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@@adysveggarden haha I do hope so. We've had two lovely sunny days but woke to more grey skies and the promise of rain. Sigh. That said, I bought a new pair of wellies this week so perhaps that's akin to doing a sun dance!

Thank you so much! 💚

@@rachelcoleman1267 thank you, I was new to rotary cutters when I made this video and my technique wasn't good. The blade is fine, it was new, I just didn't know how much pressure to apply or that it's easier / safer to cut by pushing rather than pulling. Thank you for your tips, genuinely, it's helpful for rotary cutter newbies (like I was here).

Thank you Janie!

@@EighteenandCloudy your welcome 🤗

Oh I love that you've kept those seeds going for all those years and can trace them back in time! That's really special! Yes I am trying to close the loop too, by saving seed when I can. Last year I only did a little bit of seed saving but I hope to do more this autumn by letting things go to seed. It's hot and sunny here today and tomorrow, I hope my flowers are enjoying the sun's rare appearance from behind this summer's perpetual rain clouds. I can't wait to see photos and videos of your flowers once they bloom, I always love seeing what varieties you grow and your little arrangements and posies. Thank you for stopping by, I hope you have a lovely evening too.

@@EighteenandCloudy Surely I will take lots of pictures and film them when the time is ready! I also enjoy to see your further garden process! Much love! <3

¡Gracias, me alegra saber que es útil!

¡De nada, diviértete fieltrando!

Thank you Shira! 💛

Thank you! That's amazing, a samovar takes tea ceremony to the next level! I love the mystery behind it too, that you're not sure how your grandmother came to own it in the first place. I sometimes think I could do with a samovar on my desk with the number of times I'm up and down to boil the kettle. My usual workaround is my favourite Polish mug that holds half a litre at a time! I love how tea culture varies around the world, and how many different ways and styles there are of mixing camellia leaves with hot water. You too, this weather is nice, eh!

@@EighteenandCloudy totally agree! And I find my samovar very mystical tbh. Ooooh the weather is so perfect right now. Living outside!

Thank you 🙂

Thank you!

Thank you!

Hi Kerry, thanks for your lovely comment and taking the time to introduce yourself, it's lovely to meet you, another Midlands grower, it sounds like we've lots in common! Nothing at all wrong with chatty videos, I think I'm the odd one out in the UK allotment community for my silent vlogs. Yeah I've been cursing the slugs this year, it seems the population is booming what with the nonstop rain. Fingers crossed your squash will be okay, ours have mostly held up, they just haven't grown much as it's been so cold. I look forward to catching up with you on your plot with your videos too, I love how friendly the allotment / vegetable gardening community is here on RUclips!

Thank you Corinne! I'm so glad to have a little bit of covered space now, it really helps with getting seeds started, extending the season both in spring and autumn, and with unpredictable summer weather. If it was a tiny bit bigger I'd go sit in there on rainy days... Perhaps I could still squeeze a little chair in the centre without squishing my plants! I had to resow my peas this year, the first lot all got attacked by flea beetles I think. I hope market day went well for you this week and that all is well on Mossflower!

Oh terry cloth will make a lovely pillow, it's a great tactile fabric. I didn't realise the cold weather extended to mainland Europe too, it's been a year of extremes with the rain and wind and now the cold. This morning the wind is blowing from the south so it's warmer, but it's also raining very hard. That said I have a soft spot for the sound of rain on the road outside. It helps dull the sounds of the city. I think animals find comfort in scent, one of my cat's favourite places to hide is one of those blue storage boxes that contains Ed's out of season cycling and running clothes! It's sweet that Sunny was the same way. Yes, it is a sieve! Also sometimes called a 'riddle', we have a little circular one and although it's extra work, the finished compost is beautiful to spread and work with. I love that you're a compost nerd too! 🙂

@@EighteenandCloudy Yes, I understand our pets, I also find comfort in scents. When I was a child and my mother was away, I was crawling in her bed to smell her. And I use all kinds of scents to calm myself down in the daily life. Compost is a science in itself! I love the thought of how smart everything is worked out in nature. How it's a full completed circle. Hope you have gentle days ahead!

Haha thank you 🙂 he is such a teddy bear cat, always has to be the centre of attention and he's happiest when he's cuddled.

@@EighteenandCloudy ❤️

Thank you! 🙂

Thanks Ady. Yeah it's raining *again* here today, and still too cold for my liking. I'm still hoping for July and August sunshine!

You're very welcome, thank you so much for taking the time to leave me such a lovely comment too, it really makes my day to hear that a video of mine is helpful or enjoyable to someone. Good luck with learning to felt, it's such a relaxing hobby and very rewarding to make something useful (like the slippers).

Thank you!

Thank you! Oh no, I bet you were relieved to get the task over and done with in conditions like that. I've not seen hail like we had this week in a long time, it's normally short-lived but it was hammering it down for ages and caused flash flooding here. Thankfully the forecast for the coming days looks good, but isn't it just so typical that the good weather coincides with the children going back to school after half-term! 😭

@@EighteenandCloudy first may holiday we did not go abroad.... What a mistake 😁🤣🤣🤣it will be bright sunshine on Monday when they go back!

Thank you! I feel like we're finding our feet with starting crops this year, having the greenhouse certainly helps, and I think next year we'll be able to start earlier than we can at home where light and space are limited. I'm so excited to watch everything turn into a bit of a jungle come late summer!

Thank you Lili 💛

Thank you John!

I like to grow lots of varieties for interest, but a large part of it is not wanting to put all my eggs in one basket. By trying lots of different things I don't get so disheartened when inevitably something gets eaten by slugs or fails to thrive. I'm so excited to watch the squash grow, once they really take off it's astonishing how much the plot changes between visits!

That's what we're planning too - I'm starting the beans off in pots and will plant them up the same wigwam as the trombone squash. I love the higgledy-piggledy look and it's a classic combination too.

It really is! I love that there are lots of cats in the area.

Last year animals dug up my tubers but left them, uneaten, on the soil surface. Once they had sprouted and were growing, the animals lost interest but slugs started to feast on the fresh shoots and leaves. Sigh. It's just the way it is, as you say, fingers crossed the coffee / net / maybe less rain / better soil can help food and flowers grow faster than animals and insects can eat them!

I have just checked on a few felting blogs before replying as I only have experience with rovings / tops (that's just what I could find when I was planning this project, it's a common form of wool sold in the UK) but from what I've read, carded wool works very well too. Perhaps give wet felting a try with the carded fibres you already have to hand before embarking on a bigger project like the slippers, just to make sure that you like how carded wool handles and wet felts, but I think it should be fine. It's interesting to see who is finding my video at different times of year, I had lots of crafters from the US and Canada between November and March and now people are tuning in from Australia and New Zealand! Thank you for visiting, taking the time to comment, and good luck with learning to wet felt! I'm sure you'll pick it up quickly with a background in needle felting.

Thank you Elodie, it's more 🐢 than🐇 (no hare emoji, bunny will have to do) but RUclips seems to be working out what my channel is all about and helping me connect with quiet folk who enjoy the same things and pace of life, which is lovely. Sometimes it still puts my videos in front of people who are looking for fast paced talk-to-camera vlogs, it's amusing to see how fast they click off 😂 and find something else to watch that's more to their taste. I'm glad you've got your tree sorted and that you kept a bit for your girls to play on, it's a great compromise. It's a busy time on the plot, trying to keep on top of weeding, sowing, planting, but I'm so excited for the harvesting that'll come later on in the season. This weather is amazing, long may it last!

@@EighteenandCloudy Well I absolutely love your quiet vlog. It's a haven of calm in our busy lives! I will share your videos from now on, hopefully that will boost your channel too. I used to have an ig account and Facebook acc with a large number of followers. And all I could think was, how fed up I was with it all. So I deleted them and now just have small social media accounts, it suits me much better. Have a lovely weekend! 😘

@@elodieleaf thank you, that's very sweet of you. I deleted Facebook years ago as like you I got fed up with it, never did Twitter, I do Instagram but only on a small scale, and I'm fed up with that as a platform these days too, it's like a mixture of Twitter and Tiktok when all I want it to be is a place to share photos! I hope you have a lovely weekend, and enjoy some more time in the sunshine.

@@EighteenandCloudy ❤️

Thank you, it's lovely to hear you enjoyed it! 💛

Thank you! It's been a beautiful bank holiday weekend, warm and sunny. We've just got in from the allotment where we had a busy afternoon transplanting seedlings, it's so satisfying seeing the plot start to take shape.

Thank you!

Thank you! I really appreciate your sweet comments! We've been visiting family today, the rest of the weekend will likely be spent at the allotment, I hope you and your family are enjoying the long weekend too. 💛

@@EighteenandCloudy Thanks so much Stephanie🥰How lovely! I planned some fun things , just hoping the weather behaves! I have had enough of doing anything indoors🤣

Thank you Corinne, I was really pleased with the cake, I usually make a crumble with rhubarb so it was nice to try something different. I have a soft spot for really dark flowers! I ordered some more dahlia tubers in the end of season sale this week and am looking forward to growing 'nuit d'eté to add to the darker shades I'm growing this year.

It's mad, I know... Here's hoping it's warm enough soon to move them all down to the greenhouse!

@@EighteenandCloudy Hi Stéphanie, you could experiment a little with the side shoots. When you take them off put one into water when the roots start pot it on and compare against the original plant. Some may work really well so then you may not need as many plants to start with next year.

@@adysveggarden great idea! I started so many because I always worry I'll have a low germination rate or plants will fail to thrive... but then I struggle to cull them.

You're welcome, thanks for your lovely comment, I hope you enjoy making a pair!

Thank you, we still need to run silicone around the edges of each panel. The forecast on Sunday when I checked early on looked still and calm so we left it with just clips in (haha, fools we were to be so optimistic). A panel popped out in Monday's storm, but someone caught it and tucked it out of the wind for us. Storm proofing work is this weekend's task.

@@EighteenandCloudy That's kind of your allotment neighbour to do that for you.

@@adysveggarden it is. I'm ever so grateful.

Thank you 🙂 oh no, I hope it didn't cause too much damage to the rest of your garden? I had to make an emergency dash to the allotment on Monday evening to check on the greenhouse after 50mph gusts. One of the panels had popped out but it wasn't damaged, thankfully someone had seen it and tucked it inside to keep it from blowing away. This weekend we need to do some extra storm proofing. I'm so fed up with these storms now!

@@EighteenandCloudy I don't like storms at all! The tree was healthy, so quite a surprise... And the noise it made in the middle of the night! No damage. But a lot of clearing to do. Your allotment is such a beautiful spot btw

@@elodieleaf thank you, it's like a little piece of countryside in the city down there! I bet it made you all jump when it came down with a crash. I hope the clear up isn't too difficult. Fingers crossed that's the last big storm for a good long while!

@@EighteenandCloudy it's so peaceful, like a secret garden /your allotment. Yes we all got a complete freight! Part of me want to leave the tree how it is, as that might look quite beautiful too, but my gardener is adement to get it all super tidy. I am in two minds. I told him I can just envision it covered in moss and funghi and lots of creepy crawlies living in it. Nice to chat. Have a great weekend xx

@@elodieleaf oh I like the sound of that too! Maybe a section of it could be moved to a quiet out of the way corner of your garden to offer wildlife habitat. I'm sure you and your gardener will make it all look beautiful again in time for the summer. You too, I hope you have a lovely weekend with your family.

Hello Maria, thank you! This is the first time I've put rose petals on top of soap, but I made a batch with calendula last summer, with petals blended into the batter but also as a decoration on top. The petals on top of the calendula soap gradually washed away as we used the soap, but they held up well in storage and didn't discolour with age. I anticipate it'll be similar with the rose petals. I used commercially dried rose petals for this soap (rather than from fresh roses) as I use them for baking and tea and had some in a jar. Each batch I make is a little experiment, it's so fun trying new things.

@@EighteenandCloudy thank you so much for answering 🙂 I think I'm going to try this but slowly. I have added lavender buds to my soap and also oatmeal. Both were fine during use. I haven't made a batch of soap in awhile , soon I think 🙂

@@maria.b.this.old.cottage oh I love the idea of lavender buds, I might borrow that idea if I make a summer batch. These two big batches should last us a long time though. Oats are a lovely addition, I tried that recently too. I hope you enjoy making some soap soon.

Thank you Elodie! 🙂 It's been sunny here today too, I treated my chillies to a bit of sunbathing on the balcony 😂 it's all rock and roll here! How lovely that you used to ride, horses really are such majestic creatures!

@@EighteenandCloudy 💗☀️🥰🐎have a lovely weekend! Hoping for a beautiful day tomorrow as my daughters are going tree trekking and it's been so very windy here😁

@@elodieleaf thank you, you too! That sounds fun, fingers crossed but the forecast looks pretty good this weekend. What a storm earlier this week!

@@EighteenandCloudy 😘

It really is, isn't it? Growing seedlings for outdoors, as well as my houseplants, really helps me feel optimistic in early spring when it still feels quite wintery outside! Small space living is definitely a challenge at times. I'm grateful to have the balcony space, it really wouldn't be possible to grow as much as this from seed at home without it. I'd rely more on the greenhouse at the allotment, but there everything needs to be raised off the ground to keep our little mollusc friends away from tasty little leaves!

@@EighteenandCloudy Yes, it's a really good feeling when a new garden year starts! Small spaces are definitely challenging, but also makes one really ingenious! We are having around zero degrees again in the nights and therefor the greenhouse is really a blessing to be on the safer side with the seedlings. Wishing you a lovely day!

@@wideeyedtree haha that's very true, it's amusing to think of the number of workarounds I've come up with over the years to do all the things I want to do without feeling cramped or cluttered. It's cold again here too, we had the mother of storms roll in on Sunday evening, the night after we finally put the panels in our greenhouse 😬 so I had to make an emergency visit on Monday after the worst of the wind had eased to check all was okay. Nothing broke, thankfully, but we're going to need to do some extra storm proofing work this weekend. Sigh. Still, I sowed my zinnias this week, so that's exciting!

@@EighteenandCloudy I found the most difficult part with small spaces when it comes to sewing and having to lay out the fabric somewhere to cut it. Most things are happening on the floor for me as there was never a space for big tables or so. I just heated the stove again! It is really typical April weather at the moment! The storms are really bad for greenhouses. We knew that we need the sturdiest greenhouse here, otherwise it would just burst with the first real storm. Our garden is pretty exposed, but since the hedge is so big, it got a lot better! Good luck with all your gardening adventures!

Thank you! We'll grow some of the tomatoes outdoors, I'm conscious that the greenhouse is only a 6x6 and I've already mentally filled it several times over! As well as last year's varieties we're trying a few new to us heirlooms this year (indigo blue berries, indigo pear drops, purple cherokee) but also some F1s as a guarantee - our allotment secretary recommended Crimson Crush for instance as they do so well on our site and in a poor summer. The ponies are wonderful, it's always a treat to cross paths with them on my walks.

Thank you Tom, I've only just seen your comment (RUclips notifications can be patchy) hence my late reply, I'll give it a go!

Thank you!

Thank you so much, it's lovely to hear my videos inspired you to pick back up in the garden again. I hope you enjoy making your willow structure! I've got a load of willow waiting to be turned into an obelisk for sweet peas and some kind of support to stop my peonies flopping once they're in full leaf. I'm just waiting for some sunny days to sit and make them.

Thank you Elodie 🙂 are you growing some dahlias this year in your garden? I hope you have a lovely Easter weekend with your family, too. 💚🐇🍪

@@EighteenandCloudy Thankyou, I look forward to our yearly Easter egg hunt..🐰💗 My Dahlia's have been lifted and stored over the winter . So hopefully they will be fabulous in the summer! Xx

Thanks Ady!