GARDEN TOUR of My No Dig Raised Bed Vegetable Garden in April

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Published 2022-04-30
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It's time for garden tour #2 for 2022! This one is packed full of updates, including my reaction to trying raw homegrown asparagus for the first time! I also share some of the experiments I am doing that are related to amendments and turning the concept of crop rotation on its head. I really hope you enjoy this vegetable garden tour and keep your eyes out for another towards the end of May!

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0:00 Opening
0:18 Seedlings
0:57 Beautiful Surprise
1:25 Asparagus!
2:02 Delicious Brassica
2:57 Strawberries and seed bed
3:41 Border bed and soaker hose
4:43 GARLIC!
5:09 Broad Bean Update
5:51 Elephant Garlic & Caraway
6:30 RocketGro Bed
7:23 Swede Rutabaga Experiment
8:14 Amendments Corner
9:10 Polycrub Update
10:16 Self seeded crops
10:58 Purple Sprouting, Fennel and Cima!
11:59 The Perennial Bed
12:45 Peas & JMS Anecdotal Success
13:27 Soft fruit
14:02 Transplanting leeks
14:49 Cold frame and asturian tree cabbage
15:20 Vertical Structures
15:52 Fastest growing crops

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All Comments (21)
  • @HuwRichards
    FINALLY, at year 3, there is enough asparagus to try a spear! Watch my reaction😂
  • @jamesprigioni
    Your place looks beautiful Huw, and the Polycrub looks like an oasis! Some of your subs came over to my channel and said you gave me and Tuck a shout out in the video, thanks for the mention. My only advice would be, don't tell too many people or even dogs about how good the asparagus is, or you won't have much for yourself 🤷‍♂️
  • The brassica flop 😂 Sounds like a bad dance move 💃🕺
  • I love it raw! Almost nutty! Actually that is the ONLY way that my son and daughter will eat it - neither likes it cooked at all! Family story is that for years I kept planting new asparagus plants - 25 at a time - and couldn't figure out why I never seemed to be able to raise it. At the same time, apparently while my daughter was waiting for her school bus to arrive, she would browse through the green pea beds and asparagus beds every morning. By the time I would go out to harvest what should have been a goodly amount of peas or asparagus, there was none left! This went on for years without me catching her in the act! And with her refusing any and all cooked asparagus and green peas! Eventually she owned up to it!
  • I LOVE that you mention other YouTubers names in your videos! It’s a very honorable quality to give others credit! Ty!
  • I found your laughter and giggles at trying the asparagus, absolutely endearing! 😀🤗💥
  • @karen_james
    I can’t believe you’ve never eaten asparagus raw. It’s one of the most delicious vegetable in the garden. I love it! ❤️ Your reaction was hilarious. 😂
  • @fareebug8439
    "I'm oddly obsessed with gooseberrirs, also so are squirrels. And I don't get that" 😂🤣🤣 that made me Laugh so much! Lovely garden - can't wait for more info on the liquid fertilizers, something I'm playing around with this year too. 💕🌱💕Looking lovely 💕🌱💕
  • The plot is looking great Huw! But I can't fathom how you've never tried raw asparagus straight out of the garden until now... Better late than never I suppose ;) Cheers :)
  • @debk9984
    I love raw asparagus sliced in bite size pieces with a lemon vinaigrette and shavings of parmesan cheese! I use the same technique with raw zucchini too! I can't wait for my garden to start producing...so excited! Thanks to you and James P (and Tuck) for all you do!
  • @valerie4975
    "Asparagus and peas had a baby" - you are so cute 😆
  • @eimante.a
    I actually rewinded the trying asparagus few times 😂 oh how i cannot wait for that feeling too! ❤️
  • I actually got a few giggles out of this video. Loved it. I really enjoy a bit of humour when watching gardening videos. Loved it. 🤣🤣👍
  • Hearing you talk about how delicious your cabbage sprouts are made me smile! I was very disappointed with the size of my broccoli heads this year, and the cabbage never headed up at all, but since then I've had a constant harvest of side sprouts. The stems are so sweet! I actually prefer them to the heads, and I would add in kale side sprouts as well. Thanks for this video, I really enjoyed the less-conventional advice.
  • Hi there from another zone 8, in Washington State! So enjoying your videos Huw! Thank you for all that you share and in such an easy to watch style. Must be something for you to see your own presentation style evolve over your life as a person and gardener. I love how relaxed you are these days and showing your sense of humor, knowledge and maturity. I love your warm intro greeting and that you have your own style rather than following what many other Youtubers seems to say. I'm so excited to be outside this time of year and look forward to learning and growing together. Happy gardening to all! ~ Pam
  • @vfromabove
    As always great Video. Looking forward to see more about the plant brews and the monthly garden tours. Have a good spring!
  • @vladbura3729
    Hello from Romania (Transylvania).Good jobs. 👍🧅🥕🥔🧄🥦🥬🥒🌶
  • Hello Huw, good to see a tour from you and yes water is something that we need to collect or use as little as possible, no water on our site so I am now up to around 13,000 litres of stored rain water which may last if we get no more rain and has you know the last few years we got rain just when we needed it. Have a great growing season my friend. ♻️Happy gardening, Terry King.
  • That reaction to the asparagus was amazing. I am enjoying your channel. The garden is beautiful and your accent is so calming. I hope I can get my garden up soon as we are getting closer to our last frost date.
  • Good info Huw. I have so many gardening issues here in Thailand. Your content, along with others, is so beneficial to me regardless of the zone difference, Thanks.