The hor­ti­cul­tu­ral expert is head of the vege­ta­ble gro­wing depart­ment at the Fede­ral Insti­tu­te of Hor­ti­cul­tu­re in Vien­na. In addi­ti­on to this acti­vi­ty, he initia­ted and mana­ges the urban adven­ture gar­den ‘City­farm Augar­ten’ in the cen­ter of Vien­na, whe­re he and his team impart gar­dening know­ledge and the joy of vege­ta­ble diver­si­ty. Four times a year, young plant mar­kets with a lar­ge sel­ec­tion and varie­ty are offe­red the­re. The City­farm Wien Augar­ten runs its own pro­gram mode­ra­ted by Wolf­gang Pal­me. You­Tube chan­nel. He is very hap­py to wel­co­me more sub­scri­bers to this chan­nel for a jour­ney through the vege­ta­ble year. As a 4‑season gar­de­ner, he will use his many years of expe­ri­ence to give sea­so­nal tips on gro­wing vege­ta­bles. He will con­ti­nuous­ly demons­tra­te what is curr­ent­ly in sea­son, becau­se the right time is important. 

Con­tents:

Wolf­gang Pal­me is not only the redis­co­ve­rer of win­ter vege­ta­bles, but also an expert in vege­ta­ble diver­si­ty. He empha­si­zes the fresh­ness, qua­li­ty and ingre­di­ents of home-grown plants, even if they are not in lar­ge quan­ti­ties. Vege­ta­bles are grown on full-sun expe­ri­men­tal plots for rese­arch pur­po­ses and at the City­farm Vien­na. Ques­ti­ons about gro­wing in shady loca­ti­ons or on the north-facing bal­c­o­ny are rai­sed time and again. He pro­vi­des gui­de­lines as well as vege­ta­ble types and varie­ty recom­men­da­ti­ons. Ulti­m­ate­ly, it is pos­si­ble to grow a lot of high-yiel­ding vege­ta­bles on north-facing bal­co­nies and in shady loca­ti­ons.

Wolf­gang Pal­me also talks about last win­ter — the most extre­me win­ter in 10 years. The seve­re (ear­ly) cold and the hea­vy rain cau­sed many let­tuces to die. It should­n’t stop us from gro­wing win­ter vege­ta­bles again, last win­ter was extre­me. Here in this video “The last win­ter har­ve­sts — what can we still get fresh from the bed in Febru­ary?” he talks in more detail about the dif­fi­cul­ties of the last win­ter.