Outdoors: Summer radishes Daikon radishes Spring onions Pak choi Pat soi Mitzuna Mustards Field beans, field peas Rocket Undercover crops: Giant winter spinach Winter varieties of lettuce Peas for shoots Kale Savoy cabbages Napa cabbage/Chinese cabbage Coriander Wa wa cai choi Just for ease of reference, thanks Huw!

@hairyneil

10 ай бұрын

Also outdoor: cover crops like vetch

@BeverleyW

10 ай бұрын

Thank you, that's very helpful.

@elvisAronPresleybyRusty

9 ай бұрын

What is undercover crop

Hahaha! I love how you had a "squirrel" moment with the strawberry at 2:20 😂. I would do the exact same thing!

Good that you Champion Green Manure, its something a lot more people should make more of

It’s a delicious root vegetable with edible leaves, for cooking in stir fry, soup, preserving with salt as crispy and sweet. Fujian Grandma shared some of her recipes on Yt

Hi Huw, looking forward your update on 'wa wa cai choi'， I paused and read the words on the package, actually, it is quite intresting in several ways. 1. in China we have a famous brassica named '娃娃菜( pronounced as 'wa wa tsai', literally means 'baby vegetable' or 'baby Chinese cabbage)'，it is a lovely whitey yellowish smaller version of Chinese cabbage, hence the name, you can copy and paste 娃娃菜 on google if you want to know how it looks like. 2. You may nocticed that there is a forth word in the name, 'choi', in fact, it is also the transliteration of '菜' in Cantenese( it is a southern Chinese dialect), so, both 'CAI' and 'choi' mean '菜', you only need one of them in the name. But I fully understand why REAL SEEDS added a redundent 'choi', it's THE word for Oriental brassicas, people in the west will know it better if there is a 'choi' in the name. 3. Did you google it? Yes, wa wa cai 娃娃菜 is NOT a 'stem vegetable', it is a leafy vegetable, but don't worry, you were not fooled. 4. There is another Chinese brassica named 儿菜, pronounced as 'er tsai', literally means‘ son vegetable’, you can google儿菜 too, according to the introduction on the package, those seeds are 儿菜, not 娃娃菜. 5. Both 娃娃菜 and 儿菜are fantastic brassicas, the former one is usually ate in Chinese hotpot, 火锅， google it, the latter one is usually sliced and stir-fried. For 儿菜， You can cut it in half and grill it if you don't know how to stir-fry, season with just a pinch of salt and pepper, I bet you will love it. 😁

Great tips Huw, some I have not considered and will definitely be trying 😊👍🌱 going to give Pak Choi another try and hopefully less risk of bolting now 😊

OMG thank you Dave I have shared this to as many of my friends as I can, love love this video

Great stuff Huw, I've just bought your book "Veg in one Bed" and looking forward with great excitement to starting growing vegetables for the first time! Excellent tips in the book and I'd definitely recommend anyone getting started on this incredible journey to grab a copy forthwith! Cheers mate and thank you for sharing your amazing expertise.

@trishgibbons8726

10 ай бұрын

This is such a good book. We all need a Huw for our garden xx

Thanks for this video, Huw! I would love to see a video on green manure that includes all stages: planting, growing, and finally what to do in spring.

These videos are so helpful! I really need to do my planning in November for next year 🤦‍♀️

Really interesting 🙂 thanks for sharing!

In Germany we will have another week of summer weather around 30 °C - good for the green tomatoes, bad for sowing. 😂

@JustME-ft4di

10 ай бұрын

Same here in the U.K.

Short but sweet video. Here in south Central Pennsylvania we have a week of projected 90s! Who would have thought it possible.

Wow! I remember when the subs. were in the hundreds. Well done Huw!

aw huw..... I love that you threw a self seed tomato over your shoulder lol

I'll hold off for a few more weeks here in central France as its currently 35-40C and has been for weeks...infact this season has seen the dryest spring to summer ever, very little rain ...still its been a great year for tomatoes , courgettes,french beans(now drying on the pod)melons, physalis, onions and funnily enough potatoes (Charlotte and Mona Lisa) though so many things just wouldn't germinate and those that did bolted so quickly .....I tried to grow an Australian plant (Brocolini) a sprouting brocolli but too hot hahaha so will try next month and over winter it ...will try some diakon for our kimchi though

All my radishes inc black winter have been attacked by assorted pests…BUT daikon has thrived…😀😀😀 Jinxy

Your comment on plastic raised a question - what did people use before polytunnels existed? Was it just glass houses? The Low tech magazine has an article on Russians growing oranges or lemons in 2m deep trenches with glass covers prior to the 20th century (I can't put a link in as the KZread bots tend to delete my posts as spam).

@ruby-annstoker8400

10 ай бұрын

Thank you for mentioning this here, I had never heard of Low tech magazine (maybe just me) but it covers just about everything I'm interested in!

@Aberdinah

10 ай бұрын

They had ‘hot beds’ in the greenhouses with manure at the bottom to keep them warm also. The origin of the expression got bed :)

@christopherharcoan37

10 ай бұрын

Glass houses were everywhere years ago......before they invented plastic..

@PatrickCordaneReeves

10 ай бұрын

​@@ruby-annstoker8400Low tech magazine has published most (all?) of their back issues as books. I have three of them I think. It's just gobs of information condensed into wonderful little books.

@entomember

10 ай бұрын

Yes glass was used if you could afford it. People also ate a lot more seasonally/locally. In winter you ate a lot of root veg stored in the root cellar. And sometimes went hungry. There is a reason that the traditional fasting times, such as lent, tie in with rationing the last of the winter stores in early spring.

Can you tell us the best location for cold frames poly tunnels and what grows best in both please. Oh and how to best grow in a cold frame

the Harry Potter reference - nice touch Huw! :) Great informative video!

I'm trying this!!

I started watching and then thought to myself... "Wait, we get buried in snow and ice for at least 3 months with 'balmy' temps around the minus 20C mark. Not sure this would work for me." Garlic yes, but sad for the rest. Blessings from Canada.

I'm preparing to sow my winter veg here, which is your summer veg LOL.

Do u have a video on how to make those blue hoops over the beds behind you?

@HuwRichards

10 ай бұрын

I will soon!

Oh, a strawberry! Munch🙂

What are you using on your bok choi to keep the critters off it. Mine is considered a trap crop because it gets annihilated.

Never seem to have any luck with any type of onion! I love onions, too.

Could you please do a video on how you make the hinged hoop frame that's behind you at 0:56? I have a vague idea but am not totally sure

Hi Huw, love your content. I see you have some seed buckets with your packets of seeds in. Can I ask how you sort them?

I love your videos and books. Could i ask what variety of field beans or peas you sow, I got a bit confused when I went looking yesterday? Many thanks.

Huw, I read through the comments and it seems more videos about cover crops (green manures) would be great and how to make kale chips! 😂 I would love more videos about cover crops because I'm just getting into using them and find it interesting. Last winter I kept looking out the back window at the veg garden, with so many bare patches, and I knew that was bad. This year, I'm ready with all kinds of green manures/cover crops. I've scattered mustard seed on a big patch where the potatoes were, but some areas didnt come up. I'm not sure if I should wait to see if it comes up or walk on it and sow more?

@mayb.wright509

9 ай бұрын

Kale chips are super easy. Tear the leaves off the stems and into small pieces. Spread them out on a baking dish and put in the oven at, say, 275F for about 5-10 mins. Pull the tray out, push them together, pour a bit of olive oil and toss for good coverage. Put them back for, say another 10 minutes and take out again. Toss, maybe with a bit more oil, a touch of salt. Keep repeating this process until you get the texture and flavour you want. Hike the temperature up a bit for the last round to get them crispy, and voila. Every oven is different, so you will have to play around until you have your "own" process figured out. Some people talk about tearing the leaves and then massaging each one with olive oil. WAAAY too time consuming. I find putting anything in the oven for a couple of minutes before adding olive oil makes the oil adhere so much better. Anyway, good luck, hope this works for you :) Blessings from Canada.

Thanks Huw! Any tips for keeping brassicas safe mine have all been eaten even when I have netted them 😢 they are full of caterpillars 🐛

Huw a question Im no dig but want to know what cover crops you recommend?

The growing tips of broad beans can be eaten and are very tasty. Anyone know if the same applies to field beans? I would expect it is the case but just want to be certain.

How long can you use the wooden beds? What type of wood is it? What are the dimensions of the beds? Thank you very much, greetings from cologne.

give the garden a rest over winter

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What field beans do you grow? I would love to give it a try over winter this year.

@TigTC1993

10 ай бұрын

I have had good luck with "Vespa" variety, from Vital Seeds

How do you make kale chips?

For some reason my notification bell didn't work this time! I don't understand that.

Aargh! SO many cruciferous veg that I can't eat because of my Hashimoto's. Peas and beans it is then 🙂

Really informative and interesting. Thank you. A couple of questions please. Are field beans the same as broad beans? If not then how do I use field beans please? Also how does one make kale\ crisps? I've jeard a lot about these but never seen anyone make them. Thank you so much for such a fabulous channel. :-)

@shakeelarashid8646

10 ай бұрын

Kale crisps are easy to make...wash and tear/chop kale into small pieces and sprinkle with sea salt. Roast in an oven at 150°C for an hour x

@bewoodford2807

10 ай бұрын

Thank you :-) @@shakeelarashid8646

@annelyle5474

10 ай бұрын

Field beans are similar to broad beans but smaller. They're traditionally used dried in dishes like ful medames, but can be eaten fresh too

@bewoodford2807

10 ай бұрын

thank you 😃@@annelyle5474

I have a variety of potato called 'rocket'. I want a variety of rocket called 'potato'. 😁

Hi, I have had a lot of trouble getting things to germinate this year, I have tried three brands of compost but all the same either weak or no plants, never had any trouble before, maybe the seeds?

@annagriffiths717

10 ай бұрын

I’ve also had this issue this year. Pulled back on the amount of seeds I put down as last year I was inundated by seedlings with over 90% germination and this year hardly nothing! 🙈 assumed it was perhaps old seeds but when I put other seeds on top to try something else sometimes all of a sudden both start to grow. I think it’s the temp for germination maybe 🤔 I do need new seed packets for next year. Brand new to gardening so all trial and error this end; but channels like this are invaluable to me and a wealth of info ❤ very grateful 😊

@psisky

10 ай бұрын

Same here. Three brands of compost and umpteen packets of peppers, nemesias and china asters. They were the worst affected plants. Never seen so many compost flies before either.

@Chet_Thornbushel

10 ай бұрын

Did the soil stay too wet and seeds rotted? Did the soil not stay moist enough and they dried out before they emerged fully? It’s hard to say without any context but the type of soil should have little bearing on germination, it’s more about how it’s being kept. The seeds don’t know what they’re surrounded by, just if it’s the right amount of moisture and right temperature. It’s after they sprout and get going that the nutrients in the soil really count. So I’d take a good look at your seed starting process more so than what they’re sprouting in.

@psisky

10 ай бұрын

@@chrisgale5634 I'm in Fife, Chris.

I don't like plastic.. so what can I sow now? And which perennials are great to have?

@ingevankeirsbilck9601

10 ай бұрын

Good old fashioned glass ;)?

What is that beautiful flowering purple plant behind you at the very end right next to the grow tunnel?

@dd7521

9 ай бұрын

It's a verbena, they are beautiful aren't they? Mine self set every year.

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Interesting video, thank you. By field beans do you mean Broad Beans?

@tracysavage5189

10 ай бұрын

Yes I’m not sure either

@marymcandrew7667

10 ай бұрын

My understanding is they are basically the same, but field beans are hardier, and they produce a smaller bean, but lots of them and totally edible. I bought some from Sow Seeds in the UK and will be trying them for the first time.

Diolch!

I have raised beds and a polytunnel but most of my crops are ruined by slugs. I have millions of them and i lose everything. Can you help?

@gary7360

9 ай бұрын

If you break up some old flower pots into small sharp pieces and sprinkle them around your plants it may deter the slugs

@georgerobertson2002

9 ай бұрын

Beer traps only thing that works

Love your work Huw and I agree radish will grow but who actually wants to eat them.

@doloresreynolds8145

10 ай бұрын

Radishes require very consistent watering to be flavored the best, so that their taste is not too strong. You can also eat the greens and the thinned sprouts, which are milder. They provide a similar taste accent to using mustard greens, or slightly bitter spring greens. And they sprout and grow very quickly, which is handy in the fall.

@billgreen576

10 ай бұрын

@@doloresreynolds8145 Indeed. However we eat them because we can grow them not because we desire them.

I have planted most of the green , spring onions etc …. nothing grew or it was ate by snails before the even came up 😢

@MrPaulorange

10 ай бұрын

I nurse young plants in an old supermarket trolley to get stronger...the snails slugs don't ever get in as I think they dislike metal. Also have a metal garden set for vulnerable plants I can place a whole box of lettuce on untouched, so far so good...don't put these near a tree as they sneak and drop in that way😅

@_pronounced_

10 ай бұрын

@@MrPaulorange oooo really ? I tried everything wood chips, sticks with thorns, eggshells salt, beer traps u name it I tried it …. What is metal set ? I want to get it !

@MrPaulorange

10 ай бұрын

A garden set , metal chairs and table...I have a cheap one aluminium I think...you can get the real ones in iron quite expensive tho. Also I have a gravel area with pots on it, they don't seem to like that too sharp. Hope they work for u. The trolley I found up a lane!!😁

Hello

All my radishes, including daikon, bolted immediately and went to seed. Even the second and third attempts. Weird.

@theclumsyprepper

10 ай бұрын

Most of mine did as well. It's the weather I think, most of my crops failed this year. I'm on my fourth sowing and only getting things sprouting now.

@kbjerke

10 ай бұрын

@@theclumsyprepper Even beets and carrots did very poorly here. Potatoes, garlic and tomatoes have done REALLY well! The weather has been a bit odd... LOL Happy gardening!

@marionbolwell9276

10 ай бұрын

Too warm?

@kbjerke

10 ай бұрын

@@marionbolwell9276 And wet, I believe.

@theclumsyprepper

10 ай бұрын

@@kbjerke where I am the weather has been, and still is, atrocious - really wet. My garlic rotted in the ground and potatoes got hit by blight. Toms are in polytunnel so are okay. I have had a good crop of soft fruit and apples though. Happy gardening to you too 👍😊

I'm not sure I'd survive on radishes, mustard seeds and pakchoi. I hope me spuds in the tunnel produce.

What is your growing zone?

@jennyreeves8191

9 ай бұрын

He’s in wales in the uk I think.Not 100% sure but it’s likely zone 6-9, it seems to vary on the different maps online. We don’t tend to use the zones in the uk as much maybe because the difference is not as dramatic as it can be in the states. Our gardening forums tend to be full of last and first frost dates instead 😂 hope that helps a little

Let's go screaming mandrakes wa wa cai choichallenge🙉

Hogwarts house revealed- you're def a Hufflepuff! (me too! ;)

I made kale chips once, and they were so disgusting. I burned and oversalted them, but I still give up on that, because I don't think even doing it right could improve it enough.

@marymcandrew7667

10 ай бұрын

Try tossing the kale in Lemon juice first and then add seasoning. Also try maple syrup and some smoked paprika etc, really good. Just be careful not too high a temp.

@freedombug11

10 ай бұрын

@@marymcandrew7667 Thank you! I might give it one more go someday using your tips.

I love your videos but I have to ask for something : Can you please consistently add some language around what zone you’re in or at least where you are located when you make these „grow this in x month“ type videos? I live in Texas and nothing you recommend for September applies here. Doesn’t stop me from watching your beautiful videos 😊 but I fear you might confuse some new growers who live in different climates if they try to follow your recommendations.

@user-qi5mi2kc6o

9 ай бұрын

4 seconds into the video he says he's in Wales 😊

What commission do you get on selling polytunnels?

First ever comment I am going to report you for killing that tomato seedling.

Isaiah 55:6 KJV Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near: John 3:16 KJV For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. Romans 10:9 KJV That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. Acts 2:21 KJV And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.

@ingevankeirsbilck9601

10 ай бұрын

Try Isaiah 45:7

These are vegetables not crop😅

Are you OK? You've lost quite some weight. If it's because of a diet, I'd like to know your secret. 😅

@Patsy-May

10 ай бұрын

Looks the same to me.

@Anothervoiceinthecrowd

10 ай бұрын

Bit rude to comment on someone's weight!

@katb.5859

10 ай бұрын

@@Anothervoiceinthecrowd maybe you should learn to understand what you read.

@Anothervoiceinthecrowd

10 ай бұрын

@katb.5859 Learn to understand what I read? Maybe you should just not comment on people's weight.

@katb.5859

10 ай бұрын

@@Anothervoiceinthecrowd I can comment on everything I want to. Especially if it's not meant in a bad way, which the first sentence in my original comment might suggest. As someone who has experienced this myself and recently has seen a couple of people who lost or gained weight fast, which then turned out to be severe illnesses like cancer or depression, I'm alarmed when I see a drastic weight loss. So I asked if he was OK. I won't apologize for that and I won't stop asking. If you don't like it, go somewhere else.

Fab video as always, 1 question - do I need to plant some winter flowers too to prevent pests on my crops? I have marigold seeds but I believe it’s the wrong season to start them? 😊🥬🐛🍁🪲🌳🍀🌿🦗🐛🍃🪴 (emoji’s for grabbing your attention 😂)

FORGET "The THING" ( Wa Wa pak choi ) -it bloody bolts every time, or dies if sown in autumn - guess how I know this? OTOH - I recommend polytunnel(Well, greenhouse ) grown coriander HINT: My "Real_Seeds" order arrived this morning - including Sutherland Kale & Dutch Mammoth Dill

Do you guys have any tips on how to keep cats away from my beds? My neighbor's cats are using my beds as their litter, taking everything I plant out. 🥲

@no-one-no-one

10 ай бұрын

Put sticks or kindling cross crossing in between plants, worked well for me

@tracycrider7778

10 ай бұрын

Use briar brambles laid across the bed or fence in with chicken wire

@tuppybrill4915

10 ай бұрын

Holly cuttings are good too but getting a dog is probably your best bet.

@suegray6387

10 ай бұрын

I cut up citrus peal really small and scatter it over the beds, you need to keep doing it - but it's really worked for me.

@tuppybrill4915

10 ай бұрын

Also squirrels will dig up anything you plant I think on the basis that if you have been digging it must have been to bury food and foxes will just dig random holes!

A wild strawberry appears! Hew casts NOMNOMNOM. It is very effective!