Rethinking the Vegetable Garden | A Talk by Huw Richards

It was an absolute pleasure to return to https://www.drefachfelindregardeningclub.co.uk/ to give a talk titled "Rethinking the Vegetable Garden", which, in fact, was my first gardening talk in well over a year and I decided to record it to share for anyone else who might be interested. Thank you so much for watching! Subscribe for updates on my new course plus get my free resource: https://huwrichards.mysamcart.com/master-sowing-list/ 00:00 Rethinking the Vegetable Garden 04:29 How My Small Garden Grew 7,000 Portions 05:47 Are We Growing Too Many Summer Vegetables? 10:10 What to Grow for Winter Harvests 12:28 Why I Direct Sow More in Dry Weather 14:43 Using Shade and Mulch to Keep Soil Cool 16:17 How Ground Beetles Help Control Slugs 17:17 How I Cut My Compost Use by 80% 21:44 The One-Bucket Method for Compost and Mulch 23:12 What Earthworms Taught Me About Building Soil 25:34 My Autumn Mulch Trick With Leaves and Grass Clippings 30:36 Plants You Can Eat That Look Good and Feed Wildlife 34:07 The Harvests Hiding on Vegetables You Already Grow 35:52 Succession Planting for Bigger Harvests 38:54 My Master Sowing List and Monthly Planting Plan 41:34 The Survival Garden and the One-Crop Bed 42:23 Making Compost in Your Garden Paths 43:26 Why I Plant Comfrey Below My Compost Bin 44:39 Growing My Own Mulch With a Living Willow Fence 46:35 Perennial Vegetables for a More Resilient Garden