The dahlias are here! August has flown by and with it has come a sad update inside the polytunnel but a rainbow of colours in the flower patch. Join me in this episode to see how the ‘Jack be Little’ pumpkins are growing (not so little!) on their archway and we’ll harvest some tomatoes and flowers as we go.
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Those squash plants are definitely not Jack be Little, they should look like mini pumpkins the size of your palm and normal pumpkin orange colour, I think wherever you got your seeds from have mixed up the seeds 😊 Love all your dahlia’s, you inspired me to grow some for the first time this year, I planted singles for the bees and after a slow start they are finally producing some beautiful flowers 😁
Nice! My dahlias are blooming nicely now too. In another couple of weeks, mid-September, they will be quite a good show. Here it seems things have been ripening up a couple of weeks earlier than usual. Amaranth, another common name 'love lies bleeding', is one which I love. Your orange squash looks like it is pretty ripe with that stem turning brown. Some of my winter squash are doing the same this year, ripening earlier than usual. Your hot pepper, 'Armageddon', made me start to sweat just watching and thinking about that 1.3 million on the 'HOT' scale. Glad to see your flowers are performing for you. By the time of your wedding you should have a good number of colourful varieties for your bouquets. Enjoy the rest of your summer. Cheers and happy gardening!
Wishing you a marvelous wedding day & thank you so much for sharing all those delights
Would love to see your wedding dress & your bouquet lv Irene 😘 xx
Beautiful video of gorgeous flowers. A great deal of work that seems to be producing well for you. Wishing you a beautiful celebration for your special day💝🇨🇦
Yeah that's definitely not jack be little lol!
Last year my husband bought an Armageddon chilli because he didn't bother to read the label. It flourished in last summer's heat and we had many chillies. He then showed me a video of a woman on breakfast telly eating one – I thought she was going to die! I put the whole lot in the freezer and they are still there ……..
WoW gorgeous ❤❤❤ excited for your wedding day ❤🤞😊
Could I just ask how close you plant your dahlias?
Congratulations u have grown such beautiful flowers for ur wedding which all brides aspire for❤❤
You have a stunning allotment
Lovely little plot. Doing a fantastic job. Not been the best year for tomatoes unfortunately. Nice to see you are giving the super hots a crack. Started doing a couple of varieties each year after my nephew asked me too. Gone right to the very top of the scoville percentages with caralina reaper and trinidad moruga scorpion. These are a further million more than the armegedon variety. Bit of fun but outrageously hot.
Thanks!
My Jack Be Little are the same, I’m glad I saw yours as I was convinced it was me! Mine are turning orange now and are massive. My baby boo are tiny in comparison
Hallo… Can I plant rose during cold season?
I'm in the south east of Ireland my dahlias have been flowering since end of June think I planted them out end of February although they seem to be getting better as the months go on , out of 7 grew.
But some are a little to big for were I have them I'm going to go for boarder dahlias next year they are not as big and bushy.
I was just thinking that , how is any light getting in at the tomatoes looking around the outside of the polytunnel it's like a jungle.
So far I've only had a cherry tomatoe plant thats done well and even got a second plant from it. It's a small bushy variety. My stake tomatoes are still very green 😮 i would love to taste one when its ready. If they get that far.
You will have to show us the wedding bouquets cant wait to see them
I love that darkstar looking one tell you it is so beautiful beautiful yeah this is the one that said Pennsylvania that New Kensington memorial Park Moody gardens
I think you know what we want to see. You and your new hubby having a super-hot eating showdown. Oh and thanks for the tip about stressing the plants to make the chilli's hotter. I'll give that a go.
We have a fish tank not huge but we started with 12 and now have about 40. Yes there have been 3 lots of babies. They chase each other so maybe it’s to mate😮they are my granddaughters fish and they are called mollys and my grandaughter is called molly😆
They look stunning your flowers. I can’t wait to see your wedding photos I hope they all last or are ready for the wedding
I was seriously considering growing cobaea next year but the later flowering has put me off and I shall be growing Ipomoea Chocolate instead. I confess, I still call Wilko, Wilkinson's. It's the only shop I'll venture onto the high street for. Hope all goes well for the wedding 🙂
Best wishes to you both on your wedding day. Thanks for the August tour Katrina your flowers are truly beautiful.
also gutted about wilkos :(. Allotment looking amazing as always, such an inspiration!
The dahlias are beautiful. You've inspired me to devote a corner of my tiny garden to them.
As for the armageddon chilli, you can use them very sparingly in cooking. Think of how much scotch bonnet you would put in a recipe and put in half! Do not copy my husband though who ate a whole Carolina Reaper (1.5-2.5 million scoville units) straight from the plant. He said the pain was like being stung by a thousand bees at once, went white and looked like he was going to faint or be sick. It took 3 days for his stomach to get back to normal….For some reason, this year instead of tending 3 carolina reaper plants, he's turned his attention towards cayenne, jalapeños and basket of fire. Can't think why.
THATS the answer to worldly woes : field of Dahlias !!! ha !!! 😃😃😃
Loved the tour especially the dahlias – I lost all mine this winter. I am sure the seed companies are playing tricks on us as I have met do many gardeners whose squash, pumpkins and courgettes are not what they thought they would be! Surely we can’t have all muddled our seeds up! Every happiness on your forthcoming wedding and I hope all goes to plan after all your hard work. Perhaps just one wedding photo for us to enjoy in the Autumn!
Your garden looks like heaven! Those pom pom are gorgeous. How many of them did you plant?😮
Fantastisch Good video Kristana you the best grootjes Top thans te vlogs ❤🤗🎈🌞✔️💐🍈🍉🍅