Prep for Spring | The Tiny Garden
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 ส.ค. 2024
- Join me and Roo-Boo as we head to the coast to collect some goodies for a spring garden preparation project and get going on some garden maintenance for spring!
If you have any flower recommendations for the season ahead, I'd love you to share in the comments below
Ocean Leaves Wild Organic Seaweed
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Benefits of seaweed for your garden
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Great for your compost too. Your dog is just joyful 😊
Thank you so much her name is Roo Boo 🥰 I didn't manage to get it on camera but it was still first time she had ever run into the sea 😆 she got quite the shock! That is a good idea I will make sure to get some later in the season for the compost once I decide where that is going to go!!
No worries about your tulips. They will be just fine. Thanks for sharing your garden with us. Happy gardening
Thanks Renee, I really hope so, I haven't seen tulips in the garden since I was a child and I lived in England!
Great video. Thanks for the information on how to make seaweed tea. I'll need to try this. 👍
Thank you Mags! Honestly it's a game changer and it's free! Win-win! It does let off a little smell when you take off the lid but it doesn't linger after it's been used! 🌿👍
Those bulbs need the cold, so they're fine. Mine are covered in snow and ice for months and come up each spring 🌷
Love that you have access to fresh seaweed!
Thank you Jamie! I thought for some reason they needed time to establish a few roots before the frost! So there is hope!! I absolutely love being by the sea 💖
Hi Laura, wonderful as always 😊, lovely to see you both on the beach, thanks for the tips, lot of seaweed here 😁.. Will give it a try, your bulbs will be beautiful, l have them every year, always make me smile, keep warm 😘😊
Hey Kerrie, thank you 💖 Roo-boo LOVES the beach she goes mad as soon as her toes touch the sand, and now she loves the water (she's never been a fan of the sea but it's official she's now a water furbaby!)
I really hope the bulbs do well I didn't have one single flower in spring last year 😅 it will be so nice to get a pop of colour on those cold spring days 🤩 not long now, spring is just around the corner! 😘🌷
Don't worry about the bulbs, they actually need a period of cold temperatures, they will be fine!
I hope so laitea! Only a few months to wait and find out! 🌷😅🤞
Hi Laura 🤗
So jealous you live close to so many beaches… the one you visited was beautiful and the sea so calm ❤️ fresh seaweed has to be so much better than anything you can buy!
Love the bulbs you’ve chosen they are going to look so beautiful 🌷 and can’t wait to see your sweet peas when in flower.
I’ve had enough cold weather now 🥶 I’m ready for spring and brighter things 👍🏻😀
Best wishes 🤗❤️
The landscape in the south east of Ireland is truely beautiful!! The sea was so calm and it didn't even feel like winter when I was there 🌞
I swear by the seaweed, and its free! It does smell a bit though 🙈 I really can't wait to see the frilly petals and the snakeskin heads on those fritillaria 🤩
Spring feels so close now! I must place some more seed orders I haven't even got my potatoes sorted yet!! 😆
Thank you again for the sweetpea recommendation, I am patiently waiting for them to arrive! 🥰🌸
Oh Laura, how blessed you are to live so close to the ocean. Green with jealousy! Making free seaweed fertilizer is just the best idea. Roo 🐕🦺 seems delighted to be at the beach. I planted my very first spring bulbs in December. A friend gave me a container of forced daffodils last January and I planted them in my front yard just last month. The bed has been covered with snow since Sunday. 😮 A gift from the Arctic to America! Gee thanks! I’ve always loved fritillarias. Can’t wait to see yours! Take care my friend, Cindy 🙋🏻♀️
Hey Cindy, honestly I am so blessed! It sometimes feels like I'm not even in Ireland when I visit the beach.
Roo goes crazy as soon a she touches the sand she loves it, I get great pleasure from watching her charge around 🤪😆
A blanket of snow ❄️ 🤩 wow not something I see all too often since I moved to Ireland. I am sure they are snug under the soil waiting for the temps to increase and burst out of the soil!
I hope you have a wonderful day, keep warm and stay cosy, all the best 💖
Loved this - so tranquil and Roo is just a darling!
Thank you Dora ♥️ she is a total menace when she wants to be but she is my best friend! I'd be lost without her!!
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What a beautiful beach! Great choice of bulbs! I love fritillarias, they are just beautiful! The bulbs should be fine. All your new beds look fantastic! Great tip about the seaweed! Thank you Laura x😘💕🌸
Hey Nanou! I hope you keep well and not been blown away by the wind down at the plot!
Aren't the Fritillaria amazing, I will be so chuffed if they come through in spring!
The seaweed is such a game changer but you might need a few more buckets to brew than me with the size of your growing space 🌸🌷🤩xx
Hey Nanou! I hope you keep well and not been blown away by the wind down at the plot!
Aren't the Fritillaria amazing, I will be so chuffed if they come through in spring!
The seaweed is such a game changer but you might need a few more buckets to brew than me with the size of your growing space 🌸🌷🤩xx
@@thetinygarden_ I have to admit I just buy seaweed liquid feed already made and I add it to my banana skins’ juice ( stewed banana skins in water!). It seems to have worked for me last year. If I was near a beach I would definitely do what you do! You live in a beautiful part of the world! 😘💕🌸
Ohhhh you peaked my interest with the banana peels 🍌 its funny you mentioned that! I only had a banana the other day, and I was sitting there thinking to myself, I am sure there is a use for this banana skin in the garden 🙈 you just throw a few akins in water and let it steep for a few weeks?
Those Pink ruffled tulips look amazing.
Sweet Peas do smell amazing.
Those spring bulbs will be just fine. Tulips can be finicky about coming back, year after year for me, especially hybrid varieties. For me, I just feel blessed if I get more than 1 year.
Love that seaweed homemade fertilizer and the look of your revamped garden.
Aren't the petals to die for! 😍🤩 I did hear they can be a little stubborn on coming back either year!
I love making little home made things to help the garden, having a composter would be a little challenging in the small space 🙈😅 a bit more building to go to finish the final beds and I'll be ready for spring!
Oh looks beautiful and calm. We are still under a foot of snow ⛄️ and more on the way before we get rains. Seaweed is the bomb and been used for eons in gardening. Tulips are gorgeous and will be fab come spring. Have an awesome week, by the way the beds look amazing. Stay safe and warm, Ali ⛄️⛄️🇨🇦
Hey Ali I havent seen snow since 2018 there was 4ft snow drifts on the motorway it was insane!!
Seaweed is a really common farming practice in coastal towns, I think it is so handy for a small spaces, composters and compost bays take up quite some room 🙈
I can't wait to start seeing the tulips 😍 hoping to buy a heat mat so I can start the Aji chilli's you sent me 🔥🥰
Mind yourself, and enjoy the pretty blanket of snow dusting your landscapes 😘
love this i wish i could walk to the beach omg , beautiful but also look for shells and break or grind them them up and sprinkle on the garden it helps stops slugs and snails
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The South of Ireland has some of the nicest beaches probably why it's known as the copper Coast!
I didn't know that about the seashells that is really handy to know, thank you! I can guarantee roo-boo would try and take a few of the shells to chew on haha 🐾🐚
How pretty the coast looked, I've been to Killarney many years ago & enjoyed it. I planted my tulips in my back garden, last year I only did two pots with orange ones, I couldn't stop looking at them they were so pretty & pleasant to look at in miserable weather. This year I've planted more in my big boxes like yours, I went for orange & yellow ones. We've had very cold weather also, I brought my garlic & beans in as the compost was hard, the other few things I covered with fleece. Take ver love xx
I went on a holiday Killarney 4 years ago! I had the best time, it is one of my favourite spots in Ireland the scenery is unbelievable 🤩
I love that so much 🥰 I always catch myself staring at plants in the garden. I really hope they burst out of the soil in spring! Orange and yellow sound so lovely it will add such a bright pop of colour.
All the best Carol, until next time 🥰🌷
Your tulip would love the cold snap. Mine is under minus 9 at the moment.its lower than yesterday. Laura your garden is gonna lok amazing.those raised bed is looking gorgeous.❤
Minus 9 oh wow 🫣🥶 that's really cold! I love tulips I can't wait to see what they look, that is such a lovely thing to say, I really appreciate that.
I have a few more beds to build I am really looking forward to completing all the beds 🙌 stay warm Gracie 🔥💖
Hi Laura, your newly planted bulbs should be just fine, and they will give you a pleasant surprise in springtime. What a lovely walk down to the beach and such a cute little beach it was. I am so looking forward to spring and seeing everything in the garden waking up from winters grip. I will look online and see if I can get seaweed powder and make a tea for my plants. Another great video Laura 🙂 thank you xxxx
I hope so Julie 🙏 🌷it will get the season off to a good start and might attract a few polinators 🐝
Ireland is such a beautiful place especially when the sun shines!
Good luck with your seaweed search and remember nettles can do a good job as a substitute! 🤩🌿xx
Coucou 👋🏻
Magnifique vidéo bravo 😊
Hi!! Thank you so much! 🥰
@@thetinygarden_ de rien c'est avec plaisir 😊
Hi Laura
It's freezing isn't it ,
It was minus 8 here this morning
Aw that beach looked lovely ,and fur baby enjoyed it ,
The garden is coming on too ,it's looking great
I just haven't been in mine this last week
Arthritis bad and my .lungs have been bad too
We're having the grandchildren this weekend
I'm not up to it but they ,love coming ,
Hopefully I can get in the garden next week ,
Take care Laura, enjoy ur garden
Hey Janet 👋 it has been bitterly cold 🥶 our day time temperature doesn't go above 0! But minus 8 is something else!
Roo loves the beach she was charging around like a crazy dog, I have never seen her in the water before, she's always be scared of it, but after running around oblivious, she ended up to her neck in the sea, she panicked a little but then she couldn't get enough of it 😆
You'll have to wrap up in more layers! The cold is no good for the arthritis and it can really get in on your chest. I've had the heating on constant, thankfully it's meant to warm up next week 🤞🙌 xx
@@thetinygarden_ yep bit to cold ,and every thing in the garden is freezing
I did cling film branches where fruit trees had been cut ,so frost didn't get in them
And covered grape vines ,I don't think there going do much ,
Roo sure did love it bless him
I won't be going out much in this weather I'm a home bird lol ,
Hibernate me lol
Take care til next time x
Beech walks the best beautiful 😊😊
Ireland honestly has the best beaches, no other place on earth I'd be when the sun is shining, so grateful to live here!
Once spring bulbs are in the ground about a month before they get a big frost should be OK. But tulips should be OK. There recommend you plant in December.
I live in Enniscorthy Co wexford ( although from Dublin) I also love johns Town garden centre, now I would be in Nass about twice a month so handy enough.
Hey Elaine! That was exactly my fear, not getting them in long enough before the frost 🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️ but the flower bed wasnt ready in time. I'll keep my fingers crossed and sow more annuals incase they don't survive! 😂
Hey Laura, great video. When rinsing the seaweed, its mainly to get the salt off / out of it. I usually make Nettle Soup and Comfrey tea, along with liquid seaweed fertiliser 👍
Hey Jimmy 👋 I do love the seaweed I did hear that about the salt too! Nettle soup is something i really want to do I'll be watching along to see how you do it! 🤗🌿
@@thetinygarden_ nettle soup is awesome for your brassicas. I usually use a big blue drum, i think 45 gallons, i fill 3/4 with water then stuff seaweed into it as much as i can until its full.I then give it a good stir once a week. I dont normally use it until its at least 4 months old, by which time it is stinking, and i mean stinking. Once the barrel is empty i start all over again, i am approx 9 miles from the beach.
@Jimmy.Plot.41.b oh your on the door step of the beach ⛱️
Haha I can only imagine the smell 😂 I got the seaweed feed on my hands last year, soap couldn't even cut through it, lingered for a week 😂😂
@@thetinygarden_ oh its the smelly things that make all the difference Laura 🤣🤣🤣
Laura you need to cut that top of your sprouting broccoli asap .Its blown but more heads will come .It might just be okay if you can cook it straightaway xx
Ohhhhhh nooooooo!! 🫠 I wonder did I sow it too early 🤔 😳
I did think the little round buds were mini flowers trying to form 🤦🏻♀️ thank youu!! 🥰 I'm off to find my snips 😅...xx
@@thetinygarden_ No not too early it will continue to produce little tiny heads for some time ,purple sprouting broccoli is not like ordinary broccoli ( calabrese) ,it just makes tiny branching purple heads all over the plant 🙂
@susiespearing1874 excellent there is time to save it!!! 🤗
Hi, I have just discovered your channel and will subscribe and follow along.
The seaweed caught my eye as we too live close by the coast in south Wales.
So I'm going to give it a try 😀
Hi Nic 👋 thank you for subscribing and taking the time to say hello 🤗 the seaweed is SO good and it doesn't take up any space! The mixture will have a smell when it's brewed but it goes pretty much as soon as you use it!
Enjoy your trip to the beach, I hope the sun is shining in Wales 🏴🌞
Have you watched any of Arthur Parkinson's videos? If not, you might be interested. He specializes in growing flowers in containers (in the UK).
I have never heard of Arthur, I just googled him and wow the most gorgeous terracotta flower pots! What a fab recommendation, thank you 🙌🌷
Hi great video as always all the very best 😊
Thank you Carl 🤗 feels good to be getting a bit of prep done 🙌🌿
The tulips should be fine 🌷🌷
That is such a relief to hear, I wasn't sure did the roots need to get going a bit first 🤞🌷
@@thetinygarden_ In Massachusetts USA, we plant bulbs in the fall to come up in the spring, so they weather the cold well enough. I suppose it depends on the variety. The ones at my apartment come up every year ❤️
@@BrokenGardening awesome!! I can't wait! Roll on spring!! 🙌🌷🌸
Beautiful and great idea ❤
Thank you 🌷🌸🌿
Hi laura yr bulbs should be fine we have had -6 and my bulbs are showing themselves now I use liquid seaweed too but shop brought no beaches in shropshire its great stuff❤
Minus 6! SO cold! Oh wow there is hope for my little frilled tulips after all! The liquid feed is so good I used it on the tomatos ans everything, so handy and works quick enough when you see your plants struggling 🙈
I collect seaweed on the beach, hang it up to dry and when its dried stiff run it through the shredder to make my own seaweed meal . I also throw some in with the comfrey and nettles in my converted wheelie bin liquid fertiliser factory. The downside is my nearest beach is sixty km away so don't get to collect seaweed as often as I'd like. "Homegrown Veg" is the youtube seaweed expert .
Hey George 👋 I only collected a small bit but the lads on the plot collect a good bit and lay it on their beds over winter. Who knew it was that easy to make seaweed meal, wow! I have a wheelie bin at the plot what a great idea!!! I will check out that channel too!!
i reckon your tulips will be fine , but im fingers crossed for you , iv not sown any bulbs myself and pretty sure i killed my lilys lol , flowers arent my forte but i aim to have a garden full anyway
Oh no 🤦🏻♀️ I think I could be with you in the dead lily camp! I had to dig them up to move the beds around I have them stored in the shed currently 🙈
Here is to 2024 and many flower fails 🤣 I do hope your garden becomes full blooms though🌸🌼 🥰
Your bulbs should be fine. Tulip in particular love the freezing cold.
Here in Melbourne, Australia, we can get down to - 1oC overnight on occasion, but generally it's not really not enough cold to convince tulips to flower. We get leaves but getting flowers is a bit hit or miss unless up at a higher elevation with enough chill.
Wow -10c that is very cold! I am so delighted to hear tulips love the cold. Can't wait to see them now in a few months! 🙌🌷
@@thetinygarden_ haha actually it's only -1. The o was the indicate degree, sorry. It didn't quite display as I expected after I hit 'post comment'. 😅
@@ErraticPerfectionist oh haha 😂 my bad, I did think to myself I didn't realise Australia got so cold 😂😂
@@thetinygarden_ oh, don't get me wrong! We definitely get snow on the mountains and elevated regions (mostly in the eastern states) so it can be freezing!
One of the things I had to explain to my Canadian friend is that whilst Melbourne rarely gets snow and it never stays (melts as it reaches the ground), we do get the freezing winds off the Antarctic so the wind makes it feel much colder than it is.
I visited her in Canada and I was wearing a summer dress with a cardigan on an 11 deg Celsius day, because it turns out without constant icy wind, it's actually not a bad temperature! 😆 Then when they got a freak mini snowstorm while I was there and we were walking home from the shops, I pointed out that that was what 13 deg feels like in Melbourne 😂
My tulips are starting to come through in the garden at home. I planted some at the allotment but not seen then appear yer but they will.
We ate lucky to live near the cost so can get seaweed too ❤
Oh that is so lovely Tracey, do the furbabys like the sea? anything to help feed the plants for free 😅😆 it all adds up!!
I love tulips so much 💓 🌷 I hope mine do okay!
@thetinygarden_ I put my garlic in last weekend so just hoping they are OK with the cold weather.
Ruben likes the water but Oscar doesn't. X
Hey sweetie, Tricia was in her glory watching Roo-boo at the beach. Still no progress on our dog search.
Ooh seaweed video 😊 definitely going to read up more on the benefits!!! The dried stuff you buy is what I had initially wanted to turn my fresh stuff into. Now going to make the tea instead, much quicker. I will need 20 of those buckets 😂😂😂😂
Your bulbs will be absolutely fine!! 😊 we got those fritillaria last year and they are absolutely beautiful when they flower, checked petals which look 👀 unreal ❤
Oh I heard on one of someone’s lives that straw flowers are best grown from bought seeds, not from your own saved seed?? Think it was Tony O’Neil who mentioned it. I’ve looked in our local stores and can’t find any so that will be an online purchase 🙄 I may try my own just to see.
Right breakfast time 😊
Look after yourself, stay warm and keep smiling ☺️
Love Allie Allie & Tricia xx❤
Hey lovelies 🥰 awh I had the best day with her on the beach, that is properly the first time she has gone into the water as well she has gotten so confident 🥰 the camera didn't pick it up but she ran straight into the water (totally oblivious) and completely froze! The water was up to her neck but after that she was loving the water 🤣
That is interesting, you have so many seed heads, surely something will grow? I searched for straw flowers but couldn't find them. I wonder are they called something different over here? Corn flowers pop up?
There seems to be a shortage of everything I want to grow this year I can't find any of the varieties 🤣😅
Oh I I so pleased by tulips will be okay I saw the frost and I thought oh no what have I done, better tell everyone about the weather, in case I've ruined them 🤦🏻♀️ I really hope the frillitaria sprout they look insane!!
So lovely to hear from you, I hope the van isn't giving you any more trouble! Have a lovely day 🤗😘 xx
@@thetinygarden_ in the garage having a tyre replaced, whilst it was playing up at the plot the other day I noticed it. As I say it happened for a reason. ☺️
Those strawflower are called Helichrysum. Some beautiful colours too.
Let me know what seeds you can’t get! Will see if I have spares. My seedcret Santa didn’t register so I have a wad of seeds I was set to give away.
I bet she was 🐚 shocked 🤣 entering that freezing water 💦 she really looked sooo happy.
😊 A x
Oh my god no wonder I like them they must be part of the crysthamum family 😍 hahah she'll shocked for real! Oh no it didn't register that's annoying 😢always next year! 😂 you are the kindest human ❤️
Hey Laura the tulips will be fine. have you got your garlic in already? thanks for reminding me to mulch my blueberries.
I must get some ericaceous soil for my blueberries 🫐 💙 I didn't do any garlic because the beds weren't ready in autumn. I thought I had missed the window?
@@thetinygarden_ you can still put some in till the end of january go for it you have nothing to lose 😁
What about dried seaweed from Japanese grocery?
Oh I am not sure about that now 🤔 I imagine anything from the grocery will have added preservatives. If you have a garden store close, try and ask if they have some dried or even liquid seaweed fertliser.
If you can't find these, can you grow comfrey? That makes a good tea as well! Chicken pellet manure and blood fish and bone are also good alternatives if you can't access the things to make the tea!