The best gardening & homesteading channels on Youtube
So far so good! The deer are staying away, and the tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers and even some corn…they are all doing very nicely. Check out this Square Foot Gardening Book for Beginners by Mel Bartholomew (Amazon link): https://amzn.to/2YCfu3x
This video is meant for beginners and covers how I planted my seeds indoors to when they were ready to be transplanted outdoors in the raised garden bed (square foot garden). There are MANY ways to plant, and hopefully this video will inspire you to start your own outdoor vegetable garden and to experiment and…
In this video I show you how to grow broad beans or fava beans from start to finish with great results. Follow these easy steps and you to will be able to grow broad beans and become self sufficienct. Here’s another video that I think you would like, please click on the link. WATCH: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYvo4Op-X8Y…
In this video, I take you on a full tour of our Self Sufficient Me backyard vegetable garden! This shows everything we are growing and also the transition between summer into winter. Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/selfsufficientme Help support the Channel and buy a T-shirt/Merchandise from our Spreadshirt shop: https://goo.gl/ygrXwU Shop on Amazon for plants:…
It’s crunch time! And everything is chaos. We have 2 weeks till our first farmers market, and we are not as organized as we hoped to be. Lots has been getting done, but we still have some major infrastructure that we need to complete this year. Ian thinks we will only have radishes. Serina thinks…
This really is a dull video… you have been warned. BUT if you fancy losing 9 minutes of your life that you’ll never get back. Then do watch this. #seedlings #gardening Please like, share, comment and SUBSCRIBE xx
In this episode we plant out the broccoli, swede, and french beans as well as direct sow numerous packets of seeds. We also start to tidy up the plot and stay ontop of the weeds. #Allotment #weeding #seedsowing Please like, share, comment and SUBSCRIBE xx
Onion sets are really cheap and easy to grow. If you are a first time gardener then these should be on your must try list. Today I plant my onion sets out on the plot. I also show you what’s happening up on the plot and I make a grim discovery. #onionsets #plantingonions #gardening Please…
Signed copies of my book are now available: https://huwsnursery.shop/home/8-veg-in-one-bed.html In this video, I walk you through my entire propagating setup for starting annual vegetable seed indoors. This helps give a head start to the season and reduces wasting space if germination from direct sowing is poor. Hopefully you will get some ideas to apply in…
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My #1 recommended beginner gardener resource is a book! The Vegetable Gardener’s Bible by Edward C. Smith is a great way to learn all the basics and some more advanced ideas as well. His gardening system is a good solid base to build a successful garden wherever you are, and after reading his book many…
💛 📖 See the GrowVeg book here: https://www.growveg.com/growveg-the-beginners-guide-to-easy-gardening.aspx. This year let’s harvest even more from our vegetable gardens! But just what are the most effective ways to increase productivity? Clever tweaks to the way we grow can make a big difference to gardening success. In this short video we share ten deceptively simple techniques proven…
💛 📖 See the GrowVeg book here: https://www.growveg.com/growveg-the-beginners-guide-to-easy-gardening.aspx. Getting the most from your vegetable garden is easy using our Garden Planner. A well-planned garden helps you avoid common issues that affect the health and productivity of your plants. With over 250 plants and 100 structures, you can easily identify the best positions for each plant…
All you need is a single plant to provide you with an abundance of food, and even get more plants from it! And different ones too! This video tells you exactly how there is no excuse to NOT grow your own organic homegrown fruit and vegetables in your garden for free and for the rest…
Welcome! This video documents the life cycle of a pepper plant from seed to harvest. The plant thrived in a small container indoors in the coconut coir. I had to feed it every 2 weeks with Miracle Grow since the coconut coir does not contain any nutrients that I know of. In the end the…
I had a go at growing a big marrow this year, you know – just for fun. Well it turned out that I did get quite precious about it and I think I’ve been bitten by the ‘BIG’ bug. I’m definitely gonna have another go next year. Big is the new small it seems. I…
💛 📖 See the GrowVeg book here: https://www.growveg.com/growveg-the-beginners-guide-to-easy-gardening.aspx. Autumn brings us an abundance of juicy apples – but what to do with them all? Many varieties can be stored to enjoy over winter, while all apples may be processed into truly tasty treats. In this short video we show you how to store apples safely…
In today’s video, I show you the different soil mixtures that I use here on the farm, why I use them, and how I make them! For the Ultimate Soil Mixture for all ages of plants, I use 45% Coco fiber, 45% compost, 2% Rock Dust, 2% Oyster Flakes, 2% Alfalfa Meal, 2% Canola Meal,…
💛 📖 See the GrowVeg book here: https://www.growveg.com/growveg-the-beginners-guide-to-easy-gardening.aspx. Raised beds have many benefits for growing vegetables, especially if your soil is poor or badly drained. And they’re easy to make with a minimum of tools – no DIY skills required! With just a few materials, you can build your very own raised beds that will…
💛 📖 See the GrowVeg book here: https://www.growveg.com/growveg-the-beginners-guide-to-easy-gardening.aspx. If you think a low-maintenance garden means bland or, worse still, paved over and bereft of plants, think again! Growing a garden that’s easy to look after simply requires a little forward planning. In this short video we share ideas for growing a beautiful, productive garden that…
This video shows how to set up a non-circulating hydroponic system, a.k.a the Kratky Method. For a transcript of this video please visit my website at https://tikki.co/kratky-basics/ I use rockwool to grow seedlings and then net cups and clay pebbles to plant the seedling into containers filled with water. The water contains a hydroponic solution…
Starting a garden is as simple as, just planting something. But I always hear excuses as to why “it just won’t work.” The biggest obstacle to your long term success as a gardener, or any other goal you hope to achieve, is YOU. Until you can change the way you think, and start finding solutions…
💛 📖 See the GrowVeg book here: https://www.growveg.com/growveg-the-beginners-guide-to-easy-gardening.aspx. Seed starting mixes are essential for sowing many vegetables, herbs and flowers. But with so much to sow over the coming weeks and months, they can be expensive – unless you make your own. A few simple ingredients can be combined to make a mix that’s just…
Okay, this is stupidly long, but it’s also $500 worth of seeds, so… Also, don’t forget, the gear icon in the lower right corner of the video player gives you the option to watch me at an increased speed, if you actually want to see everything, but don’t have the time, lol. So what am…
It’s time that we started to sow some seeds, spring isn’t far away now. Please like, share, comment and SUBSCRIBE xx #sowingseeds #sweatpeas
It’s been a while since we’ve been up to the plot. A trip that produced a few unwelcome surprises. We also made a start on planting out the garlic cloves. Please like, share, comment and SUBSCRIBE xx #howtoplantgarlic #growgarliceasy
💛 📖 See the GrowVeg book here: https://www.growveg.com/growveg-the-beginners-guide-to-easy-gardening.aspx. While there’s never any shortage of delicious fruits and vegetables to harvest during the main growing season, those quieter times of the year can prove a little more challenging. There are a number of tricks and techniques that help to extend the growing season beyond what you’d…
💛 📖 See the GrowVeg book here: https://www.growveg.com/growveg-the-beginners-guide-to-easy-gardening.aspx. When it comes to finding space to grow your own fruits and vegetables it pays to look beyond the obvious. There are many quirky places to raise your homegrown produce – and more than a few will raise an eyebrow or two! In this short video we’ll…
This is how I build a Hugelkultur raised bed vegetable garden or in other words mound culture/hill culture whereby soil is mounded over logs, sticks, and other organic materials to create a superior growing area for fruit and vegetables. Help support the Channel and buy a T-shirt/Merchandise from our Spreadshirt shop: https://bit.ly/2zxrwPA Blog: http://www.selfsufficientme.com/ (use…
💛 📖 See the GrowVeg book here: https://www.growveg.com/growveg-the-beginners-guide-to-easy-gardening.aspx. Growing your own fruits and vegetables naturally improves our diet but what can you do about that nagging sweet tooth? What if you could satisfy that craving with what you can grow in your own garden? In this short video, discover seven naturally sweet fruits and vegetables…
