Small garden's successful summer with second plantings || Charles Dowding
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Published 2023-09-17
Keep planting all summer to have maximum growth and food from a small area. This is 25 m²/270 ft.² of no dig ground with harvests this year of 82kg / 177lb so far.
Thanks to not following any rotation, I am free to make new plantings where ever the timing works. Every vegetable has a best sowing season, during which you can have transplants or seeds ready at those particular times. Then I am looking for spaces to pop them in.
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Filmed 12th September by Edward Dowding at Homeacres, Somerset, UK.
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All Comments (21)
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Just to let you know Charles, I have planted my late season, lettuce, beets, broccoli, hakurei, turnips, and so on, and will be planting more in my new small greenhouse here in Arkansas where it’s milder than where I moved from in Utah. Thank you so much for the knowledge I have gained from watching your videos and your enthusiasm for growing food
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Absolutely loved Edward's extra addition about the bitter leaves haha. Brilliant video as always Charles.
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Hey Charles! As you know, the small garden is my favorite at Home Acres and to think I finally saw a picture of Edward! Long live you all! Cheers!
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Great start to a Sunday. Thanks
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The small garden videos are always my favorite ❤
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Thank you Charles. Following your method I interplant and my small allotment never looks bare. It’s so productive.
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I love watching your small garden. Been following you for many years. Always honest, focussed and dedicated. You are giving a positive energy with your work. Thank you! By the way Charles, I hang bird feeders close to my cabbages and the birds are eating the caterpillars every morning! 👍
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Greetings and success from Indonesia 🇲🇨🇲🇨
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I love revisiting this area! It's an area which can reflect the potential growing space of the average viewer. I love seeing the high yields from this space.
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Colorful shares! Also I love the messy drawing of the garden, keep it natural
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I grow a Japanese variety of strawberries called Hokawase. Very delicious and low acid. Makes a great jam as well
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As always, Charles, inspiring and educational. No dig is the best and thank you for leading the way in what I have always thought was the correct path!
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Great to see the small garden Charles. Its amazing what you grow in a tight spot
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The Small Garden is my favorite area. It makes me believe I have room to grow nice amount of food.
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He is old. But still young ❤
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I squeezed in a few root crops and leafy greens, but wasn't nearly organized enough for the garden I would have liked to grow this year. But also saving all of my own seeds, so that complicates schedules.
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Me encanta tu canal, ojalá y pronto tenga subtitulos en español, saludos desde Argentina 😊
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So informative. It encourages us t proceed into garden practices we have not been doing before started taking the lesson from you. Thanks ! 😊
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Plans have changed in our garden this year too. Zone 6b USA. Thinking outside the box and enjoying every minute. Being grateful for our harvests large and small. Your videos are always upbeat. 🍓🥬. Looking good.
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Plant early plant often is my motto
