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- Welcome to my allotment gardening channel. My name is Emma and these vlogs are my allotment diaries. 2023 is is my forth year on my plot. I'm learning as I go and would love for you to follow my allotment gardening journey by SUBSCRIBING to my channel!
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I have been shoveling snow all morning and cleaning snow off of my blueberry bushes so they don’t break under a foot of wet snow.. no power.. just urggggghhhh
Wow a fox. They love chicken's. I see the Robin is back, what's his name ?Is it Mr Hood ?
Tin mugs would be fabulous for allotmenteers, if you’d consider doing those too :) Unbreakable for the clumsy amongst us! X
Agreed 😊
I'm banking on September being usually warm, and even as I say that Septembers in the UK are not necessarily cold or even cool given the August we've had. Fingers crossed for a September summer.
What a wonderful exciting vlog. The plants look great. I adore your personality and commentary. Adorable, hilarious, relatable and genuine. I find myself saying some of the same stuff. I love the wild messy some coming and some going garden, this is my favorite time of year too. Aww, mister fox, robin, and Rocky all in one vlog ❤️❤️🥰❤️❤️
How did you manage to keep the slugs off your cauliflower and direct them to just eat a few select ones? Did you cover the slug free ones?
Usually slugs will just take everything. I had all my brassicas eaten this year not one was left, they even ate my radishes.
Emma you are an absolute delight! I love your sense of humour. Thanks for the giggle. x
Them 🍅 are definitely on the turn...Trust me 🧐 l bet when you found your scissors you thought omg Joyce will be on at me again about putting stuff away in the shed 😆🤭💞
😂😂 absolutely did!
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Your doing an amazing job, I never miss your Vlogs you’re so natural have a well deserved rest and come back refreshed, I feel for you with panic attacks I have suffered with them for many years, enjoy your family time. Xx
So many visitors, must be cos yours is a friendly plot.😊
Soak your slugs in water for a week, then pour the water on your beds... Free nematodes
Hi Emma, why don’t you try closing the polytunnel door to let the heat buildup. Loads of more experienced gardeners say toms need heat not light to ripen.
I’ve done that now so I hope it helps! Thanks so much for the tip, I always appreciate them! Will keep you updated on the tomato progress 😂🍅🍅
Dearest Emma. I know it's discusting, but you really have to kill the slugs. They each can lay 400 eggs in a season. So there will be many many next year - sorry 😅
Love to follow your channel ❤
20:06 me and my fiance have been wondering, do you possibly have ADHD? I hope it's not too weird to ask, but we relate to you in ways, and recently the doctors have told us we may have it.
So you never know?
If you do know, do not feel obliged to say if you do or not.
It is your choice whether you disclose any medical info lol (no pressure basically 😅) ✌️
Lovely Garden ^~^
My friend, thank you for good sharing 😊
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Last year i had loads of tomatoes ripen but this year, like you, my first one was 5th September - and in the same polytunnel - so I think it is the weather - may be the rainy July?. Anyway, they are all ripening now thank goodness. Keep the videos coming Emma please - I love them.Also I have the same spider problem - I'm waving a stick too
I just saw a friends post about a fox in her garden, I think that fox might have been a baby, there may be a family there. You should set up a night camera, so exciting.
We live not much further north than you, we are just north of hertfordshire, all our tomatoes are green except for the indigo ones that are black on top with red underneath. Strange that up North even as far north as Northumberland Utubers are getting loads of ripe toms. Even Worcestshire they are ripening well. A couple of others who live in the London area are having the same problem as you. Good luck.
Just a thought on some other items for your range. Perhaps some socks with Carrots ect on them. Ideal as we approach December. Some gloves and looking towards next summer shorts and Sunhats. I am sure they could all be made with the relevant veg ect on them.
what a blessing! a sweet shy red fox finding safe haven on your plot! Bless you. A wee bit of kibble in a tin would be welcome...
Least your slugs look like they are wearing high vis jackets… mine wear camouflage 😂
My tomatoes are still green dammit like forever and ever amen..also I've been putting banana skins around mine every day 😂😂
Aww how sweet is that fox, clearly one of the plot holders/ local houses has become friends with it and probably hand feeds it, making it comfortable with humans, which is nice but scary for it, at the same time coz not all humans are kind
He seemed pretty comfortable with me didn’t he! I’ll leave him a ham sandwich or something for next time ☺️
How wonderful having a fox on your plot you are so lucky. So tame too. ❤❤❤
Hi Emma, I am new to your channel and absolutely love it! It’s so encouraging to see someone else in their early years of learning to grow produce , learning through trial and errors. I am in my second year of learning to grow produce currently in my garden as I don’t have a allotment (I am considering getting one at some point or maybe just use my mum’s garden heehee)
Anyway I want to comment on the Slug issue … although slugs (and their snail buddies) are a pain in the butt (you can never get rid of them completely)… they do have two good points 😳 1) they play a valuable part in the composting process 😁…so I relocate them to my compost bin (or I put them in my green waste bin when it’s green waste collection heehee) .
2) some birds, frogs, toads, hedgehogs, slow worms and ground beetles eat them 😁 so I attract birds to my garden such feeding station, grow teasel & sunflowers and wildly grown blackberries etc (I haves fruit cage to prevent birds getting the raspberries & strawberries) , I have a mini wildlife pond (there are 1 or 2 toads in my garden and they definitely eat snails…evidence of empty shells of where I found a toad 😁)
Look forward to your next video 😁
Thank you so much! I’m always looking for more advice on how to tackle slugs (they are my biggest pest by far) so I really appreciate your comment! Will definitely start throwing them into the compost and also thinking about how I can attract more wildlife that eat them to the plot. Thanks so much and glad you are enjoying my channel ☺️
Kitchen tongs are good for getting slugs!
Haha! Amazing idea! 👏🏻☺️
Overfed tomatoes, ie: too much nitrogen, won't turn red, either. Nitrogen is the main thing in the liquid tomato fertilizer I've seen you use and it seems that you usually use more than the recommended dosage, LOL! So you may have too much nitrogen in your soil. If that is the problem, you won't be able to do much this year. Mulch heavily, let the soil rest, and try again next year. Just one thing to consider. 🙂
Thanks for another fab video, I love your gardening attitude!
Great tips thank you so much. Hadn’t even considered that! Appreciate the comment, I’ll look into it x
Emma, are the jumpers no longer available? I can’t seem to see them in your shop. X
Ring-necked parakeet? Munching on apples in the trees?
Thank you Emma lovely Vlog love your friend the fox x
Here in Georgia, USA, we love some fried green tomatoes! Give it a try!🥰
Well no surprise your tomatoes are refusing to turn red, after you said repeatedly all spring you were "board of tomatoes this year...right there in the polytunnel where they could hear you - so...😅
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Hi Emma, there is no link to your shop in the description to have a look at your stuff! :(
Links should be up in comments and in description now! Xx
I have a green poly tunnel and all my tomatoes turned red and I live in central Scotland 🍅
BTW got myself a whack it in mug ❤😊
Swinging the slugs! Hilarious. Us gardeners will try anything! 😂😂
Those mugs look tiny. How much liquid do they hold?
Yes harvest maincrop potatoes after they've died down.
Stop watering them, it will stress the plant amd help to ripen them
Oh Emma, just wonderful, you cheer my heart ❤️
Wish my hair looked as good as your bed head! 🛌💇
Great vlog! ❤ 🐌🐝 😺 🦊 ❤ My teenage daughter loved the fox part and the fact that you too get days where you're all over the place 😅we can relate 😁😊
I have a green poly, my cherrytoms have all gone red. I have kept the door closed so the temperature was nice and cosy, maybe beginner luck 😊
I think you did the right thing keeping the door shut as temperature seems to be key to turning them red! 👏🏻 ☺️
Emma you could lie down under the arch and take a picture of the pumpkins hanging down,that would make a nice picture....don't you think ❤
Great idea! 👏🏻☺️💕
Cricket bird 🐦 lol 😆 hope you have a lovely weekend emma.
I've named your fox. Foxy Roxy. I remember the foxes when I lived for abit in Sw19.
i think you chop the flowers off main crop potatoes , but im not 100 percent either id like to know if you find out
Its a myth removing potato flowers makes not a jot of difference to the eventual harvest and you're depriving pollinating insects from enjoying the flowers if you remove them.
ABSOLUTELY love your channel, been following you for a year or 2 now, your amazing, but all i have in my head now is 'WHAT DID THE FOX SAY! 😆😂😂
That’s amazing having the bird, cat and fox! I live near loads of woods and I’m yet to see a fox 🦊 you just need a bunny and dear to pop by
Haha! I should play “wildlife bingo” 😂😂
The foxes near you must be shy, as you can see they're bold in London, very bold. I spend most mornings in my garden picking up their poo off my lawn and beds...
Hi plenty of salt will sort it out
Fantastic video thanks for sharing your experience with your plot
You still look beautiful and thanks for confirming you’re human I was wondering 😂xx
That fox is stunning! You'll have to bring back the jam sandwiches 😂
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People, HANG ON!! Frost has not come! There is a very good chance that the weather will be warm until December (first frost was in December last year, I had Nasturtiums and Calendula in full bloom until the first frost then the snow that followed), let those tomatos ripen!! Mine have been for the last 2 weeks. I'm also in South London.
I think you are spot on with this! And I’m really hoping you’re right with the warmer autumn, my tomatoes really need it! X
@@emmasallotmentdiaries I definitely saw blushing coming through on some of your tomatoes, once a few start rippening, the confidence of the pack (or trusses) will tear through the polytunnel!!
Does anyone know what the name of the music that plays at 15 mins is? I’ve heard it quite afew times and love it! I think maybe it’s from a film but can’t remember what one. Any help would be great, thank you!
Emma I think someone should tell you, slugs don't have boots ! 😊😊😊
Can’t beat the confidence of a london fox! Ps I find scissors and things all over my plot.
Everytime I eat a banana the skin goes into a jug. I pop warm water on it. Leave it to soak overnight. Syphon liquid into a bottle and pour it over my tomatoes at the allotment. Has worked well this season. Don't have a poly-tunnel and the tomatoes were twice knocked down in storms during the summer but just restaked them and they are producing oodles. Next season am going to do a pumpkin arch like yours. It's so sweet !
I also have a green polytunnel and I grew cantaloupe melons and cucumbers , both grew absolutely great so I wouldn't agree the polytunnel is the problem 😀
The fox is georgeous i think it would probably eat cat treats as well. I talk to my plants too which makes my partner laugh but i think it helpsxx
Another cheerful, natural, down to earth video from you, I love them, so uplifting.
Seeing the fox was amazing too as I never see them even though I live in the countryside!
Put your sweet pea seeds in a paper bag as in the drying process they may well fling open and the seeds gone!
I wish you did your jumpers with a welt like a proper jumper not a crop top as I would love one, nevermind.
Thanks
Re your toms….before I had a greenhouse I used to pick the green toms and wrap each one in a piece of newspaper, put in a box under the stairs for a couple of weeks. My boys used to love unwrapping them to find red tomatoes ! Happy memories x
have been harvesting red tomatoes from our green polytunnel since July, it's true it can delay things a bit but not the whole story I think, the ones you have that have just a tinge of darker colouring will ripen very soon amazing how quick they turn one they start
Your brave picking the slugs up my glove, I can’t even do that! I have to use a metal object, I wish I wasn’t so scared of them as it would be whole lot easier! I might try the walking the wrong way and doing a few spins to see if it works.
Ahh love watching your videos Emma xx
Sweet pea pods I put them in a bag as if you don’t get the seed out the dryer they get they explode and seed go everywhere just a heads up x
All my tomatoes just went red in the last week. It's been a weird summer.
Love seeing the animals ❤ quick tip with snails tap the shell so they go inside lets just say its nicer for them to be removed this way, fab vlog Emma 🥰
Sweet cherry pie Emma love🍒 you keep it up mad head 🍒😁
Leave the runner beans just like the peas then use the seed for next year. Great video again Emma
I’ve got two red tomatoes (yaaaaaay!) ..... rest are green😆
Hi Emma love your video see you Monday lv Irene 😘 xx
Amazing to have your own Fox 🦊
Emma I can't find the mugs.Tops yes but mugs??? Oh and I said before,get a decent pair of secateurs. Love your humour.xx
Ah no! Mugs should be up now, I’ve left a link in my description now too so hope you find them! Xx
Mine have only just going red
Learnt my lesson stake brussel sprouts and purple broccoli, in a mild winter growth continues.
Oh glad I staked them now! Thanks for the tip x
Hope you are ok Emma 🧡
try putting an actual red tomato next to them, that is supposed to work too :) really enjoy your videos, thank you so much for posting your content! you've been such an inspiration since I found you! my plot still looks awful though lol. its my first year so im not too worried x
Ah amazing, so glad I’ve helped you! And yes, first year is always a bit of a mess! You’re right not to be worried, just keep whacking stuff in, it’ll work out fine I’m sure x
Put banana skins under your tomatoes and they will ripen. It worked for me.
I’ll be trying this next time to go down there!! X
Fab videos as always! Just treated myself to a T shirt and bag! They look really great 🤗
Amazing? Thank you so much! X
My tomatoes have been going red in my polytunnel and I've got the green cover, maybe it is to do with the heat.
I think it’s the heat too. Hopefully the heatwave next week will turn then red!
I think that the gas that banana skins give off is ethelene, thats what ripens those toms, big kove and loved the fox 😀
Ah yes, I think you’re right! I’ll let you know if it works x
Hello rocky ❤
Your so funny.
Hi I can’t find your cups in the shop bit?
Link to my shop should be in comments and description box now! They are in the “new to the shop” section! Xx
Great as always!!!
Both my polytunnels are green and they're full of ripe tomatoes. There's nothing wrong with your tunnel. I grew mine really early and got them in the first chance I could. Which I think was a fair few weeks before yourself. Maybe experiment with sowing times? I did a few super early and some around average sowing time. Hope this helps for next year xx
Thanks so much, it does help! I do think I planted them out late actually! X
I sowed mine early this year, 5th February instead of 5th March, and I won't be doing it again, but maybe it can work if you have a green house or polytunnel (I'm in London). I have neither so was reliant on the weather warming up before being able to relocate my plants outside. I had to keep them on the grow mat, when they were far too big, to ensure the plant got the nutrients from the compost because the ambient temperature, even indoors, was too cold. I initially hardened my toms too early, and had to bring them back inside after trying to put them outside from the end of March. By the time the weather was good enough for them to go out, they were in a poor state but recovered well but I just didn't make any gains from the earlier sowing times.
Can’t find the mugs? 😞
I’ve linked my website in the description now so hopefully you’ll find them! Xx
There’s nothing worse that when there’s a surprise insect in your glove, maybe try wearing latex/disposable gloves under the gardening gloves! 😄 extra layer of protection too maybe ha, I love you vlogs so much Emma and have been watching for ages, iv just finally been offered a half plot after waiting over a year, so excited to start work on it next week, it’s quite a state, but clearing it all a bit at a time is gonna be half the fun! Thanks for all your tips, your videos always make me smile! I love your allotment! Thanks for being here! 😎👌💚
That’s amazing!! Congrats! I hope you love it as much as I do. So glad you enjoy my videos. Hope I’ve at least showed you what not to do at your allotment plot! 😂😂
@@emmasallotmentdiaries thank you so much, it’s very over grown but it’s going to be fun planning it all out as well, it has a little shed which is fab and a big apple tree at the bottom as well which is such a bonus. I’m so so excited! Just waiting to get the keys 😄no worries, I literally watch your channel every night and have rewatched certain videos many times. Keep up to amazing work, thanks for everything! x
Oh no I hadn't even thought of that possibility of something in my glove. Eurgh. Now I'm going to have to check every time.
I can’t see your mugs I found tea shirt and jumper
I cannot find the mugs either
@@lindahedley9049Emma's updated comment at the top of the video will help you locate the mugs.
Emma I sent you a link fromFlorret with their Cayuga ducks to eat snails and slugs I’ve seen many allotments with chickens will yours let you have ducks you’ll need a whole cube of hardware cloth so the fox doesn’t dig under.😊
So amazing to see the fox so tame, I would definitely be bringing it food , I have foxes in the field next to my garden and it’s lovely when they play together. Of course anyone with chickens will need to make sure they are securely locked up. I’d rather watch the fox or the robin or Rocky than those horrid slimy slugs. Congratulations on your lovely cauliflower though.
mate fuck tomatoes , ive litrally never had this problem in my liiife!! , all green too , have you had any issues with green soil , iv added lime powder to my soil with hope
Have you cut back your leaves? I cut back my leaves about 4 weeks ago and my tomatos started rippening within the week, slowly, but I've had to large harvests now and have been dehydrating the tomatos over the 2 weeks. I see another 2 large harvests for tomatoes that are due to ripen over the next fortnight.
well we have had a few days of heat , andf yeah i did all the dos and donts haha , but i think maybe just maybe we are going have some as they are just starting to blush