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Lovely ideas as always! I did some trench composting in my garden last year, as I don't have room for compost bin in my garden and somehow accidentally managed to sprout a mango! 😂
This gives me hope. Moving my comfrey to a fore sunny spot with some protection in the heat of day.
Thanks Huw, exactly what I needed! My first year of allotmenting, and I have a patch at one end that I hadn’t dug over and mulched when I took on the neglected plot last October. Though I don’t eat potatoes, I think I’ll give the potato method a go. Who knows, I may even end up eating some! Do you have any bright ideas about getting shot of brambles? The roots go so deep I can’t get them out and the pesky things are popping up all over the plot 🤦🏼♀
Love the condensed comfry juice. I srarted a bunch of comfry last year. I dont mind if something useful spreads out. Im still trying to figure out where to plant them so they can, as my garden is small. Im still amazed at how much I can fit in that little space. I even found a bag of really shriveled up poatoes with really long sprouts. I had one long bed so in they went. They are doing quite well.
How do you prepare Jerusalem artichokes
🙂 1st year gardener here, and we did just that with our sugar pie pumpkins. I added a sprinkling of egg shells that hasn’t quite broken down, and some semi composted bits from our compost pile. They seem to be growing on nicely! Hoping for some pumpkins this upcoming fall.
Would you please do a video on how you combat aphids and slugs. Both are attacking our plants again this year
I would plant loads MORE, if… I had a way to keep the animals from digging up, & eating my SEEDs and plants. It is not worth ALL the work hand working clay dirt and planting just to see that ALL the work ruined in a few hours, makes you sad, depressed and a ton off pissed off… Its NOT worth the pain at this TIME.
Of all your many WONDERFUL videos, this one may have helped me the most Thank you!!
Does poor soil quality not produce crops that are low in nutrients due to depleted nutrient soil?
Coincidentally I got to watch the Netflix documentary “kiss the ground” today which is really inspiring, if you haven’t checked it out you certainly should. It’s all about soil health and well shot. ❤ thanks for putting up great content!
Huw, this couldn't be more timely! I have some very neglected, compacted raised beds that sat empty for about 10 years. You gave some great ideas to get me started. I think I will try the compost trenching technique. Thanks!
Broadforking disturbance isn't the same as tiller disturbance though.
With a tiller, the entire soil structure, and the biology, gets pulverized.
With a broad fork, the soil gets loosened, but the animals are not destroyed/scared off and the fungal hyphae are not greatly broken up.
Very practical advice, thanks!
Corn is generally considered a heavy feeder I think. I grew it last year in poor soil and had some pest troubles (Japanese beetles and cutworms), though the corn I did harvest was quite tasty. The real yield was the soil afterward, which by mulching the bed with the cut up stalks and leaving the roots in the ground over winter, became quite soft and full of worms.
Hi Huw!
A bit off topic but I noticed your tomato plants are already blooming. I'm having some issues with pole beans, ground cherries and cucumbers flowering already as well and they're not outside yet. Is this a sign they're stressed? Over fertilized? Are you going to nip the flowers off of your tomato plants or just leave them?
I just got an allotment which I believe has been dug and had harsh chemicals for weed killing put on it for many years and the soil is awful! I am frantically trying to buy more compost for broccoli and potatoes but now I think I may just stick the potatoes into trenches and see what happens
Another great video! Thank You!