Problem Solved! (Making The Allotment Look Nice)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ก.ย. 2024
- It's nice and sunny at the Feel Good Garden allotments and plenty of planting out to do. Off to the allotments via a pretty lane with spring flowers adorning the sides. Here is a little peek of the flowers growing not only at the allotment but also at home in the garden. Everywhere is blooming and summer is on its way!
Time to plant out the runner beans that I sowed in the polytunnel and nasturtiums from Danny@TheGrowUpChannel.
I was hoping to plant out Sunflowers 🌻 by the archway bean frame but plot neighbour Cheryl warned me not to as it could stunt the runner beans growth. Not to be beaten I come up with an interesting solution.
My sunflower 🌻 grow along/challenge is a fun one to take part in. Its going to be for the tallest sunflower 🌻 and also for the sunflower 🌻 with the widest head.
I have a birthday treat to myself and really pleased with how the allotment looks afterwards! ☺
I'm hoping the Karlsten Slug and Snail oregano pellets with keep these pests at bay.
The allotment men have been helping Jonny repair Emma and Jonny's polytunnel by putting on a new cover.
Bindweed is coming up amongst my newly sown flowerbed and the rhubarb isn't looking very healthy. I dig over the bed and put some manure pellets and compost around it.
The Raab Broccoli looked pretty when it flowered but all gone to seed now so it's time to pull it all out. I save the seeds to grow on the allotment next year.
I prepare weed and loosen the soil in this bed ready to plant out. I plant an outdoor variety blight resistant tomato from Jonny, basil and Marigolds from the supermarket, spring onions and Lollo Rosso lettuce from our polytunnel.
It all has a goid watering followed by more oregano slug and snail 🐌 pellets so I'm hoping this will deter them.
Thank you for watching, liking my video and subscribing. I really do appreciate it.
Love from Linda ❤
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Linda: the summeriest gardening youtuber!! Love your sunflowers 😂 Plot is looking great - be careful on the slabs! Happy gardening 🌱
Awww thank you Kerry ❤️ If nothing else at least I'll have some sunflowers 🌻🌻🌻😂 I'm hoping mine will survive and thrive though🤞 The trip was genuine so I thought I'd leave it in to give viewers a giggle 🤭 😂 Have a great week 🌻🌹
🐝Thanks for the great video 🌻 My sunflowers still home hiding from the snails. Love all the happy bunting
Thanks Sandra ❤️
I can well understand you being protective of your sunflowers 🌻🌻🌻 after growing them for so long the last thing you want is the slugs eating them! Have a great week 🌹
Coucou 👋🏻 👋🏻 👋🏻
Magnifique vidéo 😊
À bientôt
Thank you so much ❤️ Have a great week 🌱
Lovely video Linda, and your sunflower dress is so pretty! 😊
Awwww thank you so much Colette ❤️ I bought that dress last year and thought it apt for the sunflower challenge/grow along 🌻🌻🌻😊
Hi Linda, I love your sunflower arch. Your homemade compost looks really healthy. Lots of tidying up jobs done too. Your plot looks lovely. Thanks for sharing and take care 😊
Awww thanks Christine 😍 It's great to finally use up some of our own compost and it's full of little worms so brilliant to put back into the soil.
Have a great weekend and happy gardening 🌻🌻🌻
Hey Linda, love your sunflower dress and everything is looking fantastic ❤ have a great week Linda 🥰
Thanks so much Gemma ❤️
You have a great week too 🤗 x
Very beautiful! Thanks for sharing my friend👍
Thank you Katie ❤️ What a lovely channel name you have 😍
Hello Linda ☺. The birds on the feeders may not like the flapping bunting, just a thought 🤔. The sunflower bunting looks lovely. Sending love, light & summer blessings 🌻🌻🌻🌻 xx
Hi Veronica 👋
Thank you 😍
The birds kept away for a few days but back with a vengeance now. Costing me a small fortune in bird food and fat balls 😂
Hopefully the movement of the bunting in the wind will deter birds too!
I typically do broccoli rabe in the fall...I think it's sweeter in the cool months.
Nice to have a cuppa with garden friends.
Spotty germination on my sunflowers....but I do have 4 of the mammoth type.
🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻
Hi Robin 🤗
The birds are back again after a few days of being frightened away. Thought I was going to save a bit of money on bird feed but nope don't seem like 😂
I did sow the Raab Broccoli in Autumn/Fall but was have been late autumn as I didn't have any Broccoli until early spring. Maybe sow is earlier next time 👍🤔
I'm so pleased you are growing Sunflowers 🌻 🌻🌻🌻🌻 ❤
Always a delight linda! The sunflowers look great! maybe you could put some sunflowers in big pots. Near the archways. I've always found slugs and snails to avoid red lettuce too. Danny 🌱
Awww thanks Danny ❤️ I have my sunflowers on the archway now 🌻🌻🌻😂
Jonny didn't have a problem but I've taken Cheryl's advice this year but next year might be different. 😂
I planted most of the red lettuce but did leave you a bit. There's also some mixed green and red lettuce if you want some. It all looked intact this morning 👍😁
See you at the Feel Good Garden Café soon! 😂
Thank you linda. I have to agree with Cheryl. It stunted my beans the one year too!. Danny 🌱
Hiya Linda 🤗👋🏻, please lets us know how your oregan pellets perform. Looking nice in the allotment with a bit of sunshine 😀
Hi Patrick 👋
Thank you 😊
I've used those Oregano pellets before on the Raab Broccoli and they worked well. I put those down yesterday and when I checked today everything looks intact so far so good 👍I'll keep an eye on them 👍☺
Love your sunflower goodies Linda, they look gorgeous 🧡🌻🌻🌻🧡
Thanks Angie ❤
Have a great week🌻🌻🌻
Lovely video
Thanks Barbara 🤗 ❤
I like the sunflower archway garland and bunting and the flowers 🏵🌸🌻🌼🌷🪻look colourful. Maybe the slugs will eat the oregano instead of your plants 🪴 kind regards and thanks for another interesting video 🪻
Thank you Sheryl ❤
The slugs don't like oregano so hopefully they will stay away from my plants! 🤞🌻🌻🌻 x
Hi Linda. You are one of the best dressed gardeners on TH-cam. Lovely dresses. I end up mucky all the time so throw on the same old trousers and tops 🥴. Your plot is looking lovely. I’ve just ordered some of those oregano pellets to see how they go. Happy gardening. Mags 🌻
Hi Mags 👋
Awww that is so kind of you to say, thank you ❤️
I know those oregano pellets are expensive but my plot neighbour Cheryl recommended them to me and they've worked a treat so far. I bought some last year and I bought 2 tubs recently as we have a lot to plant out. I'm hoping they will work as well as they did last time.
We had a lot of rain overnight after planting out that bed and the plants were all intact yesterday 👍 I hope you have the same success as I've had 🤞😊 Have a great week 🌻🌹
I always plant my sunflowers on the end of the potatoes and beans 🤔😂 never had a problem , your plot is looking proper summery☀️🌝
Thanks Elizabeth 😍 Do you know Jonny was saying the same, he planted sunflowers 🌻 next to his beans last year and didn't have a problem and had plenty of beans. Maybe I'll try it next year and compare.
Thanks for watching, have a great week ❤️
@@Feelgoodgardens had them at the end of all my bed's no problems 👍
Me too next to my arch and I had loads of runner beans
Love a bit of bunting on a plot thanks again for video
Thank you so much and thanks for watching 😍 Have a great week ❤️
Love the sunflowers and beautiful dress. Useful info about planting sunflowers next to your beans.
I maybe with your bunting. The flapping may scare the birds off especially how close it is to the feeders etc but maybe ok. It looks lovely though x
Awww thank you Chrissie. ❤️
The bunting did scare the birds for a few days but they are used to it now and back emptying the feeders once again 👍😂
@@Feelgoodgardens peace is restored again lol xx
I am joining in Linda, i am also doing the same with the The Jacobson Family Allotment Adventure, as well as our own site, so i have 3 sunflowers on the go. The sunflowers look really good on the archway. You may find that the bunting might frighten off the small bords when they come to the feeders, but it does look nice. I had Crimson Crush and Crimson Blush last year, they were really nice and that was the first time i had actually grown tomatoes outside. Love seeing marigolds etc just adding colour around a plot. Great video Linda.
Thanks Jimmy 😍
I'm so pleased that you are joining in with the sunflower 🌻 challenge/grow along 👍☺
The birds did stay away for a few days but are back again with a vengeance. Need to top up the bird feeders again. They cost us a small fortune but well worth it as love to see them on the plot.
Looking forward to comparing how the tomatoes grow in the polytunnel and outside.
Have a great week 🌻 🌻 🌻
Ooh problems 😂 hope you get to wear your sunflower dress again this year 😂
Happy wife happy life so I’m sure he will approve ☺️
Having a lazy day here so getting to play TH-cam catch up finally xx❤
Big hugs
Allie & Tricia xx
Hi Allie &Tricia 👋
Weather permitting I'm hoping to wear that dress a lot this summer 🌞 😂 Sunflowers galore 🌻🌻🌻
Doug did approve, well if he didn't he never said 😂
Enjoy your catch up and have a great weekend both ❤️
@@Feelgoodgardens so glad Doug approved 🥰 xx
@@TheRightPearPlot we'll sort of he didn't say either way really 😂 🤭🤗 xx
Getting a bit advanced with the double watering can technique there Linda, not once, not twice but thrice! 😄.
My sunflowers are looking rather sickly this year but hoping with some sunshine they pick up soon 🤞😂.
Nearly giving me a heart attack almost tripping 😮😂 don't need any more injuries from you guys there!
Tomato plant is a right beast 😆😍 and planting around is looking great. Cheers 🌱🌱
Thanks Joe ❤️
The ground was so dry and hard so I made sure it had plenty of water and then we had rain last night 😂
It's looking fine today and all plants looking ok so fingers crossed those oregano pellets are doing the trick.
I thought I'd leave the trip in the video to give my viewers a giggle. 😂
Great to plant out some of the plants from the polytunnel, need to make space for the indoor tomatoes. 🍅 😊
The double gun watering was very impressive!
I sowed some sunflower seeds yesterday, so maybe I’ll join your challenge, Linda! I didn’t start them early, just chucked the seeds in direct, but I had some lovely sunflowers last year. Though…. Now I’m wondering if that’s why my beans didn’t do very well, because I had them planted by each other. So I’ve learned something from your video! Thank you for sharing that information. I’m going to try and grow some nasturtiums up the sunflower this year, but I want to see if the seeds germinate before I do anything with the nasturtiums!
I'm so pleased that you are joining in with the sunflower 🌻 challenge/grow along 👍❤
School is still out regarding Sunflowers and beans but I don't think I'm going to chance it this year. That's interesting that yours planted together didn't do so well.
Nasturtiums planted up the Sunflowers 🌻 I bet that will look gorgeous 🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻😍
😜🤭😜🤭 problem solved he moved away 🤣🤣 nope just got closer. Oh that not what the title meant. But how much do they stunt them, someone told me don’t plant beans with onions so I did a test with two pots and absolutely no difference. So I’d do a test Linda, 💪💪 bust that myth sista. It’s all looking amazing and you have done a marvellous job. Have a spectacular week, Ali 🌧️🌧️🇨🇦
Hi Ali 👋
No, I meant I put up imitation 🌻 Sunflowers 🌻 instead 😂 That's an interesting test you did as I heard that too, not to plant beans and onions. I'll try next year now as I've already planted some Sunflowers out
Have a great week 🌻🌻🌻😍❤
Always question what you should "never" do!! 😂
Hello Linda 👋👋 oh your such a joy and lm loving the sunflower dress.l also found that slugs and snails dont go near my lettuce aspecialy the red lettuce,l wounder if we could make a solution up useing the red lettuce and water with it...worth a go eh.Till ne t time 💐
Awww thanks Joyce 😊 ❤
Yes definitely need to grow and plant more red lettuce it seems. Just had a thought, is it just red lettuce or any other red plants? 🤔 Thinking about it I'm sure they go after young beetroot leaves but not so much the older leaves. Any tips regarding slugs gratefully received 👍☺😂 💐
I think we are all in the same boat regarding our little slimy critters 🤨😏😒
nice content
Thank you so much ❤️ Have a great week 🌱
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Lovely videos Linda', I always enjoy watching your updates, and I adore your bunting and sunflowers 🎉❤
Awww thank you Cheryl that's very kind of you. You can enjoy it too! ❤️ Looking forward to seeing your bunting. Can't wait to do let's be nosey on your plot its looking fabulous 😍
Great video Linda! Always love the tops you wear!
Loving the double can watering action there! Very efficient! I wonder if you can bulk buy the slug pellets?
The faux sunflowers and bunting look gorgeous Linda! It really brings a bit of vertical colour and highlights that beautiful trellis!
Are the seeds mature enough to pull out when they are still green? I am saving my dwarf curled green kale seeds for the the first time. Not sure why they call it dwarf as it is about 6ft now!? I normally wait until the pods start to go yellow on the other brassicas. I have planted the new kale already next to them and thought i might use them as stakes when the pods are ready and just strip them down. If i can strip them now then i can get some mesh on the runner beans, etc as some of the kale flowers have aphids and was leaving them for the lady birds.
So lovely of you to help out your friends Johnny and Emma, as well as Danny on his new plot. You are such a kind soul!
I don't really have any friends or family who is into gardening as much as i am. I give spare plants away and have been advising our new next door neighbour on their new beds, garden planning, etc but it isn't the same so i love watching people who have similar interests.
Thank you for sharing Linda and take care!
Awwww thanks so much for the really lovely feedback 😊❤️
Be great if we could buy at wholesale prices wouldn't it. If you like the smell of oregano then they do smell lovely.
I'm so pleased that you like my artificial sunflowers and bunting 😊 Doug didn't make a huge fuss bit I do think he likes them 👍😂
The Raab Broccoli seeds have been like that for a few weeks so I'm hoping they are mature enough but you have a good point there. Maybe I should try a few times see if they'll germinate. I needed that bed to plant into si didn't want to wait any longer to pull them up.
Sounds like you are a kind hearted person too, giving plants away to your neighbours and giving advice.
Thanks for watching and commenting. Have a great week 🌻🌻🌻 ❤️
@@Feelgoodgardens I love oregano and garlic! Wondering if i have a bit of Roman in me and want my Dad to do a DNA test as i got a block on family history research on his mums side and pretty sure my grandad said that there were Italians on her side. I mean her name was Olive! and would be the only interesting thing on our family tree? Did you ever delve into family history research?
Yes, i am getting into bulk buying stuff now things aren't available in supermarkets anymore.
I had the same reaction with hubby when we planted fuchsias in the new hanging baskets in the garden and pots in the back! It must be an internal kinda joy but joy at least! Bless 'em!
I am itching to pull the kale out but they have really big pods now. I have French dwarf, tender green beans growing in front so have a bit of time still. Sugar snaps are behind the runner beans so hoping for the shade soon.
Totally get needing the bed space. I am hoping these kale seeds will fair well for a few years but yes you sometimes have to do what is best for your own garden and growing situation. It was more of a question as it is the first time saving kale seeds this time as they do take up a lot of room compared to turnips, radishes, spinach, pak choi, etc, in terms of letting it go to seed. Also glad that the aphids are on this and not on the beans, etc. Will be doing mission impossible to remove the pod stems into a tub so the insects don't fall into the bed, when i take them down! lol (cue music) The leaves are dying off now so might give them a week of what we used to call sun and will take them down.
We don't have much growing space in the garden so grow things on the edge of being "tight" lol Lovely to get some pea pods now though to eat!
I did try selling some donations at the the school fair fund but it didn't go as planned. I have very bad social anxiety so a friend who was on a stall said they would put them near the stall. They aren't "garden minded" as their hubby so a lot of them got damaged. I helped out at the start setting it up as i was their to watch our child sing in the school choir. It got to me that the plants where out in the wind, next to a kids play area. Then everyone that was still left at the end took the plants home for free and didn't donate. 2ft flowering organic tomatoes for £1.50 for the school.
I have done less this year and was worried about my spares going to waste. I think i have someone else who is interested in them and other plants, other than the neighbours. With my dyslexia and anxiety i do find it hard to reach out to new people and find it kinda awkward nowadays. I am very chilled and take people as i find them and i used to run courses when i was an IT Specialist, working in C London. Things change. Terrorist attacks, pregnancy on public transport, cancer treatment, mysogny, breavement and you get 5 mins at 7.30pm to do bedtime with your child. I took the redundancy and many other left due to my treatment, compared to other cis males in the dept, especially when it came to wfh.
Not what i was expecting leaving care with childhood PTSD and a degree i worked through but here we are. Just getting over my long covid cancer scare but still love gardening. It's my therapy as showing me a website by a Dr doesn't and isn't helping.
Love doing DIY and gardening. We renovated our house and garden from scratch and 5 layers of wallpaper on the walls and ceiling of this ex council house. The kids love learning about the wormery we have in the crate system on play dates, when we have them. I suffer with asthma and sinus problems from living in polluted block of flats in London.
At the end of the day, i just do what i can do. Teach, to those who will listen, without script. Like my old manuals i used to write. I classed as monkey see, monkey do. Like i would write them as a dyslexic person and assume no level of knowledge but not insult person reading it, from whatever level. From cleaner to CEO is how i talk to people and trigger management.
Anyway, i am rambling too much but since you are kindly sharing your life, it is only fair that we do the same, in this community, instead of us being randoms in the comments.
I can always sense good people. You are doing a great Linda!
Caption of the plants would b very helpful.
You have a good point there. I'll think about adding the plant names of the ones I know in my next video as I can't edit this video now its uploaded. I can imagine it would be useful for some of my viewers, thank you. 👍☺
Nice one Linda, but you do realise that you can never wear that dress to the plot again don't you? We won't know where you finish and the arbor starts 🤣😂🤣
😂😂😂 I'll try remember that 😜. Thank you Steve and have a great weekend ❤️
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