I think most gardeners are organized nerds. At least the good ones are. :) Love your plan. It is a wonderful lesson in making the most out of your allotment. You prove that you can give all the things you like a go and still make it visually appealing.
Love love lavender and leeks again inspired by your ideas and plot, today I was leaving the allotment and noticed someone selling a greenhouse perfect nick £50 great, ran home gave him a call and its mine I am so chuffed! New plans here also.Gardeners World eat your heart out Katie's back.Going to check your planting peas vid next to do on list.keep the great vids coming so enjoyed!!
Love your videos Katie. I've watched them all back to back in the last week. I've now been inspired to document my own allotment journey as well. Looking forward to your next vid. Best Wishes. Liezl
You make me itch to be outside! LOL With 8" of snow on the ground, it's going to be a while, so seeing you sitting at your table and the sun in the background made me crazy with envy. I really enjoyed seeing you again, and how wonderful your garden already looks. I can't wait to see it start to grow. Thank you for the breathe of fresh air!
Oh no! I'm sorry, but it might make you feel better to know thats the first time the suns shone so brightly in ages :) I'll send some your way to melt that snow! Thank you for watching Sheila
Hi Katie...Wow, I'm jealous. We just got 8 inches of snow today here in Maryland. Thought I'd check in for some inspiration. Got it! Thx. A tip: I looove giant zinnias and that's what they are. Planted them last year and they grew taller than me! And took over the garden! They look fabulous all by themselves... maybe along the fence? Have fun!
little bit addicted to your videos. just so relaxing to watch. this will be my first year growing veg in two raised beds. your planning is just what l am doing with an old school book,. and l mean old as l am 57 !!.so many helpful videos on utube from other veg growers as well., the rabbit tail grass grows like weed out in south Africa but the seeds were expensive at the gardener world show. so good luck with it all.
Thank you so much Jane and good luck with your new vegetable patch! It's so much fun isn't it, I'm glad I'm not the only one that plans :) RUclips is very handy isn't it? The Bunny's tail grass wasn't that expensive but I'm intrigued now :) Thanks again.
Snowed in and have massive cabin fever, but this video cheered me up and inspired me to get the lantana & foxglove seeds in their peat pots! Thanks for such a happy video :)
Oh no! I really do hope it clears for you soon. I'm glad the video cheered you up though and atleast you have the time to get all your plans and seeds finalised :)
I grew ginger last year. I bought one root at the grocery store planted it in a pot of soil with a smaller inner circle of spanish moss which is where I actually planted the ginger. Ended up with 6 roots at the end of the season in a 12inch diameter pot. Love your videos!
So happy to see you back, looking forward to seeing how your garden grow. Here in Pennsylvania it's been brutally cold so it will be a while before I'll be working in my garden. Seeing your video has me itching to start planting.
Lavender and Leeks Yes, have started planning and actually sowed some seeds in my basement yesterday. The Philadelphia Flower show just opened so I may go there this week and enjoy "spring". :)
Just beautiful, I will be living outside through you for the next several weeks. I still have some time of ice and snow left and will see nothing green for a while yet. It is about time to start up the heater in the green house so I can get a head start on some things and just enjoy being out of the house while it is still below freezing outside.
Thank you! That's one of the better things about Winter, you can get all those other little jobs done in the home :) I hope the snow clears for you soon!
Hi Katie, I hope you got thru winter ok. Here in Pennsylvania, we`re still getting snow pretty regularly. Good luck in your garden this growing season.
Hello and Winter was rather mild here. I've heard all about the snow over there so I hope you are ok? Here's hopeing that it clears soon and warms up so you can get out in the garden :)
I live in Montana and this is the first video of yours I've watched. I'll definitely be watching the rest. I bought a piece of ginger from the store and planted it. I have to bring it in for the winter, but it does really well. I put it in dirt to grow, but have no added some sand to the top -- it keeps the ginger a lot cleaner. Good luck
Make sure you use a strong wire an not just chicken wire also foxes dig underneath so you will need to sink a strong wire or something else fairly deep down to stop mr fox from getting in.
The netting you will be using on your fruit cage will have holes in it large enough for bees to enter. You could put pots of flowers and other small veggies in the open spaces in your fruit cage to invite more pollinators in to help with the berry flowers.This will give you more growing room, if you could hang them on your fence, it would save space on the ground. I really enjoy all your videos and hope you have a very fruitful 2015 garden. :)
Oh yes definately, I already have all the netting so it's just a matter of making the cage a little higher and then putting the net on, oh and making a door! What a great idea about the flowers, thanks! :)
It's good to see you back again and hear your plans for the seasons ahead. You are going to have your allotment looking beautiful. I noticed how you were putting flowers in specific locations and wondered if it might be worth growing some at the ends of the veg beds and along the front of your allotment fence if you were to dig a narrow trench there. I don't know the regulations on the site but it would give you more of the cottage garden feel you are creating. I really need to get my act together and order seeds...I've got my spuds but nothing else. Best Wishes, Brendan.
Thanks for all the ideas! Love the flowers around the fence idea but I'd be worried that I would trample on them, the paths between each plot aren't very big and it's even worse when your trying to dodge bamboo canes around neighbours plots without them poking you in the eye! :) Still I will definitely plant some flowers amongst the vegetables. Sometimes I think it's better to wait to buy your seeds, we went in a garden shop the other day and all Sutton seeds were half price!
nice layout great update, I had thought you would have had the chickens by now as it seemed you was waiting on them in one of the last videos. welcome back as well :) thanks for sharing.
Thanks and I know, it's taking me ages to get the chickens isn't it? I just want to be fully prepared and ready for them so I've been doing lots of research etc, plus I wanted to wait until it was Spring anyway :)
Lavender and Leeks sounds like your doing it the right way to me :) not good to have birds only to watch them perish on ya :O I look forward to the new addition video :)
Another charming episode Katie, thank you once again for sharing. I too last year grew some globe artichokes from seed and they did really well. I have no idea of their taste but apparently they're a delicacy not to be missed. You're supposed to remove the flower head when they appear in the first year to encourage strong roots so I'm really looking forward to seeing them in flower this summer and indeed sampling them too. Ginger you can grow from a bought root from the supermarket although I've not tried it myself. Really looking forward to meeting the hens when they arrive and so impressed with your in depth planning - maybe that's where I'm going wrong. Welcome back. John
Thank you John. I'm very excited about the globe artichokes and can't wait, even though it will be awhile until I taste my first harvest! I hope you get plentiful this year so you can tell me how they taste too :) I've actually saved a piece of ginger which was left over from a shop brought packet, I'll have to do a bit of research though. The hens may be another month yet, I still haven't been able to make the cage and I want it to be ready for them before they get here, but I'll be sure to show them off once they arrive :) Oh I doubt your going wrong at all, I just like to plan a little too much! Thanks again Katie
Happy New Years on the Allotment! I wish you the best of luck with the chickens! I love what you have planned for this year! I on the other hand have 3 to 4 feet of snow on my garden area and even more on a raised bed from my snowblower. We have minus 20 degrees Fahrenheit here in upstate New York. Snow might be gone by July! LOL Tim
i grew that variety of leeks last year and was very impressed, will be doing the same this year but will be doing it the way Terry Walton does it, he grows them in plastic tubes, to prevent dirty leeks and increase the blanched area from what i can recall
My Dad always grows this variety and I did the same last year, actually I still have about 6 in the ground ready for harvesting (and my Dad has around 20 left!) They are great growers aren't they? We tend to plant them deeper and get lovely white blanched ends, but the tubes sound great :)
Lovely video as always! I'm interested in how your chickens do as well as the rest keep it up and get some gas ! Loved the little vids late last year with the cooking etc great shed!
Thank you Mark and I can't wait to get them. I'm sure the veg will take a back seat once the chickens arrive! I'll be doing more cooking the shed, don't worry :)
Love your cute little teacup/planting pot, haha..so cute! I love the way you design your plot. I am curious, do you live close to your plot? I was wondering if you will be out there every day and evening to put your chickens in and out, feed/water, etc.
I have enjoyed watching your videos and seeing the progression of your hard work. I thought you were moving plots? Didn't your dad move over to a bigger plot and you were going to take over his old plot?
Hi I have been watching you for a while now and I am very bad at growing things I have tried for about 5 years to grow and nothing really happens for the best, so I was thinking about making my own show for people to help and tell me where I am going wrong but I am not sure what video editor to use? could you help?
Hi Bryn, have you tried allotment groups on Facebook. I've joined two and there's always helpful tips and questions being posted on there. Other then that a video would be great! Good luck :)
Did you change microphones, Katie? I noticed a car go by and it was barely audible. That is different from your earlier vids when the cars were plainly audible. Your voice sounds more natural, too. The effect is quite pleasant. Thumb up! As usual.
Ah yes! I've been using a voice recorder for the past few videos now and it's been so much better, plus you don't have to have the camera positioned so close so you can walk around :)
Hello again, I know this is an old video but I saw your seed collection and I'd love to know if you had any success with the blue poppy (meconopsis) I've tried to grow that from seed myself and failed miserably, have since been informed they are hard to grow so if you ever manage it I'd love a few tips....no need to reply if you didn't manage to sow or grow them, I know what it's like when you have so many subscribers and comments, hard to keep up. Ann :)
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I think most gardeners are organized nerds. At least the good ones are. :) Love your plan. It is a wonderful lesson in making the most out of your allotment. You prove that you can give all the things you like a go and still make it visually appealing.
Oh yes, I agree, sometimes it pays to be so organised though doesn't it? Thank you, I did go a bit overboard but you can never have too many plans! :)
Love love lavender and leeks again inspired by your ideas and plot, today I was leaving the allotment and noticed someone selling a greenhouse perfect nick £50 great, ran home gave him a call and its mine I am so chuffed! New plans here also.Gardeners World eat your heart out Katie's back.Going to check your planting peas vid next to do on list.keep the great vids coming so enjoyed!!
What a soothing, calming voice you have, Katie. I am glad I found your channel.
Thank you :)
Love your videos Katie. I've watched them all back to back in the last week. I've now been inspired to document my own allotment journey as well. Looking forward to your next vid. Best Wishes. Liezl
You make me itch to be outside! LOL With 8" of snow on the ground, it's going to be a while, so seeing you sitting at your table and the sun in the background made me crazy with envy. I really enjoyed seeing you again, and how wonderful your garden already looks. I can't wait to see it start to grow. Thank you for the breathe of fresh air!
Oh no! I'm sorry, but it might make you feel better to know thats the first time the suns shone so brightly in ages :) I'll send some your way to melt that snow!
Thank you for watching Sheila
I love how you started this episode. And I must say, this is turning into my favourite "gardening show" to watch - you're my gardening inspiration! :D
Everything you do is always so organized and tidy . Amazing how you manage so well . I would say you have a text book garden .
I do like to be organised :)
Welcome back Katie! Good luck for 2015
Its nice to hear all your plans for the year ahead Katie. I hope they all come good for you. All the best.
Thank you Aaron, here's to a good and fruitful year for everyone :)
Happy to see you back. I am looking forward to seeing your garden grow. You have some excellent plans.
Thank you Judith, it's good to be back filming :)
So great to have a new video from you! Happy gardening!
Thank you and happy gardening :)
Hi Katie...Wow, I'm jealous. We just got 8 inches of snow today here in Maryland. Thought I'd check in for some inspiration. Got it! Thx. A tip: I looove giant zinnias and that's what they are. Planted them last year and they grew taller than me! And took over the garden! They look fabulous all by themselves... maybe along the fence? Have fun!
little bit addicted to your videos. just so relaxing to watch. this will be my first year growing veg in two raised beds. your planning is just what l am doing with an old school book,. and l mean old as l am 57 !!.so many helpful videos on utube from other veg growers as well., the rabbit tail grass grows like weed out in south Africa but the seeds were expensive at the gardener world show. so good luck with it all.
Thank you so much Jane and good luck with your new vegetable patch! It's so much fun isn't it, I'm glad I'm not the only one that plans :)
RUclips is very handy isn't it? The Bunny's tail grass wasn't that expensive but I'm intrigued now :)
Thanks again.
Snowed in and have massive cabin fever, but this video cheered me up and inspired me to get the lantana & foxglove seeds in their peat pots! Thanks for such a happy video :)
Oh no! I really do hope it clears for you soon. I'm glad the video cheered you up though and atleast you have the time to get all your plans and seeds finalised :)
Great to see you back can't wait for the new growing season
Thank you, it's great to be back and filming again :)
I grew ginger last year. I bought one root at the grocery store planted it in a pot of soil with a smaller inner circle of spanish moss which is where I actually planted the ginger. Ended up with 6 roots at the end of the season in a 12inch diameter pot. Love your videos!
So happy to see you back, looking forward to seeing how your garden grow. Here in Pennsylvania it's been brutally cold so it will be a while before I'll be working in my garden. Seeing your video has me itching to start planting.
Thank you and I've heard about the weather over there, I really hope it clears up for you soon.
You could always start planning now? :)
Lavender and Leeks Yes, have started planning and actually sowed some seeds in my basement yesterday. The Philadelphia Flower show just opened so I may go there this week and enjoy "spring". :)
Welcome back Katie! Good luck for the 2015 season.
Thank you and you too!
Great to see you back Katie!! I love ur vids.
This is gonna be my first year of growing flowers and veg, I carnt wait. Xx
Thank you so much Caroline. Oh how exciting for you, you'll have so much fun! :) x
Just beautiful, I will be living outside through you for the next several weeks. I still have some time of ice and snow left and will see nothing green for a while yet. It is about time to start up the heater in the green house so I can get a head start on some things and just enjoy being out of the house while it is still below freezing outside.
Thank you! That's one of the better things about Winter, you can get all those other little jobs done in the home :) I hope the snow clears for you soon!
I can't wait to see your chickens. We had to adopt ours out because of city ordinance. We miss them and the eggs. Enjoy.
Hi Katie, I hope you got thru winter ok. Here in Pennsylvania, we`re still getting snow pretty regularly. Good luck in your garden this growing season.
Hello and Winter was rather mild here. I've heard all about the snow over there so I hope you are ok? Here's hopeing that it clears soon and warms up so you can get out in the garden :)
Great to see you back, looking forward to a new growing season on your plot, also like your choice of seeds.
Thank you. I just can't wait to get sowing seeds!
Excellent plans Katie, very organised, I hope it all works well for you, look forward to the videos to come :-)
Thank you, I hope it works out too! :)
I live in Montana and this is the first video of yours I've watched. I'll definitely be watching the rest. I bought a piece of ginger from the store and planted it. I have to bring it in for the winter, but it does really well. I put it in dirt to grow, but have no added some sand to the top -- it keeps the ginger a lot cleaner. Good luck
Make sure you use a strong wire an not just chicken wire also foxes dig underneath so you will need to sink a strong wire or something else fairly deep down to stop mr fox from getting in.
The netting you will be using on your fruit cage will have holes in it large enough for bees to enter. You could put pots of flowers and other small veggies in the open spaces in your fruit cage to invite more pollinators in to help with the berry flowers.This will give you more growing room, if you could hang them on your fence, it would save space on the ground. I really enjoy all your videos and hope you have a very fruitful 2015 garden. :)
Oh yes definately, I already have all the netting so it's just a matter of making the cage a little higher and then putting the net on, oh and making a door! What a great idea about the flowers, thanks! :)
Your plan looks great particularly like that you planned for the second season.
Thank you :) I am a bit of an organised nerd!
Nice to see you back.
Thanks, took me long enough! :)
It's good to see you back again and hear your plans for the seasons ahead. You are going to have your allotment looking beautiful. I noticed how you were putting flowers in specific locations and wondered if it might be worth growing some at the ends of the veg beds and along the front of your allotment fence if you were to dig a narrow trench there. I don't know the regulations on the site but it would give you more of the cottage garden feel you are creating. I really need to get my act together and order seeds...I've got my spuds but nothing else.
Best Wishes, Brendan.
Thanks for all the ideas! Love the flowers around the fence idea but I'd be worried that I would trample on them, the paths between each plot aren't very big and it's even worse when your trying to dodge bamboo canes around neighbours plots without them poking you in the eye! :)
Still I will definitely plant some flowers amongst the vegetables.
Sometimes I think it's better to wait to buy your seeds, we went in a garden shop the other day and all Sutton seeds were half price!
nice layout great update, I had thought you would have had the chickens by now as it seemed you was waiting on them in one of the last videos. welcome back as well :) thanks for sharing.
Thanks and I know, it's taking me ages to get the chickens isn't it? I just want to be fully prepared and ready for them so I've been doing lots of research etc, plus I wanted to wait until it was Spring anyway :)
Lavender and Leeks sounds like your doing it the right way to me :) not good to have birds only to watch them perish on ya :O I look forward to the new addition video :)
I enjoy your videos very much. Keep them coming please.
Thank you John, there's plenty more to come :)
Another charming episode Katie, thank you once again for sharing. I too last year grew some globe artichokes from seed and they did really well. I have no idea of their taste but apparently they're a delicacy not to be missed. You're supposed to remove the flower head when they appear in the first year to encourage strong roots so I'm really looking forward to seeing them in flower this summer and indeed sampling them too.
Ginger you can grow from a bought root from the supermarket although I've not tried it myself.
Really looking forward to meeting the hens when they arrive and so impressed with your in depth planning - maybe that's where I'm going wrong.
Welcome back.
John
Thank you John.
I'm very excited about the globe artichokes and can't wait, even though it will be awhile until I taste my first harvest! I hope you get plentiful this year so you can tell me how they taste too :)
I've actually saved a piece of ginger which was left over from a shop brought packet, I'll have to do a bit of research though.
The hens may be another month yet, I still haven't been able to make the cage and I want it to be ready for them before they get here, but I'll be sure to show them off once they arrive :)
Oh I doubt your going wrong at all, I just like to plan a little too much!
Thanks again
Katie
Happy New Years on the Allotment! I wish you the best of luck with the chickens! I love what you have planned for this year!
I on the other hand have 3 to 4 feet of snow on my garden area and even more on a raised bed from my snowblower. We have minus 20 degrees Fahrenheit here in upstate New York. Snow might be gone by July! LOL
Tim
Happy belated New Years Tim and thank you for the comment.
July?! Gosh I do hope it clears for you before then!
i grew that variety of leeks last year and was very impressed, will be doing the same this year but will be doing it the way Terry Walton does it, he grows them in plastic tubes, to prevent dirty leeks and increase the blanched area from what i can recall
My Dad always grows this variety and I did the same last year, actually I still have about 6 in the ground ready for harvesting (and my Dad has around 20 left!) They are great growers aren't they? We tend to plant them deeper and get lovely white blanched ends, but the tubes sound great :)
The wireless mic sounds great! Good luck on the pumpkin competition, I'm rooting for ya!
Thanks! I'm going to try my hardest to win! :)
Awesome update Katie thanks for sharing
Lovely video as always! I'm interested in how your chickens do as well as the rest keep it up and get some gas ! Loved the little vids late last year with the cooking etc great shed!
Thank you Mark and I can't wait to get them. I'm sure the veg will take a back seat once the chickens arrive! I'll be doing more cooking the shed, don't worry :)
Very impressive. Lovely videos will be following.
Hello Katie great lot of seeds you have ordered, cut flowers will be nice to have, I like your seed tins where did you get them?
Thank you, I can't wait to get sowing! The tins are vintage sandwich tins I picked up at a market
Looking forward to your new videos. :)
Love your cute little teacup/planting pot, haha..so cute! I love the way you design your plot. I am curious, do you live close to your plot? I was wondering if you will be out there every day and evening to put your chickens in and out, feed/water, etc.
Thank you :) I love about a 2 minute walk away so it's not very far at all.
I have enjoyed watching your videos and seeing the progression of your hard work. I thought you were moving plots? Didn't your dad move over to a bigger plot and you were going to take over his old plot?
super like katie more videos pls... GOD bless you...
Thank you Dennis and I'll try :)
When are you planning on setting up your chicken run and bringing the hens to your plot?
I was hoping to have it all set up by now but I've been ever so busy. I'm hoping to have it all complete by the end of March :)
Looking forward to it! I think it will necessitate a new channel LOL
Roy Robson
Haha yes! I agree with you there :)
Hi I have been watching you for a while now and I am very bad at growing things I have tried for about 5 years to grow and nothing really happens for the best, so I was thinking about making my own show for people to help and tell me where I am going wrong but I am not sure what video editor to use? could you help?
Hi Bryn, have you tried allotment groups on Facebook. I've joined two and there's always helpful tips and questions being posted on there. Other then that a video would be great! Good luck :)
Did you change microphones, Katie? I noticed a car go by and it was barely audible. That is different from your earlier vids when the cars were plainly audible. Your voice sounds more natural, too. The effect is quite pleasant.
Thumb up! As usual.
Ah yes! I've been using a voice recorder for the past few videos now and it's been so much better, plus you don't have to have the camera positioned so close so you can walk around :)
Hello again, I know this is an old video but I saw your seed collection and I'd love to know if you had any success with the blue poppy (meconopsis) I've tried to grow that from seed myself and failed miserably, have since been informed they are hard to grow so if you ever manage it I'd love a few tips....no need to reply if you didn't manage to sow or grow them, I know what it's like when you have so many subscribers and comments, hard to keep up. Ann :)
Hi Ann, I'm afraid the blue poppies never grew here. I'd almost forgot about them! Keep trying though :)
+Lavender and Leeks thanks, I might try again sometime...if I have any success I'll let you know :)