The Joys Of Allotment Gardening: Let's Focus On The Good Stuff!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ก.ย. 2024
- The allotment is very much behind this year due to many issues. It's by far the worst growing season yet. But despite this, we're going to carry on and stay positive. This week's update is full of good positive vibes. After all, gardening and growing my own food is my hobby so it only makes sense that I enjoy it and not stress over it! I'm going to be much more relaxed about failures and just accept that we may not get harvests from every crop this year.
At least we are harvesting SOME crops though.. like the elephant garlic, lettuce, courgettes, strawberries, raspberries, potatoes, finally some sweet peas, and a (little) bit of broccoli... but still a harvest nonetheless!
There are some crops which will soon be ready such as the cabbages!
How's things looking for you in July? have things improved? it's crazy to think we only have around 6 weeks left and then we will be packing things up for winter!
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Cheers!
- Jim 🧑🏻🌾
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You know what I like about you, Jim? You are honest! Your last video showed a true gardener who is battling with all that nature can throw at them and despite the anguish you return today and just L👀K at what you have harvested! Well done mate. You are an inspiration.
Thank you, Rich. I'm just showing how it really is! How's the allotment coming along?
I lost my Dad this Easter 94 yrs young. Worked on a farm as a young boy and had a allotment for 50yrs. He always said that gardening is about patience and mother nature is in control. Keep up the good work because season's come around again.
So sorry to hear that! Inspiring words, they come round so quick
Hey come on Jim...loads to be thankful for in that harvest. It has been super challenging...just keep sowing and planting lovely ❤
I'm feeling much better about things now thanks 😊
We need to keep positive as it is a very hard year but like you say its good for your mental health xx
Absolutely!!
Nice to see you a bit more positive Jim,life’s hard sometimes. Your peppers look good,so do most off your other veg and fruit. Keep up the good vibes.😊
Thank you so much 😊
Weather doesn’t care how experienced we are Mother Nature just kicks butt 🤦♀️. Wow you look just like your dad ❤ bless him. He’s correct if gardening was easy everyone would do it but it’s only us nutters keep at it 😂. I think we are on the total opposite end of the scale, it’s been far too hot and NO rain since mid June and none in sight. Scary thing is even with all the garden centres and blueberry 🫐 farms in our area we have very very few bees 🐝. Keep your chin up and keep at it you’ve got this Jim 👍👍, Ali 🌞🥵🇨🇦
Thanks Ali. Haha, a lot of people say that! That's very worrying about the bees. Now you mention it though, I've not seen many either
YES HAD THE HEATING ON AND LOST MOST OF MY FLOWERS......You are not alone.☺.
Terrible! 😔
Good to hear the change in focus, this year is definately a learning ywar
Don't feel down. We (I'm sure as growers - I have a tiny garden) are all feeling the same. I'm seeing news about up and coming food shortages (farmers are warning) and us being urged to grow our own food. I feel sooo frustrated because that's what I'm trying to do!!!! So, I've had some successes and some failures. My plan now is to clear the crappy, spindly stuff and start on Winter veg. It's all I can do/hope for.
Just go to tescos mate
I think you're missing the point there Harry
Perhaps if we are to succeed in becoming self sufficient we will have to adapt and grow what almost never fails and grows best in our climate, Tanya
I love how real you are! I'm not giving up either. You have given a lot of great tips thanks!
Thank you so much! As transparent as possible
Lots of positives on your allotment 😊 Congratulations on reaching 4K 🎉
Thank you so much! It's slowly getting better on there this week (new update soon!)
I think you are doing really well, I don’t even have one single marigold and my tomatoes are about 40 cm tall.
What variety of marigold and tomatoes are they? I hope they pick up for you in August!
@@downtoearthwithjim so I usually just scatter marigold seeds and usually they do well ! Nothing this year and I did some orange boy in trays but they got eaten. My tomatoes were mountain magic. They have put on a bit of growth so got my fingers crossed. I’ve got two big daddies in the greenhouse , they are doing okish ! My potatoes, peas and strawberries have been great. Raspberries rubbish , carrots looking good . I think generally things are picking up, hoping for an Indian summer . Thanks for asking 😀
You are an inspiration Jim. Take your wins when you can ❤ 👍❤️
That's all we can do, thank you I appreciate your kind words 💚
Hi Jim. Glad to see some of the good things happening around your plot. Hopefully you’ll get a good harvest of peppers as they are coming on nicely (minus the slug holed ones). Nice to see some tomatoes ripening. Mine have a way to go. Have a great week. Mags.
Hi Mags. I'm hoping they come on as there are now more holes and it seems to be caterpillars/fruit worms!! 🤮
Love your video and the music which cheers me up. Your allotment looks nice and productive. I am harvesting peas, broad beans, lettuces, garlic and early potatoes. Just find blight on the outdoor tomatoes. What a challenging year.
Thanks! I'm glad you can enjoy my videos. Oh no, the dreaded blight! I have it too, on my potatoes at the moment
Don't worry Jim, it's my very first year growing and it had to be like this! Imagine my disappointment but I'm trying to focus on the positives too. I've got loads of lettuce, kale, mustard leaves, peas, broadbeans and kohlrabi growing well and also had a decent strawberry crop. All my summer veg is way behind though, only have a few tiny tomatoes appearing recently, no fruit on any pepper and chilli plants, just flower buds. Same with aubergines, just some flowers no fruit yet. Beans have just started to flower. Not sure if I'll get anything from these plants this year but I'll try again next year.
Honestly so similar for me this year. Only just picking tomatoes myself. That's gutting for your first year but just try and learn what you can from it and next year will hopefully be better! Or you can make it better by taking what you learnt this year 😊
Very nearly lit the fire the other day. Berries are going well, toms starting to flower and my climbing beans suddenly made an appearance. Plenty of water still in the water butts so overall, things could be worse. Mother nature is still watering regularly here in the Yorkshire Dales .
Berries are doing well for a lot this year aren't they. Mother nature still finds a way to provide for the wildlife 🐦
Lots of good positive things happening on your plot. Well done! Happy gardening 🙂
Thank you! You too!
You have a lot of things on your plot to be proud of, those garlic are impressive.
Thank you, elephant garlic do good on my plot every time.
Hi James, some good positives coming out of a poor season, your sweetcorn are huge compared to mine, mine are about 24cm high, yeah that's it, congrats on the 4k subs 👍,, Steve
Thank you Steve! Tassels but no ears this week!
Yes had my heating on and lost most of my veggies to slugs and the cold. Im in the north west of England. I went down to south London last weekend to see some friends, and their veggies were doing much better than mine. I actually gave them the seedlings when they were up here in April. Interesting what difference 250 miles south makes!?
Glad to hear you're getting over it, I'm in the same boat just across the pond though.
Planted the transplants then we got a heat wave lost a lot of tomatoes and peppers.
The winter squash and pumpkins germination was sparse , I was ready to start the tractor and rototill the whole garden but decided to till the dead space and get it ready for fall planting.
Have a great day and hope you get some better weather!
Cheers! Almost winter, so almost time to reset it all for next year. Hoping next year has a warmer spring!
Really felt for ya the last vid, great to hear you're feeling better. Loving your content, thanks mate
Thank you for your kind comment, that is much appreciated! Things are growing now we are almost in august 😂
Same here, finally getting tomatoes babies! Delighted for us!
You’re doing good bruv
Bless you mate 😇👍👍
Cheers! 💚
Like you I had multiple crop failures with carrots, couldn't figure out why. Somehow I do have carrots growing, and it feels like a tiny triumph.
We had heat, long and hot weather so the opposite, trying to get things cooled down
Pak Choy went immediately to seed, one set of true leaves. 😳
Berries were a bit sparse, but what I did get were wild strawberries, they're very tiny but wow what flavour. Unexpected, but I'll take it.
Carrots are a challenging one. I give credit to anyone who can grow them successfully!
Them aubergines look like they've got the start of verticillium wilt
I hope not 🤢
id say the temps been very nice low to mid 20's yesterday hit 28-29c tho hottest so far in west Midlands. had a bit issue with blight on my tomatoes so about 6 out 8 plants been really chopped right down and basically starting again but i have had one dog bowl of tomatoes so had something and at same time i thought i move them outside they get a good breeze what should help and that opened up a good part green house so i moved some my chili and pepper plants in that spot but i do need to move one what in far corner as not enough air circulation but 14 types most seem to be doing well but have had a slight hold on flowers but now ive finished with table in there i feel i might have one row either side green house and that prob make more better air flow and move a few around as they are a bush type some are. i did try one hottest in the world or dam close one yesterday even tho it was not ready and wow the smallest bit it burned for ages bit size grain rice one is almost fully ready but i think i need a plan to do something with them, but how hot they are it take me years to use them, maybe a powder. the most oddest chili plant i got the chili's are purple surprisingly they hotter than i thought they be but just right. so green house i think i need to divide them a bit so better air flow. 2nd batch parsnips have started to grow and 3rd batch carrots poking through and 2nd batch they at size i need separate them thin them out as they about 20-30cm tall and they only been in prob just over a month but learned my lesson from first batch they all spaced out so they should be bigger this time. the salad stuff seems to be doing great in this cooler weather so happy about that about 8 trays all types and few cress. and off topic in the conservatory im having the best year yet for my cacti flowing. so things over all not bad lost some but overall a lot still doing ok but i do need to get a net as a butterfly eating or putting holes in my salad leaves spotted it today. think we all had fails this year but keep on planting something go right if you keep at it, lot tomatoes and chili/pepper plants are taking there time to ripen but think everyone in same boat till we get a good few weeks sunny weather, long range say i could stay a bit like this till 5th it may continue it may not we may get warm end aug well fingers crossed
August looking mixed I think
Good luk son keep ur chin up n look fward.
Thank you!
😅 there is always next year!
That old chestnut! 😂 Let's hope!
On which variety of Sweetcorn did the tassels appear before the cobs?
It's just happened (first time ever) on my Incredible Sweetcorn, but not on the Goldcrest.
That’s interesting, I had it happen on my Goldcrest, but the cobs have appeared now and there was still plenty of pollen falling to pollinate the cobs. Hope things work out for you. 🌽👍
Incredible F1. Tassels but barely any ears
That's not blight thats wind burn.
My plot is very well sheltered from the winds. It definitely looks like blight now a week later for sure
It’s a bit of gardening Jim, sounds to me like you’ve lost the joy of seeing things grow and develop,of marvelling at how nature creates and thieves in even the most difficult of situations. Maybe it’s time to sep back and rekindle that joy.
You're probably right. Maybe taking a step back and slowing down to admire the whole process will do me some good. Thank you Pete
Not as much geo-engineering during the Plandemic. Quite deliberate.
Quite interesting observation