Spring is around the corner and it’s time to supercharge your soil, ready for the growing season. It’s important to top up your soil’s nutrients at this time of year, every year. but where do you start and how do you do it? All your questions are answered in this week’s episode.
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Yes, feed the soil that will feed the plant. But beware of indigestion, that is to say an excess or inappropriate food for such type of soil. On poor soil with no life in it, excess food will become pollution. I had this experience on clay soil that I wanted to regenerate too quickly. The best way to nourish a soil is to provide it with carbon, organic matter such as dead autumn leaves. With that, we take no risks.
Very useful information. I am in Houston, Texas, USA, but soil preparation has no boundary. I started picking up gardening again after my husband passed away last year. I have learnt a lot from your videos. That really help me with my small raised-bed garden, and, pot garden. It is late February and I have already planted everything. Thank you, Sir. (Enid Phillips from Houston, Texas, USA)
I counted on well rotted manure last year and it was not well rotted at all but quite hot n killed a few trees and so i got some bagged soil that was hot also and killed some berries. This year everything coming from bags gets dumped into a compost pile for a few weeks before it goes anywhere new my alive things
It’s like he is speaking to children.
Hi Ben, It is so lovely to watch your videos! It feels like I have an older brother who is telling me how to do things. 🙂
That outro with the cup of tea… obviously empty cup.
You are the best! I am new to growing fruit and veg, and have six new raised beds. It’s difficult to know what to do and when to do it, so these videos are extremely helpful.
Good as always
Gardening newbie here. After getting lots of stuff to start growing various (18!) veggies on my 7th floor balcony, I've realised there won't be any pollinators up here. Will that be a problem?
Fabulous video aa always. Good to know I'm on the right path . Just wondering where you got your big bags of compost from? The company I used last year no longer supply organic compost unfortunately
Wear gloves mister!
Hi Ben I'm here in the Midlands in Ireland and your videos have me wanting to go planting everything now! Going to get some seeds today, sown a few veg here and there but really going for it this year!
You are literally amazing. Thank you so much for your videos. I'm a young mum and began veg gardening with no experience during the lockdown. My Mum was my go to for knowledge, we gardened together and she taught me the basics. Last year she became very unwell and died after her 60th birthday last November. I didn't have the time to grow anything last year between work, parenting and caring for my dear mum. I just began getting back into gardening this week and it's been difficult without my mum on hand, reminding me of my grief etc. A quick look on YouTube and your channel came up and I've binge watched it the last few days and I've learnt so much. I hope I can manage to grow the veg my mum taught me to this year. I'd love any tips on how to prevent broccoli, cabbage and, raspberries from getting eaten by what I think is moth larvae… They are possibly different types of what look like small green caterpillars. Every year my raspberry bush gets eaten alive and the last time I grew cabbage and broccoli they were also covered and the leaves all eaten! Thanks so much.
Where to find a sack of compost that size for £60?
I started container gardening last year and learned a great deal from your videos , the information you give is so valuable and appreciated,I’m hoping for a good growing season ,and look forward to your videos this year
Hi Ben! I'm just starting out (I have done a bit of slash and burn to clear a patch to start growing some veg, so my compost heap should be great next year!!), so I bought some compost from a garden centre, but when I opened the bag, it is covered in white fluffy mould! Is it OK to use, or should I take it back?
Thanks for the WESC theory❣️it’s what I need to stop my weeds.
Has anyone seen those supersoil adds? They keep popping up for me recently with the irish farmer …. supposed to be prorbitoics for the soil. Wondered if anyone had tried it.
I would if I could! The soil here is frozen solid though
The clock is ticking
The vulgarity killed it for me
I don't weed my garden, I deep mulch. No till for 6 years now.
Can someone link the compost he was showing? The big bags?
That compost doesn't look done