00:00 Introduction
00:21 Leaves just harvested from outside – mustards, spinach, salad rocket
00:47 Comparing growth of same plants growing outside and inside the polytunnel
02:12 Demonstration / explanation of picking leaves
02:33 I pull a radish, the first harvest of spring sowing
03:36 Comparing composts on two no dig beds, cow manure and homemade
05:18 Pigeon damage on 8 month old broccoli
05:53 A look at overwintered spinach, decaying outer leaves
06:59 Showing the compost heaps, and I explain the three-bay system for four fills
07:19 Many worms in the compost – the reasons why
08:26 Work with wood chip
09:35 Four rows of parsnips now shooting
10:07 Asparagus bed planted with radish – I show slug damage to leaves
11:00 Overwintered vegetables – spring greens, spring cabbage, broad beans, leeks and kale
12:14 Radish under mesh, better with finer compost
13:47 Dig / no dig comparison – see the difference in the surfaces
15:08 Using a hoe to cut roots of developing weeds, I explain cover crops
16:19 A look in the greenhouse – my hot bed, plants and a compost trial
17:16 Tomato plant (Rosada F1 hybrid), propagated using a side shoot
17:44 Multisown turnip plants in CD60 module trays
18:56 Reason for direct sowing carrots and parsnips
19:11 Interplanting and no dig, continual cropping – lettuce, carrots, tomatoes and garlic
19:35 My Vegetable Garden Calendar 2022 – discounted price!
Filmed by Nicola Smith on my iPhone at Homeacres, Somerset, UK
My Vegetable Gardening Calendar gives you the best sowing dates for each vegetable. There is also a brief vegetable growing summary for every month as well as pages about the benefits of no dig, where to buy seeds and which varieties to sow. Buy now at a discounted price from my website: https://charlesdowding.co.uk/product/charles-dowdings-vegetable-garden-2022-calendar/
Have a look at Module 2 from my online course, Skills for Growing, for detailed information on seeds and seed saving, propagation, multisowing, and transplanting vs. sowing direct.
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For detailed information on growing any of the vegetables mentioned in this video, please check out my 30 ‘From Seed to Harvest’ online lessons, in which I explain 40 of the most popular vegetables in detail, describing their special needs and qualities so that successful harvests are likely.
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My CD60 module trays can be purchased from Containerwise:
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