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Garden of Emma
United Kingdom
เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 28 มิ.ย. 2020
Welcome to my allotment at plot 89 where I grow a mix of flowers, fruit and vegetables.
I use companion planting as a natural pest control and no dig as my primary gardening method in a mix of raised beds and ground beds.
I use my allotment to grow a variety of organic fruit and vegetables including
sweetcorn and salad crops including lettuces and spring onion throughout the year.
I like to keep my allotment productive throughout the year.
Follow my journey as I share with you some tips that I have learnt so far and my new ones that I discover along the way.
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I use companion planting as a natural pest control and no dig as my primary gardening method in a mix of raised beds and ground beds.
I use my allotment to grow a variety of organic fruit and vegetables including
sweetcorn and salad crops including lettuces and spring onion throughout the year.
I like to keep my allotment productive throughout the year.
Follow my journey as I share with you some tips that I have learnt so far and my new ones that I discover along the way.
Thank you for Visiting my channel. Please consider subscribing so you get notifications when I post a video.
Green tomatoes and bulb planting for spring
Jobs for the allotment today are to trim the tomato foliage and plant some spring tulip bulbs for an early spring display. Tomatoes in the greenhouse are starting to turn red and ripen but the temperatures in the weather are steadily falling so my plan is to remove all of the foliage on the tomatoes in an attempt to ripen the remaining tomatoes on the vine. There are not many to ripen now so fingers crossed that they riipen in the next few weeks. I also have a plan to use on of the round raised beds as a display of tulips in the spring. It has only been used to grow spring onions in this year which were a successful crop but they wont be planted until the May so I can make use of the bed in the spring months with a display of tulips for a cutting flower bed.
I also discuss an area of the plot that is currently being used as a dumping ground and having previously been my seating area is now one that I want to make use of. it is shaded but I think with a few raised beds in the area for salads or similar leavy crops it will make full use of the allotment.
Leave your comments on what you think with the raised beds.
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I also discuss an area of the plot that is currently being used as a dumping ground and having previously been my seating area is now one that I want to make use of. it is shaded but I think with a few raised beds in the area for salads or similar leavy crops it will make full use of the allotment.
Leave your comments on what you think with the raised beds.
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#allotment #growyourownfood #tomatoes #raisedbedgardening
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Sweetcorn Harvest and tomato heartbreak vlog 73
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The sweetcorn is ready to harvest on the allotment and the tomatoes have got blight. Just two of the jobs that I have got to do in this weeks video. I have grown a lot of sweetcorn this year and it’s time to harvest it and see how it has grown this year. I planted the sweetcorn in two locations so we take a look to see which area did best and I tell you the reasons why i chose two locations as ...
Growing carrots in Containers Vlog 72
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August on the allotment and It’s finally feeling a lot like summer and with it the allotment is starting to produce cucumbers, potatoes, aubergines, beans and carrots. I have tried every year to grow carrots and each time failed. Carrot fly, slugs and just general forking have caused me to fail each time. This year I invested in some metal raised beds and sowed some seeds and I have to say I wa...
The Good , The Bad and the OMG! Vlog 71
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Things have got a little out of hand on the allotment. The last three weeks have been really hard and I have found it difficult to come to the allotment and find motivation and then holiday plans. Three weeks later and the plot has not stopped growing and as weeds, courgettes and beans everywhere. I wanted to show you this blog so that you can see that it does happen sometimes on an allotment t...
How much time does it take to keep up an allotment? Vlog 70
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Allotment gardening takes up a lot of time. Most allotment sites require your allotment to be weed free, cultivated to a standard for the time of year. But....How much time does it take each week to keep up an allotment. Weeding, planting out vegetables and seedlings, watering your plants and vegetables. These are just a few of the allotment and gardening jobs you likely have on your to do list...
Why every garden needs marigolds Vlog 68
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Allotment gardening can be hard when slugs and snails and nasty pests invade your allotment or garden and eat your vegetables and crops. Marigolds, calendula and Nastertiums are all great companions when planted with vegetables in the allotment. Tomatoes benefit from marigolds as their strong scent will send most tomato pests packing. Calendula is a great companion can be planted next to cucumb...
Damage to the plot beds and a few April allotment jobs Vlog 69
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The raised beds have been damaged again and dug through. All the carrots that were growing in the raised bed have been dug up and the newly planted raised bed has also been dug over and the leeks and onions damaged. I’m sure it’s a fox but now I’m thinking it may also be rats. Time to pop some netting over to try and stop the digging. It’s also time to plant out the second early potatoes into t...
Planting out Peas and the allotment garden in April Vlog 67
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Peas are about ready to come out of their guttering so I’m going to try and slide them and and hope that it goes to plan. I have a bit of a disaster in the greenhouse. My clumsiness as usual. So annoying. With the peas I am sowing some direct as well as using the ones in the guttering and it’s a bit of an experiment to see which comes out better. I have also added a new raised bed to match the ...
Growing Potatoes in containers | New Garden Gadgets Vlog 66
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In this weeks video I am planting out my first early potatoes into their final growing pots. I grow my potatoes in 30l containers because i prefer it to growing in the ground for ease of harvesting the crops. These potatoes will be ready in a few weeks time. I have also planted out broad beans this week into the garden. I have had my eye on a new garden gadget that I saw in the grow up channel ...
Allotment and Garden slug and snail problems Vlog 65
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Allotment and Garden slug and snail problems Vlog 65
Strawberries and allotment garden preparation Vlog 64
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Strawberries and allotment garden preparation Vlog 64
Spring sowing for a great start and a little plot tour Vlog 63
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Spring sowing for a great start and a little plot tour Vlog 63
Sowing carrots in the allotment garden Vlog 62
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Sowing carrots in the allotment garden Vlog 62
Winter Jobs for the raspberries and raised beds Vlog 61
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Winter Jobs for the raspberries and raised beds Vlog 61
Building Raised beds and choosing potatoes for the growing season Vlog 60
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Building Raised beds and choosing potatoes for the growing season Vlog 60
Planting out Garlic and onions for an early summer harvest Vlog 58
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Planting out Garlic and onions for an early summer harvest Vlog 58
Changing our allotments and gardens for the next growing season
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Changing our allotments and gardens for the next growing season
Making full use of the greenhouse over winter Blog 56
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Making full use of the greenhouse over winter Blog 56
Planting garlic and getting autumn ready Vlog 55
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Planting garlic and getting autumn ready Vlog 55
Planting out for Winter | Beans and Peas Vlog 53
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Planting out for Winter | Beans and Peas Vlog 53
Growing Brassicas | Growing new vegetables
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Growing Brassicas | Growing new vegetables
The Allotment Garden in May | No dig potatoes
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The Allotment Garden in May | No dig potatoes
May Planting out in the allotment garden Swede and Kalettes
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May Planting out in the allotment garden Swede and Kalettes
Hello Emmai enjoyed your video your plot looks great,new subscriber 👍
Thank you and welcome to the channel 😀
I think the sunflower might have a case of fasciation?
Cut a couple into a chilli con carne. With or without seeds, up to you. I usually string my chillies up and let them air-dry. Then I can use them cut up in meals or maybe pulse them in the blender to make chilli flakes.
Great idea thank you 😀
Coucou 👋🏻 👋🏻 👋🏻 Une agréable vidéo 😊 A bientôt
Merci beaucoup
Hmm does Danny have any raised beds he’s not using 😂
Probably not know him 😂
I am clearing out and waiting for some of the summer flowers to move over 😂 so I can get all my bulbs planted. But now of course it’s pouring rain so it’s gonna have to wait. Make sure to cover and protect the tulips with something or the critters may dig them up. Great update Ems watch your head 🤦♀️, Ali ☔️🌞🥶☔️
Thanks Ali. Have a great week 😀
Tulips will look lovely ❤
Fingers crossed. 🤞 they should be multicoloured so a bright display
I think you should consider growing over autumn and winter Emma. It'll mainly look after itself especially watering haha! It'll continue to grow while you're sorting the shed. Great update, Most of my tomatoes didn't ripen this year either. Always next year!! Danny x
Yeah will grow some broad beans and some garlic and onions and possible pak Choi. Fingers crossed for red tomatoes
I've just don a seed order for next years plot. Im hoping it will inspire me after this years failures. I dont tend to grow a lot over winter.
Yes I’m cutting back this winter what I’m growing to free up some space for the projects I have planned. Have a great week
Both my sheds need a good tidy up. Three pallet collar beds, which, as another person said, are more sturdy, and you can put a board across to stand on when maintaining the shed.
It’s a great idea and definitely a plan 😀
Great update Emma, it is so nice to plant bulbs and look forward to spring colour.
Yes it’s lovely. Hopefully the plot will be a ray of colour come the spring
Hope those toms ripen for you. I'm pulling all mine this week as night temps are dipping down. A good shed tidy is always good. Just a pain in the behind to do it.
The number of times I have tidied it and it’s just messy again. I’m going to remove all but the tools I use a lot and hopefully will keep it tidier and be a space I can use again
Hi Emma, fingers crossed those tomatoes ripen, the shade area for the new beds will be very useful lettuces but also one could be a nursery bed for autumn / winter brassica.
Yes I was thinking brassicas and lettuces. The tomatoes seem to be turning but might need a window sill to finish them off
Hi Emma. Just a thought from someone outside the box re new beds at side of shed. We have put three 1.2 metres, two collar pallets high within our beds a then able to put a scaffold board across the back for any maintenance to the shed any time, painting, roof n gutter of shed. Metal ones will not take the load and will bend etc. Pallet collars are amazing! Good luck. Just our thought and from experiences.
That’s a really good idea and I hadn’t thought about the maintenance of the shed by putting raised beds there. Plus pallet collars are cheaper than the metal ones. Thank you 😀
Ooouch! Our green tomatoes are now in the kitchen and in giving them a week to ripen, then it’s freezer or bin… they have been given a talking to 😂😂😂 I didn’t grow any really spicy hot chilli 🌶️ but with my slightly hot peppers I chopped and covered in a white vinegar, water, sugar, mustard seed, peppercorn liquid. They are delicious on pizza and in sandwiches. Shed of shame 😂😂😂 don’t look in ours Emma!!! 😂 Catch you soon lovely 🥰 Allie & Tricia xx
@TheRightPearPlot it really is the shed of shame. Yours looks lovely ☺️
Excellente vidéo 😊
Merci beaucoup 😀
Sweetcorn is hungry Emma, give them lots of compost and at least 1 foot apart, i mulched my corn when it was growing last year to give it a boost and it was over 7 ft tall.👌👍😁 You got some decent corn though 👍👌💪
Oh that’s good to know. I wondered why my neighbours was double the size
🐝thanks for the great video🌻
Thank you for watching and supporting the channel. 😀 glad you enjoyed it
Hey lovely ☺️ oh my word, falling through the side of the greenhouse 😮 so so glad you’re okay. Sweetcorn look absolutely amazing Emma!!! Mine didn’t do as well this year. You should be happy, you’ve done a great job!! Have a lovely Friday & weekend xx Allie & Tricia
very happy with the sweet corn it was a good crop to be honest and one of the best I’ve ever had. It was very scary falling through the greenhouse completely by accident as well but totally like me. Miss accident prone. I was just thankful that I didn’t injure myself and I came off without a scratch.
@@GardenofEmma wonder if Danny will bring that up 😆 accident prone Emma. Do you have some blight resistant tomatoes for next year?? Rose crush look like some big tomatoes 🍅 but they are taking forever to ripen up.
@TheRightPearPlot I’m sure he will remind me lol. Nearly blew myself up in the shed last year and the year before that impaled my foot on a nail. Whacked myself on the head with a cultivator the list goes on
Nothing holding you back!!! Suit of armour needed 🤣🤣
My tomatoes have just got blight too!
Oh no what a shame Helen. Green tomato chutney
How scary to fall through the glass.
Yes I rushed to the social room to check I didn’t have glass lodged or any cuts any where. Not a scratch
@@GardenofEmma Thank goodness!
Have you asked that lady that gave you the plants, what they are.?
Yes but she didn’t label them so she has no idea either lol 😂
That's one thing I want to try and grow next year is corn never had the space to do it until now.
It’s so easy. I wiggle mine each time I pop to the plot to make sure it’s pollinated and such fun for family to do. My neice loved shaving the corn but it obviously worked because it was the best pollination yet. Have a great week
Hi Emma, still nice amount of sweetcorn, shame about the blight, if you do grow outdoor next year try just round shaped tomatoes (rather than the squat or flat shaped varieties that you had) or ox heart because they ripen quicker than the flat varieties. Dahlia's look lovely.
Oh great tip. Thank you. I will look out for those. Blight is horrible but it won’t stop me 😂
Peaches and cream corn is two colours hence the name 👍 and any fresh corn is delicious. If they are starting to go red they should ripen at home in a sunny spot, I put my green ones in newspaper and they ripen (mostly). Shame about the blight though 😢. Mine even with all the heat and sun took ages to ripen. Great update Ems have a marvellous week, Ali 🌦️🇨🇦
😊
Thank you 😀
I keep the doors and windows open in the greenhouse but definitely didnt have great pollination in there. Chillis great, but tomatoes not so much - I'm going to go back to the electric toothbrush next year!!! Dahlias look FANTASTIC Emma. They should keep flowering until the first frost. Let the tubers get a good frost to them before lifting /mulching - that will signal to them to go dormant until next year 👍
Ah brilliant was wondering when to mulch them. My first frost is December usually around 14th so will add to the winter jobs
❤❤wow
Yes very pleased with the sweetcorn. It’s been a success
@@GardenofEmma wow that's glad to hear..🥰
Lovely update Emma. The corn being multi coloured maybe due to cross pollinating with next doors variety. Dahlias look beautiful. Nice to see you back. Danny 🌱
Thanks Danny. Yes I’m sure it wasn’t multi coloured seed so must be cross pollination. I’ll still eat it 😂
oh making use of the neighbours sweet corn to pollinate yours, clever :D Green tomato hints :D I'm not a chutney fan either but relish is good , so is ketchup and of course fried green tomatoes
It seems to have worked. My first sweetcorn harvest in three years. Yay. Not as exciting as the carrot though 😂
@@GardenofEmma I was quite excited. I'd love to grow sweetcorn - it's on my "if I ever get an allotment list" :D
Hope all is well
All good thanks Jenny just a little family break for a few weeks
Coucou 👋🏻 👋🏻 👋🏻 Belle récolte bravo 😊
merci. Tout le travail acharné porte ses fruits.
@@GardenofEmma c'est bien vrai
I just think at a carrot cake❤
Oh yes brilliant idea 💡
Your corn did not pollinate properly and the sunflower is also pollinated wrong. I think its called fasination.? So pleased you got really nice carrots. From NZ.
Ah interesting. Will see how the corn is at harvest time with these ones not pollinated. I always have an issue with corn. I think I need bigger blocks
Great harvest 🥒🍅🥔🌱🌝👍
Thank you I was really pleased with it
Advice from a old guy ditch any black plastic leave nettles and brambles around mulch with nettles and brambles also water through a pipe keeping the ground as dry as possible happy gardening Richardx
Thanks for the tip regarding the pipe. Great idea
You made me smile when you were harvesting carrots, it's almost impossible to stop pulling them once you start, there's always the want to see what the next one is like 😊 Lovely harvest and good luck with your competition 😊
Thanks Bethan. I didn’t win this year unfortunately but it’s the taking part and there is always next year
I’ve never been so happy for someone harvesting carrots! Your reaction was so joyful! Can’t say I blame you, they look great! Also Wilbur is gorgeous ❤
I was definitely shocked by my first ever carrot 🥕 and got a little excited. Wilbur is a bundle of joy at the moment and keeping us all busy
Welcome to the family Wilbur. What a cutie he is. I am sure Chester approves too.. he’d want another little doggie to enjoy the love he did in his lifetime too. That carrot was massive!! I can totally relate to your excitement. You were most definitely super happy! I laughed at the out of control, errant tomatoes. They soon take over don’t they? They’re more maintenance than I expected before I grew them. My Titan sunflowers are huge! Really tall variety. Most weird the flowers within the flower. Good luck with your show tomorrow.. (today.. whenever it is) 😊
Thanks Clare. Yes I was really happy with the carrot and got a little carried away. Wilbur is a little bundle of joy at the moment but he’s only 12 weeks so has a lot of growing to do. The show was really good but didn’t win this year.
@@GardenofEmma better luck next year x
Wilbur is so cute I'm so jealous. Sunflower and corn madness 😂. Nice carrot I had my best carrots too.😁👍👌💪❤️
He is really cute and the carrots weee fab
I think your “carrot moment” might be the best thing on TH-cam just now ❤❤❤❤❤
I did get a little carried away didn’t I. 😂😂😂
@@GardenofEmma I loved it
Sorry for the loss of Chester Emma, only just getting round to catching up with you. Yes it's amazing how much everything grows when you're away, just beginning to tackle mine. It looked much better at the end and you had a great harvest. Take care 😊
Thank you Bethan. He was a good companion. Yes the allotment is much better order now 😀
Hi Emma,this year is definitely a challenge. I had about 3 ripe tomatoes so far, but my cucumbers, beans and courgettes are starting to take off now. OMG 😮 your little buddy is sooooo cute 😍 ❤ The sunflower and sweetcorn are really strange. Never seen something like it ever.😮 Since I grow my carrots and parsnips in 30ltr buckets, I get proper carrots and parsnips. I couldn't grow them in the ground to save my life 😂
Both parsnips and carrots have been great in the raised beds. Going todo the same again next year for sure
Good luck with the show Emma. 🎉🎉
Thank you Cheryl. Will have my fingers crossed although it’s just for fun
Aw Wilbur is so sweet. Your carrots are perfection Emma. I have never managed to grow any. Great upload Emma. The pink dahlias are so beautiful and cheery.
They have brightened up the living room for sure and they match my shed 😂
congratulations on your carrot harvest 😂your joy was infectious ❤
I got a little excited didn’t I 😂