yt:channel:q9U-gJ1LtDCE4W5BhEDFSQ q9U-gJ1LtDCE4W5BhEDFSQ RED Gardens https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCq9U-gJ1LtDCE4W5BhEDFSQ 2016-04-03T13:13:31+00:00 yt:video:rNEbJFqj6aU rNEbJFqj6aU UCq9U-gJ1LtDCE4W5BhEDFSQ RED Gardens https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCq9U-gJ1LtDCE4W5BhEDFSQ 2024-10-09T14:48:35+00:00 2024-10-11T20:53:41+00:00 Repairing Insect Netting #pests #carrots #growyourownfood Insect netting is really useful in the gardens to keep pests like carrot fly away from the crops, but it can get damaged, and sometimes holes are easily fixed. yt:video:rVWQP5iZr0U rVWQP5iZr0U UCq9U-gJ1LtDCE4W5BhEDFSQ RED Gardens https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCq9U-gJ1LtDCE4W5BhEDFSQ 2024-10-08T09:28:51+00:00 2024-10-13T09:01:33+00:00 Eliminating Carrot Fly Pulling lots of great carrots out of the ground that were not infested with carrot fly larvae was one of the highlights of this growing season. It seems to be one of those situations where I need several strategies, done well, to keep this pest from the crop. 0:00 A tough pest 0:39 Not so successful in the past 1:46 Partial success with netting 2:29 Only one needs to get in 3:24 Keeping it covered 5:00 Repairing the mesh 5:51 Pest survey 7:21 Trap crop 8:10 Origin of using onions to deter 9:13 Combining Strategies 10:21 A Great crop Help me develop these gardens and make more videos through regular contributions https://www.patreon.com/redgardens Or use https://www.paypal.me/redgardens as a simple, once-off way to support this project and the time and energy that goes into making videos. Thanks so much! Part of the Cloughjordan Ecovillage, Tipperary, Ireland http://www.thevillage.ie yt:video:MSc1x-hnDoo MSc1x-hnDoo UCq9U-gJ1LtDCE4W5BhEDFSQ RED Gardens https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCq9U-gJ1LtDCE4W5BhEDFSQ 2024-10-03T15:25:42+00:00 2024-10-09T07:56:13+00:00 Missing the Butterflies #pests #vegetablegarden #biodiversity #butterflies While I have been mostly successful at stopping caterpillars from damaging the brassica plants I grow, I do miss seeing the beautiful cabbage white butterflies in the gardens. yt:video:6DpTmwGkqFU 6DpTmwGkqFU UCq9U-gJ1LtDCE4W5BhEDFSQ RED Gardens https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCq9U-gJ1LtDCE4W5BhEDFSQ 2024-09-30T16:21:13+00:00 2024-10-06T21:00:31+00:00 Nutrient Remobilisation #garden #kale #nutrients Could better fertility management in the gardens prevent the large kale plants from extracting nutrients from the older leaves to use in fresh growth? Help me develop these gardens and make more videos through regular contributions https://www.patreon.com/redgardens Or use https://www.paypal.me/redgardens as a simple, once-off way to support this project and the time and energy that goes into making videos. Thanks so much! Part of the Cloughjordan Ecovillage, Tipperary, Ireland http://www.thevillage.ie yt:video:DuPEUB1I-Vg DuPEUB1I-Vg UCq9U-gJ1LtDCE4W5BhEDFSQ RED Gardens https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCq9U-gJ1LtDCE4W5BhEDFSQ 2024-09-29T10:43:34+00:00 2024-10-01T12:40:42+00:00 Can't Keep Up With The Kale The kale plants in the gardens are producing too much, and a lot of the leaves are ending up in the compost, but this isn’t necessarily a bad thing 0:00 Can’t keep up with kale 0:43 A good crop to grow 2:16 An earlier crop of one variety 3:48 Too much kale 4:55 Discarding lots 6:03 Some data 7:26 Why so productive? 9:36 It is ok to not harvest everything Help me develop these gardens and make more videos through regular contributions https://www.patreon.com/redgardens Or use https://www.paypal.me/redgardens as a simple, once-off way to support this project and the time and energy that goes into making videos. Thanks so much! Part of the Cloughjordan Ecovillage, Tipperary, Ireland http://www.thevillage.ie yt:video:Eru9VAbbcaI Eru9VAbbcaI UCq9U-gJ1LtDCE4W5BhEDFSQ RED Gardens https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCq9U-gJ1LtDCE4W5BhEDFSQ 2024-09-02T20:26:42+00:00 2024-10-03T15:38:39+00:00 Letting Pea Plants Lie #gardening #growingpeas #lazygardening Sometimes in the gardens taking the easy or lazy option actually works out better. A batch of peas that wasn't growing well, so I didn't bother putting up the usual structure for them to climb. And this ended up being the easiest batch to manage, even if the harvest wasn't as good. yt:video:aEUOdAb_tfQ aEUOdAb_tfQ UCq9U-gJ1LtDCE4W5BhEDFSQ RED Gardens https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCq9U-gJ1LtDCE4W5BhEDFSQ 2024-08-30T17:59:53+00:00 2024-09-07T01:19:44+00:00 Producing Lots of Dried Broad/Fava Bean Seeds It is not so easy growing many types of beans as a dried seed, at least in the damp and cool climate in Ireland. So, in order to get a decent amount of storable edible vegetable protein, I grew a big crop of Broad or Fava Beans in the polytunnel. 0:00 Growing Dried Beans 0:56 Broad beans are a better choice for this climat 2:26 Seed Saving in a polytunnel 4:08 Flowering and incomplete pod set 5:35 Growing too tall 7:04 Producing more pods 8:17 Extracting the seeds 9:48 Viable way to produce seed 11:12 Other explorations Help me develop these gardens and make more videos through regular contributions https://www.patreon.com/redgardens Or use https://www.paypal.me/redgardens as a simple, once-off way to support this project and the time and energy that goes into making videos. Thanks so much! Part of the Cloughjordan Ecovillage, Tipperary, Ireland http://www.thevillage.ie yt:video:QqqeMC6ORx4 QqqeMC6ORx4 UCq9U-gJ1LtDCE4W5BhEDFSQ RED Gardens https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCq9U-gJ1LtDCE4W5BhEDFSQ 2024-08-20T15:43:05+00:00 2024-10-03T15:39:39+00:00 The Strawberry Effect #strawberries #containergardening #gardening #distraction Sometimes great ideas just don't work very well. yt:video:MBICpyYWV1Q MBICpyYWV1Q UCq9U-gJ1LtDCE4W5BhEDFSQ RED Gardens https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCq9U-gJ1LtDCE4W5BhEDFSQ 2024-08-17T09:31:22+00:00 2024-08-21T05:18:40+00:00 Gradual Success with Strawberries Learning from a few failures with growing strawberry plants in the past, it seems I am finally getting the hang of managing lots of plants, and we were able to harvest huge amounts of strawberries this year. 0:00 Path to Abundance 0:45 Strawberries in the Perennial Garden 1:48 A Really Bad Idea 3:14 Buying in Varieties 4:09 Strawberries in Grow Bags 4:58 A Large Bed Filled With Strawberries 5:55 Getting Better at Caring for a Crop 7:27 A Huge Yield! 8:27 But What Variety? 9:21 Plans for Next Year Help me develop these gardens and make more videos through regular contributions https://www.patreon.com/redgardens Or use https://www.paypal.me/redgardens as a simple, once-off way to support this project and the time and energy that goes into making videos. Thanks so much! Part of the Cloughjordan Ecovillage, Tipperary, Ireland http://www.thevillage.ie yt:video:vAjdFoR8zR0 vAjdFoR8zR0 UCq9U-gJ1LtDCE4W5BhEDFSQ RED Gardens https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCq9U-gJ1LtDCE4W5BhEDFSQ 2024-08-12T08:49:56+00:00 2024-10-10T06:30:08+00:00 A Very Attractive Poppy #pollinators #flowers #vegetablegarden #gardening A poppy plant appeared unexpectedly in one of the gardens, and a lot of honeybees, bumblebees and other pollinators were very attracted to the beautiful flowers. Help me develop these gardens and make more videos through regular contributions https://www.patreon.com/redgardens Or use https://www.paypal.me/redgardens as a simple, once-off way to support this project and the time and energy that goes into making videos. Thanks so much! Part of the Cloughjordan Ecovillage, Tipperary, Ireland http://www.thevillage.ie yt:video:g4Xt-VRccE8 g4Xt-VRccE8 UCq9U-gJ1LtDCE4W5BhEDFSQ RED Gardens https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCq9U-gJ1LtDCE4W5BhEDFSQ 2024-08-10T14:51:27+00:00 2024-10-04T08:16:37+00:00 Controlling Rampant Potato Plants Sometimes plants grow too big for the space I gave them, and I need to intervene to prevent the neighbouring plants from suffering, and to make it easier to actually step into the gardens. Help me develop these gardens and make more videos through regular contributions https://www.patreon.com/redgardens Or use https://www.paypal.me/redgardens as a simple, once-off way to support this project and the time and energy that goes into making videos. Thanks so much! Part of the Cloughjordan Ecovillage, Tipperary, Ireland http://www.thevillage.ie yt:video:Vtnk_MwI3cM Vtnk_MwI3cM UCq9U-gJ1LtDCE4W5BhEDFSQ RED Gardens https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCq9U-gJ1LtDCE4W5BhEDFSQ 2024-08-06T21:46:24+00:00 2024-10-03T15:41:49+00:00 The Pea Plants Are Too Big Some batches of pea plants grew way too big, producing a huge amount of peas to harvest, but also creating more work and needing more time to harvest. Help me develop these gardens and make more videos through regular contributions https://www.patreon.com/redgardens Or use https://www.paypal.me/redgardens as a simple, once-off way to support this project and the time and energy that goes into making videos. Thanks so much! Part of the Cloughjordan Ecovillage, Tipperary, Ireland http://www.thevillage.ie yt:video:GR99Ta9OZhQ GR99Ta9OZhQ UCq9U-gJ1LtDCE4W5BhEDFSQ RED Gardens https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCq9U-gJ1LtDCE4W5BhEDFSQ 2024-07-31T20:05:06+00:00 2024-10-02T23:03:55+00:00 Amazing Growth! But Why This Year? There has been amazing growth in the gardens this year, better than I have seen before. But why this year? 0:00 Why this year? 0:37 Most crops are growing really well 2:07 There has been good weather 3:24 I made sure there was enough water 4:50 Using an app to help with task management 6:47 Of course weeding is important 8:04 Amending compost really helped 9:31 Getting better as a grower 11:40 getting back to making videos Help me develop these gardens and make more videos through regular contributions https://www.patreon.com/redgardens Or use https://www.paypal.me/redgardens as a simple, once-off way to support this project and the time and energy that goes into making videos. Thanks so much! Part of the Cloughjordan Ecovillage, Tipperary, Ireland http://www.thevillage.ie yt:video:LCmXr9aE8lg LCmXr9aE8lg UCq9U-gJ1LtDCE4W5BhEDFSQ RED Gardens https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCq9U-gJ1LtDCE4W5BhEDFSQ 2024-07-28T09:19:42+00:00 2024-10-16T14:14:19+00:00 Spider Slug Apparently some types of slugs have the ability to lower themselves from a height, on a thread of mucus! Help me develop these gardens and make more videos through regular contributions https://www.patreon.com/redgardens Or use https://www.paypal.me/redgardens as a simple, once-off way to support this project and the time and energy that goes into making videos. Thanks so much! Part of the Cloughjordan Ecovillage, Tipperary, Ireland http://www.thevillage.ie yt:video:Z2BtfjPvIhQ Z2BtfjPvIhQ UCq9U-gJ1LtDCE4W5BhEDFSQ RED Gardens https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCq9U-gJ1LtDCE4W5BhEDFSQ 2024-05-31T22:59:45+00:00 2024-08-25T08:24:16+00:00 More Colour Means Smaller Harvests A lot of people are attracted the diverse range of colours that different varieties of chard can produce, but a trial of a range of different chard varieties in the gardens last year showed that the more colourful the leaves and stems of the plants are, the less they will produce. 0:00 A really productive crop 1:13 Different ways to grow chard 2:17 A trial of 9 varieties 3:11 Two batches 4:31 Yield and quality 6:45 Death overwinter 8:51 Overall results 10:22 It depends what you want Help me develop these gardens and make more videos through regular contributions https://www.patreon.com/redgardens Or use https://www.paypal.me/redgardens as a simple, once-off way to support this project and the time and energy that goes into making videos. Thanks so much! Part of the Cloughjordan Ecovillage, Tipperary, Ireland http://www.thevillage.ie