Great of your neighbour to lend you a pick axe! They are so useful when digging out well established weeds! It always amazes me how much bigger a plot looks when it is cleared! Good idea using the tarpaulin to kill some of the weeds. It does work! What a friendly little dog. So nice that you have lovely plot neighbours, great if they take some of your unwanted items, very helpful! You did a fantastic job and your potatoes are going to thrive! 😘💕🌸
Hey Nanou honestly the plot neighbours are so lovely I am really enjoying my time up there meeting everyone and having the chats! I felt like I'd gained a few extra foot once I cleared the weeds, originally I thought I only had room for rows but once that fence goes a 3rd row will fit perfect which k am so happy about! I found out his name, he is called Patch and he was such a gentle soul 🐾🤍 Roll on the potato reveals Nanou, hope your having a great week & figners crossed more of the items at the end of the plot have found new homes 🤞🥰🌸xx
So exciting 🙌 I am waiting patiently for the green folliage to pop through the soil 👀 He is so a Charlie, isn't he! I did later find out his name is Patch! 🐾
Wow what dedication 💪💪, I would be hiding in the house with a quilt. But then you will see amazing results for all your hard work. Have a super week Laura and happy gardening 👩🌾, Ali 🌦️🇨🇦
Hiding from the garden, surely not Ali! 🤣🤣 I was exhausted but thrilled with the potatoes in their little drills! Hope you have been keeping well and temps are warming up!! 🤞💚xx
That would be the biggest job out of the way. 7hrs is a long time digging but well worth the results. My potatoes have sprouted out of the pot and some others in a bed I had last year.bonus.! It's exciting when they appear out of the ground 😅❤🇦🇺❤️🤗
Hey Laura, you have been a busy bee havent you, its good to see the plastic leaving the plot. I loved the St Paddys day hat. You are definitely not scared of hard work. the plot seems to look better with each video. No potatoes planted for me yet, Well done Laura 👍
Hey Jimmy 👋 busy busy, dig dig dig! I am wondering whether no dig was the right way to go no dig considering the amount of plastic I have found through this weeks digging 🤷♀️ wondering what amount of plastic is underneath the rest of the plot 😵💫 Thank you 🤗small wins on the plot and there is plenty time to get spuds in, I imagine there is still a sml risk of frost your way 🥶
Thank you Kim! I do just love pottering around and getting stuck into a project, I am filthy everytime I leave the plot! The digging was hard work but I didn't actually mind it to much in the end!
@@thetinygarden_ keep us all posted enjoying the developement of your allotment mine was an absolute doddle to yours and some i have seen all the best deardsie
I will of course trying to do every Wednesday as an upload and then a live stream once a month, once university finished I hope to do more! Thank you for the support Kim 🥰
Hey Ragtop 👋 it seems to be that I keep finding things, flagstones, wood, tarp and I've found so much plastic including forks, containers, bags, and shredded pieces. I am starting to think I've made a mistake going 'no dig' I am worried about what else might be under the rest of the plot 🤷♀️😐
Hey Laura. Good job! Lots done 👍🏽 Loved the St Paddy's day hat💚🤣 Best of luck with the tatties. I've not put mine in yet but hoping to at the weekend! Have a good one, Rach 🌱👩🏼🌾
Hey Rach 👋 I looked like such a dork with the hat but I couldn't not join in the festivities 🤠 I hope they do well! Plenty time for your spuds but it will feel so good to get them in!! 🤗
Hey 😊 sorry only just got round to sitting with my cuppa to watch. Hectic week!!! Mud bath 😂😂 looks fun and you’re doing a grand job. You were made to allotment 🤗 Allie & Tricia xx Ps will be back to comment more 😂
Hi Laura 👩🌾 Happy St Patricks Day ☘ to you for Sunday just gone. As for the plot you are doing a great job digging it over ready for the Potatoes 🥔 to be planted, when you do your main crop of Potatoes 🥔 put down some Blood🩸Fishand Bone🦴before the seed Potato 🥔 that will help them to grow giving them vital nutrients in the process, don't worry about your 2nd early ones you can sprinkle some on the top and the rain🌧 will wash it in. The reason i mentioned it is that there wouldn't have been much if any some nutrients left in the ground, whether something was grown there or not by the last people who had the plot. Take Care. Barry (the Wirral, Eng)
Hey Barry 👋 it was tough going digging out the nettles! Thrilled to get the spuds in, I was thinking about amending the soil but then I remembered this area is where all the chickens where in their run so it should be full of manure 🤞🤞🤞 I do have tubs of blood fish and bone to hand though! 🎣🦴
@@thetinygarden_Yey i forgot you mentioned before about those chickens🐔if that's right then hopefully there will be loads of spuds🥔there fingers crossed🤞
Well lass you're not frightened of hard work, well done. I was in the garden four hours yesterday just getting things ready & tidying up, it was a choice between seed sowing or going outside, I'm pleased I decided to go outside yesterday as we've got rain today lol. Aww the dog is cute 🥰 Take care Laura, see you soon xx
Hey Carol 👋 I jusy got straight in, it's like my playground I am such a big kid! Inwas filthy both days I looked like I had a mud bath 😆 it feels so good to get out and do a few bits in the garden and even if it's a bit of sweeping it makes everything look so much tidier! I found out the little dog is called Patch 💚 he was so cute!! Take good care and see you soon! Xx
Wow! 7 hours digging! I feel your pain. I’ve spent the last two days digging up raspberries and currants - 10 hours later me and my doggy are whacked! Great achievement though! Btw, who is singing that song ‘golden’ on your video - it’s lovely. Keep up the good work lovely lady! Xxx
Thank you so much 🙃 It is tough going isn't it! But such a sense of accomplishment when you look back at your hard work! I have my raspberries in a container (only because I had nowhere else for them in the home garden). I didn't realise they are close enough to being a weed when in the ground! I would love a currant Bush, we have a random one in our car park area, I might take a cutting! Sounds like it's the perfect time to put your feet up and snuggle with the pooch 🥰🐾The song is by Kylie Dailey it's called Golden Things ✨️I really like it too! 🤗xx
I always dig out difficult perennial weeds before converting new ground to no dig. At least docks and nettles are easier to eradicate, apart from the stinging part. Wet ground is much harder work. Take it easy 7 hours is a lot of digging, you are a hard worker!
Hey Kevin 👋 it was tough going on the digging 🥵 🥵 funny you mentioned the stinging, just as I went to pick up the first nettle I got stung through a whole in my glove!
I will grow some in pots too! I actually couldn't get hold of swift this year I wanted it as my first early! Pink fur apples sound amazing, one for the list next year maybe!! ☺️🥔
Hi laura Incredible hard work. We had 5 hours on saturday i slept well saturday night put it that way 😂 All of our plot was like that bed absolutely back breaking lol even the new beds we just keep forking raking forking raking and after a few times it looks incredible. Keep at it as its worth it. Awhhhh love the furry visitor ❤ he was having a right nosey lol 😂 I need to get my potatos sorted. 🥔 carl was saying to me if you spray the pot leaves with seaweed it helps stop scab 🤷♀️ Great that you met your neighbours and hes going to try ans fix the generator. Great progress 👏
Hey Tracey 👋 I was broke up after the two days digging, I could sleep for a week 🤣🤣isn't it nice though after all the work to look back and see what you did! 💪 I found out his name is Patch, he was so cute!! Oh i have plenty seaweed brewing thank you for the tip!! 🤗 What are we like rolling in the dirt 🤣🤣💚💚
Hi Laura, sorry I missed commenting on your video last week. I thought it was awesome and very informative 😊 I've been busy on my own garden with sowing, clearing downed tree limbs from our ice storm a couple months ago. We just bought a wood chipper to take care of the smaller branches. Yey free wood chips I will use on making paths around my beds. Today's video was fun and I felt exhausted for you, 7 hours? I bet you were sore but I understand that when you get a project goal, there's no stopping until it's done. Bravo for getting those spuds in the ground. I am still waiting for a bit warmer weather to plant . We are getting snow Friday 🙄 that doggie was so cute and it seems he was being very protective over you 😊. It's great to see the progress of your plot, its starting to look more like a wonderful home for yummy veggies . Have a great week Laura and looking forward to your next video 🙂👍
Hey Julie 👋 no need to be sorry at all! Life gets busy, I must do another round of sowings, I have some flower seed to order 🙌 oh wow free wood chip, I bet that's so fun to feed the branch in and see the machine chomp it up! 7 hours 🥵, honestly, you should have seen me trying to get out of the car after day two when I got home 🤣 snow on Friday oh gosh, when is your last expected frost? 🥶 Wasn't he so cute, I found out his name is Patch, he speny most of the day on my plot sunbathing 🤗💚 Thank you so much Julie, hope you have a wonderful week and the weather warms ups soon 🌞🤞
@thetinygarden_ Thanks Laura 🙂 yes our last frost date May 15th 🤪 I'm too impatient to wait that long, so I'm going to give it a couple more weeks and then I'm going to dive right into the dirt ha ha. Yes, that chipper is a ton of fun, but my first try with it almost pulled my arm out of it's socket ha ha. That thing is powerful, and it gets the job done.😁 I like patch for doggies name, he sure is cute, just like Roo Boo 😃👍
Hey Laura lovely to see someone not afraid to get really stuck in and don't mind getting muddy...that's my girl,great job 👍Somthing a bit different 🧐 false lashes just a good Mascara! If Mascara l need to know which one you use 😆 always on the look out for a good one as l spend 12/£14 and they are rubbish. Loving your videos 🤗 hugs for your fur baby 🌱🌱🌱
Thank you Joyce no better way than to get stuck into it! Roll on the potato reveals!! 🙌 🤣🤣 no fake lashes for me , I wear glasses most of the time so they would get squished 🤭!! I use Benefit, Bad gal Bang in black, it's so easy to apply and it doesn't flake on to your cheeks either after a long day 🙃
Thanks Laura,it looks a good Mascara.lve spent so much money on different one's but they've been rubbish.l tend to only wear a light foundation do my brows and Mascara that's it unless lm out for the night.So ill give 🙌
I planted my British Queens in march as well and just dug up my first few plants today Fr 26 jul 2024 and and had a great harvest am in Ireland as well hope yours does as good
It's so great to hear you had a good harvest!! They really are a tasty spud! I have picked a few the rest I topped and are in the ground I might dig them up this weekend so I can plant something else 😄
Those nettles were a tough work, Laura 🫣 and a lot of them too.... At least you had a great tarpaulin find, and it looked huge in its size 😀 could be useful in the future. At least the potatoes are in the ground 😊. Are you fertilizing the are with anything? I didnt see you adding anything 😊 A good rest for yourself now, well deserved 🤗💚🌿
Hey Maiju!! Such hard work 🥵 the tarpaulin does have a few holes in it 😅 but no flat worms!! Did you see me looking for them 😏 👀 only big chunky earth worms 🪱 Ohh no amendments, I should have mentioned, this is where the chickens were kept so it full of droppings! A few neighbours mentioned the soil should be great there because of chicken coup that was there before..(I can also vouch for the smell when I was digging 🙈) I was also told nettles are nitrogen fixers, first I'd heard of that though! Resting up now I could barely walk come Monday! 😆💚xx
The weather was great in Ireland today i spent the day at my allotment you are right Dublin queens or as some call them British queens are my favourite
Hey Gerard 👋 and I actually know them as Wexford queens!! Weather has been really mild hasn't it, wasn't a cold winter really at all! Once the spuds grow at my allotment I'm going to be calling then waterford queen's 😆🤣
Wow Laura.. that was hard work but what a great job you did. I use the term Claggy got wer, sticky soil too. I did plant a few first earlies in buckets on St Patrick’s Day but not sure whether to put any in the ground or not. The plot is turning around so fast. You’ve come a long way in 10 plot days. You should give yourself a gentle pat on your sore back. Lovely that your plot neighbours are so nice and the little doggie, Patch, is cute
Yes Clare 🙌 St Patrick's Day spuds!! I hope you treat yourself to a block of kerrygold when they are ready to be eaten! 🤤🤤 He is a cutie pie and I really enjoyed the company while I was digging away 🤍 10 days down, plenty more to go!! 🏃♀️
The big piece of plastic or tarpaulin would be useful to cover mulched but unused raised beds over winter to supress weeds and retain nutrients until you are ready to plant the following year. Guess you could cut it and cover 2 or 3 beds with that size.
Hey Nitelite 👋 such a handy find it was very heavy as it was covered in chicken manure! It has a couple of holes but definitely going to help suppress some weeds 🤞
Oh GOSH! You've planted your SECOND EARLY SPUDS! I'm worried now because I've only just planted my FIRST EARLY SPUDS. I have a planter for my second early spuds - I guess I better motor on and get them planted 😬.
Excellent video! You captured some great angles. What a huge job to work that wet soil..... I can't wait to grow potatoes (my first time). I have so many coming that I think I'll try some in the ground too..🥰
Thank you Robin 🤗 it was quite the work out 🥵 I can't believe it's your first year doing potatoes!! How exciting, I can't wait to see you plant them all out!! Roll on the potato reveal!! 🥔 🙌
That is heavy looking soil Laura. It will be so much easier when you have raised bed organised. We hardly ever dig in the veg plot now and there are few weeds in the beds (mostly self seeded veg, herbs and wild flowers and we can work round them) but it has been years of adding bought and home made compost.
It was heavier in places...particularly towards the fence! It's so lovely to hear how your space has been getting on, it really helps me imagine how things will take shape and improve in years to come 🤗💚
Hey laura , Nice to see u ,and looking so happy in ur new allotment Planting your first lot of spuds Your doing amazing i just love watching u get stuck in , Makes me wanna go get stuck in ,but fibro and arthritis says nope Im really trying to get through the pain ,without success , Its wednesday 20th ,and really over cast an gloomy ,so indoors ,feet up an chill Take care lovely What a beautiful fur baby
Hey Janet 👋 lovely to hear from you 🤗 I am like a big kid up here 😆 managing pain is so difficult and it can be really tiring as well. You rest up there is plenty time and you will have your beautiful pepper plants to cheer you upon those days your finding tough, sending big hugs! Take good care! He was so cute I found out his name is Patch! X
@@thetinygarden_ thanks Laura Yes I'm really struggling with the pain at the min I can usually handle pain But this pain from waking til I go to sleep is so draining , More so not being able do what I love Just about getting through the day with the house But I do have my house plants and peppers ,chillies ,and few Tom's im trying again fingers crossed ,
Thank you Rebecca, It was one of those jobs that I just had to get done! Thrilled with the progress even if my body was a little sore after! 😆 one of my favourite things is picking the music, glad you liked the choices 🤗🎶
Well done on your hard work. I feel your pain on heavy digging task. I had to go through the same when I got my plot. I still keep fighting with penerial weeds like hog weed. You are doing absolutely amazing. One question about 3 legend Does he belongs to someone 🤔
It is such hard work but great exercise 💪 I don't think I've heard of hog weed, I must google that! Yes he does! His name is Patch and is owned by one of the plot tennants! 🐾
Hey Sandra 👋 thrilled with the spuds and first crop planted at the allotment! I actually filmed a short update on the roof but I tried to keep focused on the potato planting I ended up leaving that bit of footage out! The beading worked perfectly to reorient the direction of the water run off, and once I get guttering and giant water butt it will improve yet again! 🤞🌧
Lots of digging Kerrie 🥵 honestly didn't know if I was going to get the spuds in the ground or if I was going to run out of time! A few little weeds left. Hopefully, they don't ruin the spuds!! Xx
Yay! How exciting it is to have something in the ground! 🥔I am so impressed that you managed to get those nettles out so quickly - and I'm not surprised you were aching after all that digging! 🤣 I'm currently battling with my own patch of nettles so I know exactly how you feel! 😵💫Hope you have a lovely week 💖
Hey Seren 👋 I can't believe it fingers crossed they grow, and don't get eaten by pests or something 😆 the nettles were brutal, never known anything like it 🙈 you'll get there keep going!!! 🤗💚 have a great week in the allotment and garden xx
All your hard work will make those potatoes extra delicious, I’m sure!🤗 What a lovely little visitor too! My visitor left a pile cat puke in front of the gate this morning, which was lovely … makes a change from ‘gifts’ from its other end😒😆 We won’t talk about what the fox has been up to!😅 Excited to see what you get up to next!🤓
Fingers crossed everything goes to plan with the spuds! I have a funny feeling they are going to be dug up, I don't know why 🤣 oh what a beautiful surprise from the furbabies!! 😲 🙈
I think so too tiny steading, I am not sure how much food I will get to grow this year on the plot, the beds need more work and it will be some time before the cardboard breaks down and the weeds are suppressed! I need to trust in the process and place an order for more compost!
Just subscribed, very easy and pleasant to watch, you’re doing a great job. My allotment was full of carpet when I first got it, under several inches of soil. X
Thank you Anne, that's so nice of you to say 😊 I cannot imagine the effort it took to get the carpet up 🥴 i think heard somewhere carpet was used a lot in the 90s as a cover from the weeds!! Thank you for subscribing! 🤗 x
There would be a general strike if you asked someone to use a pick nowadays. Long handled spades and forks are much easier on the back but have become expensive nowadays. Car boot sales are a great way of getting gardening tools very cheaply.
Hey George 👋 would you believe I didn't know a long handed spade and fork where even an option! I thought they were all open size 🤦♀️😆 It wasn't until I moved the shed I realised I was using toy sized tools for digging 😂🤭!
I wish I had felt well enough tonstart my first potatoes. They are chitting nicely. I then put them in pots for a while and before they get pot bound they go into buckets of well rotted maure and hone made compost then go in rows on a spare bit of my neighbours garden. I try to do 4 or 5 successions that way. Just one seed potatoe per bucket has been working out well. Once it gets to December they can be moved into the polytunnel where the tomato tubs are being removed in stages.
Sorry to hear your not feeling well, hopefully you can get back yourself soon and plant your spuds. That it a great idea little bit at a time, I am yet to master the succession side of things as well as the compost! Your neighbours lends your part of their garden! Wow that's so kind 🤗
Gosh, what a lot of mess left behind for you Laura. When we had an allootment many years ago youd have something like a months notice to give and in that time youd have to clean up the whole plot before leaving. Perhaps that is something to discuss in the nect site meeting?
So much plastic is in the soil Lynn, I am wondering if I made mistake by doing no dig. I am worried about what other plastics might be under the surface layer of the soil! It's pretty quiet still on the site I'll see how it all works as the months tick by!
Could u spell out name of the blight resistant potatoes? Not sure i heard it right. Also, could u share how u save seed potatoes over winter? Thanks so very much
Hey Paulina 👋 absolutely! The blight resistant variety is called Sarpo Mira, it's a good all rounder potato with red skin and a white flesh! Saving potato seed is so simple, from the crop your harvesting pick out a few potatoes that are size of an egg (or bigger if that's all you have!) I wrap them in paper and pop them into a box and store them in a cool place so they don't get mouldy. I don't wash them either! And then in January/ February time bring them out to chit them! I also saved the seed from one of the latest crops I harvested (just so they didn't sprout too early!)
Your doing a brilliant job so.much progress Laura if you dont me asking what part of the country you in I. Sure on one vid you live in Ireland but I may be wrong. All the best love your content all the best😊
@@thetinygarden_ I planted my spuds last week and was back breaking 192 seed spuds total I did them over a few mourning most I. Containers I only did one bed of lates kin g edwards yes doing g you spuds I'd hard graft but the taste to supermarket don't compare especially first earlys
Hi Laura, sorry to trouble you, Could you please tell me where you got that Benefits Bad Gal Bang Mascara from exactly. Was it from this country. So many different sights lm confused😮 just got to get this Mascara ❤ loving you videos by the way 🌱🌱🌱
Hey Joyce, you're never a trouble!! I am not sure where you're based but I am in Ireland I got mine from Boots Pharmacy! They usually stock it online at lookfantasic. If you're on IG I can try link it for you?
Hey Laura lve gone to that site you mentioned and found it yehhhh fantastic thankyou 💐 have a wonderful day and a even better weekend. Im in TORBAY South Devon. So excited love my Mascara and eyebrow pencil 😆
Hey Pam, stinging nettles are a perennial weed, I googled their botanical name in case it helps (Urtica dioica) they are tall leafy plants and when you touch them they hurt and causes your skin to tingle and sometimes even give you a raised bump rash! Very unpleasant!! You can take the tips of the nettle in spring to make them in to hot beverage to drink (I've never tried it) or steep the nettles in a bucket for a garden fertliser!
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Great of your neighbour to lend you a pick axe! They are so useful when digging out well established weeds! It always amazes me how much bigger a plot looks when it is cleared! Good idea using the tarpaulin to kill some of the weeds. It does work! What a friendly little dog. So nice that you have lovely plot neighbours, great if they take some of your unwanted items, very helpful! You did a fantastic job and your potatoes are going to thrive! 😘💕🌸
Hey Nanou honestly the plot neighbours are so lovely I am really enjoying my time up there meeting everyone and having the chats!
I felt like I'd gained a few extra foot once I cleared the weeds, originally I thought I only had room for rows but once that fence goes a 3rd row will fit perfect which k am so happy about!
I found out his name, he is called Patch and he was such a gentle soul 🐾🤍
Roll on the potato reveals Nanou, hope your having a great week & figners crossed more of the items at the end of the plot have found new homes 🤞🥰🌸xx
How exciting you’ve planted your first crop! 🎉
The allotment dog is so cute! He looks like a Charlie
So exciting 🙌 I am waiting patiently for the green folliage to pop through the soil 👀
He is so a Charlie, isn't he! I did later find out his name is Patch! 🐾
Wow what dedication 💪💪, I would be hiding in the house with a quilt. But then you will see amazing results for all your hard work. Have a super week Laura and happy gardening 👩🌾, Ali 🌦️🇨🇦
Hiding from the garden, surely not Ali! 🤣🤣 I was exhausted but thrilled with the potatoes in their little drills! Hope you have been keeping well and temps are warming up!! 🤞💚xx
Congratulations on your first planting, so exciting.
That would be the biggest job out of the way. 7hrs is a long time digging but well worth the results. My potatoes have sprouted out of the pot and some others in a bed I had last year.bonus.! It's exciting when they appear out of the ground 😅❤🇦🇺❤️🤗
Oh I love a surprise plant!! So much digging but glad to have it finished...almost 🙈 can't wait to harvest them!! 💚🙌🙃
Hey Laura, you have been a busy bee havent you, its good to see the plastic leaving the plot. I loved the St Paddys day hat. You are definitely not scared of hard work. the plot seems to look better with each video. No potatoes planted for me yet, Well done Laura 👍
Hey Jimmy 👋 busy busy, dig dig dig! I am wondering whether no dig was the right way to go no dig considering the amount of plastic I have found through this weeks digging 🤷♀️ wondering what amount of plastic is underneath the rest of the plot 😵💫
Thank you 🤗small wins on the plot and there is plenty time to get spuds in, I imagine there is still a sml risk of frost your way 🥶
@@thetinygarden_ busy,busy,busy, dig, dig, dig is the way Laura.
I think we have one or two more groundfrosts forecast over the next couple of weeks
Khu vườn rất gọn gang ngăn lắp sạch đẹp 👍.
Thank you, I have lots to do but enjoying the process!
You are one hard worker.😊
I was a women on a mission! 🥵💪🥔
You have done an amazing job and you do it all with a smile .Love your attitude .
Thank you Kim! I do just love pottering around and getting stuck into a project, I am filthy everytime I leave the plot! The digging was hard work but I didn't actually mind it to much in the end!
@@thetinygarden_ keep us all posted enjoying the developement of your allotment mine was an absolute doddle to yours and some i have seen all the best deardsie
I will of course trying to do every Wednesday as an upload and then a live stream once a month, once university finished I hope to do more! Thank you for the support Kim 🥰
7hrs of digging 😮 yo will ache, good job.👌🙏💪🥔👍
7 hours 🥵 I am only hoping it's enough to keep the nettles at bay 😅
🐝Thanks for the great video🌻 You done allot of work!! Every time it looks a bit more like a plot.
Thank you Bumblebee 🤗🐝
Fierce work getting the ground ready, that wasn’t easy! Love seeing your progress on the plot
Thank you Mairead 🤗 I could hardly move the next day 😆🥵 so happy to get the spuds in! It will be all go for us in the garden from here!
It’s great to see all that plastic leaving the ground, as well as all the weeds. Well done!
Hey Ragtop 👋 it seems to be that I keep finding things, flagstones, wood, tarp and I've found so much plastic including forks, containers, bags, and shredded pieces. I am starting to think I've made a mistake going 'no dig' I am worried about what else might be under the rest of the plot 🤷♀️😐
What a job you did it is not only the weed but the roots are terrible 🙈. But you did it again!
The roots are never ending! Thrilled to get stuck into it, but I know I have a long battle with them ahead! 😅
Hey Laura. Good job! Lots done 👍🏽
Loved the St Paddy's day hat💚🤣
Best of luck with the tatties. I've not put mine in yet but hoping to at the weekend!
Have a good one, Rach 🌱👩🏼🌾
Hey Rach 👋 I looked like such a dork with the hat but I couldn't not join in the festivities 🤠 I hope they do well! Plenty time for your spuds but it will feel so good to get them in!! 🤗
@@thetinygarden_ haha we are the same, gotta have a laugh don't you 🤣
Can't wait to get them done 👍🏽🌱
Hey 😊 sorry only just got round to sitting with my cuppa to watch. Hectic week!!!
Mud bath 😂😂 looks fun and you’re doing a grand job. You were made to allotment 🤗
Allie & Tricia xx
Ps will be back to comment more 😂
Cup of tea nothing better!! Yorkshire it hope 🤭 no worries it's all go and life is busy!! Hope Tricia is okay and congratulations on the 1K 🥳🎊x
Hi Laura 👩🌾 Happy St Patricks Day ☘ to you for Sunday just gone.
As for the plot you are doing a great job digging it over ready for the Potatoes 🥔 to be planted, when you do your main crop of Potatoes 🥔 put down some Blood🩸Fishand Bone🦴before the seed Potato 🥔 that will help them to grow giving them vital nutrients in the process, don't worry about your 2nd early ones you can sprinkle some on the top and the rain🌧 will wash it in.
The reason i mentioned it is that there wouldn't have been much if any some nutrients left in the ground, whether something was grown there or not by the last people who had the plot. Take Care.
Barry (the Wirral, Eng)
Hey Barry 👋 it was tough going digging out the nettles! Thrilled to get the spuds in, I was thinking about amending the soil but then I remembered this area is where all the chickens where in their run so it should be full of manure 🤞🤞🤞 I do have tubs of blood fish and bone to hand though! 🎣🦴
@@thetinygarden_Yey i forgot you mentioned before about those chickens🐔if that's right then hopefully there will be loads of spuds🥔there fingers crossed🤞
You’ve done amazing! Don’t totally exhaust yourself though!
Thank you so much, I slept like a baby after all the digging! 🤭
Well lass you're not frightened of hard work, well done. I was in the garden four hours yesterday just getting things ready & tidying up, it was a choice between seed sowing or going outside, I'm pleased I decided to go outside yesterday as we've got rain today lol. Aww the dog is cute 🥰 Take care Laura, see you soon xx
Hey Carol 👋 I jusy got straight in, it's like my playground I am such a big kid! Inwas filthy both days I looked like I had a mud bath 😆 it feels so good to get out and do a few bits in the garden and even if it's a bit of sweeping it makes everything look so much tidier!
I found out the little dog is called Patch 💚 he was so cute!! Take good care and see you soon! Xx
Wow! 7 hours digging! I feel your pain. I’ve spent the last two days digging up raspberries and currants - 10 hours later me and my doggy are whacked! Great achievement though!
Btw, who is singing that song ‘golden’ on your video - it’s lovely.
Keep up the good work lovely lady! Xxx
Thank you so much 🙃 It is tough going isn't it! But such a sense of accomplishment when you look back at your hard work! I have my raspberries in a container (only because I had nowhere else for them in the home garden). I didn't realise they are close enough to being a weed when in the ground! I would love a currant Bush, we have a random one in our car park area, I might take a cutting! Sounds like it's the perfect time to put your feet up and snuggle with the pooch 🥰🐾The song is by Kylie Dailey it's called Golden Things ✨️I really like it too! 🤗xx
That’s very handy that the neighbour wants your rubbish!😂😊
Haha I know shame the previous tenant left so much behind! The more they take the better 🤣🤞
One man's trash is another man's treasure.
those nettle roots, wow! Youve put some graft in there, your spuds will taste all the better for it!
I know, honestly, I had my work cut out for me that weekend! 🤣 I'll be feeling stronger for it too hopefully!! 💪
I always dig out difficult perennial weeds before converting new ground to no dig. At least docks and nettles are easier to eradicate, apart from the stinging part. Wet ground is much harder work. Take it easy 7 hours is a lot of digging, you are a hard worker!
Hey Kevin 👋 it was tough going on the digging 🥵 🥵 funny you mentioned the stinging, just as I went to pick up the first nettle I got stung through a whole in my glove!
@@thetinygarden_ Yes, they are horrible, at least you had a good supply of Docks to relieve the irritation
I am growing potatoes in pots this year . Swift early and Pink Fur Apple seeded potatoes main.
I will grow some in pots too! I actually couldn't get hold of swift this year I wanted it as my first early! Pink fur apples sound amazing, one for the list next year maybe!! ☺️🥔
Good job on your potatoes in the garden. Thanks for sharing
Thank you Renee, I can't wait for them to pop through the soil!!
Hi laura
Incredible hard work. We had 5 hours on saturday i slept well saturday night put it that way 😂
All of our plot was like that bed absolutely back breaking lol even the new beds we just keep forking raking forking raking and after a few times it looks incredible. Keep at it as its worth it.
Awhhhh love the furry visitor ❤ he was having a right nosey lol 😂
I need to get my potatos sorted. 🥔 carl was saying to me if you spray the pot leaves with seaweed it helps stop scab 🤷♀️
Great that you met your neighbours and hes going to try ans fix the generator. Great progress 👏
Ps love the way you get stuck in, I seen your mucky jeans on Instagram I need to post mine 😂 I'm always rottern when I'm at the plot ❤
Hey Tracey 👋 I was broke up after the two days digging, I could sleep for a week 🤣🤣isn't it nice though after all the work to look back and see what you did! 💪
I found out his name is Patch, he was so cute!! Oh i have plenty seaweed brewing thank you for the tip!! 🤗
What are we like rolling in the dirt 🤣🤣💚💚
@thetinygarden_ I know I love looking back on pur old vids, shows how far you have came 🥰
Hi Laura, sorry I missed commenting on your video last week. I thought it was awesome and very informative 😊 I've been busy on my own garden with sowing, clearing downed tree limbs from our ice storm a couple months ago. We just bought a wood chipper to take care of the smaller branches. Yey free wood chips I will use on making paths around my beds. Today's video was fun and I felt exhausted for you, 7 hours? I bet you were sore but I understand that when you get a project goal, there's no stopping until it's done. Bravo for getting those spuds in the ground. I am still waiting for a bit warmer weather to plant . We are getting snow Friday 🙄 that doggie was so cute and it seems he was being very protective over you 😊. It's great to see the progress of your plot, its starting to look more like a wonderful home for yummy veggies . Have a great week Laura and looking forward to your next video 🙂👍
Hey Julie 👋 no need to be sorry at all! Life gets busy, I must do another round of sowings, I have some flower seed to order 🙌 oh wow free wood chip, I bet that's so fun to feed the branch in and see the machine chomp it up!
7 hours 🥵, honestly, you should have seen me trying to get out of the car after day two when I got home 🤣 snow on Friday oh gosh, when is your last expected frost? 🥶
Wasn't he so cute, I found out his name is Patch, he speny most of the day on my plot sunbathing 🤗💚
Thank you so much Julie, hope you have a wonderful week and the weather warms ups soon 🌞🤞
@thetinygarden_
Thanks Laura 🙂 yes our last frost date May 15th 🤪 I'm too impatient to wait that long, so I'm going to give it a couple more weeks and then I'm going to dive right into the dirt ha ha. Yes, that chipper is a ton of fun, but my first try with it almost pulled my arm out of it's socket ha ha. That thing is powerful, and it gets the job done.😁 I like patch for doggies name, he sure is cute, just like Roo Boo 😃👍
Hey Laura lovely to see someone not afraid to get really stuck in and don't mind getting muddy...that's my girl,great job 👍Somthing a bit different 🧐 false lashes just a good Mascara! If Mascara l need to know which one you use 😆 always on the look out for a good one as l spend 12/£14 and they are rubbish. Loving your videos 🤗 hugs for your fur baby 🌱🌱🌱
Thank you Joyce no better way than to get stuck into it! Roll on the potato reveals!! 🙌
🤣🤣 no fake lashes for me , I wear glasses most of the time so they would get squished 🤭!! I use Benefit, Bad gal Bang in black, it's so easy to apply and it doesn't flake on to your cheeks either after a long day 🙃
Thanks Laura,it looks a good Mascara.lve spent so much money on different one's but they've been rubbish.l tend to only wear a light foundation do my brows and Mascara that's it unless lm out for the night.So ill give 🙌
I planted my British Queens in march as well and just dug up my first few plants today Fr 26 jul 2024 and and had a great harvest am in Ireland as well hope yours does as good
It's so great to hear you had a good harvest!! They really are a tasty spud! I have picked a few the rest I topped and are in the ground I might dig them up this weekend so I can plant something else 😄
Those nettles were a tough work, Laura 🫣 and a lot of them too....
At least you had a great tarpaulin find, and it looked huge in its size 😀 could be useful in the future.
At least the potatoes are in the ground 😊. Are you fertilizing the are with anything? I didnt see you adding anything 😊
A good rest for yourself now, well deserved 🤗💚🌿
Hey Maiju!! Such hard work 🥵 the tarpaulin does have a few holes in it 😅 but no flat worms!! Did you see me looking for them 😏 👀 only big chunky earth worms 🪱
Ohh no amendments, I should have mentioned, this is where the chickens were kept so it full of droppings! A few neighbours mentioned the soil should be great there because of chicken coup that was there before..(I can also vouch for the smell when I was digging 🙈)
I was also told nettles are nitrogen fixers, first I'd heard of that though! Resting up now I could barely walk come Monday! 😆💚xx
The weather was great in Ireland today i spent the day at my allotment you are right Dublin queens or as some call them British queens are my favourite
Hey Gerard 👋 and I actually know them as Wexford queens!! Weather has been really mild hasn't it, wasn't a cold winter really at all! Once the spuds grow at my allotment I'm going to be calling then waterford queen's 😆🤣
@@thetinygarden_ yea good on you love your video I still find the soil heavy so am going to leave it a few weeks before I plant
Well done x
Thank you Christine 💚x
Wow Laura.. that was hard work but what a great job you did. I use the term Claggy got wer, sticky soil too.
I did plant a few first earlies in buckets on St Patrick’s Day but not sure whether to put any in the ground or not.
The plot is turning around so fast. You’ve come a long way in 10 plot days. You should give yourself a gentle pat on your sore back.
Lovely that your plot neighbours are so nice and the little doggie, Patch, is cute
Yes Clare 🙌 St Patrick's Day spuds!! I hope you treat yourself to a block of kerrygold when they are ready to be eaten! 🤤🤤
He is a cutie pie and I really enjoyed the company while I was digging away 🤍 10 days down, plenty more to go!! 🏃♀️
@@thetinygarden_ oooo there’s no better butter! Definitely need to make that happen ❤️
I’m loving your allotment journey. 😍
The big piece of plastic or tarpaulin would be useful to cover mulched but unused raised beds over winter to supress weeds and retain nutrients until you are ready to plant the following year. Guess you could cut it and cover 2 or 3 beds with that size.
Hey Nitelite 👋 such a handy find it was very heavy as it was covered in chicken manure! It has a couple of holes but definitely going to help suppress some weeds 🤞
Oh GOSH! You've planted your SECOND EARLY SPUDS! I'm worried now because I've only just planted my FIRST EARLY SPUDS. I have a planter for my second early spuds - I guess I better motor on and get them planted 😬.
It's tradition here in Ireland Rich!! Don't be rushing there is plenty time!! 🍀🥔
@@thetinygarden_ Aw. Thanks 🤩. Will get my Second Early's in maybe this weekend 🍀.
Excellent video! You captured some great angles. What a huge job to work that wet soil.....
I can't wait to grow potatoes (my first time). I have so many coming that I think I'll try some in the ground too..🥰
Thank you Robin 🤗 it was quite the work out 🥵 I can't believe it's your first year doing potatoes!! How exciting, I can't wait to see you plant them all out!! Roll on the potato reveal!! 🥔 🙌
Yuppers...have only done sweet potatoes in the past.@@thetinygarden_
That is heavy looking soil Laura. It will be so much easier when you have raised bed organised. We hardly ever dig in the veg plot now and there are few weeds in the beds (mostly self seeded veg, herbs and wild flowers and we can work round them) but it has been years of adding bought and home made compost.
It was heavier in places...particularly towards the fence! It's so lovely to hear how your space has been getting on, it really helps me imagine how things will take shape and improve in years to come 🤗💚
Saya suka menanam
Me too! First of many crops I hope!
Hey laura ,
Nice to see u ,and looking so happy in ur new allotment
Planting your first lot of spuds
Your doing amazing i just love watching u get stuck in ,
Makes me wanna go get stuck in ,but fibro and arthritis says nope
Im really trying to get through the pain ,without success ,
Its wednesday 20th ,and really over cast an gloomy ,so indoors ,feet up an chill
Take care lovely
What a beautiful fur baby
Hey Janet 👋 lovely to hear from you 🤗 I am like a big kid up here 😆 managing pain is so difficult and it can be really tiring as well. You rest up there is plenty time and you will have your beautiful pepper plants to cheer you upon those days your finding tough, sending big hugs! Take good care! He was so cute I found out his name is Patch! X
@@thetinygarden_ thanks Laura
Yes I'm really struggling with the pain at the min
I can usually handle pain
But this pain from waking til I go to sleep is so draining ,
More so not being able do what I love
Just about getting through the day with the house
But I do have my house plants and peppers ,chillies ,and few Tom's im trying again fingers crossed ,
Your plot is coming along really nicely. It’s good to see that you are making friends with your neighbors.
Thank you 🤗 I love meeting new people! I can't wait to see what everyone grows on their plots! Going to be an exciting few months ☺️
Awesome video. Thanks for sharing your video with us 👍. New subscriber to your channel 👍.
Hey Randy 👋 thank you for subscribing! So pleased you enjoyed the video! 🤗
@@thetinygarden_ Thank you as well. 🙂
You are a working machine! That was a hard job but will be so productive in the long run. Your videos are so well done. Great music too.
Thank you Rebecca, It was one of those jobs that I just had to get done! Thrilled with the progress even if my body was a little sore after! 😆 one of my favourite things is picking the music, glad you liked the choices 🤗🎶
I have a three legged cat that regularly visits I’ve named it tripod
Julie your comment had me in stitches 🤣 that name is brilliant!!!
Well done on your hard work. I feel your pain on heavy digging task. I had to go through the same when I got my plot. I still keep fighting with penerial weeds like hog weed.
You are doing absolutely amazing.
One question about 3 legend Does he belongs to someone 🤔
It is such hard work but great exercise 💪 I don't think I've heard of hog weed, I must google that! Yes he does! His name is Patch and is owned by one of the plot tennants! 🐾
Great you got your spuds down before the deluge! How is the roof of the shed holding up in this weather?
Hey Sandra 👋 thrilled with the spuds and first crop planted at the allotment! I actually filmed a short update on the roof but I tried to keep focused on the potato planting I ended up leaving that bit of footage out! The beading worked perfectly to reorient the direction of the water run off, and once I get guttering and giant water butt it will improve yet again! 🤞🌧
A potatoe Workout 👍
I know, great exercise! 🥔💪🥵 can't wait to harvest them! 18 seed potatoes in total I think went in!
@thetinygarden_ brilliant!
I only put 3 in a pot into the greenhouse yet as I wanted to await the last frost.
Looks like you had a great long weekend 😊lots of jobs done, keep up the good work Laura 😊
Lots of digging Kerrie 🥵 honestly didn't know if I was going to get the spuds in the ground or if I was going to run out of time! A few little weeds left. Hopefully, they don't ruin the spuds!! Xx
Yay! How exciting it is to have something in the ground! 🥔I am so impressed that you managed to get those nettles out so quickly - and I'm not surprised you were aching after all that digging! 🤣 I'm currently battling with my own patch of nettles so I know exactly how you feel! 😵💫Hope you have a lovely week 💖
Hey Seren 👋 I can't believe it fingers crossed they grow, and don't get eaten by pests or something 😆 the nettles were brutal, never known anything like it 🙈 you'll get there keep going!!! 🤗💚 have a great week in the allotment and garden xx
All your hard work will make those potatoes extra delicious, I’m sure!🤗 What a lovely little visitor too! My visitor left a pile cat puke in front of the gate this morning, which was lovely … makes a change from ‘gifts’ from its other end😒😆 We won’t talk about what the fox has been up to!😅 Excited to see what you get up to next!🤓
Fingers crossed everything goes to plan with the spuds! I have a funny feeling they are going to be dug up, I don't know why 🤣 oh what a beautiful surprise from the furbabies!! 😲 🙈
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1st crop in the new plot, exciting times.....
First crop in 🙌 let's hope it's not a scarifitial one 😆
Hard work but always worth it ❤well done 🫶🏾👌🏾
Thank you Stella, it is always worth it. Fingers crossed they grow!! 💚🍀
Wow, that was a lot of hard work!
If you squint you can see how rosé my cheeks got 😆 🥵 so tough getting those weeds up!
I think the no dig tarp or cardboard method requires more time than youre willing to give it right now.
I think so too tiny steading, I am not sure how much food I will get to grow this year on the plot, the beds need more work and it will be some time before the cardboard breaks down and the weeds are suppressed! I need to trust in the process and place an order for more compost!
Just subscribed, very easy and pleasant to watch, you’re doing a great job. My allotment was full of carpet when I first got it, under several inches of soil. X
Thank you Anne, that's so nice of you to say 😊 I cannot imagine the effort it took to get the carpet up 🥴 i think heard somewhere carpet was used a lot in the 90s as a cover from the weeds!! Thank you for subscribing! 🤗 x
There would be a general strike if you asked someone to use a pick nowadays. Long handled spades and forks are much easier on the back but have become expensive nowadays. Car boot sales are a great way of getting gardening tools very cheaply.
Hey George 👋 would you believe I didn't know a long handed spade and fork where even an option! I thought they were all open size 🤦♀️😆 It wasn't until I moved the shed I realised I was using toy sized tools for digging 😂🤭!
I wish I had felt well enough tonstart my first potatoes. They are chitting nicely. I then put them in pots for a while and before they get pot bound they go into buckets of well rotted maure and hone made compost then go in rows on a spare bit of my neighbours garden. I try to do 4 or 5 successions that way. Just one seed potatoe per bucket has been working out well. Once it gets to December they can be moved into the polytunnel where the tomato tubs are being removed in stages.
Sorry to hear your not feeling well, hopefully you can get back yourself soon and plant your spuds. That it a great idea little bit at a time, I am yet to master the succession side of things as well as the compost! Your neighbours lends your part of their garden! Wow that's so kind 🤗
@thetinygarden_ my neighbour does nothing with the garden and I provide leeks and spuds for her as well as some meals xx
Gosh, what a lot of mess left behind for you Laura. When we had an allootment many years ago youd have something like a months notice to give and in that time youd have to clean up the whole plot before leaving. Perhaps that is something to discuss in the nect site meeting?
So much plastic is in the soil Lynn, I am wondering if I made mistake by doing no dig. I am worried about what other plastics might be under the surface layer of the soil! It's pretty quiet still on the site I'll see how it all works as the months tick by!
Could u spell out name of the blight resistant potatoes? Not sure i heard it right. Also, could u share how u save seed potatoes over winter? Thanks so very much
Hey Paulina 👋 absolutely! The blight resistant variety is called Sarpo Mira, it's a good all rounder potato with red skin and a white flesh!
Saving potato seed is so simple, from the crop your harvesting pick out a few potatoes that are size of an egg (or bigger if that's all you have!) I wrap them in paper and pop them into a box and store them in a cool place so they don't get mouldy. I don't wash them either! And then in January/ February time bring them out to chit them! I also saved the seed from one of the latest crops I harvested (just so they didn't sprout too early!)
Yay! Someone wants the rubbish!
I know Katy! I am only hoping when I go back down there the a bit more has been taken 🤭
@@thetinygarden_ somebody said recently if you put a price tag on it all then it will be gone in a flash 🤣🤣
Your doing a brilliant job so.much progress Laura if you dont me asking what part of the country you in I. Sure on one vid you live in Ireland but I may be wrong.
All the best love your content all the best😊
Hey John, thanks much, it was tough going but so pleased I got it done! 🥵💪 I am down in the sunny south east in Co. Waterford! ☀️
@@thetinygarden_ I planted my spuds last week and was back breaking 192 seed spuds total I did them over a few mourning most I. Containers I only did one bed of lates kin g edwards yes doing g you spuds I'd hard graft but the taste to supermarket don't compare especially first earlys
Hi Laura, sorry to trouble you, Could you please tell me where you got that Benefits Bad Gal Bang Mascara from exactly. Was it from this country. So many different sights lm confused😮 just got to get this Mascara ❤ loving you videos by the way 🌱🌱🌱
Hey Joyce, you're never a trouble!! I am not sure where you're based but I am in Ireland I got mine from Boots Pharmacy! They usually stock it online at lookfantasic. If you're on IG I can try link it for you?
Hey Laura lve gone to that site you mentioned and found it yehhhh fantastic thankyou 💐 have a wonderful day and a even better weekend. Im in TORBAY South Devon. So excited love my Mascara and eyebrow pencil 😆
What is nettle. Im in East Texas . Is it a briar type plant?
Hey Pam, stinging nettles are a perennial weed, I googled their botanical name in case it helps (Urtica dioica) they are tall leafy plants and when you touch them they hurt and causes your skin to tingle and sometimes even give you a raised bump rash! Very unpleasant!! You can take the tips of the nettle in spring to make them in to hot beverage to drink (I've never tried it) or steep the nettles in a bucket for a garden fertliser!
Oh and I wouldn't say it's a briar type plant it doesn't have spikes, it's a chemical within the plant that irritates the skins!