Growing food is a wonderful journey, that is filled with highs and lows and plenty of surprises! In this video, I wanted to highlight 12 of the most unexpected things I have learnt from growing food since I began at the age of 3. Make sure you take the opportunity to enter the competition to be in a chance of winning a signed copy of Grow Food for Free. Open worldwide. Simply comment the most unexpected thing you have learnt from growing food and then check out the pinned comment on next Saturday’s video to see if you have won!
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I learned that carrots love tomatoes,,, and potatoes hate everything,,, especially tomatoes,,,,, cannabis plants, love chicken manure and chamomile,,,,
Beautifully made video. So informative and well filmed. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us.
I’ve learned I really love fresh green beans and black eye peas. I need a much larger plot for these!
Valuable points I admire your way of teaching. Regards.
In the mornings I have my quiet time with the Lord amongst my veggie plants
Apart from learning about gardening, I've found a community of people passionate about gardening and freely passing that knowledge on. I'm 71 and only started gardening when I retired, I listed to yourself, Liz Zorab, Tony O'Neill, Charles Dowding in England and Gardener Scott in America. I've learned so much and it has completely changed my life. The unexpected thing I've found is that a gardener 4500 miles away gardening in poor soil could speak to me showing that gardening is good wherever you are.
I was beginning to worry if i was rapidly losing brain cells bec i tend to forget what seed i have sown on a specific tray
Try lettuce soup! Fry an onion, add lettuce (not icebergtype) add water and vegetable stock powder. I have this mixer with a knife blade underneath to chop it up. Don't know the name of the applience in English. You could add some creme, sour crème or creme fraîche. Enjoy!
I’m growing veg and lm 12
I have learned that even neglected things will grow. The sweet potatoes runners got out of control and the grand buried a few in the bed next to it that I never finished planting out due to surgery. I went to clean it out last month and found a surprise crop of very tasty sweet potatoes that were never watered or tended to.
Tip: Weeds' roots feed the soil, until they flower; then the foliage feeds the compost heap.
You are gorgeous!
Do you have pests in Wales? I’m having trouble right now with an armadillo in my garden. He destroys and digs up plants looking for grubs.
I'm a 61 year old swedish woman and I really enjoy watching your videos , they learn me lots about growing
…vegetables! You are so inspiering. God bless!
The most unexpected thing i learned about growing food is how beautiful vegetable flowers are.
I am a year late, but I would like to tell you what I have learned from growing food. My housemate was ill last year, and I nursed him back to health. I treated his recovery in the same way I take care of a vegetable plant. Water, nutrients, and taking care of the bed. In the last year I have trained my body and my feet to work in the garden before and after work. From learning how to take care of a vegetable garden, I was able to help my housemate, without getting enmeshed with the problem. I learned that people are just like plants. If they become sick, just water and feed, keep the beds clean, and get on with my day so I stay healthy and strong. It was quite something to observe and experience. The vegetable garden has turned me into a scientist.
Too right!.
One of the most unexpected things was how annoying I could be to others with this new passion of mine. I can’t help it, it’s just so amazing and satisfying.
What I learned : I didn't know that beet roots' leaves are edible too, many times I grow beet roots I only ate the tubers. Thanks to you for letting me know that the plant's leaves can also be eaten.
I love the simplicity of making my own compost out of materials I know are good. For example, I do not mow the grass in city parks that spray poison for weed control. I do not use cardboard and paper, as I cannot guarantee they are free of bad chemicals. For seeding, I simply sift the compost to remove larger chunks of stuff. No need having a seed pushing a rock or huge wood chip out of its way, eh?
I spend more time doing compost work than I do doing gardening work! And, that makes sense. I work on feeding my garden; God works on using my well fed garden to feed me!
Gardening, for me, is some of the best quality time I spend with my Father!
The most unexpected thing I have learned is the simplicity of it all!
Thank you, Huw! I so appreciate that, while watching your videos often gives me a homey and nostalgic feel that I enjoy, they always, always have solid, informative content and I know that I am going to learn something helpful.
how much better things taste