Let’s look at 6 amazing crops that will change your vegetable garden forever. All of these are very easy to grow, and with the exception of crop 2, they are suitable for growing in pots and containers. Another benefit of these 6 crops is that they are also incredibly easy to propagate, meaning you won’t need to buy seeds or plants for them ever again.
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what are the optimum stages of plant growth to use comfrey tea? Any times it shouldn't be used?
I’m already growing all of these except comfrey. I’ve never known it was so beneficial. Several of the others I’m growing because you recommended them. Thank you for the education!
Our bees LOVE borrage and comfrey but the bumblebees much more, thank you I didn't realize their nectar replacement time, both mighty for compost.
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Perfect video. Excellent suggestions.
You can also make borage fritters and borage frittata with the borage leaves
I have to avoid plants that self seed prolifically, because I have a small growing space and don't want to spend more time than I already do, pulling up unwanted plants.
Shame that climate activists never encourage this, if we always all did this, we would all be healthier, happier and a little more free, our planet would still be in balance with nature. But the world is still in a zombie like trance, no interest in smelling the roses or considering the lily. Climate change is real, all the laws of physics would crash and burn if it wasn't, but because of it, science has finally become a religion. The world started to realize 40 years ago that we might have a problem, so the people causing the problem started to cover it up, funded crooked scientists and produced mountains of propaganda. The world started to ignore them based on logical reasoning about 15 years ago, but science made a fatal mistake and started preaching the gospel under the belief that people were stupid. They knew that shorter showers, recycling and energy efficient light bulbs would make no difference, but they pushed them anyway and sugarcoated the harsh truth. They called hawking an extremist 5-6 years ago for speaking this truth, think that might also be the reason he's dead.
Scientists have been discouraged from telling people the truth for years, now they are strictly forbidden. People are starting to wake up and become fully conscious without relying on the mob, the church, the boss, the TV, the government or even the scientists for guidance. People are starting to notice the cliff were all marching for, been warning them for years and they all hated us for trying to stop them. Now it seems that even the most stubborn zombies are suddenly slowing down and looking around them. The carp the world is going through now is the same carp we have been force fed for thousands of years now, yes people are finally waking up. Evolution, protein, reading and the internet had to take effect eventually. Every one in power seems desperate to get rid of these things now, but too little too late I think the cat is out of the bag. I never let them put me in that stupid trance in the first place. Maybe a little bit on a few issues, but 911 woke me up with a crash at 12 years old. Ya canno change the laws of physics… The trick for me has always been non compliance, never do as your told without good reason or unless you want to. The payment, being dubbed a genius, having flawless test scores all your life and still ending up in detention every single day, sometimes twice, right up until they expel you for whatever reason they come up with….still at least my mind is totally free to wander wherever it wants to. Fairy tales, woke utopias, religions……they all do the same thing, never buy their rubbish and your free.
Not so easy when your in strictly religious schools, never said the lords prayer, not once, after years and years of punishments, threats and a teacher standing next to me at prayer times…..oh they hated my refusal, but I was always polite and respectful, I just refused to ever stop saying no to forced worship. At 2 years old I was told I was gifted and my reward was to go to school early…..but the school was run by nuns, so I had an early lesson in life, school has nothing to do with learning. I hated those nuns and they hated me 🙂 It's strictly about discipline, conformity, morality, prison mentality and learning without thinking…..mindless memorizing and repetition, I used to sneak my own books from the library, I loved to learn, but school was torture 🙂
Not to be a bearer of bad news but comfrey and borage contain pyrrolizidine alkaloids which are known to be carcinogenic. Not a big deal as it's in low concentrations but if you have a field of it used for pollination, it can contaminate prospective honey.
I’m trying to grow nasturtiums this year (in containers) but when in the sun the leaves quickly brown and fall off. So I moved it to full shade where it’s doing better but still not great. Is this normal? I thought it was a full sun plant.
I can’t keep mint alive for whatever reason. It just fizzzle puts while other plants right near it grow well.
Beautiful additiona to garden. Use caution around animals as borage is toxic to dogs, cats and horses.
I think i have comfrey as it doesn't self seed. Where can i buy borage seeds? Any organic suppliers?
Perfect timing ive been talking with people about how the amish found poop to help growing but ruined all the streams at the same time. This knowledge shows helper plants are just as good!!!
In addition to using the Comfrey for mulch and Comfrey Tea to enrich the garden beds, I also make Comfrey Salve which is excellent for insect bites, burns, scrapes, etc. Comfrey is so versatile.
How, pleeeeeeaaaaasssseeee sell the blue containers you use for your ferments. I can’t find them in the United States.
It might be my heavy clay soil, but I've had very little luck with borage. It never gets bigger than about shin high and very few flowers.
I've got nasturtiums going now, but they don't do well in our summers. It won't be long until we're nearing 100F
Mint certainly changed my garden. 😬
A cup of Moroccan mint tea & strawberries for stressful & tired day,Huw 🍵🍓
I planted my strawberries under my grape vines. It was perfect.
I live in the mid-Atlantic states of North America where borage, common comfrey and European mint species are documented as invasive. Invasive plants often escape to takeover wild areas and are not readily recognized as food by fauna. Sometimes there are local equivalents – like Pycnanthemum virginianum- mountain mint which is native to my area and much better behaved in our gardens. A local native plant expert or agriculture university (in USA an agricultural extension office) can help advise substitutes. I’ll have to see if there is a good substitute for borage and common comfrey.
Green Alkanet is another plant related to comfrey & Borage that will self seed, I use it with comfrey to make extract/mulch, it's one of the first to flower in early spring with pretty little blue flowers to feed the bees before comfey or borage shows.
I have such a small garden so I'm scared to grow comfrey. It's considered to be invasive here in Sweden, what about UK?
Great list 👍 Is there a video how to make comfrey concentrate that doesn’t stink?
Had no idea about using green coriander. Great tip, it’s a staple already in my gardens. I’m big on Borage, Nasturtiums, and Mint as well. Should have my first strawberries this year, Gotta get the Comfrey going.
Borrowed was always put on breakfasts where i lived in germany as both a decorative garnish and edible
I planted 2 borage seeds and they grew like crazy in my raised beds. Thousands of flowers. They grew fast and it was a bee and ladybug magnet. It died back as fast as it grew. I had to get it out of my bed and 2 weeks later I still have a rash from it all over my arms and legs. Wish I had seen this video before we trashed it. I usually compost everything but because I had such an allergic reaction we disposed of it. We have mint and its also prolific. It grows crazy and took ip the whole area and then some. We drink mint every day. My son drinks a gallon a day he loves it so much. Planted nasturiums for the first time and its slowly growing. Our strawberries grow great in a tower and then self sewed in a nearby bed
Years ago before I knew much about gardening I worked very hard to eradicate the rampant borage in my garden. It's a bit ironic, considering how easily it reseeds, that I had to buy seeds to re-introduce it. I did too good a job! So glad I just contained the nasturtiums to a few spots rather than get rid of it.
Thx for this video, really need to plant borage & comfrey soon. Wanted to add that every part of the coriander plant is edible, including the roots! In SEA cuisine, we use it for spicy pepper dips (seafood nam jim sauce) really great with seafood etc.
I love young borage leaves in my sandwiches, they really do taste like cucumbers.
I love all your videos Huw! Thank you.
Several of these plants are not only self seeding but HIGHLY invasive. Comfrey can be impossible to control and will choke out other plants you may really prefer. It can grow up to 5 feet (1.5 meters) tall and quite wide and reproduces from both seed and root or stalk. If only a tiny piece of stalk or root remains in the soil will swiftly grow back. And the fuzzy leaves can cause rashes.
Also all mints are invasive.
While I usually like this channel, these particular plant recommendations should be researched very carefully for your area or you may truly regret them.
Let me suggest oregano as a ground cover, last all year, flowers are loved by bees, and if you have a flock , then add some on their water containers for the health benefits. My garden is being over run by oregano, so be careful
Good stuff, Huw
I have borage comfrey and nasturtiums but have confined the mint to a pot. It’s not edible but growing limnanthes the poached egg plant puts bees and pollinators into an actual frenzy and they self seed nicely.
Grew my first borage this year in containers. Now I have little plants popping up in the ground around the containers. Will leave a few of them there. Had a massive amount of green material to compost. Also made some compost tea. Don't think comfrey is fussy about the area I live in SE Texas.
I'm having problems with my peppermint seedlings. So hard to acclimate seed trays in full sun. Thought everything would be a breeze after mastering marijuana. Heck no. That's easy compared to other plants.
Borage is amazing and maybe im weird but i eat the entire plant from top to bottom. If its good enough for my honey bees its good for me.
Comfrey is great but i wasnt aware it isnt edible because i eat it in salads all the time.
Nasturtiums is wonderful in salads and my bees love it too.
Who doesn't love mint? If you dont like mint something is definitely wrong with you.
If you don't like strawberries there is definitely something wromg woth you. I even make tea from the leaves of the strawberry plants.
Cilantro is also amazing and if I were worried about starving this little mighty plant is a must have in any garden. Eat it fresh or dry the greens and seeds for later use.
All wonderful choices.
I would add hyssop fever few to the list.❤❤❤❤
Huw…you are such an inspirational gardener! I love your channel, and this video, like so many of yours, is fantastic! I hope one day to have our garden look as amazing and be as prolific as yours…just heavenly! Your green mulch methods are so informative and really work! I've become a much more successful gardener because of you! You, Charles Dowding, Epic Gardens, and Spicy Moustache are my favorite gardeners! You have a knack for making it simple and understandable! I love how you all give us practical, affordable, doable advice! Do you have a video on garden beneficial compost teas and fertilizers? I've never made any and want to try them. We've been gardening for 5 years, and this is our second year of the most productive garden ever! Got the soil right, got the best lazy, cold compost pile that all of the plants love, have some amazing flowers again, and am green mulching! Can't wait for the Jerusalem artichokes, inspired by a video of nutrient dense crops to grow by you, and I'm going to go plant the mint that's been growing crazy in it's pot! I will have to get some comfrey which we do not have, but unfortunately none of us like coriander or cilantro. Are there any particular nasturtium varieties that you suggest? They are beautiful! And yes, the second year of borage and just love them! I have yet to taste them, but am inspired! I'm going to have to see if you have videos are incorporating some of these plants into what we eat! Keep up the amazing work! Thank you so much for your beautiful videos, advice, sharing your amazing gift with us! ❤🙏🌸🌷🌿🌹🌻🌺
Half my garden is borage right now I think! I'll have to start collecting the plants I pull out instead of leaving them and try making a fermented liquid feed.