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@@ianbeesley840 cheers Ian, I'm ok really, but has made me have a good think about stuff, and what's important or not. Who needs that much of an allotment anyway? Thankyou

@@sianwarwick633 I think without the incident I may have just carried on with too large of a plot, but it helped me focus on what was really important so let's see it as a blessing in disguise. Potatoes were surprisingly large, I'd definitely grow again. Thankyou

@@myrustygarden with my 2 kids we're going to be waiting a while for grandkids I think, but you never know :)

@@DigDaveDig 🤭🤭

@@myrustygarden Thankyou, there are some silver linings to all this, I'm ok really, but had a lucky escape and a reminder to focus on what's important really. I had to tell all in a video as it was the clincher in the decision to focus on a smaller patch. My wife is very supportive and certainly on my case if I'm not looking after myself , bless her she's had to give me lifts all over the place, so it's great I've got people looking after me. Cheers

@@ann-zj9vn once I had made the decision, I knew it was the right thing to do. I'm almost back to normal after the minor procedure, but taking it easy is my new motto. Thankyou

@@bristolveggiebeds5310 thankyou, I'm ok really, very lucky in a way but thankful also. I'm sure I made the right decision, thanks for the support as always

@@DigDaveDig we're a stubborn lot us gardeners! Nothing is going to stop us!

Thanks - thus the decision was made a little easier really, I can hopefully enjoy the slightly smaller allotment a lot more now, more time to sit back and enjoy the sights and sounds. cheers

Hi - no need to apologise for your English I know exactly what you mean. Thanks for commenting and for your kind words, I appreciate you taking the time.

@@catsmother4556 Thankyou, I had to keep Eostre Phoenix really , it seems I may need to start a fan club for her. Thanks for the nice comments. Cheers

@@MemeMemecrook Thankyou, I was thinking about it anyway but that incident was the clincher. I'm in good health generally but it did make me feel old to be honest with you. Sorry but I've passed the caravan onto another plot holder as I wasn't using it and seemed like someone else would get more benefit from it than me. There is a glimpse of it in last week's video. I do have the caravan on my older plot, but I've never shown inside that one, maybe I should give it a clean and do a quick tour. Sorry to disappoint. Thanks for the support.

@@rhondafarmer4824 hi , no I haven't but I'll definitely look into it. Yes a good end to a troublesome season. Thankyou it was just a bit of fun but glad of the result. Cheers

@@Tamsins_Potager me too, a bit if a surprise to be honest but just shows the power of nature. Cheers

Thankyou - I had a lot of onions to pick from, so picking which 3 made it was the tricky part. The pears have now ripened at home and are delicious. I'm really pleased with how the apple tree is coming on and a bit surprised too. The plot is a bit too big to be honest , its a lot of work to keep on top of but some news coming soon on that so stay tuned. I entered flowers last year but none were good enough at the right time this year, maybe next year. Thanks for watching and commenting , much appreciated. Cheers

@@TheGeek365 thanks , it's coming good in the end this year after a tricky start. The apple tree was a bonus and really pleased it survived, I would be honoured if you were to name the tree . Let me know and it will be referred by that forever more.

@@DigDaveDig This is a great honour and my wife asked me why I was lost in thought today. I told her that I have an opportunity to name an apple tree in England and didn't want to mess it up. The look she gave me was priceless and I'm pretty sure she will be scheduling a meeting with a specialist next week. I'll give you a four options if you don't like them it is fine with me. She can be called Phoenix as she is rising from the ashes and born again. I like different mythologies so how about Eostre. She is the Anglo-Saxon, Celtic goddess of spring and rebirth, every April they held feasts in her honour, which is likely where Easter comes from. We're both Star Wars nerds so it can be as simple as R2. We can do a bit of nostalgia and go back to November 2019 and the first video I watched of yours, Epic Mooli vs Radish Battle and name her Mooli......or Marshmallow as you never bring any with your plot fires! Dave's #1 Fan 🥰

@@TheGeek365 haha, I can imagine the pressure of such an important decision, you have obviously put a lot of thought into it which of course I appreciate. How about "Eostre Phoenix" , I think a double barrelled name has a lot more gravitas to it.

@@DigDaveDig That is a perfect name. 👍

@@TheGeek365 Great teamwork - we've named a tree ! I'll let it know the good news tomorrow :)

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@@myrustygarden thankyou , yes it's turned very autumnal here in the last week, a few more things to harvest yet but planning for 2025 already. Cheers

A lot of the raspberries don't make it home to be honest , a nice allotment snack as you're wandering around :)

@@sianwarwick633 its all a bit late but a final flourish happened to save the season. The sweetcorn didn't last long one we got it home :) , I'm really pleased with how the plot looks and the pumpkins were worth the wait. Thanks for the comments . Cheers

Thanks - I'm rapidly picking my tomatoes before the blight no doubt arrives, its been late coming but finally seeing some good crops after a tough year - Thankyou

Thankyou - I'm going to need a much bigger scale on the graphs next year , I can feel it ;)

@@WendyL63 exactly! I'm glad I'm not the only one. Thankyou

@@allotmental. Thankyou, I always try to keep things moving and as interesting as possible, I don't really like watching overlong videos myself. Thanks for the comment and support, it's great to know people enjoy what I make. Can't really complain at the potato harvest, it's not too shabby really. Cheers

Thanks - it's been a while since I made these and they're still standing, but need a bit of tidying up now. cheers

As you say there is always next year, this year has been a bit poor all round, but I've got a few things left to crop - even some more potatoes. Fingers crossed for some early autumn sun before the gloom of winter! Thanks for the comment . Cheers

@@simongostick5443 haha, no sorry, a good guess, I do constantly work with numbers, but it's worse than that I'm afraid.

@@DigDaveDig sounds intriguing 😂

@@simongostick5443 I don't usually like being cryptic - not sure if I've ever actually said what I do for a living on any of my videos or comments - maybe I'll invite viewers to have a guess sometime ;)

It's all OK really, I seem to be ending the season stronger than I started, some beetroot to come and tomatoes are still producing, maybe some corn, and also 1 more batch of potatoes that seem to be still growing. All good really. cheers

​@DigDaveDig oh good one 👍

Thanks - yep the potatoes are OK really, and they all look healthy and tasty (TBC). It was only when I was pulling the previous years footage together I noticed the same hat, its been retired for a few months, and by retired I mean lost, but managed to find it and seemingly its now my official potato hat. Good luck with your potatoes. Cheers

The sun came out in the end which is all that matters I guess. Yes I can't complain , the potatoes look great (if slightly on the small side) Cheers

haha - nice one, it's all relative, maybe my prior years were just too good. Looking forward to next year already :)

@@DigDaveDig a harvest is a harvest! Seems like it's been a bad year generally in the UK for veg growing

@@Tamsins_Potager Yes, the weather has been so dreary, and all the slugs.... I'm quite happy with the potatoes I got to be honest. There are a few things left to harvest so I'm finishing the growing season better than I started it.

Aye - I've nothing to complain about really, the ones that grew are completely fine, no signs of rot or disease, there are some OK sized ones, they're just a few smaller ones than normal, when you bear in mind they cost me £5 all in and they have virtually looked after themselves, I'll take that as a win. Thanks

@@majordog2399 I do like a nice graph every so often. Cheers

@@DigDaveDig who doesn't like a graph

@@majordog2399 At least one person apparently - there's one who unsubscribed whilst watching this video. Maybe the graphs were just too exciting for them ;)

@@DigDaveDig that's nuts!

@@majordog2399 it happens, you can't please everybody all the time, I guess

@@nabeelbhatti Cheers Nabeel, I do hope you enjoyed the graphs too :)

Thankyou for you support - Cheers!

@@TheGeek365 Thanks. The show isn't for a couple of weeks but I'm keeping my fingers crossed. I'm looking around the plot as to what else I can enter too. We will see :)

@@DGreg-li2sp I've had a few failures this year so really pleased with what I've got, I never really do well with red onions so I'm lucky with what I've got there too. Sorry to hear about your Red Baron, there's always next year , cheers

I'm glad you like it - I first thought 2 minutes of gentle onion picking was too much but then quite rightly decided to keep it all in - very relaxing and satisfying at the same time. Cheers!

They seem to be OK for me for months on end, we normally run out before they start to degrade to be honest. When I first grew them someone said they didn't store well but I've never had any issues at all and will be eating these into the new year. Hope that helps

@DigDaveDig ah good because ive grown ailsa Craig onions 2 years on the run, and each time they have only got to ping pong ball size, so I think I'm going to give senshu a try

@@MrLaking123 Good luck! Once I put mine in in Oct/Nov , I don't really do anything with them, weed and water if it gets really dry but I can't really claim any skill in growing onions. Though the results would suggest otherwise I guess. Cheers

@@rhondafarmer4824 thankyou, I'm really pleased with them, especially as it's a bad year for everything else ;)

@DigDaveDig the 1st of September in nz is our first day of spring, unfortunately it snowed 2 days ago, up in the mountains and that's now put everything behind as it's now bitterly cold here in the south island of nz.

@@rhondafarmer4824 Hope it warms up for you, we haven't had significant snow for a few years now, maybe you've got it all ;) Weather has been strange, good luck for the rest of the season!

@@2ndstarfromtherightsolas881 Thanks, fingers crossed, the show isn't for a week or two so we will have to wait and see. Cheers

@@allotmental. Sorry to hear that, it's been a tough year so I'm more than grateful something was a success. There's enough red so not a complete failure. Plot is a bit bare now though, maybe time to start planning next year. Cheers

Keep your fingers crossed - show is on in a couple of weeks. one pumpkin plant survived, its only Jack O'Lantern (I think) so not massive but I've got 3 or 4 on them so should be OK for halloween. Cheers

@@myrustygarden wish I'd tried it out now ;)

@@DigDaveDig 🤣🤣

@@myrustygarden the red ones were ok, but yes the senshyu yellow were brilliant, so nice to have a successful harvest of something this year. Have a great week too. Cheers

@@WendyL63 glad you liked it, I was contemplating whether 2 full minutes of onion pulling was a bit much for viewers but decided to keep it all in. Glad I did now. Cheers

@@majordog2399 no problem, I've grown senshyu for the past few years and they have never let me down. Good luck, Cheers

@@RichardAStonemasonNOTfreemason Thanks , I do give some away but these should keep me going for quite a while, I can cope with these sort of tears too. Cheers

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haha - Thanks, I was really happy with the results after a difficult allotment year so far. cheers

@@DigDaveDig I'm watching mine grow (Australia) soooooooo slowly!!

@@Tamsins_Potager hopefully slowly but surely. Good luck