This video on “How to Grow Vegetables” is a bit overwhelming at first. The man in the video seems overly eager, speaks very fast, and has a thick British accent, which is difficult to understand initially. However, he is very knowledgeable and passes on a great deal of useful information in this short five-minute video.
He begins with a discussion on recycling old videotape. Apparently, when pieces of videotape are tied to line in the garden, the sun reflects off the tape and scares the birds. Therefore, recycled videotape is an excellent bird scarer.
The narrator also demonstrates a use for baby bottle teats in the garden. When they are placed on top of canes, they immediately become eye protectors. Other objects such as empty film containers can also be used to protect your eyes from the sharp edge of the cane.
Several additional gardening tips are passed on:
strong>Carrots: Look for different varieties, flavors, and tastes. This can make gardening fun. You can and should grow carrots all year round even though seed packets say differently. For year round carrot growing, carrots should be planted in ice cream containers. Choose carrots of the short rooted variety. You won’t yield a great deal of carrots, but it can be great fun to pull them on Christmas morning.
Onions: Small spring onions can be grown in a small garden. Choose varieties that will bulk up when you thin them out. Use the smaller ones as salad onions.
Runner Beans: Grow flowers alongside runner beans. The flowers are used to attract insects to the flowers in the beans. Every evening you should mist the flowers in the beans to make sure the pollen falls off and they set.
Potatoes: Grow different varieties. Potato barrels are an excellent way to grow new potatoes.
You really will gain some useful gardening knowledge by watching this video. It is very much worth your time. This video is highly recommended.
