The garden is suffering with hardly any water in over 2 months. And there is a reason as to why we need to be very cautious with what we water. It is something we aren’t used to in Wales but it is an excellent demonstration of finding weaknesses so things can be implemented to cope with future extremes should they occur.
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Thanks, Huw. I like the vlogs, but I'm glad you're going to continue to do the shows. Climate change is forcing all of us to garden differently. Here in Seattle, we've had a good rainy early summer, but we are now headed into dry hot weather. Most people think it rains all the time in Seattle, but we have long periods of drought nowadays. We have a long stretch of garden with soakers, but we have lots of outlying beds, which have to be hand-watered or sprinkler-watered. Thankfully, everything is pretty mature.
Do you did the mulching material into the soil once you are finished with it, or do you pick it off and discard it?
Sorry Huw. Love your channel but sprinkling is highly inefficient. It's wasteful as water evaporate and can lead to crusting of the soil.
Way better is to drip irrigate or use leaky hoses, ideally placed under the mulch so the mulch doesn't soak up that precious water.
We have slugs that eat mature plants ! They come from the woods never say your safe from slugs !! I decided to water my peas & they burnt also my beautiful kiwi
I take it you have been watching Peter McKinnon, the production value of your videos is brilliant and a real step up from the competition. Great content, high quality production in an easy to watch formula. Well done, probably the best information of its genre on the internet right now. Thank you.
Hope the heat and drought break soon, know what that's like here in Western Canada. Glad your garden doing so well and yes mulch mulch mulch.
Only a couple of my pak choi and zucchini survived the earlier weather and pests, now the dill, the today the lettuce are starting to bolt. Celery left over from last year is seeding. Cucumber is doing great although the tomatoes haven't flowered yet. Looking forward to good crop of tomatoes this season. The chili's and sweet pepper like this weather. I only have a very small container garden so it is easy to manage. I water in the morning to those that require it, then again mid-day, and in evening if required. We've had some hot evenings where I am, although I must admit I am enjoying it. Not many strawberries so far, and looking forward to the blueberries ripening. This is only my second season of food growing, and its an interesting learning curve. The beans are doing better this year in a better position, they got off to a quick start although they seemed to have slowed down their growth in this hot weather. I will give far better protection to my seedlings next year and next year I put the pak choi out later in July. The celery and beetroot always do brilliant, they seem to love English climate.
You may have to drill a bore in the ground Huw.
Love my farm
wow ….. awesome video
I am a great believer in the Back to Eden garden method. I would put a thick layer of wood chips down. They hold in moisture when it rains and release it when it has not rained for a while. Is there a way you can put a water wheel and leading to your fruit and veggies so that you can water from the stream or river?
I grew up in Israel, they have it all the time, and have great solutions for drought (there is most of the time is all year round).
I am sure you can find in google some ideas. a huge pray for rain (now i am located in the Netherlands, and we have the same problem). bless.
If they don't stop spraying chemicals in the air they are going to dry up the earth. The chemicals being used to "stop global warming" which is baloney is actually heating up the earth. Aluminum, strontium and numerous other chemicals cause the sun to be bounced back into the atmosphere making it hotter. Here in Alaska they spray us almost every day. Here it is July and I can't say I have seen any type of bees, good or bad like hornets. Some spruce are turning totally brown and I have not heard of any spruce bark beetle infestations. In some areas in the states fish are dying, deer are dying, the bees are dying and gardens are failing.
And here I am in Australia, literally unable to grow beans in the summer at all because it's too freaking hot 😛 Beans are an autumn/spring crop for us.
Enjoyed this video… Here in Alabama (Southern USA) we have had afternoon thunderstorms every day the past month…
I did the same thing with one of my beds – I filled it with chicken manure/bedding, and then a very very thick layer of straw on top. That bed is the most fertile and is still quite moist underneath and I have not watered it once this summer. I’m growing celeriac in it and they are the most beautiful healthy plants!
you should try a selfie stick
Not seen a slug out and about in days now in mid Wales. Stopped doing my torchlight nocturnal anti slug/snail patrols a couple of weeks ago. But would prefer it to be cooler and damper and the usual slug problem to contend with!
I can sympathies with you. We are also going through a not and dry spell here in Canada where I live. Luckily we border a large lake so watering is not an issue but natural rain for the garden is much better.
We've also picked a large amount of red currants and much more to come.
You should for sure try Hugelkultur! Minimum irrigation. Sepp Holzer. You pile freshly cut wood where you'd like a bed, cover it with straw and organic matter, then a bit more earth on top, then plant straight in with a sprinkling of mulch, not too much. Barely needs watering as the wood starts to decompose and refeed the bed. Would love to see you do a video on it 🙂
Awesome episode Huw. I can see a lot of mulching in your future!
No water shortages here in Indianapolis so we just water every evening with hot hot weather. Tougher when you're using spring water at low levels.
I have to say… the sound effects and slow motion chicken… that's pure magic.
some great tips there. i think i might start mulching mine.
Do you have a system for rain collection to carry you through the dry spell? I live in Canada where it gets very hot and dry for a long time in the summer. I second the drip system, much better because there is zero waste.
Need a large vat and deep well
Oh yum peas and red currents. Great share and very god info Huw, thankyou. Will hold on to our grass from now on.Thankyou.
I live in an arid region. Rain ends completely by May and if I’m lucky it starts again in October. We use organic matter, mulch and we water almost daily throughout the summer. In dry years the surrounding ground gets so dry it robs the garden of all moisture. I feel your pain. This is why we have to grow spring and fall gardens, only growing heat lovers over summer. Tomatoes, Jerusalem artichokes, okra, pumpkins, and eggplant are all that will over summer here. We replant heat-tender stuff again in September as we don’t get frost till dec or Jan.