i could watch and listen to charles for hours on end

@CharlesDowding1nodig

Жыл бұрын

aw thanks 🙂

@marigold1129

Жыл бұрын

Me too.

@cindyowenful

Жыл бұрын

He has a calming voice.

@marigold1129

Жыл бұрын

@@cindyowenful calming and charming.

@OriginalRaveParty

Жыл бұрын

I have a relaxing playlist with lots of awesome nature videos, rainfall, documentary about the giant California redwoods, and one of Charles' recap videos from several years ago. It's perfect viewing on those days when you're chilling out and life is good.

It is always fascinating to see how much harvest comes out of a small NoDig garden. Thank you Charles for your inspiring and beautiful videos.

@CharlesDowding1nodig

Жыл бұрын

I am glad you are inspired 🙂

@user-cg9rz6pz4y

Жыл бұрын

​@@CharlesDowding1nodigййййййййй

I love videos about your small garden since I also have a small garden. This is another good video to learn what you're doing in that small garden and I appreciate your honesty when it comes to something you don't know what to do, which we as humans we don't know everything and can't do everything. We love your videos and watch them over and over to learn from you. Thank you! 😊

@CharlesDowding1nodig

Жыл бұрын

That's lovely to hear and thank you we are all learning every day 🙂

Was watching and suddenly remembered I was supposed to harvest my potatoes :D just got back - 1.5 kilos from the 1st half of bed 1 of 3... no dig is sooooo productive. Thank you Charles.

@CharlesDowding1nodig

Жыл бұрын

That's brilliant Ashley 🙂

fennel seeds are one of my favorite... love them in pizza sauce roughly crush with the mortar pestle.

@amandar7719

Жыл бұрын

Oooh. I’ll try that. Thank you 🙏🏻

Hi Charles, It’s really lovely listening to your voice weaving & meandering, bouncing in and out of the veggies, amongst their leaves & stalks in your vegetable patch! And the sage like knowledge that you always convey in your own special way as you show us the negatives & positives that may be present. They do say talking to your plants is also a wonderful thing to do & very beneficial to the plant! Cheers Sir Charles, l would love it if someone modelled you into a garden gnome for me to buy & place one in my garden 🌱 Cheers Sofia

@CharlesDowding1nodig

Жыл бұрын

That is cute Sofia, thanks

@sofiamiliaressis5403

Жыл бұрын

You are very welcome hahaha!

WATCHING THE SMALL GARDEN DEVELOP THROUGH THESE SERIES OF VIDEOS HAS BEEN LIKE WATCHING A SINGLE CELLED LITTLE SPOT NEXT TO THE BLUE SHED TURN INTO A TINY ZYGOTE GARDEN THEN NOW IT’S A REAL SMALL GARDEN………CUTE!!!!!!!! SOON IT’ll BE OFF TO COLLEGE!!!!!! PUTS A TEAR IN OUR EYE!!! 😢

@CharlesDowding1nodig

Жыл бұрын

Cool comment!!

Charles. You are an absolute legend

@CharlesDowding1nodig

Жыл бұрын

Thank you kindly

Oh wow, I like your weather much better, we are going to have over 90°F and so humid too! 70 is ideal for me. Beautiful garden Charles!🤗💞 Always great teaching!

@CharlesDowding1nodig

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for visiting, good luck with that heat!

Hi Charles, I’m a novice at veg growing but have recently been harvesting my carrots. I find that pushing down on the carrot first then pulling up, that the root let’s go and comes out easily. Thanks for sharing your experience.

@CharlesDowding1nodig

Жыл бұрын

Thanks, and yes as long as the soil is moist

@MarkyBigSmoke

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for your reply Charles

@CharlesDowding1nodig

Жыл бұрын

My pleasure🙂

Hi Charles, I came across your channel last year whilst I was off work after a health diagnosis, I was totally inspired by what you were teaching, so I started planning a rebuild of my allotment, managed to get five beds built as no dig and it's been a revalation! I've never had such amazing harvests and not having to dig has helped me no end. Currently have the next area covered in card with squashes growing over the top and I am planning to continue to build more beds in over the autumn and winter. Thank you so much for putting your message out there.

@CharlesDowding1nodig

Жыл бұрын

This is great to hear Kelvin, Well done 🙂

Lovely to see the small garden with all its hits & misses. The heat here east Anglia in June was scorchio. I was trying out some ollas. (After ladt year heat bomb)Homemade from 9" terracotta pots and with a mulch of grass & compost. I've had a fantastic harvest in my small plot despite the sandy soil. Thanks for the tour & keeping me on task. I love tayberrys 🐞

@CharlesDowding1nodig

Жыл бұрын

Sounds great Joy and now we lost the heat for sure!

The squirrels ate pretty much all my strawberries this year. We will propagate new stock and put them in a new bed with a barrier around it.

Charles respects plants for what they are which talks a lot about him as a man. He is not greedy!

Love this videos in small scale, learn so much from you. Your tip with mustard between garlic and leek worked out well against the fly, and in the carrots watering with nettles water was enough without netting it… and no dig is the future so thanks Charles 💐

@CharlesDowding1nodig

11 ай бұрын

Great to hear this Annette. Root flies have been unusually absent this year so far, on carrots.

@annettemartensson4523

11 ай бұрын

@@CharlesDowding1nodig well not herr in sweden lets hope it stays here 👍

@CharlesDowding1nodig

11 ай бұрын

Oh dear!

Ah, thats what them little brown, mini-maggots are... Thank you. I have never seen them before except this year on my garlic!

I cannot tell how much I love these videos, so inspiring! 😊

@CharlesDowding1nodig

Жыл бұрын

Glad you are inspired

Nope, I just can't bring myself to get rid of caterpillars, slugs, etc. They have a tough enough life without getting squished. As I'm only growing for me - not for sale - I just put up with holes and I avoid growing vulnerable crops. Love that you mostly forebear the odd critter and veg imperfection and still show us great crops. Cheers.

@CharlesDowding1nodig

4 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing this Margaret and I appreciate your viewpoint. Also in the context of modern agriculture which is reducing insect life so much.

I was literally thinking about wether or not to top my tomatoes early, this video answered it! Thank you👍

Small plots yield a lot of food over the season. Loved watching Gaz in the garden, it was fun tagging along..

@CharlesDowding1nodig

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Wende I am glad you enjoyed it 🙂

you pruned the fruit of your fig tree! well worth trying again.

@CharlesDowding1nodig

Жыл бұрын

I have a smaller three beside another wall and it's doing great!

always a joy to watch charles

@CharlesDowding1nodig

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Steven

I came to one of your compost courses two weeks ago. I am still drawing inspiration from how beautifully managed the place is. My compost is being revitalised, complete with new thermometer and eventually a shredder.

@CharlesDowding1nodig

Жыл бұрын

Wonderful to hear Peter!

C.D. is brilliant in plants. I can listen to him all day.

@CharlesDowding1nodig

11 ай бұрын

Thanks Dan

I had exactly the same thing happen with my potatoes(Jazzy) always a few in the harder earth below the looser compost. I missed a lot last year and had dozens of volunteers! I was a lot more thorough this year🤣

@CharlesDowding1nodig

Жыл бұрын

Interesting! A nice potato

I started late with a new garden this year, but I'm just starting to crop now. The nice thing about starting fresh is that I've been able to put everything I've learned in from the start. I've just covered my kalette sprouts with mesh, having picked off all the butterfly eggs, picked off three little caterpillars so far, didn't see any this morning, which means I may yet get to eat the leaves. :) I've just sown some spinach and turnips for later in the year. Thanks to your videos I'm much more confident than previous years

@CharlesDowding1nodig

Жыл бұрын

That's great to hear Tim I am glad you are feeling more confident 🙂

@CharlesDowding1nodig

Жыл бұрын

Nice to hear!

Allium leaf miner arrived in my no-dig garden in Surrey 5 years ago, increasing dramatically from only slight damage in the first year to 80% of onions/leeks affected in the second. Since then covering with fine mesh in March - mid-May and mid-Aug - early Nov has completely eliminated the problem. It's so easy to do and does away with the damage and heartache of finding the pesky pupae when you harvest so I can thoroughly recommend it. I'll be interested to see how you get on with them. Good luck.

@CharlesDowding1nodig

Жыл бұрын

Thanks. Just it's more mesh, shall see :)

Uma coisa interessante de seus vídeos que acompanham as estações é que sempre estamos invertidos no tempo por sermos de hemisférios diferentes. Muito bacana o vídeo e seu trabalho. Obrigado por postar seu excelente trabalho.

@CharlesDowding1nodig

Жыл бұрын

Gracias, you can download this charlesdowding.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/SH-Sowing-Guide-2023.pdf

Just amazing with a very small garden Charles, shows what one can achieve with some forward planning ! and to get such great results and rewards and all with the No dig method ! ❤️

@CharlesDowding1nodig

Жыл бұрын

So true David

I very much appreciate the extra effort you put in adding Fahrenheit (20 centigrade, 60 F and 2 meters, 6’ high). If you didn’t, I would have no idea, have to stop the video & look it up. It’s very thoughtful of you to translate & I thank you!!

@CharlesDowding1nodig

Жыл бұрын

No problem I am glad that you appreciate it 🙂

Hi Charles, such a great looking little garden. Thanks for all the wonderful videos. You have given much pleasure watching and learning from you. God bless. (Old guy from Arkansas)🇺🇸

@CharlesDowding1nodig

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for your kinds words Steven

Love seeing the small garden Charles, my favourite part of Homeacres! I do exactly like you, grow some flowers at the end of my rows. I managed to get the Bumblebees to move from my compost bin....I lit citronella sticks each day and they moved on. I really didn't want them there but at the same time I didn't want them harmed, so it's a win win situation. I can now get on with gardening and seed sowing again lol 🐝🐝 Thankyou as always for the inspiration!

@CharlesDowding1nodig

Жыл бұрын

That's good news Jenny and thank you

My old dad used rhubarb leaf for cabbage root fly. Every cabbage he planted had a torn off piece of rhubarb leaf. He swore by it

@CharlesDowding1nodig

Жыл бұрын

Nice tip thanks

I love all of your very informative videos Charles. I could listen to you for hours! We're moving into our spring season soon, so your videos have carried me through our winter where all we grow are the salad greens and brassicas. Am looking forward to beans, tomatoes, cucumbers, squash; corn and so much more :)

@CharlesDowding1nodig

Жыл бұрын

Thank you I am glad you have enjoyed them 🙂

I've lost all interest in sorrel after discovering it's a dock!!!! I spend ages digging those damn things out!!! Arggghhh!! Thanks Charles!! Great info and presentation as always!!

@CharlesDowding1nodig

Жыл бұрын

Ah shame!!! Far nicer than dock leaves 😂

Great potatoes Charles, definitely net the leeks before September, im going to do mine soon as i lost every onion this year. I also found grubs in my garlic but managed to salvage it.👍🤠

@CharlesDowding1nodig

Жыл бұрын

Good luck!

@cheesekake1841

Жыл бұрын

Wow.. I didn't know grubs would eat garlic? Thanks for this info.

@nickthegardener.1120

Жыл бұрын

@@cheesekake1841 if you see a little brown bit on the garlic bulbs peel some skin off and there might be a little 2mm brown grub. I found quite a few and squished them with my finger nail. Luckily none had made it into the cloves.👍🤠

Thanks´ Charles!

Nice. I really love to try this out someday here in Africa.

Great video. When you harvest your carrots to get them out easier try pushing them down gently before pulling up, it works and fewer snapping off 😉😁🌱☀️

@CharlesDowding1nodig

Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much. Sometimes however the soil is so hard from being dry, that this does not make a difference!

Very hands on information on vegetable growing. That is what I like about these videos

@CharlesDowding1nodig

4 ай бұрын

Great to hear!

Thank you for the video, it was lovely.

@CharlesDowding1nodig

Жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it 🙂

Liking the onions and potatoes 😊 The carrots where sown on my birthday but they look nice.😊

Soo beautiful my friend fresh fres frm beges

Perfect, educational and beautiful video!

@CharlesDowding1nodig

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Lenka

That's a lot of potatoes for such a small space. Parsnip with it's deep roots I'll remember before planting potatoes. Nate said his potatoes last year were firm and stored longer using ash in soil. It did not change the ph. ... Expecting high 80's to 90's this week. Expected hail this evening but missed.

@CharlesDowding1nodig

Жыл бұрын

I hope you keep missing the hail!

You are a wealth of knowledge thanks Charles. Your tips are so useful to all of us thanks 🤩

@CharlesDowding1nodig

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Margaret, I am glad that you find them useful 🙂

انك شخص مثابر وتزرع بشكل جميل متابعك من العراق

@CharlesDowding1nodig

Жыл бұрын

Thank you

@CharlesDowding1nodig

Жыл бұрын

شكرا جزيلا ، هذا لطيف

It's always a pleasure to watch your videos.

@CharlesDowding1nodig

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Gláucia

Thank you for your knowledge!"m in NY USA

@CharlesDowding1nodig

11 ай бұрын

Our pleasure, and good match except mid-summer and winter!

Lovely garden, I enjoyed the visit. Some of your veggies I have not grown yet, it was great to see how they develop. Thank you Charles!

@CharlesDowding1nodig

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it Naomi

Love seeing the small garden🪴

@CharlesDowding1nodig

Жыл бұрын

I am glad 🙂

Oooo great tip on the strawberries I’m going to do that on the next fruit day thank you

@CharlesDowding1nodig

Жыл бұрын

My pleasure Lesley

my dear, Charles, another no dig Masterpiece.

@CharlesDowding1nodig

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Kristin

Tay berries! Seemed like they put a smile on your face :) Rough luck with the cauli, I’ve never been brave enough to try it or broccoli yet

Totally recommend strawberry Malwina. Late deep red super tasty fruit.

@CharlesDowding1nodig

Жыл бұрын

Good to know!

Lovely videos, but I do feel gentle allotment envy.

Thank you

@CharlesDowding1nodig

Жыл бұрын

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I have NEVER had that many potatoes from one plant. I'm just shocked and motivated next year to try again.

@CharlesDowding1nodig

Жыл бұрын

You can do it I am sure!

Thanks, I really enjoyed this one. Your prediction about the weather was right! - Lawrence

@CharlesDowding1nodig

Жыл бұрын

Cheers Lawrence. August, same weather continues and cooler!

Marketmores are incredible slicing cukes. Very tasty.

VERY GOOD

@CharlesDowding1nodig

21 күн бұрын

Many thanks

I love your videos, thank you so much for educating the world on no dig. I have a question I hope you find the time to answer - are there any worries with the use of plastic/polythene as ground cover? I’m thinking micro plastics that get into the soil for instance?

@CharlesDowding1nodig

Жыл бұрын

Thanks, , it's not ideal but is v small I reckon and I don't see it as a problem, compared say to the glyphosate in rain.

The dry weather in June certainly affected my 30l container grown 1st & 2nd early potatoes (Swift & Charlotte) with some of the latter producing half the yield of last year. Thankfully the containers I've kept going are now up with last year's yield. The 50/50 mix of home & cheap, peat free compost I used looks like it'll riddle out to make some good seed compost for next year. Those damn' cutworms are usually from turnip moth - a dirty grey/brown thing (they also attack geraniums, as I discovered last year...).

@CharlesDowding1nodig

Жыл бұрын

Nice work, thanks for the id

Hi charles i found rhizobium bacteria nodules on my pea roots i grew in pots which were growing in my homemade compost. I put the roots back into my compost & worm bin.👍🤠

Liking the onions and potatoes 😊

@CharlesDowding1nodig

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Rick

Strawberry types are so different. My original plants were fantastic. Strains are so different. Im happy I’ve still got original strain. Im growing a handful of types. But I keep them far far apart.

Mass compliance worked last time.They don't want to let go of that power.

@CharlesDowding1nodig

Жыл бұрын

So true

Cover the leeks! They ruin my crops when I don't. Devastated last years leeks when I chanced it.

@nickthegardener.1120

Жыл бұрын

Definitely net the leeks I lost every onion this year.👍🤠

@tomwolverson2500

Жыл бұрын

Take heart, that the only time I ever grew leeks they were all ruined by leaf miner, now this year I've got a lot of onions in and I haven't seen a single one. I would imagine the cold winter has seen them off. So it isn't inevitable that once they're in your garden you're looking at ruined crops forever - although if they're generally present I expect I will see them again at some time.

Hi Charles, unfortunately I don’t think amateur gardeners can buy Bacillus Thuringiensis in UK, it’s only allowed for use by professional growers. (At least that’s all I’ve managed to find on Internet), if that’s wrong I’d happily be corrected.

@CharlesDowding1nodig

Жыл бұрын

Yes I do keep mentioning this and the link is one example if you want a lot, otherwise put in your search bar something like 'kill caterpillars on box hedges', it's the same active ingredient www.progreen.co.uk/dipel-df-500g-biological-control-of-caterpillars/?adgroupid=&gclid=Cj0KCQjw_O2lBhCFARIsAB0E8B8KZLxPBJzVvMjdb-nwMqpqixcvSIyf0dFrz3PaV12iDytCcU8ElHEaAiMREALw_wcB

Charles - you can make a great summer soup with cucumbers (you can mix with courgette if you like). I tend to add a few pods of cardamom plus some pepper corns whilst gently sweating the vegetables.

@CharlesDowding1nodig

Жыл бұрын

Sounds great Rhys

Hi Charles, Just wanted to let you know that we have the same variety of Strawberries “Marshmellow” for around 8 or 9 years ; as you say just using the runners for new plants. After the second year they have produced we then compost them and replace with the second year runners ….and they are really yummy. ( Our local birds 🐦 think so 🍓) 😊

@CharlesDowding1nodig

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing Cheryl!

The weathers not been great for summer crops, there's nothing you can really do about it though

Strawberries Charles I have grown more varieties than I can shake a stick at and have landed on Mara de Bois. Catalogues say it is an alpine cross but it is not. Its the most intense taste and it fruits (normal size fruits) continuously until autumn. You may well have heard of this variety before this. I also feel that we will have an earlier onset of winter this year and colder due to low isothermal soil warming -I am getting prepared! Many thanks again- I learn so much from you especially not having to rely on catalogues that tell me this or that variety is the best thing since soap was invented. I can see first hand from your constant trialling and quality and quantity appraisals-brill!

@CharlesDowding1nodig

Жыл бұрын

That's nice, thanks, and I have not heard of that Verity. I am noticing recently how the sky is being veiled over by all these trails and that I reckon, is why it's cooler

Small garden! Wooo!!!

😊 beautiful gardens! Many of the same varieties grow well here in zones 3 & 4 in the US.

@CharlesDowding1nodig

Жыл бұрын

Good to know!

I grow my tomatoes up a long stake. When they get too big, I undue the ties and push the plant down the stake before I tie it back up.

@CharlesDowding1nodig

Жыл бұрын

That makes sense!

Onions would like A LOT of Nitrogen, until the bulbing stage. You gave them water which they like as well. Maybe another top dressing of manure? - Next time?

@CharlesDowding1nodig

Жыл бұрын

These were not short of nutrients in my view, just water. After drying I have found there are 3.6 kg and I'm happy with that

I swear this is as good as gardeners world. Should he on tv

@CharlesDowding1nodig

Жыл бұрын

Thanks 🙂

The potatoes went so deep because of the drier circumstances, looking for moisture deeper. ❤

@CharlesDowding1nodig

Жыл бұрын

Potatoes themselves cannot forage for moisture, it's the roots of a potato plant which do that

Great. Charles, can I suggest a new slogan, if you haven't already thought of it! Take the government WW2 slogan 'Dig for Victory', cross out the 'Dig' and replace with 'NO'.

@CharlesDowding1nodig

Жыл бұрын

That's nice, and yes we had thought of it but the word victory suggests some kind of conflict maybe

Hi Charles. I'm going to look for the lemony lettuce Sorrel seeds. Zone 6b. 3 1/2 inches in about an hour rain. I tug one carrot at a time. I'll push the stubborn ones down and the roots release much easier and no breaking. Garden is thriving no dig. Thanks to you.

@CharlesDowding1nodig

Жыл бұрын

Nice to hear apart from that rain. It was rock hard dry soil stopping my carrot from pulling out.

There is another excellent channel I found today (searching for biochar) called "live on what you grow". Another resource if you are into growing stuff. It has excellent info.

Excelent

@CharlesDowding1nodig

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Nicolás

Merci du Québec

@CharlesDowding1nodig

Жыл бұрын

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Oh you are a star.....this size garden is more in my line since we moved here ! 23:48 So you let them go that high...I break mine off before that ! Perhaps soup could be made from those tops even if they are bitter ? All of interest even if I don't grow "it" - Many thanks.

Danke 🌱 Grüße aus der Eifel

@CharlesDowding1nodig

Жыл бұрын

Danke Tara

Charles … dill fennel and queen annes lace attract the wasp that love to eat allium leaf miner 🤤

Only about 15 miles from you had leaf miner destroying leeks 10yrs ago I stopped growing for a long time but find growing them among carrots iv had success

@CharlesDowding1nodig

Жыл бұрын

Nice tip!

Beautiful garden Charles, I hope those tomatoes are red 😅

There's a zinnia that's red and white, looks like a peppermint candy. I've them but hard to find, usually in mixed packets. Wish it was economical to send some. I've been on the idea zinnias needed heat. They're my summer favorites, but of course Charles can grow them on a glacier... lol . All in respect

@CharlesDowding1nodig

Жыл бұрын

Cheers Frank. We did have heat in June and just enough for them!

Looks like an army worm in your cauliflower

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@CharlesDowding1nodig

Жыл бұрын

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Dear Charles, can you please explain how and why you cut your strawberry plants? I have never heard of that and would like to learn. Thank you!

@CharlesDowding1nodig

Жыл бұрын

It's a clean start with fewer past present and a chance to spread the annual dose of compost. They are now looking abundant again with many leaves and it's easier to keep on top of runners which I don't always want.

Thanks for the update on the small garden Charles. It's interesting to see what grows in the shade of the shed. July in the north of England has been rain and 15-16c, very different to your July weather. Can you tell me if flea beetle are a ground pest only? I want to sow salad greens up on an outside table but don't want to wait til Aug when they've gone. Thanks.

@CharlesDowding1nodig

Жыл бұрын

Sorry to hear about your weather! I think that the flea beetles are more concentrated in soil at ground level. You will still have some but probably less on your table good luck

That Charlotte harvest from one plant! 😍 🥔 🥔 🥔 🥔 🥔 🥔 🥔 🥔 🥔 🥔 🥔 🥔 🥔 🥔 🥔 🥔 🤷‍♀️👌🏻😃

@CharlesDowding1nodig

Жыл бұрын

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Yes it is smoking here in TN 95 heat index 105

@CharlesDowding1nodig

Жыл бұрын

Phew!

This was definitely filmed before the terrible July we’ve had haha

Thanks for the tip on my outdoor tomatoes. Any advice on what to plant at this time of year, as I am currently pick the last of my dwarf beans ad will be pulling my potatoes, which am growing in 30 litre pots..

@CharlesDowding1nodig

Жыл бұрын

Hi Chris, take a look at my sowing timeline here charlesdowding.co.uk/sowing-timeline-for-vegetables/ 🙂

My garden is not doing well this year in derbyshire it is not at all warm and raining all the time, had to cut potatoes down because of blight everything is very sĺow growing or gone completely!

@trevorwills3356

Жыл бұрын

If you see blight on potatoes it's advised not to cut the haulms but pull them out and leave the potatoes in the ground for several weeks and then harvest them and hopefully you'll have some edible tubers.

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@CharlesDowding1nodig

Жыл бұрын

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