Hey guys! Thanks so much for watching and helping me to reach my goals 💪🏻 Don’t forget to let me know if you have any cheap and easy greenhouse bench ideas, and also if you’ve ever foraged for seaweed before!?!
@InBloom Hey! Thanks I will check that video out! I made a video last year about taking dahlia cutttings. If you have a look on my channel you will find it there. :)
I'm really enjoying these videos. I'm a huge cut flower fan and live in the NE of England so it's great to see what you grow and thrives near by. Few things, Sea Weed. You usually have to get permission from the council to take the seaweed. I've never heard anyone say they've been refused permission. You need to give it a good rinse to get rig of any salts etc. Be aware that you will find LOADS of fishing wire in with it. You can either use it as a mulch just by chucking it on the surface or you can use a lawn mower and chop it up smaller and mulch it that way. You can also make your own seaweed feed by simply putting some in a water butt and filling it with water. Leave it a few weeks and then just use a half cup measure per watering can. As for the thistle, it's creeping thistle you have. Spreads very similar to couch grass. If you used a rotarvator at some point in there, you've made the issue worse. Chops the roots up and spreads them across the bed. Each root cutting forms a new weed. You can either weed kill the bed come the back end of the season or keep digging them out when you see then appearing. Keep denying them light they will eventually die off. Good luck!
Thank you for the info! I will try a few things with the seaweed if I can manage to get plenty! I haven’t ever rotavated or really disturbed the soil in the polytunnel as it’s always been no dig which is why I’m a little confused by it! It could be because I’m a little negligent sometimes when it comes to weeding and they’ve self seeded 🤷♀️ we’ll have to see if I can weaken them by continuing to pull them up. Thanks so much for watching and commenting.
You can definitely harvest seaweed from the beach but you can’t take the attached and still growing stuff. When we first got our allotment it was amended clay so we dug in loads of seaweed. My other half would spend the winter hoping for stormy weather because that’s when loads washes up! You can use it as a mulch on top but don’t plant seedlings into it because it is too salty. Often better to sling it on top in winter and autumn so the salt disappears by planting time. It is super-nutritious and one of the few thing in life that is free!
that s amazing ..a big thumbs up and many thanks for sharing and showing ..for sure I subbed your great channel ..lovely greetings and a happy weekend ...ann sander
I wish we lived closer- I’d have been glad to share dahlia cuttings with you as I’ve bought around 100 varieties this year. Congrats on 5K subscribers! 💕
As a boy I lived in Oregon on the U.S. West coast. My mother was a scientist working on her Phd on molecular biology and plant pathology. We used to take trips to the coast to collect kelp for our garden. We sundried the kelp right on the lawn out back until it was crispy and then broke it up with shovels in wheelbarrow. We kids fed the adults the kelp as they broke it up. Lol read your comment and missed first 3 minutes of video typing this, back to watching.
We go to our local beaches every spring and clean up the old seaweed off of the shore. I have found it breaks down a lot better if you chop it up first!
Cheap tables, I use saw horses and a door. I vote leave the Dahlia's, worms liking them sounds like a really good thing. Isn't it just like we gardeners to just know weeds and want nots are always after us. Congrats with the channel growing.!
I don’t use heat mats either and my seeds germinate with no problem. I do put my trays under grow lights as soon as I plant, except for those seeds that require dark to germinate of course. The lights seem to help keep the soil warm, which helps with germination. Not necessarily recommending that, just saying what works for me. Beautiful dahlias BTW!
Sarah, have you got 'small' square straw bales on the farm ? Stack one on top of another and place a pallet on top for a cheap bench. And really quick to remove when you need the space for planting up.
No small bales here only very large ones. Someone has just suggested scaffold trestles.. I might see if I can get my hands on some of those next week 🤔
Yes, I’ve collected seaweed from the beach at Robins Hood bay for mulching my spuds when I lived in Yorkshire.they seemed to like it, they grow them in seaweed on Jersey. The drawback was the car smelt quite strange for a few days! And bugs...
I’ve had lovely dahlias from seed, they’re very easy to grow and you can dig the tubers from the ones you do like - very inexpensive way to grow and increase your stock. I’ve got a lot of tubers coming this spring, but I’ll be micro scale overall, so cost isn’t such a thing. I know time is so scarce when farming and I’m sure you did consider this, but there’s always the option to sell the tubers that you don’t like, to someone who does. ?? Just a thought. Love your channel. Laughed out loud at the underground thistle conspiracy!
I really enjoy following along your flowerfarming journey! I have collected a lot of seaweed to use in the garden, it usually gathers in masses on the beach after the winterstorms. How about hanging ladders (flat offcouse) in the polytunnel for extra growing space? They are strong, easy to hang up and often not in use😉
Oh fab I’ll have to go and get some if I can! A couple of years ago I hung some boards from the rails on the top of the polytunnel and that worked ok so might have to have a go at that again!
Cheap table, I've 2 pallets stood on there ends with one screwed to something solid so they flop over then just some boards between them, scaffolding board or anything you've got really
Hello! Love watching your videos. Its inspired me to create a mini bouquet plot. I did the area half perennials and half annuals using landscape fabric with holes. I had a great fun picking flowers last year. How do you deal with the area ready for new year? Do I have to rotate the whole area and replant perennials and annuals again? Thanks in advance
Nice video won’t be long now to see them in the ground. I will be getting two 7 foot planters tomorrow my big brother made them for me one for veg and one for flowers. It’s so exciting.
Have you rotovated inside the tunnel? I just wonder if you've ended up chopping up some thistle roots to make loads of baby thistle plants....😬 Always the risk with rotovating where there are perennial weeds, I learnt that the hard way on my couch-grass-filled-allotment! Hopefully by digging it out by hand you're weakening what's left.
It was odd to hear you say you were germinating solidago. I live in middle TN and the undisturbed fields in TN will grow this beautiful 'weed' all summer and fall. The fields will be like clouds of yellow with spots of bright purple NY ironweed. I hope they work for you. They are very beautiful.
Haha. I am aware that they are a ‘weed’ but not as common here as they are near you! They are a popular filler in bouquets, I grew some last year and was handy to have!
Hi there, I was wondering what size holes you burn into the weed membrane and also what staples do you use to secure the membrane in place? Thank you x
Hi I think the holes were about 70mm. We used a hole saw to cut the holes so it was whatever diameter that was. I use these staples: www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B081TF196L/?tag=bloogray-21 2.8/3mm thick. X
@@bloomandgray Amazing! Thank you so much. This may be a long shot, but do you have a list of flowers that you absolutely plant in the polytunnel as a pose to outside?
Like I have always have thought that you do what your garden requires. I reiterate.... what your garden requires. Not every one can afford or even need heating mats. Yes it may be good content or even that's what the last channel does or did. I dont use heating mats because I live in a place that rarely gets below freezing. Second my heat in the house keeps the house very warm. Thank god I dont need to spend money on the mats and have more money for the seeds and soil.
I agree with you to a point on the peat because I like to look at ways to adjust our impact on the planet. I think oil is a horrible way to fuel our lives as it is lubricating the crust of our planet the same as engines. For just a small perspective though as to what impact we have had on peat bogs. The total acreage of England and Wales is around 40 million. Canada has 25% of the worlds peatlands at 281 million acres. At our current rate of consumption we will never use it all even if our population were to expand 5000% and all use peat for starting seeds. "The Canadian Sphagnum Peat Moss Association, representing 14 major producers, says that the industry has harvested approximately 73,000 acres out of 280 million acres of the country’s peatlands and that the amount taken each year is a fraction of the quantity that is naturally generated in undisturbed bogs. Paul Short, the group’s president, said that for the past 10 years, producers have been restoring harvested bogs by allowing them to re-flood and seeding them with shredded moss grafts that grow and knit together. The moss covers the harvest site within five years, he said, and the bog is “back to a near-natural condition within 10 to 15 years,” he said. So just a little bit of insight as to the state of the worlds peat as a resource. Europeans used peat as a fuel source for a long time which was far more detrimental to the environment than gardeners or even nurseries. Just a little insight as to where we all stand with peat and its sustainable harvest. :)
“Underground conspiracy in the thistle world”...I literally spit my drink laughing at this! 😂 I’ve never thought about it that way but that’s how I feel about clover, crabgrass and dandelion. They’re all miserable, evil thugs and must be destroyed!!!
@@shelldub7258 her complexion, hair color, eyelashes, wide spaced eyebrows, faint freckles and a wrinkly forehead at a young age...etc...etc. all tell me she's from an area between Holland and Scotland. even if she had a different accent you'd know her parents/grandparents were from there.
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Hey guys! Thanks so much for watching and helping me to reach my goals 💪🏻
Don’t forget to let me know if you have any cheap and easy greenhouse bench ideas, and also if you’ve ever foraged for seaweed before!?!
@InBloom Hey! Thanks I will check that video out! I made a video last year about taking dahlia cutttings. If you have a look on my channel you will find it there. :)
Have you ever tried the Charles Dowding no dig method? great for stopping weeds. 👍🌱
@@thescottishwildman3245 yes my polytunnel and 1st flower field is all no dig! Trying to get to that stage with the new field too
I'm really enjoying these videos. I'm a huge cut flower fan and live in the NE of England so it's great to see what you grow and thrives near by.
Few things, Sea Weed.
You usually have to get permission from the council to take the seaweed. I've never heard anyone say they've been refused permission. You need to give it a good rinse to get rig of any salts etc. Be aware that you will find LOADS of fishing wire in with it.
You can either use it as a mulch just by chucking it on the surface or you can use a lawn mower and chop it up smaller and mulch it that way. You can also make your own seaweed feed by simply putting some in a water butt and filling it with water. Leave it a few weeks and then just use a half cup measure per watering can.
As for the thistle, it's creeping thistle you have. Spreads very similar to couch grass. If you used a rotarvator at some point in there, you've made the issue worse. Chops the roots up and spreads them across the bed. Each root cutting forms a new weed.
You can either weed kill the bed come the back end of the season or keep digging them out when you see then appearing. Keep denying them light they will eventually die off.
Good luck!
Thank you for the info! I will try a few things with the seaweed if I can manage to get plenty!
I haven’t ever rotavated or really disturbed the soil in the polytunnel as it’s always been no dig which is why I’m a little confused by it! It could be because I’m a little negligent sometimes when it comes to weeding and they’ve self seeded 🤷♀️ we’ll have to see if I can weaken them by continuing to pull them up. Thanks so much for watching and commenting.
You can definitely harvest seaweed from the beach but you can’t take the attached and still growing stuff. When we first got our allotment it was amended clay so we dug in loads of seaweed. My other half would spend the winter hoping for stormy weather because that’s when loads washes up! You can use it as a mulch on top but don’t plant seedlings into it because it is too salty. Often better to sling it on top in winter and autumn so the salt disappears by planting time. It is super-nutritious and one of the few thing in life that is free!
Fab. That seals it for me! I’m going to investigate the local beach next week!
You can take a pallet and screw on some 2x4s (cut to your desired table height) in each corner and tada you have a table!
Yeah about the seaweed!
In a pinch we've just out the pallets on the floor of our tunnel. Then rotate them onto tables was you plant out
that s amazing ..a big thumbs up and many thanks for sharing and showing ..for sure I subbed your great channel ..lovely greetings and a happy weekend ...ann sander
I wish we lived closer- I’d have been glad to share dahlia cuttings with you as I’ve bought around 100 varieties this year.
Congrats on 5K subscribers! 💕
That’s so kind thank you 😊
As a boy I lived in Oregon on the U.S. West coast. My mother was a scientist working on her Phd on molecular biology and plant pathology. We used to take trips to the coast to collect kelp for our garden. We sundried the kelp right on the lawn out back until it was crispy and then broke it up with shovels in wheelbarrow. We kids fed the adults the kelp as they broke it up. Lol read your comment and missed first 3 minutes of video typing this, back to watching.
We go to our local beaches every spring and clean up the old seaweed off of the shore. I have found it breaks down a lot better if you chop it up first!
Cheap tables, I use saw horses and a door. I vote leave the Dahlia's, worms liking them sounds like a really good thing. Isn't it just like we gardeners to just know weeds and want nots are always after us. Congrats with the channel growing.!
I haven’t thought about using doors. I have a ton of them in my garage. Great idea. Thanks!
Same! I use 2 bar stools and a door
@@sjwestmo good idea, not everyone has saw horses.
@@rebeccathomas9804 you're welcome =^)
I germinate everything under lights without heat mats even Lisianthus.
Mantap tempat pertaniannya mbak😱🤗👍👍👍🌸🌹🌼
I’ve been collecting seaweed from the beach for years and never had any problems. Just gotta make sure to rinse the salt off throughly!
I’m definitely going to give it a go! Think I’ll need a few bags to cover my beds though 😂 might have to go weekly for a while 😂
I have always collected seaweed when I find it. Just have to rinse it well and dry it well. Beautiful mulch!
i use 2 saw horses and old doors x
Congrats on 5k subscribers! I love your channel.
Thanks Karie! X
I don’t use heat mats either and my seeds germinate with no problem. I do put my trays under grow lights as soon as I plant, except for those seeds that require dark to germinate of course. The lights seem to help keep the soil warm, which helps with germination. Not necessarily recommending that, just saying what works for me. Beautiful dahlias BTW!
hi, love watching your channel. keep up the good work
Sarah, have you got 'small' square straw bales on the farm ? Stack one on top of another and place a pallet on top for a cheap bench. And really quick to remove when you need the space for planting up.
No small bales here only very large ones. Someone has just suggested scaffold trestles.. I might see if I can get my hands on some of those next week 🤔
Yes, I’ve collected seaweed from the beach at Robins Hood bay for mulching my spuds when I lived in Yorkshire.they seemed to like it, they grow them in seaweed on Jersey. The drawback was the car smelt quite strange for a few days! And bugs...
Aww I love it at robin hoods bay ❤️ can’t wait to go there again. X
Great video. Thanks for sharing! 5000 woo hoo! 🌸🌿🌸
I’ve had lovely dahlias from seed, they’re very easy to grow and you can dig the tubers from the ones you do like - very inexpensive way to grow and increase your stock. I’ve got a lot of tubers coming this spring, but I’ll be micro scale overall, so cost isn’t such a thing. I know time is so scarce when farming and I’m sure you did consider this, but there’s always the option to sell the tubers that you don’t like, to someone who does. ?? Just a thought. Love your channel. Laughed out loud at the underground thistle conspiracy!
🎉Congratulations on the 5000 subscribers! 🎉
If you have spare plywood, cinder blocks and pallets, you can make some temporary tables out of those. They won't be pretty, but they'll function.
Yes I think I’ll have to bodge something like that together!
Very beautiful channel and upload
I really enjoy following along your flowerfarming journey! I have collected a lot of seaweed to use in the garden, it usually gathers in masses on the beach after the winterstorms. How about hanging ladders (flat offcouse) in the polytunnel for extra growing space? They are strong, easy to hang up and often not in use😉
Oh fab I’ll have to go and get some if I can! A couple of years ago I hung some boards from the rails on the top of the polytunnel and that worked ok so might have to have a go at that again!
I had no idea Dahlias by seed eventually turned into tubers! I have a pack of seeds I want to start. I will try it!
Amazing stuff !!
I see the earphones are still going strong lol I lost one of my 8 quidders in the van haha
Hahaa at least you didn’t get the beats 😂
@@bloomandgray I took so long to type that post the video changed and it put it on Thia one instead of last night's hahahaaa immso rubbish .
Congrats!
Glad it’s going ok 👍 you work so hard at it 😃 love the videos gets me motivated for the allotment 😜
Thanks David!
Cheap table, I've 2 pallets stood on there ends with one screwed to something solid so they flop over then just some boards between them, scaffolding board or anything you've got really
Hello! Love watching your videos. Its inspired me to create a mini bouquet plot. I did the area half perennials and half annuals using landscape fabric with holes. I had a great fun picking flowers last year. How do you deal with the area ready for new year? Do I have to rotate the whole area and replant perennials and annuals again? Thanks in advance
Nice video won’t be long now to see them in the ground. I will be getting two 7 foot planters tomorrow my big brother made them for me one for veg and one for flowers. It’s so exciting.
Wow big planters. Good luck - hope you get lots of flowers and veg this summer!
I'm.making a table next week(Tm) from 3*2 and plastic sheeting I'll link the video :)
Thanks I’ll be sure to take a look!
Do you have a help buy more dahlia's fund that people can help contribute to?
I’m going to try dahlia seeds this year from floret I hope I like them! 🌸🌱☀️ if not I have some I ordered.
Have you rotovated inside the tunnel? I just wonder if you've ended up chopping up some thistle roots to make loads of baby thistle plants....😬 Always the risk with rotovating where there are perennial weeds, I learnt that the hard way on my couch-grass-filled-allotment! Hopefully by digging it out by hand you're weakening what's left.
No it’s always been no- dig inside the tunnel I’ve never worked the soil in there 🤔 hopefully like you say I’ve weakened it!
It was odd to hear you say you were germinating solidago. I live in middle TN and the undisturbed fields in TN will grow this beautiful 'weed' all summer and fall. The fields will be like clouds of yellow with spots of bright purple NY ironweed. I hope they work for you. They are very beautiful.
Haha. I am aware that they are a ‘weed’ but not as common here as they are near you! They are a popular filler in bouquets, I grew some last year and was handy to have!
Try freecycle for a table. Failing that try decorating table.
Hi there, I was wondering what size holes you burn into the weed membrane and also what staples do you use to secure the membrane in place?
Thank you x
Hi I think the holes were about 70mm. We used a hole saw to cut the holes so it was whatever diameter that was. I use these staples: www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B081TF196L/?tag=bloogray-21
2.8/3mm thick. X
@@bloomandgray Amazing! Thank you so much. This may be a long shot, but do you have a list of flowers that you absolutely plant in the polytunnel as a pose to outside?
Would comfry tea not work as a fertiliser on your beds? Xx
Oh I hate those thistles! They put roots everywhere and they seem impossible to get rid of!
Have you ever ordered Peonies from Peter Nyssen? Im wondering how big the tubers are
No I haven’t I’m afraid. I don’t grow peonies.
@@bloomandgray thanks
Like I have always have thought that you do what your garden requires. I reiterate.... what your garden requires.
Not every one can afford or even need heating mats.
Yes it may be good content or even that's what the last channel does or did.
I dont use heating mats because I live in a place that rarely gets below freezing.
Second my heat in the house keeps the house very warm.
Thank god I dont need to spend money on the mats and have more money for the seeds and soil.
Is your greenhouse heated where you are germinating the seeds?
No not heated
I agree with you to a point on the peat because I like to look at ways to adjust our impact on the planet. I think oil is a horrible way to fuel our lives as it is lubricating the crust of our planet the same as engines. For just a small perspective though as to what impact we have had on peat bogs. The total acreage of England and Wales is around 40 million. Canada has 25% of the worlds peatlands at 281 million acres. At our current rate of consumption we will never use it all even if our population were to expand 5000% and all use peat for starting seeds.
"The Canadian Sphagnum Peat Moss Association, representing 14 major producers, says that the industry has harvested approximately 73,000 acres out of 280 million acres of the country’s peatlands and that the amount taken each year is a fraction of the quantity that is naturally generated in undisturbed bogs.
Paul Short, the group’s president, said that for the past 10 years, producers have been restoring harvested bogs by allowing them to re-flood and seeding them with shredded moss grafts that grow and knit together. The moss covers the harvest site within five years, he said, and the bog is “back to a near-natural condition within 10 to 15 years,” he said.
So just a little bit of insight as to the state of the worlds peat as a resource. Europeans used peat as a fuel source for a long time which was far more detrimental to the environment than gardeners or even nurseries. Just a little insight as to where we all stand with peat and its sustainable harvest. :)
That’s interesting!! I will have to do some more research. Thanks for sharing.
Do you use grow lights?
No I do t but may invest next year!
Where on earth do you get Dahlia seeds from? I can't find seeds online for dahlias. I would love loads of cafe au lait. Xxx
They were from moles seeds, they’re not the ‘nice’ varieties like cafe au lait but mostly bright colours and single varieties.
Where did u order ur perennials from?
Peter nyssen c
I’ve never heard of “pet” I’ll have to go see. Why don’t you sell the tubers instead of putting them in the compost?
“Underground conspiracy in the thistle world”...I literally spit my drink laughing at this! 😂 I’ve never thought about it that way but that’s how I feel about clover, crabgrass and dandelion. They’re all miserable, evil thugs and must be destroyed!!!
Exactly!!
💪💪💪💪💪💪👍👍👍👍👍👍
most british-looking and sounding person I've ever seen and heard !
I guess I didn’t know there was a British look? I think she’s gorgeous! Kind of reminds me of Kate Middleton. Love the videos!!💚🌱
@@shelldub7258 her complexion, hair color, eyelashes, wide spaced eyebrows, faint freckles and a wrinkly forehead at a young age...etc...etc. all tell me she's from an area between Holland and Scotland. even if she had a different accent you'd know her parents/grandparents were from there.