A Clever Method to Increase Your Garden's Productivity

In this video I share with you a new method that I am following in order to increase the productivity of my vegetable garden. The fantastic thing about growing food is that there are so many options available to us in order to improve yields, but this method may not be quite what you're expecting. I really hope it gives you some great ideas and inspiration to give this a go yourself so you can get closer to reaching your permaculture/no dig/vegetable gardening goals.

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[eltallerdeelberg....]

You remind me of a younger Charles Dowding.
Not only in some of your methods, you both transmit a sense of peace as you explain.
Aside from that, great video!

[burcu]

I moved into a big house with a relatively large garden last year. I dont have much gardening experience so it was very overwhelming to think how Im going to maintain this garden. Have been watching your videos for several months now and I have learned a lot. You helped me set realistic gardening goals and therefore I am not overwhelmed anymore. Thank you for being so kind and sharing your knowledge 💖

[maryegerton]

I can’t get over how spectacular your garden is! I am so jealous it’s insane. Last night we had frost and I lost 28 tomatoes and possibly three peppers. There is a frost warning again for tonight. I have been out there all day covering stuff up with that white row covering fabric, and I put bed sheets on the herb garden. Desperate times. I am never ever going to plant anything in the ground until the first Saturday of June ever again as long as I live. I brought the rest of the pathetic looking plants indoors. 😩 I live in North eastern Ontario. It snowed yesterday. Today it’s gorgeous out. Tonight we freeze. Tomorrow it’s hot out. God help ☮️💕

[jordanwj]

amen, brother. variety is what it's all about — and seed saving / self-sowing where possible, super productive. I collected varieties before I even knew how to grow crops properly, lol

[paulsaxby]

Fennel the size of a rugby ball, so jealous. I can't even get mine to grow the size of a spring onion!! Great video Huw, I love trialling new varieties. Thanks for your advice.

[alkalineearths]

We need more quality men with good values like you in the world! Keep up the amazing work teaching others these important skills. I am certainly learning a great deal from you, so thank you! Wish that we crossed paths while I was in Scotland; would have made you my husband🍀

[buckwellian]

Hi Huw, I have been following your channel for a short while now and love your approach to diversity. Taking your advice, I have transformed my lower garden (bindweed and all) into 14 raised beds (4 are 6m x 1.2m and 10 are 3m x 1.2m)Again taking your advice, have created 2 compost bins at the top of the garden as I have a 1:19 slope. Variety I have found here living in middle France is a must. Cannot get British Bio seeds here at the moment due to Brexit so I am having to adapt. Fortunately, have three excellent seed companies in France & Germany supplying heritage seeds etc. It is a must to plant at least 5 varieties of Radish/Cabbage/Carrot (orange, yellow, white & the numerous varieties including Prizewinner of Runner Beans & French Haricot 3m high and dwarf varieties. We have a weekly fresh food market and I am looking to tap into the gaps in the local home grown Bio produce. At 74, I never thought I'd be doing this when I moved to France 5 years ago - Thanks for giving me the inspiration to utilise my time into doing something that is utimately enjoyable.

[wallaceno]

Great content as always Huw. Your garden, and your outlook on gardening, are such an inspiration.

[MrBobthephilosopher]

This was, for me, your first master class. Another level, thank you

[georgewilson]

When I moved to New Hampshire from New Jersey, I planted many varieties of things because I knew that what worked well in NJ's long warm growing season and its sandy soils was going to be very different from what worked well in NH's coll short season and its heavy clay soils. I planted eleven types of tomatoes, a half dozen types of bush beans, and so forth and the differences between the types was amazing. Of the eleven tomatoes for example, only three thrived. Some of them barely grew at all, never getting above a foot tall.

It turned out that a carrot from North Africa excelled up here, likewise it was a cucumber from Germany that was best. The pole bean that I had spent years developing in NJ wasn't worth growing up here, but a couple of very old varieties that I bought from the grocery store as dried beans for cooking excelled. It has been a lot of fun learning how to garden in this new climate and soil.

[kristinanoall]

Have you already been told a ton that you look like Liam Hemsworth? 😊 I’m on my fourth year of gardening, and good gracious, there’s still SO much to learn. Very happy I found your valuable channel!

[andymoore]

BUT, what works well in terms of growth and flavour may well vary from year to year. 2021 - After a very dry and cold frosty April in Mid Wales we have had a very soggy May and are forecast a dry hot sunny June. We can just plant and tend and hope for the best!
Huw's enthusiasm and passion are the key in all this uncertainty.

[debbiesirota]

Learning so much thank you from Canada

[sandrinefresne]

Love trying new vegetables... to keep us eating fresh in winter ... so I am growing salsifis, chicory de Trevino, leafy chicories too ...

[RB-qdxr]

Your videos are beautifully done. Such helpful content and your garden is such a lovely backdrop. It's so peaceful. Thanks for sharing your gardening knowledge and experience.

[davidthescottishvegan]

Excellent video Huw Richards and good tips to become more productive in the garden/allotment. Learn a lot from you.

[NicksAllotmentDiary]

Hi Huw. A great idea. I’m always trying new varieties but not in such a controlled way as you suggest. My concern would be having enough space to try several of each plant varieties. You’d also need to take account of the recommendation of the seed packets as to the spacing between each row and plant. Take care. Nick

[scottfranson]

The Gardening Journal is becoming one of my Best tools so many seemly small things that were so important I would have forgotten. Glad I read your Book telling others about that. they can`t believe they did not know about it /:-)}}} Awesome Insight from Florida.

[Chet_Thornbushel]

I have the opposite tendency to what you described in the beginning- I have to stop myself every year from buying the seed varieties of each crop!! I buy so many to try that it’s hard to choose which ones to plant and before I know it I have 60 tomato seedlings and need to give most of them away lol. One of these years I will get more organized and less impulsive...maybe 😅

[j.reneewhite]

When I make my "A LIST OF MUST HAVE VEGGIES" I always make a note if I can save seed from the plant successfully. This way I know what seed I must purchase and what seed I can save and adapt to my specific growing climate. Note: I also place my seed order in November instead of waiting for the new year because of the high seed demand. It helps avoid disappointment.