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  • Опубликовано: 28 фев 2023
  • Its a beautiful day and it felt very relaxing working on the plot. I really enjoyed spreading the wood chip wherever I could whilst I was awaiting a delivery of new membrane. A bit of path levelling was required but that would be a small task. After a bit if shifting around with the membrane I got on with the job. A cat managed to walk past me without noticing ....lucky. It was amazing how hot the bags of wood chip had got and it spurred me on to get the wood chip down as soon as possible. The next day I had received the membrane and could move on with the paths.
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Комментарии • 45

  • @sheilahopton2670
    @sheilahopton2670 Год назад +1

    i really look forward to your videos every week

  • @pintailpaddocks
    @pintailpaddocks Год назад

    It looks so much better with the wood chip and once broke. Down you can always pop on your beds. Great job 👍

  • @swigwhileyoudig..46
    @swigwhileyoudig..46 Год назад

    Always look fantastic when put fresh chip down malcom

  • @michael769senett8
    @michael769senett8 Год назад

    The things you come with wow your a wizard.

  • @TheJenmiester
    @TheJenmiester Год назад

    I do love a wood chip path! Looking good Malc! And well done for catching the tree surgeon, I stop and ask everyone I see haha

  • @earlshine453
    @earlshine453 Год назад +4

    Even the victorians used hotbeds at the bottom of their cold frames. Fresh horse manure at the bottom, tamped down to slow the speed of decomposition and heat production and stretch the period of heat production.

  • @startingfromseed3
    @startingfromseed3 Год назад

    Malcolm, something simple that will be great! Ready?!?
    At your pond:
    Put some of those big rocks into the water to cover the plastic. Then do the wall thing you have there on top of those rocks up the hillside.
    It will look beautiful I promise!!!!

  • @izzywizzy2361
    @izzywizzy2361 Год назад

    I wish I had your energy Malc! The paths look fantastic

  • @lisaskilton3746
    @lisaskilton3746 Год назад

    wood chip paths look brilliant now!
    dam cats! loved the emoji! I would have chased it away. its so frustrating that they crap away from their own households!
    I would wood chip or mulch around the red currants as saves of keeping the grass down under them.

  • @cew9837
    @cew9837 Год назад

    I've just used my 2 yr old woodchip paths and spread them on my beds.. they were basically compost and a free, fabulous resource feeding the soil with worms in abundance. One thing I would query is that gravel path... if you cover it with woodchips you'd have to remember not to do similar on to your beds re gravel.

  • @Karen-Smith
    @Karen-Smith Год назад +5

    What a satisfying job that was! 😊

  • @SuperSnoopyloopy
    @SuperSnoopyloopy Год назад +2

    Woodchip paths are the best and when the woodchip is free and plentiful it makes it worthwhile. Looks fantastic Malcolm. I love the look of a newly woodchipped path. And your veggie beds will benefit from the beneficial bugs and beetles that like woodchip as their home. Good times indeed. 👍🤗

  • @patjoyce7247
    @patjoyce7247 Год назад +4

    Good job Malcolm. We get rough woodchippings dropped on our site, I mulch my raspberry canes with it, works so far.
    Just a cacaution about using your good woodchip as a hotbed in the pilytunnel. It does get extremely warm, might spontaneously combust in the warmer weather ...be warned.
    Pat

  • @lindacano437
    @lindacano437 Год назад +2

    Everything looks amazing with the woodchip Malcolm. Also...can't wait to see what Mrs. K does in the flower bed. ❤

  • @Paula_T
    @Paula_T Год назад +2

    I crave woodchips, lol. We are too far from town to get any delivered. I do chip my own when we have trees come down and/or the weather prunes them for us. I do have an unlimited supply of goat and horse manure since I buy in roughly 100 tons of hay every year, but seriously, wood chips are the BEST for pathways. I have woodchip envy. :).

  • @valoriegriego5212
    @valoriegriego5212 Год назад +3

    Howdy-ho Malc! Great job...the plot looks refreshed with the wood chip.👍
    Mrs K is doing a nice job with the flower garden. I'm looking forward to seeing it in full bloom.👍
    Cute thumbnail!😄

  • @markshaw5835
    @markshaw5835 Год назад +2

    It's amazing how a carpet of woodchip changes the look on a plot. Makes it look amazing, it's shocking how much heat u get off the woodchip, u could make good compost out of that.

  • @alanhealey7885
    @alanhealey7885 Год назад

    Wood chips will last quite a while before breaking down, maybe years, it won't look it's best, but we have a pile over winter which still looks good and will be very helpful over the spring/summer in

  • @myrustygarden
    @myrustygarden Год назад +5

    The huge farms here for blueberries and raspberries use loads of sawdust on their ground around the bushes. Once they start the process I’ll video it. Paths look fantastic and so bright and tidy. I’d be happy just to see grass but still under a layer of snow 😢. Have a fantastic week stay safe, Ali 🇨🇦

  • @sandrinefresne6575
    @sandrinefresne6575 Год назад +2

    Guess what I have just found ? Wood chips for free !!!!! your paths look so good now and I bet it is soft and comfy under the foot ! All the hard shovelling is done , you need to enjoy seed sowing now . Thanks

  • @darrybush5293
    @darrybush5293 Год назад +2

    Malcolm,
    Your plot looks amazing, good job 👍

  • @Carol-oc7mx
    @Carol-oc7mx Год назад +2

    Malcolm the dealer 😁😁
    You could become the woodchip dealer for your allotment site as it is difficult to get hold of locally

  • @rodneywheaton599
    @rodneywheaton599 Год назад +2

    Wow looks great Malcolm . The plot has really come together for you.

  • @Bananaskin101
    @Bananaskin101 Год назад +2

    watch out for cats leaving buried 'treasure' in the wood chip 😉

  • @mandytaylor1008
    @mandytaylor1008 Год назад +2

    Hi malc what a beautiful sunny day you had. The paths look amazing we have woodchip paths aswell but no membrane underneath. Good Times!😊👍🙋🏻

  • @nooie99
    @nooie99 Год назад +2

    Great job malc. Wood chip will hang on to a loft of rainfull keeping more mosture in the area for growing plants. So pleased you finally found a supply.

  • @pennythompson4790
    @pennythompson4790 Год назад +2

    The paths look great nowxx

  • @thifasmom
    @thifasmom Год назад +2

    Very pleased for you. It might be an idea to put a row of bricks down to edge the path that ends in front of the red current bushes, just to prevent the chips slipping down that small slope off the path.

  • @katrinkatterman3069
    @katrinkatterman3069 Год назад +1

    Malcolm, it looks amazing! What a difference new path chips make! Thanks for the videos - between never ending snow and frozen ground and now having Covid, my gardening days are currently on hold…but it’s “always sunny” at your plot!

  • @JoneGun70
    @JoneGun70 Год назад +2

    Great job,looks a lot different with the wood chips .

  • @jensissons5709
    @jensissons5709 Год назад +2

    i use a empty blue water butt with drain holes to shove hose pipe in. Works for me!

  • @Pixieworksstudio
    @Pixieworksstudio Год назад +2

    I always love your videos Malcolm, they are so up beat :)

  • @leatonveg
    @leatonveg Год назад +3

    Wish I could get a delivery of wood chip like that. Nice one!

  • @peterdillon2628
    @peterdillon2628 Год назад +2

    Wood chip and hot bed - seems like a good idea. Shouldn't have an ammonia fume problem. L.L. Bean tee shirt - haven't seen one of those outside Canada /US.

  • @anitahaywood9827
    @anitahaywood9827 Год назад +1

    That looks like some decent woodchip!

  • @nickthegardener.1120
    @nickthegardener.1120 Год назад +2

    Hi Malcom the gate would make a great sieve for compost.👍🏻🤠💪💗💩

  • @SecrePeach
    @SecrePeach Год назад +1

    Wow what a transformation Malcolm, it really does brighten the plot up! I’m guessing in a few years when it finally break down it’ll be going on the beds?

  • @ThatBritishHomestead
    @ThatBritishHomestead Год назад +2

    I need to do the same on my allotment! its such hard work isnt it! I honestly and so impressed with how much you can do in such a short time! you will really feel the benefit this summer!

  • @helengannon8855
    @helengannon8855 Год назад +3

    Well done Malcolm, your a hard worker, you never seem to stop. It's looking wonderful

  • @locke6531
    @locke6531 Год назад +2

    👍

  • @michael769senett8
    @michael769senett8 Год назад

    Hi Malcom have i missed how you did the filling and joining of your water barrels if so which flog is it please🤔

  • @Plot9.2
    @Plot9.2 Год назад +3

    What would you have done if you had seen the cat.?, they have a right to walk where they want.
    They are territorial animals..
    Think I will stop watching your channel now.

    • @MalcolmKingswell
      @MalcolmKingswell  Год назад +4

      Just a fun comment Wendi I had two chocolate Burmese cats for 15 years

  • @TuftyMcTavish
    @TuftyMcTavish Год назад +3

    🪵 The plot looks absolutely incredible with the new carpet fitted 😍😍😍 I saw the cat and was shouting at the 📺 before you out the emoji on 😆 Good times!