The best gardening & homesteading channels on Youtube
This video is about growing your vegetables closer together for amazing results! I like to call it… Crowd Growing… 🙂 -~-~~-~~~-~~-~- Please watch: “5 Fruit Tree & Veggie Patch Questions” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50HgG0yBX80 -~-~~-~~~-~~-~-
I take a trip to Wiltshire and wander around a lovely quaint village, full of thatched cottages and cider.
It’s early September and I have a problem with my Butternut Squash.
Renowned holistic orchardist and author Michael Phillips shared his deep body of knowledge on how to perform successful biological orcharding for apples and other fruiting trees. His books, “The Apple Grower” and “The Holistic Orchard” go into complete detail on this intriguing topic that examines expanding ways to emulate forest edge ecology. Michael’s methods help…
In this episode, Mark goes on the scunge for compost from his old compost bays… 🙂 -~-~~-~~~-~~-~- Please watch: “5 Fruit Tree & Veggie Patch Questions” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50HgG0yBX80 -~-~~-~~~-~~-~-
It’s mid August on the plot. As the growing season starts to slow down and the sunny days start to shorten I asses what the growing season has been like.
In the past 3 years of gardening and video making I realized how much more I have learnt whilst enjoying it at the same time, and I am listing a few channels where you, if you don’t watch them already should have a look at them and subscribe to learn a whole lot more. The…
It’s the middle of summer and everything is in need of some rain. The weeds are rampant, the onions are great… the calabrese was tasty. “Porch Blues” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Organic gardening that is blossoming into a food forest. Don’t be a zealot and learn from successful people, mold their ideologies into the system that works for you.
Just a quick update on the plot. I’m really pleased with the calabrese which I’ve never grown before
Are cucumbers self pollinating? A short video on how to identify the male and female flowers on a cucumber plant and how to manually transfer the pollen to assure pollination to fully grown cucumbers if lack of pollinators. https://youplanttube.blogspot.com/
Tour of the progression of the food forest, and hopefully some inspiration.
A solution to a common problem powdery mildew, this video shows a simple and effective way how to treat your plants when they are infected by this type of fungal https://youplanttube.blogspot.com/
This short video describes how my quail turns mulch into an awesome fertiliser/mulch for my fruit and vegetable gardens. Garden mulch can be expensive but I like to get two uses out of my mulch by giving it to my quail first for them to break down and fertilise then I add it to my…
This short video is about an accidental cross bred tomato which came up in our vegetable garden. This tomato is special because it’s a good size and has a great taste. Not all our self-seeding tomatoes are good in fact the majority of self-seeding tomatoes in our garden are pretty ordinary however occasionally we get…
I know I said I would keep my gardening videos shorter after my allotment episode but I got carried away again… 🙂 In this video, winter is just one day off here in the subtropics therefore temps are ideal for many different plants. The following food plants are shown and discussed briefly: Avocados, artichokes, strawberries,…
A quick plot update and I pull the first of my vegetables – Icicle long white radishes “Porch Blues” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Today on Allotment Grow How I have a go at planting Butternut Squash and walk you around the plot giving you a general update. “Porch Blues” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
This week I plant out my broccoli and give you a quick update on everything that’s growing on the allotment. “Porch Blues” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
This video explains how I grow ginger season after season in a raised garden bed. If you have any questions just pop them below 🙂 Blog – http://www.selfsufficientme.com/ -~-~~-~~~-~~-~- Please watch: “5 Fruit Tree & Veggie Patch Questions” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50HgG0yBX80 -~-~~-~~~-~~-~-
I often get asked how much drainage and how much soil should I put in my raised garden bed for growing vegetables when first starting out? This video briefly explains my ratio of soil to drainage in a large raised garden bed. Blog: http://www.selfsufficientme.com/ -~-~~-~~~-~~-~- Please watch: “5 Fruit Tree & Veggie Patch Questions” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50HgG0yBX80…
Here’s a low budget way to grow herbs and other plants on a water tank. Often the sides of water tanks are left empty but I reckon we should put the vertical space to use and turn it into a living grow wall! Blog: http://www.selfsufficientme.com/ -~-~~-~~~-~~-~- Please watch: “5 Fruit Tree & Veggie Patch Questions”…
Welcome to an exciting interview with Patrick Dolan from the channel OneYardRevolution. One Yard Revolution is all about growing a lot of food on a little land using sustainable organic methods, while keeping costs and labor at a minimum. Emphasis is placed on improving soil quality with compost, mulch, and compost tea. I asked him…
Permaculture Garden progression, I talk about companion and also the edge effect. I also explain some of the techniques I implement to attain the healthiest plants with the highest yields
It is time to plant out the young pea shoots that I grew in an earlier video. Watch how simple it is to plant them out using this method. Don’t forget to check out Vegitate:https://www.youtube.com/user/lukywest Thanks for watching and please subscribe so you can stay up to date with what to do in the garden,…
How to make the best lemon marmalade or jam you will ever taste! Plus, tips about successfully growing a Meyer lemon tree. http://www.selfsufficientme.com/ -~-~~-~~~-~~-~- Please watch: “5 Fruit Tree & Veggie Patch Questions” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50HgG0yBX80 -~-~~-~~~-~~-~-
Today’s video is discussing the ideal size of raised beds. How deep should they be? The maximum width? And how long? I have a great channel I think you will all be interested in, check it out! https://www.youtube.com/user/lukywest Thanks for watching and please subscribe so you can stay up to date with what to do…
Shows pineapple planting and growing tips in the backyard. http://www.selfsufficientme.com/ -~-~~-~~~-~~-~- Please watch: “5 Fruit Tree & Veggie Patch Questions” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50HgG0yBX80 -~-~~-~~~-~~-~-
Today is a quick video about companion planting and why you should use it. I include some examples and 4 reasons why you have to give it a go! Here is a link to a companion planting chart:http://www.the-gardeners-calendar.co.uk/Companion_Planting/companiontables.asp And one from Mother Earth News: http://www.motherearthnews.com/organic-gardening/companion-planting-guide-zmaz81mjzraw.aspx#axzz2yDc7orGA Thanks for watching and please subscribe so you can stay…
A walk up to my allotment plot through the woods “Porch Blues” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
