A year of gardening begins - sowing seeds and planting fruit trees
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- I'm doing more gardening this year because it's so much fun! Over the past few months I have moved house and started doing some gardening in my new back yard. I've also sowed a load of seeds and planted some fruit trees at my new allotment patch. Hope you enjoy watching this year of gardening videos!
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"Ive just spent all my pocket money at the garden center" - 100% relateable lol. Its been wonderful to follow your gardening and beekeeping journey and general life journey. I was so happy to see this new video up from you today!
100% agree that this is all an investment with one of the best returns around. I would always say yes to investing in your garden. Great video as always.
My husband went into the shed yesterday and was quite surprised by the gardening supplies, soil and fertilizers that I had hidden away in there. 😂
If you'd like a tip to keep the birds from eating a lot of your strawberries: paint some small stones to look like ripe strawberries and lay them in with the plants a little while before the real strawberries begin ripening. That way, the birds will peck at the stones first and basically think "oh these plants have really inedible strawberries", and leave them mostly alone once the actual strawberries grow in.
Really love you sharing your gardening and beekeeping journeys with us, keep it up!
damn sounds like prank, does this really work?
@@7sargun I tried it last year, it did work to a certain degree (I found several of the red stones had been moved out of the planters), but some berries were still pecked (should have added a water bowl for the birds, that is supposedly one of the main reason why they peck a tomatoes at least)
Im a 25 year old guy from the otherside of the world, and I have a tremendous amount of respect for you for doing the things that you love and being so curious. It was watching your videos that has made me look into some interests of my own and pursue them further. I've recently started cultivating plants for some land that I've bought recently.
Good on you Alex, hello from Australia
thanks, glad you found my videos. Good luck with your projects!
Hi guys I have a Garden and a channel to I love to watch your videos 👍❤❤❤❤😎🫡🫢🤭🫣🤔🤫🫠🤥😶🫥😬🫨😑😐🙄😯😦😧
Upside down c nt from the future, eh?
Also an aussie here!
Another Aussie here 👍
This is so random but i was actively having a mental breakdown and this video is grounding me. Thanks man. very relaxing and calming video.
I Hope you’re feeling better now 👍
Hope you're feeling better! 💕✨
Hope you're better I Pray for you god bless you
Nothing random about that mate, I used to watch a streamer that played starcraft many year ago and his videos did the same.
I have some bad news for you, Alex; the easily distracted thing gets worse as you get older. I have an office in my basement, and our kitchen is up the stairs, BUT across the hall is the cursed laundry room, and down the hall another 8 steps in a bathroom. So I am out of coffee, and I leave my desk to go and fill my cup in the kitchen. As I approach the stairs, I can hear that the clothes drier has stopped running, so I grab the clothes out of the dryer and toss them on top, ready to be folded. I move the clothes from the washing machine into the dryer, and then I should be ready to get coffee. So I climbed the stairs to the kitchen and set my cup on the counter. My bladder reminded me it needed to be emptied an hour ago, so I headed to the bathroom. On my way back to the kitchen to get coffee, I notice that the postman has come, so I retrieve the mail and a small package, and I should be ready to grab my coffee and head back to my office. But I decided to open the package and its parts for my microwave. I sort the remainder of the mail into junk and keep piles, toss the junk into the recycle been and notice that it needs to be emptied. Off I go to dump the recycle bin, and after that, I can get my coffee and go back to my office; I come back into the house, grab the keep pile of mail, and head back to my desk. I sit down and reach for my coffee, but it's not there. I forgot it. In the meantime, 45 minutes have elapsed since I began my journey to have some coffee. Please keep doing what you're doing. Your videos help with my chaotic life and more bees, please.
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thanks for the detailed insight into your life! glad i'm not the only one!
😂 oh this is do true!! I often come to the end of the night and my coffee is still sitting in the nachine from that morning 😅
I know the feeling. I just blame the nearest person for it all😂
I am not yet 40 and I've definitely learned to drink cold coffee and warm beer..
Alex, you need 2 blueberry plants of different varieties that flower at the same time to get fruit so they can cross pollinate because if you only have 1 you get alot less blueberries ,
Great video 🎉🎉
Also water them with rain water only !
Tap water is alkali
What would one do if there is no rain water and it isn’t gonna rain anytime soon
@@edviel iirc, you can just leave tap water out for a week or so and it should be fine. So fill some watering cans with water and just keep them somewhere where the water won't evaporate as quickly.
@@meikusje it only takes over night for any crap to evaporate off tap water. Easy to hook a water but up to the down pipe off the guttering, plus, it hasn't stopped raining yet this year! 😀
Why are these garden allotments UK only? These should be in every country on earth. Thanks Alex, have a good spring.
The Netherlands has a lot of allotments as well! Ha
Germany too
It's definately popular in The Netherlands, my Dad is from there and my uncle used to have one and grow loads of vegetables there.
I guess they would be popular in every country that has limited garden space
They are popular in Australia in more urban areas
Please keep us updated on the allotment, I can't wait to see it progress!
will do!
I noticed the snail with your strawberries, I had an investation of snails that were desimating them. A farmer told me to plant geraniums between the strawberries and it chased all the snails away.
Another idea is to us epsom salt as a fertiliser. This has made some of my plants flourish, and gave me the sweetest tasting strawberries.
If you want to experiment with those 2 things. Good luck with the gardens, looking forward to seeing the outcome, as well as seeing the bees.
What type of geraniums? It’s one of those plant types which is very broad.
Thanks for the info. :)
@@eastcoast4233 That's true. I think any variety would serve the same purpose, nevertheless, I think the one I planted is called "pelargonium zonale" It at least looks like these.
@@just_alex You're most welcome, I hope it helps as it did me.
if you have a proper coffee drinker in the house, the coffee grinds are fantastic for Blueberry plants as they make the soil acidic, as well as fending off slugs cause of the abrasive grinds.
Potatoes are really great to grow in planter fabric bags, it saves alot of time digging because you can just empty the bag into a wheelbarrow or on top of a garden bed
Agreed, it also lessens the pain emotionally and physically if you have a bad harvest - "at least I didn't break my back digging up grape sized potatoes! "😄
Few experiences rival the gratification of nurturing food from seed to table, except perhaps for the art of cooking and preserving it. The pride, satisfaction, and solace derived from possessing both the skill and passion for these endeavors are truly nourishing for the soul.
A year and a half ago I bought a blueberry bush that was smaller than yours. Last summer it grew massively, producing lots of new branches and it is now around a metre high. And it produced blueberries. You'll most likely have to repot that bush next spring! My bush is in a pot and one day, when I find my forever home, I hope to plant it in a garden and get a few more bushes. Blueberry bushes produce more fruit when there are other blueberry bushes around them.
I have 6 blueberry bushes
I was checking the comments for this. I found out the hard way that one bush isnt enough. I figured oh, self pollinating, perfect! and barely get berries. 3 years later and I find out you should have at least 2.
Hi! I've seen almost all your videos since u did the first video about bees and i love all your videos this one included. Thanks for filming this tipe of content. 🇪🇦🇪🇦
Ta! :)
Your seed poking stick actually has a name, it's called a dibber, and they can trace their origins all the way back to the Romans. They come in various designs including bigger ones for bulbs. Mind you, a standard bamboo stake does just as well for a few seeds. If you're doing loads of seeds you may want a proper one 🙂
Love your videos Alex, excited for summer for my own garden + your gardening videos. Would love to do a collab someday.
Beginner to beginner. This is the best most relatable uk growing channel
Hi Alex, A cloth called tulle can be used to cover the plants to protect them from getting eaten by insects and animals. It comes in different colors. Enjoy all your strawberries. 😅
You have one of the most interesting and relaxing channels out there. Really enjoying watching the journey of the bees, garden, and now an allotment! I'm so invested!
Thanks! Hope you keep enjoying the journey!
the more frequent uploads make me so insanely happy
I recently got a 60 sqm allotment patch near my place. It’s been a lot of work since it’s overgrown with weeds but the first things are growing now. I’m so proud of it and it’s so much fun. I also grow veggies on my balcony.
I'd been growing flowers a couple years before your videos, but it was you who inspired me to grow veg this year for the first time.
I've got my first earlies, second earlies, sungold & supersteak tomatoes, corn, beans and pumpkins, strawberries, all growing now and will be growing onions, carrots, and more. Like you I got permission from my parents: if I feed them, I can grow anything I can pay for.
I love your gardening videos, they are very relaxing and educational. Gardening is so much fun and there is so much to learn. Hello from a 10 year novice on the east coast of Canada! 🇨🇦
Around here, (USA) we're told blueberries need another cultivar of blueberry for pollination and to produce berries. I'm by far no expert, but it wouldn't hurt to have a second blueberry plant (of a different variety) if you can find the room for it. I adore the journey we've witnessed in your gardening different ways along with the beekeeping. Thank you for sharing these videos!
That is true but in the uk most of us live in city’s towns and villages and you can almost guarantee that one of you neighbours have one or you can buy a self fertile variety
Did you know that plants like it when you talk to them? Giving them names, talking to them and playing positive music can really help them. Some plants will visibly respond to your voice and to the music you play for them. I used to work at a plant nursery and it's amazing how fast a wilty plant will perk up at the sound of a kind word or beautiful music.
are there genres of music that the plants don't like?
@@just_alexPlants don't usually like angry music, genre doesn't really matter i don't think just needs to be positive. I used to play pop, classical and alt rock on the radio for them and plants seemed to love it.
What a great way to spend your pocket money. The investment is minimal for the rewards! So smart of you.
That allotment system is really cool, seems like a great company. I can't imagine how beautiful that field will look in even six months, to say nothing of six years from now!
I recommend you to read more about blueberry growing, the compost is good for 3 months or so but because you water the plant all the time the aciditi washes from the soil not like sweden, because in sweden they have alot of rain all year round so there soil stays acidic.
In different from sweden, you need to acidify your soil 3 times a year, iam doing it in march june and september so i reccomend you to do it too... good luck in the garden alex !!!
Blueberry’s are a pain they need constant acidification. Raspberry’s are way easier and the yellow rasps are way better then any blue berry. Added bonus they flower almost whole summer
@@dirkjanrulez23 i know, i have them both
Let’s go more gardening 👌 I had just binged all of your other gardening vids and had nothing to watch so this is great!
❤❤❤❤❤Finally!!!Been waiting for this🎞️🎥
Hi Alex, When Plant matter rots away, the process always makes the Compost acidic. In the special Compost bags you can buy they most likely neutralize it again by adding calcium. Using Wood Ash is a nice way to DIY that
Ah thanks. This makes sense. :)
Rain Essence lol💕
So good to wake up this morning with a video from you Alex.You are so inspiring and your motivation is infectious. Keep up the good work and look forward to your next adventures.
I just love watching you Alex. Your enthusiasm and laid back attitude is very calming. 😊
I'm pretty sure adding pine or fir needles in the soil/compost can make it more acidic.
Thank you for this video - I delayed a bit sowing but with this inspiration I'm going to start right now.
love your videos Alex. I am a gardener myself as i have been doing it for about 2 years now and their truly isn't anything more rewarding than growing your own food!
I'm so happy these videos are coming back out more frequent as the spring rolls forward. Happy living to you, Alex.
Alex it is such a pleasure watching your channel. I love how you find a way to garden regardless where you are. You are an inspiration to me , thank you. 😀
Really looking forward to seeing more of the allotment and also the progress you are making with your garden. Really enjoying these laid back gardening videos Alex.
Alex i could listen to you all day! You crack me up!! Looking forward to your next update.
Excited to see how the new garden site turns out!
It was nice to see another well made video from you Alex. I hope you get that new allotment soon.
Just sowed my seeds today! So excited to follow your journey :)
Cheers Alex I’ve now got something to look forward to when I Finnish work tonight keep up the good work 👍🏼👍🏼
Nice to see your growing updates, we planted some cherry tomato, plum tomato, basil, lettuce in the greenhouse over the Easter holiday, also some chilli seeds indoors. Looking forward to seeing how your planting goes.
once this blueberry is a success, you might also get a plant that is like the wild blueberries you picked in Sweden. They are available in some shops.
Thanks for the inspiration. After watching you and your garden last year, I've started my own .... I had my first cucumber grow and I'm so excited.
I have really enjoyed watching your gardening videos. It is really fun to watch a passionate gardener be born!
i always spend over £200 every time i got to garden centre and over summer 1.5k on the garden replacing plants what have died ect im making a new side today on the left side shady side so lots of shade loving plants but need to do a raised bed as my garden is all hardcore so gonna be a pretty penny but nothinng wrong with spending at garden centre or B&Q XD get some roses next time as well its fun growing them from little plants to big bushes or climbers
I know you will be super successful and have great delicious harvests! You are much more experienced and knowledgeable now.
I have started growing vegetables last two years.
Your vedios are very helpful and also motivating to grow more vegetables 😊😊
Thank you Alex.
I just found your channel from your trip to Slovenia and I’ve been browsing through your videos which I’m so glad I did! Thank you for showing us how life can be so simply and enjoyable.
You are my favourite channel! I love how honest you are showing how you aren’t feeling up to it some days and that you don’t know everything but we can figure it out together. I am on my third year gardening too and watching you do it along side has been a wonderful pleasure! Thank you for being yourself 💙
Really enjoying your adventures into gardening, bee keeping, and skiing! Thanks for sharing everything that you are doing and learning!
thanks!
Another beautiful video. Container gardening is fun and rewarding. Happy gardening this year.
I absolutely love watching your videos! Currently travelling with my partner but once back in the UK and we get a house I am so excited to start gardening! You’ve also inspired me to get bees. Truly exciting to see our generation and younger get into nature as that is how we are going to save it ❤
This is absolutely wonderful. I found your channel half a year ago and omg!! Your progress is so inspiring. I hope everything goes AMAZING!
So excited to watch this upload!!!
Thanks Alex this was beautiful, the man at the end gave me hope also what a great system with the allotments
Love your enthusiasm.. Planting seeds here as well now , growing is a great hobby and i also started with 3 years ago when i bought a tiny farm in Vesterålen Northern Norway. my cucumbers sprouted 4 cm . and chocolate habanero getting fruit now because indoor light. no need for expensive grow light but some cheap strong normal led bulbs with ++5000K ish and popp off the plastic light cap on them ,not getting so warm then and last a long time .. worked great for 3 years
I'm doing a few pots of Quinault strawberries this year, blue oyster, and pink oyster this year and i'm quite excited about it. thanks for sharing, you're inspiring hundreds!
I was so excited to see you post this plant adventure! I saved it up and watched it on my lunch break in my car while the cold rain hammered down over in Canada. Love that grow box idea!
I was really looking forward to another year from you gardening. Loved the last and looking forward to this one x
I am happy that your dad's love of plants has rubbed off on you. It's such a healthy grounding hobby. Usually you need a second different variety of blueberry that blooms at the same time to cross pollenate to get a better crop of blueberries. Happy Gardening!
I came across your channel in the past 6-8 months I love your videos. Always had in inch for garden this year will be my first take. You and a couple others inspired to drive into the garden
Good luck with it :)
I could watch your videos everyday all day long. So relaxing for me!
Hi Alex
Welcome Back
Excellent detail video. I’m doing some this year. Thanks for sharing n inspiring 🎉
You need 2 different varaities of blue berry bushes to get any berries.
Unless a verry near neighbour has a different blueberry bush.
Always appreciate these videos alex ❤ thank you 🎉
I've started gardening partly because of your vids recently and am now on my way to having full grown starfruit and lemon trees not to mention dragon fruit and bell peppers thanks for inspiring me it has been so much fun gardening along side you
very nice and interesting! also about acidity in soil, my mom uses compost for acidity and ashes to reduce the acidity for plants that want less of it. i think i remember onions want reduced acidity, its realy simple once you find out what needs what. love your videos, keep it up!
Happy Spring Alex, keep growing legend! I enjoy watching your content bloom
The yay I planted a tree scene made me emotional 👍 26:04
Congratulations, on your new pad
I just want to say that you've inspired me to start filming myself gardening (and hopefully soon some of my hobbies)! I also live in a rental situation, but I love gardening that I've always tried to grow what I can in my small spaces.
Container gardens are the way to go if you don't own a place, and don't know how long you're going to stay somewhere.
Thanks for being an inspiration!
So glad to see this update. Happy growing!
ta!
Hi Alex! Great to see you again! I planted my garlic and potatoes on the 10th of March I believe? You’d probably love to grow your own garlic! Get hard neck, hard neck garlic needs long cold to germinate! So it’d be good for winter!
All the best, Gerblin!
Hey Alex, just wanted to say your videos always put a smile on my face! , cant wait for the next video! Keep up the amazing work!
lol you made me chuckle, I have been growing for years and don't think I'm very good yet lol
your videos always calm me down, thank you so much, your awsome
Thanks for this free content that beats any channel on tv 🙏. Cheers from Belgium, you make me driving to the store and start gardening!
Nice garden! once again. I just started sprouting my seeds for the year.
Ahh yes, the mental food video. Thank you Alex. I like how you wanted a bucket for your birthday a while ago and now you even have a special stick!
Nice one, Alex bring on the nice weather we all need some sun 🌞 and to see how you plants 🪴 do and your bee's 🐝 🐝🐝😁👍
Yes! Love the seed storage method. We are also a family that stores seeds crammed in a box 😅
YOU ARE JUST INSPIRING ME TO START MY OWN BALCONY GARDEN AND I TRUELY LOVE DOIN IT ... BIG THANKS ^^ ( please more videos )
lovely - let the gardening commence
Go Alex! Can't wait to see your next video❤❤❤
You definitely are my favourite youtuber, thank you for the wonderful content you give us!
Love watching your gardening journey! ❤
Excited to see the growth!!
Wow so beautiful vegetable garden 🏡 all' vegetable beautiful and healthy.very useful information video thanks for sharing
I just went back to watch your old gardening vids yesterday! I'm very excited to see what's next in the gardening saga 🙏🙏
Thanks Alex
so happy for you! Hopefully this year will be the best so far!
thanks!
I am so excited to see the wisteria! I have always wanted to bonsai one!
Awesome video Alex. Love the way you're able to document and showcase your process of doing things. Whether it's gardening, foraging or anything else you are able to make it fun and interesting to watch.
Looking forward to sharing your story too! :)
The allotment looks amazing 👏
always enjoy the update and love the new uploads. PLEASE keep doing what your doing as it gives myself and im sure plenty others motivation to do the same!
Nice to see a video, I have been following your gardening series and it is by far one of my favorites. Watching your videos inspires me to expand my garden this year and try new crops. I did a small about of canning last year but hopefully will have more crop to get deeper into canning this year. Cheers from the US