Nanou and Grinch you have made a lot of progress on the allotment. It's only February and you have the beginnings of an awesome no dig plot. I wouldn't worry too much about stony or bumpy ground, things will grow. Get yourself an outdoor rug and a bistro set for the plot. It will be an instant seating area that can be moved about.
Thank you so much ! I have already bought a second hand bistro set with 3 folded chairs and a folded table for the plot. I just need the shed ,that is laying in bits on my patio, to be built so I can store them in ! The outdoor rug is a great idea ! I love that suggestion ! I will look around for one. 😄👍
Ye are doing great work ! Over half the plot turned covered and manured and still only 1/2 way through February, keep up the good work and you’ll be ready for planting 🙃
Oh, thank you, this is very kind. I cannot bare the mess. Those big weeds just upset me. I want it all clear and looking like the plot is being cared for and loved because it is ! 🌸
Sorry about the stones. 😢 If you have an area where you want them out you might consider getting a screen where you could put on a shovel full and shake it like a sieve.
I just love your videos. You work so hard and are always giggling through it all. You always make me smile. Come summer, you will have beautiful gardens.
Thank you so much for a wonderful comment. Spring and Summer are around the corner and every morning I think of the allotment and the garden and hope we will be ready on time. We have so many plans and ideas ! This is the beauty of gardening, it is always on our minds ! 🌸
Wonderful progress. Have been watching for a while. Looking forward to seeing your final layout and how you navigate around the stony area. Take care guys. Hope you enjoyed your fish'n'chips with a side-order of cardboard.
Thank you very much for taking the time to share our new journey on our little plot ! It is slowly taking shape and we cannot wait to get growing. The fish and chips was great after such a long day and we filled the car with cardboard !!! 😄👍
@@plotno.9Thank you for taking the time and effort to share your journey on your 'little plot'...?... (compared to mine yours is rather huge :~) plus,.. i wonder if a car was named a 'car' for the sole purpose of collecting car-dboard... hmmmm....
😂🤣 How wonderful ! You gave us such a good laugh this morning, you are absolutely right ! It is called a car for ‘car…dboard ‘ 🤣. Yesterday I passed a COOP which had loads of cardboard boxes outside ready to go in their bins. I just stopped and took the lot ! I am going to get known in the neighbourhood as the strange woman going around in red Panda collecting cardboard !!! It is lucky that I am too old to care 😆🚗 When it comes to the size of the allotment, I think it is small, Grinch thinks it is huge ! I suspect I might change my mind when I will have to water it in the summer !!!
@@plotno.9i'm a bit of a cardboarderhoarder myself, although i'm not a no-digger. i lay the cardboard on the surface and plant through it in an attempt to curtail weeds, particularly bind-weed. i'm going to experiment this season by lining an 8 inch deep trench with cardboard, refilling with soil and sowing carrots in them. On a side note, i'm currently working on an introduction video for my channel. Take care guys. Catch up later.
I just adore you two. I really enjoy watching what you get up toon this little plot. It’s very wholesome and really makes me smile. What a wonderful world that I can keep up from so far away.
Thank you so much ! I have been worrying if it was boring for others to watch us struggle with clearing the plot, but in the same time, we want to show the reality of taking on a plot and the hard work it takes to getting it to the exciting stage of planting and growing. Despite the hard work, I hope it does show how much we love the plot though ! Thank you again for your very kind work. 🌸
@@plotno.9 Your videos are ALWAYS a joy to watch. Your hard work and great sense of humor gives me smiles for hours. You will be planting crops and enjoying harvests in no time at all. 💚
Enjoy watching you work on the plot, good job all of you! Why not take advantage of the stony area and make a bed for herbs that need to grow somewhere with good drainage.
Thank you very much for your lovely comment. This is a very good idea, I will use the stones to plant herbs ! I have now gathered many bags of them. I have already used 2 bags full planting seeds and dahlias, i have plenty of them to put at the bottom of my pots ! 😊🌼
Little steps, little steps, you're all slowly getting there, but getting there you are. Quick suggestion, since you are about half way, at least it looks like you are. When next you have to peel back the weed suppressant fabric, do so from the other end so you no longer have to walk over the newly prepared area.
You are absolutely right, we are going to tackle the rest of the area under the membrane tomorrow and we will definitely start from the other end ! Thank you very much 😊👍🌸
Just came across your channel and subscribed, just a joy to see an allotmenet coming up all together, looking forward to your future videos, happy gardening, Sam (Nottingham) 😎
Thank you so much and a very warm welcome to our channel. Progress has been a lot slower than we were hoping for due to challenging weather and unexpected hurdles, but thank you for reminding us that progress is still happening. 😊🌼
New to your channel and I am really enjoying the interaction you have with each other 😂. Great compost heaps 👍👍 and so nice to have ready manure it should produce fab veggies 🥦. It’s called no dig not “never dig” there’s always an exception to any rule. I agree with the lady that said Veg are mostly ok with stones except carrots and parsnips. Keep up the great work 👍👍🇨🇦
Thank you so much for the lovely comment, and a very warm welcome to our channel. We are trying our best and having a lot of fun in our allotment adventure ! Thank you for letting me know about the parsnips, I have added them to my list of « No Stones Veggies » 😄👍
You are so lovely and kind, thank you very much. Clearing the plot is taking a lot longer than we thought and we do get unexpected hurdles along the way but we still love it and do not regret at all taking it on. When we get so much support from so many lovely people like yourself online it makes it even more worthwhile. 💐
The previous plot holders probably had a water feature/pump to keep the pond clear and not stagnant or were using gravel paths instead of wood chips. I had a decorative stone garden with plantings in my front yard at one point but it was just so hard to maintain I dug it all out and put in patio stones and a walled garden bed instead. The stone area would be a good place to position another pond, seating area or shed. I agree that raised beds on top for shallow rooted plants or ones that require good drainage should work out well too. You are a hard working group and quite an inspiration. Raspberries are super easy to grow and spread like crazy from the roots. I do prune my canes in winter/spring to 3-4 ft tall but never cut my canes right down to the ground unless they are dead. The dead (spent) canes are easy to spot, they are brittle and hollow. I started out with a small patch, ended up with 3 patches and have given canes to pretty much all my family and friends with gardens.
Wow! Amazing how well your raspberries propagated! I find it is always such a joy to share produce and plants with loved ones! The raised beds on top of all the gravel have worked very well so far, perfect for drainage. The plants seems to love in there! 😘💕🌸
Thank you for the advice, I am very intrigued, may I ask, what is a shuffle ? A sieve make sense… didn’t think of that… I even think I have one somewhere. I need to find it and use it.
Are the stones a path? Sorry as I watched I realised you guessed that too. The "mound" might just be the topsoil from where they dug the pond out (lazy devils couldnt be bothered spreading it out as mulch)❤😂❤😂 Stony ground is good for Mediterranean plants, herbs, silver-leaved and perfect for a deckchair and table with wine cooler!
I dream of doing a herb corner on the allotment. I will definitely get around it in the Spring. I have been collecting a lot of the stones to use for that purpose and for a small pond too. I have so many plans and not enough time!!! 😄😘🌸💕
This is good to know, we thought all vegetables needed smooth soil, not just carrots. It is a good thing because we have even more stones on the plot than we have weeds ! Thank you very much for the info 😊
Just think how strongly the weeds are growing, they are not bothered by the stones. Carrots just grow multiple roots and amusing shapes making them awkward to clean.
Great idea to change the way that you are planning to use the piece of land with all the stones. For the very stony area you could try a pretty tall raised bed (maybe 2 pallet collars high). You will be able to grow most things in that bed and it will be an interesting feature in your allotment :). You got a lot done again, spring is getting closer but you are going to reach your goal! DONE NOTHING!!!!!!! JUST WATCH YOUR FIRST VIDEO!!!
We have done the video with seeds this week, Fluffy just need to edit this one as he used three phones ! There is no way I can help him with that. I have started editing the videos, I still cannot do the writing bit and the music, Fluffy has to do that, but it has helped to edit the videos quicker. I try not to take too much of his time as he is in his final Degree year and he also has a very busy schedule doing concerts. When it comes to building the shed and the greenhouse, well , Grinch is watching avidly the 6 Nations Rugby thing, it last quite a few weeks. I am getting very frustrated looking at the weather improving and I am itching to get planting. I have started my first seeds indoor this week ! The positive is the plot is getting cleared properly and that is a good thing. 😊
The previous occupier of the plot might have done a huge stone removing exercise at some point in the past, and rather than lugging the stones away, used them to build a path? But yeah regardless, not much help as you’ve now got them to deal with…
Our plot neighbour told us that the previous gardener used a rotavator and he thinks that is where all the stones come from. We just cannot believe so many stones come from a small plot ! Anyway, we are finding ways to deal with them. Thank you for your very kind comment 😊
Could you just relocate your shed and/or greenhouse to the location of the stones? Then you won’t have to move them. They may be several feet deep. Or be covering up something else. You be careful
We have now dealt with the stones as best as we could, it will show how in our next video Fluffy is releasing today or tomorrow. Thank you so much for taking the time to watch our channel and for all your lovely comments. It brings us so much joy and support 😊🌸
So sorry, thank you for pointing it out. We will definitely try to be more mindful in the future on how much we move while filming. Really sorry to have made it uncomfortable for you.
Nanou and Grinch you have made a lot of progress on the allotment. It's only February and you have the beginnings of an awesome no dig plot. I wouldn't worry too much about stony or bumpy ground, things will grow. Get yourself an outdoor rug and a bistro set for the plot. It will be an instant seating area that can be moved about.
Thank you so much ! I have already bought a second hand bistro set with 3 folded chairs and a folded table for the plot. I just need the shed ,that is laying in bits on my patio, to be built so I can store them in ! The outdoor rug is a great idea ! I love that suggestion ! I will look around for one. 😄👍
Ye are doing great work ! Over half the plot turned covered and manured and still only 1/2 way through February, keep up the good work and you’ll be ready for planting 🙃
Thank you so much, we never actually took it in that we have done over half the plot ! Thank you for pointing it out ! Feels good …🤗
I think yours will be the best plot in the community this summer! 👍✨ The tidiest for sure! 👍👏🌿
Oh, thank you, this is very kind. I cannot bare the mess. Those big weeds just upset me. I want it all clear and looking like the plot is being cared for and loved because it is ! 🌸
Sorry about the stones. 😢 If you have an area where you want them out you might consider getting a screen where you could put on a shovel full and shake it like a sieve.
That is a great idea, we will try it in the future. Thank you very much.
I just love your videos. You work so hard and are always giggling through it all. You always make me smile. Come summer, you will have beautiful gardens.
Thank you so much for a wonderful comment. Spring and Summer are around the corner and every morning I think of the allotment and the garden and hope we will be ready on time. We have so many plans and ideas ! This is the beauty of gardening, it is always on our minds ! 🌸
Wonderful progress. Have been watching for a while. Looking forward to seeing your final layout and how you navigate around the stony area. Take care guys. Hope you enjoyed your fish'n'chips with a side-order of cardboard.
Thank you very much for taking the time to share our new journey on our little plot ! It is slowly taking shape and we cannot wait to get growing. The fish and chips was great after such a long day and we filled the car with cardboard !!! 😄👍
@@plotno.9Thank you for taking the time and effort to share your journey on your 'little plot'...?... (compared to mine yours is rather huge :~)
plus,.. i wonder if a car was named a 'car' for the sole purpose of collecting car-dboard... hmmmm....
😂🤣 How wonderful ! You gave us such a good laugh this morning, you are absolutely right ! It is called a car for ‘car…dboard ‘ 🤣. Yesterday I passed a COOP which had loads of cardboard boxes outside ready to go in their bins. I just stopped and took the lot ! I am going to get known in the neighbourhood as the strange woman going around in red Panda collecting cardboard !!! It is lucky that I am too old to care 😆🚗
When it comes to the size of the allotment, I think it is small, Grinch thinks it is huge ! I suspect I might change my mind when I will have to water it in the summer !!!
@@plotno.9i'm a bit of a cardboarderhoarder myself, although i'm not a no-digger. i lay the cardboard on the surface and plant through it in an attempt to curtail weeds, particularly bind-weed. i'm going to experiment this season by lining an 8 inch deep trench with cardboard, refilling with soil and sowing carrots in them.
On a side note, i'm currently working on an introduction video for my channel.
Take care guys. Catch up later.
I just adore you two. I really enjoy watching what you get up toon this little plot. It’s very wholesome and really makes me smile. What a wonderful world that I can keep up from so far away.
Thank you so much ! I have been worrying if it was boring for others to watch us struggle with clearing the plot, but in the same time, we want to show the reality of taking on a plot and the hard work it takes to getting it to the exciting stage of planting and growing. Despite the hard work, I hope it does show how much we love the plot though ! Thank you again for your very kind work. 🌸
@@plotno.9 Your videos are ALWAYS a joy to watch. Your hard work and great sense of humor gives me smiles for hours. You will be planting crops and enjoying harvests in no time at all. 💚
Thank you so much, as always you always have the nicest words, they mean a lot ! 😊💐
Enjoy watching you work on the plot, good job all of you!
Why not take advantage of the stony area and make a bed for herbs that need to grow somewhere with good drainage.
Thank you very much for your lovely comment. This is a very good idea, I will use the stones to plant herbs ! I have now gathered many bags of them. I have already used 2 bags full planting seeds and dahlias, i have plenty of them to put at the bottom of my pots ! 😊🌼
Little steps, little steps, you're all slowly getting there, but getting there you are.
Quick suggestion, since you are about half way, at least it looks like you are. When next you have to peel back the weed suppressant fabric, do so from the other end so you no longer have to walk over the newly prepared area.
You are absolutely right, we are going to tackle the rest of the area under the membrane tomorrow and we will definitely start from the other end ! Thank you very much 😊👍🌸
Just came across your channel and subscribed, just a joy to see an allotmenet coming up all together, looking forward to your future videos, happy gardening, Sam (Nottingham) 😎
Thank you so much and a very warm welcome to our channel. Progress has been a lot slower than we were hoping for due to challenging weather and unexpected hurdles, but thank you for reminding us that progress is still happening. 😊🌼
Love watching your progress. Well done. X
Thank you very much, we appreciate so much the support. 🌸
Thoroughly enjoying this process😂!!
Thank you very much 😊
New to your channel and I am really enjoying the interaction you have with each other 😂. Great compost heaps 👍👍 and so nice to have ready manure it should produce fab veggies 🥦. It’s called no dig not “never dig” there’s always an exception to any rule. I agree with the lady that said Veg are mostly ok with stones except carrots and parsnips. Keep up the great work 👍👍🇨🇦
Thank you so much for the lovely comment, and a very warm welcome to our channel. We are trying our best and having a lot of fun in our allotment adventure ! Thank you for letting me know about the parsnips, I have added them to my list of « No Stones Veggies » 😄👍
Grinch attempts to turn his ankle at 25:27 to get out of more digging tomorrow 😉
It didn’t work ! He got to dig the next day ! 😄
Love watching the process. It's coming along nicely. Glad to see Grinch is feeling better. I am glad you decided to leave the rocks 🪨. Blessings
You are so lovely and kind, thank you very much. Clearing the plot is taking a lot longer than we thought and we do get unexpected hurdles along the way but we still love it and do not regret at all taking it on. When we get so much support from so many lovely people like yourself online it makes it even more worthwhile. 💐
The previous plot holders probably had a water feature/pump to keep the pond clear and not stagnant or were using gravel paths instead of wood chips. I had a decorative stone garden with plantings in my front yard at one point but it was just so hard to maintain I dug it all out and put in patio stones and a walled garden bed instead. The stone area would be a good place to position another pond, seating area or shed. I agree that raised beds on top for shallow rooted plants or ones that require good drainage should work out well too. You are a hard working group and quite an inspiration. Raspberries are super easy to grow and spread like crazy from the roots. I do prune my canes in winter/spring to 3-4 ft tall but never cut my canes right down to the ground unless they are dead. The dead (spent) canes are easy to spot, they are brittle and hollow. I started out with a small patch, ended up with 3 patches and have given canes to pretty much all my family and friends with gardens.
Wow! Amazing how well your raspberries propagated! I find it is always such a joy to share produce and plants with loved ones! The raised beds on top of all the gravel have worked very well so far, perfect for drainage. The plants seems to love in there! 😘💕🌸
Use a shuffle and put the stones in a sif that would be quicker 🙂
Thank you for the advice, I am very intrigued, may I ask, what is a shuffle ? A sieve make sense… didn’t think of that… I even think I have one somewhere. I need to find it and use it.
Great composting
Thank you very much ! We are trying ! 😊🌼
Are the stones a path? Sorry as I watched I realised you guessed that too. The "mound" might just be the topsoil from where they dug the pond out (lazy devils couldnt be bothered spreading it out as mulch)❤😂❤😂 Stony ground is good for Mediterranean plants, herbs, silver-leaved and perfect for a deckchair and table with wine cooler!
I dream of doing a herb corner on the allotment. I will definitely get around it in the Spring. I have been collecting a lot of the stones to use for that purpose and for a small pond too. I have so many plans and not enough time!!! 😄😘🌸💕
All looking very cool and spaces for growing awsomes happy gardening
Thank you very much ! 😊🌸
Most plants are not bothered by stones just avoid planting carrots!
This is good to know, we thought all vegetables needed smooth soil, not just carrots. It is a good thing because we have even more stones on the plot than we have weeds ! Thank you very much for the info 😊
Just think how strongly the weeds are growing, they are not bothered by the stones. Carrots just grow multiple roots and amusing shapes making them awkward to clean.
The weeds are definitely loving our stony plot ! Just spent all afternoon pulling more ! We are looking forward to funny shaped carrots 😁
Great idea to change the way that you are planning to use the piece of land with all the stones. For the very stony area you could try a pretty tall raised bed (maybe 2 pallet collars high). You will be able to grow most things in that bed and it will be an interesting feature in your allotment :). You got a lot done again, spring is getting closer but you are going to reach your goal! DONE NOTHING!!!!!!! JUST WATCH YOUR FIRST VIDEO!!!
Thank you for the idea, we will consider it if we have plenty of stones left ( I am sure we will) after doing the pond.
How are the 'seeds video' coming along ?😊 When are you planning to put up a shed ?? 😇 We are eager! 😄
We have done the video with seeds this week, Fluffy just need to edit this one as he used three phones ! There is no way I can help him with that. I have started editing the videos, I still cannot do the writing bit and the music, Fluffy has to do that, but it has helped to edit the videos quicker. I try not to take too much of his time as he is in his final Degree year and he also has a very busy schedule doing concerts.
When it comes to building the shed and the greenhouse, well , Grinch is watching avidly the 6 Nations Rugby thing, it last quite a few weeks. I am getting very frustrated looking at the weather improving and I am itching to get planting. I have started my first seeds indoor this week ! The positive is the plot is getting cleared properly and that is a good thing. 😊
The previous occupier of the plot might have done a huge stone removing exercise at some point in the past, and rather than lugging the stones away, used them to build a path? But yeah regardless, not much help as you’ve now got them to deal with…
Our plot neighbour told us that the previous gardener used a rotavator and he thinks that is where all the stones come from. We just cannot believe so many stones come from a small plot ! Anyway, we are finding ways to deal with them. Thank you for your very kind comment 😊
Waiting for Grinch to lose his car keys out of his back pocket. (End up buried in the allotment somewhere!)
Yes… I wouldn’t be impressed…😱 having to dig the whole allotment to look for the keys… it absolutely would be something he could do 😅
Could you just relocate your shed and/or greenhouse to the location of the stones? Then you won’t have to move them. They may be several feet deep. Or be covering up something else. You be careful
We have now dealt with the stones as best as we could, it will show how in our next video Fluffy is releasing today or tomorrow. Thank you so much for taking the time to watch our channel and for all your lovely comments. It brings us so much joy and support 😊🌸
Shake shake shake 😵💫🤢 I wish I could watch how well you're doing
So sorry, thank you for pointing it out. We will definitely try to be more mindful in the future on how much we move while filming. Really sorry to have made it uncomfortable for you.
@@plotno.9 it was not that bad ❤