Zinnias were the 2nd flower I planted but the first one I fell in love with! They add such color and joy to a garden. And they hold up perfectly in a vase.
@@latebloomerdiaries4219 - I have a stand of them at one end of a raised bed and one morning when I went out to water I saw the proud zinnias and glorious colours and I just stood and grinned! That is happiness.
I Love this! We did something similar where we live out. This video actually gave us inspiration and hope that we can still become successful, thanks so much for this video.
Reminiscing- I feel overwhelmed, slightly panicked at this time of year; with timing, watering, harvesting, successional sowing 🙉 but looking back at this… HURRY summer stress hurry! I need you 😂😂 x
Great plot tour Jessie. Really enjoyed you showing the good with the not so good. Made me feel a bit better about some of my plants that havent done so well in this weather. Thanks. 👍🙂
Thanks Mags. Its been a bit of a struggle with the rain hasn't it. Hopefully some of our things that aren't doing so well will pick up when the weather improves!
Hey Jessie, That was a proper garden tour! Although not at all too long I will always watch no matter how long or short. Not sure why folks get intense over how long a video is. I have the most giant aubergine plant I have never had one so tall with sooo many flowers! $ years now I have never grown one big enuf to eat yet all my fingers and toes are crossed for this year might be the one! You have some red tomatoes I am getting 1 or 2 small ones each day. I like the naked face BTW. The figs look great. You are not afraid to go high to get the screws in rather fearless. We are 32° C again the next 3-4 days. With daily watering the garden is doing well despite the HOT summer. Take care be safe Cya next time
Hello!! hahah, i know, it was a long one! I cut so much out too. I get told a lot that nobody will ever watch a 45min video and i should do lots of smaller ones. Some people get quite angry about it hahaha! Woooo for your giant aubergine!! Do you know what variety it is? I really hope you get some this year. I just picked our first two last night and had then for dinner and i'd forgotten how good homegrown ones are. See you next week!
Great tour of your plot. The weather has been so disappointing in Glasgow with all the constant rain. Tomatoes are just wanting some heat and sun to ripen. My winter squash have taken over but I have fruit so that's a definite bonus just hope they ripen. I hope you don't mind me asking about the metal mesh plant covers you use. I need these to cover all areas as a great deal of the veg and fruit is scoffed by roe deer, birds and rabbits. Thanks very much for your jolly gardening information and advice.
Inspired to grow a fig now! I too have had compost that let everything germinate but then seemed to keep it all absolutely tiny for months! Weather poor in Blackpool, we are used to the wind but have had 3 times as much rain as we usually get, seriously...borderline for wellies in JULY!? Thanks Jessie x
Crush your egg shells and sprinkle around the surface. This will help keep the slugs and snails at bay. They don't like to crawl across them. Helps add calcium to your soil too.
I used to do cooking videos but my kitchen is in the midst of an insurance dispute and the floor has fallen in hahaha! When its fixed i will go back to it!
Love how the purple/lila of the buddleia picks up in the 'eyes' of the butterfly. 💜 We've got a week of rain ahead of us (North of the Netherlands). I was so glad I've finally managed to get my mowing done this Saturday before it started to chuck it down again! It's just been so wet and grey. But rather this than 40+ degrees I must say.
Yeah, really beautiful. I know its not the case but the butterflies seem massive this year! hahah! And yes, totally agree. This grey weather is rubbish but far better that 40!
😂year after year i say the buddleia is going to have to go because emy garden is 9x9 meters and I would rather have a fruit tree in! But then butterflies always win me over and I leave it for another year ❤I even leave nettles underneath it in hope to have more butterflies 😊
Pak choi is a constant challenge. I'm considering growing it under lights in the back bedroom where I grow microgreens in winter. It will likely get leggy though but could get to a reasonable maturity before putting out in a bed in the greenhouse.
Where I used to work we would sow it alongside other Asian greens in about September and plant it in the polytunnel. They'd grow all winter and we could start harvesting them from January - March time before they went to seed.
Another great update Jessie, this weather is absolutely abysmal isn't it, more wind and rain up here in NE England than autumn lol , hopefully weather will improve all round very soon xx
Loved this! Thank you. I’m looking for a new cherry tomato variety since the kind I like has been lost unfortunately. Three years straight ant they taste nothing like the past 20 years. It’s like when they stop making your favorite perfume or something. Lol
Beautiful and so fruitful. I learn so much from your videos and find them so encouraging. Thanks. I accidentally planted a calendula into a wasps nest that I didn't know was there! Luckily I was only stung twice, but it was certainly a shock and they were very angry.
Thanks for the nice tour, we have the same kind of weather, a lot of rain and wind. I'm also hoping the tomatoes will ripen this year. I'm from the Netherlands and I have some stuff growing in my backyard. Good luck and thanks for the nice video's 🥦🥬🌶🌽🥕🥔🥑🍅🍓🍉
Hi Jessie & yoyr Mum, my melons are not doing well this year, I have one melon which is struggling & the other plant is growing flowers but are dropping off. Lovely plot tour, I do think this weather has been very strange which has affected some of our plants this season. Thanks for sharing and take care 😊
Nice update Jessie. This was my first year growing Chickpeas too. I got them in really early along with my first peas and got amazing plants. The ones in my back garden the plants did well but the birds had the peas but the ones in the front garden they've left alone and I shall harvest soon. Don't think I'll bother next year though as Mange Tout and Peas are far more prolific. Good experiment though 😀
Thank you! I think i made many mistakes with the chickpeas. Going to try again next year, planting them early definitely! And if your back garden ones are anything to go by, i better cover them too hahah. Glad one set escaped the birds.
Jess outdoor tomatoes could stripping lots of the leaves let more light in to help ripen? Had the same problem in Tas the last summer great production 35:56 not enough sun so ended up wrapping in newspaper in a box many ripened but the taste was not as great.
I'm going to do it this week! Got to tie them in too so will give them a good prune at the same time. I tried that method a couple of year back when i couldn't face any more green tomato chutney hahaha, but like you found the flavour really lacking.
Hi Jessie really enjoyed your plot tour. Just shows what a barmey summer we've had. French bean failed for me this year too. I thought it was just me, feeling a bit better about that now. Your plot look great though. Well done to you & mum your hard work has paid off
I showed my friend what my Tromboncinos looked like, as she didn't believe they were a thing. I have to admit my first time growing them and I wish I didn't have 3 plants, just the one would have been enough!!
I'm an absolute beginner to growing at home. Just got 3 tomato plants & 2 cucumber plants but I'm so excited. Got lots of seeds for next year when hopefully we will have created some growing beds. I'm in South Yorkshire though so our climate is slightly different. Today is constant rain. I'm loving watching your vlog. I'm amazed at how much you know & it's a lovely change coming across another female. How have you learnt so much?
Sheffield's weather at the moment is like the Amazon rainforest! Abysmal! I failed at radish but passed potato - and not hopeful about Sweetcorn outside!
@chriseverest4380 barnsley here. I've got sweetcorn outside. It's only reached about 2ft so far & now those male flowers are starting to grow. Its supposed to grow around 2m
I have been annihilated this year with the cabbage butterflies. Also it is my first year doing all these veg so I'm very much still learning. Hopefully will remember all this when starting again next season. Nice interesting videos by the way 👍
I've been worried about tomatoes ripening too. We have a lot of huge San Marzano, in the green and looking keen but, the bloody cold and rain???? It is picking up next week...more sun, yay!!
It’s worth considering paracord for your polytunnel plant supports. I use it for the horizontal and vertical elements. One of Tony Smiths recommendations put me on to it. Works a treat.
The plot is looking fab. It's a shame the frost got the apricot flowers, I have just harvested mine 17 lbs 9 ozs of fruit and some were huge 4.5 cms wide x 5 cms high. Take care X
@@JessieatPlot37 I netted them early to stop birds pinching them, but had to harvest them a few days earlier than I would have preferred due to the wind and rain that was forecasted . It's funny to see most of my apricots are larger than some supermarket peaches !
Hi Jess your plot seems much the same as ours with growth up and down but our peas field beans and now climbing French beans were a great success also had 3 massive cabbages others have succumbed too slugs a bit. Onions fair toms are like yours massive inside and out tons of fruit all still green. Salads have been great but our small summer squash really done nothing and the courgettes much poorer. I put it down to weather as so different from last year. Spuds were amazing still got main crop Picasso which we will lift end of the month I expect they still bushy and green. We have spaghetti squash that’s bout it oh and trombos which I am happy about 2 huge plants in poly that I thought were melons so no melons growing but I have 2 massive crystal Apple cucumbers but no fruit yet😩
Hello Mandy! Sounds like you've had so really good successes this year, very jealous of your french beans! But yeah, its a bit of an up and down year isn't it!!
Our tomatoes are looking pretty good, despite an incredibly wet and cloudy July. The chillies are not doing a damn thing, sadly - such a contrast to last year. The courgettes are going great guns, though 🙂
I actually think you are spot on with the bird of prey being responsible. Just after recording this video i watched a red kite snatch a parakeet right out of the air!!!
Have you tried to prune the mulberry to promote new growth with female flowers? Perhaps something to look into. Wow a tree Crown Prince 😂. I am totally inundated with beans 🫘 and will have to find a way to freeze lots. If you cut the tree cabbage at the base would it come back again as new shoots? Terrible heat here in SW Canada with so many fires 😢😢. Have a good week ladies, Ali 🌞🇨🇦
Hey Ali. I fear it was a prune that sparked the sex change! But i'll have a look what the old text books say about turning them back. Jealous of your bean situation. But not your weather. Scary business, hope your okay.
We'll all have to make lots of green tomato chutney this year if our tomatoes don't ripen! Jessie I was wondering how come you don't cover all your cavolo nero kale with netting, some of it is just covered in that metal arch? Do the cabbage whites not attack it if it's uncovered? I'm a huge chard and cavolo nero fan too by the way! There's a chard variety called Flamingo pink which is fabulous too.
The dreaded green chutney! I've never found netting against butterflies to be very effective, to be honest. They seem to find a way. So i tend to protect from birds and then just keep an eye out for caterpillars and pick them of manually. Ooooh, flamingo sounds lovely :D Yay for the cavolo/chard lovers :)
@@JessieatPlot37 I love green tomato chutney! Maybe try a different recipe to see if you can find one you like 😊 That's interesting about the brassica net and how you just remove the caterpillars. I might try that next year.
@JessieatPlot37 Good morning, So, no way of amending it? I recently added cow poo. Brand: Kellogg "Organic"* garden soil. I enjoy your content very much, ty! Cheers, Rachel *way too much inorganic matter. ☹️
Hi Jessie love watching your videos sad to hear about Steve how do I get to join the talk thing that you guys called the potty mouth channel cause would like to join in to get to talk to you all and Tony c smith cause watched loads of you guys and really enjoy and hope you and your mum are keeping well
Are you aware of having to pull the fallen leaves off the Celeriac to make them bulb up fatter? I didn't until this year but if you pull off the outside leaves as they go more horizontal it makes the celeriac fatten up more. I'll need to take a picture of mine next time I'm up
You'd be surprised how much of an imapct the odd slug hunt will do. EEscpecially in a small space like the greenhouse. If you popped up to the plot for 10-20mins at night every now and then with a torch when you notice the slugs have started doing damage, you'll save a lot of your plants. By far the most effective slug control. Fling them over the fence as far as you can and it will make a big difference.
I discovered zinnias this year. I shall continue to grow these lovelies!🇨🇦🇨🇦❤️
Gorgeous aren't they!
Zinnias were the 2nd flower I planted but the first one I fell in love with! They add such color and joy to a garden. And they hold up perfectly in a vase.
@@latebloomerdiaries4219 - I have a stand of them at one end of a raised bed and one morning when I went out to water I saw the proud zinnias and glorious colours and I just stood and grinned! That is happiness.
i can't imagine how a pond not connected to a river or stream manages to get a fish!! and such a big one! amazing! : D
Hahahha, i am assuming someone stelth delivered him :D
I Love this! We did something similar where we live out. This video actually gave us inspiration and hope that we can still become successful, thanks so much for this video.
I love the very first seconds when the sky/weather is shown💕
:)
Reminiscing- I feel overwhelmed, slightly panicked at this time of year; with timing, watering, harvesting, successional sowing 🙉 but looking back at this… HURRY summer stress hurry! I need you 😂😂 x
There is so much life in your garden. I love it. Thank you.
:) thank you
Great plot tour Jessie. Really enjoyed you showing the good with the not so good. Made me feel a bit better about some of my plants that havent done so well in this weather. Thanks. 👍🙂
Thanks Mags. Its been a bit of a struggle with the rain hasn't it. Hopefully some of our things that aren't doing so well will pick up when the weather improves!
@@JessieatPlot37 fingers crossed 🤞
Green tomatoes looks like you'll be making lot of green Chutney, jam , salsa 💚💚💚💚
what a lovely tour jess
Thank you! Cheers Steven
You have really convinced me that I should plant tromboncino and not just for the fruit but the gorgeous flowers too!
Fantastic, they are such great looking plants!
Hey Jessie, That was a proper garden tour! Although not at all too long I will always watch no matter how long or short. Not sure why folks get intense over how long a video is. I have the most giant aubergine plant I have never had one so tall with sooo many flowers! $ years now I have never grown one big enuf to eat yet all my fingers and toes are crossed for this year might be the one! You have some red tomatoes I am getting 1 or 2 small ones each day.
I like the naked face BTW. The figs look great. You are not afraid to go high to get the screws in rather fearless. We are 32° C again the next 3-4 days. With daily watering the garden is doing well despite the HOT summer. Take care be safe Cya next time
Hello!! hahah, i know, it was a long one! I cut so much out too. I get told a lot that nobody will ever watch a 45min video and i should do lots of smaller ones. Some people get quite angry about it hahaha!
Woooo for your giant aubergine!! Do you know what variety it is? I really hope you get some this year. I just picked our first two last night and had then for dinner and i'd forgotten how good homegrown ones are.
See you next week!
Ping Tung, I make a Persian stew with lamb and eggplant@@JessieatPlot37
Beautiful Garden!!
Thank you :)
It’s a beautiful garden. Your mom looks so good in red.
Thanks Anna! And i'll let mum know :D
Great tour of your plot. The weather has been so disappointing in Glasgow with all the constant rain. Tomatoes are just wanting some heat and sun to ripen.
My winter squash have taken over but I have fruit so that's a definite bonus just hope they ripen.
I hope you don't mind me asking about the metal mesh plant covers you use. I need these to cover all areas as a great deal of the veg and fruit is scoffed by roe deer, birds and rabbits. Thanks very much for your jolly gardening information and advice.
Send your sun North nothing here but rain all July so blight central here 😢😢. There's always next year folks😅
Don't have much to share, its chucking it down again today hahahah! Also NOoooooooooooo. Bloody blight :(
@@JessieatPlot37 sorry to share the blight fairy 😋, as we say there's always next year!
Hooray and congrats for rescuing the tomatoes😀😀😀Jinxy
Jesse I just purchased a fan!!! That is wifi connection I will try it this week but it's to give the green house the wind effect.
Here, in Northern Germany, we do ask and hope for some sunshine. My garden had more than enough rain, bring some sunshine, August.
Jessie, i have cup hooks on each side with 6-8 strands of sting then 5ft canes tied into the string.........keep up the good work.
Good set up Michael!
Great vid Jessie…..all looking fab!
You know you’re a good gardener when you can grow fish!! 😜😂
Have a good week ….. cheers! 🥂 x
Yep, same caterpillar on mine!. If I was sensible I would have remembered it was 'Chinese cabbage ' & protected it! 🤪
I foolishly thought they'd be safe if the greenhouse hahahaha!
Inspired to grow a fig now! I too have had compost that let everything germinate but then seemed to keep it all absolutely tiny for months! Weather poor in Blackpool, we are used to the wind but have had 3 times as much rain as we usually get, seriously...borderline for wellies in JULY!? Thanks Jessie x
Yay for figs! But definitely Boooo to all this crappy compost and the rain! Come on a bit of sunshine!!!
My Crown Prince are looking pants but the Spaghetti squash are loving this weather.
Years of the spaghetti squash in your house then Lynn!! :D
@@JessieatPlot37 I hope so 😍
Crush your egg shells and sprinkle around the surface. This will help keep the slugs and snails at bay. They don't like to crawl across them. Helps add calcium to your soil too.
I used to do this and with crushed sea shells too but didn't find it made much of a difference.
Oh please could you tell us what do you cook with all these wonderful veggies and fruit you both grow? Maybe a video with some recipes??
I used to do cooking videos but my kitchen is in the midst of an insurance dispute and the floor has fallen in hahaha! When its fixed i will go back to it!
@@JessieatPlot37 oh! Good luck ! Hope it will be solved soon. I can imagine that it must cost you some nerves and time.
Love how the purple/lila of the buddleia picks up in the 'eyes' of the butterfly. 💜
We've got a week of rain ahead of us (North of the Netherlands). I was so glad I've finally managed to get my mowing done this Saturday before it started to chuck it down again! It's just been so wet and grey. But rather this than 40+ degrees I must say.
Yeah, really beautiful. I know its not the case but the butterflies seem massive this year! hahah!
And yes, totally agree. This grey weather is rubbish but far better that 40!
Can watch you all evening. Not too long. ❤
Cheers Jessie Thankyou Luv Ontario Canada 🇨🇦🐝
Wishing you a great sunny week Jessie. For a change, I have a cheers too xxx
:D Cheers Lynn!!
😂year after year i say the buddleia is going to have to go because emy garden is 9x9 meters and I would rather have a fruit tree in! But then butterflies always win me over and I leave it for another year ❤I even leave nettles underneath it in hope to have more butterflies 😊
In June we had a similar situation wrt weather. All of canada was burning while Newfoundland sat in rain, drizzle and fog with northerly wind.
Its a funny old year this one!
Pak choi is a constant challenge. I'm considering growing it under lights in the back bedroom where I grow microgreens in winter. It will likely get leggy though but could get to a reasonable maturity before putting out in a bed in the greenhouse.
Where I used to work we would sow it alongside other Asian greens in about September and plant it in the polytunnel. They'd grow all winter and we could start harvesting them from January - March time before they went to seed.
Its loved by so many pests isn't it hahahah!
I get them in the poly for winter too Kate. definitely do pretty well then and seem to dodge the worst of the pests!
Jess! The pond?
Another great update Jessie, this weather is absolutely abysmal isn't it, more wind and rain up here in NE England than autumn lol , hopefully weather will improve all round very soon xx
Jess! The thumbnail should have been the chilli moustache!😂
I had my fingers crossed 🤞 while you fixed the wire 😂
:D thanks! It worked :D
Loved this! Thank you. I’m looking for a new cherry tomato variety since the kind I like has been lost unfortunately. Three years straight ant they taste nothing like the past 20 years. It’s like when they stop making your favorite perfume or something. Lol
:) thank you. Oh thats so disappointing to loose your favourite! My fave is definitely the Garnet these days.
Ohhh my zinnias…only one survived, Im so jealous looking at yours 😢
Is it a very beautiful one though? The first year i only had two and i was crazy about them!
Beautiful and so fruitful. I learn so much from your videos and find them so encouraging. Thanks. I accidentally planted a calendula into a wasps nest that I didn't know was there! Luckily I was only stung twice, but it was certainly a shock and they were very angry.
:) thank you. Holy smoke! Planting into a wasp nest is a risky past time hahaha! Glad you escaped relatively unharmed.
Thanks for the nice tour, we have the same kind of weather, a lot of rain and wind. I'm also hoping the tomatoes will ripen this year. I'm from the Netherlands and I have some stuff growing in my backyard. Good luck and thanks for the nice video's 🥦🥬🌶🌽🥕🥔🥑🍅🍓🍉
Hi Jessie & yoyr Mum, my melons are not doing well this year, I have one melon which is struggling & the other plant is growing flowers but are dropping off. Lovely plot tour, I do think this weather has been very strange which has affected some of our plants this season. Thanks for sharing and take care 😊
Hello Christine! Not the year for melons. What variety are you growing?
@JessieatPlot37 no show with melba & only one galia but very small & the plant is dying 🙄
Fab tour plots looking lush, I got blight on the outdoor toms and tatties 😔 fingers crossed it's not near you, fab vlog Jessie 🥰
I love this allotment 😂❤
:)
My chickpeas were doing great, but either a chipmunk or squirrel ate them all. Next year I'll grow them under cover.
Booooo to squirrels and chipmunks! Next year, next year... Its my most commonly used phrase in the garden hahahaah!
Jess ya wanna get that goji Berry tree in ground love. They tek years to grow but once they start,theyr quite prolific absolutely beautiful trees! 👍
I know poor thing been stuck in that pot for ages now. I've just been so indecisive about where to put it!
@@JessieatPlot37 stick it anywhere for now just gerrit in lass 😉👍🥰
Nice update Jessie. This was my first year growing Chickpeas too. I got them in really early along with my first peas and got amazing plants. The ones in my back garden the plants did well but the birds had the peas but the ones in the front garden they've left alone and I shall harvest soon. Don't think I'll bother next year though as Mange Tout and Peas are far more prolific. Good experiment though 😀
Thank you! I think i made many mistakes with the chickpeas. Going to try again next year, planting them early definitely! And if your back garden ones are anything to go by, i better cover them too hahah. Glad one set escaped the birds.
Lovely to sit down and enjoy your plot tour…glad to know that even experts get some failures too😱😱😱Jinxy
Jess outdoor tomatoes could stripping lots of the leaves let more light in to help ripen? Had the same problem in Tas the last summer great production 35:56 not enough sun so ended up wrapping in newspaper in a box many ripened but the taste was not as great.
I'm going to do it this week! Got to tie them in too so will give them a good prune at the same time. I tried that method a couple of year back when i couldn't face any more green tomato chutney hahaha, but like you found the flavour really lacking.
Hi Jessie really enjoyed your plot tour. Just shows what a barmey summer we've had. French bean failed for me this year too. I thought it was just me, feeling a bit better about that now. Your plot look great though. Well done to you & mum your hard work has paid off
Thanks for always making my day!!! And motivation me.
I showed my friend what my Tromboncinos looked like, as she didn't believe they were a thing. I have to admit my first time growing them and I wish I didn't have 3 plants, just the one would have been enough!!
I'm an absolute beginner to growing at home. Just got 3 tomato plants & 2 cucumber plants but I'm so excited. Got lots of seeds for next year when hopefully we will have created some growing beds. I'm in South Yorkshire though so our climate is slightly different. Today is constant rain. I'm loving watching your vlog. I'm amazed at how much you know & it's a lovely change coming across another female.
How have you learnt so much?
Sheffield's weather at the moment is like the Amazon rainforest! Abysmal! I failed at radish but passed potato - and not hopeful about Sweetcorn outside!
@chriseverest4380 barnsley here. I've got sweetcorn outside. It's only reached about 2ft so far & now those male flowers are starting to grow. Its supposed to grow around 2m
WOW ❤ your plot 😍. Thanks for sharing, keep up the hard work 💚💚💚 cheers
:) Cheers! And thank you
Really enjoyed the plot tour doing really well considering ALL THE BLOODY RAIN my plot 😢 ❤❤❤
Sooooooooo much rain Gloria!!
at least you got some ears on your sweet corn 🤣 i have about 20 plants at head hight and exactly 1 cob 🙃
Hahhaha, not our year for corn!
I have looked at your dahlias im jealous ..we have had 106 degree weather..have to water constantly.
They are very slow this year here Constance! But coming now. Yeah, not much watering needed here right now!
mulberry can be propagated by air-layering,....🙂
Nice. I didn't know that
The feather is not a woodpecker it's from a guiny fowl..
My outdoor toms are like that too. Please don't give me the blight fear
I wont mention it again!
You look so much younger with a ‘naked’ face! Great video as always.
Hi Jessie love your bird 🐦 box . Could you do a close up on it please do I can make one . Love you video to night . John from Scotland
Birds peck the runner bean flowers off like that not sure why but its the little birds iv seen them do it.
Little buggers.
🤔 wonder if a blacklight would help you find the tiny caterpillars on the brassica starts? Might be worth a try.
Interesting! I have no idea.... but i'll see if i can find out!
I have been annihilated this year with the cabbage butterflies.
Also it is my first year doing all these veg so I'm very much still learning.
Hopefully will remember all this when starting again next season.
Nice interesting videos by the way 👍
I've been worried about tomatoes ripening too. We have a lot of huge San Marzano, in the green and looking keen but, the bloody cold and rain???? It is picking up next week...more sun, yay!!
Come on sun! There's tomatoes that need you!!!
It’s worth considering paracord for your polytunnel plant supports. I use it for the horizontal and vertical elements. One of Tony Smiths recommendations put me on to it. Works a treat.
I would like a video of what meals or portions of meals come from your plot and home garden in a standard week.
The plot is looking fab. It's a shame the frost got the apricot flowers, I have just harvested mine 17 lbs 9 ozs of fruit and some were huge 4.5 cms wide x 5 cms high. Take care X
17lbs!!! Holy Shmoley Angela!! Thats a complete joy!
@@JessieatPlot37 I netted them early to stop birds pinching them, but had to harvest them a few days earlier than I would have preferred due to the wind and rain that was forecasted . It's funny to see most of my apricots are larger than some supermarket peaches !
At flippin work, cant watch until Thursday
Pants Carl!
@@JessieatPlot37 huge ones Jessie, not a happy bunny 😄
Hi Jess your plot seems much the same as ours with growth up and down but our peas field beans and now climbing French beans were a great success also had 3 massive cabbages others have succumbed too slugs a bit. Onions fair toms are like yours massive inside and out tons of fruit all still green. Salads have been great but our small summer squash really done nothing and the courgettes much poorer. I put it down to weather as so different from last year. Spuds were amazing still got main crop Picasso which we will lift end of the month I expect they still bushy and green. We have spaghetti squash that’s bout it oh and trombos which I am happy about 2 huge plants in poly that I thought were melons so no melons growing but I have 2 massive crystal Apple cucumbers but no fruit yet😩
Hello Mandy! Sounds like you've had so really good successes this year, very jealous of your french beans! But yeah, its a bit of an up and down year isn't it!!
Our tomatoes are looking pretty good, despite an incredibly wet and cloudy July. The chillies are not doing a damn thing, sadly - such a contrast to last year. The courgettes are going great guns, though 🙂
Its a real opposite year to last, isn't it! Hopefully a bit of sun will gee up all the things that a re struggling.
Jess didn't you say you were looking forward to that Khol Rabi ? that you didn't pick 😅
I know! I forgot hahahaha! This week!
Ever thought of a Sparrowhawk removing a Woodpecker? It's probably more likely than Cat, but Cat always a suspect.
I actually think you are spot on with the bird of prey being responsible. Just after recording this video i watched a red kite snatch a parakeet right out of the air!!!
Have you tried to prune the mulberry to promote new growth with female flowers? Perhaps something to look into. Wow a tree Crown Prince 😂. I am totally inundated with beans 🫘 and will have to find a way to freeze lots. If you cut the tree cabbage at the base would it come back again as new shoots? Terrible heat here in SW Canada with so many fires 😢😢. Have a good week ladies, Ali 🌞🇨🇦
Hey Ali. I fear it was a prune that sparked the sex change! But i'll have a look what the old text books say about turning them back.
Jealous of your bean situation. But not your weather. Scary business, hope your okay.
I wonder how your Jinxy beans fared? I wish I could send you a pic of mine😀😀😀Jinxy
How do you get a fish in your pond that you didn't put there???? Did it just stroll there from the nearest river? Did a heron accidentally drop it?
Looks like a lungfish they can walk on land, A dinosaur fish.
Its a black gold fish.
I suspect a plot neighbour has had too many in their pond and 'gifted' it to mine hahahah!
We'll all have to make lots of green tomato chutney this year if our tomatoes don't ripen! Jessie I was wondering how come you don't cover all your cavolo nero kale with netting, some of it is just covered in that metal arch? Do the cabbage whites not attack it if it's uncovered? I'm a huge chard and cavolo nero fan too by the way! There's a chard variety called Flamingo pink which is fabulous too.
The dreaded green chutney!
I've never found netting against butterflies to be very effective, to be honest. They seem to find a way. So i tend to protect from birds and then just keep an eye out for caterpillars and pick them of manually.
Ooooh, flamingo sounds lovely :D Yay for the cavolo/chard lovers :)
@@JessieatPlot37 I love green tomato chutney! Maybe try a different recipe to see if you can find one you like 😊 That's interesting about the brassica net and how you just remove the caterpillars. I might try that next year.
Greetings,
What did you do about the poor compost? Sad in Albany...tried a new brand of compost.
Cheers,
Rachel
I ended up repotting a load of things when i realised what the problem was. For somethings it was too late though. What brand did you try?
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Good morning,
So, no way of amending it? I recently added cow poo. Brand:
Kellogg "Organic"* garden soil.
I enjoy your content very much, ty!
Cheers,
Rachel
*way too much inorganic matter. ☹️
Jealous of the weather tbh....oh and i am pinching the blackboard idea , so there 😁😁
Hahahha!
Jessie, does the peppermint chart taste minty?
No. Its just got the name because its stems look like old fashioned sticks of rock you'd get at the sea side :D Makes me love it more :D
I just lifted my swift’s nice yield of spuds! Are the spuds at home from the plot?
Yeah, spud at home! Steadilly being munched through :D
Would it pay to remove some of the lower leaves from the outdoor tomatoes to let the sun get to the fruits?
I think it would. I'm going to have to give them some attention soon. They also need tying in so i'll do a bit of a leaf prune at the same time.
Additional comment- maybe a name the fish contest?
Love this. I'm on it :D
Oh try some calcium lots of bonemeal for your slow plants.
Lovely plot tour Jess. The fruits of summer, including the figs...yum!. Your garden is doing its thing, nice.
Thank you! yeah, just coming into the picking frenzy now :)
We’re did you get your plot sign from 🥦🥦
Love your vlogs your mum is lovely well done on your173 vlog I’ve just done my 100😊
One of my Patreon members made it for me!
Well done Fred!!
That looks like a lung fish they can walk on land.
Its a black goldfish
That fish looks awfully like a Salamander.
It was me
hahaha
What make is your headphones, ????
Skull Candy
Gotta laugh at your wistfulness about having an unproductive male!😂😂😂 (mulberry tree)
Who would have thought?😂
Hahahah!
Ok so did someone sneak that fish in your pond? 😂 Anonymous fish benefactor please stand up 😅
Hahhahaha, i think so! Going to have to give him a name!
@@JessieatPlot37 I vote for 'Dory'
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Hi Jessie! Never apologise for your naked face...it's beautiful 😁. Your plot is looking great 👍
Hahhaha, thanks Sarah. I turned that camera on was like...oh. Can i be bothered to go and sort my face out? Nope. hahahah
I forgot to mention I'm in south Australia 😁
hahha!
Hi Jessie love watching your videos sad to hear about Steve how do I get to join the talk thing that you guys called the potty mouth channel cause would like to join in to get to talk to you all and Tony c smith cause watched loads of you guys and really enjoy and hope you and your mum are keeping well
Are you aware of having to pull the fallen leaves off the Celeriac to make them bulb up fatter? I didn't until this year but if you pull off the outside leaves as they go more horizontal it makes the celeriac fatten up more. I'll need to take a picture of mine next time I'm up
ah, thank you! no i didn't know this was a thing
You'd be surprised how much of an imapct the odd slug hunt will do. EEscpecially in a small space like the greenhouse. If you popped up to the plot for 10-20mins at night every now and then with a torch when you notice the slugs have started doing damage, you'll save a lot of your plants. By far the most effective slug control. Fling them over the fence as far as you can and it will make a big difference.
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Cheers!
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The same happened with my chillies. My Sugar Rush Peach Stripey is only about 4-6 inches tall 😢
frustrating eh? so annoying