Easy Intercropping Explained. Better harvests in the vegetable garden! How to grow more food in the same space by interplanting. Seeds to sow in July https://youtu.be/Yos-oMxLV_M
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Growing everything in pots makes decisions sometimes harder, sometimes not. I've let the parsnips go to seed for the ladybugs, and a carrot that decided to go to seed.
Potatoes in pots are doing fairly well, even my silly experiment with growing the chits by themselves, although they're not large plants.
Temperate rainforest zone makes slugs, so I bought some copper tape and put it around the top of the planter. Seems to work.
Compost bin is a dalek type, but I have managed to get some compost from it.
Wormery is remarkably easy, has actually produced quite a bit of the compost.
It's possible to get food growing in pots, certainly not enough to feed me through winter, but enough to save some money.
Lettuce here is $5 per head, I have some growing so that's going to save that money.
Hi Liz. This episode is by far one of your most interesting ones, because l learnt how you decided to grow veg since you were no longer working anymore to assist with food supply. You certainly are teaching us what we can do even if we have a small yard or plant in potted containers as the method of succession growing is an achievable way to keep veg growth continuous & abundant.
Thanks
Sofia
Good bit of advice on your site Liz. Welcome to west wales, I’m down in Haverfordwest. My garden this year has been the best ever, and that’s all down to people like you. Keep them coming they’re all helpful. Diolch cariad x
Very similar. Forced to retire early, but loved growing in spare time. Always grow too much, so give around 80 to 85% away. Lots of room, tunnels, greenhouse and raised beds anyway. All food goes to family and local people. I don't charge, but added up last year, to realise if bought it all in the shop, that's around £65,000. I do have 2 part time gardeners do 30 hours each though. Keeps me busy. 😊
i think you made the right choice there growing your own well done liz
Seeing, how excited you are about your absolutely fantastic garden is a real pleasure and makes me want to go outside and have a look at potential spaces for more plants. 😊
Great video Liz. Great tips. My allotment and my home garden are bursting at the seams, polyculture and interplanting just seem the most natural solution for me. As soon as I have a space, I slot something else in. I just wish so much that I could do my gardening full time instead of having to fit gardening in between work and responsibilities.
Oh this is the first year that I have tried companion planting. I planted my pepper plants in the middle if the row and to each side I put onions. I also planted onions elsewhere. The ones where I planted with something are a lot bigger. I will be doing this again for sure. Thanks for this video it has truly made me rethink sowing plants for next year!
Radishes! We forgot to plant radishes! Lol, guess what I'm doing this weekend! Lol!
Hi Liz! Lots of us Americans in the NW of the country love to watch British gardeners, because we share a very similar climate. Thanks for all the great videos.
Oh Liz – seeing your poor tomatoes made me feel so much better about my stragglers who look the same and are desperate for me to find a space for them. I planted some between the courgettes in the spirit of making good use of space. I also have a bean arch with available space beneath it so I might try spinach or lettuce under there. Thank you for all the tips!
Liz! Your amazing! So inspirational…
Liz! Do you use garlic to deter the bugs? I’ve used garlic and also Marigold’s and just spread the petals around the base of my roses and that worked really well.
I love your story Liz. So good for your mental health and the planet and also us lucky viewers 🎉
Also my lupins have been poopins😅😢
Hi Liz, what is that red flower you can see while your showing your book??? That dark red looks lovely as does the whole garden 🙂
Great idea to take pics of the beds, love that idea! I have planted so many different varieties of sunflowers but the shoots are being eaten and they die. Grrrr.
Always find your videos superb with varied content. Please can I ask where you got your foot wear (in this video) from?
Thank you for relatable and inspiring videos, Liz. Thank you! I'm going to pop some nasturtiums onto my hügel with pumpkins/squash and get some more beets and turnips into the ground.
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My version of the three sisters is to plant dwarf Fench beans between my sweet corn and squash… that way, they don't overtake the sweet corn, and also, they don't become too much of a tangled mess… plus sweetcorn and squash get the benefit of some of the nitrogen from the beans 😊
Great video Liz ❤ loved this one , lots good info now added to my notebook, everything looks great and im loving those black hoops im def gonna do that, pps where did you get them from, soo much nicer than the blue ones xx
Your enthusiasm is infectious. Well done Liz.