Small Garden Mid-Autumn

A space of 25 m² growing 10 to 12 different vegetables at any one time throughout the growing season. It's no dig which makes weeding easier, as well as fertility and succession planting.

Growth is strong with 79kg harvests already in 2022. This despite the soil being not deep, on top of stone and concrete slabs from remains of the old boiler house, for the nursery that was Homeacres in the 1960s - 1990s.

Also the space is shaded and has some tree roots from the neighbours garden.

00:00 Introduction
00:38 Limitations of the Small Garden, including the effect of having nearby hedges
01:08 No dig on stony ground
01:49 Zinnias
02:05 Autumn temperatures, and available light
02:53 Aalsmeer cauliflowers - removing lower leaves to keep tidy and discourage slugs, and using mesh covers
04:54 Leeks Philomene - removing yellowing leaves, and harvesting
05:24 Savoy cabbage, and one cauliflower - again removing lower leaves
06:17 Chervil
06:43 A beautiful flower - Mina lobata, and small-flowered sunflowers
07:13 Parsnips
07:31 Brassicas - Red Russian kale
08:02 Swedes/turnips Gilfeather - the others are Tweed F1
08:37 A look a the rain gauge, and the benefit of keeping weather records
09:19 Carrots Flakkee - I pull one of the large ones
11:18 Spinach Medania, and coriander
12:11 Succession planting - was purple sprouting broccoli then tomatoes, now spinach
12:33 Chicory 206TT Treviso sown 10th July - I remove outer leaves to show the heart
13:45 Strawberry plants, and how to propagate
14:20 Sorrel
14:29 Perennial kale in its fifth year, and the fig tree
15:03 Conclusion, and some info on my 2023 calendar of sowing dates and new No Dig book, including a special offer with a half-price calendar: https://charlesdowding.co.uk/product/special-offer-new-no-dig-book-and-2023-calendar/

See my Small Garden playlist here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pqoe_pCgS4&list=PL7WDfop74y-njULr-6gXPcfyF_VHS4mm5

Calendar of sowing dates 2023 from my website: https://charlesdowding.co.uk/product/charles-dowdings-calendar-of-vegetable-sowing-dates-2023-signed/

My new No Dig book: https://charlesdowding.co.uk/product/no-dig/

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