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great point on chemical carrots. i have started on my journey of self-sufficiency and also been vegan for over 3 years now. never been healthier or happier to be honest
Lettuce is the champion in the arena this year. Also tomatillos those things are like gladiators in the arena of engineered weather.
It's one of the best videos ever made!
We really need more of that kind of education.
People need to know the truth about the shop, both food and benefits of home grown.
Thank you, Huw!!!
Thank you Huw. I love your videos but this one is absolutely brilliant. "Sneezed on a keyboard ‘ and ‘chemical vegetables’ Well said. We live in Shropshire Hills. Temperature 12 / 13C and somedays only 8C. Is this suppose to be summer? Despite the weather we are having amazing harvest. Thank you for reminding me to be grateful!
no point for me this year, £100 0n compost , i,m only going to get spuds .though i,ve got around 50 tom plants. they are never going to ripen without sun.and theres no sun coming this year. sorry to be negative.
One of your more philosophical videos 😁
Every square foot of grass I get rid of to replace with something more enjoyable to look at grow or eat is a victory in my mind. Even if I’ve got entire beds that just aren’t producing anything. It’s still okay. Because it’s not grass.
Well done Huw, that was an awesome rant. North Scotland here, cold wet etc…… But potatoes, onions, garlic, and more are doing fine, exotics ……tomatoes, aubergenes not doing much even in poly hoop beds, way too cold. They will be lifted and sent to compost heaven. Replaced with winter crops. A good gardener does not rely on historical weather as a guide.
Every year and season is different, observe and adapt to the conditions . Do not wait for failed plants to fall over, lift and replace with more suited ones. I suggest root crops and the likes of kale.I saw this weather issue coming, have swede, turnip, cabbage red and green, etc. these are doing well. I have netted them to avoid white moth, but they are still asleep.
I've never considered the effects of 'othering' organic food. Huh
About those negative comments….well, you know they are paid by ngo, don't you?
That made me very happy. I've been gardening for 5 years and this is the first year I've got my little square rod of growing space into full production. Just been snacking on peas and borage flowers this afternoon. Flowers are a great example of food you only get to eat if you grow it. So if this has been one of the more difficult years, maybe I have got the hang of it. I've persevered and even have carrots, sunflowers and climbing beans despite the devastation earlier in the year. Some things have done better than others, but my main meals have been 80% homegrown for the last month at least and today I gave away a couple of bags of broad beans. It's the most practical route to health and prosperity I've come across. Thank you so much for your guidance and support!
I love fresh food I can harvest I just harvested a load of Tuscan kales but truly for me gardening is an exercise for the mind, body and soul. Harvesting is a bonus you cannot simply measure in weight 🥰🐝, Ali 31c no rain for weeks SW Canada
Thanks for an important video! It's so easy to be discouraged when I'm struggling here in Norway with slugs and cool weather this year. I needed to hear that it is indeed worth it! Even if it means I have to focus on the chives!
Love the gratitude!
I love growing flowers and vegetables fruits and berries. Last year I had an amazing year for fruit and tomatoes and even had to buy a table top freezer! But this year has been a lot less. One question: why is all your veg so big and mine so small in comparison? Even so I'm grateful for my lovely garden.
great video as always! I think the biggest put off is the first investment. There's not really a way to make growing your own stuff profitable/affordable in the first year. But to anyone that sees this comment invest now and it'll beome cheaper and much more affordable, never throw away compost and just re-amend it. As you build things up make your own compost and gradually expand.
I'm on my second year and sure it has been tough but my produce tastes great and I'm starting to even out that cost 🙂
Yes, this video. Thank you.
Well said 😮😊 would love to see more videos of what you eat in a day/ week and how you prepare all these foods you grow. You must be having some amazing recipes and ways of cooking all this abundant food. Right? 😊
It’s been a tough growing season all over the place. Very late summer but we finally have food coming along now. Peas for weeks, garlic was small, but, our tomatoes are finally growing. Just keep plugging away.
you are absolutely right,growing your own food is worth all the effort and time.i would never had thought it would make me so happy doing it.
been living in Manchester and Germany for 12 years, now I'm back.home in the basque country and a plot of land that was my father's I have been growing vegetables for two seasons and I think it is the best thing I have ever done.there is this connection with nature ,with the plants then the freshness and favour of them,I am looking forward for my tomatoes to ripe guess will still take a few days to a eating them but it does not matter I know that since I am growing food and spending lots of hours in nature I think I have zero stress and anxaiety and having for dinner as for example today a simple salad with lettuce ,green onion and tuna with olive oil ,vinegar and salt and a courgette soup with potatoes (can't be a simpler dinner)I know I'm gonna sleep like a kid ,it's just priceless
Successful Perennials create more positive energy when it comes to growing the annuals in the garden. This is how I pushed through and kept going.
Very well said.
No food miles with grow your own, and I love your comment about chemical carrots, do we know what is sprayed onto the carrots to keep them fresh?
Such a wonderful video … Exactly why I follow you and bought your book! Fantastic! The Netherlands!
Still gardening 😊 love this video
We are in Ireland, been growing for 40 years, it’s a shocking year and your garden is months in front of mine … yes I have spuds, but everything is in the tunnel to survive … thanks for all your views and never give up !!!
35 degrees outside (Split/Croatia)😅
I restarted gardening this year after a 10-12 year hiatus. Here in the Eastern US, record high temps and a serious drought have made this the most difficult year to take this up again. I have way more pests than I remember, and I've had to water every day just to keep things alive. But – I got a few peas even in the heat, I've got tomatoes and cukes coming and the flowers are beautiful. Add to that, I had a Monarch butterfly feasting on the common milkweed I've allowed to grow in my garden pathways. Lots of work, but that one butterfly makes it all worth it. Your channel and your books have taught me so much I didn't know. Thank you!
Beautiful video, so many great points you've made, thank you. Yes – we can create a whole new system so that the old one is redundant, and that applies not just to gardening but our whole reality. Keep up your amazing work Huw
Sooo, what are you cooking tonight?