Sometimes it is easy to get ahead of ourselves and completely fill up our vegetable garden planting plan, however, in this video, I go over 7 reasons why you should always leave a bit of the garden ‘unplanned’ to give you the freedom to do so many different things. This spare section, such as a raised bed, should be left out from your usual plan so you retain full control and creativity with it. It is a lot of fun and can bring the most wonderful rewards from it.
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When I was a kid, we had a HUGE garden. One of my jobs was to distribute almost all of the produce around the town. Used my bike with basket and small wagon. They all got a lot of food and I got cookies, milk, etc. and new friends.
Thanks, your video's are always informative and thought provoking. I have learnt so much from you.
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Great advices… I really wish to have my own garden space.
What's a cruiset? in American? …type of raddish, turnip….. Thanks for showing how much water to water in. It's always annoying to me no one shows that.
nasturiums also = a fun tasty flower…peppery. I'm never organized enough to pick then for a real salad topper ect. But love having them, a petal here and there. Certainly easier then growing pepper.
Thanks. I'm new to your channel and enjoying your videos. This is a great message about the fun and importance of sharing the bounty and helping to grow a love of gardening in others. My question is about your normal practice (pre coronavirus) of gardening for food. Do you consume all you grow? Do you preserve, keep, and use it for your family's needs throughout the year? You have a very large garden for a family, and I'm wondering how you use all the bounty. Thank you for all your information and helpful videos.
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My 21 month old just enjoyed picking our mangetout for dinner tonight. Your videos have been so helpful! More veggies on the way
I’m attempting to do this with my perennial fruit. Grow them, divide them, spread them out into the world. Thank you for thinking of others, very considerate.
Yes! I have a million seedlings now and need homes for them. Going to try to give to my neighbors:-) Thanks Huw, ate my first spinach and kale yesterday…such a joy:-)
But Huw the spare space is now full, so isn't spare. I don't understand.
I have a poly tunnel with 3 raised beds, they are the height of one timber plank approx 6'x3' .
What timber did you use to make yours, i want to get 2 for garden but not as expensive as the ones in poly tunnel.
I bought compost from garden centre that has added seaweed but I needed 6 bags per raised bed.
I have 6 tomato plants in one raised, the Money Maker variety they're producing trusses now.
I need to know is it too late to start courgettes cucumbers from seeds as I'm waiting in them yo arrive from a supplier.
I was given seeds of kale cabbages & beetroot April so planted them 3rd May they're seedlings now, so do these do better in an outside raised bed or can I keep them in poly tunnel.
What do you use to fill your beds, is it garden soil with anything particular added in
to fill the depth of your raised beds.
Thank you..
This was such a positive, uplifting video – much needed these days.
Great tips! What a nice guy you are!
Hey, Huw lad – you're certainly knocking them out and they're all winners! Like the give away sentiment – hope I've got some surpluses. 'Giving away beds' not particularly easy with lock down. Maybe when the dust settles over Covid19.
Another good and innovative vid. Well done, bro'. – Paul
I love having an extra space because there are always exciting risks I want to take and if any of them pan-out, I have gifts to give to family, neighbors, friends, coworkers and strangers. I can't tell you how many times I've grown things thinking, "Maybe I'm wasting my time." But inevitabley there is always someone that comes along looking for or needing the excess growing in my garden :).
I have Nasturtiums in my allotment and love the peppery taste in salads and the flowers add a lovely colourful element. Could you cover other edible flowers that are great for pollinators and for the plate? Chives are the only other I currently have it would be great to learn more.
Thank you for another inspiring video.
great video, looking forward to seeing more video.
I live in Belgium (Brussels) and I have a fairly large garden behind my house. I have just discovered your "channel" … I am realy interested in "raised bed" gardening … Having back problems, I wonder whether it would be possible to make my beds even higher than yours, so that I can "spare" hurting my poor back. I really love your channel and you look like a very kind person, which is of course an added bonus. Take care in these difficult days.
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Thanks for sharing Huw! Enjoying your new book!
I like to keep spare planting spaces/beds to protect me from myself! I am developing a food forest on a 3.75 acre space (began Spring 2018) and populating it from the center to the edges and when I commit to planting too much in Spring and don't have permanent beds or spaces prepared I always have a temp bed to heel them in until I get their permanent space ready. I made this mistake my first year and lost many bushes (currants, elderberry, gooseberry, goji berry etc) and it was a sad thing so soon after that happened I began preparing loads of extra space for next Spring and it paid off so now I work to always have extra planting spaces available. Thanks for all your great videos!!
I have a spare bed that I use as an experimental bed, seed collecting bed , kids garden bed
Wish I could, no space
Great video thank you.