Fascinating changes in just eight weeks of spring. See my advice for maintaining the garden weed and pest free, quite simply.
No dig, no fertilisers or slug pellets. I weed often yet very little. And cut the grass edges, the hedges
This is the video of 8 weeks earlier, planting on 20th March.
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00:00 Introduction
01:23 The weather this spring
02:15 A look at some bare ground, ready for succession planting - cauliflower now cleared, and I harvest the remaining multisown radish which has some insect damage
03:38 Multisown leeks ready to be planted, Tornado and Mammoth, and some dill
04:22 Beetroot, variable growth due to proximity of shed and slug damage
04:55 Lettuce plants, also with slug damage - I demonstrate picking outer leaves
06:17 Nettle plants surrounding the bed, soon to be cut
06:50 Multisown onions, Globo
06:55 Using fleece for spring plantings
07:18 Potatoes Charlotte and cordon tomatoes, and how to protect them from frost
09:58 Peas on a teepee
11:09 Brassicas under mesh, against insects and pigeons
11:34 Edging, and how to keep it tidy
12:48 Spinach Medania, starting to flower
14:26 Carrots, good germination
14:59 Strawberries and sorrel
15:23 Tayberry where the fig tree was, and new smaller fig tree, with figs on
15:56 Some examples of succession planting
16:54 Outro
Detailed growing info on all the vegetables mentioned in this video in my Growing Guides: charlesdowding.co.uk/product-...
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