Bruce, I moved to a new home and started a new garden just as you were spinning up RED Gardens, and you have been instrumental in my development here from day one. Your methodology and presentation style clicked with me instantly. It feels unreal that it has been seven years, now. I’ve been delighted to be able to support you in a small way through Patreon, and will continue to do so for as long as I can. Your contributions to the global community of food growers have been outstanding. As always, your shared experience and insights are deeply appreciated. Thank you.

"KZfaq hadn't become the amazing resource that it is today". Indeed, the RED Gardens youtube channel hadn't been created yet!

I like your analytical and straightforward approach. Sharing the results of your methods/ experiments is indeed useful.

We are the product of our upbringing. Thanks, you teach and learn all in the same vein, you fucking rock!

as you say Bruce, youtube has become a really wonderful resource - at this point i think you could genuinely say its possible to construct a tertiary qualification in horticulture (or anything else) for oneself. but your project is one of a kind which is why I've been watching your videos for many years. instead of promoting a particular approach to gardening, you simply present the evidence from your experiments along with your really helpful and articulate analysis of what you understand to be going on. as a viewer this has hugely helped me on my own journey towards growing as much food as possible with the space and resources available to me. if you write a book I will certainly buy it (some of your recommendations, like steve solomons writing, have been extremely helpful) and i would also happily volunteer some of my time to help in the RED garden if i was ever in your neck of the woods. all the best from country NSW mate

Hello from Siwa Oasis, Egypt. I might be from a totally different climate but i find your videos extremely informative and helpful. I appreciate the scientific method you are working with and i am sure that if you fully unlocked the self-sufficiency goal of your project, this wealth of knowledge would be extremely valuable to be monetized.

Thank you.....I sincerely appreciate all your hard work....

Thanks for sharing your journey. That was quite interesting. I can relate. Experiences like that really shift your mental grid. I understand how you would feel like you didn't quite fit anymore. Context is powerful and life changing quite often. The cool thing about it is, that you carry all the experience with you into all that you do.

O wow, I really enjoyed this video. And it did answer a couple off questions. Thank you for your openness and honesty. Be blessed from South Africa 🇿🇦

Your honesty on what works, and what doesn't along with the realistic guesses on the underlying mechanisms is why you're one of the handful of YTers I paid any heed to.

I've been watching your videos from the start. I love watching all of the ways you've developed your platform and style. So, it's great to finally learn more about your background! I appreciate the ways you have contributed to gardening knowledge and am always happy to see a new video. Keep up the great work and thank you for all you do!!

Really interesting story - I always love these personal context type videos to get an understanding of the human(s) behind the channel. It adds so much extra depth to the channel. Much of your story resonates, especially in terms of being an outsider and being useful. I've been following quietly for months, and am still saving for a large-ish polytunnel. Hoping to finally get my first trailer load of compost from a local supplier in the next week or two, so I can start to try and grow some food myself (I'm on a often windy hill with awful acid soils over in south Mayo, also an expat/immigrant, and a townie with little practical experience but my parents loved growing a little of their own veg and it always tasted so so good. Thank you so much for taking the time and effort to upload all of the detailed experimentation you've done on your work there. It's providing a wealth of information 🙏🏻

Thanks for posting this. Truly interesting to hear about your journey and how you ended up where you are today.

congratulations, Bruce, you've really come a long way since your beginning here on youtube. Your consistency and persistence is admirable.

Interesting Bruce! I'm sitting watching this eating a fish stew containing my own garlic, leeks and beans. It's a very valuable skill to be able to grow your own vegetables and you are doing an excellent job showing how it's done..

I believe that you have made a difference, my gardening techniques have improved. I understand more about why I do things to improve the yield, this has helped families around me. For me you have made it possible for me to be of use in my older age. Thank you Birdy

for what it's worth, i've been inspired by your work for as long as i've been watching it... what you're doing is important in a way that that of us who are interested in self sufficiency understand better than most. i'm looking forward to seeing your harvests this year - much love from england

Also a canadian living as an immigrant in europe. 9ur enthousiasm at growing all year long is probably one reason gardening has become such an important part of my life. Your tests and analyses are very useful

Very interesting video for me as I am on a similar path in regenerative grazing. If it was not for youtube and being able to bring luminary lecturers like Ray Archuleta to my small town, I would be basically lost. I came here years ago looking for an answer to question I cant even remember now. Glad I stayed around. I might even set up a community greenhouse directly because of you channel. Thank you

Such an interesting and valuable childhood.

I may not have seen all 200 videos... But I very much appreciate the ones that I have seen. Still amazes me there aren't more subscribers.

Great video as always. I built my compost screener after watching one of your video's a few years back. You're a great influence for sure. My garden probably resembles about 4-5 KZfaq producers, with a bit of tilling, a bit of no-till, back to eden, and heavy mulching, and because of pest issues, some no mulch crops. It's all about what works for you, you're location, growing zone, soil, annual rainfall, available resources, storage capabilities, deer, moles, neighbors dogs, homeowners associations, the list goes on forever. No two gardens will ever be alike. But you should be growing is what I say, regardless.

I definitely appreciate all your hard work and effort, your videos are a great ressource and inspiration in my own gardening journey, so thank you 😊

Hey Bruce, I really enjoy and appreciate what you are doing. I teach small scale organic agriculture and recommend your videos to all my students. Love your latest video on your background and context of your project. I look forward to this series 👍

I’ve said it before but I’ll say it again, thanks Bruce for being such an inspiration for me and so many others. My company TBSC was inspired from information you and many others have contributed over the years and it has been a journey so rewarding I cannot compare it to any other. Thanks again I love being a bystander in your journey

He's back... Just in time

I have loved your work for years now. You are the best. Best wishes from Sweden.

Hello from Alberta. I appreciate your work. I have found your experiments on your channel very helpful for evaluating growing food in my own garden. Thank-you.

Thanks for sharing your experience and thoughts.

Thanks for continuing your youtube channel. You have inspired me for years!

I like to watch your videos, especially the trials 🙂This, sometimes, prevent me from falling into the same trap or gives me a hint of what plant might fit in my climate/zone. Keep moving and thanks a lot.

Keep up the great work! I’ve been following along for a couple years now and I’m always excited to see a new post from red gardens

Awesome. Thank you for the story behind the garden. Many garden KZfaqrs have a minimal vocab and it hurts my brain to hear constant buzz words over and over again. Keep up the genuine good work.

Thank you for your outstanding work! Much appreciation from Belgium!

Late to comment, but I just wanted to say that I really appreciate the context you add in this video - and getting to know *you* better! I think a book would be an excellent project to pursue and I know I would order a copy if/when you decide to publish. I do agree that the video essay format is very effective for sharing your information and knowledge dissemination from your work has been on my mind lately. You've created a fabulous resource for local growers and it is exciting to know that people around the globe benefit as well. I hope that maybe one of the universities will be willing to act as a digital archive if you ever move on to different projects too. Looking forward to the upcoming growing season and this series, thanks a mill Bruce!

Looking forward to this. Have often been intrigued as to how you got to this point. I think the "outsider" route is not unusual!

Thank you for continuing to do this. This was incredibly interesting background. I've been watching you for year and am also very greatful to the people who help you continue to do it.

It sounds to me like you're already writing a book :) This was a great draft for the first chapter. I'm looking forward to the continuation of the series, and hopefully reading your book one day!

Wow what an amazing & diverse life you’ve had. Very enlightening. Thank you for sharing it all.

Excellent as always. Glad you have built both the project and the means to continue the project.

Very interesting thank you. Deeply appreciated.

Love all your videos - excitedly looking forward to the next!

I've found your work and information very useful since discovering your channel; and now knowing some of your biography and world travels' experiences, I find you to be even more interesting and informative! I'm looking forward to the rest of this series, and following your project's evolutions! Thank you!

I know its not what you're about generally speaking but I'm sure I'm not alone thinking I'd love to just see a tour of the plot and what's growing about the place from time to time.

😃🎉 Excellent I subscribed to your channel 🙏

It was fascinating listening to your story Bruce! The format of this video was refreshing and who doesn’t like to hear how others come to be where they are. If possible, I’d like to hear about what happens to the food you grow after harvest. Thanks for sharing. Enjoyed it.

Thanks for sharing! I love your content and it's really interesting to hear about the history behind this project. Greetings from Sydney, Australia!

Hey this is the first of your videos Iv watched, glad you made this!

Have always enjoyed your videos ever since I stumbled across them some time ago and as I live in a very similar climate to you here in South Wales most of what you say or do is relevant to me

Bruce, I would buy your book in a heartbeat!

Thank you for telling about your background and big thanks for doing what you do!

Very excited for this upcoming series. Its always great to explore some of the deeper info, some more background and a bit more of the "why" I cant wait for more

You're an inspiration Bruce 👍.

Thank you so much for this . I see we have some things in common. I am a military brat. Grew up in many different places as my dad was serving in the Air Force. I am now in Nebraska, in which I still don’t feel like I belong. My gardening and continued learning in this area help me feel like I have a purpose. I learn a lot from you.

I’ve learnt a lot today, Happy Easter😊

I really enjoy all your videos. Oregon USA.

Bruce, your videos are always interesting and thought provoking. It forces me to think differently about my garden choices and produce. My thanks to you.

Thanks

Delighted to hear you are thinking of running courses! Will be very interested in that

Great job 🏞️

Awesome. I have been wondering about the back story. 🎉

Your well outlined processes and gardening subjects makes you an expect to me.

A great history. I started watching from the US. Now from the Philippines

Would you still do a RED gardens project if you were still in Canada instead of Ireland?

People local to you would leanrn so much from courses. I would buy your book for sure

Good video.

Sounds good. Your life is very interesting.

Thank you Bruce for an interesting and uplifting video. I would love to read your book and would be happy to contribute through a crowdfunding project towards its cost. I’m off now to walk through the woods. No allotment work today for me. It’s my 69 th birthday.

Good luck

Very beautiful ❤️

Thanks for the video. I have always wondered about your background/life. Just didn't want to be rude!

Architect you say? Interesting, you have more the approach of an engineer I think - maybe you are/were one of those rare architects where function is more important than form? :o :) Nice to hear that you were able to appreciate your uprooting and the years in Africa and Asia. Can't say the same for myself; I never "outgrew" the "being an outsider" after we came back to my homeland (although my brother did)

You might enjoy one of my books, Michael's Eyes. To a small extent some of my knowledge of growing plants in dry environments are used in the plots.

Bruce, can I request a session on correctly using and looking after tools? I particularly enjoy cooking your vegetables and then eating them while watching your latest video!

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thank you for the background of your journey that brought you to where you are today. It was most fascinating to learn a bit about you. looking forward to following this series. Also I am wondering where the name of your project came from. Is your last name (or first) Red? Do you have (had) red hair? ;) Your favorite dog or pet named Red? Again, thank you for all the info you bring to us. well done. :)

Hi Bruce, I am growing food over 20 years in Kilkenny and still struggle with seed germination, I try different seed companies etc. would love to do a course sometime with you, we’ve met over the years first time at the permaculture gathering 🌱

Hey hey hey!! Bruce where you been?!! Time for a new upload my guy.

Really enjoyed this video!

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yeay! Fab to get an overview. Thanks

I was the guy in the manu shirt in the eco village

13:38 how do people usually harvest these faster? Any small equipment to help or just going straight up to a tractor or combine size machine? How does the supermarket get so many legumes shelled so fast sold to them?

Hi there, I got an idea for a future trial: One is regularly told that young plants, who got nurtured in-house (for example on the windowsill), before getting planted in the soil outside, are required to be hardened. The latest advise I found has even been very specific: three days in the shade, followed by a week unter an umbrella and finally into the open sun/the bed. Honestly, I really wonder if this really makes such a big difference (though I can imagine so in case the plants were grown in the basement under artificial light). Does this sound like something you may want to look into one day?

Have you considered growing Zucchini vertically.

You never said what brought you to Ireland, when people make a move like that there it's usually for a relationship or work. Why is it called Red Gardens? Interesting to hear your story nonetheless.

I am disappointed your name is Bruce and not Earthworm Jim

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