https://stream.echo6.co/videos/watch/e0ca5ee4-900e-44dc-80de-0b554114cb96 The video gives ideas of how hotbeds work and what you can use them for. There will be a follow up video in March, of outdoor aubergines on an ex-hotbed or "warmbed". To make a hotbed you need time, fresh horse manure and compost. The manure needs bedding of straw not wood, we had a little too much wood and you see the result of that. Outdoor hotbeds are a luxury, like pineapple houses. They are more effective undercover used for propagation, see my other videos such as https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhPh4sYCW5Q I sell books from my website, with information about growing great vegetables, no dig and the timings you need, https://charlesdowding.co.uk/product-category/books/ Follow me on Instagram charles_dowding, Twitter @charlesdowding and Facebook. More about my growing history https://charlesdowding.co.uk/charles-story/ My website has much information about no dig, for example https://charlesdowding.co.uk/start-here/ I have two online courses which include hundreds of photos and exclusive video content, for more information go to https://charlesdowding.co.uk/product-category/online-courses/ Filmed and edited by Josh Rogers, who worked at Homeacres for 7 months in 2018, his music too and he is helping to build the hotbed here. Wed, 15 Apr 2026 09:46:11 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://stream.echo6.co https://stream.echo6.co/client/assets/images/icons/icon-512x512.png https://stream.echo6.co/videos/watch/e0ca5ee4-900e-44dc-80de-0b554114cb96 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://stream.echo6.co/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.