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I question how self-sufficient it is to use F1 seed varieties (like the honeycomb tomato). Obviously in such a small space you can't maintain a heirloom easily for seed saving if you're also growing other cultivars but it seems like picking one to focus on then growing it each year is inevitable in terms of self-sufficiency.
I love green zebra tomatoes. My chickens ignore the fruit and keep then free of tomato worms.
I'm chomping at the bit to start growing. I am going to buy some seed compost because I'm not sowing much as we're moving so just what can go in containers and look neat while selling, and I don't want insects in my house so I'm hoping that will be less likely. I'm going to be planting some tumbling toms and some lettuce and later on some outdoor cucumbers all in containers. I am actually really impatient to get sold and moved so that I can do what I actually want to in my garden. My one absolute necessity when looking for a house is a garden I can grow in. I've totally got the bug.
Hi Huw,
It's amazing how different the climates can be all over the world. Always enjoy your videos as they are very informational and I've learned alot from you. Quick question, will your new book be available in a digital format to download?
Those broad beans with colorful flowers look really nice 🌸👍
Super Huw.
Huw can't wait for the new book. Your books are fantastic. Using your trays and techniques Ive had good success but as I'm up in Dundee our climate is a little different my timings are sometimes a little off as our last frost date is the last week in may. Am I correct in saying if our frost dates 2 weeks behind yours all I have to do is take your sowing dates and add on 2 weeks till I sow them?
Bingo! Sarpo Mira mention 😉 Great information as ever. It’s finally sunny here at BBB HQ! Some sowings planned today and a garden tidy up. Cheers, Andy! 👍
i want them martoes!!!!
Another great video Huw 😊 I want to pre order your book, can you please tell me if the planting dates etc. are relevant to me in Zone 5b in Canada, Ontario? I'm from the UK originally and am still trying to get to grips with the shift in seasons here 😊
Yesterday I planted bunching onion seeds so that they will be ready for transplanting in the garden bed by early April. Next week I'll be starting the kale and brussels sprouts, and in a couple weeks I'll be starting the tomatoes, peppers, and eggplants.
Thank you, really useful information.
Very informative, thank you!
You work so much. That is a blessing.
Really enjoy this channel. Great info and not pretentious like some other channels I've come across. Much appreciated!
Yes, I'm growing what I would eat. Brilliant information
Thank you very much for sharing your thoughts and information!!
I've been back in hospital, again,
so I'm absolutely 💯 ready to get growing!!
Thank you very much for the recommendations for varieties!!
I've got some good seeds saved and bought some in as well!!
I love foraging too,
so I'm looking forward to getting back to this too.
Andréa and Critters. …XxX…
Agree on the Melcourt compost find it very consistent
Peas and potatoes are so good for improving the soil,
They're my two favourite veggies that are usually easy to grow!!
~and they taste sooo much better straight out of the garden!!😎👍👍
Most enjoyable and informative. Many thanks Indeed.
Just checked, my last frost date, depending on the web site, it's just about a week or so ahead of yours 🇺🇸. I tend to be a bit of an aggressive gardener, if the weather is nice the seeds are going in 🙂. Soon as I can work the soil last weekend in March first week in april, the onions and the potatoes are going in… They will survive frost anyways. And well if the carrots die under a blanket of snow, well guess what I got more carrot seeds 😎.
4:07 I never chit my seed potatoes. It makes them way more vulnerable to rot. I always plant whole potatoes as seed potatoes. Seed potatoes are cheap.
4:29 yeah, you should have seen the volunteer potatoes last year. in rotating the crops the potatoes get moved to a different bed and the zucchini and tomatoes went into the old potato bed…. I had so many volunteer potatoes from last year popping up you think I didn't even harvest the bed the piror year 🙂. I had so many potatoes planted already, I was pulling the volunteers out and throwing them away 😑.
Best quote – “give it a grow”
Great video…thank you!
Cant find Honeycomb in Sweden anymore. So i saved some small cut outs and have them indoors in growlight.
It's almost book delivery time!!! 🤗