Thanks very much for watching 😄 There's a few free and easy ways that you can really help me and the channel out. 👍 Liking the video 👇 Tapping the Subscribe button 📢 Sharing the video with your friends, family, or community I'd really appreciate it, and thanks once again. See you on the next video!
Hello Erica! Oh my days I'm so happy and surprised, I watched so many of your videos while I had my name on the waiting list for my plot getting ideas and learning things. Thanks so much for watching 😊
Looks like Swiss chard and raspberries that you have growing! The bricks might come in useful. Get some thick black plastic or tarps to cover the ground until you're ready to dig into and plant! My plot is in Bristol so not too many miles from you!
Hello Helen, thanks for identifying the potentially existing plants, I appreciate that. That is really close by, there are some amazing allotment sites around Bristol, I see one from the train by Stapleton Road that's almost in a little valley and looks a green oasis!
Hi Tim, welcome! If you can go no dig after your clear up. There's tons of resources to help you if you get stuck. I'm really looking forward to your progress! Jen
Hello Jen! Thanks so much for watching my video, I actually watched some of yours when I was deciding what to try and do with my plot! I've had a few people mentioning no-dig to me so far, so I'll definitely look into it :)
Great welcome video of your plot. Got a link from Erica's Little Welsh Garden. I have been planning & working on my allotment in Dundee. I also have a top floor flat and don't have outdoor space because the neighbour down stairs is responsible for the garden.
Hello David, thanks for watching. Yes Erica was really kind in sharing my channel to her community! Sounds like we're in the same situations at opposite ends of the country! How is your plot coming along?
Cheers Andrew! The bricks went unfortunately before I could keep any back, along with the old cabinets and the huge rubbish bag. I think I'm going to use my black bags to weigh sheets down with while I get my act together to make a compost bin!
Congratulations on you new plot😁 I remember when I started 2 years ago. It was a single plot.... then I found myself really getting in to it.. Today I have a huge Double plot which I love so much. First thing I did was bug proof the shed as much as possible because I’m rubbish with spiders😉. Then made a brilliant compost bin with pallets. I think it’s good to watch from day one because we all started from day one😊
Hello Joanna! I feel the same way about spiders, I've coped so far, the nightmares have faded now 🤣 I'm going to get composting in the week or so, in a dalek to begin with but I hope to find some pallets eventually!
Hello Joyce, thanks so much for watching! I've felt so welcomed it has made me so happy and I know I've made the right choice in starting to grow my own!
🏴 good luck with your new plot, I've been waiting for three years to get mine. So far I've been growing spuds in buckets and cucumber and Toms in a greenhouse at home. Hopefully will get a plot soon. I'll be watching eagerly to see what you will come up with 👍👍👍👍 Best wishes Steve
Thanks so much Steve, and fingers crossed you get to the top of your list soon! I was on a list in Cardiff for a few years, then got the call exactly a week after I moved down to Somerset, typical!
Great first video, I’ve subscribed to follow your progress. I think you may have some strawberry plants around the big hole. Best of luck, remember little and often.
I didn't realise how much I'd missed having an outdoor space until I got this. I'm just about to buy some new Cons, my old white ones have so many holes in them now 😂
Hello Jo-Ann, thanks for watching and good luck with your adventures in allotmenteering too! That's so exciting that the video appeared on your feed, there's been a flurry of views and activity over the past 24 hours, it's taken me quite by surprise!
Hi Tim, so glad you`ve been able to get a plot!The shed is a real bonus too. Im up in North Wales and have moved into a new house with a bit of land ,so im trying to get everything sorted for this years growing season!I grew a few spuds and courgettes last year but really missed the season due to delays in moving in!I just wanted to let you know of a couple of people i follow on here as they have been a great help to watch and learn from their videos!Tony C Smith, UK here we grow ,Liz Zorab & Huw Richards.If you get time, take a peek at their sites and see what you think. But back to your plot! Try and get some old pallets to make a compost bin out of as you will need somewhere to put all those weeds.Also set up some kind of rain water harvesting off your shed roof!Rain water is best for veg!And finally tea making facilities!Good luck and look forward to seeing your progress. Regards Shaun from Happydaysveg.
Hello Shaun, thanks so much for watching and the awesome suggestions of other TH-camrs to watch, I'll subscribe to them now! I wasn't sure if I could compost the weeds I pull, but if I can then that's absolutely fantastic news, will save an awful lot of refuse sacks and trips to the tip! A little gas stove would be a great idea in the shed too once I get it all sorted. There's some old guttering on it currently but it looks like it needs quite a lot of repairs!
How exciting! I’ve just been offered my first plot and get to see it at the weekend. Looking forward to following your journey. Hoping to share mine too!
I had about an 18 month wait. I am lucky and have a garden with a little veggie that I’ve been practicing in. I’ve been told the one I’ve been offered has some fruit trees but know nothing else. FYI the light green and white plant that’s doing ok looks like chard.
See if you can find some pallets from local businesses - then you can use the boards to make some raised beds on the cheap. I'm not sure whether you're planning on going "no-dig", but when I took on my plot I lined the bottom of the raised beds with a couple of layers of card and then filled in with compost. Didn't dig the soil at all. Basically had no weeds to deal with over the season. You could also then use the left over pallet boards to both clad the inside of the shed. :)
Those are amazing ideas thanks Barney, I hadn't thought about using pallet timber for inside the shed! That's a great thought about lining the raised beds too, I've heard a little of no-dig but hadn't really researched yet!
When picking flowers for bees, I try to pick flowers with seed heads that don't blow around easy. They can blow onto other plots and you will go crazy with the extra weeding.😰
Really good point! I'll have to monitor what's spouting up in the surrounding area and plots! I'm hoping that because I'm on a corner they'll be far enough away from anyone else, we'll see 🤔
This takes me back to three years ago when we took on our plot! I would say the boxes in your shed look rodent damaged, I would oersonally not leave any food (or food wrappers) in the shed. I got mice that way and they also ate my stored tulip bulbs :D I think I spotted some strawberries, you can dig them up and transplant wherever you want them and they will send out runners and you will get a lot of new free plants that way. Good luck! (I don’t do videos but am on insta as sillylittlesheep, if you want to chat)
Hey Veronika! Thanks for the strawberry spot, I'll see what I can dig up and rescue as I get to it! I haven't noticed any little visitors since clearing it all out thankfully, and I'm thinking the main consumables I'll be keeping in there are gin and some beers! I just spotted you on insta so will say hi there too! Take care 🙂
Hi Tim I've got a allotment in minehead in my fifth year, just started filming my year. It takes alot of time get the plot ready section into small areas do each bit at a time as you say a bit at a time
Hello Iain! That's really close by, hope you're having fun with yours and enjoying the fruits (or veg!) of your labour! I'm glad you second my thinking about sectioning off the work. Do you upload your progress anywhere please?
To be fair I think I only had to wait a month, I was extremely lucky, and because my plot looks how it does apparently people are always asking if they can take it on!
lovely shed! Those melamine cupboards maybe really useful for storage so don't rush to get rid... There are loads of really helful and informative sites on TH-cam for allotmenteering, try out diggingfordinner, Charles Dowding and Huw Richards - Grow Food Organically as starting points, and good luck! I could suggest loads more but not wanting to overwhelm!!!
Hello Izzy! Thanks so much for the recommendations, I haven't seen any of those channels yet! I started out by watching Lavender and Leeks, and also Erica's Little Welsh Garden which inspired me to make this channel. By all means fire any other suggestions my way, and I'll take all the luck I can!
Hope to see more of your vids I am from South Wales if you like salads I d start with lettuce shallots onions radish on you tube there is a video on all the easy veg to grow and quick and ready to harvest as well as how to make you r own compost as you will need to recycle you r waste down to good compost try growing some fruit as well strawberry’s can be grown in hanging baskets out side you r shed as well as some tomato s as well in the hanging baskets raspberry’s blueberry s small apple tree in a pot +pears rhubarb god I could go on but hope you ll get the best out of you r plot gardening can be the best hobby anyone can do and best of all the first lot you grow will taste like no other veg you can buy in a supermarket because you know what went in to it to grow it
I can't wait to eat what I've grown! Thanks so much for all the amazing suggestions, I love the sound of potted fruit trees, and shallots would be amazing to grow. I used to live in south Wales! Mostly Cardiff but did move to Caerphilly for a bit too. I've properly caught the allotmenteering bug, each week I can't wait to get up there in the fresh air and get some work done!
Thanks very much for watching 😄 There's a few free and easy ways that you can really help me and the channel out.
👍 Liking the video
👇 Tapping the Subscribe button
📢 Sharing the video with your friends, family, or community
I'd really appreciate it, and thanks once again. See you on the next video!
Liked and subscribed! Nice to meet you.
Hello Erica! Oh my days I'm so happy and surprised, I watched so many of your videos while I had my name on the waiting list for my plot getting ideas and learning things. Thanks so much for watching 😊
@@MyCarbonCoach glad to have found your channel and look forward to to watching more!
Fab shed..brilliant project...have s nice snooze on that bench...then what a great bit of land to cultivate..
Thanks Ricky, yeah I'm really chuffed with it! Has come a long way since this video but still a lot to do!
Looks like Swiss chard and raspberries that you have growing! The bricks might come in useful. Get some thick black plastic or tarps to cover the ground until you're ready to dig into and plant! My plot is in Bristol so not too many miles from you!
Hello Helen, thanks for identifying the potentially existing plants, I appreciate that. That is really close by, there are some amazing allotment sites around Bristol, I see one from the train by Stapleton Road that's almost in a little valley and looks a green oasis!
Hi Tim, welcome! If you can go no dig after your clear up. There's tons of resources to help you if you get stuck. I'm really looking forward to your progress! Jen
Hello Jen! Thanks so much for watching my video, I actually watched some of yours when I was deciding what to try and do with my plot! I've had a few people mentioning no-dig to me so far, so I'll definitely look into it :)
@@MyCarbonCoach looking forward to seeing your progress, thanks for popping by my channel too :)
Jen
Great welcome video of your plot. Got a link from Erica's Little Welsh Garden. I have been planning & working on my allotment in Dundee. I also have a top floor flat and don't have outdoor space because the neighbour down stairs is responsible for the garden.
Hello David, thanks for watching. Yes Erica was really kind in sharing my channel to her community! Sounds like we're in the same situations at opposite ends of the country! How is your plot coming along?
Nice one fella. May be worth keeping some of those bricks to anchor down any tarpaulins you need to cover over and bits
Cheers Andrew! The bricks went unfortunately before I could keep any back, along with the old cabinets and the huge rubbish bag. I think I'm going to use my black bags to weigh sheets down with while I get my act together to make a compost bin!
Congratulations on you new plot😁 I remember when I started 2 years ago. It was a single plot.... then I found myself really getting in to it.. Today I have a huge Double plot which I love so much. First thing I did was bug proof the shed as much as possible because I’m rubbish with spiders😉. Then made a brilliant compost bin with pallets. I think it’s good to watch from day one because we all started from day one😊
Hello Joanna! I feel the same way about spiders, I've coped so far, the nightmares have faded now 🤣 I'm going to get composting in the week or so, in a dalek to begin with but I hope to find some pallets eventually!
Hello Tim
welcome to the garden community. Love to see the progress on your plot. Have a lovely Sunday.
Joyce 💚👩🏻🌾🍀
Hello Joyce, thanks so much for watching! I've felt so welcomed it has made me so happy and I know I've made the right choice in starting to grow my own!
🏴 good luck with your new plot, I've been waiting for three years to get mine. So far I've been growing spuds in buckets and cucumber and Toms in a greenhouse at home. Hopefully will get a plot soon. I'll be watching eagerly to see what you will come up with 👍👍👍👍
Best wishes
Steve
Thanks so much Steve, and fingers crossed you get to the top of your list soon! I was on a list in Cardiff for a few years, then got the call exactly a week after I moved down to Somerset, typical!
Great first video, I’ve subscribed to follow your progress. I think you may have some strawberry plants around the big hole. Best of luck, remember little and often.
Thanks so much Hayley! I appreciate the tip-off about the potential strawberries, that's so exciting if true!
Hi Tim! Looking forward to following you on your allotment journey.
Thanks so much Heather! I'm super excited for my plans to come to fruition!
Good afternoon. Great to find another plot holder in the south Uk . Look forward to watching more of your journey cheers Ray
Hello Ray, thanks for stopping by to say hi! I'll be delving into your channel when the weekend rolls around!
Converse for the win (I don’t wear anything else!) I live in an apartment too with no garden, I would love some outdoor space in the future.
I didn't realise how much I'd missed having an outdoor space until I got this. I'm just about to buy some new Cons, my old white ones have so many holes in them now 😂
@@MyCarbonCoach Yes I have a white pair like that too haha!
Your video came up on my feed. I'm looking forward to following your journey. I have a allotment and I'm new to growing too.
Good luck 👍
Hello Jo-Ann, thanks for watching and good luck with your adventures in allotmenteering too! That's so exciting that the video appeared on your feed, there's been a flurry of views and activity over the past 24 hours, it's taken me quite by surprise!
I would keep the bricks, might come in handy
They'd already been cleared by the time I got back to my plot the following weekend! Oh well!
Enjoy and good luck!
Thanks so much Dirkje! This first month has been amazing, and will be even better once we get some good weather!
Hi Tim, so glad you`ve been able to get a plot!The shed is a real bonus too. Im up in North Wales and have moved into a new house with a bit of land ,so im trying to get everything sorted for this years growing season!I grew a few spuds and courgettes last year but really missed the season due to delays in moving in!I just wanted to let you know of a couple of people i follow on here as they have been a great help to watch and learn from their videos!Tony C Smith, UK here we grow ,Liz Zorab & Huw Richards.If you get time, take a peek at their sites and see what you think.
But back to your plot! Try and get some old pallets to make a compost bin out of as you will need somewhere to put all those weeds.Also set up some kind of rain water harvesting off your shed roof!Rain water is best for veg!And finally tea making facilities!Good luck and look forward to seeing your progress. Regards Shaun from Happydaysveg.
Hello Shaun, thanks so much for watching and the awesome suggestions of other TH-camrs to watch, I'll subscribe to them now!
I wasn't sure if I could compost the weeds I pull, but if I can then that's absolutely fantastic news, will save an awful lot of refuse sacks and trips to the tip! A little gas stove would be a great idea in the shed too once I get it all sorted. There's some old guttering on it currently but it looks like it needs quite a lot of repairs!
How exciting! I’ve just been offered my first plot and get to see it at the weekend. Looking forward to following your journey. Hoping to share mine too!
Congratulations on getting your allotment, did you have to wait long? I'll keep an eye out for how you develop yours too!
I had about an 18 month wait. I am lucky and have a garden with a little veggie that I’ve been practicing in. I’ve been told the one I’ve been offered has some fruit trees but know nothing else. FYI the light green and white plant that’s doing ok looks like chard.
That's quite a while, but glad that you've had the space to still grow at home. And that is so exciting about the fruit trees, roll on Saturday!
See if you can find some pallets from local businesses - then you can use the boards to make some raised beds on the cheap. I'm not sure whether you're planning on going "no-dig", but when I took on my plot I lined the bottom of the raised beds with a couple of layers of card and then filled in with compost. Didn't dig the soil at all. Basically had no weeds to deal with over the season.
You could also then use the left over pallet boards to both clad the inside of the shed. :)
Those are amazing ideas thanks Barney, I hadn't thought about using pallet timber for inside the shed! That's a great thought about lining the raised beds too, I've heard a little of no-dig but hadn't really researched yet!
@@MyCarbonCoach Check out Charles Dowding (on TH-cam) and his video, "how to clear weeds" or something along those lines. :)
Thanks Barney! Someone else has now recommended Charles to me too so I'll have a watch tomorrow evening after work!
All the best 🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️
Thanks so much!
When picking flowers for bees, I try to pick flowers with seed heads that don't blow around easy. They can blow onto other plots and you will go crazy with the extra weeding.😰
Really good point! I'll have to monitor what's spouting up in the surrounding area and plots! I'm hoping that because I'm on a corner they'll be far enough away from anyone else, we'll see 🤔
This takes me back to three years ago when we took on our plot! I would say the boxes in your shed look rodent damaged, I would oersonally not leave any food (or food wrappers) in the shed. I got mice that way and they also ate my stored tulip bulbs :D I think I spotted some strawberries, you can dig them up and transplant wherever you want them and they will send out runners and you will get a lot of new free plants that way. Good luck! (I don’t do videos but am on insta as sillylittlesheep, if you want to chat)
Hey Veronika! Thanks for the strawberry spot, I'll see what I can dig up and rescue as I get to it! I haven't noticed any little visitors since clearing it all out thankfully, and I'm thinking the main consumables I'll be keeping in there are gin and some beers! I just spotted you on insta so will say hi there too! Take care 🙂
Hi Tim I've got a allotment in minehead in my fifth year, just started filming my year. It takes alot of time get the plot ready section into small areas do each bit at a time as you say a bit at a time
Hello Iain! That's really close by, hope you're having fun with yours and enjoying the fruits (or veg!) of your labour! I'm glad you second my thinking about sectioning off the work. Do you upload your progress anywhere please?
Hi Ian , join the party and send your video online and join the gardening comminty
Hi I’m just waiting for my plot hope I get one soon
Got my fingers crossed for you Christian! How long have you been waiting for?
Only just over two weeks but you never no I may get lucky an get one soon hopefully can't wait to start growing .
To be fair I think I only had to wait a month, I was extremely lucky, and because my plot looks how it does apparently people are always asking if they can take it on!
lovely shed! Those melamine cupboards maybe really useful for storage so don't rush to get rid... There are loads of really helful and informative sites on TH-cam for allotmenteering, try out diggingfordinner, Charles Dowding and Huw Richards - Grow Food Organically as starting points, and good luck! I could suggest loads more but not wanting to overwhelm!!!
Hello Izzy! Thanks so much for the recommendations, I haven't seen any of those channels yet! I started out by watching Lavender and Leeks, and also Erica's Little Welsh Garden which inspired me to make this channel. By all means fire any other suggestions my way, and I'll take all the luck I can!
Hope to see more of your vids I am from South Wales if you like salads I d start with lettuce shallots onions radish on you tube there is a video on all the easy veg to grow and quick and ready to harvest as well as how to make you r own compost as you will need to recycle you r waste down to good compost try growing some fruit as well strawberry’s can be grown in hanging baskets out side you r shed as well as some tomato s as well in the hanging baskets raspberry’s blueberry s small apple tree in a pot +pears rhubarb god I could go on but hope you ll get the best out of you r plot gardening can be the best hobby anyone can do and best of all the first lot you grow will taste like no other veg you can buy in a supermarket because you know what went in to it to grow it
I can't wait to eat what I've grown! Thanks so much for all the amazing suggestions, I love the sound of potted fruit trees, and shallots would be amazing to grow.
I used to live in south Wales! Mostly Cardiff but did move to Caerphilly for a bit too. I've properly caught the allotmenteering bug, each week I can't wait to get up there in the fresh air and get some work done!