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For the last 15 years, I have been growing food in my family’s vegetable garden following organic and sustainable principles. I am now on a mission to help as many people as possible to grow their own food inexpensively. It is such a fun and rewarding process which I hope everyone can experience. Growing food involves so many fun activities which can be as easy as you want. There is nothing better than harvesting some of your own homegrown produce. #AvantLink #930609
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This video is an end of summer tour of the vegetable garden to show you how things are looking and to use as a comparison when I make the full summer tour of the garden later in July or August depending on how this weird season goes! I really hope you find it interesting seeing…
Tomatoes are my most valuable crop that I grow because of their versatility, flavour and amazing harvests that I relish every single summer. Due to my climate I grow tomatoes undercover to get the best results and that means I can also set up a semi-permanent setup that I can use for years. I share…
In this video I share the best plants to intercrop with climbing beans to maximise yields in your vegetable garden. Climbing beans such as runner beans are a fantastic crop that allow you to plant many other edible crops so you can grow as much food as possible, and it is especially useful if you…
Today’s video shows the 9 things I do most often when it comes to watering to ensure that I save time and effort whilst promoting healthy plants in the vegetable garden. Whilst I find watering fun and therapeutic, sometimes I need to be able to get the most done with my time if things are…
Today is all about weeds and how they seem to overrun the garden if we look the wrong way. Fortunately no dig presents a fantastic way to mitigate and reduce weed pressure in the vegetable garden, which is what I explain in this video. I also go on to explain how to deal with the…
In this video I share with you a new method that I am following in order to increase the productivity of my vegetable garden. The fantastic thing about growing food is that there are so many options available to us in order to improve yields, but this method may not be quite what you’re expecting.…
Tomatoes are one of the most popular crops to grow in a vegetable garden, and quite rightly too! As long as you have a healthy soil you can expect great harvests, however in this video I share the 8 things I do to increase my tomato yields and I really hope it helps you to…
If you’re anything like me then you know how easy it is to fill the garden with plants and suddenly feel you don’t have enough space to grow everything you want! Fortunately there are a few changes and strategies we can use to either create more growing space (without needing more raised beds) or be…
Raised beds come in all kinds of wonderful shapes and sizes, allowing us to create raised bed vegetable gardens with both practical and aesthetic qualities. As time has progressed I have found myself moving towards one particular size of raised bed which for me is the perfect balance between productivity and being easy to work…
One thing that can put gardeners off sowing seeds directly is sporadic germination, however there are some simple principles that can be followed to reduce this from happening and start to achieve consistent & great results from direct sowing. This video walks you through, step-by-step, the method I use to sow seeds directly and I…
Today’s video explores the principles and methods I follow when it comes to transplanting seedlings in the vegetable garden. It is the process I have been following for many growing seasons that results in fantastic harvests. Transplanting should never be a complicated process and I hope you find this tutorial useful. Average last frost date…
This video features the main principles and techniques I use to look after my vegetable, herb and flower seedlings both undercover and in raised beds. It is vital that we look after seedlings as best as possible in order to give them a great start and then result in fantastic harvests. I cover how to…
Before I got too far into this new growing season I wanted to make a video to outline the new direction I’m taking when it comes to growing food, and the reasons behind this. I have felt constricted by only adopting certain methods of growing, and after much research and learning and questioning I feel…
I question I’m often asked is what can I grow in shady areas and also what else can I do with them in order to get the most from this space? In this video I outline the top crops for growing in shade, and also introduce 3 key alternative opportunities that shady corners provide us…
A big topic is self-sufficiency, especially when it comes to growing your own food. In this video I want to show you a simple way to become self-sufficient, but also why self-sufficiency may not actually be worth it for you. There is nothing better though than going into your vegetable garden and harvesting an abundance…
Whilst our attention is on our favourite summer crops it is easy to forget about how important timing is when it comes to growing vegetables for winter and hungry gap harvests. In this video I am going to show you the 15 top crops to grow that need to be started in spring to ensure…
This video is all about no dig vegetable gardening in raised beds that have sides. There has been much discussion recently about if raised beds should or shouldn’t have sides so I thought I would explain how I do it effectively in a wet slug-prone climate and the benefits and drawbacks of sided raised beds.…
Today’s video is a complete guide to how I start seeds off in module or cell trays to ensure the best germination possible for the least effort possible. Sowing seeds is such a wonderful thing to do but it is often overcomplicated, therefore this is the simple method I use to start all my vegetable…
I’m so excited to share with you my current favourite resource related to growing food, and in this video I explain why I find this resource to be so valuable to home grower. Not only to I highlight the benefits of it, we also get to speak to Nigel Palmer, the author of the resource…
If you are new to growing food, or are looking to start a vegetable garden then this video is for you. I give my honest and frank advice when it comes to starting a food growing journey, with the hope that it will greatly help you achieve your vegetable growing dreams. The goal with this…
In this last video of the winter permaculture mini-series, we visit the inspiring no dig market garden Glasbren, located in Carmarthenshire Wales. Abel Oakenshade and Steffan Lemke-Elms have transformed a steep, poor-quality piece of marginal land into an abundant & thriving 1 acre market garden, inspired by permaculture principles and regenerative growing. This is one…
Order Liz’s BRAND NEW book Grounded: https://shop.permaculture.co.uk/grounded.html In my opinion, Byther Farm is one of the best examples of how you can produce a huge amount of food whilst being on a tight budget. This is self-sufficiency in the truest form. Find out how Liz went from being bedbound due to illness to now being…
Adam Jones from @adamynyrardd Instagram account shares with us his inspirational backgarden that is full of food abundance, nature, and joy. Give Adam a follow here: https://www.instagram.com/adamynyrardd This video showcases his fantastically productive backgarden that combines raised bed no dig kitchen gardening, with keeping poultry like quail, ducks and chickens as natural pest control and…
This video is of Tim and Maddy Harland’s beautiful no dig permaculture kitchen garden in Hapmshire UK. Tim and Maddy are the founders of the fantastic @Permaculture Magazine and have a tranquil vegetable garden, meadow and food forest at their home that has been maturing for 25 years! I hope that this is a prime…
Today’s video features the wonderful Becky from @Sow_Much_More! Find out more about how she transformed a weedy, cluttered backgarden into a hugely abundant vegetable garden in such little time. Becky is a true inspiration and shows us what we can do in a small-space, following organic principles and growing not just for food, but also…
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With the exception of building soil and getting beds ready for winter, here are the 5 key tasks I’m doing this winter to make sure I am all set for the next growing season in the vegetable garden. Winter is also an important time to rest, so make sure you give yourself a well-deserved break…
Winter is the perfect opportunity to create more water storage for your vegetable garden. Being able to hold more water increases your resilience and security, especially when this like drought occur. In this video I show you how to create a low-cost water storage system, using my method as an example. There are so many…
Lazy composting. It is my favourite way to make fantastic homemade compost and is perfect for anyone looking for a simple way to make compost in your own vegetable gardens. backgardens or allotments. Whilst methods like hot composting have their benefits, they often need a lot of intensive work in a short space of time,…
This was an experimental growing season for me as I decided to go without a gardening plan and follow a style of no rules gardening coupled with intuitive vegetable gardenig to see how the year would turn out. It is now the end of the growing seasons so it’s time to look at what happened,…
