Small garden no dig, springtime multi cropping on 25m2

Small garden tour, springtime multi cropping on 25m2. Over-wintered and perennial vegetables too.
No dig means little weeding, fertility mainly from adding 3cm / 1.2in compost per year and a little old woodchip on path soil. No feeds or fertilisers.

00:00 Introduction
00:33 What we’ve been doing in the Small Garden over winter - some harvesting and new plantings
00:49 A look at kohlrabi, and its shoots like broccoli
01:38 Salad plants overwintered - lamb’s lettuce/corn salad, Green Frills mustard, salad rocket
03:01 Carrots sown 10 days previously, should have used fleece!
03:40 Overwintered spinach leaves, and why they are so sweet at this time of year
04:28 A look at overwintered land cress, then new lettuce
04:58 Some info on sowing and transplanting in Feb
05:46 Two types of onion - bulb and spring/salad
06:31 I show you basalt rock dust, is paramagnetic
06:56 Red Russian kale under mesh
07:29 A look at purple sprouting broccoli, Claret F1 variety
07:57 Overwintered peas - Tall Sugar and Alderman tall pea varieties, for pods
08:36 Cabbage under fleece
09:02 Watering through fleece
09:08 A look at overwintered broad leaf sorrel, then perennial kale
10:02 Finishing off with a look at the fig tree, diminished by my pruning.

Have a look at my video of the Small Garden from the same time last year, 2021:

For more detailed information on growing any of the plants mentioned in this video, check out my 'From Seed to Harvest' lessons, available to purchase individually from my website:

And lots of information on watering and harvesting in this module from my Skills for Growing online course, available to purchase separately from my website:

Filmed by Alessandro Vitale @SpicyMoustache on 24th March 2022 at Homeacres, SW England, maritime temperate climate zone 8.

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[manuelrojas]

Saludos desde Tenerife …y NO DIG !! 😄🥕🥦🥬🥒🌽👌🏻🌸🌸👏🏻

[ohio_gardener]

One of the biggest improvements in my gardens has been the use of multi-sowing. The spring onions especially grow so much better and more productive when sown 5 or 6 per cell instead of just one as I used to do. The same has been true for beets, carrots, etc.. Thanks for that suggestion! :-)

[DestaXiyu]

You may not see my comment on every video you upload but I love and keep on watching and liking every video you upload my dear dad.

[oneshakyvideo]

I've learnt so much from you over the past 18 months through the pandemic. I recently planted a veggie patch from seed and I haven't bought any veggies for nearly 6 months. Thank you!

[NorthernAlterEgo]

Charles out there in shorts and sandals and I'm hedging my bets by only putting 2 of 3 snow shovels away. Greetings from Canada.

[nickhammersonrocks]

THE EYE FOR DETAIL IS STRONG WITH THIS ONE

[herbfletcher]

I love the fact that his fly is open and he does not care. Beast

[nickhammersonrocks]

IF YOU TAKE THE VIDEO DOWN, WE UNDERSTAND BUT IF YOU LEAVE IT YOU ARE A TRUE ROCKSTAR

[Tsa]

I love your small garden video's. So useful and inspiring! Thank you! 🙏

[IAmHumanJake]

Holy moly bro, thank you for saying both version of temps

[chrisfoster]

Thank you Charles for all of your hard work and diligence over many years. What an encouragement and wealth of knowledge you have been for my wife and I. We are in Georgia USA and this is only our second year of gardening. Last year we only did a summer garden, but from here on out we plan to keep our garden full all year. We had no concept on how to do this until we came across you. We have over 1200 square feet of garden all no dig, we raise all of our little plants as seedlings, we’ve started our own compost bins, and much more. I absolutely love watching these little amazing plants grow from tiny seeds and pop them in the garden and watch them grow and give us delicious food. A little over a year ago, we had absolutely no concept about any of this. Thank you so much! You are like the master Yoda of gardening!
(PS: we bought your dibber and like 20 of your cd 60 trays. The trays and fantastic! So easy and so user friendly. If anyone is debating on getting them, go ahead and get them. They make things SO much easier. It’s great to be able to pop smaller younger plants into the garden- less transplant shock, quicker to grow. Yesterday, I just transplanted raddish and turnips from your trays that were less than 2 weeks old! The root balls were already solid and they were ready to go in the ground.— one of the benefits of smaller cells that require less compost) THANK YOU!
We hope to be able to come to the UK someday to visit!

[melissasnellagnew]

I'm so in love with your beautiful gardens . 😍 so much inspiration I get from watching you.

[ringailetervydiene]

So happy to see another video of you. I get so much information on gardening and I like the format you deliver it.

[Veritequiparles]

Charles, For the Fig Tree, I've had one in a small space in for a number of years, I found that cutting the main trunk back to as low as two feet, was ideal; it gave me many new limbs in the following year; I selected seven of the healthiest and trimmed back the rest (it's akin to pollarding in a way... the trunk produces lots of new growth each year, you select the best to continue). One additional point that I would recommend. I notice that there wall was previously whitewashed, or limed wall behind you on the side of that building; I'd highly recommend that you renew that whitening. I had to repaint a whitewash wall behind the tree, and from that year the figs matured enough to eat. (the building looks old enough to be from the time of self sufficiency, I tend to trust the traces that our forebears left behind); As for the figs... Those big leaves need a lot of light, so any reflected light really helps bring on the fruit.

I appreciate you taking the time to share your garden.

[salkaschmidt]

greatings from germany, thank you very much

[rendezvous_with]

Fun video. You were my encouragement to start proper winter gardening (not just cover crops) here in Northern California. Brussels, lettuces, spinach, Swiss chard, cilantro, and more all thrived. Thank you!

[w]

a really nice video Charles. I love the small garden. People really don't understand how much you can grow in just a 3 x 3 meter space. I always got a lot from mine. Multiple planting and multi sewing seed. I always put a turnip green around the edge called seven top. Many many great harvests from a small space year round. Great videos always Charles Thank You very much

[robertselvig]

We love your channel and have learned so much. From Lake City Florida

[TheEnduringGardener]

Looking fresh and green, I love this time of year too.

[AJMG-cntu]

Thank-you Charles for your sharing of knowledge. May every 365 days of the coming year be filled with abundance, rain, sun, wind, produce and people. After watching your videos I am converting my back garden vege plot into no-dig with compost and are going to put no-dig beds on my from lawn. Stirlingshire, small plot 1/5 acre with 3 boundaries of 50 yr ol Leilandii which I have learnt to garden with. Many, many thanks.