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I had a disaster yesterday as well. Dug up some early potatoes but it was too early. Little tiny pebbles! I think the really dry weather is slowing growing down to a bare minimum. As for slugs and snails…..you wait when it rains they'll be back with avengance. I keep lifing rocks and hiding places and there are plenty of tiny babies waiting for revenge!! I love these vlogs and look forward to them just to compare how badly/well I am doing!
Hi Emma it’s funny you say about slugs I havnt seen many but I have seen lots of snails this year.
Hi Emma, I know why the snails & slugs are not eating anything, it’s because they are so full up from earlier in the year 🤣 good vlog as usual 👍
Loved the vlog as always. Purchased a t-shirt this morning too..went for a xxl green mens as I preferred the colours for the men’s and I’m hoping this will be big enough for my 40H boobs 🙈my veggie patch at home is doing so well and thanks to you and your videos I’m really relaxed about growing, knowing that some things will work and some won’t and that’s ok. It’s so exciting to see things grown from seed in tiny pots to eventually being planted out (get way too excited when I see their amazing root system lol). Xx
Maybe fill your beds to almost the top with more organic matter/more compost or some well rotted manure. The soil in your beds seems to be at the same level as the ground outside. Get them filled nice and full. Fish blood & bone mix is also excellent to use in your soil. 🐈⬛🐈⬛
Hey Emma, new subscriber here! ✌️ I love how real and raw your videos are, and definitely need all the encouragement I can get with my own garden…! 😁
Thank you for sharing your journey – your honesty is such a breath of fresh air on youtube too ❤ I am in East Mids too so its awesome to find UK based gardeners. 🥰 I'm sure shallots, onions and garlics don't flower/produce the first year – they like to go dormant over winter so you if can trick them into thinking its been an extra season you can quicken the process!! 😁
Sending an abundance of love, light and appreciation – i'm already so glad to be here. 🙏 Ps, that bird noise is a Robin's cat siren! Usually its to warn their fledglings 😺🚨
//waves goodbye and walks in same direction// ✨️ xx
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Slugs are not a problem I think because of the rain. Hardly any around my garden and no rain for ages here.
Oh no. I've followed your planting advice to the letter. Sadly I've had same results as above. 😯
The bird is sounding an alarm call because there is a predator around – Rocky the cat! It’s a warning to other birds in the locality. Not sure on the species of that bird, but the one calling an alarm later (when you were talking about the swede) was a blackbird alarm call. You’ll need the birds – especially the thrushes if any are around – they’ll eat your snails, and I’ve seen blackbirds rolling small slugs in the grass in my garden to get rid of their slime before eating them.
Ash is a good idea! I also sprinkle some ash on my plants like peppers and aubergines when I plant them, it seems to keep bugs, flee beetles away as well.
That's a frightened Robin protecting it's nest when there's a cat around😂
Great update and VLOG as always Em.
That bird was only making that noise because Rocky was about. Robins always do it in my garden when next doors cat walks through.
Sorry about your garlic and onions
Sweet peas are thirsty plants and need feeding. X
Perhaps if you plant/sow straight away in an emptied bed try tipping a bag of compost on it to give the soil some ooomph!
It's quite possible that your plot already had white rot when you got it – it's the bane of allomenteer's lives and persists for years and years. I wouldn't even try growing the onion family there for the foreseeable future. Grow shallots and garlic at home instead, if you have the space. Being shallow rooting, they do pretty well in troughs, raised beds and containers. You'll need to thoroughly clean your gloves and trowel/spade though, and only buy sets from a reputable source. The onion family are the one instance where I'd politely refuse gifted spare plants or sets from other plot-holders.
Plant garlic around Halloween and don't lift until the longest day (around June 21st) unless rust is severe. If rust is a real problem, grow 'em under cover.
Commiserations – it's disappointing, I know. The best of luck for next years amazing garlic crop!
I used to have an allotment but could not keep up with it during covid while pregnant i had to give it up. Jist discovered you channel. You inspired me to grow in my garden . Inspiring my son .😊
O, that's also great for the soil, fire Ash.
Does anyone know how I stop cats.
I'm having problems with a cat. I never see him or her, but they are diging up all my blubs. I've tried leamons , water bottles, and even broken bamboo sticks stuck them in around everything, but the fecker still getting in. And I mean big fecking holes with plants completely out of the ground
Does someone feed Rocky besides you? He always seems so ravenous when you give him a few treats.
Your sweet pea arch is going to be amazing!!!
I laugh so much watching your videos. 😊
Do u add manure or / and fertilizer every year to the soil . Even putting fresh compost in every year still needs something to feed the soil. I know it's a pain and expensive if like me have no room to make compost which is great for the soil and whatever is growing.
A friend puts rhubarb leaves all around the raised beds then the snails and slugs go onto them then she takes them off and throws them over her wall. So basically it's a trap
on the positive, this is great spring onions and garlic. I use the green stems for salads
I just want to say after previous videos, totally unrelated to this one, my parsnips were parsnips not weeds haha love it. #firstyeargardener #loveit I’ve learnt it all from you. Thank you xx
Hi Emma, I love your vlogs they really make me smile, always look forward to watching them, I really enjoy growing my own fruit and veg but I am a very beginner really I only started through lockdown but I love it, but I am a bit like you just Whack it in and see what happens lol 😂
I've had magpies deciding to peck holes into the top of my plastic greenhouse
🇮🇪💚🍀🤠
The crow master must be around
If they're what you planted last year you're certainly not alone in having nothing. I think it was a dry summer followed by a cold autumn and a wet spring
We call them drills because that's how they used to sow seed on a farm, with a seed drill . Jethro tull invented one.
Looks like you need to get that soil up and sieve it and mix some improver in. A bag of muck maybe.
You got a good shot of Rocky's rear end today, I must inform you that Rocky is a Rachel, 😂
it might be allium leaf miner with the onions and garlic we get it every year now it's frustrating, this time I grew them in a different area and kept enviromesh over them for the entire season and fingers crossed it is looking better, erm so far lol at telling rocky to get the bird I was going nooo at the screen, those swedes look like they've been pidgeoned
My garlic is terrible too. Im not growing winter onions and garlic again
Commiserations on white rot. The same happened with my onions, shallots and garlic last year. Strangely, the spring onions grown in the same bed were fine so it might be worth you only sowing them in that bed in the future (and planting other alliums elsewhere).
"When I die I want to be spread over a vegetable patch – I can come back as a radish" 🤣
I'm planting sunflowers and jill be little pumpkins (a bit late but better late than never!) 🙂 in terms of your brassicas thriving when spread around the plot- to me, that's why people recommend 'polyculture' i.e. planting your veg in amongst flowers/next to a different type of veg instead of having all your cabbage in one bed for example! Makes it harder for pests to find
Such a disappointment, isn't it
My onions and garlic are the same Emma x
Do you sow garlic and shallots in October? I do n have In recent years had good harvest but this year rubbish going to start them off in cell tray for this year
I do enjoy Emma and Rocky’s allotment Diary’s
You can use the garlic stalks you know rather than just wasting the whole thing. You can also use the stems to make garlic oil.
Emma, do you make your own compost? If not, start thinking about it. Using home made compost makes a huge difference to your harvest plus soil health etc.
Hi Emma, ive just stumbled across your channel, some peoplemay not agree with this but I've filled some of my raised bed with compost and sharp sand and I have great results with onions, garlic and carrots. This will make your beds better at draining. Perhaps try doing it to one bed first, if it works in the first year you could progress to doing other beds. Im quite lucky as our concil recycling centre allows us 3 builders bins of compost per visits keeping the cost down, a bag of sharp sand is less than £2 at B&Q. Good luck in your quest and i hope you have a bumper crop. Michael
Great to see you using the ashes. Always works for me. I water the plant and let the water soak in. Then I put a thin layer of ashes around the stem but not touching the stem. Some plants don't appreciate excess ashes. Love your channel.
Lots of people talk about eating “green garlic” when it’s fresh before you dry it out. More gentle flavour. I tried it this year when I thought I was picking spring onions. Chopped a whole garlic stem up in an omelette. Whoops. It was lovely though!! Thanks Emma. Xx
Geez Rocky man, can see what you had for breakfast! 😂🍫⭐🐟
I am new to your channel. I love your approach to gardening and look forward to binge watching the rest of your videos. 😊