Tools and techniques: no dig bed prep

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Use less time and effort, for better results. Know and be familiar with a few key tools you need. Video inspired by a conversation with Stephanie Hafferty, from questions asked on the FB Group Undug.
I show efficient and easy use of just a few tools. We start with moving compost in my old wheelbarrow, a vital tool.
You see how a manure fork contrasts with a digging fork. I use the former to load a wheelbarrow, and break lumps of compost so that spreading is more even and compost is then more available to soil organisms
You see a bed of carrots we are harvesting, and how the soil is a little disturbed and uneven after the pull. Learn how to grow no dig carrots in my books, such as this double offer charlesdowding.co.uk/product/...
I show using a rake & explain why levelling is good, for even distribution of compost, then it's easier to hoe, plant and sow.
I spread compost and make level either with the manure fork.
I explain firming and use my foot, if sowing or planting immediately
Maintain the bed and path weed free. If coming back later, say very early spring, you may need to Hoe. I show how to use it effectively.
Also how to remove perennial weed roots with a Trowel, using bindweed as an example.
Transplanting: it's easiest and quickest to pop in small plants.
How to make a hole - I show use of a Dibber.
How to plant with a trowel eg potato seed
Tidy edge - I show our method of keeping it neat, thanks to Josh Rogers fo input. See another video about this in Module 4 of my online course charlesdowding.co.uk/product/...
Timecodes:
00:00 Introduction
01:00 Loading compost with a manure fork or shovel and breaking up lumps
05:00 Difference between homemade compost and horse manure
06:45 Compost bucket and harvesting carrots
09:18 Using a rake to keep an even surface on your beds
11:03 Using a wheelbarrow to apply compost and using a fork to spread the compost - bed prep
14:18 Trowel and dibber for planting
18:55 Swivel / oscillating hoe for weeding and raking techniques
21:12 Trowel for planting potatoes and for weeding
24:16 Edging with long handled shears
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For Starting out No Dig, on many weeds, see my earlier video • No-Dig Gardening for B...
Filmed and edited 8th November 2020 by Edward Dowding.
At Homeacres small, no dig market and teaching garden in Somerset UK, temperate oceanic climate zone 8.
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@PainterP 3 жыл бұрын

Charles is nothing short of a national treasure.

@AutisticWombot 3 жыл бұрын

*international

@ienekevanhouten4559 3 жыл бұрын

You can’t keep him all to yourselves!

@layersoflaurel 3 жыл бұрын

International treasure for those of us in America. 💕

@I.Have.A.Megamind.Forhead 3 жыл бұрын

Agree pleasure to listen to

@chmchn 3 жыл бұрын

Jamaica loves him too

@irishlwu 3 жыл бұрын

It is not only the knowledge and sharing that inspires me. Charles’s expression and attitude is so motivating and I just couldn’t help being propelled to go into the garden

@CharlesDowding1nodig 3 жыл бұрын

Ah great and thanks Iris

@rachelmock1442 2 жыл бұрын

His smile and enthusiasm are truly contagious :)

@TeacupAndRoses Жыл бұрын

@@rachelmock1442 Yes! Love His smile ❤️ so lovely attitude always 👍🏻

@lynnrushton7458 3 жыл бұрын

If the world was full of Charles Dowdings, it would be a much nicer place. Can’t wait to plant out my 2 new no dig beds next year!

@pixiesnow7636 3 жыл бұрын

If you ever start a 24-hr live stream from your farm, I'll never get anything done. 😝 Much love and thanks to you and Edward for such wonderful videos. 🤗❤️

@CharlesDowding1nodig 3 жыл бұрын

How lovely, and upload speed here prevents that, just as well!

@engasser 3 жыл бұрын

Me too. Maybe it's the farming genes in me. This sort of thing also pushes me straight back to age 5 and running around after my Granddad on his huge allotment. :-)

@wiezyczkowata 3 жыл бұрын

@@CharlesDowding1nodig or you could adopt all of us :-) you would have a cheap help and we could have a 24-hr live stream

@eleanorigby5881 2 жыл бұрын

Who helps you film and edit? Just you?

@sevenclouds5484 3 жыл бұрын

You could have harvested in total silence this bed of carrots and I would have just been sitting here going woah and aah at every carrot. They're so beautiful ! Great video, thanks for all your effort !

@CharlesDowding1nodig 3 жыл бұрын

Next time!! thanks

@learnjcbskidsterchickensga7594 Жыл бұрын

I agree. All he needs is chickens and a dog and cat. Maybe rabbits for fertilizer! Rabbits can live over a raised bed! (Dirt patch heaven….although I no longer enjoy her presentations)

@learnjcbskidsterchickensga7594 Жыл бұрын

😅. Love everything about your channel Mr. D!

@learnjcbskidsterchickensga7594 Жыл бұрын

Oh and On an AIP diet to reintroduce inflammatory foods…would love seeing crunchy greens prepared and tasted)

@learnjcbskidsterchickensga7594 Жыл бұрын

Only if you run out of ideas!

@ClayTallStories 3 жыл бұрын

Here in New Zealand, we are grateful for the work you put into your content. C19 has got us all growing our own tucker now. Cheers mate

@CharlesDowding1nodig 3 жыл бұрын

An upside of Covid and nice to hear, thanks

@patricknee7087 3 жыл бұрын

the covid scam demic

@birgittalagerkvist7259 3 жыл бұрын

Charles, thank you for all your inspiration and knowledge 😊, I am always looking forward to the next one! I live in Sweden and have practised no-dig successfully for more than 12 years now!

@CharlesDowding1nodig 3 жыл бұрын

Wonderful long time! Thanks Birgitta

@learntobake2023 3 жыл бұрын

That is very inspiring! I'm so glad you shared. I finally have an acre of land in Montana to start my very own no-dig garden plots this Spring!

@jindriskamachatova5114 3 жыл бұрын

That robin chirping away throughout the video is so wonderful. Especially now when birds here in central Europe have been silent for over three months.

@sjt4689 3 жыл бұрын

Whats going on with the birds there? That's very disturbing.

@barkershill 2 жыл бұрын

@@sjt4689 er ,no . Pretty well all birds are silent in autumn and winter . The robin is the one exception , he sings all year round

@helgabaumann551 Жыл бұрын

@@barkershill 🙋‍♀️💕🕊

@crystalrivers2102 3 жыл бұрын

I watch these videos over and over and catch something new every time. Thank you for all the knowledge you are sharing!!

@a4000t 3 жыл бұрын

If i could my garden to look even 1/4 as nice,i would be onto something. great video.

@BaerbelBorn 3 жыл бұрын

Tried last week to explain hubby why I need a manure fork... cannot wait to show him your video now! I wish I would have seen this many years ago. But next year will become awesome, due to all the knowledge we got from you.

@CharlesDowding1nodig 3 жыл бұрын

Perfect, danke

@69Buddha 3 жыл бұрын

I love the fact that's it's pretty much impossible for you to demonstrate weeding implements...due to lack of weeds! :D

@tanarehbein7768 3 жыл бұрын

🤣😂😅

@mr.zafner8295 3 жыл бұрын

This fellow is like a Terry Pratchett character, some kind of minor demigod of pleasant dispositions from a forgotten pantheon.

@lunadepana 3 жыл бұрын

...I bet even Granny would respect this deity!

@andymoore9977 3 жыл бұрын

What a fascinating concept. All is drifting along fine in the temple then Rincewind happens along accidentally and 500 pages of delightful prose result - The Isle of Gods would never be the same. Perhaps a sixth elephant made entirely of well rotted compost would feature. Could the issue of Captain Carrot's parentage be finally resolved?

@andymoore9977 3 жыл бұрын

Actually that wheelbarrow as made in Lancre by Boig Ironfoundersonn and Jason Ogg.

@TheAdhdGardener 3 жыл бұрын

After watching you for multiple compost vids Im convinced No dig is the way to go. Officially switched over by fixing up my beds the way I want and thats it! No more digging for me.. even expanded my compost pile😁

@CharlesDowding1nodig 3 жыл бұрын

Great to hear!

@tracywilliamsliterature 3 жыл бұрын

Please come and live with me for 12 months, Charles... you are a true inspiration! Respect from Wales ...

@CharlesDowding1nodig 3 жыл бұрын

Haha thanks :)

@ScottRawdin 3 жыл бұрын

It's very easy to watch you, listen to you, learn from you, and want to get up and do it like you ! Thank you very much.

@CharlesDowding1nodig 3 жыл бұрын

I appreciate that Scott

@haydenmfraser 3 жыл бұрын

Your videos inspire me to get to work in my garden and at the same time totally relax me at the end of the day. Thanks Charles.

@CharlesDowding1nodig 3 жыл бұрын

Rock on!

@perezc1955 3 жыл бұрын

I´ve learned so much this year following you that now I have my first homemade compost and also preparing to harvest lots of delicious peas, lettuce, beans, cilantro, parsley, ... Thanks a lot from Chile

@CharlesDowding1nodig 3 жыл бұрын

Great job! I am delighted to know that my effort to teach and explain has such a lovely result, and so far away!

@joanmarie5449 2 жыл бұрын

I turn the rake over and use the straight edge to level the area. What a fun job you have.

@CharlesDowding1nodig 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks

@user-hh3mc7qi1x 3 жыл бұрын

Dear Charles. a thank you for the other side of the pond. (Denmark) thank you for your great videos, I have learned so much from them, and look forward to both "no dig" and my own compost. ❤️ Have a suggestion for you, you know , you have a hard time finding weeds in your garden, so I suggest you come visit here with us, just to show people, weeds in all forms, and show how we get it away 😂😂 😂😂😂❤️😉 our garden is fully available 😂😂😂😉 big hug karina

@CharlesDowding1nodig 3 жыл бұрын

You are very welcome Karina and your invitation is lovely!!!!! I am sure with no dig, your weeds are disappearing 😀

@angrybees8122 3 жыл бұрын

You're so calming

@kathsgullygardennewzealand5979 3 жыл бұрын

One of the great aspects of watching you, is that we are just coming into spring sowing in New Zealand, so my binge watching during winter, has given me a tonne of inspiration. Thanks so much Charles... bring on the growing season 😁😁

@CharlesDowding1nodig 3 жыл бұрын

Love that Kath. It's nice to imagine spring happening in one half of the planet!

@zalehaburude7752 3 жыл бұрын

Fantastic Tools.... You have a lovely and huge garden....Charles D.

@CharlesDowding1nodig 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for visiting Zaleha!

@spritzpistol 2 жыл бұрын

I’ve always been a fan of not disturbing the soil and microorganisms within, so what a joy to find others who feel the same. We are ripping this planet apart, one way or another, releasing gasses and killing off species during the process. However, if all us flower and veg growers followed Mr Dowding’s advice and plan, our small changes could be hugely significant! The kind and gentle way you manage your soil, plants, and your whole gentle manor is very encouraging. Thank you.

@CharlesDowding1nodig 2 жыл бұрын

Nice to hear and thanks, keep encouraging your friends & neighbours `🌱

@yuksanng8864 3 жыл бұрын

CHARLES your compost is so beautiful, I started to dig mine yesterday.

@CharlesDowding1nodig 3 жыл бұрын

Best of luck Yuk San

@FarmUp 3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely beautiful. I'm taking notes as I prepare to do this on my farm!

@py3142 3 жыл бұрын

I like your channel too 😁. Been watching your vids for a while now. Very informative 👍🏾

@kathycook1815 3 жыл бұрын

A very beautiful, extremely useful video, thank you.

@berthaperez8010 2 жыл бұрын

hello charles congratulations on having such a beautiful game I send you greetings

@HelenRullesteg 3 жыл бұрын

It always amazes me how simple your method is, spread compost once a year, that's it. The American market gardeners I watch they always prep a bed after each harvest, seems so much work.

@CharlesDowding1nodig 3 жыл бұрын

Simple is easy and efficient! 😀 and thanks

@anitapatel3591 3 жыл бұрын

@@CharlesDowding1nodig Does planting bulbs damage the soil? I was planting bulbs and thought about how Im disturbing the soil structure given you have to plant to a depth of three times their height. Excellent video and will use a rake properly now.

@johnnicklin6544 3 жыл бұрын

Ata marie Charles, we are having great harvests with the no dig method from Aotearoa, ( New Zealand )

@CharlesDowding1nodig 3 жыл бұрын

Good to hear John thanks. My fav. part of NZ is Golden Bay, was there 1988 and loved it all

@JPEGonyourface 3 жыл бұрын

@The Killjoy Incorrect sir, Aotearoa is the Māori name for New Zealand

@craigmetcalfe1749 3 жыл бұрын

My favorite places in the land of the long white cloud are Hawkes Bay, and Martinborough. I am a big fan of their wine grape varieties and consuming the harvest.

@learntobake2023 3 жыл бұрын

@The Killjoy your name is appropriate.

@hasdrubal121 3 жыл бұрын

Fantastically inspiring work. Many thanks

@elprofejavier 3 жыл бұрын

Excelente video , claro , simple y practico. Gracias Charles

@bw-mi9xp 3 жыл бұрын

charles, you make me want to be out in the garden all day! thank you for sharing your experience and knowledge with all of us. cheers from texas.

@CharlesDowding1nodig 3 жыл бұрын

My pleasure Brandon

@jameskniskern2261 3 жыл бұрын

I have a bindweed theory: There is a giant ball of bindweed root at the center of the Earth, from which all bindweeds grow. And they will come up everywhere they can from that giant bindweed root at the heart of the Earth. This theory is of course not true, but sometimes it certainly feels like it! :)

@CharlesDowding1nodig 3 жыл бұрын

I know that feeling, nicely put

@haleysallee6776 3 жыл бұрын

I had no idea what bindweed was. Morning glory! Now I see. The world is being over taken with it. Different continent same trouble! Ha

@meemo32086 3 жыл бұрын

Haha!!

@Neenerella333 2 жыл бұрын

I don't get bind weed but we have a thing in the spurge family. I call it ant weed, because the little ants plant and harvest sap and seeds from it. It loves sidewalk cracks, and rarely pops up in healthy garden soil. But it's been crazy with the long wet summer monsoon in the American West this year(2021). You have to carefully lift it from a central "facehugger" trunk. It still drops millions of tiny millet looking seeds.

@sandy-rr1by 3 жыл бұрын

i love how excited you get explaining your processes!!! thank you

@lettyva6840 3 жыл бұрын

Love and appreciate your videos.

@DHW29 3 жыл бұрын

A legend in my book...

@bogusawmysiak 3 жыл бұрын

Hello, I have been watching your work and achievements in the garden with great interest for some time. I am very interested in all these solutions for organic vegetable cultivation. I have a garden with an area of 1500 sq m, but unfortunately a lot of spruce and pine trees grow there. the trees are planted around the fence line to protect against winds and frosts in winter. I am now learning from the Lord how to build a vegetable garden without digging up the ground and I like it very much. I have my compost and in a branch shredder I shred thinner branches after tree felling. I use it as a covering layer around fruit bushes such as currants, American blueberries, chokeberry. This way I keep moisture in the soil around the bushes. I am very happy that I found your channel and thank you for sharing your ideas with such joy and teaching us how you can achieve great results in the cultivation of vegetables with methods that are so simple and unknown to most people. I cordially greet you and sorry, but I don't know English, I am writing from Poland where I live and translating everything through google translator. This may make this text not very understandable, but I wanted to write something to you.

@CharlesDowding1nodig 3 жыл бұрын

Dziękuję Bogusław za cudowny komentarz. Inspirujesz mnie do inwestowania w kolejne polskie tłumaczenia. Było ich wiele Beata z podwarszawy, ale teraz jest zbyt zajęta. Tłumacz Google działa bardzo dobrze i na początku pomyślałem, że mówisz po angielsku! Cieszę się, że mogę Ci pomagać w ogrodzie i że tak bardzo lubisz te proste metody.

@BellTollsForThee 3 жыл бұрын

Such a great video! Lovely tone and so informative.

@petrawandrey6902 3 жыл бұрын

Super erklährt und gefilmt-Vielen Dank

@johnkirtley5126 3 жыл бұрын

Jane here again. As an allotment holder I’ve learnt something new everyday watching your videos. You’re a smashing teacher, good fun and very easy on the ears and the eyes.

@CharlesDowding1nodig 3 жыл бұрын

So nice of you, thanks Jane, happy to help

@LucindaEm 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Charles, I always look forward to your new videos. You are a wonderful teacher and inspiration to so many of us.

@CharlesDowding1nodig 3 жыл бұрын

I appreciate that thanks

@nocry3153 2 жыл бұрын

piękne marchewki, nigdy nie znajdę sposobu na taki urodzaj...pozdrawiam

@CharlesDowding1nodig 2 жыл бұрын

Będziesz!!

@bristolveggiebeds5310 3 жыл бұрын

Always looking excellent!

@timflatus 3 жыл бұрын

Those snow shovels are great, I also use mine as a dustpan for sweeping up. Useful tutorial, thank you.

@jeanninecaland530 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Charles, for showing this. I'm trying to convince my mother to switch to no dig on our allotment and this will help us a lot! Luckily we have a well maintained vegetable garden, so not too many weeds except for the occasional marestail and ground elder, but hopefully we will have a healthier crop with your method.

@CharlesDowding1nodig 3 жыл бұрын

A quick changeover then to no dig!!

@waynesell3681 5 ай бұрын

Watching with interest! Good time in the garden with the tools. Bought a stirrup hoe a month ago, good and sturdy seems like. Also replaced a manure fork i broke turning a compost pile ! New tools are great!

@CharlesDowding1nodig 5 ай бұрын

Right on Wayne. Trusty tools are like old friends

@normamorales5140 3 жыл бұрын

Gracias por todo lo que compartes. Me llenas de alegría 🥰

@sarinhthach1251 3 жыл бұрын

Very good tip Charles, I always noticed that after put compost down and in summer it sort of dry out..I never thought about walk on top of the bed to help with this...

@CharlesDowding1nodig 3 жыл бұрын

Glad to help Sarinh. 🌷

@evilgora 3 жыл бұрын

Good morning! :) Great information thanks.

@CharlesDowding1nodig 3 жыл бұрын

Our pleasure and you are first!

@hernancontrerasjara6060 3 жыл бұрын

muchas gracias por sus enseñanzas !!!!!

@conniehusband1365 3 жыл бұрын

I did take heart from your encouragement to 'just keep at it' When the leaves became smaller and the resurgences became fewer, I was a believer!!!!! Still a battle ahead but great faith. Thanks again for another excellent video.

@CharlesDowding1nodig 3 жыл бұрын

Hang in there Connie! 🌷

@patriciatrinidad1642 3 жыл бұрын

me encanto, gracias por traducirlo, ahora si puedo entenderte, super completo tu video, saludos desde Cordoba, Agentina

@CharlesDowding1nodig 3 жыл бұрын

Gracias!

@ingerhaugland6763 3 жыл бұрын

Good morning Charles :)

@Kristoffceyssens 2 жыл бұрын

Very nice. Thank you for sharing

@hannakoodziejska7869 3 жыл бұрын

Bardzo dziękuje za ogrom wspaniałych informacji

@pianoplants7884 3 жыл бұрын

Anyone else crack up at 3:03 when Charles mentions “a bag of compost that you’d buy, professionally made”? I would trade any bag of store bought compost for a scoop of Homemaker’s!!!

@wobblybobengland 3 жыл бұрын

I don't use a trowel for the bindweed, I find that if I use gradually increasing force when pulling it out, especially when the compost is dry and ready for a watering I can get upto about 8" of root, it is a bit of a lottery though, sometimes it snaps at only a half inch!

@nickhammersonrocks 3 жыл бұрын

SIR CHARLES DOWDING....UNDUG HERO!!!!!!

@jeannet9592 3 жыл бұрын

I just love your videos and the gentle and kind way you present things. Thank you.

@AcademiaTica 3 жыл бұрын

Cheers from Costa Rica! We're trying some of your methods here :)

@CharlesDowding1nodig 3 жыл бұрын

Great to hear 💚

@AoOniTV 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent video. Exactly what I was waiting for !

@joan-lisa-smith 11 ай бұрын

They now have compost forks and I find they work well.

@oskars5760 2 жыл бұрын

So instructive watching these vids, Thanks alot sir!

@AAHomeGardening 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks I am learning Never even know they was a manure fork

@RachellesGardenDiary 3 жыл бұрын

In the States we call manure forks, pitch forks. Fun little language differences like crisps vs chips and torch vs flashlight make watching KZfaq videos really interesting.

@alcogito8287 3 жыл бұрын

@@RachellesGardenDiary He says dibber, you say dibble.

@HoH 3 жыл бұрын

I was about to ask you about weeds growing into the garden beds, and typed out an entire comment, but at 21:00 you gave the answer yourself! Thank you so much for these videos. During your first two years with persistent weeds infiltrating your garden beds, did you use more cardboard to 'protect' the edges of the bed? Or carpet with rocks on it? I vaguely remember that method from one of your older videos.

@CharlesDowding1nodig 3 жыл бұрын

Good, and yes, more details here charlesdowding.co.uk/start-here/

@FadhlullahMuhammad 3 жыл бұрын

I love uncle, I hope you will always be healthy and always stay fresh through the day🤗🤗🤗

@melissamurphy1569 2 жыл бұрын

So brilliant! Thank you for your videos!

@CharlesDowding1nodig 2 жыл бұрын

Glad you like them!

@NICOLASSH0LE 3 жыл бұрын

That compost is beautiful! Some people dream of owning Ferraris and huge apartments, all I want to do is have a piece of land like this that can make enough to sustain itself. I would definitely add some hens though -I wonder why Charles doesn't? But then I suppose he's calculated that the space it would take to ethically keep them would take up too much garden.

@CharlesDowding1nodig 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks. True! And time Nicolas!

@NICOLASSH0LE 3 жыл бұрын

@@CharlesDowding1nodigyes, the cluck is always ticking.

@veronikasladekova5226 3 жыл бұрын

I think you are the onlyone that says "this is lucky" when notice bindweed.

@CharlesDowding1nodig 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Veronika, you made me laugh 💚

@drawthings1699 3 жыл бұрын

@paulsoutbackgardenaustrali7674 3 жыл бұрын

What is bindiweed

@Cyclonut96 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I also think finding weeds is lucky, lucky for my compost pile as a free addition!

@oldauntzibby4395 3 жыл бұрын

@@paulsoutbackgardenaustrali7674 Convolvulus arvensis, called field bindweed where I live. It is a perennial vine in the morning glory family. It twines around wire fences and taller plants (binding them in clumps). The roots grow far and deep and any little piece of root left behind can sprout and grow, so it is very hard to eradicate. There is another plant also commonly called bindweed that is edible as a young plant (eaten like spinach) but that bindweed is calystegia sepium. I find mixed messages on whether the Convolvulus arvensis bindweed leaves are edible by humans, so I wouldn't try it. My sheep and goat loved it but the cattle and horses didn't seem very excited by it. It grows on the chicken run fence, so chickens don't seem to like it.

@jonboobalot 3 жыл бұрын

A pioneer of our generation. Thank you CD and team!

@kathrynmettelka7216 2 жыл бұрын

The no-dig process is exactly what I need. With sciatica caused by a bulging disc in my lower back and complicated by arthritis, I have to garden carefully. This method winll help. Thanks.

@CharlesDowding1nodig 2 жыл бұрын

You can do it!

@cris..8426 3 жыл бұрын

A horta está linda demais , aqui no Brasil a terra é muito fértil tudo que plantar em qualquer época do ano nasce ,eu me encanto com tanta beleza que há nesse lugar , mas tbm sei que há muito trabalho , mas é compensatório no final !

@CharlesDowding1nodig 3 жыл бұрын

Maria, que suas colheitas sejam maravilhosas!

@gaiasoundandvision 3 жыл бұрын

Very informative as always Charles :) I gasped when I saw all those lovely carrot tops going in the bucket though, as I eat carrot tops (when I can get them) they are said to be more nutritious than the roots (which I also love) I put them in my fruit smoothies, as they are a bit bitter to eat raw on their own, which you probably know ;) another excellent video :) thank you so much :) I love watching your videos :)

@CharlesDowding1nodig 3 жыл бұрын

Ah wow thanks for the tip :)

@sarahbehler5437 3 жыл бұрын

I was wondering about that! We cook them like spinach? Boil or steam, salt, pepper, butter, lol, sometimes vinegar! Doesn’t everyone eat them??? Are there reasons not to eat them? I see everyone tossing them, has me wondering if maybe they are bad for you in quantity! Thank you for sharing your beautiful gardens, knowledge, and leaving me with a sense of peace before going to sleep! Wonderful videos. Thank you! Stay safe and well, from Connecticut, USA!

@CharlesDowding1nodig 3 жыл бұрын

@@sarahbehler5437 Thanks Sarah. For carrot tops I think it's a Q of digestibility more than flavour - they are fibrous. Best try some your selves to see, they are not harmful that I know of.

@gaiasoundandvision 3 жыл бұрын

@@CharlesDowding1nodig I just eat a few of the feathery bits raw in a fruit smoothie, and put the thick stalks in the compost!

@sarahbehler5437 3 жыл бұрын

@@CharlesDowding1nodig yes, thank you, we always ate them. Cooked, not raw. Not any different on the body than spinach that I could tell. Thought everyone ate them!

@happyday6618 2 жыл бұрын

Love watching this videos🥰

@sandrinefresne6575 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks 🙏 my compost is getting spread this month too . Can’t wait for the new season .

@nigardener 3 жыл бұрын

Just a little improvement on your edging shear technique. Hold the handle of the lower blade in a steady vertical position and the blade will be horizontal so it slides easily along. Then only articulate the other handle back and forth so the blade rises and falls cutting the grass.

@tanarehbein7768 3 жыл бұрын

Am I too sheltered here in Montana? I've never seen such a slick tool for edging. I do the old faithful shovel cut into the sod technic about every other year. I rotate from bed to bed to get the whole property done every two years. I have a teen ager I hire with an electric weed eater to do the in between maintenance.🤭

@AJWGBFX 3 жыл бұрын

Charles, how do you remember you bought a wheelbarrow in 1991? I can barely remember what I bought last year!

@CharlesDowding1nodig 3 жыл бұрын

Some things stick in the mind 😀

@filitilomaloma3994 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Charles, I'm from the Fiji Islands in the Pacific a tropical country. My lettuces kinda taste bitter and sometimes taste like grass. What could be the problem?

@CharlesDowding1nodig 3 жыл бұрын

@@filitilomaloma3994 wow tropics - I think that bitterness is from growing in heat! Lettuce tastes nicest when grown at 8-20C. Tweedier and sweet. Maybe try shading over, to slow it's growth and prevent over heating.

@dennisleadbetter7721 3 жыл бұрын

@@filitilomaloma3994 I'm in Queensland, sub tropics, and if things don't get enough nutrient, result in slower growing and bitterness and toughness. Also some of the artificial fertilisers can cause bitterness also, so try composts and compost teas to improve soil microbiome and overall soil fertility, see if that helps. Regards Dennis.

@helgabaumann551 Жыл бұрын

@@CharlesDowding1nodig thanks for this answer. 👍 Now I know, why my rucola always is bitter. It’s so hot and dry this year. Waiting for rain here, best regards from Austria 🙋‍♀️🕊🍅🌱🐝

@stephenperry152 Жыл бұрын

Love your videos, they cover every point of action thoroughly!

@retrocynical5209 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent video so informative. Thank you so much.

@MSMAXIALE 3 жыл бұрын

Those grass shears are most English thing I’ve ever seen 😂

@justjoanish 3 жыл бұрын

I've never seen those edging clippers with a long handle and wonder what they're called and where to get them in the States.

@starveil101 3 жыл бұрын

@@justjoanish I just searched for "long handled angled garden shears" and came up with several options. Looks like a great tool to add to the list, best wishes for your find!

@justjoanish 3 жыл бұрын

@@starveil101 thank you

@starveil101 3 жыл бұрын

@@justjoanish You're very welcome!

@svetlanadm3217 3 жыл бұрын

👍👍👍

@singncarpenter6270 3 жыл бұрын

Your sound was much more clear in this video. I apologize for my rude comment about the sound comment in your last. Looking back it was insensitive. I enjoy watching and learning from you and simply observing the absolute beauty of your gardens.

@CharlesDowding1nodig 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks that is nice of you. Here we used proper cameras but don't always have the time for that, and use the phone

@WeGetOutdoors 3 жыл бұрын

Brilliant and truly inspiring

@RetreatfarmFarmvilleVirginia 3 жыл бұрын

That's the trouble with us Americans...we tend to be a bit "Zappy" at times.....lol. some of us more than others.

@CharlesDowding1nodig 3 жыл бұрын

😀 I like it

@jessewatson125 3 жыл бұрын

A bit rock head!! U say !!

@tamatiretiwanihi1089 2 жыл бұрын

I love your content brother thank you

@irena6585 3 жыл бұрын

Dziękuję za tak dużo super informacji . Pozdrawiam Irena

@blancabeatrizgarcia6632 3 жыл бұрын

Excelente video. Gracias

@Imjetta7 3 жыл бұрын

Perfect, thank you!

@milamia8761 3 жыл бұрын

Sir Charles Dowding,superrrrr!!!Вы великолепный!!!

@grahamarnold4823 3 жыл бұрын

As always 1st class information 👍

@T15290 3 жыл бұрын

excelent video. You are the compost and no dig master

@angieh8228 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for another great video Charles. I have just sat for 26.43 mins totally absorbed in your teachings and fully re-charged for autumn work in the garden! You are by far the best person I learn veg gardening from and for understanding how the garden/plants grow, mature and return to soil!

@CharlesDowding1nodig 3 жыл бұрын

Wonderful Angie, thanks and enjoy your garden

@angieh8228 3 жыл бұрын

@@CharlesDowding1nodig Thank you Sir, I will! :-)