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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…
It is harvest season! It’s always so amazing to be able to bring in baskets of homegrown nutritious produce from the garden on a daily basis. We have put in so much hard work in growing and caring for our vegetable gardens and our reward is being able to harvest and enjoy our produce. However,…
In this video, I take you on a full vegetable garden tour to show you what is growing on in our permaculture inspired raised bed veggie garden. There has been so much growth recently and it is nice to be taking daily harvests from the garden. This video will cover all 21 raised beds that…
For more 8 extra videos a month, check out my Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/huwrichards The start of summer is so exciting! The garden looks so lush and full and it is about to burst with an abundance of food and colour. In this video, I am outlining all the key jobs I am doing at this time…
Get your copy here: http://growfoodforfree.com/ This video was inspired because of the popularity of my original 17 Free Vegetable Gardening Hacks video that came out back in February. Here are another 17 garden hacks that I use all the time and feature gardening tips and tricks that will help you from watering to composting. I…
Click here to get 2 months of Skillshare Premium for FREE!: https://skl.sh/huwrichards I don’t believe any vegetables are overrated, but I do believe some are underrated and in this video, I show you what I think is the most underrated vegetable of them all and why you should grow it. Diversification is what makes a…
When people wonder what can be done on an acre or less, Liz Zorab from Byther Farm has created a perfect working example to prove how much food can be produced on a small homestead. She is also a perfect working example of what ‘Living the Dream’ is – I mean imagine not buying veg…
It’s time to reveal some of my First Early potatoes. Lady Christl is the variety, I’ve never grown them before… Self sufficiency here I come 🙂 Please like, share, comment and SUBSCRIBE XX #potatoreveal #earlypotatoes
It’s finally time to pull up the Sturon Onions that I planted out earlier in the year. Lets have a look at what sort of harvest we get. Please like, share, comment and SUBSCRIBE
We finally go up to the plot and harvest some of the abundant vegetables growing at this time of the year. I try to be as self-sufficient as I can during the summer and autumn months. Environmental sustainability is an important part of growing on an allotment. Please like, share, comment and SUBSCRIBE XX #selfsufficiency…
Finally, we show you the potato haul from our True Potato Seeds planted earlier in the year. Hopefully this will be the first steps towards being self sufficient when growing potatoes. Please like, share, comment and SUBSCRIBE xx #truepotatoseedreveal
The main crop potatoes get planted out as well as the sweet peas. It’s a warm evening on the plot and spring feels like it’s starting to give way to summer. Sit back and ENJOY. 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…
April is upon us. Nature is starting to wake up and the growing season has begun.
Another cracking video all about garlic and onions… the allium family is well represented in this one. There’s also some lame humour in here and one or two growing tips and fun vegetable facts. It really is a good one for a change. Please like, share, comment and subscribe as it really does help my…
With the sap rising in me and the excitement of spring only a gnat’s whisker away I’ve decided to plant some bulbs ready for a punch of vibrant colour on the plot in the summer on Allotment Grow How. Dahlia’s and Gladiolus bulbs/tubers have a starring role in this video as well as a few…
Earlier this week I had the pleasure to visit Liz and Mr J over at Byther Farm! I have been following their progress on their fantastic YouTube channel and I am amazed at how productive their set-up is. So I went down for a day to visit and had an amazing time and I can…
Bees are vital to our survival, always make sure they have plenty of food. In this video we have four bumblebees burying themselves in the flower of the artichoke and it looks like they are enjoying themselves. Please do your best to help bees out by planting as many bee friendly plants as you can.…
Today we start our onion sets off the easy way, ready for the new growing season. We also catch up on the mushroom growing kit. Please like, share, comment and SUBSCRIBE xx
Let’s do an awesome potato reveal. Today we tip open the tub that had the Jazzy seed potatoes planted in it. A variety that we haven’t grown or tasted before. If you’ve never grown potatoes in containers before, why not give them a go, you can get some great results. There’s nothing better than home…
Today on Allotment Grow How we pay a visit to the greenhouse to see how things are getting on in there. If you’ve liked this video please comment, like, share and subscribe x
A couple of weekends ago we welcomed our local permaculture group to our smallholding for an apple day. Even through we have around 30 apple trees, we didn’t actually use any of our apples because everyone else brought so many! It is a great event because it allows people who don’t have an apple press…
On Allotment Grow How today it seem like Autumn has arrived. The plot is looking very tired, although it’s still producing lots of vegetables. Join me on my self sufficient journey #puffballs #fungi #tiktok
Today it was time to plant the broad beans. If you are interested in following me on Facebook, here is the link https://www.facebook.com/AllotmentLife/ “Porch Blues” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
On Allotment Grow How today we plant out 5 Raspberry canes (Autumn Bliss variety) and look forward to a late crop of juicy fruit in the season. “Porch Blues” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ #raspberries #howtoplantraspberries #howtogrowraspberries
