Mastering Lettuce

 

Here is a great video I found some 7 years ago by the king of magic cardboard & compost aka (No Dig) Charles Dowding, who does explain these things really well.

Lettuce plants can produce for months when harvested by hand (no knife!) and kept tidy (fewer slugs!), I show you the method here. You also see the results of an experiment with different composts for sowing, how to plant and the use of covers to protect from weather and pests. Plus the beds are no dig for few weeds and high quality growth. Varieties at the end are Saragossa and Bijou. 00:00 Introduction 01:01 Mix of compost, an experiment 08:25 Pricking out a week later 13:11 Planting out 22:31 Fleece and watering 23:39 Harvesting

How To Grow Spinach

 

Charles Dowding the man of magic cardboard and compost fame, with an informative be it with continuity errors video ( comment if you notice it too) about growing True spinach, not leaf beet.

It's as delicious in salad as it is cooked. You enjoy most harvests when it's sown very early, or in late summer, which is what I'm doing. See the results of using both sowing dates, and tips on picking to give a longer harvest season. Called "The prince of vegetables" in 12th century Arabia.

How To Grow Swedes

 

In this week by week video, A Thorny Pot shows you how to grow Swedes, from seed to harvesting.

0:00 - Intro 0:26 - Sowing 2:23 - Germination 2:50 - Transplanting 6:14 - Cabbage white butterfly 7:10 - Harvesting

I like this guys videos and have subscribed to his YouTube channel which is a channel dedicated to spreading to joy of gardening.

He acknowledges that most of us aren't experts in growing our own food, and many are just dipping their toes into this wonderful world. his channel, and its community, aims at taking the fear out of growing and won't be afraid to show its mistakes.

You can expect videos on 'What to grow this month', growing diaries showing the full lifecycle of growing a specific fruit or veg and clips and photos from the community.

He looks forward to seeing you all and hearing your stories. And requests that his post gets shared with friends and family who like to grow their own food. Thus this post.