THE DAY IT ALL WENT WRONG / ALLOTMENT GARDENING FOR BEGINNERS
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- Опубликовано: 3 окт 2024
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When Robins appear loved ones are near, I truly believe in that old say ❤
Oh that’s a nice saying🇨🇦🐝
My grandson is called Robin after we lost a few family members closely together. X
Looks more like the wind, explains why it's just the covered ones too
I reckon that carnage was all the wind, not the fox.
I think the same
Emma just put the fleece on top of the young brassicas without the hoops. They will be alright that way until they are established.
Reduce the hoop height and make sure all of the cover is secured tightly at the bottom. Use bricks or heavy stones to hold it down.
Foxes dig for worms. No digging so maybe the wind was responsible. I’m in SE Kent and it’s been very breezy here!
Yeah it's been mental windy! My planters went over 3 times. Gave up n left then down dor now 😂
I think it might be birds, foxy would do a lot more digging, birds get under our netting sometimes and just trash the tops, you can lay fleece straight on top of most crops until they are established, you don't need hoops and the fleece will fit better. Things will get better, big licks from Colin the dog 🐶
Just a friendly suggestion Emma.Spend half an hour one day collecting all your tools from around your plot and make a place to store them so you can find them when you need them?Sorry you had such a frustrating day,hopefully it gets better.Stay strong.
If you look in the last video timestamp 2 12 onwards that net wasn't secure at the side and was blowing around. Looks like wind damage. Take a look at Charles Dowding for how to cover properly.
It was probably the the wind rather than the fox, use tent peg to secure down the netting around the outside, or as someone else mentioned use coke bottles with bottom cut of as a cloche, but u will need a lot of bottles.
When I plant out brassicas in early spring I put a bottle cloche over each. Using those litre bottles that have fizzy drinks, with the bottom cut off with a bread knife. Leave the tops off. I have no idea if it helps, but it looks like I know what I am doing!
A great tip I do that with broad beans too.
I have just done the bottle thing with my tiny calabrese I planted out last week.🤞
I’m sorry, I know you’ve had a bad day but I have to say I am laughing so much 😂😂 that was so funny 😂 I’m so so sorry but when you punched yourself I actually laughed so much then the bird flying at the camera 😂😂 my husband asked what I was watching. I love your videos and this slap stick humour is just my thing… so sorry so sorry so sorry but thank you!! I needed that 😂😂💕💕💕
EMMA
push sticks inside the ends of your blue pipes and then push those into the soil as far as you possibly can use sticks at least 18 inches long 2 ft better this will give more stability and use coffee grounds please
Emma , you need to put a trail Camera and hide it to see what is causing the damage , we had damage wood chip paths , it turned out to be Badgers
You have made me cry with laughter. You are great a genuine lovely, funny, entertaining lady. Keep going. You are doing great.
Emma loved the twirling scarecrow! Our was dressed in denim dungarees and a coat, stuffed with bubble wrap, then old leaking wellies, her name is Sheila and children go past and say hello! Sadly some people thought it was me working on the plot - note to self -must wear smarter clothes.
Also if you have any of the kids old outgrown dressing up costumes, they make great scarecrows, stitch up the arms and legs and fill with straw.
The scarecrow looks like Roy Cropper, He's missing his shopping bag though 😅
I have to say, you brighten my day, there's not another allotment video to match it 😂😂
There is'nt
😂😂😂😂 thanks for the comedy on good Friday!
🤣🤣🤣
Get some pegs and peg the fleece to the frame it's not the fox it's the wind a fox will dig for worms and beetles
Yo tengo una idea que en España lo utilizamos para los gatos y es colocar en los bancales, en las camas de cultivo, ramas secas de rosal, los pinchos del rosal les impide pisar las plantas y hacer caca , creo que te ayudará a resolver el problema del zorro, saludos desde vivero en la terraza
Take your empty milk bottles and fill with water,and use for weights.Poke the corners of your covers into the top of the bottles then put the lid back on.Should stop your covers coming off so easily
Bye Bye Emma,have a fab Easter.
Love to you and many blessings ❤
That was so funny the bird going for the camera
Sorry to say that Emma, but you need to put your hoops in properly at the same hight and get some bigger nets and secure them properly so the wind can't get under them and take the netting off. It wasn't the fox.
So sorry to say this, but all this drama really cheered me up! You should have a comedy show!
A lovely start to the morning watching this. Keep up the entertainment and simple fun of your clips.
Morning Emma, new subscriber here. If you have a couple of old cd's ty string through them and ty to the wooden "arms" of your scare crow leaving a length of string hanging down below the jacket sleeves [like hands] so the disks can move and spin in the breeze hopefully frightening away more big birds, hope it helps.
Omg, I love you. THanx for sharing your life and stugles! Hugs! XOXO
I hope your lip doesn’t hurt too much. Love your interaction with Eisenstein. It’s not the fox doing the damage to your hoop frame, it looks like wind damage. Just lay the cove straight over the plants at ground level and secure with some sticks through it. Have a a restful holiday.
I feel your pain. My garden is the only one on my road that is not paved over, so it is a toilet for every cat in the area, every day it is a case of finding the deposits and no matter what I do( cardboard, sticks, netting or mulch)...they always find a place to leave a gift! I even grow catnip in a far corner to keep them away from the fruit and veg but nope. And don't get me started in slugs and snails😢 I am really enjoying your content please keep it up.
Hey Emma why don’t you bring some old CD’s down birds don’t like the shimmer plus it looks nice when the light hits them
Make a cd chandler of some kind might help be great in the summer 👀💿🌞🌻🪻🌾💐🪷🌷🌺☀️💿📀
Unsurprisingly identifiable as myself in my garden. I had to laugh a lot at the punch bit , been there done that. Keep it up 😂❤😅
I think you might have been abroad on Thursday evening and missed the storm. 50mph plus gusts across the area!
I have days when everything seems to go wrong and it’s comforting to be reminded that I’m not alone. Einstein knocking the camera was hilarious… My pea structure with fleece blew down in the stormy winds yesterday , I didn’t have time to put it back up today so just put covered my pea seedlings with fleece and used washing line pegs to clip it to the side of container to protect them from pigeons and other big birds . Looking forward to working in garden this weekend while the weather is looking good (a little break from the rain) …I think I will invest in some pinwheels to keep birds away from veg , I have a cheap-ish fruit cage for my fruits, I need to put that back up after taking it down for the winter . Have a lovely Easter weekend Emma with your family!
This vlog was just chaotic 🤣 the bird taking the camera out 3 seconds after you punch yourself in the face 🥲🤣
I really feel for you Emma, specially when it all seems to be going wrong but it’ll all be worth it in the end :)
Emma😂 , you have me in fits of laughter, your so down to earth❤
That was just too funny with the punch followed by the bird hitting the camera 😂
Omg, Harry the deterrent...I need one here for townsfolk.. in stitches😅
Your shed needs a serious spring clean
Hi Emma get a trail camera to see what goes on of a night time . Be really interesting. Love your get up and go attitude
Try a light that comes on whenever someone comes on the allotment. If you get a stronger one it will deter them.
not a fox. wind. dont secure down with staples, lay some wood or get clips, also use better netting. if was a fox, it would be ripped, torn and tattered. look at the layout of the fleece, its in a nice even place, all in same direction. wind. funny how the fox hasnt gone for the uncovered beds. use nets to stop birds. cover them. think you could do with getting some better stuff to do the better job with. cheap and easy, debris netting and some stall or even plastic clips it would help alot.
Emma we all get days like you God bless
What about trying things like the kids windmill toys things around the garden that moves birds and foxes won't like even a wind chime sound and moving things will put them off coming to visit your plot Craig
Hang strips of tin foil around your allotment out of the scarecrow everywhere when the wind blows it the sound of it as well as it moving will keep birds away
Haven't been able to see your video's for a few weeks but the transformation is wonderful.You should be so proud of yourself.Just keep going whatever happens.xx
Oh dear! What a day you had Emma! 🙈 despite the potential pitfalls, you still inspired me to get to my plot today! Thank you!!
Get a few old cd's and dangle them on string on some bamboo canes. Keeps most of the birds well away.
Brilliant idea
@kymvalleygardensdesign5350 they get sacred off the reflection apparently....does work though..
Also a carrier bag tied to a stick.
hey hook your sizzers on a nail in the shed after each use,so you know where they are each time.
It probably is the birds over the years they have been the culprits at our allotment. Foxes tend to dig. Enjoy x
Emma, don't know if you know but on Sunday the 7th April - Aldi are selling the cut -away Wellington boots - They are £9.99.
Wind verus staple gun, in my part of New Zealand the wind would whip all the covers, including unweighted weed mat and blow them a kilometre away. Foxes eat earthworms, frogs, birds and rodents.
Love watching your garden diaries! I’m in the states it’s amazing how hard you work and what you are willing to try! Keep it up!!
I love watching ur videos ur like doctor do little u make me smile tip of the day cut up lots of long strips of plastic bags and knot it around the scarecrow the Russel will scare the birds off xx
This has really cheered me up 😅, I just love you Emma 😂
Had to laugh you almost knocking yourself out love your videos.
I absolutely feel your pain/frustration Emma. I’ve only had my plot a year and I’ve put so much time and effort into it, I planted 40 poppies I’d grown from seed to have them all eaten by the rabbits. I wouldn’t mind but I’ve supposedly made it rabbit proof!! Fortunately I’d oversown so I’ve got more to put out maybe when they’re a bit bigger and less appetising. Don’t let them win, keep going.
You fed wildlife, that's matter somehow 🙂
Emma I loved this, I found it by chance, I have had an allotment for 4 years now and I’ve found that birds can do an enormous amount of damage, in mine it’s the pigeons and magpies, they stripped my 2 dwarf fruit trees last year so this year I’m ready with my fruit tree draw string bags. I’m now a new subscriber x
Oh Emma I laughed out loud when the robin knocked your phone. So funny. I love how You tackle the jobs. You make me feel I can do it too. Thanks for the laughs but I’m not laughing at you just with you. Love your energy x
Try putting old water bottles with the bottoms cut out to cover each brassica, push them into the ground until they are bigger. You can remove the lids for watering ☺️ no need for a net then. Love watching your videos! You’ve inspired me to get another allotment 🤩
Like the scarecrow the cloths just have to be more bright colored😂
I think take the hoops off. Lay the fleece over the top and secure with iegs or stones. AND DON'T FEED THE FOX!
Emma, you are comedy gold!! But you are growing stuff!!😊
My hoop netting was just the same, Emma. It’s been blowing an absolute hoolie.
Blackbirds are very good at flitting stuff about looking for food. They are probably loving your strulch as it’s easy to move but probably hides loads of bugs.
So sorry Emma, but you'll have to find proper physical barriers. One thing use among other others is inverted hanging baskets. As a frame they work quite well. Another thing is to buy a roll of wire (chicken wire or similar), and make domes to sit over young plants so "foxy" and birds won't tread on them. Find anything you can. You need to be ruthless, feeding foxes is not really kind either, it's just that we like to make out foxes are like dogs, but they're wild animals. Just don't keep punching yourself, take it out on the Harry the scarecrow!. For pigeons a model Sparrow hawk works.
Staples don’t work to well the tend to go through the fleece rather than hold it, try putting canes around the bed on top of the fleece and put some heavy rocks or bricks on top to hold down like Charlie Dowding does.
Emma! That bird nailing your camera was epic! You're doing fine! The scarecrow will work! Get one of those owls that screech and turn their heads!
You are a breath of fresh air Emma. Sorry you had a bad day, especially as it was 'Good Friday' 🤣I hope your scarecrow works, and your brassicas grow well.
Have a great weekend xx
Hiya Emma HAPPY EASTER 🐣 🐰🐇blessings southern Ontario Canada 🇨🇦🐝
Love the scarecrow ❤❤❤
Love that you’re keeping it real. So entertaining ❤
I was researching allotment layouts and guess who’s popped up 😊
This was your funniest episode yet Emma! 😂
Love your channel Emma ...thanks for all the laughs today...say hello to Harry ! 🤣
Glad I,m not the only one who has bad days like u did. But ur such a trooper, and I love ur sense of humour. And ur scarecrow Harry is great. 😊 Keep up the great work and hilarity 😊
❤❤maybe build a waddle fencing,you have lits of sticks and twiggs Round your plot or cage it with chicken wire.
Suggest to complete the build for those hoops. You need a rail across the top of those hoops and secure each hoop to them. It will stop them from flopping and caving in on each other. I wish our robins were as friendly as yours. Our robins are very large as territorial 🇨🇦
Oh Emma I had a day just like this during the recent wind.... my polytunnel all 3x2 m of it flew off over the fence and two roads away 😬 a pot of paint blew onto the driveway and went everywhere... all of my seeds in my grow room which also blew away were destroyed. Fixed everything and then my crazy dog decided to do zoomies in the polytunnel ... somedays its best to go back to bed with a good book 😂 love your vidoes ❤
Oh great video ,Emma 🤩
Omg! Ive actually been offered two plots ( different sites) !!!! I cant believe it !
I put my name down for them a few weeks ago after watching your videos!
I love watching your videos….
I've put sticks/cuttings from blackberries and roses on top of the fresh garden beds because I've seen that someone 🦊🐱 was digging in there. Since the sticks are lying on the beds they are left alone 🌝
What a crazy day at the plot x
Dear Lord, that was like Dambusters! Bless you Emma, you are a tough lady 😊.
If you got some old cds lying around, string them up and place them around the allotment
I have to say you have cheered me up! 😂 I got my allotment in Feb, and spent last weekend putting up a lovely new plastic greenhouse and getting my seeds started. I went to my allotment this morning, and my green house and shed had been blown over in the wind yesterday, so all my seeds that were in the greenhouse were all over the floor, i could have cried!😢. I guess i should have expected it as it was only a plastic greenhouse, but I thought i had secured it well. I have a very exposed plot and have had to dig it into the ground to stop it happening again 😢However these are all just set backs and will just make us more determined to make it better!!! We can plant more seeds and we can make things more secure. It is a learning experience and it will make us better allotmenters 😊. I love Einstein, i hope i get some little birds visiting my plot too😊.
Emma get some cable ties and use to hold the bamboo pole to each centre hoop. What are you holding the hoop into the ground it didn’t look like anything. Buy rebars worth the money.
I was cryin with laughter, it something I would do 'punch my self😂
Bees love dirty water, you can put some lovely fresh clear water out and they will go for the dirtiest gross puddle instead 😂🤷🏼♀️ im a bee keeper i used to be obsessed with "cleaning" the water i dont bother any more 😂 love your Chanel xx
Thank you Emma your very entertaining and l agree l think it's the birds but l love Harry lol.Happy Easter 🎉🎉🎉😊
Emma, far more likely its wind not the fox, cut 3-4cm pieces of blue pipe and cut just under a third out of the side of it and it turns into a clip to fasten the fleece/netting to the blue pipe.
😂 Punched yourself and the Robin has gone mad best entertainment on RUclips. Love your vlogs ❤😂
Oh dear Emma I've only seen 15 seconds and it's sounds chaotic .
😂 ...
Emma, you are officially hilarious! 😂
Sending ❤love❤ some days are just like this...what can you do but laugh!! It will all work out. 😉
The foxes seem to like playing with the fleecy stuff! Just the same on my plot. A real pain. Hope you figure something out xx
Another option is to hammer fence post sized pieces of wood into each corner of your bed and one post in the centre of the long sides .these posts should be about 2 feet long .staple netting to the tops of each post .you could buy fine wire mesh to use instead of netting but this wont stop the cabbage whit or other bugs from causing trouble . Fine Wire mesh is a better option as you can staple it down the posts as well to make a wire fram that fox cannot lift up or off .you could still drape netting over the wire nesh to stop bugs
Landmines all over the place 🤔😳
Good morning Emma, may i suggest your husband has a wee into a bottle for you to pour around your beds, once a week should be enough unless it rains. My friends have found this actually works as you are marking your territory. This is guaranteed to work. Hope this helps. Regards Suzanne
Emma, You are now a true allotmenteer! Your shed has become an unorganised disaster just like mine.😂
Love your videos