Today’s video is all about 9 edible crops that you never need to buy seeds for again, either because they self-seed, or are easy to save true seeds within the same growing season. I hope this shows you some examples of how you can easily save money, and also time, in your garden, as well as play a role in helping you become more self sufficient in growing vegetables.
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Self seeding annuals are awesome!
wonderful thanks Huw
do you think leaving garlic in the ground (forgetting to harvest them basically), and then seperating the shoots in spring and planting them out like onions is a viable alternative? It seems to work for me, haven't checked or compared the yield.
Great video, I have dill growing everywhere for this reason and nasturtium
It’s really easy to save tomato seeds if I leave them on the ground I can’t add too much compost next year otherwise it will drown the seeds as well as attract fruit flies as the tomato rots
Huw, Im interested in edible flowers. Can you please give me some good examples to grow?
Rocket (arugula) self sows like crazy. The seeds and flowers are tasty too.
Yay I received my book yesterday " The Vegetable Grower's Handbook. I love it! Happy gardening everybody.
When do you grow Oca…..?
It is fun saving seeds from heirlooms, and keeping them going from generation to generation. We have have Cushaw squash seeds that reportedly originated from Abraham Lincoln's father in the 1800's. The Cushaw squash is a winter staple for us, and every year seeds are saved from them.
Volunteer plants are always bigger and stronger… and they grow anywhere! Carrots, mustard, peas, broccoli, golden berries and huacatay are some of mine.
I have a lot of cockroaches in My compost hole. Watering may be a deterrent?
i do many of these, but the garlic this year was an absolute failure, all rotted( they are containers under shelter)..
i would have added chives to your list because mine just keeping coming back in the same spot every year. i don't do anything to help them..
Great video Huw! I have Chamomile, Land Cress, Lambs Lettuce, Borage, Coriander, Calendula, Poppies, Dill, Nasturtiums all self-seeding–as well as lots of wild flowers–it's great seeing what comes up!
What a BEAUTIFUL VIDEO!!! Thank you So Much, not many folks just throw out their Seed on the Waters and expect them to return after many days!!! THANKS!!!
nice video huw
I'm a novice gardener but one tip I was given is to replant the largest of my tubers & garlic, rather than the small ones, to maximise the size of the next crop. Does anyone else with experience find this works well?
Planted Jerusalem artichokes for the first time this year (in growbags) – gosh they are really fast growing! Looking forward to having some flowers and then and edible harvest after 🙂
Does the practice of spreading a layer of compost on early winter impair the growth of self sown seed?
The ability to leave plants to fully mature seed is very dependent on how much space you have. Many folks just can't leave that space out of cultivation for the time necessary
The area in front of my deck is all self-seeded: ground cherries, cilantro and sunflowers! They just pop up year after year.
Tomatoes are a plague. I threw out a variety of tomato cuts into my compost pile and after a heavy rain last year, a forest of them rose up and rained even more tomatoes everywhere. This year, I used the compost and they're EVERYWHERE. It's like plucking weeds.
Dare I admit that I am frightened of self seeding…I'm not good at plant identification. Hence, I am wary of consuming volunteers because what if it's a lookalike poisonous plant? Case in point…something very pretty growing in one of my garden boxes, looks a bit like wild thyme but…is it? Not sure I ever planted thyme there! I wish I knew more. I could be your mother, yet I know a mere fraction of what you know about gardening. I'm embarrassed. I'm also growing sunchokes…they're doing fabulous so far. Unlike last year. I'll keep watching and hope one day I become a decent gardener. Lol!