Earlier this spring, we companion planted a whole bunch of radishes, carrots, and onions in a former lawn which we covered with hay. A little over a month later, the experiment seem to be successful! (So far, at least)
VIDEO: Garden Update: Companion Planting Carrots, Radishes and Onions in Hay (Ruth Stout Method)
Earlier this spring, we companion planted a whole bunch of radishes, carrots, and onions in a former lawn which we covered with hay. A little over a month later, the experiment seem to be successful! (So far, at least)
Now this is GREAT to see and might try myself now. Thanks for the update and ENJOY that GREAT produce!!!
Love it! Still dreaming.
There are some good carrot top soup recipes out there, which can make picking baby carrots a worthwhile option.
You need a root cellar . Potatoes can be stored in dry sand in root cellars
nice idea with the straw. used to be lawns are quite fertile actually as the grass adds lots of nitrogen to the soil. also the straw acts as a mulch to slow weed growth when you do plant.
watching the bit about the onions i thought what no garlic? lol
man we use lots of onions. most veggies we cook we add them.
Amazing. Any good suggestions for a substitute for the hay?
The carrot leaves and stems are edible as well and are good greens. They can be used in salads, stir fries, soups and smoothies. By using the whole plant you are increasing your yield without any extra work, space or time. Tops and leaves of many other plants are edible to like turnips, beets, kohlrabi, cabbage family and others. They add taste and texture to many dishes.
Do not eat leaves from tomatoes, rhubarb and eggplants. If you are uncertain if the leaves of a plant is safe google it, if any part is poisonous they will tell you.
What about the carrots? Never saw a follow up for those.. love the vids!
It's a great series you are doing, thank's a lot! And just for inspiration let me share you a similar video from Hungary (unfortunatelly without English sutitles, but the pictures tell the story) – it sums up a whole growing season and you can see how productive it is. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHcJO88tX5E&t=16s
I had loads of teeny tiny radishes and beetroots last year – I didn’t thin them out enough – I can’t do Ruth Stout as I only have container garden on gravel but will companion plant these three as you have as it all sounds very sensible
Thank you for your ideea to grow carrots in permaculture, i`v been planting the carrots but.. under the straw ,so i expecting seeds do not comes out becouse i v covered with straw
My Grandfather used to put copper plumbing tubing about 4 inches over his green onions. With the absent of light, it grew more of the white part plus the green part as well, double the length, My father used PCV plumbing tubing, it was cheaper. Plus try it on your leeks.Just an old timer's trick
If you ever come across free rice hull mulch. GET it you will do even less weeding. you use the rice hull mulch after you first see the seeds sprouts. (keep using the hay/straw mulch) around the outside.
What's an "ungyan"?
Will the no watering work during the summer months with no rain?
i think the problem was, you didn't unify seed template as you explained, instead you mixed em randomly so the technic was disturb because some will get space and will not, that explains the shape and size of carrots
i'm a little late to the party but i love the channel and the Abbey Road shirt! Keep up the great work you two!
some good info combined with some horse shit.
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Now i will know what happened to companion Of carrot radish onion
Best channel. Keep up the awesome work.
I've stumbled across your channel here and love what I am watching. Where i am in the planning stages right now for our market garden next year I love experimenting and trying to figure out what methods work best for us. Now I see from your videos the methods you are using, the Ruth Stout in this case, but I haven't come across any mention when it comes to weeding and weed control. As this method and the others i see you are using are essentially no till or a surface mulch type, I see at least in this video a bit of weed or maybe it's just lawn from when you implemented the system. I'm curious how you are dealing with the weeds and weed pressure?
You two seem truly happy. I wish you the best in all your endeavors. It is nice to see you both more in this video.
Look at that like ratio! Thanks for the video.doing this today i cannot wait. Hold up….no one could eat that many onions? Yes i could!! They cook down so much imagine how many caramelized onions…..and pickled onions are wonderful on their own….but every single time i make them they go lightning fast because theyre good in salads, on sandwiches, in tacos, tabouleh, even just as a snack! Love them.
I want one of those t-shirts!
This is my first year for a Ruth Stout garden. I have Broccoli, Cauliflower, Cucumbers, Onions, Brussels Sprouts, Cabbage, Potatoes, Green beans, Summer Squash, Sweet corn and Winter Squash all planted there. So far, everything looks WONDERFUL. Hope it continues!
what does an ungion taste like?
Very interesting. Definitely will give it a try.
You can add grass on raised beds and it makes a good much