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From Seed to Harvest – online course
Gain a complete understanding of how to grow 40 of Charles's favourite vegetables
**Student discount – 60% off for those in full-time education – please email [email protected]**
We have combined the two ‘From Seed to Harvest’ courses (A-C and F-T) to create one, comprehensive course,
at a significantly reduced price.
*If you originally purchased the first course (A-C) we will enrol you on the second course (F-T) free of charge. Please email [email protected]*
What to expect
- 40 vegetables in 30 lessons, from sowing to harvest and everything in between.
- The confidence to grow and successful results.
- Lessons following the same structure, and with many new, exclusive videos.
- Charles’ advice at your fingertips.
- Key documents to download and save.
Once purchased, you have lifetime access.
Content
- A glossary of terms, a timeline of harvesting dates and a table of plant families, all downloadable as PDFs.
- An introduction to the course, the seasons and weather.
Lessons:
- Aubergine/Eggplant/Brinjal
- Beans, Broad/Fava
- Beans – French and Runner
- Beetroot
- Broccoli
- Brussels sprouts
- Cabbage
- Carrot
- Cauliflower and Kohlrabi
- Celery and Celeriac
- Chard and Leaf Beet
- Chicory/Radicchio
- Chinese/Napa Cabbage and Oriental Leaves
- Courgette/Zucchini, including Summer Squash
- Cucumber – Cordon and Ridge
- Florence Fennel
- Garlic
- Kale
- Leeks
- Lettuce
- Onion and Salad Onion
- Parsnip
- Peas
- Potatoes
- Four Salads for Winter
- Spinach
- Squash for Winter
- Swede/Rutabaga and Turnip
- Sweetcorn, Melon and Capsicums
- Tomatoes
Charles explains each lesson’s vegetable(s) with the same outline structure, describing their special needs and qualities so that successful harvests are likely.
The structure follows these headings:
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- Introduction to vegetable
- Harvest period
- Why grow them
- Suitable for containers/shade?
- Conditions for success
- Varieties
- Sow and propagate
- Sowing conditions
- Sowing time
- Pot on?
- Transplant, size, time of year
- Spacing
- Support
- Water – how often, how much, extra mulch to retain water?
- Container growing
- Feed
- Prune and train plants/thin fruit
- Harvest time and method
- Potential problems – which pests are likely and when, disease, other likely difficulties
- Clearing
- Follow with
There is then a quiz at the end of each lesson, for enjoyment and to consolidate learning. A certificate on completion of the course can also be sent on request.
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Each lesson can also be purchased individually.
And the whole course can be bought as a gift voucher.
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Connie Bubitz from Clearwater British Columbia, November 2021:
Wonderful crops of potatoes, corn, cucumbers and Brussel sprouts in first season!!!!!! Bind weed is no longer my worst nightmare!
Soo grateful to have learned from you.
There is occasional reference to weeding, feeding and basic bed preparation. With no dig these are the same for all vegetables, and are minimal jobs. Soil and soil preparation is far easier than often made out.
If you are not yet practising no dig, it’s simple. The key part is to stop digging. Then rake level and cover the surface with a thin layer of compost, into which you sow and transplant. The No Dig Gardening online course has details about smothering weeds when starting out, if you have a lot, together with advice on making and using compost.
You may enjoy the Seed to Harvest courses even more when you are skilled at the basics of growing, enabling you to concentrate on the details of variation for each vegetable. Skills for Growing explains propagation, transplanting methods, spacing, picking, watering, container growing, perennial vegetables, and winter cropping.
Save time, and enjoy the simplicity of growing with Charles’ methods
“Charles is such a great teacher and the videos are excellent in bringing his words to life. If anyone is contemplating purchasing, I say definitely do it!”
Anna Pavard
From Seed to Harvest courses written by Charles Dowding in 2021.
Videos filmed and edited mainly by Edward Dowding, and created in 2019-2020.
Edited by Anna Maskell and quizzes by James Blair and Ellie Wilmhurst, with Charles’s edits and additions.
From Seed to Harvest – online course
From Seed to Harvest – online course
£150.00
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Lee –
I’ve now purchased the full seed to harvest course and I am delighted.
Rachel Ward –
I’m really enjoying the course. It’s set out so much better than some of the recognised ones, so that it’s easy to remember the details.
Alice Townsend –
My ‘go-to’ reference source for growing different vegetables. There is so much detail and guidance in each chapter on individual vegetables. Interestingly, Charles sometimes guides you through different ways of growing familiar vegetables (e.g. shallots) that do not always follow traditional methods. I cannot recommend it high enough and I would not have been able to have the success (or confidence) I have achieved in growing vegetables (and delicious melons) without it.
Rhys –
I can say with confidence that this was some of the best value for money I have invested in my gardening education.
There is an excellent structure to each lesson, covering sowing, transplanting (if necessary), watering, harvesting and storage (if appropriate). This gives the learner the ‘seed to plate’ experience in a logical way.
There is also a wealth of information on different varieties/cultivars, on pest management and on timings of sowings, all essential knowledge in becoming skilled in growing each particular vegetable.
The videos are a great addition to the product, breaking up the learning experience and providing verbal and visual channels of learning in addition to just reading.
I have been no dig gardening now for 7 seasons and I still found reams of new knowledge in this product, suggesting that the vast majority of no-dig adventurers will have a similar experience.
Melita Feltrin –
Very informative, supportive, many (if not all) details explained. What I love the most is that Charles’s enthusiasm makes you believe you can grow your own food successfully and naturally and all seasons. And it works!
I started gardening in spring 2020 with Charles No-Dig method and I am thrilled with joy when i see so much life in the soil and health of the plants.
All courses are easy to understand and easy to manifest in your garden.
Thank you
Jeannie Cooksleykar –
Am loving these new courses. Well set out, full of information, well illustrated plus videos, and it’s great that each lesson covers one specific vegetable taking you through the whole process from sowing seeds to harvest. So I can dip in and out, in any order, to learn about the veg I am currently growing. It’s just like having Charles sitting on your shoulder taking you through the whole process! Highly recommend.
Nicholas Millins –
It’s the course I’ve been waiting for you to produce. All the t’s crossed, and the i’s dotted. Great work. Thank you, Charles.
Stephanie Head –
Just completed this course and have really enjoyed watching all the new videos with detailed descriptions of sowing/plantings. I particularly enjoyed seeing your no dig soil at close quarters throughout the videos. Gave me a real insight into the benefits of no-dig. The detail on each vegetable has certainly given me ideas of not growing the usual and I will certainly try a few different vegetables this year. I also liked the opportunity to see the (very few indeed!) pest and diseases you mention in your garden. To actually see damage is always useful and to know how to take steps to minimise it.
Julie Verdich –
So good. Learnt a lot.
Johnny –
5Star