Great tour Clare. The life in the poly is still looking great. I also love nasturtiums in the plot not just for the flowers but as a peppery edible too!
Hello. Lovely to see you here. ☺️ I did try to eat the nasturtiums but found them a bit too peppery for me. Probably didn’t help that I was eating it as a snack on the plot, not as an addition to salads or a garnish.
What a great idea putting those organza bags over your sweetcorn to protect them against rodents! Will keep that in mind for future plantings! Love this video! Regards from the Netherlands 🙋♀️
Hello, thank you for stopping by and enjoying the video. I was so pleased when I saw the organza bags were available in green, so less obtrusive visually. Hopefully they do the trick and keep the pesky critters off the cobs.
Thank you so much for such a lovely comment. It’s been a rollercoaster, and a whirlwind of a first 12 months with this new vegetable garden. I am so pleased to have this space to cultivate happiness in and to share it with you and be inspired by you in return too. Thank you, happy growing 😍😍
What an adventure that was clare! So much still going strong. I do love that zip up brassica cage. In regards to the swede, just take the larger ones and leave the others to continue. They'll last all the way up to February no problem..the frost makes them sweeter. Regarding the leeks.. they look small enough, you can transplant them easily. Danny 🌱
Oh I think I’ll leave the swede in a bit then. I had it in my mind that they wouldn’t tolerate frost, totally the opposite to frost making them better. Thanks Danny. 😍 Oh goodie. I’ll transplant those leeks. They grew better than I expected when I popped them in there as a nursery bed idea. It’ll be a tomorrow job now. Forecast for today is shocking 😔 Was lovely to see everyone yesterday. 😍
Thanks for sharing your garden like this! We haven’t had a frost yet, but the temperatures are inching their way there. It’s not usual to grow anything during winter here, due to the cold Norwegian winters. So this is my time to clean out of beds, covering them with bark chips for winter. Also, it’s high time for planting out flowering bulbs and garlic. But soon the garden season is over. It’s exciting to get some rest-and-planning time in the months ahead.
I have been dreading the end of the season and saying goodbye to the summer crops, but I have to say as it inevitably draws closer I’m starting to get excited to plan things for next year too. I am mostly going to grow brassicas over winter, to keep me going over summer, given they prefer cooler temperatures. Will see how we get on with that plan. Rest and planning sounds great. All too soon we’ll be sowing seeds and getting those grow lights out.
Lots to catch up with on your plot. Glad the nasturtium chop did the trick. Can't wait for those anenomies!! ❤❤❤ I also love that idea of plants in one anothers gardens. See you on Sunday 🎉
I love the idea of us having plants from each other’s gardens. I have your salvia and the mallow bush, plus Taunton Dean Kale perennials Nasturtium chop has been amazing. I’m so happy to see them again. Tnank you for that tip.
It’s a very good example! They haven’t been the best sweetcorn but they’ve given more than I would have had, if I’d removed them. Red Mars is a gamchanger. I am going to grow it next year.
The plot is looking fantastic. I love how much it's changed with all the different structures. My melons are almost dead. Still not ripe so I'm leaving them until they detach from the plant. Still getting some ripe tomatoes & so far the plants are doing OK. 😊
It’s going to look so different when all the vertically grown plants start to finish and the plot seems to go from 3D back to 2D at ground level isn’t it? I’m excited for 2025 plans My melons are suffering that same fate. My one remaining vine is all but dead now too. Yes, tomatoes still going strong so far 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
@TheFarmyardGarden I'm looking forward to next year. This is my first year growing anything more than tomatoes & cucumbers & I've learnt a little. It's just in our back garden in the middle of a housing estate but it's my oasis 😉
@@Jacqui-Pen It’s the perfect place to have your kitchen garden. I was the same as you last season. Started growing after someone gave me some tomato plants. Just ignited a fire. What are you planning to grow differently next year?
@TheFarmyardGarden less chilli plants. I've grown far too many lol. Some different tomatoes, smaller melons (minnesota midget) I'm quite happy with the cabbages, cauliflowers, broccoli, leeks, nero kale, kurly kale, onions, spring onions, chard, spinach, sprouts, potatoes, carrots, sweetcorn, peas, beans & cucumbers. My biggest failure was iceberg lettuce, which is my favourite. They were growing really well, but the slugs slaughtered them. I'm hoping to change a large raised bed into smaller individual beds. We've got a greenhouse & in April, we invested in a polytunnel from premier polytunnels. Oh & the beetroot didn't work. They barely bulbed up. I'm not sure if it's normal, but we're getting a lot of condensation in the polytunnel. I can see the water droplets on the tomato plants & cucumbers? We were given 4 plants in July & were told they were courgettes. Turned out they're parsnips, haha 😄 I've most definitely planted too many kale plants, but we love it anyway. Yesterday, I blanched & froze the sweetcorn cobs & chopped all the bell peppers & froze them. I think I'm going to attempt making a tomato based sauce, & my eldest son wants some to make soup. I've realised we've not grown enough of some things & grown lots of others. Next year, I'll plan better now, I know.
@@Jacqui-Pen that’s a big garden area you have too, sounds like you’ve grown similar to me this year. I have also decided I need to grow less chillies next year but will grow more sweet peppers instead. I’ve chopped most of ours up for the freezer too. I’ve made some tomato soup and marrow soup is lovely as well. My biggest take away from this year is realising how much could be preserved to use during the off season. I went in to this season thinking more about what we could eat and (shock horror) give away to friends, not store. How bad is that? 😅😅🙄 I open both of my doors very early in the mornings and close at dusk. Some condensation does build overnight but I have positioned ours in the prevailing wind, to help with air flow. I find it even helps it when the doors are closed as they’re not perfectly sealed. I may have some Minnesota midget seeds, if you’d like some? My email is in my channel info. Happy to send some seeds. I’ll have luffa seeds another month or so too, if you want to try those next year ☺️
Fabulous garden tour Clare ❤ I really enjoyed a look around your plot you have so much growing still and yet to harvest. Although it has been a bit disappointing this summer as a growing season compared to other years, I think you've done very well 👍👏👏👏 Exciting a secret building under the undergrowth. Be interesting to see what you do with that. Thanks for joining in with my sunflower 🌻 grow along/challenge. Yours still look great 🌻😍Yes let's do it all again next year, I'm planning on a twist next year. 😊 Sweetcorn, can't help but get excited can we 👍😂 Lovely meeting you and Duncan at the Malvern Autumn show. ❤ xxx
I have been really happy with my growing season, on the whole. I don’t have good seasons to compare with. Last year was reported as a bad first year to grow.. and then this summer was worse. I’m hoping next year is better. I hope we can make something of the building. It’d be good if we can. I cannot wait for the sunflower twist for next year! Thanks for doing this growalong. I’ve enjoyed planting and growing them with you. Sweetcorn is sooo exciting to harvest isn’t it? Lovely to meet you and Doug too. I hear you got a bit giddy with the end of show plant sell off 😂
You are the squash/pumpkin goddess.....everything is looking so good. Try adding a few fennel seeds to crumble topping. I especially like it on a rhubarb and cherry crumble. Gives an unexpected twist.
I’m not sure about a squash goddess, although the magpies are happy I’ve left them to enjoy them now. lol I love the idea of using the funnel seeds on crumble topping. Sounds delicious. Thank you x
Thank you so much. We have seen so many varieties of bees this year. The flowers have brought us (and the insects) great joy in the garden. Take care. Happy gardening ❤
It’s all still looking marvellous, with so much going on 😍 those cabbages would be fantastic in a smaller area like mine. It was so lovely to finally meet at Malvern today and thank you so much for the seeds. I’ll let you know how I get on with them 😊🪴Have a lovely week ahead!
It was lovely meet you too. Thank you so much for the cornflower seeds too. Such a privilege to have some of your grandad’s flower seeds to grow in my own garden. Really special. I think there will be massive changes by the October video. Hard to imagine it. x
@@TheFarmyardGardenyou are very welcome! I can’t wait to see how they do and see them travelling to their new homes. My grandad would be so thrilled! Yes, I think you are right! Big changes coming just around the corner. I’m looking forward to it though as it will allow time for some of the bigger projects I can’t get to in the busier growing seasons (hopefully 😂) Have a brilliant week 😊🪴💚
Hi Claire! So glad you got some sweetcorn eventually. Your flowers and the cabbages are looking amazing. And THANK YOU for link to tunnel, also found it on German Amazon. The weather here has turned very autumnal too, no firost yet but wet and windy. My outdoor tomatoes are just about done, in the greenhouses still going and will definitely get lots more ripe ones. Got a few signs of unhappiness starting, curled leaves, the odd spot of brown (which i just take off) but still all stubbornly setting suckers! Started to harvest chillies (the Thai and jalapeno outdoors and the habaneros in the greenhouse doing best) and finally some peppers going red on one plant. I was dead late because my first batch utterly failed to germinate. They are pretty much all supermarket pepper seeds planted fresh - they germinated right away, so there's a trick for next year for me! I've harvested most of my pumpkins, just 2 big "house brand" (spaghetti/sweet jack crosses i think) and a couple of late Crown Prince to go, including one MONSTER hiding behind the compost bins in the mugwort patch. The cat likes to hang out in there too, so it's cozy and well guarded. Might have been slightly early for a few, but i was worried the stems would rot because it's been so wet. My runner beans are also going great guns, maybe it's the rain? I have a few hardy survivors of the "Neckarkönigin" climbing beans that seem finally to have defeated the slug pressure, but my dwarf beans are like yours. I'm going to have a big clear up next week when I've got Thu and Fri off. Maybe even finally build and fit the greenhouse doors! (I've been putting it off because i have to figure out how to get the heavy microchip cat flap in the rear bottom panel (which isn't a door). Plastic is that chambered stuff and only 4mm... So I'll have to build some sort of wood frame. And paint it. Hope your butternuts make it! I had some in 22, and a nice october saved them. (One grew in the compost heap ... Then 3m up a fir tree!!
Wow Kirsty, you are busy in your garden too. Autumn Abundance for all it seems. I think I’m going to grow less chillies and more sweet peppers next year. I’ve found the home grown peppers so much stronger than shop bought anyway. We shall see! Sounds like you’ve done really well for pumpkins this year. A nice mix there. I’d love to know what the weird Jack Be Little is..and hope it’s still edible being a cross is something. Love the cat keeping the pumpkin company. So cute! I think the rain and cooler conditions must be the reason our runner beans are on a mission at the moment. They look the best they’ve looked all year. I’m thrilled. I am smiling, picturing your butternut squashes interloping up a fir tree ha!!! Love it! Glad you’ve found the tunnel. Still happy with mine.
@@TheFarmyardGarden I'm definitely growing Jack B Little next year, I had a similar one last year growing up my fence and in the field. My cat's nickname is The Wee (he was very small when he was young) and I found out there's also a Wee B Little pumpkin - so I'm absolutely growing that one next year!
Hi Clare 👋🏻 Those little cabbages look perfect, I'll have to add those to my growing list for next year! Wow my runner beans definitely haven't been as successful as yours (and I was worried I'd have too many). The cosmos has been so wonderful this year 🩷
I’ve loved the cosmos so much. Had to chop some back this week as storm damaged. Runner beans are looking better than ever. Those cabbages are just amazing aren’t they?
Take cuttings from your blueberry and create free plants 😊 vegetable growing is always feast or famine … next year sweetpeas might fail and squashes will do well lol I grew a variety that would be perfect for your archway… I’ll dig out the variety and let you know. 😃
Ooo thank you Pammie. That would be amazing. Interestingly I’ve found the blueberry plant at the local garden centre today. It is a blue diamond special.
Hi have only just discovered your channel. I just have to say I havnt ever seen such clean and tiny greenhouses before. You are very tidy and organised. Not seen peanuts growing before so I am interested to see how they turn out. I obviously missed you sowing them as this is my first video of yours I have watched. I did see you on Kerry’s photos of Malvern and also she showed off your lovely Japanese anenomes. Looking forward to seeing and learning more about you. 👋🏻
Hello Mandy, lovely to see you here 👋🏼🤗 What a lovely thing to say about thinking through greenhouses look tidy and organised. Thank you. You should see the house.. complete opposite 🤪😂😅 I am intrigued by the peanuts too. I’m leaving them as long as I dare. They were so tricky to germinate, but I’m hoping to have enough peanuts to give the birds a treat 😅 I think the peanuts that successfully germinated were sown way back in early April. Seems so long ago now. We had a lovely time at Malvern. It was so nice to meet up again. We are overrun with the Japanese Anemones here. It’s lovely to share them. Looking forward to get to know you and your growing spaces too. ☺️
With fennel be careful the seeds don’t drop out or believe me you’ll be pulling seedlings forever and they are’nt so easy to pull once they get their roots in. Your garden is gorgeous ❤️
Hey Maria, lovely to see you here. Thanks for that amazing tip! I think I’ll pop some of the organza bags over the flower heads to prevent them dropping. I have been thrilled with how the garden has turned out. I’ll be making some changes next year, for now I’m really thrilled with how the plot has worked through its first season.
Oops. But I'm already continually pulling out horsetail ferns in the same area, and also my dill might do the same thing... The problem will be NOT pulling up the chamomile. :-) I will take the tip Maria, for next year!
The mini red cabbages are the perfect size for braising!!! Definitely trying them next year. I find the larger ones we harvest get left in our storage. We love braised cabbage with a ham and baked potatoes but unless we have weekend guests, the larger ones are just a little too large knowing we’re heading for a week’s worth of leftovers. Our fennel bolted this year too. But I did succession sow a batch from the same home saved seed in August which I had thought was too late. They’re smaller in height than their older siblings but they’re already just starting to bulb up. I prefer saving dill flowers and seeds for culinary use but will use fennel fronds, flower heads or seeds as a standby alternative option. Our Jerusalem artichokes haven’t flowered yet, either. Budding but not flowering. They’ve usually started to by the end of September. Wishing you a fun time at Malvern.
I really do want to try braised cabbage. I love cabbage itself, just not pickled, so don’t want to pickle it all. Great reminder. Thank you. I really should have sown some more fennel. Why didn’t I think of that? Making a mental note there! Good to know I wasn’t going mad and fennel seeds to have a culinarily use. I might pop some bags on them soon so I don’t lose them off the plants Have a great week x
Everything is looking great Clare! Such a great learn as we grow adventure. What will happen to those tracker full of broken twigs and leaves? I am looking forward to seeing what secrets are in the hidden space and how they will turn this into a cold store room! Take care and have a fabulous week!
I’ve been out all day and was just sitting down to reply to some posts, to have time to read properly, and your longer posts have disappeared. Signal was dire at Malvern Show. Sorry I didn’t get to read/reply. Wasn’t ignoring you. xx Duncan tipped the branches in a rough area outside our garden fencing. We just lay the sticks in there for insects and other wildlife to use for refuge. I really hope the building can be saved. Once the trees are down, we’ll be able to really get in to clear off the ivy vines and see what we can do with it. It’s exciting. I did see the first bit of one of your posts on my phone notification screen and I love that you like seeing the date and hearing our temps to compare to your own growing space. I hadn’t thought how that could be an interesting comparison for you watching… I like to remind myself when it was filmed etc for future reference/comparison too. Also, thanks for the TLDR segment. I had that screenshot and sent to me as an example of a lovely post and I was trying to pin it when I was out..just wouldn’t work, pesky signal Sorry x Have a fabulous week
@@TheFarmyardGarden No worries, i just realising i was waffling too much again hehe. Yes i totally forgot it was Malvern today! How was it? Did you have a good time? Yes will be great for you if you can make use of it. Yes i am a bit nerdy and i record the weather and stuff in spreadsheets. It helps me to remember what the weather was like and to compare to last years. I find it interesting seeing how climates in various places differ. Yes i have really been enjoying watching your journey doing gardening. You kind of forget yourself how much you have done over the years to get where you started from. And i do totally think you deserve some more subscribers! Hopefully you can get some rest after Malvern. Take care x
@@AnyKeyLady it was a lovely day, thank you. Met up with lots of gardening RUclipsrs which is always fun. I’ll post some pics tomorrow. I only bought some bulbs but there was a good amount of seed swapping going on. 😍 I have a govee thermometer set to put out. Had it months. It has an app to record and store the highs/lows. I should use it I thinks it’s fascinating just to see how different we are in the UK, never mind with other countries abroad. Everyone’s seasons are so varied aren’t they? It’s so surreal at times to think how new the garden is. The journey has been a whirlwind. Whilst I know it’s all so new, it also surprises me how it feels natural, as if it’s always been there too. It’s strange. I’m looking forward to future season, adapting and growing (quite literally) with the space and this community. Glad to have you with me for the ride xx
@@TheFarmyardGarden Sounds lovely and yes a great place to all meet up and swap seeds! I think i would be a dangerous going to a garden event, especially during the sales time! lol Yes that thermometer sounds great for your poly. Our garden is kinds SW facing so some areas are cooler than others at different times. It's good in some ways as i can do cool weather stuff in crates and containers that i can move over into the shade when it gets hot so it doesn't bolt. It is very varied in the UK and there are a lot of assumptions that are made about it. The thing is it has changed so much with the build up housing, "Grey belt" and " Green belt" areas being a "Grey area" as to what can be built where nowadays. We used to live in Putney but couldn't afford a house there but managed to move a few miles out and suddenly a 2 bed basement flat could buy a 4 bed ex-council house, in the suburbs, in need of renovation! Now it seems they are building high flats everywhere now and green spaces are being taken up, making house insurance pricing go up because of flood risks. We are the last of our families generations of ancestors and relatives living in London but even we are thinking of moving out now. Nice little house with an annexe for my Dad and the in laws and a larger bit of land to grow on. Would need to be near public transport though as hubby doesn't drive. All pipe dreams atm though. I am trying to sell off all of the baby stuff as at first, we planned to have more. It's kinda overwhelming when you finally have to accept the cervical cancer treatment, 3 months after an emergency c section, didn't turn out in favour for us and now we need to clear the loft of baby stuff. We have been saving boxes to pack things and we have sold some stuff but it is like box city. Hoping to post some more stuff on vinted this autumn/winter but we had to take a break when my Mother in Law passed away and my Dad had a stroke in 2022. It all takes time doesn't it? I have been really impressed with how quickly you got the layout and structures up. Did you plan a lot of it before you started making videos showing the process? I think for us (also during the house reno) was, how do we transform a mature landscaped garden into a growing space and a lawn space. I think it looks further ahead because of the structures, trees and rhizomes are in place. This year has been an awful growing year, so i really think next year, you will hit the ground running as you will already have most of the things in place by then. I am really excited for what you will have planned. The secret hidden building project for one! You have put so much work into your new gardening space and it shows it! Be proud! Anyway, i am waffling again! hehe Take it easy and enjoy the ride! x
@AnyKeyLady oh wow, you have been through it. I’m so sorry to hear about your treatment and having to accept no new additions to the family. That’s tough to bear. 🥲 Your pipe dream sounds really within reach, given the fact prices will be cheaper the further out of London you move. How exciting to have those plans in your mind. I have no doubt there’s a property out there that can tick all of your boxes. I hope you find your dreams become reality soon. We were lucky with this plot really because it was a clean, green site. Decades use as just a grazing paddock. Sure, we had some docks to deal with, but nothing really invasive. Some of the rest of the gardens have fallen a bit unloved this year though, as it’s all a lot of work for one person. Duncan brings machinery but he doesn’t do the manual work. He doesn’t much care for gardening and seeing untidy weedy pathways doesn’t really upset him like it does me. I really hope we all get the perfect growing season next year. I haven’t been disappointed this year, to be honest, but I realise things could have been better too. I am blissfully unaware of what a good growing season looks like 🤪 I think the biggest bit to plan for me was where to put the polytunnel. Everything else kind of came about after that decision was made. I had a rough (not to scale) plan on the back of an envelope…very high tech! 😅 As our wood is bought in 4.8m lengths, I very early on knew I needed my beds to be made in sizes that meant less waste. Most beds are therefore 2.4 x 1.2m. The pumpkin archway beds are 3.6m x 1.2 m though, as that seemed logical given the size of the fruit cage they’re sat next to. Carrot boxes are 80cm sq and the other ones 1.2m x 80cm. All by numbers dividable into the 4.8m lengths of timber. The only bed that doesn’t fit that rule is where the brassica tunnel is. That was 3m x 1.5m when bought, so had to make the bed fit that tunnel. We will be making some changes to the layout for next year, but only the carrot box area down the side of the tunnel. That will be different. I like the idea of you being able to move things in to shade when they need it. Clever.
Your garden still looks joyous! The cosmos look stunning and I love your dahlia, what a lovely autumnal colour. Are you going to store the tuber indoors over winter so it doesn’t rot? If you find out the blueberry variety do let us know. I planned to grow them this year and never got around to it. Is your soil acid? You’ve had such an amazing harvest. Have a great week 😊
Thanks Clare. I love the spaces we’ve all created for ourselves throw growing. Magical for us all. I found the blueberry yesterday in our local Blue Diamond Garden Centre. Obviously this means I bought another 😜 The soil isn’t overly acid but I dug out a big hole and added ericaceous soil and topped with it too. I also fed it with ericaceous feed too
Our nasturtiums started self seeding already……well not anymore I pulled them out! Our broccoli has done the same this year, poor harvest! Mmm mars cabbage, might try them, can’t grow red cabbage. Love your little giggle 😂 Oh I’ve just eaten a beetroot sandwich 😂 don’t tell Duncan 😂 Courgette cake oooh let me see if I have all the ingredients for one of them ❤
I can’t help giggling. It’s such fun. I have sourced some seeds for the Red Mars too. I am really pleased with them. Currently got them soaking in some water before processing. They’ve grown really happily with minimal intervention. Ha.. Duncan would be jealous of the sandwich !! I can’t believe you’ve gotten up to make courgette muffins. You are epic.
Happy your nasturtiums came back! I've had three nasturtium flowers this year, things can only get better. 😅Red Mars is a great tip for smaller gardens or even a balcony. Hmm, now where can I find a space for that? I hope they wouldn't mind a bit of shade? I've gotten so much inspiration for things to grow from you and the other channels I follow. From a distance, your calendulas look fine and bright up the area. I've cut the worst ones down, but also staked some as although the plants look bad the flowers are nice. Amazing sunflower! And those peanut plants! Excited to see what's underneath them. Are you supposed to wait until they die to harvest?
Hi Trude I also love getting inspiration (and free seeds/plants from other gardens too. It’s brilliant isn’t it, to see plants in other people’s spaces…instead of just picture perfect on a seed packet. Those Red Mars are such a lovely variety. So vibrant when cut in to as well. Absolutely lovely Cabbage heads. I would imagine they’ll be thrilled with some shade, Most brassicas don’t much care for full sun. Some of the calendula looks better than others. I have trimmed some of them back but need to do the rest. Same with the cosmos, they’ve suddenly grown a bit wild. Peanuts - i was told they’d flower and then the flower spikes would end up going in to the soil. No flowers yet……
Onions should probably be planted separate as they can taint some veg and there for become bitter we found this when we planted onions and broad beans in same bed
That’s really interesting! Not noticed anything tasting bitter this year but I’ll bear that in mind in the future. I’ve heard the same about garlic with strawberries, but it seems to have been a trend this year with some gardeners
Hi John I could kick myself but I can’t remember. My sister gave me the sets and I cannot find the packet label. I didn’t seem to put a new label in the bed though, which made me wonder if they’’re the same variety a my autumn planted ones…which were Jermor.
@johnking-ht5ez I hope so too! They’ve been amazing. I’ll definitely plant more out in spring next year. They’ve performed so much better than those overwintered outside for me, but it was a wet season
I just asked my sister and she can only find pics for Jermor, which leads us to believe it must have been them too, so I think you’re on to a winner! I hope yours do as well as mine. Are you overwintering in the greenhouse and planting out in spring?
Hi Hayley. They’re Amaranthus. The variety is Love Lies Bleeding. So pretty aren’t they? You can eat some of the leaves but the flowers become grains you can harvest too. Thanks for commenting
Hey Chrissie. The fennel I have is supposed to be a bulbing variety. It does have small bulbs but they have all still bolted too. I’m just hoping the seeds will be a worthy addition to the kitchen. I need to cover them in organza bags soon too I think
These are truly dwarf variety of Jerusalem artichoke, not a Globe artichoke flower head varieties. I can’t see any photos of them in flower, can’t even see them available to be bought in many places.
Lovely garden tour Clare. Still so much growing. 😊
Thanks Emma. I think it’ll be a very different sight in the next four weeks.
Congrats, again, by the way x
@@TheFarmyardGardenThankyou 😊 yes I’m sure all our allotments and gardens will look much different
@GardenofEmma definitely x
Great tour Clare. The life in the poly is still looking great. I also love nasturtiums in the plot not just for the flowers but as a peppery edible too!
Hello. Lovely to see you here. ☺️
I did try to eat the nasturtiums but found them a bit too peppery for me. Probably didn’t help that I was eating it as a snack on the plot, not as an addition to salads or a garnish.
What a great idea putting those organza bags over your sweetcorn to protect them against rodents! Will keep that in mind for future plantings! Love this video! Regards from the Netherlands 🙋♀️
Hello, thank you for stopping by and enjoying the video.
I was so pleased when I saw the organza bags were available in green, so less obtrusive visually. Hopefully they do the trick and keep the pesky critters off the cobs.
Your plot is looking gorgeous. Thank you for a great vlog. happy gardening 🙂
Thank you so much for such a lovely comment. It’s been a rollercoaster, and a whirlwind of a first 12 months with this new vegetable garden.
I am so pleased to have this space to cultivate happiness in and to share it with you and be inspired by you in return too.
Thank you, happy growing 😍😍
What an adventure that was clare! So much still going strong. I do love that zip up brassica cage. In regards to the swede, just take the larger ones and leave the others to continue. They'll last all the way up to February no problem..the frost makes them sweeter. Regarding the leeks.. they look small enough, you can transplant them easily. Danny 🌱
Oh I think I’ll leave the swede in a bit then. I had it in my mind that they wouldn’t tolerate frost, totally the opposite to frost making them better. Thanks Danny. 😍
Oh goodie. I’ll transplant those leeks. They grew better than I expected when I popped them in there as a nursery bed idea.
It’ll be a tomorrow job now. Forecast for today is shocking 😔
Was lovely to see everyone yesterday. 😍
Thanks for sharing your garden like this!
We haven’t had a frost yet, but the temperatures are inching their way there. It’s not usual to grow anything during winter here, due to the cold Norwegian winters. So this is my time to clean out of beds, covering them with bark chips for winter. Also, it’s high time for planting out flowering bulbs and garlic. But soon the garden season is over. It’s exciting to get some rest-and-planning time in the months ahead.
I have been dreading the end of the season and saying goodbye to the summer crops, but I have to say as it inevitably draws closer I’m starting to get excited to plan things for next year too.
I am mostly going to grow brassicas over winter, to keep me going over summer, given they prefer cooler temperatures. Will see how we get on with that plan.
Rest and planning sounds great. All too soon we’ll be sowing seeds and getting those grow lights out.
You can just tell the weather has changed
Yeah. It’s horrid and grim. The woodchip pathways look ugly when so wet
@@TheFarmyardGarden Yh? I honestly can't say I've ever thought about it.... I'm not that into looks more does it work. Can do do it with less work
Lots to catch up with on your plot. Glad the nasturtium chop did the trick. Can't wait for those anenomies!! ❤❤❤ I also love that idea of plants in one anothers gardens. See you on Sunday 🎉
I love the idea of us having plants from each other’s gardens. I have your salvia and the mallow bush, plus Taunton Dean Kale perennials
Nasturtium chop has been amazing. I’m so happy to see them again. Tnank you for that tip.
Hi Clare, the sweetcorn are a good example of just leave it and see what you get, may be tempted by the red mars cabbage.
It’s a very good example! They haven’t been the best sweetcorn but they’ve given more than I would have had, if I’d removed them.
Red Mars is a gamchanger. I am going to grow it next year.
The plot is looking fantastic. I love how much it's changed with all the different structures.
My melons are almost dead. Still not ripe so I'm leaving them until they detach from the plant.
Still getting some ripe tomatoes & so far the plants are doing OK. 😊
It’s going to look so different when all the vertically grown plants start to finish and the plot seems to go from 3D back to 2D at ground level isn’t it? I’m excited for 2025 plans
My melons are suffering that same fate. My one remaining vine is all but dead now too.
Yes, tomatoes still going strong so far 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
@TheFarmyardGarden I'm looking forward to next year. This is my first year growing anything more than tomatoes & cucumbers & I've learnt a little. It's just in our back garden in the middle of a housing estate but it's my oasis 😉
@@Jacqui-Pen It’s the perfect place to have your kitchen garden. I was the same as you last season. Started growing after someone gave me some tomato plants. Just ignited a fire.
What are you planning to grow differently next year?
@TheFarmyardGarden less chilli plants. I've grown far too many lol.
Some different tomatoes, smaller melons (minnesota midget)
I'm quite happy with the cabbages, cauliflowers, broccoli, leeks, nero kale, kurly kale, onions, spring onions, chard, spinach, sprouts, potatoes, carrots, sweetcorn, peas, beans & cucumbers.
My biggest failure was iceberg lettuce, which is my favourite. They were growing really well, but the slugs slaughtered them.
I'm hoping to change a large raised bed into smaller individual beds.
We've got a greenhouse & in April, we invested in a polytunnel from premier polytunnels.
Oh & the beetroot didn't work. They barely bulbed up.
I'm not sure if it's normal, but we're getting a lot of condensation in the polytunnel. I can see the water droplets on the tomato plants & cucumbers?
We were given 4 plants in July & were told they were courgettes. Turned out they're parsnips, haha 😄
I've most definitely planted too many kale plants, but we love it anyway.
Yesterday, I blanched & froze the sweetcorn cobs & chopped all the bell peppers & froze them. I think I'm going to attempt making a tomato based sauce, & my eldest son wants some to make soup.
I've realised we've not grown enough of some things & grown lots of others. Next year, I'll plan better now, I know.
@@Jacqui-Pen that’s a big garden area you have too, sounds like you’ve grown similar to me this year. I have also decided I need to grow less chillies next year but will grow more sweet peppers instead. I’ve chopped most of ours up for the freezer too. I’ve made some tomato soup and marrow soup is lovely as well.
My biggest take away from this year is realising how much could be preserved to use during the off season. I went in to this season thinking more about what we could eat and (shock horror) give away to friends, not store. How bad is that? 😅😅🙄
I open both of my doors very early in the mornings and close at dusk. Some condensation does build overnight but I have positioned ours in the prevailing wind, to help with air flow. I find it even helps it when the doors are closed as they’re not perfectly sealed.
I may have some Minnesota midget seeds, if you’d like some? My email is in my channel info. Happy to send some seeds. I’ll have luffa seeds another month or so too, if you want to try those next year ☺️
Fabulous garden tour Clare ❤
I really enjoyed a look around your plot you have so much growing still and yet to harvest. Although it has been a bit disappointing this summer as a growing season compared to other years, I think you've done very well 👍👏👏👏
Exciting a secret building under the undergrowth. Be interesting to see what you do with that.
Thanks for joining in with my sunflower 🌻 grow along/challenge. Yours still look great 🌻😍Yes let's do it all again next year, I'm planning on a twist next year. 😊
Sweetcorn, can't help but get excited can we 👍😂
Lovely meeting you and Duncan at the Malvern Autumn show. ❤ xxx
I have been really happy with my growing season, on the whole. I don’t have good seasons to compare with. Last year was reported as a bad first year to grow.. and then this summer was worse. I’m hoping next year is better.
I hope we can make something of the building. It’d be good if we can.
I cannot wait for the sunflower twist for next year! Thanks for doing this growalong. I’ve enjoyed planting and growing them with you.
Sweetcorn is sooo exciting to harvest isn’t it?
Lovely to meet you and Doug too. I hear you got a bit giddy with the end of show plant sell off 😂
@TheFarmyardGarden .... Someone has been telling tales as I didnt buy that many, only 6 or 8 @ £1 and also 2 bushy plants for £5 😂
@Feelgoodgardens ha! I think that was quite restrained 🥰🥰
@TheFarmyardGarden 😂😂😂 Did you buy any tat? 😂 x
@Feelgoodgardens ha!! No I didn’t. I only got some bulbs. What about you? 😂😂😂
You are the squash/pumpkin goddess.....everything is looking so good.
Try adding a few fennel seeds to crumble topping. I especially like it on a rhubarb and cherry crumble. Gives an unexpected twist.
I’m not sure about a squash goddess, although the magpies are happy I’ve left them to enjoy them now. lol
I love the idea of using the funnel seeds on crumble topping. Sounds delicious. Thank you x
@@TheFarmyardGarden little bit goes along way. but tasty.
@@RobinGardens excellent! Thank you 😍
Que belleza y muy prolijo flores abejas muy bonito saludos 🇺🇾
Thank you so much. We have seen so many varieties of bees this year. The flowers have brought us (and the insects) great joy in the garden.
Take care. Happy gardening ❤
It’s all still looking marvellous, with so much going on 😍 those cabbages would be fantastic in a smaller area like mine. It was so lovely to finally meet at Malvern today and thank you so much for the seeds. I’ll let you know how I get on with them 😊🪴Have a lovely week ahead!
It was lovely meet you too. Thank you so much for the cornflower seeds too. Such a privilege to have some of your grandad’s flower seeds to grow in my own garden. Really special.
I think there will be massive changes by the October video. Hard to imagine it. x
@@TheFarmyardGardenyou are very welcome! I can’t wait to see how they do and see them travelling to their new homes. My grandad would be so thrilled!
Yes, I think you are right! Big changes coming just around the corner. I’m looking forward to it though as it will allow time for some of the bigger projects I can’t get to in the busier growing seasons (hopefully 😂) Have a brilliant week 😊🪴💚
Hi Claire! So glad you got some sweetcorn eventually. Your flowers and the cabbages are looking amazing. And THANK YOU for link to tunnel, also found it on German Amazon.
The weather here has turned very autumnal too, no firost yet but wet and windy. My outdoor tomatoes are just about done, in the greenhouses still going and will definitely get lots more ripe ones. Got a few signs of unhappiness starting, curled leaves, the odd spot of brown (which i just take off) but still all stubbornly setting suckers!
Started to harvest chillies (the Thai and jalapeno outdoors and the habaneros in the greenhouse doing best) and finally some peppers going red on one plant. I was dead late because my first batch utterly failed to germinate. They are pretty much all supermarket pepper seeds planted fresh - they germinated right away, so there's a trick for next year for me!
I've harvested most of my pumpkins, just 2 big "house brand" (spaghetti/sweet jack crosses i think) and a couple of late Crown Prince to go, including one MONSTER hiding behind the compost bins in the mugwort patch. The cat likes to hang out in there too, so it's cozy and well guarded. Might have been slightly early for a few, but i was worried the stems would rot because it's been so wet.
My runner beans are also going great guns, maybe it's the rain? I have a few hardy survivors of the "Neckarkönigin" climbing beans that seem finally to have defeated the slug pressure, but my dwarf beans are like yours.
I'm going to have a big clear up next week when I've got Thu and Fri off. Maybe even finally build and fit the greenhouse doors! (I've been putting it off because i have to figure out how to get the heavy microchip cat flap in the rear bottom panel (which isn't a door). Plastic is that chambered stuff and only 4mm... So I'll have to build some sort of wood frame. And paint it.
Hope your butternuts make it! I had some in 22, and a nice october saved them. (One grew in the compost heap ... Then 3m up a fir tree!!
Wow Kirsty, you are busy in your garden too. Autumn Abundance for all it seems. I think I’m going to grow less chillies and more sweet peppers next year. I’ve found the home grown peppers so much stronger than shop bought anyway. We shall see!
Sounds like you’ve done really well for pumpkins this year. A nice mix there. I’d love to know what the weird Jack Be Little is..and hope it’s still edible being a cross is something. Love the cat keeping the pumpkin company. So cute!
I think the rain and cooler conditions must be the reason our runner beans are on a mission at the moment. They look the best they’ve looked all year. I’m thrilled.
I am smiling, picturing your butternut squashes interloping up a fir tree ha!!! Love it!
Glad you’ve found the tunnel. Still happy with mine.
@@TheFarmyardGarden I'm definitely growing Jack B Little next year, I had a similar one last year growing up my fence and in the field. My cat's nickname is The Wee (he was very small when he was young) and I found out there's also a Wee B Little pumpkin - so I'm absolutely growing that one next year!
Oh wow. I love that pumpkin name. I may have to look that up and grow along with you. 😍😍
Hi Clare 👋🏻 Those little cabbages look perfect, I'll have to add those to my growing list for next year! Wow my runner beans definitely haven't been as successful as yours (and I was worried I'd have too many). The cosmos has been so wonderful this year 🩷
I’ve loved the cosmos so much. Had to chop some back this week as storm damaged.
Runner beans are looking better than ever. Those cabbages are just amazing aren’t they?
Take cuttings from your blueberry and create free plants 😊 vegetable growing is always feast or famine … next year sweetpeas might fail and squashes will do well lol I grew a variety that would be perfect for your archway… I’ll dig out the variety and let you know. 😃
Ooo thank you Pammie. That would be amazing.
Interestingly I’ve found the blueberry plant at the local garden centre today. It is a blue diamond special.
Hi have only just discovered your channel. I just have to say I havnt ever seen such clean and tiny greenhouses before. You are very tidy and organised. Not seen peanuts growing before so I am interested to see how they turn out. I obviously missed you sowing them as this is my first video of yours I have watched. I did see you on Kerry’s photos of Malvern and also she showed off your lovely Japanese anenomes. Looking forward to seeing and learning more about you. 👋🏻
Hello Mandy, lovely to see you here 👋🏼🤗
What a lovely thing to say about thinking through greenhouses look tidy and organised. Thank you. You should see the house.. complete opposite 🤪😂😅
I am intrigued by the peanuts too. I’m leaving them as long as I dare. They were so tricky to germinate, but I’m hoping to have enough peanuts to give the birds a treat 😅
I think the peanuts that successfully germinated were sown way back in early April. Seems so long ago now.
We had a lovely time at Malvern. It was so nice to meet up again. We are overrun with the Japanese Anemones here. It’s lovely to share them.
Looking forward to get to know you and your growing spaces too. ☺️
With fennel be careful the seeds don’t drop out or believe me you’ll be pulling seedlings forever and they are’nt so easy to pull once they get their roots in. Your garden is gorgeous ❤️
Hey Maria, lovely to see you here. Thanks for that amazing tip! I think I’ll pop some of the organza bags over the flower heads to prevent them dropping.
I have been thrilled with how the garden has turned out. I’ll be making some changes next year, for now I’m really thrilled with how the plot has worked through its first season.
Oops. But I'm already continually pulling out horsetail ferns in the same area, and also my dill might do the same thing... The problem will be NOT pulling up the chamomile. :-) I will take the tip Maria, for next year!
I love that we are spreading the knowledge around the community we’re building. Lovely to see 🥰
The mini red cabbages are the perfect size for braising!!! Definitely trying them next year. I find the larger ones we harvest get left in our storage. We love braised cabbage with a ham and baked potatoes but unless we have weekend guests, the larger ones are just a little too large knowing we’re heading for a week’s worth of leftovers.
Our fennel bolted this year too. But I did succession sow a batch from the same home saved seed in August which I had thought was too late. They’re smaller in height than their older siblings but they’re already just starting to bulb up. I prefer saving dill flowers and seeds for culinary use but will use fennel fronds, flower heads or seeds as a standby alternative option.
Our Jerusalem artichokes haven’t flowered yet, either. Budding but not flowering. They’ve usually started to by the end of September.
Wishing you a fun time at Malvern.
I really do want to try braised cabbage. I love cabbage itself, just not pickled, so don’t want to pickle it all. Great reminder. Thank you.
I really should have sown some more fennel. Why didn’t I think of that? Making a mental note there!
Good to know I wasn’t going mad and fennel seeds to have a culinarily use. I might pop some bags on them soon so I don’t lose them off the plants
Have a great week x
Hi Clare. Garden looks beautiful!
Oh swedes 😮 nice. Shame you've had no caulis.
I have potted on 10 cauliflowers today. I WILL have some 😂🙏🏻
@@TheFarmyardGarden whoop whoop
Everything is looking great Clare! Such a great learn as we grow adventure.
What will happen to those tracker full of broken twigs and leaves?
I am looking forward to seeing what secrets are in the hidden space and how they will turn this into a cold store room!
Take care and have a fabulous week!
I’ve been out all day and was just sitting down to reply to some posts, to have time to read properly, and your longer posts have disappeared. Signal was dire at Malvern Show.
Sorry I didn’t get to read/reply. Wasn’t ignoring you. xx
Duncan tipped the branches in a rough area outside our garden fencing. We just lay the sticks in there for insects and other wildlife to use for refuge.
I really hope the building can be saved. Once the trees are down, we’ll be able to really get in to clear off the ivy vines and see what we can do with it. It’s exciting.
I did see the first bit of one of your posts on my phone notification screen and I love that you like seeing the date and hearing our temps to compare to your own growing space. I hadn’t thought how that could be an interesting comparison for you watching… I like to remind myself when it was filmed etc for future reference/comparison too.
Also, thanks for the TLDR segment. I had that screenshot and sent to me as an example of a lovely post and I was trying to pin it when I was out..just wouldn’t work, pesky signal Sorry x
Have a fabulous week
@@TheFarmyardGarden No worries, i just realising i was waffling too much again hehe. Yes i totally forgot it was Malvern today! How was it? Did you have a good time?
Yes will be great for you if you can make use of it.
Yes i am a bit nerdy and i record the weather and stuff in spreadsheets. It helps me to remember what the weather was like and to compare to last years. I find it interesting seeing how climates in various places differ.
Yes i have really been enjoying watching your journey doing gardening. You kind of forget yourself how much you have done over the years to get where you started from.
And i do totally think you deserve some more subscribers!
Hopefully you can get some rest after Malvern. Take care x
@@AnyKeyLady it was a lovely day, thank you. Met up with lots of gardening RUclipsrs which is always fun. I’ll post some pics tomorrow.
I only bought some bulbs but there was a good amount of seed swapping going on. 😍
I have a govee thermometer set to put out. Had it months. It has an app to record and store the highs/lows. I should use it
I thinks it’s fascinating just to see how different we are in the UK, never mind with other countries abroad. Everyone’s seasons are so varied aren’t they?
It’s so surreal at times to think how new the garden is. The journey has been a whirlwind. Whilst I know it’s all so new, it also surprises me how it feels natural, as if it’s always been there too. It’s strange. I’m looking forward to future season, adapting and growing (quite literally) with the space and this community. Glad to have you with me for the ride xx
@@TheFarmyardGarden Sounds lovely and yes a great place to all meet up and swap seeds! I think i would be a dangerous going to a garden event, especially during the sales time! lol
Yes that thermometer sounds great for your poly. Our garden is kinds SW facing so some areas are cooler than others at different times. It's good in some ways as i can do cool weather stuff in crates and containers that i can move over into the shade when it gets hot so it doesn't bolt.
It is very varied in the UK and there are a lot of assumptions that are made about it. The thing is it has changed so much with the build up housing, "Grey belt" and " Green belt" areas being a "Grey area" as to what can be built where nowadays.
We used to live in Putney but couldn't afford a house there but managed to move a few miles out and suddenly a 2 bed basement flat could buy a 4 bed ex-council house, in the suburbs, in need of renovation! Now it seems they are building high flats everywhere now and green spaces are being taken up, making house insurance pricing go up because of flood risks. We are the last of our families generations of ancestors and relatives living in London but even we are thinking of moving out now. Nice little house with an annexe for my Dad and the in laws and a larger bit of land to grow on. Would need to be near public transport though as hubby doesn't drive. All pipe dreams atm though. I am trying to sell off all of the baby stuff as at first, we planned to have more. It's kinda overwhelming when you finally have to accept the cervical cancer treatment, 3 months after an emergency c section, didn't turn out in favour for us and now we need to clear the loft of baby stuff. We have been saving boxes to pack things and we have sold some stuff but it is like box city. Hoping to post some more stuff on vinted this autumn/winter but we had to take a break when my Mother in Law passed away and my Dad had a stroke in 2022. It all takes time doesn't it?
I have been really impressed with how quickly you got the layout and structures up. Did you plan a lot of it before you started making videos showing the process? I think for us (also during the house reno) was, how do we transform a mature landscaped garden into a growing space and a lawn space.
I think it looks further ahead because of the structures, trees and rhizomes are in place. This year has been an awful growing year, so i really think next year, you will hit the ground running as you will already have most of the things in place by then. I am really excited for what you will have planned. The secret hidden building project for one!
You have put so much work into your new gardening space and it shows it! Be proud!
Anyway, i am waffling again! hehe Take it easy and enjoy the ride! x
@AnyKeyLady oh wow, you have been through it. I’m so sorry to hear about your treatment and having to accept no new additions to the family. That’s tough to bear. 🥲
Your pipe dream sounds really within reach, given the fact prices will be cheaper the further out of London you move. How exciting to have those plans in your mind. I have no doubt there’s a property out there that can tick all of your boxes. I hope you find your dreams become reality soon.
We were lucky with this plot really because it was a clean, green site. Decades use as just a grazing paddock. Sure, we had some docks to deal with, but nothing really invasive.
Some of the rest of the gardens have fallen a bit unloved this year though, as it’s all a lot of work for one person. Duncan brings machinery but he doesn’t do the manual work. He doesn’t much care for gardening and seeing untidy weedy pathways doesn’t really upset him like it does me.
I really hope we all get the perfect growing season next year. I haven’t been disappointed this year, to be honest, but I realise things could have been better too. I am blissfully unaware of what a good growing season looks like 🤪
I think the biggest bit to plan for me was where to put the polytunnel. Everything else kind of came about after that decision was made. I had a rough (not to scale) plan on the back of an envelope…very high tech! 😅
As our wood is bought in 4.8m lengths, I very early on knew I needed my beds to be made in sizes that meant less waste. Most beds are therefore 2.4 x 1.2m. The pumpkin archway beds are 3.6m x 1.2 m though, as that seemed logical given the size of the fruit cage they’re sat next to.
Carrot boxes are 80cm sq and the other ones 1.2m x 80cm. All by numbers dividable into the 4.8m lengths of timber.
The only bed that doesn’t fit that rule is where the brassica tunnel is. That was 3m x 1.5m when bought, so had to make the bed fit that tunnel.
We will be making some changes to the layout for next year, but only the carrot box area down the side of the tunnel. That will be different.
I like the idea of you being able to move things in to shade when they need it. Clever.
Your garden still looks joyous! The cosmos look stunning and I love your dahlia, what a lovely autumnal colour. Are you going to store the tuber indoors over winter so it doesn’t rot?
If you find out the blueberry variety do let us know. I planned to grow them this year and never got around to it. Is your soil acid? You’ve had such an amazing harvest.
Have a great week 😊
Thanks Clare. I love the spaces we’ve all created for ourselves throw growing. Magical for us all.
I found the blueberry yesterday in our local Blue Diamond Garden Centre. Obviously this means I bought another 😜
The soil isn’t overly acid but I dug out a big hole and added ericaceous soil and topped with it too. I also fed it with ericaceous feed too
@@TheFarmyardGarden the garden centre near me is blue diamond so I might pop down and see if they have any 👍
Our nasturtiums started self seeding already……well not anymore I pulled them out!
Our broccoli has done the same this year, poor harvest!
Mmm mars cabbage, might try them, can’t grow red cabbage.
Love your little giggle 😂
Oh I’ve just eaten a beetroot sandwich 😂 don’t tell Duncan 😂
Courgette cake oooh let me see if I have all the ingredients for one of them ❤
I can’t help giggling. It’s such fun.
I have sourced some seeds for the Red Mars too. I am really pleased with them. Currently got them soaking in some water before processing. They’ve grown really happily with minimal intervention.
Ha.. Duncan would be jealous of the sandwich !!
I can’t believe you’ve gotten up to make courgette muffins. You are epic.
@@TheFarmyardGarden eaten 2 each already
I was going to have steamed courgettes to use some up but didn’t … so when I heard you say courgette cake 🧁!!!! Had to be done 👍🏼
Ha!!! Success then!
It’s the law! I need to make one before the end of the season. I mostly live on courgette fritters
there are 2 types of fennel, one is bulging and the other which is the one you have is used for seeds and some of the foliage.
Hi Pauline.
The seed packet is Florence Fennel and it does say it should bulb up, but sadly it doesn’t seem to have bulbed before flowering for me.
Happy your nasturtiums came back! I've had three nasturtium flowers this year, things can only get better. 😅Red Mars is a great tip for smaller gardens or even a balcony. Hmm, now where can I find a space for that? I hope they wouldn't mind a bit of shade? I've gotten so much inspiration for things to grow from you and the other channels I follow. From a distance, your calendulas look fine and bright up the area. I've cut the worst ones down, but also staked some as although the plants look bad the flowers are nice. Amazing sunflower! And those peanut plants! Excited to see what's underneath them. Are you supposed to wait until they die to harvest?
Hi Trude
I also love getting inspiration (and free seeds/plants from other gardens too. It’s brilliant isn’t it, to see plants in other people’s spaces…instead of just picture perfect on a seed packet. Those Red Mars are such a lovely variety. So vibrant when cut in to as well. Absolutely lovely Cabbage heads.
I would imagine they’ll be thrilled with some shade, Most brassicas don’t much care for full sun.
Some of the calendula looks better than others. I have trimmed some of them back but need to do the rest. Same with the cosmos, they’ve suddenly grown a bit wild.
Peanuts - i was told they’d flower and then the flower spikes would end up going in to the soil. No flowers yet……
Onions should probably be planted separate as they can taint some veg and there for become bitter we found this when we planted onions and broad beans in same bed
That’s really interesting! Not noticed anything tasting bitter this year but I’ll bear that in mind in the future.
I’ve heard the same about garlic with strawberries, but it seems to have been a trend this year with some gardeners
Clare. What was the name of those magnifisent Shallots you grew earlier.
Hi John
I could kick myself but I can’t remember. My sister gave me the sets and I cannot find the packet label. I didn’t seem to put a new label in the bed though, which made me wonder if they’’re the same variety a my autumn planted ones…which were Jermor.
@@TheFarmyardGarden Clare I am just potting up Jermor lets hope they where.
@johnking-ht5ez I hope so too! They’ve been amazing. I’ll definitely plant more out in spring next year. They’ve performed so much better than those overwintered outside for me, but it was a wet season
I just asked my sister and she can only find pics for Jermor, which leads us to believe it must have been them too, so I think you’re on to a winner! I hope yours do as well as mine.
Are you overwintering in the greenhouse and planting out in spring?
Hi Claire….can you please tell me what are the green plants with the long purple flowers called? X
Hi Hayley. They’re Amaranthus. The variety is Love Lies Bleeding. So pretty aren’t they? You can eat some of the leaves but the flowers become grains you can harvest too.
Thanks for commenting
@@TheFarmyardGarden thank you so much x
@@Hayleybeth1983 you’re welcome ☺️
Sure there's 2 different types of fennel , a bulb and a flowered 1
I think artichokes are the same some bulb under ground and some flower. So you can either eat the root veg or the flower head depending on variety
Echinacea don't flower 1st year so don't give up
Hey Chrissie. The fennel I have is supposed to be a bulbing variety. It does have small bulbs but they have all still bolted too.
I’m just hoping the seeds will be a worthy addition to the kitchen. I need to cover them in organza bags soon too I think
THIS is the advice I need. Thank you. Looking forward to seeing them next year.
These are truly dwarf variety of Jerusalem artichoke, not a Globe artichoke flower head varieties.
I can’t see any photos of them in flower, can’t even see them available to be bought in many places.