Autumn, no dig abundance from succession plantings through summer
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- čas přidán 17. 07. 2024
- I show you the amazing results of increasing fertility with no dig, and how the garden continues cropping throughout the year. Most vegetables you see were transplanted in summer, after harvests of spring vegetables.
We add no compost or feeds before the second plantings. This is a simple, quick, and highly productive way of growing, with few weeds.
Homeacres is my quarter acre/1000sqm, no dig market and teaching garden in Somerset UK, temperate oceanic climate zone 8.
Filmed 13th November by Edward Dowding my son, in one take. Edited by him. Mostly he used a motorised gimbel.
Helpers are Kate Forrester and Martin Scase.
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Nothing relaxes me more after work than arriving home and finding a new Charles Dowding video waiting in my CZcams queue.
Cheers Clint
Oh yesss.
totally agree
I really admire Charles Dowding. It is not about the money. It is not about ego. It is not even only about no dig. I remember Geoff Hamilton, another down to earth enthusiast I still admire, being intrigued by Charles' innovative initiative. For me it is his love for his subject. His desire to pass on his enthusiasm and skill to old and new gardeners alike. And most of all his appetite for hard work. The hours it takes to run a market garden such as his are beyond many a person of his age. He says 'we turn that compost'. Have you tried turning a compost? Two seconds to say, but backbreaking to achieve. Sincere thanks for the videos - a real labour of love but much appreciated.
I appreciate this Alan, and mention of Geoff, who I admire also
Ah yes Geoff Hamilton and Barnsdale. Gardeners World just wasn't the same without him.
Charles. Just another 10 thumbs up for your gardens, lessons and your gentle, manner of teaching by showing. You are a jewel.
Thank you kindly Jim and 10 as you predicted!
That beetroots are HUGE!!!!! Not to mention the other vegetables. Watching your video really motivate me to do gardening more
Your lad has a real talent for film making.
Edward says thanks!
Thanks Charles. I have gone into my tiny garden every day in 2020 and harvested something. I grew up with gardening but you have taken my knowledge to an entirely different level. My neighbors think I'm a magician. The amount of food is shocking to even me. Soil is lush. No dig works!
How wonderful, and you have a green thumb too! Am v happy to read this
In life, if we are lucky we have a series of teachers. All my past learning makes more sense now. And I feel confident. I am fortunate to have made your acquaintance Charles!
At this time of year it is gratifying to see the benefits of no dig. My wife and I started our veg. plot at the end of last March and by following your advice have been well rewarded. We have our seeds ordered for next year and until we start next year we can merrily eat our way through lots of leeks, several cabbages, a couple of cauliflowers, carrots, brussels, parsnips, kale and winter lettuce. We started with 65sq.feet and in August added another 70sq.feet. Next season we will have 200sq.feet in total and hope to be more or less self sufficient for most vegetables. Thank you for your inspiration.
Lovely to hear, well done!
Another fantastic video, and again I am amazed how you did that all in one take, wow. Even though I would consider myself a true no dig/Charles Dowding fan I still learn different things every time I watch your new videos. Anyone reading this comment I would urge you to either buy the diary or look up the sowing timelines on Charles‘s website which I refer to every month. This has been a total game changer for me, and he is right because he has such a vast experience in knowing when to sow each vegetable to get the maximum amount of benefit from it, not just from the seasons, but avoiding the pests and diseases each plant can get throughout the year. Thank you again Charles if you read this you are such an inspiration to so many thousands of people all over the world.
He’s our guru!
@@Lauradicus he is ❤️
Thanks so much Tina 🌷
Mr. Dowding, you have the most beautiful vegetable garden I have ever seen. Hands down 👍 It's incredible how many plants you are able to grow in such "small" space. It's not small, but for that amount of vegetables? Awesome 🍀
Thanks 💚
Hi Charles.... I watched and learnt from your videos during your summer (our NZ winter). Prepared my no dig garden over this time with home made compost. Got vege seedlings in and flower plants. We are now almost into our summer and my garden is thriving!! I have never seen so many worms! And big ones at that! Thanks for the videos and advice 👍
Nice work Cherie, thanks for feedback
Amazing how the grass doesn't go in and how weeds don't develop, it's immaculate. This was one of the best videos I've seen form the channel so far
Glad you enjoyed it Carmelo
Every time I see large kale plants I get a little chuckle because of how few people actually know what a real kale plant looks like. So many people just have this idea in their head that they look like lettuce or spinach.
You love the garden, and the garden loves you!👍👍👍
How does anyone give this a thumbs down??? This is gorgeous. I'm going to attribute that to those who love bindweed, thistles and dandelions.
Jealousy.
The actual answer is usually bots. There are a tonne of bots that just go around an down vote everything. Sometimes a video is up for 2 seconds and it gets a downvote.
Thanks, kind of reassuring!
The British gardeners are missing out. Due to you not broadcasting on main stream television???
Just fantastic
I hope they come here 😀 thanks, spread the word!
Having watched your videos, this is our first year of no-dig. I have been combing the neighbours bins or cardboard and at every trip to the supermarket I ask if I can have some of their old boxes. They are always happy to give me. Now I am looking forward to black Friday as that means even more cardboard becomes available! One thing I notice is that we will need a lot of compost and I'm not sure if we will be able to make enough, at least in the short term. I have been collecting all the leaf mould I can find plus adding household scraps and sourced some horse manure. We are very excited for the coming season and looking forward to our first dig results
😆I just replied to another viewer. Grow some things like sunflowers, beans, peas for vertical biomass, radish for fast growth. Local coffee shops may let you have coffee grounds, a fantastic source of nitrogen. Don’t forget cardboard can be composted (though avoid putting tape and plastic coated cardboard in). You may have a municipal program or three in your area as well. (Ours is called poo for you!)
@@Lauradicus Thanks, Laura. Fantastic advice!
@@beestonbump1106 Any time! Have fun.
With my health, and conditions the way they are, I really couldn't manage my garden if I had to dig it. I received my calendar a couple of weeks ago, thank you, and it really is beautiful. I was sent a copy of your Veg Journal a few years ago, which I also love, and have been using consistently since to keep notes (quite unusual for me, but much needed these days), so I now get to tie the two together over the Winter ready for next year 🙂
Love the 20min+ videos ! A great way to wind down after a long day ! Thank u always Charles 👍🏻
Oh my word😳 never seen carrots like that in my life‼️🥕
I have serious compost envy now after seeing how much & how great it looks.
My radicchio has got to tennis ball size, & I swear its stopped growing 🤨
Thanks Charles, fab vid as always 💜
I have access to free city wood chips piles of
What a joy! The more I watch your videos the more my enthusiasm grows.
I Love your method of gardening. Abundance is a reward for the process. I am learning how to apply it in my own garden . You inspired me to grow dinsour kale and it is holding up in my city cottage garden.
Such a nice, tidy and productive garden!
Wish I was ur neighbor Charles would love to work in ur garden !!!! What I have here in northern New York keeps me so busy during our growing season....by fall in ready for a break😊 as always excellent to see home acres👍
Sounds great! enjoy your rest
I can't. I just can't watch you. I am in Minnesota, US and I am so envious.....the beets about killed me. So beautful.
Greetings from Germany, I appreciate so much what you are doing, will start a few no dig beds right this weekend, best Thomas
Fantastic!
Think this is my favourite video so far. Really puts into perspective what you are doing at homeacres, I sometimes find it difficult to join the dots as a relatively new grower. Have got your book and calender so hope next year I can be more productive
I'm so glad Erika, wish you success
So interesting! Unfortunately don’t have a garden, just pots on a strip of concrete! Thank you for showing! 🌿
I love you, Charles, and your wonderful no-dig gardening beds. Thanks so much for sharing your very wise and great fund of knowledge with us. I love it because you're always "up" and smiling while you're in your happy place, your gardens.
Ah thanks Antionette, I am indeed fortunate and want to share that!
Hello again, lovely to take another tour. Everything is looking marvelous. Very impressive (especially compared to mine 😉). I wanted to thank you again for advising I go 8” deep with the new beds. The paths flooded with our last few storms and I was able to drain them this afternoon with no damage to the veg. Of course I had to dig a bit but so far all is draining well. You are a gem.
Cheers Laura, wow flooding
You mentioned there the Treviso chicory. I wondered in your experience how many frosts they need to turn sweeter? We got some this year and they established well, here in Latvia our first frosts are much sooner and after a few we picked some but they were extremely bitter. There's still a few out there that we're going to leave as long as possible. Ironically they were popular with a deer that broke in and thankfully didn't do much damage. Thanks for your videos and hard work they have been a great help, hope to be able to do a course over winter to plug a few gaps.
These 206TT are not too bitter. It is freezing now so I can check tomorrow!
Yes deer love them, I had that once.
Nice feedback thanks
A calendar ! Great someone's Christmas present sorted.
I harvested the last of my Little Gem lettuce yesterday, November 20th (been pulling leaves off them for months).
Cauliflowers & broccoli I planted late are big enough to harvest.
Sadly, the DT Brown Boltardy has been dire - golfball size at best. :-)
Late sown peas & broad beans are about ready to be planted out.
Sounds great! Yes there is a Boltardy seed problem.
Compost is so lovely. Your garden and your method is my favorite! Because of your videos I began with cardboard and a rug and I have a large no dig garden now from doing that for a few years!
You must get a lot of rain I noticed that your compost bins have a roof. Your bins make me want to enclose my compost bins a little more (I use pallets)
Big FAN!
You are so welcome! Hope you manage a roof :)
When you were at the woodchip I thot 'I wonder if he grows shrooms' 30 seconds later your pointing them out 😂👍🏻 synchronicites everytime I watch your vids x
That is nice!
What a wonderful twenty minutes. Every year, you show the reliable, repeatable results of no dig. A peaceful lifetime dedicated to the art and science of growing.
Thankyou
These garden tour videos are so inspirational AND educational I really enjoy.
Superb work Charles, I've been growing no dig for the last 18 months and pretty much following you to the letter but your veg is sooo much bigger than mine xxx I'm in Bristol.
Thank you for another well made, informative, and encouraging gardening video. I received a garden allotment in April and I have learned much from watching your channel. May God bless you and your team.
I enjoyed this video! We're winding down in NY but still like to see your gardening! I bought the book and calendar combo. They just arrived! Putting on my coffee table for some warm winter reading next to 'Crockett's Victory Garden'. - Ken
Sounds great Ken!
A perfect way to start the morning, thank you!
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Mr. Dowding sir. During these cov-19 times I find myself pining about my garden i started last year and the lessons learned. As we are largely housebound I am looking for the weather to warm up to get back in the thick of the back yard garden. Thank you for the outstanding videos and the time you take to explain your methodology. I live in rural New Brunswick Canada I don't have a greenhouse (yet) so i am limited in what can be done with several feet of snow on the ground. Your videos offer me opportunity to sharpen my pencil. Thanks.
Loved this video, Mr. Dowding! Happy Thanksgiving!
I love the presprout method for carrots, it has worked great the last couple years to shorten the time to emergence. Pour simmering water over seeds, I use a sieve. Then tap out and spread out on damp paper towel. Put in a plastic bag and they should start sprouting in around 4-5 days.
Great tip!
Really enjoyed this presentation. Thank you, Charles!
Excellent Charles.. So much thought put into your lovely garden.
Looks so good! Have a great weekend!
Always look forward to Charles' new videos.
Lovely that you still have flowers.
Thank you Charles, nice update.
Thank you, Charles, I find your videos are best served on a Sunday morning.
The more you say "compost" the more I like the sound of it.
😀
Your garden looks awesome
Sir Charles I just finished your latest book and you are a genius of gardening common sense.
Thanks and wonderful!
In March, with lockdown looming, we decided to grow our own. We rotavated a patch for potatoes but then I discovered no dig. All other beds have been made using cardboard, compost, grass clippings and manure. Most of the vegetables we eat come out of our garden. I am planning a food forest and will be getting a polytunnel after Christmas so I can grow even more. Thanks for the videos and inspiration.
A wonderful result Emma! My pleasure.
Amazing! I really like your garden and your compost 😊
You and Edward do a fantastic job. Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge.
Wonderful! Thank you!! I appreciate the longer videos! 🌱
Hayyyy no sabes con qué ganas vi el video.muchas gracias por pensar en nosotros la comunidad de habla hispana
Vales oro 🥰🥰💕😍
¡El gusto es mio!
Thank you very much Charles and gang for the tour. Very impressive video and as always, very inspiring content. Thanks again.
I love how similar your weather is to my growing season in Oregon.
Yes I feel a kinship with Oregon!
Great video. November is the real start of the gardening year- thinking, plotting, planning, sorting and buying seed. Thank you Charles for your continuing enthusiasm and inspiration.
Thank you for taking the time to make these videos. You continue to inspire me every single day. Thank you
I'm so glad!
Great harvest! Wonderful compost!
Every video is so inspiring! Thanks for sharing your knowledge and experience.
Lovely as always, I love this method it’s all I use now
Fantastic! Love ya garden!
I absolutely love these style videos but I love all your videos I’ve learned so much from you thanks for what you do
Mr Dowding, Amazing, all of it!!☺️ The small garden is still my favorite because it easily translates to someone’s small home garden. Thank you for sharing, much appreciated!! 😉
I always enjoy your channel I have started some no dig beds that are doing very well!! Thanks for all your tips and information
Thanks for sharing this video!
Thank you for generously sharing your knowledge and experience so modestly.
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks Charles nice to see whats happening with you. Just out to pop some compost on my beds. Really enjoyed this video, really feel part of something special.👍
Love seeing the small garden also the nodig vs dug comparison.
Great channel Charles. Thank you
Glad you enjoyed it
Great video. Your garden and your vegetables are just amazing.
Charles, you are actually so cool.
Great video Charles! It’s just amazing how you achieve such brilliant results and it’s never ending !! Throughout the year! 👍
Absolutely and it amazes me too! Soil 😀
Thank you for another lovely video. This is my first year seriously growing onions and for space reasons I am multisowing them 👌🏾
Just laid my first no dig bed on my lawn - hope to get results like Mr Dowding although my soil is very heavy so I may have to be careful what goes in it initially. I am thinking shallow rooted varieties initially
Best of luck and I would grow any vegetable, they root deep. Only the bulbous top of carrot may stop at soil level in year one, but the roots from it will go down
Loved it! Thank you☺.
Enjoyed very much! Thank you!😊🌿🌱
I wish I could travel these days and visit the lovely garden of yours. I hope 2021 will be more bright and makes travelling possible.,
thank you for sharing
blessings to you
LOVE your videos!!
Thank you!
Charles love your garden and your simplicity in explaining. Subscribed.
Thanks and welcome
Great videos to have on the side while doing some exam studying
Super!!! Thank you for the new video.
Glad you like it Rachel.
GREAT AND AMAZING GARDEN
wonderful video ,thank you for the inspiration
talented is a understatement!! just looking at that foliage will heal you, let alone consuming it!! bless !! keep it up!!!
Thank you so much 😀
Great info and beautiful gardens! Thanks for your videos!
East coast of Canada does not have temperate weather like your area but you have motivated me to do more second cropping.Over the year I buy very little produce but would like to lessen that again. Thanks for the incentive!!
great video
Your garden look like Bangladeshi village... I love this...i love gardening.... you can cook this Bangladeshi cooking style..because Bangladeshi food is very delicious...
So nice of you Eyenun, sounds delicious :)
Another great video... being a first year raised bed gardener your videos and advice have helped me greatly. Much appreciated. I cant wait for february already so I can have a full year growing. Da iawn.
Glad to help Craig
Very nice production, fine camera work. Throw in a warm-hearted lover of the other kingdom and it’s wonderful to watch.
Thank you kindly Keith, Edward will be happy to hear this
You have given me back my independent.Thanks! God bless you!
You are so welcome and I am more than happy to read this, I wish you well
Another amazing tour Charles, I have been incredibly impressed with my first year. I have never grown such big sprouts, in fact all of the brassicas have been good but I do agree with you regarding Greyhound cabbage. I have just received the calendar. Take care.
Sounds great Mark, thanks
Thank you for sharing
superb garden sir. Thank you.