Small Garden (6) in September, summer harvests now and new plantings for autumn to winter
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- One year after my first video from this plot of 25sqm/270sqft, see the ongoing harvests as summer turns to autumn, and new plantings for food in the cooler months.
See how I cleared this area and made beds, no dig, in November 2012 www.charlesdow....
No dig means almost no weeds, just occasional pulling of small ones or a light pass of the hoe. I raise new plants in modules and pop them into holes made by a wooden dibber.
See this video for the small garden 8 weeks earlier in July • Small Garden (5) early...
This area has paving slabs in the soil, the neighbour's shrubs with moisture-sucking roots, slugs in the edges, and shade from buildings. See episode (1) for those details www.youtube.co....
Harvests in the first two videos were from plantings made in August and September. As crops finish, I twist out plants and spread 3-4cm/1.5in compost on beds, then they are ready for spring plantings. The no dig method means preparation is quick and easy, plus there are only a few weeds you need to pull.
I raise plants in a greenhouse to set out as 4-5 week old seedlings: the only direct sowing of seed is carrots. See episode (3) www.youtube.co....
In winter we enjoyed occasional harvests, then I aim to pick a diverse range of veg, say three daily from late April to November. The next video shows this garden in early autumn.
Videography and editing by Edward Dowding my son edowding.net
More about veg growing and no dig on my website www.charlesdow...
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I think it is so wonderful that you are showing your "small garden" project to allow us to see the bounty that can be had from a small simple area and much easier to maintain as opposed to a large garden - much easier to manage. Very impressive Charles and totally beautiful - so love your channel.
Thanks Kathy
Hi Charles. These older videos are a great reference, especially as I am in the southern hemisphere. Being able to see what I should be planning to grow in my current season is really helpful. Thanks very much.
This is my favorite gardening channel.
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I completely agree. The no dig methods used, the visual beauty of the garden, the peaceful nature of the video production, and the pure enthusiasm and world class expertise demonstrated make this my favourite gardening show of ALL ... and I'm lucky enough to have seen over three decades of Gardeners World with other true greats, like Monty Don, Geoff Hamilton and Percy Thrower.
I honestly can't wait for Charles to get his golden play button from CZcams for 100,000 subscribers.
haters or morons, who else ;-)
Michael McMillan he should absolutely have a half million subscribers, and I'm doing my part on the other channels and at the farmers mkt
"Lots of meals from a small garden", love it!
I am even fall in love with your garden just by watching your videos , i dont even know how i feel if i come to your garden in real 😅😅
Hello, Charles. I have a small yard with enough space to plant 1/3 more than what you've done here, and your Small Garden series is quite encouraging for my USDA Zone 6b lot. I'm is still in the planning stage but, after viewing your other videos, it looks like getting the compost going now is a top priority. Thank you so very much for all you do.
Yes Karen, having enough compost makes all the difference and it's worth buying some, even potting soil, to boost fertility at the beginning, for long term benefit.
So much joy in your voice. Thank you for sharing your gardening with us all! I've had so much success with no dig since watching your channel.
Wonderful news Tom
Who on earth would give this a thumbs down? Lol good grief! You sir, are a plethora of information..because of you, I will soon be preparing my very first no dig garden for next spring! Soo excited
That's awesome, good luck! I started mine but not entirely ready yet but will be for spring. Can't wait!
there is something deeply deeply wrong with the person that gave a thumbs down. : )
@@no-diggarden thanks! This is going to be very different for me as i have only grown in planters...with great reward. Charles has inspired me to do many things differently this year. One of which I had my hubby make me 2 compost bins (composting like crazy for a year now) lol. In a effort to create my own soil. Its a wonderful feeling isn't it, to take whats rubbish and make soil. Anyways i digress 😊 I do not know what i would do without experienced gardeners like Charles...his advice is priceless to me.
@@camicri4263 Thats great! I wish you luck and a bountiful harvest. 😊
@@sherry1867 thank you, same to you! 😊
Nowadays that we must stay home because of the virus I found your channel and love it!!! It makes me happy, enthusiastic, and it helps a lot to cope with this crazy world. Greentings from Argentina.
Good luck with being ready for autumn and I wish you well
Charles, this is wonderful. I am returning to gardening in my 50s and I love your channel. Your gentle delivery is full of so many gems of inspirational information. Compliments to your son the videographer, so professional! Can I say how much your approach to gardening reminds me of the great Geoff Hamilton? I mean this is the most complimentary way as I was always a big fan of his Ornamental Kitchen Garden series.
Many thanks Brian.
I made a programme with Geoff in 1988 and loved the opportunity to know him a little. Yes a lovely man.
Wow! I watch these videos and just wished I could do something like this. My gardens always end up not doing well. Partly because I don't put enough time into them, and partly because I don't have a green thumb. But I love this channel and Mr. Dowding. Great work sir!
Thanks GT and perhaps you may find more time, plus develop a clear plan of what you want to grow and achieve, then your green thumb develops. You can, in that old fashioned phrase!
Gardens are very forgiving, just keep going and you'll pick up so much. The gardening world is an amazing network of people too. But plan now for the seasons ahead.
Always an absolute pleasure to watch and hear you Charles - a very lovely gentle teacher, perfect for bedtime watching and lazy breakfast watching. Thank you to you and also to Ed your son for his wonderful filming and editing - I’m sure he gets forgotten about a lot. Thank you all, you really have TRANSFORMED my gardening in my first REAL year of veg growing. I cannot thank you enough and I am SO pleased I discovered this channel and all your books and materials. Looking forward to the next learning stage of preservation and cooking thanks to Steph too. I’m sorry I missed the open day but I look forward to visiting soon. AUTUMN AWAITS! X
Hooray and thanks Salvatore
Love seeing the color of flowers! Makes such a productive garden, even more beautiful!
great garden and it shows there is no excuse for not growing one's own veggies. A tiny plot can feed a family. Well done!
Thanks Dorothy
You should be on national telly. Lovely, informative video. Thank you.🌻
Many thanks
The most thorough and inspirational channel ever! Thank you.
I can't believe people give a thumb's down to what you are doing a big thanks for a gait channel .
This is also my favourite gardening channel. Even the things I know I am physically unable to do are so interesting to watch and hear about and I enjoy Charles' enthusiasm. It is really good to hear the reasons why you do things and the different options you may have depending on what you do and when. I've been an amateur gardener since childhood but I can honestly say I am enjoying watching and listening and I'm learning all the time. I may be too disabled now to garden the way I always did but I'm going to try to do things Charles' way and look forward to enjoying my hobby in a whole new way.
Lovely to hear Vera and I wish you fulfilment in the garden
Favourite gardening person love his videos
Thankyou Heather :)
Such a small space and so much food, healthy and fresh. You are truely inspirational
Charles, you never cease to amaze ! Just how much food from a not too large area! And all seems so healthy looking too! Just love it!
Just so amazing! 👍thanks
many thanks David
Charles, it’s simply amazing what YOU can grow in the small plot like that and even top it with the flowers. You’re so inspiring. If you can grow it, I’ll try it too. Thank you!
Thanks Kasia, go for it.
Thanks Charles, weird and wonderful weather but generally massive crops
From a such a small space so much harvest. Impressive!
I’m Montagnard indigenous , I love you beautiful garden.
Charles I had a little interest in gardening, you have made me convince the Mrs to let me change our garden around so I can grow , she was shocked , love your videos , just subscribed and recommended to friend 👍
Thanks Klopps and enjoy the changes
It's amazing what you are getting out from your patch, inspirational.
Saw your videos and converted to NoDig. While not as fecund (or neat!) as yours, we are really pleased with the results. Thanks for all your inspiration, help and guidance.
Nick, from Fenland.
Bravo Nick, nice to hear this
Thanks Charles, such a nice and prolific little garden. Blessings
I wish my hubby was like you. I'm a good cook and I love all the things you're growing, I don't have as much ground space as you do, but as a gardener, I try my best.
Excellent video! I am always encouraging my friends to start a small vegetable. It is amazing how much food a person can get out of a small space!
keep it up :)
Beautiful, prolific, and nutritive. Thanks for sharing!
It's always a wealth of good infomation...And lovely crops to peak interest..Nice!🌱😊👍✌🏼
Thanks Eve, pleased to help
I absolutely love this channel. You make gardening, which has always seemed a bit of a challenge for me, seem oh so very easy and even relaxing. Thank you so much for that and please keep the video's coming. I'm in the US, the state of Washington. My area is Zone 8B, not too different from yours I believe. I hope to start a small little garden patch soon and see how it goes.
Many thanks Julie and start soon!
Wonderful and joyful, as always. Thank you Charles 😍
Wonderful. Just wonderful. Thank you very much Charles.
I have my vegetable garden for 3 years now. This winter I'll have time to really watch your video's and try to remember stuff that's relevant for me. I get better at it every year, yeey! But it's not just difficult to grow the vegetable but also to fit the harvest into the way I live and cook. I notice that if I only eat from what I can harvest from my garden, it will be sort of humble-jumble pot-pourri of small quantities of different types of vegetables and apparently that's how it will work, in my case. It's all very unpredictable. I thought it would be fun, a vegetable garden, but above all it's frustrating, hahah!
Good points and yes there are frustrations. You will get better at growing precisely what you need.
My Brassicas are reminiscent of Dresdan lace! But I have really enjoyed a beautiful range of butterfly this year. 🤔😊
@@no-diggarden And so many varieties! I am Newcastle and we have had so many here that normally would not dare venture to Geordie land! 😁 I have thoroughly enjoyed 'chatting' to them 😊
Incredible amount of butterflys in North Georgia US also!
Wonderful comment.
Here in Perth, Australia, we have a white butterfly (we call cabbage moths) which leaves caterpillars on my cauliflowers and spinach, and produces holes which I have to spray the leafs with Natural Pyrethrum. Or I could just be getting confused with snails visiting. Maybe my Dementia is giving me a side effect.👴🏼
is really fantastic. A small space, produce so much variety
thanks Glaucia
What a fantastic video i tried something new last week my compost bin was very hot with grass clippings deconposing I added some bought compost to it and sowed some lettuces and it just 4 days they had Germanated and are almost ready to plant out in the polytunnel for the winter this is a very easy way to bring on seed if you don't have much space
Good, you are following hunches and trying new things!
what a fantastic garden well done
Great to show what can be done on such a small space. Thanks Charles
Cheers Laurence, nice to hear from you.
What a wonderful and informative video! You always inspire me to start my own no dig garden :)
It is beautiful, magical, really.
One thumbs down....lol....that was the slip of a finger. I am in awe of your gardens and aspire to have one of this caliber in the near future. I have learned so much from you and am grateful.
Thanks Denise, I wish you well with it
How lovely!!! What a fantastic use of your land!!!
Another wonderful gardening vid
Thanks Kelleahara
Very impressive. Thanks for sharing. Hoping for a good harvest of lettuce in spring, cant wait
So cute and productive!
Always informative and a delight to watch.
Great video as always and it has given me ideas for the plans I have over the fall and winter to prep and plant my garden for spring. I live in the Pacific Northwest and we can grow stuff most of the year. My space will be a bit bigger than that but now I can see how much I can get from it with some compost and lots of tlc. Thanks!
Good!
...little paaradies... thank You...
The recipe that you cooked with the beets was amazing! Could you possibly make more videos of recipes with vegetables from your own garden?Thanks . Irina
Thanks Irina, my partner Stephanie Hafferty has just finished a book with great veg recipes, if she finds time may do some videos www.amazon.co.uk/Creative-Kitchen-Seasonal-Recipes-Drinks/dp/1856233235/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1536895747&sr=1-1&keywords=creative+kitchen
Thank you so much, the problem is I speak another language and its much easier to understand through video.Thanks.)))
A good harvest this summer 2020 thanks to Charles
Nice work :)
I wish i had the place that you have, I admire your work, i am a big fan and i just wish i was there.
thanks Gerardo
Thank you Charles 🤗
Charles I love how you mix flowers in This small garden area. I was watering everyday during the heat wave and very exorsting. You have confussed me a bit as I have the exact same yellow bean growing low to the ground and I thought they where just called bush beans. The French beans I have are climers.
I think that there are french beans as bush beans as well as pole.
Yes exactly, mine are dwarf French beans
@@CharlesDowding1nodig oh, thank you.
Well done...excellent information. Thank you!
Beautiful as always
Nice tour, great to see that you’ve got lots growing. Take care. Nick
I have a question, is "tour" an American expression used for when you talk about your garden?
GreenTipsGarden - Hi, I’m not American, I’m from the UK. It’s a term often used on CZcams when someone shows you round their garden or plot. Take care. Nick
Thanks Nick, still getting used to the lingo.
I am impressed. Followed your advice and my harvests at present are good but not as good as yours though I have given lots of vegetables away to neighbours. Been harvesting leeks for two weeks now, not as large as yours. Sweet corn has been fantastic did not sow my own I was too late but bought 50 plants from a garden centre for a pound as they had passed their sell-by date. Got to think what to put in their place. Still learning about succession planting, OK, but room for improvement, find your diary helpful in this matter. Thanks for the help this season. Mike Brotherton.
Lovely comment Mike and I am so pleased to hear of your successes
green peppers are not good if you have digestion issues, everyone. This is also true for chillies. As for you Charly Boy, are the flowers in your garden eatable? Yep, still watching your videos and hang my medal above my desk thanks ;).
Yes good point about the peppers. And I eat some marigold petals, mostly my flowers are for ornament and joy.
Brilliant, Charles. Got quite a few lettuce sown for the polytunnel, and I'm about to order up some of the Japanese salads from the Real Seed Co., before it's too late!
Good to hear
Delightful as always.
Another awesome video 😁
There's some fussing going on here in the u.s. about people growing veg in their front yard. It's not allowed many places & even where it is, they meet resistance. But, my goodness, I would so much prefer this spot of yours in front yards of my neighborhood than just miles of boring lawn & scruffy bushes!
Thanks mewendy, and I am upset to hear that growing food in a front yard causes so much consternation.
I find that odd!
However I hope that people are not discouraged and continue to exercise a basic right, plus to be more healthy in the process.
Great inspiration as usual
Really nice, great info thanks 🌈
I’m so inspired watching your crops, I planted on a seed tray about 48 kind of vegetables and in 2 to 4 weeks I will be planting them on the ground surely frost will be finish by then.
This is my 4th year farming in an over 2 acres and each year increasing, my plan is to be able to do it no dig in the next 2 years. Your an inspiration. I won’t be stop watching your channel, so much to Learn.
Sounds great Edna and that is a lot of land
Muito lindo, suas flores, eu também tenho cosmos e zínias , elas são minhas preferidas por serem simples e miscíveis entre si.
Es mi jardín huerto favorito, es ideal para copiarlo, muy bueno, aunque no se inglés jajaja pero con las imágenes tan lindas se entiende, gracias. Eres un maestro. Yo comencé recién este otoño con mi huerto elevado en madera, pero creo que planté muchas semillas en poco espacio.
Saludos desde Chile.
Qué lindo escuchar esto desde Chile, gracias y buena suerte con su jardín.
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thanks & v pretty
Siento que debí haber estudiado ingeniería agronoma me encanta la tierra😍
Cindy, loving the earth is your best starting point, more than studying.
Most studies are too technical.
Start growing and follow the advice I give, you will learn as you go.
I only wish my garden looked half this good ! My early garden did good but the summer garden didn't have nearly enough rain. My fall garden is struggling to get started even though I water. Maybe it will take off. Here's hoping !
go to!
Don't give up, gardening is to believe in the future! Happy gardening
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Many thanks Sujai
Salads aside, Charles, I haven't watered any of my crops at all, even through that very hot spell! And, whilst some are smaller than I might usually produce, nothing has really suffered! In fact, I think the plants are stronger for it because the roots burrow deep to find moisture. I take the view that, in general, commercial growers in this country, don't water their veg? Albeit, driving through France a couple of weeks ago, French growers do water some crops, I think? Maybe sweet Corn? Look forward to hearing your thoughts.
Yes commercial growers water.
We could have watered less and plants would have survived, but with less output.
We love calaloo in Jamaica steamed or sauted by itself or with dried salt(cod)fish
Thanks for the recipe tip!
Inspirational!
Looking beautiful. xo Mojo xo
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I can watch these for hours. My favourite garden porn.
You might want to have a caption towards the end of your videos.
"If you find these videos helpful and would like to support this channel... Patreon."
-Since you are helping the world with fantastic (labor saving) organic gardening tips. -Cheers!!!
-and, maybe make inexpensive downloadable e-books available... (noted on videos).
I would love for you to get paid, and I don't buy books, myself. :)
Thankyou for your kind thoughts, I am unsure how Patreon works and don't have time to check it out. We may however create an online course.
I would be very interested in an online course!
Wonderful... I am so grateful to have you and people like you, helping us all to Upgrade our lives, societies, food and Planet! -Mahalo. -Scotty (Maui, Hawaii)
can you do a video of when and how you sow/transplant/direct sow your flower seeds? Im very curious!
Subbed. Just noticed your channel :)
Thankyou
Do you plan your gardens based around food you enjoy to eat, or do you come up with food based on what you've grown? Half the stuff you grow, I've never heard of/eaten. Do you find yourself harvesting food and end up with waste because it goes bad before you can consume it? (I'm assuming you throw the expired food into your compost bins).
Sure number one is what we eat, number two is what's feasible in the climate and season, and yes there are gluts, to give away or compost!
It's amazing what you can grow on such a small plot! Thanks! It's inspiring!
Just one question though...where did you get your Taunton Deane kale from?
I was given it 11 years ago, this is a granddaughter
I love your gardens Charles. Why do you favour large bed blocks over 30" rows? Is it because you don't use machinery?
Hi Terry, thanks.
And yes no machinery, so bed width can vary to fit the space. Plus I find that 4ft or 4ft 6in with 15in paths means a higher proportion of bed to path than with say 30in beds.
Plus with no dig, you can step on beds to reach the middle, when needed.
Charles I wonder if you have any advice on growing garlic. It's about the only veg I haven't heard you talk about yet ? I live in Celbridge, Ireland...not sure which zone that would be. Any advice is welcome. Thanks for your videos.
Ger we made a garlic video and it's the next one up, in a week or so. Your dates will be similar to here
Charles Dowding thanks so much. I look forward to seeing it.
I love the idea of continual planting and harvesting, really making use of the space and seasons. But that does lead me to a 'beginners question' (another one, I am so sorry). If a family wants regular cropping of potatoes, is there anything to argue against planting one seed potato per week (for example) through out the season? (Allowing one to harvest fresh potatoes regularly.)
Oddly enough I was thinking of doing this in Denmark! Just north of Copenhagen. I had in mind a series of plantings in the garden, one plant a week, to allow harvesting every week during the season. Smaller potatoes was actually what we had in mind, Charlotte, Pink Fir, Anya. Thnx for the encouragement!
That's a great idea! Plant away!
I love your channel. I learn something every time i watch. Do you know where i can get the white runner beans you grow in the United States? I have a tiny yard so prefer growing climbers. Thank you. Deborah in Pennsylvania
No idea Deborah, I hear they are not available. And thanks.
Can you tell me the name of the gladioli looking plant in the foreground of the start of this video please. And are those beautiful pink flowers Cosmos? SORRY asked before watching the video but didn’t need to worry as you named them. So glad I discovered your videos. I have learnt so much.
Thanks Alison!
Hi Charles, very helpful video! Could I ask where you purchased your netting from (as on your leeks)? Thank you
Thanks and Gardening Naturally, it's mesh
Charles hope you can help , I’m pulling up some slabs to put a raised bed there , should I do anything to the soil cuz it’s obviously really compressed from where the slabs have been on top
Compressed is not compacted and organic matter on top will get the soil life buzzing to open it more. Just feed the surface.
What bacteria stops caterpillars? What is the leafy greens that growes strait up and you pick from the out side? I realy would love to know what bacteria. Thanks as always for any help you or anyone else can give. Love your videos, Thanks.
Thanks and Bt makes leaves indigestible to caterpillars. It's a soil bacteria.
I really wanted to know what actually plant
i have just watched your no dig video ,and i have decided to give it a trial on part of my allotment, i have sown a 10x14 feet area with red clover as green manure, wood you advise cutting this down before covering with compost or just covering the growing clover i hope you can find time to reply many thanks chris
Hi Chris, I would cut it just to make it easier to lay thick cardboard then compost on top
I'd love to hear more about that fennel. I finally have some that are ready to transplant into the ground, but now I'm reading that hardly any other plants will tolerate them next to them. Do you have any advice? I love eating it!
I have heard that too but find it that other plants grow fine when close to it
Sounds like you've had an Australian summer to me. Do you normally get enough rain in summer without you having to water? That'd be a luxury for us! Beautiful garden - what a huge range of vegies!
Thanks Smith and some summers we water very little so this was unusual
How much compost is needed yearly for all 25sq mts, Mr Dowding? Such great videos, I'll search the books online!
Thanks Diego, and approx a half tonne per year, for two crops per year
@@CharlesDowding1nodig thanks mr. Dowding, you're very encouraging.
you mention spraying what mixture do you use against insects