Swell Roundtable
@roundtable · 2:54
Swell Roundtable: ENTER Through The Soil- The Infinity of GARDENING
But because we're living all over the world, I wanted to start at a sort of three 0ft level and talk a little bit about the philosophy of gardening, and we've invited a lot of different gardeners. The interesting thing about gardeners around the world is a lot of them are in different time zones. They haven't quite been able to say what focus they'd like to talk about. So I'm keeping this really broad
It's almost as rewarding as being a parent. But gardening, really, I've seen it change so many people on so many levels and so many different age groups. Then that is the joy for me. I think I've never really had any worry or fear about things dying on me. And people always say, oh, I've got a Brown firm and I've got this problem and that problem. Just forget about all of that and go for your life
fabrice rolando
@Fabrice · 3:59
And being a gardener, I suppose, has different meanings for different people. But there's one thing in common is that there's a real interaction between the person and the ground or the soil or the Earth that we stand on. I think what gardening does to people is that it makes you interact with the world around you, and it makes you look and watch things grow. And in doing that, looking and watching you build up a relationship. And that's why I think gardening is so addictive
Bobby Kountz
@BobbyKountz · 2:45
What time? So if any of you are struggling, looking for something to do where you can get a little bit of me time, I absolutely, positively concur and believe that gardening is one of the best ways to do that. There's something about the smell of the soil as well. It's so rich, it's so life giving and you can sense it even if you don't know it, or if you haven't experienced it yet
Swell Roundtable
@roundtable · 1:13
Excuse me. Second question. I want to stay on philosophy a lot because I think this whole psychology thing about gardening is so fascinating to me, about the personal empowerment. But I want to jump to something practical. And then we'll get back into how we approach it from a mental health perspective and from a way of just feeling empowered. What advice do you give a new planter in terms of the single easiest thing to plant? I know it's different in different areas
I can't tell you exactly how big. It's enormous for my capacities as a gardener, I've started to organize some automatic watering system and it works, so I'm quite pleased about it. I've done it for two years now, and I've grown all kinds, especially tomatoes and cabbage and leeks and green peas. But the essential thing is related to the enthusiasm of planting, of watching things grow, of dealing with harvest
Fabrics. Thanks a lot for your beautiful explanation. You said at the end of your cast that you nurture the soil. I'd be interested to know what you meant. Simply, do you simply mean it? Activates some life when you grow something? Because in a way, you draw some energy from the sun. So you depleted of something as well, don't you? That's my tricky question. Goodbye. From Zak, from Switzerland
Hello, Bobby Zaki from Switzerland. Yes. That must be a feat to grow something in the desert. You spoke about a raised bed and preparing the soil. I also put some fertilizers, and that is kind of a prepared compost or what do you call it? Yes. Fertile Earth I buy. We try to collect all our household food rests to make such Earth. But I've never been such an expert at that. And we don't have animals
Hello, Deborah. I won't be very long about that. My experience is that growing tomatoes works pretty well, especially if you buy seedlings all made and have them grow, let's say, 30 CM before planting them into the Pardes, then they can't be attacked by slugs. Of course, it depends on your climate, but if you water them regularly, then they're going to thrive easily. So that's my advice. We've got a pretty mild climate in Switzerland
So I have always put the bones of my garden, and the bones are always oregano parsley, basil, flat leaf parsley. I'm looking at my garden as we speak. Lemon vibena, thyme, lots and lots and lots of herbs. And you can plant other things around them. And then we plant the Vega's, seasoned according to the seasons
Deborah Pardes
@DBPardes · 1:01
Hey, this is Deborah, but I'm calling from my calling, swelling from my personal account. I have a question and I think anyone can answer. Ruthie, I'm picking on you for a second because I know that you are have a visual of what I'm talking about when someone plants in beds and there's a season that ends and let's say everything's come and seeded
That would be a way to go, but it is all in layers like you're propagating some things in order to plant them. And while you're doing that, you're growing the soil. So it's all done in different stages. But you should definitely keep that Brown for your compost layer
There is no add circulation inside. I wanted to close some indoor plants. Which plants do you suggest to grow inside the glass house where there is no the acceptance comes once in a while. Whenever I opened it, which I do it generally two weeks at once. Your suggestions will really help. Thanks
Hi there. I'd like to respond to that last question. First of all, how lucky and how amazing to have such wonderful land to experiment with and to have a variety of different crops. Almost. It's like a permaculture kind of design and all the zone systems
Well, Hi, everyone. I'm Richard. I run the Veg Grower Podcast and I'm based in the UK. I'm just going to add to this conversation, particularly the question asked about what is a good vegetable or good plant for a beginner. I want to add nasturtium. Now we grow nasturtium quite a bit here in the UK. Very easy to plant, to grow
Swell Team
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Deborah Pardes
@DBPardes · 0:45
Hey, veg grower from UK. I'm really glad that you talked about Nasturtium, but I have a question because I love the look of Nasturtium and I love that it's revini and it flows through things. I live in the in Los Angeles, California, and I guess my question is is it something that can flow in between other plants, or does it strangle other plants? Because I've always noticed that it really has its own way
Deborah Pardes
@DBPardes · 0:59
Hey, I was just going over some of these great roundtable we've been having about different topics, and I noticed we had one on gardening a few months ago, so I want to call all of your attention to a new open, swell cast channel called Gardening, and this is where we can all initiate our own conversations inside this channel. And it's being hosted by Ruthie, who runs Little Saplings, who's on this round table as well