In this video, we explore how to find hidden opportunities in the vegetable garden by looking closely at gardening failures and obstacles and then seeing how we can turn them into fantastic opportunities. This is one of the most helpful skills for me as a gardener, and it is a constant learning journey. I hope you find this skill just as helpful as I do to improve the garden’s health and productivity, as well as helping to make it more enjoyable!
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I'm over in Western Massachusetts, and I'm wondering why Kirby didn't employ a series of on-contour swales and berms to control water flow on his site. With a little sweat and digging, he'd have a permanent solution that would create microclimates within his property that could cause productive plants to flourish while completely halting erosion and improving the moisture management of his soil such that he wouldn't need to water very much if at all.
And the sheep in the background.. oh my goodness . Could this not be anymore beautiful and picturesque..
What a beautiful and serene setting; sitting in your lush garden trimming pea pods with sheep grazing the hills behind you!
It’s refreshing to see the other less glamorous side of gardening often not shown on YouTube: failures. And how to make a leaning opportunity from it.
Working and instructing at the same time. I like that.
Thank you for this video, one of the best to come along in a very long time! With such a plethora of garden channels, especially the allotments where mass production seems to be the goal, it is so easy to fall into the trap of thinking we must follow suit and forget that spending time in the garden can be the very best form of enjoyment, healing and therapy!
Off topic, sorry. I've found an error in your excellent book Veg in one bed. You start garlic in October but then it vanishes from the planting scheme.
I tried twice gutter method for peas in greenhouse but 3rd time failure due to slugs ate. Never mind now removed slugs going to try fourth time. Can you please put more videos for time saving for gardeners. Or if you already have please reply with more links?
Hi Huw last year I received a pack of Snowball turnips seeds with the Magazine. I sowed them thinly in the raised bed. It did not come to much. This year I sowed them in modules and planted them out. I have already been harvesting some nice sized turnips. Eveline
I have had a lot of garden villains this year more than ever! But I am determined to learn and become a better gardener. Most of all I never want my garden to be a place of stress or worry so I approach it with the mindset that there will be failures and successes and both I will learn from! Thank you for the reminder!
Sow3 seeds for every one you want to eat one for God one for your neighbor and one for you to eat and you surely will get some
I actually think you are teaching us a way of life.
Thank you !
I follow you from ISRAEL.hank you
I love snow peas stir-fried with oyster sauce is the best!!!!
This is true; but it's also difficult to avoid catastrophising when you're depending on your tiny garden for your food. I'm trying to prevent that brain trap by planting many different crops and varieties (so that at least one might survive if the other succumbs) and by learning a lot from others' cultures' recipes. I've learned to expand beyond pakora and curries and that really helps the "tired of this veg!" complaints. South Africans say "eet met lang tande" (literally: eating with long teeth) and finding new ways to incorporate new texture and flavours is the only option one has if you're broke. Thank you for your videos. I appreciate your approach and style.
I feel like this is not only good advice for gardening but for life in general. Still loving your videos, Huw, keep up the good work!
I have to say that I adore your attitude. I also think it's important to garden for the sheer joy of it. The produce we get from it is almost a bonus – not that I don't love the fresh veg! It's just that the planning, the experimenting, confirming ones intuition, the whole ,thing is a simple and gratifying delight. Thank you Huw. Your wisdom belies your years 🙂
hello friend, i'm from vietnam, the weather is dry with me so it is very difficult to have a vegetable garden like your home, let me ask, besides composting leaves to make compost, do you water any fertilizer but vegetables are good so ??? thks
At 9:00 I thought the video was going to change direction. They didn't and once I had calmed down I though to myself "what an excellent way to upcycle an old vibrator"
I tried countless times to plant spinach but I believe with squirrels or birds are getting to the seeds. It’s been frustrating. Any suggestions?
Control my garden? Only in my dreams. I put the compost on, plants in, mulch, water, and the rest is not up to me.
Hey Huw, you keep mentioning the vole issue, and I just realized that Brie the Plant Lady plants a garlic border around her veggie beds to deter voles, and apparently it's been working well. That might be worth a shot!
failure turned into learning: early planting plus overwatering taught me to be patient and don't overlove my garden. this saved me from losing more garden babies . thank you Huw. kindly, Susie ( Nevada, wooded high desert gardener)
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