Tag Archives: double digging

Hotbeds, no-dig gardening

How to make a Hotbed

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Using the Great No-Dig concept but adding the age old technique of constructing a HotBed we can create a growing space that will allow us to harness the free heat generated by composting manure to grow early crops.

I have used this method for years and although its simple it gives great results

This technique was used at Chatsworth and Heligan to grow pineapples and Citrus in purpose made beds I have just taken this technique and adapted it for Vegetables using readily available Horse Manure

 

If you would more information on Hotbeds I have compiled a resource post which contains all my films on hotbeds,  just click the link below

Hotbed resource post

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balcony gardening, container gardening, Greenhouse growing, no-dig gardening, Salad

Sowing and Growing Carrots

Sweet and juicy straight from the Raised- bed new season carrots are a real treat and providing you give them the right conditions and protection dead easy to grow.I show you how i use the broadcasting method to sow them and why fleece is an essential to protect then from Carrot Root Fly

The early sowing can use fast maturing variety’s or the small round variety’s which also grow well in containers,and the latter sowing use Main crop variety’s to store for winter use

 

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Benificial fungi, Fruit growing, How to grow soft fruit, no-dig gardening, Soft fruit

WIRE FRAME SUPPORT FOR FRUIT GROWING

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If you are going to grow raspberries, blackberries or any hybrid berries you will need to grow them with a support.  The simplest way to do this is using posts and wire.  In my film i show you the easiest way to create a long lasting and sturdy support.

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Apples, Fruit growing

How to Plant Apples Trees

Fed up with tasteless supermarket apples all you need is a Wall or Fence and it couldn’t be easier.In this film i plant a container grown trained apple,which means it takes up little space makes a boundary productive and looks wonderfully architectural,with the advantage that as its container grow you can plant at anytime of the year.

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Fruit growing

RESOURCES—Fruit Growing

Nothing quite compares to that sharp tartness of the spring Rhubarb or the soft acidic sweetness of the first Raspberry’s, no shop bought  fruit ever comes close and with new cultivars the season for some soft fruit is now longer than ever.

The new root stocks and growing techniques also mean that even the smallest garden now has room for a productive fruit tree either free standing or against a fence or wall,no longer do we have to wait years for fruit trees to become productive and after all if you want to put a tree into your new garden why not make it a productive on.

1.MAKING A FRUIT GARDEN—film 1

2.How to Plant a Fruit Garden  film 2

3.How to Plant Blackcurrants

4.How to Plant Raspberry’s

5.How to Plant Apple

6.How to grow Rhubarb

These following Films contain some of the  related techniques that can make your planting and growing fruit a success

A.How and When to DoubleDig

B.Mycorrhizal fungi– when to use and why we should

C. WIRE FRAME SUPPORT FOR FRUIT GROWING

 

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