February catch up...
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 30 ก.ค. 2024
- It's been a while! I hope you're keeping well. Join me on a sunny afternoon on the allotment garden to discuss why I've been away from TH-cam for a little while. You'll see me plant my shallots, swoon over hellebores and tackle my hedges.
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Lovely video; thank you. I felt that same rush of excitement getting back outside…when you were looking around, repeating “it’s SO good to be back!”, taking deep breaths of the fresh air and smiling non-stop!! Such a wonderful feeling; we survived another winter!🌱🌱🌱
Watching from Victoria, British Columbia, Canada 💖🇨🇦
So glad to see you and your spirit guide robin back together at the allotment!😄
Two positive story’s from Bangor,Northern Ireland. Last year, Mum died ,leaving a beautiful Discovery apple tree in our family home of 56 years, which had to be sold. I tried everything from taking cuttings etc. The tree was too big to move. So,I’ve just planted my own Discovery apple tree. Also , for the first time, I have success with ginger. It was planted 20/1 and I have three plants. Happy spring everyone and lovely to see you back.
Great to see you back , I can see you have plenty to do , enjoy your garden and the beauty that it gives you . 😊🤗
My dad grew a lovely Discovery apple tree in our family home which sadly had to be sold, so I took some apples from it and grew a tree from the seed, I get beautiful blossom on it every spring which reminds me of my dad, sadly it will never have big apples on it as you need the tree to be grafted, but it’s a great memory too have
Hooray! All is well with the world. Glad to see you back and rolling along. Those hellebore are lovely. 🙂
Nice to see you motivated and smiling. Look forward to seeing the transformation over the coming weeks / months.
Wow great to see all the work you've been up to on the plot. Those Hellebores of yours always do look fantastic
I love this time of year too when the flowers start to appear and the birds start to sing. Spring is nearly here! 💚🪴
Weather has been terrible this year. Wales gets so much rain but nothing like this year. Nice to get back in the garden though. hellebores are incredible Katrina. great video
Yes to visiting more gardens! Longwood and Chanticleer are two in my area of the US, but we have lots more.
Haven't watched the video yet but smiled with joy to see you've uploaded and a whole thirty minutes?! Yes!
Nice to see you again me lovely 😊😊😊 just to see your cheerful face! Hope your plot drys off so you can shoot more content for us! You're inspirational!
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Congratulations on getting married 🥰🥰
Great video. Great to see you back. We're mid March now and still thick mud and torrential rain. We have puddles in our garden. 😢
Potato say sounds great. Lovely to see something local and independent. Your hellebores are truly stunning and a brave Robin.
Hoping we all have a lovely spring. Jane
Your hellebore are amazing and I'm rather envious! I have several plants in my cottage garden here in Wales but a gang of unruly pheasants have decided to call my garden home and nip off every emerging bud! Great to have you back on TH-cam
my favorite is the Chicago Botanic Garden....HUGE and marvelous. I particularly love the edible garden.
Your helebores are spectacular, what a stunning display they put on at a time of year when things can look a bit grey.
Great to see you and the allotment again!
Those hellebores are beautiful! I agree a special about them would be nice. :)
I'm jealous of the cute little robins you have in the UK. American robins are much bigger and will often knock the eggs out of different birds nests here in the US
It’s been a depressing winter where I live also. Way too many very cold and windy days. Finally we get the occasional sunny warm day. It inspires me to start the spring garden plan. Thanks for sharing your awakening garden and the welcoming Robin !
It's been 2 years since I've moved into my new garden and its been slow-going in setting up!! Weather...finances...and acquiring human help all has played a factor in getting things done!1 It's only just now that I'm just starting to set it all up!! Life huh?? WOW!! That Robin was super cute and close!! Really friendly!!
Hellebores are looking superb….
У вас уже весна. Это прекрасно. Я желаю Вам здоровья и хорошего сезона🙏☺
Garden work is so exciting prep for spring, love the hellebores. Would love to hear the names. Put seed out to bring more birds,
Nice to see you back,!
Please don’t forget to keep feeding your wild birds and bring Mr Robin some meal worms when you come, plus a piece of pear or apple !
Greetings from Zimbabwe
WOW!!!! All that beautiful green and flowers!!!! LOVE!!!
Hellebores are looking great!
Hey what is this? The beautiful Kat, some shed DIY and Mr Robin too, all in one video. And spring is coming. Life is good eh?
Yes always grow Shallots and I start them off the same way as you to stop the pigeons pulling them out of the ground.
Welcome back. The weather is the same here in Ireland lots of rain.
I've just recently acquired my first proper garden space and came across your channel last week. Enjoying the vids and finding them very helpful so just wanted to say thanks! 👋
Good to see you again. You’re clearly on the case!
Strangest winter in NW Indiana, USA. Very little snow(few inches all year), very little cold weather(two weeks of -15C to -25C) Mostly above freezing temps. February getting up to 15C and 20C this week. Never seen it this warm and snow free before. I’m happy for gardening. All of my seeds are sprouting indoors. Prob put them into the greenhouse March 1st. Short winter, early spring is great for me.
Still have March to get thru, could be good, could be bad. We shall see.
I never do well during winter. I live alone with my dog and its very lonely, especially in the long dark evenings, so im sooooooooo excited for the upcoming weeks/months. I hope we have a better spring than last year..
I was out in my garden today. I grow veg and fruit in my back garden. I planted a new Peach tree in a huge pot. Im so excited to see it blossom 🌸 and hopefully i will get some peaches. I also planted my new rhubarb plant. Its also a Timperly Red.. Its 2 years old apparently, so wont ba able to harvest this year 😞 slso got a new gooseberry bush to plant out. Im going to train it up a fence.
I adore Hellebores. Ive now got 7 plants. All fairly new, but looking forward to seeing them grow.. I have a few beautiful flowers too... Potatoes in soon 😊
Welcome back, hasn't this winter been wet, windy etc here too in West Sussex ! It's water logged at my Allotment, as there's a spring running through it, but I am enjoying the odd sunny day up there, tidying the greenhouse and potting up strawberry plants from runners 🍓my potatoes are chitting and I've got some new raspberry plants to plant!
Bit of a long way from you is Chartwell in Kent ... AMAZING garden. A bit closer is Peckover House Gardens in Wisbech, north Cambs/Norfolk border, lovely garden behind the house. I love your allotment and the sentiments you expressed about getting back to basics and growing what you love! Yay!❤❤ happy springtime 🎶
Like yourself, I love Hellebores, 2 weeks ago I went to Ashwood Nurseries and this older man was walking around with 2 collies thanking people he met for coming to John's Garden, he stopped to talk to us and I asked him who he was, to my surprise, he said John. I was like a young girl meeting her favourite pop star, I even said to him, THE John?, he smiled and gave a slight nod. Great day. Same as you, my hellebores are covered in blooms and are huge. Great to see you back.
No way?! That’s awesome. I must go back one day and visit John’s garden. Did you see it?
@@homegrowngarden Yes, even went into the hellebore tunnel. Beautiful cherry tree in full bloom, wild life garden with bird hide . Gardens are right on the canal, all the spring flowers are out .also has labels on most of the plants, well worth a visit, lots to see. Very peaceful, only myself, husband and another couple there on the Saturday we went. Will go back early summer, I'm sure you'd love it. One of the gardens I'd like to visit this year is Beth Chatto's. Happy gardening.
Being in Eastern Canada it is so nice to live vicariously through your channel while it is -15 outside here! I can't wait for spring this year too. I try to enjoy winter, but it has not been a nice one here. I am curious if anyone else from Canada has any good sources for hellebores here. They seem to be a bit harder to find, but I would love to add a few to my garden.
It's full on spring here in Texas even though there's still about 3 weeks to go before last frost!
Such huge, beautiful Hellabores! Yes, please do a separate video on these lovely plants … would love to know more about how you care for yours, trimming, fertilizing, etc.
Outstandingly great to see you back. Very spirit lifting. And as for you.... You are positively glowing.....
Love the sound of your robins and they are so cute, we don’t have them where I live. Looking forward to seeing your plot in full spring glory and abandon. I’ve been growing Potato Onions and they are very prolific in my garden (Mediterranean climate) and I get decent sized onions. I just save some for replanting next year. Supposed to be stronger than shallots but milder than onions.
Southern UK here and robins will immediately start watching you if you start disturbing the ground. They're supposedly territorial but we often get 2 or 3 at a time.
They'll sometimes take mealworms from your hand. UK's favourite bird for a reason.
If you are still thinking of doing Patreon, a benefit for those who sign up could be exclusive videos of your visits to show gardens. Many of your viewers live abroad like in USA, Scotland, 😄etc and would never get the chance to visit these special places. Another idea is offering your favourite recipes based on your allotment produce. Food for thought. Great to see you back!
A lovely NGS garden to visit near you is 334 Belper Road, Stanley Common, open 18th May and 9th June this year. Excellent cakes too if you needed an extra reason to visit.
spot on Kat, Grow what you eat not eat what you grow. this year I'm growing about 10 varieties of tomato which next year will be about 3 or 4 Vars but more of them and that will allow me to dedicate some space to the Melons I want to grow. if the worst comes to the worst you can grow your shallots in pots 1ltr if you want small pickling ones or 2ltr for bigger shallots😊
Nice to see you back. The Robin thought so too. 😊
Watching from Poland♥️🥀🌷
Lovely video. Have a wonderful day
Lovely video, great to see you back on your plot. In Cheshire it's been wet, but there are glimpses of spring. This year I'm trying onions from seed, as well as some sets, as some onions sets bolted last year in the very dry June
Was just thinking about your allotment. Nice to see you back in gear.
Welcome back Katrina !!!
Great to see you back again.😄
What a lovely video thanks for sharing on this grey day. The Robin, what a special moment. David Austin is worth a visit went last year, I also enjoyed RHS Hyde Hall. Pleased to say finally qualified and received my certificate in level 2 Practical Horticulture in December. Your inspiration pushed me to go back to college, so thank you for sharing your videos. Glad to see you back.😊
Congratulations on passing your course! 🎉
Your potato day how wonderful. This needs to be more wide spread across the nation. Fantastic. I get fantastic seed pots from my allotment shop that are as cheap as chips. 👍🏻. Glad to see you back.
Hi Kat, what a lovely video and doesn’t Spring just lift you? Your hellebores are amazing this year. I’m trying to grow onions from seed this year for the first time and they are looking good so far. I’ll keep you posted how they get on 😊
My Onions are huge this year compared to last. Started these sweet Onions from seed. Those ,Potatoes, and Carrots are my favorite to grow. Was looking yesterday for a new video from you.
Welcome back to the jungle Katrina. Lol.
I'm trying seed shallots this year , a variety called Elista as recommended by Dan from Allotment Diary. I'm sowing Red Sun and Golden Gourmet regular shallots from my own stock.
Happy New Year. So glad to see you again. It’s just like seeing the first crocus in bloom.
Wow 🤗 🌸 Those hellebores are amazing 🌸🌸🌸👍 The birds are coming back much earlier than in other years. No wonder that the 🌼🌼🌼 are blooming already.
Lovely to see you back, definitely was a false spring day you filmed as it's bucketing it down again, am itching to get out and get on with the jobs but it's just too wet. Gorgeous hellebores, I just love them!
Oh god tell me about it! the rain today was awful 😣
It's just as well to cut hedges before nesting season
It is always nice to look at other peoples gardens because
you don't have to do any of the obvious work.
So true 😂
Hi, The videos start and become collectible, difficult shoots with a lot of art and imagination, well done.
Welcome back 🌹🙋♂️
Glad you're not the only one fed up with the rain! Me too! I have loved the odd sunny day on my allotment too, just listening to the birds and starting on some jobs makes me so happy too 😁💖
What a nice surprise to see you're back. How are the fish.? It's been really wet here where I live too. I started watching the National Garden Scheme channel in 2020, hope they feature more gardens again. Potatoes...I planted some a couple yrs ago, not knowing what I was doing, I planted them upside down. Thinking the eyes were the roots 🙄 I bought German butter balls to try this yr, coming from German ancestors, made prefect sense to me.
So lovely to See you back. Isn't it a great time of year so full of promise 😊 I'm growing some onions (exotic ones can't remember the name will look it up and report back 😊) hence from seed not sets but I think these are going to be so tasty if they germinate 🙏🤞
Welcome back! Hope you had a lovely time away. I can see that you are ready to dive in and work, happy gardening.
Riannas Ruby is stunning 😄
Lovely to see you back and see your garden. I always learn something and make a couple of notes! I'm loving my helibores too and all the spring flowers x
I love your darling Robin Redbreast visitor! Reminds me of the beloved “ Secret Garden “ book .
Great video, glad you are back on the plot. So much to do at this time of year and yeah its been soooo wet this year! As I was watching couldn't help noticing the fences - I tend to grow peas up the fences having created a boarder for the peas to get transplanted once germinated and are around 6 inch tall (I sow into guttering and the slide the peas into the bed). Using the fences then means I have the usual beds for other veg. Looking forward to seeing how your year comes along.
Nice to see you again. You're at least a month ahead of us here. Winter has been relatively mild for us with a couple of cold snaps as usual. Since Christmas I've been thinking about what I will grow and do out in my garden this year. I've cut back on vegetables in recent years as I can only use so much and I have no farm animals to feed the excess to anymore. Since most folk here have gardens giving vegetables away is pretty much impossible. With that I've been growing a lot more flowers which makes the garden a colourful and happy place. Dahlias are big on my list of things to grow. I have so many dahlia tubers every year I give quite a few away to local folk. Your hellebores are fantastic this year. I remember the video you did when you went to the nursery where they have a lot of hellebores. Nice to see your pretty little Robin showing up again too. What a sad world it would be without birds and flowers. Take care and happy gardening. Cheers!
Great to see back looking forward for some gardening tips, 😀
How lovely to see an update from you. Those brambles looked very brutal. My least favourite job is cutting those back. The weather here has been quite horendous as well. Its wonderful to feel the uplifting effect of a bright warmer day for your mind body and soul. Your hellebores are amazing. Thank you for sharing :-)
I think hellibores are an amazing flower! One of my favorites. Thanks for showing us around!
Wonderful to see you back here after a well deserved break. You're a star ⭐️
Welcome back! Spring makes my heart happy too. It gives me a reset especially after a cold dark winter. My daffodils and tulips are coming up as well as my first snowdrops I planted last fall.
Loved the beautiful Helebores and the moment with Mr Robin. Here in Wales it has been very wet and damp but the 3 bee hives have made it and the quince has already broken bud. I need to get on with building my greenhouse. I have bought an old conservatory and am trying to repurpse it as a lean to greenhouse on my garage. Lovely to see you back 🎉😊
🐝Thanks for the great video 🌻 Nice to see you back!!
Great video, we lost our felt off the shed too and we’ve still not replaced it 😢. Loving the hellebores and the Cinderella one that you bought me last year has so many blooms, they look like little ballerinas. See you soon. X😘
Oh no! Don’t buy any felt. I’ve got some spare you can have that I’m sure will fit! I found a hellebore at work that looks just like your Cinderella. I might have to buy it 😅
@@homegrowngarden yes buy it. It’s the most beautiful flower. You can never have enough hellebores 😂😂. Ref the felt, thanks for the offer but we need a new shed, the wood has rotted at the base 😢xx
I didn’t pay much attention to flowers when I first got my allotment but really getting into them. I do watch your vids when it comes to flowers
It was and still is very wet here with a lot of rain. Storm "Louis" is currently blowing over our country. Hopefully the weather will be a lot better in March. Greetings from the Netherlands.
It's comforting to see spring somewhere - we've got at least another month to go before I can go back to the allotment, the ground is still frozen and spring seems to be a long way away. It's good to see you enjoy your spring!
Great inspirational video, thanks. I must get to my allotment to finish the heating. Your Hellebores are fabulous, again inspiring me!!
Too true. It really has been a long cold, dark, and wet winter. I still can't get into my garden, it's like a quagmire.
So good to have you back too 💚 Adore all your Hellebores 😍 My bargain bin Hellebore has started to bloom and it’s so beautiful, really thought she was a goner.
In late August, i had a new shed built for me, and that black sticky stuff is a nightmare to work with. It sticks everywhere like s--- to a blanket do not tread in it or get it on your skin.😱😱😨😨
I so enjoyed this video ! I felt like I was there with you as we pruned and chatted casually !! So fun !
Wow!! What a lovely surprise.
Have missed you.
So happy you are back.
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Great to see you back on your allotment again, looking forward to a good gardening year!
welcome back! you're gonna have a great year! the garden plot looks good to go! you sound positive and confident, and already have a jump on things, the momentum has started, keep it up!
Good to hear from you again, out of hibernation! Monday was also a beautiful Spring-like day down here in Hampshire. Birdsong, bees and warm sun as days get longer. I am in the process of rebuilding a large greenhouse that we got as a bargain and cannot wait to get sowing! Wishing you an enjoyable and abundant growing season!
Good to take a break. Good to see you back.
Such early spring in the UK - Swedish jealousy!
Happy to see you back! Love the hellebores!!!
Great to see you back, here in Australia weather has been wild, my tomatoes are not happy . It can be disheartening. Looking forward to seeing your garden happy again 😊🌿
I’m glad you’re back! Most of my goals in the garden revolve around using and preserving more of what I eat. I’ve started canning and dehydrating. I’m looking forward to this growing season. I growing onions and shallots, all from seed though. 😊
Welcome back, we have missed you. The hellebores are beautiful, have put a couple in my garden in Cornwall. Have cut back my autumn fruiting raspberries which were amazing last year still have one bag left in the freezer . That little robin is gorgeous, we have two which we now feed off our hand in the garden . Looking forward to seeing your next video soon .💕