanted to ask what are the best options?
Hi Tony. The 'world situation' (WEF plans, orchestrated food shortages, attack on farmers etc) is deeply concerning which is why I started home gardening but I am finding it extremely difficult. Corporate media not reporting the farmer protests in Europe! No farmers, no food. Thanks for your videos.
Dr. Elaine Ingham, Geoff Lawton, many real farmers have gone completely off chemical inputs, moved to regenerative agriculture.
1. It's cheaper for simple operating costs, use less machines, and those machines do less work.
2. Diversified crops, moving away from a single crop/animal to a multiple crop planting, using compost, compost extract, tea instead of herbicides, pesticide, fungicide, fertilizer and still get quality products.
Going to agro-forestry, bonus of fruit, nut, legumes, etc for multiple income streams, including possible lumber.
Yes both great people and creators. Im not reliant on anyone but if the government make it illegal to grow then it wont matter how you grow. i fear the farmers is the first instance
Yeah very worrying all part of controlling the people I feel
@@simplifygardening Yes, I agree. Control the food, control the people!
@@simplifygardening Yes. Hopefully enough people will wake up to what is happening. Unfortunately many are not even aware of the enormous stand the farmers are taking and the enormity of what is at stake due to mainstream media not reporting. Thousands of farmers out across Europe blocking the roads! They even took their protest directly to the EU.
Great video, mate! Filled with good tips. Another great resource for gardeners from Tony.
Thanks Scott appreciate it mate
Great info. As a new gardener, thank you!
Glad it was helpful!
I've had a bash at growing veggies over the last few years, some were successful but not all.
I'm still amateur at it so useful information is always helpful and appreciated. Thank you!! 😊
Thanks for sharing
This is one of the best channels on CZcams to improve as a gardener and I'd also check out Huw Richards, Steve Richards and Charles Dowding.
great video Tony! Some interesting comment below!
I am very saddened by what is happening to our farmers, stopping them having cattle, re-wilding all for us to buy in the supermarkets imported foods at a higher price and tasteless produce!
I love growing my own food just cant sustain all year with our climate. I feel I am still new to gardening and learn from my mistakes ready to improve for next year! I had an awful year for cucumbers last year but wont stop me growing them again. I understood the reason was the poor soil I had used in the poly tunnel for them and although great outside it was like cement inside the poly tunnel hence why garlic grew well but cucumbers didn’t! As you say its all about the compost so have improved that and ready to grow this year again!
thanks Tony!
I support local farmers and try to buy, where I can, local!
You have to think how long is it before they try stopping us. Ive already seen a governmental paper saying its dangerous to grow your own food. Thats coming im sure of it
@@simplifygardening there was another utuber we follow called Harry’s Farm who is ask for supporting what is happening with the Welsh farmers but he has a farm in the Cotswolds which is all about the arable farm he has and what he’s changing to over the government rules that came in last year
Taking farm land has been happening for years. Farmers are fast asleep to the game government play. Uk geo weather control, blocking the sun for global warming.... We are doomed if they keep blocking that sun.... See all the spraying. Government website states they use weather modifications..
fake vs real you are a blessing to gardeners thankyou
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great video! food shortages in Australia too..Excuses excuses from our politics.....Its autumn in Australia now..Am just planting my cauliflower, leeks, onions carrots etc.
Seems to be a global thing unfortunately
Hi Tony, great video with plenty of advice anpit sowing & caring for your seedlings too. Thanks for sharing and take care 😊
Very welcome
Well said!
Cheers
Another great video Tony
Glad you enjoyed it
Great info for all that start seeds
So nice of you
Well said Tony. I have grown some great produce because of your "Lessons", especially on composting 😁 I just have to change the temperature, our winter is like a hot British summer. I still have good healthy Lettuce, Carrots and Beetroot here at 38/39 degrees C (which is un-seasonably hot), good watering and shade netting is essential but contrary to popular belief these veggies can grow in hot climates. Thanks for posting 🙏
Thats great, the fundamental principles hold no matter where you are, temps and timing might be dif but as a rule these can be worked out to suit everyone
Let’s hope they don’t stop gardening and growing our own food. Let’s hope the allotments can keep being worked, I don’t trust councils or government.
There has already been statements made that gardening is not safe any more they are full of it
@@simplifygardening exactly, they want to control everything about us
great video amigo can't wait to start gardening next season!
You and me both!
great tips tony
Glad you enjoyed it
Great info Tony, thank you ♥️
Thanks Angie
Another great video, been gardening 6 years now , still learning something new
Great to hear!
Hi Tony, this is brilliant. I needed this and perfect timing as I’m just starting out with my seeds. Great tips about preventing damping off 😊👍 🌱
Thanks mate hope they do well for you
Thank you 😊
You're welcome 😊
Yet another informative and fantastic video Tony, good luck with the new book. growing your own veg has so many benefits and the taste is far superior to any shop bought veg. Granted its hard work but then nothing in life is free ;-) cheers Alan
Cheers Alan. Yeah it can be a lot of work but worth the effort
Injoying the book mate and iv dropped a like 👍
Cheers pal
I'm so happy that my copy of Simplify Vegetable Gardening arrived yesterday in Victoria, Australia. I will be spending the weekend reading it.
Thats awesome. I hope you enjoy it. remember to leave me a review on amazon pls so they start to promote the book
Done. My review is now on Amazon.
Now I have retired, this is my plan.
I now have four raised beds and an 8 x 6 greenhouse, and looking forward to my heritage tomatoes again this year.
Anyone tried those Brads Atomic Grape tomatoes?
That will be great this year
I feel for the farmers and understand their concern, but the rewilding projects are also extremely important and without our insects there won't be any crops either! I hope there is a solution that benefits both. 🥺
I agree but to be told to stop growing and rewind when the government have tons of land they could use to rewind instead a bit much. How would you feel if they told you that you had to give up a room in your house for someone to live in?
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Tony, I live close to you and would be interested where you purchase your compost illustrated in the background of your video please
Thats clover compost and we bought it by the pallet and its in our allotment shop. i dont know any retail but we can sell you a few bags if needed
Understand. Thank you 👍
Tony... oh boy... We just dropped a video called, " Did we fail before we started" Yeah we show our Legs in that video.
I'm rummaging through all our totes and grabbing everything we can source ( which is limited ) but, I now have a few lights whether it be proper or not to try to fix the lighting issues until the sun pops out each day and we can bring them outside.
Tiny home is paid off in 6 months so i'll have a proper mini greenhouse next year.
We do what we can when we can
Yes the fight for food freedom is insane. They are doing it here in the states too by targeting an Amish farmer and preventing him from selling his raw milk to people that require it for their digestive health. It was proven in court there is no danger in any of the food this farmer has been selling for decades. Some believe if they can win this case they will use it as precedence for going after other small independent farmers.
All about control. there has been reports that growing your own is now dangerous according to our government so wont be long before they are after gardeners too
A person died because of that farmer, but you knew that of course
@@danilluzin not true. it all came out in the court case. The PA Dept of Ag lied about that.
@@simplifygardening Exactly. Gov't over reach has no bounds. Control the money and the food and you control the people
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I'M ON MY 3RD YEAR OF TRYING TO GROW. THE 1ST YEAR WAS OK, LAST YEAR I LOST A LOT OF CROPS BECAUSE OF FLEA BEETLE. THIS YEAR, FINGERS CROSSED, I'LL HAVE A BETTER YEAR.
Every year is a learning year
I’m in trouble. I’ve planted butternut squash and they sprouted this week. Thing is, my garden, well, 3 slabs of space is, as it sounds, 1.5 meters long by 45cn deep. I definitely want to grow butternut but what’s my best way forward with practically no garden?
A extra large container! They want to grow. If possible, trellis the vine. Blessings!
@@tammyohlsson7966 Thankyou Tammy.
grow upwards.sometimes people use cattle fencing which has big squares that are unlikely to pinch the squash and cut into their skin.tripods of wooden poles can work, maybe using fat twine or rope or fat plastic coated wire that wont cut into the skin of the squash.ease squash out of the apex of the tripod where they can get pinched.you might want to help pollinating with a paintbrush even though bees love squash flowers.find pictures of male and female flowers..once the plants are 6 inches tall and putting out spiky hairs they are ok but until then the slugs love them
cut out side shoots to concentrate energy to fruit on the main stem...remove lower leaves and older ones as they turn yellow to allow airflow and prevent damp..a certain amount grey mildew can form on leaves and a lot of the time it is harmless but you might want to remove heavily effected leaves or low ones that get soil splashed up when it rains
you will see side shoots starting to grow just above a leaf...also ,when the vine has grown to the top of your trellis you can pinch off the bud so it concentrates on growing the squash lower down the vine
Ironicaly good timing on the new book and this video.. the world is watching as our food systems and energy systems are being destroyed on purpose by our fearless leaders lol
Yeah its crazy and i personally think this is only a start on our food systems, control the food you control the people
@@simplifygardening Spot on, we believe this too, that's why we are constantly increasing in small increments our growing and growing related knowledge.
If the elites and the WEF get their own way you won't even be able to buy seeds at this rate... so collecting your own seeds is also very important so you can continue to feed your families!!
Its what I have been saying for years
I took you for a more intelligent man Tony, people are going on about World Economic Forum, and "orchestrated shortages" and elites in the comments and you are enthusiastically cheer them on. Come on man.
I’m talking about the facts I see here. Farmers are literally having 20% of their land taken for various reasons. It all sounds great in theory but it makes it unviable for some farmers to continue. Then the land get bought out. That’s a fact I’m not saying anything that people can’t see for themselves. I do appreciate your opinion to the conversation though
@@simplifygardening you can support farmers and policies that help them without building a global conspiracy aimed to control or kill us around it. Be better.
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I'm sure farmers really love people that grow their own food and don't need to buy from them lol
Most of us farmers don’t sell direct to the public anyway, so it doesn’t have much impact day-to-day.
Doesn’t help that most consumers in the UK don’t want to pay the price for well grown produce, they’d rather have cheaper imports.. grown with far less restrictions on pesticides etc than we have in the UK.
It wasn’t about helping farmers but rather showing what is happening to them which means if you do t grow your own then there will be issues
@@simplifygardening farming has gotten increasingly more about bureaucracy and less about farming year on year. So much red tape, form filling, tick boxing and a lot of being taught to suck eggs by people who have never stepped foot on a farm.
We are constantly lambasted in the media and community groups as greedy, lazy etc. Joe Public has no idea the stresses and work hours involved in farming. 365 day a year job. Not many people would swap to it. They think we have all been born with silver spoons to own the land. Not a clue about the level of mortgage, monthly outgoings just for the very “privilege”.
Wears thin after a while.. being blamed for everything wrong in the world. Probably a good reason why farming is the single biggest sector of male suicides in the UK annually .
I was replying to the person above, not in relation to your video.
Wasn’t expecting any help at all. There’s nothing anyone can for do us anyway. You’re right though, when we all give up and the land is reclaimed by nature or has housing all over it.. well people will definitely need to grow their own or dig deep to buy fresh produce
@@TheFarmyardGarden most farmers dont. But you have to admit if more people grow produce at home the demand for store-bought and small farm produce will go down. Like i haven't bought a single tomato last summer as an example. So price would need to go higher to compensate (especially if you put tariffs on the cheaper imported stuff). And I'm not sure a lot of people would like that right now.
@@danilluzin of course people won’t. It’s always unrealistic how cheap some vegetables are to buy. We only have to see that when we grow our own and suffer losses etc., making us wonder how on earth producers manage to make any profit on the charge per kilo for their own veg
I think small time market gardener producers will always have custom from people wanting to buy locally from known producers. The kind of people already willing to pay a premium for excellent produced, tasty organic local produce.
It’s the people buying from bargain supermarkets, promising a basket of weekly shopping for just a few pounds/euros. They’re the families most impacted. If they can’t grow their own, they will likely just remove fresh produce from their diets.
It’s so sad. 😞
So basically don't support the farmers, but grow your own instead. You either back one or the other, not both as they're complete opposites.
You can do both. support the farmer as they have the right to grow and produce quality food, but also grow your own food we are in the same situation. ive seen a paper where the government wants to stop home growing as the paper says its actually dangerous. The farmers are first then we are next. stand in solidarity and dont let them divide and conquer. It never has to be them and us, to me we are all growers they just do it in a different way and a larger scale
Rewinding and biodiversity initiatives are really complex. If we don’t improve biodiversity then soil health and the ecosystem system around pollinators and natural pest control will erode. Surely it’s a fair aim to not want to pump farming land with chemicals every year? Often based on foreign sourced materials or vulnerable to price fluctuations - that’s not very secure or stable. It’s not as simple as farmers being stopped from farming. The funding available for different projects is really quite a lot - it’s not that people are unable to make money from their land. Bear in mind that sheep farmers often made a loss and crop farmers are entirely at risk from flooding and other damage from weather. I really wish CZcamsrs wouldn’t make these throw away statements without evidencing how they came to such conclusions. You don’t appear to know if the Government has farmers best interests at heart or not.
I agree with you that these initatives are required, but not at the cost of the food chain. there is so much other land to use before taking the farmers land
@@simplifygardening no one is taking any land, farmers are opting to go with the subsidies, I know many in my rural area glad for the funds.
Kia Ora & Good Morning from Auckland, New Zealand …great video bro …
Morning! Thanks mate