My first day in my first allotment - Winter sun & attacking some weeds, oh and tea!
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- My first day working on my first allotment!
Today, I work in beautiful sunshine, much different to back home. Attacking weeds, creeping buttercup, ragwort seedlings and more. Setting up my compost bin and enjoying a cup of tea.
Apologies for novice mistakes - I need to find better audio set up away from camera and also in the shed.
Alongside a shady veg plot in my back garden, my growing is extended to include plot A1 is a micro plot of 10 x 8 feet (2 x 2.5m ) within a community garden centered around biodiversity, growing spaces include my micro bed, use of poly tunnel and greenhouse.
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Take care, Jane
I garden on a budget and although we don't have gardening zones in the UK, we do class as 7b, with a temperate climate of heavy rainfall. I live by the sea, so my front garden is elevated with SW sea facing ,this leads to a lot of rain and high winds, then baking sun in the summer. I also have a heavily shaded back garden, it's not unusual for our back garden to be 2/3rds frozen even in mid day mild frosts. Add that to clay based soil and run off rain from the hillside and farm behind us, it's a challenging space for veg.
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Lovely to see Winter gardening as we anticipate another 12” of snow in the next couple hours added to our already frozen, snow-covered gardens here in Michigan, USA! 🤗. Monty Don would be proud of you! Enjoy your lovely slice of Nature ✌️
Aww I can't imagine. Despite my family being highlanders, Scotland was snowy enough for me to leave. 😜 I am lucky here, as less snow on the coast. But really had to chuckle at monty. 😂 I swear he's more famous across the world than here.
Hope you manage to stay warm and safe. Thanks for watching. Hope it helps, Jane
🐝 Thanks for the great video 🌻
Hi, thanks for watching, really glad you enjoyed. I'm still learning and had mic issues. But a lovely first day. 🤗
I hope you'll follow my year as it unfolds..
Do you have an allotment?
Take care, Jane
I love that fork thing. I inherited my dad’s and use it a lot. You are a fast worker. Congrats on your new allotment.
Hi, thank you for watching and kind comment. It really is a handy tool. Lovely to have something of your dad's to garden with. Hope spring is kind to us all. Jane
Cheers to you too, happy gardening. Thanks for sharing 👍 😊🎉
You're very welcome. Thanks for watching and the support.
You have made such a good start! You will have it cleared in no time! Good idea to set an alarm for school pick up as we do lose track of time on the allotment! 😘💕🌸
Hi Nanou, I have to set alarms or I'd panic 👀...
I had a complete nightmare with sound. But really enjoyed relaxing and the welcome sun for a break from all the rain and floods.
Thanks for watching, Jane
What a lovely video, Jane.
You’re going to have so much fun this year. Looking forward to seeing how plot A1 develops 🥰🥰🥰
Thanks Clare, I had a nightmare with audio so ditched more than I put in. 😢 But I had fun. And enjoyed chilling and the progress I made.
Thanks for watching. 😊
Honestly, I'd bag up all those weeds and take them to the tip. If your compost pile doesn't get hot enough, the seeds or roots themselves can survive and you end up spreading weeds whenever you use the compost. As a rule, I never put any weeds in the compost. When I first got my plot, I used compost from a pile I inherited and went from no bindweed to being infested with the stuff.
You're right there about weeds, I got a load free with manure. 😏 I'm not the best with composting. My worms are my success. 😁
Thanks for sharing your start-up in your plot. Happy gardening 🌿🌱
Hi thank you so much for watching and your support. Do you have a allotment? Jane
@@GardenMyselfHappy No, I use my backyard. I never hear to much about allotments. I think community gardens may be similar though.
You’re going the right way Jane 😄 glad to see you having a cuppa and admiring your plot
Hi, thanks for watching and the support. I really enjoyed some time up there. And making a start. Time is on our side at this time of year. 😊
@@GardenMyselfHappy absolutely 😁 lots to do lol x
@@Garden-of-weeden yeah my home gardens are too muddy for much at all at the moment. Time will pass.
I think thats the best way to do it, little but often. no point getting knackered doing it all in a day. I need to get my self a flask like that to enjoy a brew down at the plot.
Hi Jamie, thanks for watching. I guess my stoke of gardening allows for me to pop in and have a cuppa at home. So its filtered with a slow way of living. The size of the plot definitely isn't daunting my garden is much bigger. But I have time on my side and stopping to enjoy a cuppa in the sun was nice.
Definitely get a flask. It's the little moments. 😊
❤ Jane you look absolutely thrilled. It is lovely and sunny there which makes it much nicer to work. The sun here is shinning and oh crap it’s minus 13c right now. But there’s always someone to watch on TH-cam in the house with blankets and the dog 😅. Have an awesome weekend and happy gardening 👩🌾, Ali 🥶🥶🥶🇨🇦
Hi Ali, thanks so much..and warm in with your dogs watching little old me. Is cosy indeed. I was going to say I can't imagine feeling -13 but I felt -10 riding my motorbike at 5am in Dec '22. My goodness. I haven't felt that cold before in the UK. It's like a different type of cold. I think we have worse coming but being by the coast helps.
Take care, and stay warm.
You are going to have a great year ahead 👍
Thanks Peggy, I am excited for the year. It'll be nice seeing everyone's growing spaces / gardens coming to life again. Mine included.
Take care, Jane
I would maybe pop the compost bin on the corner of your bed. You said its not staying as takes too much space, but think of the pay off - you'll get free compost for the bed... I think in the corner, might be better. Also, you got to think about access. Once that beds full of crops, you might not be able to get to it that easily if its in centre... Just a suggestion. Love that space. You've done well. Excited to follow to see what happens over the season
Hi, thank you so much for stopping by and your kind comment. I'm really excited to see where the year takes me.
That's a great idea about the compost bin. I will see how much effort it is to move it now as its half full. I have manure to add and mix in with some shredded cardboard to keep it better. I have a wormery at home. So share the odd video on that.
Thanks again for following along. The gardening community is wonderful.
Where do you garden? Live?
Take care, Jane
@@GardenMyselfHappy I live in Chatham, Kent. I have a half plot allotment on a council site I got in May 2022. I work fulltime (from home) so at the moment I can't get there in the week, but usually spend a couple of hours at the weekend. I have a garden, but feel intimidated to use it by my neighbour. 😞
@@Sezicoolcat2 I can unfortunately relate regarding a neighbour. I've been here for 17 years but have had issues for around 15 of them. Sadly it came to us building a fence last year. It keeps my dogs away but it's lead to me feeling really anxious. My channel here is to help me make myself accountable and face up to those feelings. It's really hard. But I'm not willing to lose another summer. I'm taking steps to use the section we fenced off as a kitchen garden. But when I was offered the mini allotment /community garden I jumped at the chance.
I'm so glad you have your allotment. But saddened to know another person feels like me.
Thank you, sincerely for sharing and please know you're not alone.
Take care, Jane
Hi Jane your shed is ace, nice compost bin too. You could use the manure as a mulch and let the rest of winter break it down, it should be ok for spring. Ive mulched my garlic with manure but i read a comment in another video saying garlic doesn't like manure but mine seem to like it.🤠👍🙏👌
Thanks Nick. I had read a few root veg don't like it as causes forking. I need to build up the level but the site may have compost coming too. So fingers crossed. As that'll really finish off my bed. If not I'll be buying compost to add.
I'll definitely do half manure though. I need to plan my square foot gardening element.
I got my final seeds through today. And have onions and runner beans to get up there. The poly tunnel was covered today too. So I have space to get some seeds planted.
Hope your garlic is OK.
@@GardenMyselfHappy if you dig the manure in it'll cause forking with carrots and parsnips but as a mulch left on top it's ok. 👍🤠🙏 I'm going to send you a video I watched the other day where they mentioned this . If I can find it 👍
@@GardenMyselfHappy th-cam.com/video/_WDk0U0oLa0/w-d-xo.htmlsi=BpUAb3CHzt_I5vQy 👍
Ooh that's fantastic!! I really fancied repeat sowing some things at home and A1 to see how they compare and allow for any failures. I lots of staple crops I've never been able to try at home.
Hi Jane, new subscriber here. I recognised you from your other channel. I have an allotment in Cardiff so will follow your gardening with interest. That's a good looking community site you have there, good luck 👍
Hi! Thanks so much for jumping across. 🤓 Fab you've got an allotment in Cardiff too. They're like hens teeth here so mine is a tiny one. But will be nice all the same.
Hope you're not too battered by the storms. It's still blowing here.
Take care, Jane
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Thanks for stopping by. 😊
what a great idea toset up a compost bin on a bed. Imay try the same as it can help with quick clearing during the harvest season when we are so busy 😅
Hi Stella, I have seen wormeries set up by sinking a bucket with lots of holes drilled in it, then placing some manure and kitchen scraps or garden waste, shredded paper or cardboard. Like my wormery tower but in situ. So i'm thinking this will be the same. As it's such a tiny bed, it's a bit of a loss of space, but useful all the same. Others have them in the centre too and they looked like bee hives when I saw them from afar, I got quite excited.
Thanks for stopping by, hope you have a go at composting in situ. Maybe we can catch up later in the year and see how we get on.
Take care, Jane
@@GardenMyselfHappy i already have sunken containers in some of my beds but my courgettes produced so much green having a compost bin on their beds might be useful but in bed wormery will be nicer
@@StellasVegetablegardens@StellasVegetablegardens that's great it worked for you before. I am hoping this will do too. It'll keep me on track composting at least. I'm lazy at home, I have a green wheelie bin I pay for and a darlek I've hardly used other than to top up. I've just emptied to move it and had half a load of perfect compost. The rest is in the green bin ready for March. 😅 Must try harder would definitely be my teachers comment if I was in school. 😅
Hope you have a lovely week. Take care, Jane
Hey Jane, so happy we got to see your plot/bed.
You made light work of that weeding 😊 speedy 😉
Stay safe and warm
Allie & Tricia xx
Haha thanks, I was trying to keep up with you Allie! 😉😂
It was a lovely relaxed effort (hidden were a million audio checks and fails) 👀.
Thanks for watching and support. Jane
@@GardenMyselfHappy oh i have plenty of those checks and fails 🤣 and I’ve been doing it for over a year now. Adds to the fun (and frustration)
You will get used to it. Most importantly have fun and enjoy your space! 🥰 such a great community to have this facility 💗 and it gives you a chance to get a feel of what having a bigger plot entails before committing. Your going to love it 🥰 Grow what you love to eat Jane 🤗and take us all along your journey x Allie
@@TheRightPearPlot Thanks so much Allie! Good to know it is part of the norm to be checking.
There are a few great gardening communities near my area. And I agree, I said to Richie if it gives us a chance to form a routine and see if we want a bigger allotment, and have more confidence we could handle it.
I'll definitely take you all along if you're mad enough to tag along. 🤗🌱
Use to spend hours as a kid on allotments.With my Grandfather and Uncles .Kept livestock back in 60s .Pigeons and Chickens.
@@barbarahalkyard1901 sounds like happy memories! Do you keep livestock or grow veg now?
Thanks for watching, it's lovely to hear from people around the world. Jane
I came across you by chance today and jusr subscribec look forward to your videos.
Hi new sub when you first take plot it can be dawnting just dig weed and clear at bit at a time. Cas you clear cover with card until planting out other all the clearingvwill be to no avale the weeds will come back come spring. Remeber takeing a new plit on and clear its a race not a marathon. All the best and look forward to your progress.😊
Hi John, thank you for watching and your subscription.
I really appreciate the advice. Sadly I can't get a full size allotment, there are people 7 years into waiting etc. So this is a small community garden bed. But the project is a lot bigger.
I am lucky to have a good size garden, but it had limitations for veg growing. So a small section is becoming a more concentrated veg plot / garden.
So hopefully my year will have a good harvest. In limited space.
Are you in the UK? Where abouts do you garden?
Wishing you a lovely weekend. Jane
Nice start to your garden. Look forward to watching your garden grow.
Hi thanks Debbie, for watching and the support. Hope you're having a lovely week. Jane
Exciting times, good luck. Looking forward to watching your progress
Hi, thank you so much for watching and the support. Luck is always welcome! I have been busy again today so am feeling more optimistic. Hope you have a lovely weekend. Jane
Thank you, Jane, you are inspiring me to get started with my garden as well!
Hi Bobbie, that is wonderful to read. Thank you for watching. I'm glad the garden spark has got you ready for action. What are your plans for the year, or jobs your facing?
I still have much to do especially at home.
Take care, thanks for stopping by. Jane
Actually, I would like to get started with the @Charlesdowding1nodig method thos year. I am in South Carolina, zone 8b. Just some vegetable and flower gardening in my yard.
I follow @seanjamescameron and he just moved back his hometown in Wales. You might enjoy his avid gardening and lifestyle content.
I will be following your progress, best wishes!
Hi, no dig has made a massive impact on how we garden. I have used it successfully in my home front garden. Though I failed with my perennial bed. It got overtaken not some form of grass.
I hope you get on well. Temperature wise I think we are close to you in Wales but a lot wetter.
Do you grow ornamentals too?
I have seen Sean's channel and followed his switch over. The site on England where a company are running all inclusive plots was really interesting. A different angle on allotments with a lot of press coverage. Though I am not sure it'd be for me. Did you see his video?
Thanks for subscribing and your support. Jane
A flask will soon turn into a small camping cooker and kettle 😊 take your time, theres no need to rush. Just enjoy the journey
Hi! You are absolutely right. I have a tiny pocket size gas stove or a single ring one with can of gas into the side. Also a heater that uses the same cans. So they have crossed my mind. 😂
Indeed lots of time still. Not much happening till the weekend this week.
Thank you for stopping by and commenting. I appreciate the support.
Jane
You are doing a great job in your allotment plot. New friend here. Showing you support. Keep up the good work. Happy gardening!!
Hi thank you so much for watching and subscribing. Always lovely to have new friends. TH-cam has a lovely community of gardeners.
I hope you're not too badly affected by weather just now.
Take care, Jane
Looks a very good set up you`ve found. A great place to be gardening. I hope you are happy there.
Thanks its got a lovely feel to it. Given allotment waiting lists this allows us to get a feel for the commitment without the pressure.
I hope you're well 🤗