Oh brrrr 🥶🥶, we have fog cold and rain 🤦♀️. Love that book behind you on the table. Yes I keep my soil in the house and water by the vent to keep it warm. My onions are done, I’m doing chili 🌶️ pepper 🫑 and aubergine this week. Then everything else will wait for at least first week of Feb. Have a super week, stay warm, Ali 😶🌫️🥶🇨🇦
Oh my goodness I really love the book with Dog on the Plot cut away from the pages very very clever indeed! I did notice it before you pointed it out! I did like the microgreens I have a similar version by Thompson & Morgan I have two now!! Excited for spring once we get winter first.
I'm tempted to get another and make a super tall tower! 🤣 The book is amazing - Allie is so clever - and it was her first time having a go at it. Excited for Spring too but I don't want it to come too soon! 🤣
Quite nice to see green grass and a quick glimpse of the plot 😊 Is the chilli necklace to keep away Liam? 😂😂 You're sowing a lot in Jan... Once I get chillies done, that will be enough for us 💚🌿
I tell him off for sniffing and he says it's my fault for putting so much chilli in the food 🤣 I'm on a mission this year - I have a spreadsheet and everything! I gotta stagger out the sowings otherwise I'll be getting overwhelmed again. Hope you're managing with the snow. Mild weather coming in next week!
Ooo you are sowing a lot. Happy New Year and what a great start to a new season with that little lot there! The chilli necklace made me smile, as did the “do not fast forward this bit”. I didn’t 😇 That micro green tower is so cute! I love cress, especially, so I really should sow my own. Looking forward to next week’s episode. Thanks for the mention ❤😊
=I'm trying not to completely fill the living room window too quickly this year - but clearly have already got carried away lol. Thank you for not fast forwarding 🤣 💕
Informative video. Sowed Tomatillos last weekend and they are already up! Still have cape gooseberry plants in the greenhouse at the lottie. Need to go up and see if they have survived. Plenty of out of date seeds to grow as micro greens. grow them in mushroom baskets. 👍
Thank you Amelia. Wow that was quick germination! I've found the cape gooseberry to be very cold sensitive. I've tried to overwinter before but without success.
You are so right about that terra cotta sprout tower...the cutest. Fingers crossed that you have more sunshine this year. Those Ground Cherries practically grow themselves once the sun warms things up. My biggest problem is caging from the squirrels. Appreciate the mention. I have my indoor grow station set up but can't find my grow lights...... I found the boxes but the lights aren''t in them.
Did you use them as Xmas lights?!! Oh dear.. I hope they turn up. That's good to know about the ground cherries. I'm excited to get them going again. Last year was my first year getting them to bear fruit before the frosts killed them off.
@@dogontheplot I just can't imagine where I tucked them. I really don't want to buy new ones as I liked those....even though they were inexpensive ones from Aldi. They worked perfectly.
So excited I've gone through my seeds and started some greens . The box was looking overwhelming and didn't want to tackle them for this year.So now I've started some obvious ones off and will double check others before I eat them just in case. Already have sprouting jars just dug them out. I have about 20 packets of various lettuce🤦 No more buying seeds unless I need them this year😂
Yes it's a bit of a daunting task isn't it! I'd been through mine but then I decided to make a sowing spreadsheet and that took things to another level!! Feeling fairly organised now though which is nice. It will prob all fall apart by mid may tho 🤣
Thank you for a fab video. I've tried for the first time over wintering my peppers. My basket of fire ones already have new leaves on them, my sweet peppers nothing so far. :)
Ohh well done you! I've got so many houseplants that I really can't start overwintering stuff inside the house 🙈 - well, except for my scented pelagoniums! 🤣
Oh yes - although those seeds can be expensive. I have some salted sunflower seeds that are way old and I never seem to eat - maybe I'll try sprouting those!
I did the golden berry / Physalis / cape gooseberries last year, just 2 plants in fairly small pots in my mini greenhouse and even being neglected they still produced well and they store well too (I had them sitting on the side for weeks before doing anything with them. I really recommend making them into a jam, it's very yummy :) Main issue for me was they are spider-mite magnets!! Literally they were absolutely smothered in the terrors :(
Ohh I didn't have any spider mites growing outdoors. I should have made some jam with mine but they were such a great plot snack that they rarely got home! 🤣
☺️🙏🏼🫶for the mentions. I didn’t think through the lettering directions on the plant labels for filming 😂😂😂 almost twisted my head off reading it 😂😂 Mmmmm 🤔I’ve just found 4 packets of broadbeans …… do I plant them. You almost swayed me…. In fact I will head down the plot today and as you say I will “whack em in”. Is your middle name Emma?? 😂😂 Hoping some time down the plot today will be good for me. ❤ Beautiful micro green tower….. she says heading over to Amazon !!😂 Lovely little video Kerry 🤗🫶🥰
Haha - I thought when I was editing - oops, used someone else's catchphrase there! 🤣 PLANT THEM ALLIE, PLANT THEM. I've had my tower for 4 years and I love it - treat yourself! 💕
Hiya Kerry, I sowed my Aquadulce Claudia in November, they have grown lovely and have a few flowers on them already, don't know if that a good thing or not 😂 I'll be sowing chilli's, aubergines, more broad beans, onions and sweetpeas this weekend ❤ Loved your chilli necklace 😂 Have a great sowing season ❤ Tilly xx
Ooh that's good to hear. One year I directed sowed them in Autumn and the frost got them all, so I've not bothered putting out direct since. Thank you Tilly - you have a great growing season too! 💕
Happy New Year Kerry. Thanks for brightening this dull day down here on the SE coasts, you never fail to inspire with your enthusiasm. Loving your micro green tower and thanks for the reminder to start mine again. My broad beans and sweet peas are waiting for me to get out to the greenhouse too. Look forward to seeing your tomato selection this year. I’m giving some of lasts years the benefit of the doubt with the lack of sun and giving them another go and just a few new ones to try.
Happy new year Kaz. Aw what a lovely comment. Yes, I'll be doing the same - lots of benefit of the doubt tomatoes! I'm going full on tomatoes I think this year - I think I'm going to sow everything I have! Make full use of the polytunnel!
Interesting / informative as ever Kerry - thank you. Interesting you talked about Kimchi chillies. I've been reading about the health benefits of Kimchi so I'll look out for those and give them a try - would be great to make some. I've never grown chillies before so thanks for the nudge 🙂
SNOW! Love seeing snow! Was thinking of you when i heard about the floods. Was you affected by it? Love those varieties you have. Oh that book is fancy! Did Allie or Tricia make it? How hot is too hot a chilli for you? I am trying to grow red hot chilli peppers and Thai Dragon, which is a bit hotter. If i don't have much success this year or like last year, which only gave us on RHC and 2 Thai plants, i might just buy starters and maybe see if i can get hold of a sugar rush or something different like that. I always forget to soak them but e did have chilli plants for 3 years before hand. We have been doing a phased approach with chilli spices with our child and they are at red hot chilli level, which is fine for us as we can make more dishes with them now and if we want to go hotter we can add the Thai Dragon for ourselves. I sometimes think that once the pepper gets to a certain heat level, if it has no flavour profile to them, other than being just freakishly hot, there's no point imo. If someone want to do it then go for it but i can't be dealing with a tummy ache or Johnny Cash the next day! lol Love the chilli necklace! Is it to ward off the devil with a virus? Have you heard of tiger balsam? It is like a vicks vapour rub but stronger, i think. I wonder if it chilli or a type of eucalyptus as i would love to make something like that for colds, etc. I blame Nik after watching make that bum cream stuff with calendula has been giving me ideas, also as a way to justify to hubby to buy a bunch of beeswax to make it. Thinking of it, what do vegans use instead of regular vaseline and beeswax for things like chapped lips? coconut oil but kept in the fridge? Turns out hubby and our child loves broad beans, although i am not so keen on them, like butter beans. Bit late for me to be organising that now what with ordering tomato seeds, etc but will probably give it a go later in the year for them. I still have a bit of a pea phobia from eating poisonous "mange tout" looking pods as a kid but am getting there. Love sugar snap peas, will eat peas if someone has kindly cooked and served me them at home. No problem with green beans, runner beans, etc. Love the micro green tower and looks ideal for things like mung beans but isn't normal micro greens meant to have light? Do you watch/ listen to The Beet on YT? It is the podcast channel for Kevin at Epic Gardening. It had a guy on talking about micro greens as he has a small business selling them and has a YT talking about how he grows them, if you are interested. It's called something like micro green gardening. Anyway have been waffling on again. Have to start thinking about taking these decorations down :o( I actually thoroughly cleaned out fridge today to reset it, after Christmas, whilst i was waiting for snow but i think really i was delaying finishing Christmas. Hope it isn't too wet and cold for you. Stay safe, especially going passed your old plot and the moats (have you checked and compared both plots in this weather?) Take care! x
All ok here with the snow - Leicestershire has seen a lot of flooding and the allotment is looking pretty waterlogged (although not our new plots! yay). Allie made the book and Tricia made me the most gorgeous apron, but I forgot to wear that (I had planned to put it on for the kitchen segment). Most chillis are too hot for me 🤣 - Oh yes, time for the decs to come down now 🤣🎄
@@dogontheplot Glad to hear the plot is ok. Aww that's nice of them to make them for you. I love homemade presents as it has more of a personal touch to it. Yes got the tree down and most of the decs down. Just need to pack away the outdoor polar bear we have in the living room... Our child wanted one more evening with the lights on oh and the dancing/ singing toys...
Yes, I'm waiting till end of the month for aubergines and Feb for sweet peppers - I need to stagger the sowings or I'll get overwhelmed! Good luck with your onion seeds!
Hi, I asked if you were considering selling any Taunton Dean cuttings. Well, I have Cottagers Kale seeds, I was doing a bit of research about them and Cottagers and Taunton Dean are the same thing! So I'm going to have a go with the seeds 😊
Oh that's funny because I bought cottagers kale seeds to try this year 🤣 - I know it's also a perennial kale but I assumed a diff variety. What I really want to source is the variegated leaf perennial kale although I've heard it isn't as tasty...
As a slight aside, I have been thinking ahead to 2026 (!) - if i started a Patreon I'd potentially offer Taunton Deane cuttings, a sowing calendar spreadsheet, and monthly extra videos - would that appeal to people do you think? 🤔
@dogontheplot I think that would be a great idea, I'm not totally sure how Patreon works, but I know a lot of youtubers do it, I would certainly be interested.
@dogontheplot let's see how they turn out! Ooo it's cold this morning, I've just been out to bring compost and perlite in for chili planting, it was frozen solid!
Fab sow in January video Kerry ❤ Wow so many chillies that's amazing! 👍 Love your terracotta seed sprouter so cute, no wonder you couldn't resist it. Happy new year 🎉🥳 and happy gardening for 2025 ❤ xxx
Thank you Linda. It is suuuuper cute! Took me a while to edit this one but now it's done I'm catching up on videos - I hear I get a cheers in your video so looking forward to watching 🤗🥂
@dogontheplot yes you do get a cheers on my latest video. 👍😂 You'll have to watch to see what Danny says about you! 😉 I enjoyed putting that one together as was wondering what to make a video out of. I'm amazed how I made it 35mins but I did have fun with it. 😂 Your video is fab. I'm just thinking what video to do next. Nor sure about doing a what to sow in January video as so many great ones on RUclips now including yours. ❤️ xx
@Feelgoodgardens yes I was worried I was a bit late to the game but it's doing well so far. It's tricky in the dead of winter isn't it. I'm going to watch your video now while I prep dinner!! ❤️
Karmazyn is a pinkish coloured broad bean that grows to about half the height of the Aquadulce, so keep them to the front of your beds . I've grown the two Aquadulce varieties and saw no difference really. I've given up sowing broad beans early, its not worth battling with hail, rain, wind and snow. They all end up ripening literally the same week anyway .
Oh that's good to know about the Karmazyn. Yes I think the same about the aquadulce - I will just sow the seed together as if they're one variety. I've given up putting them out direct in autumn because they just seem to die on me. I have more success in the cells and then planting out in March.
Hello Kerry and Dorie - didn't know you were allowed to walk in the beds in the polytunnel. 😅 I'm still trying to learn the different bean types in Norwegian, and then understand which is which related to your English names. Very confusing still, but I'm sure I'll get there one day. I ordered everything I'd put on my wish-list at the organic seed shop, only to realise when it arrived that I'd put them on the wish-list to decide later which to try. So, 6 packs of different beans and I need to find somewhere to grow them by April. Cute sprout tower. Do you get just sprouts or will they grow to be microgreens in it? I've started purple bell vines under light inside and put some other perennial flowers out in the cold. Might wait until February for peppers. Even though they need some time, they last long in the autumn as well. Also not doing orange habanero, I've got dried and frozen to last me many years, I just use a tiny pinch now and then. But I found them very easy to grow. Hot or chilly, wet or dry, they just kept on growing and producing.
Naughty pup!!! Just merrily trampling those brassicas 🙄 Haha oh no - beans galore for you! Perhaps save some for next year? The seed will still be good. I really want beans this year after last years slugaggedon. There's usually enough umph in the seed itself to produce a pretty good microgreen without the need for soil. I've just put my chillis to soak so will be sowing them tomorrow 🤗🤗
wow im loving the book sculpture they take a lot of hard work I tried some ages ago, but Kerry I must tell you off, I'm screaming at the screen its tom-a t, o lol ill start mine in jan too I think I got hardly any last year I've got purple this year and I'm toying with pineapple too but worried about space
So impressive isn't it - I couldn't believe it - and her first time having a go at doing it! Oh I loved the pineapple - I had them the year before last and thought they were brill - alas no germination last year and this year I'm out of seed. Hang on - let me get this pronunciation right - www.google.com/search?q=pronounce+tomatillos&rlz=1C1GCEJ_enGB1074GB1076&oq=pronounce+tomatillo&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUqBwgAEAAYgAQyBwgAEAAYgAQyBggBEEUYOTIICAIQABgWGB4yDQgDEAAYhgMYgAQYigUyDQgEEAAYhgMYgAQYigUyDQgFEAAYhgMYgAQYigUyDQgGEAAYhgMYgAQYigXSAQgyNDI2ajBqN6gCALACAA&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:64fa64bf,vid:6s962oAuPHQ,st:0 Wasn't that what I said? 🤣🤣🤣🤣
I just saw Jessie sowing those and had seed envy! I've got a stripy sweet pepper from Allie @therightpearplot - that might have to keep my going for now... 😂
Aquadulce and super aqua are basically the same thing. "SuperAD" is supposedly an 'improved ' selection but TBH I never found much difference so just bought the cheapest. then I got my 3 Broad beans , Crimson flowered, Mr Griefs Brown Flowered ( no relation but couldn't resist the name) and Grando ( or Grano - I've seen various spellings) Violetto, Non of which are Highly productive as some varieties you can get but I like the taste and you can always grow more can't you 🤣
Grow them all Nick!!! Haha. Yes, I won't distinguish between the two aquas - last year I just bunged them in together in the cells. I do love broadbeans so the more the merrier! Thank you for the seed 💕🤗
@@dogontheplot I never have enough space and last year was a particularly poor year for germination for me so it put everything out place and being so wet it caused a back log. Where do you buy your seeds from?
@ibrstellar1080 well last year was a write off for most things! 🤣 I buy from everywhere but I like @realseeds and the various seed saving/swapping communities like the incredible seed library and the seed saving network. Heritage organics is a fave too.
@@dogontheplot I bought my Beetroot, Lettuce, Carrot, Leeks, Tomatoes with them yesterday as I had good germination with their seeds last year and my brother is their Postman and really nice people.
Love the chilli necklace!!!! 😂🥰 I also suffer from loads of chillis and still want to sow a load!! Chilli Jam is a great idea!! When you save chilli seed do you isolate the flowers or is that not needed with chillis?
There are just so many varieties with great names! I didn't isolate the flowers - but I do have some nice organza bags for next year so will be a bit more professional with my seed saving next year... I might do a comparison between the saved lemon drop and the true seed and see what I get. Good idea! Thank you Holly.
@ that will be an interesting experiment. Have you ever ordered from Real Seeds? They offer an information sheet on how to save seeds for the individual seed you buy - different methods for different types of seeds apparently!
Not in the UK - you can try overwintering them but I've never been able to - they are very cold sensitive so even in a greenhouse or poly they will die off - and I'm not having them in the house! lol
It's this one - www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B075DBPR7W?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_title - very happy with it. I think i paid £90 on Amazon Prime day a couple of years ago.
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What seeds will you be sowing this month? Any new varieties you're trying?
I’ll be sowing the seeds of love. 🎶 😉❤️🍹
Video posted 3 hours ago and pinned comment 12 hours ago. Little Miss Kerry is an organised girl this week.😉😂🍷❤️
@@jimmyconnolly3461 only you would notice these things!! 😂😂😂😂
Coucou 👋🏻
J'espère que ça va ?
Un vrai régal à regarder, merci pour cette belle vidéo bravo 😊
A bientôt et bon jardinage
Coucou 🤗 thank you and happy gardening to you too ❤️
@dogontheplot de rien
Oh brrrr 🥶🥶, we have fog cold and rain 🤦♀️. Love that book behind you on the table. Yes I keep my soil in the house and water by the vent to keep it warm. My onions are done, I’m doing chili 🌶️ pepper 🫑 and aubergine this week. Then everything else will wait for at least first week of Feb. Have a super week, stay warm, Ali 😶🌫️🥶🇨🇦
Just put my chillis to soak to sow tomorrow - 🤗🤗🤗. The chillis really feel like the start of the season, more so than the onions. Keep warm Ali ❤️
Oh my goodness I really love the book with Dog on the Plot cut away from the pages very very clever indeed! I did notice it before you pointed it out! I did like the microgreens I have a similar version by Thompson & Morgan I have two now!! Excited for spring once we get winter first.
I'm tempted to get another and make a super tall tower! 🤣 The book is amazing - Allie is so clever - and it was her first time having a go at it. Excited for Spring too but I don't want it to come too soon! 🤣
Quite nice to see green grass and a quick glimpse of the plot 😊 Is the chilli necklace to keep away Liam? 😂😂
You're sowing a lot in Jan... Once I get chillies done, that will be enough for us 💚🌿
I tell him off for sniffing and he says it's my fault for putting so much chilli in the food 🤣 I'm on a mission this year - I have a spreadsheet and everything! I gotta stagger out the sowings otherwise I'll be getting overwhelmed again. Hope you're managing with the snow. Mild weather coming in next week!
Love your do on the plot book 😊
It's amazing isn't it 💕
Micro green are so good for you!
Super nutritious!
Ooo you are sowing a lot.
Happy New Year and what a great start to a new season with that little lot there!
The chilli necklace made me smile, as did the “do not fast forward this bit”. I didn’t 😇
That micro green tower is so cute! I love cress, especially, so I really should sow my own.
Looking forward to next week’s episode. Thanks for the mention ❤😊
=I'm trying not to completely fill the living room window too quickly this year - but clearly have already got carried away lol. Thank you for not fast forwarding 🤣 💕
Btw, I never fast forward on your videos, sometimes quite the opposite, I rewatch parts. ☺
Big big ❤️ bless you 🥰🤗
Informative video. Sowed Tomatillos last weekend and they are already up! Still have cape gooseberry plants in the greenhouse at the lottie. Need to go up and see if they have survived. Plenty of out of date seeds to grow as micro greens. grow them in mushroom baskets. 👍
Thank you Amelia. Wow that was quick germination! I've found the cape gooseberry to be very cold sensitive. I've tried to overwinter before but without success.
Brilliant vlog- I’ve just been a good girl and bought my soil and bits and bobs inside to sow tomorrow!
Thanks bexy. I've just put my chillis to soak. Do yours tonight and then we can grow along. Although do you want any of these seeds? Let me know.
@ im pretty sure all your seeds will blow my head off- plus my soil is partially frozen still 😂-
You are so right about that terra cotta sprout tower...the cutest.
Fingers crossed that you have more sunshine this year. Those Ground Cherries practically grow themselves once the sun warms things up. My biggest problem is caging from the squirrels. Appreciate the mention.
I have my indoor grow station set up but can't find my grow lights...... I found the boxes but the lights aren''t in them.
Did you use them as Xmas lights?!! Oh dear.. I hope they turn up. That's good to know about the ground cherries. I'm excited to get them going again. Last year was my first year getting them to bear fruit before the frosts killed them off.
@@dogontheplot I just can't imagine where I tucked them. I really don't want to buy new ones as I liked those....even though they were inexpensive ones from Aldi. They worked perfectly.
So excited I've gone through my seeds and started some greens . The box was looking overwhelming and didn't want to tackle them for this year.So now I've started some obvious ones off and will double check others before I eat them just in case. Already have sprouting jars just dug them out. I have about 20 packets of various lettuce🤦 No more buying seeds unless I need them this year😂
Yes it's a bit of a daunting task isn't it! I'd been through mine but then I decided to make a sowing spreadsheet and that took things to another level!! Feeling fairly organised now though which is nice. It will prob all fall apart by mid may tho 🤣
@dogontheplot well they do say that about best made plans😂 but you can always make more. I will organise seeds so not so many of the same
Fast forward? Never! 😂 Rewind or re watch definitely 😂 ❤❤❤❤❤🐕👍
Bless you Wendy!! 💕🤗
Happy new year Kerry. Hope we all have a good gardening year in 2025.
Start as we mean to go on! It'll all fall apart come May 🤣
Like your starter tip as my compost is solid 😂
Haha. Yes can't sow much when the compost is a frozen block 🤣 Hope it defrosts soon and you can get sowing 🤗
This was a great vlog. 👍❤️🍹
Aw thanks 🥰🤗
Thank you for a fab video. I've tried for the first time over wintering my peppers. My basket of fire ones already have new leaves on them, my sweet peppers nothing so far. :)
Ohh well done you! I've got so many houseplants that I really can't start overwintering stuff inside the house 🙈 - well, except for my scented pelagoniums! 🤣
Ahhhh thanks for the shout out! 😅
Welcome 💕 can't wait to try the orange aubergines!
My fave micro green is sunflower..... nutty
Oh yes - although those seeds can be expensive. I have some salted sunflower seeds that are way old and I never seem to eat - maybe I'll try sprouting those!
@ but you get SO many seeds when you save them!
@ThatBritishHomestead true!!
I make chilli oil for cooking. Just pack a jar with chillies and top up with oil. Leave for a month before using.
Oh that's a good idea Jayne - I can definitely use some for that!
Another great video Thankyou so much happy new year
Thank you - Happy new year to you too 🤗🥂
I did the golden berry / Physalis / cape gooseberries last year, just 2 plants in fairly small pots in my mini greenhouse and even being neglected they still produced well and they store well too (I had them sitting on the side for weeks before doing anything with them. I really recommend making them into a jam, it's very yummy :) Main issue for me was they are spider-mite magnets!! Literally they were absolutely smothered in the terrors :(
Ohh I didn't have any spider mites growing outdoors. I should have made some jam with mine but they were such a great plot snack that they rarely got home! 🤣
☺️🙏🏼🫶for the mentions. I didn’t think through the lettering directions on the plant labels for filming 😂😂😂 almost twisted my head off reading it 😂😂
Mmmmm 🤔I’ve just found 4 packets of broadbeans …… do I plant them. You almost swayed me…. In fact I will head down the plot today and as you say I will “whack em in”. Is your middle name Emma?? 😂😂
Hoping some time down the plot today will be good for me. ❤
Beautiful micro green tower….. she says heading over to Amazon !!😂
Lovely little video Kerry 🤗🫶🥰
Haha - I thought when I was editing - oops, used someone else's catchphrase there! 🤣 PLANT THEM ALLIE, PLANT THEM. I've had my tower for 4 years and I love it - treat yourself! 💕
Hiya Kerry, I sowed my Aquadulce Claudia in November, they have grown lovely and have a few flowers on them already, don't know if that a good thing or not 😂
I'll be sowing chilli's, aubergines, more broad beans, onions and sweetpeas this weekend ❤
Loved your chilli necklace 😂
Have a great sowing season ❤
Tilly xx
Ooh that's good to hear. One year I directed sowed them in Autumn and the frost got them all, so I've not bothered putting out direct since. Thank you Tilly - you have a great growing season too! 💕
Happy New Year Kerry. Thanks for brightening this dull day down here on the SE coasts, you never fail to inspire with your enthusiasm. Loving your micro green tower and thanks for the reminder to start mine again. My broad beans and sweet peas are waiting for me to get out to the greenhouse too. Look forward to seeing your tomato selection this year. I’m giving some of lasts years the benefit of the doubt with the lack of sun and giving them another go and just a few new ones to try.
Happy new year Kaz. Aw what a lovely comment. Yes, I'll be doing the same - lots of benefit of the doubt tomatoes! I'm going full on tomatoes I think this year - I think I'm going to sow everything I have! Make full use of the polytunnel!
@ can’t wait to see the tomato count Kerry😂. Maybe we should take bets on how many you grow! Enjoy your new polytunnel👏🏼
@kazjohns 🙈🙈 I daren't even open that folder yet 🤣🤣
@ 😂. I can’t wait😁
Interesting / informative as ever Kerry - thank you. Interesting you talked about Kimchi chillies. I've been reading about the health benefits of Kimchi so I'll look out for those and give them a try - would be great to make some. I've never grown chillies before so thanks for the nudge 🙂
Thank you Steven. Yes, I'm looking forward to the kimchi chillis. Even if you don't want loads of chillis, the plants are beautiful and fun to grow.
A very wet Mark 😂👍❤️
All weather Mark
Love the book art.
It's so impressive isn't it - her first time trying it too!
@dogontheplot wow. I struggled making a simple one. I'm impressed
SNOW! Love seeing snow! Was thinking of you when i heard about the floods. Was you affected by it?
Love those varieties you have. Oh that book is fancy! Did Allie or Tricia make it?
How hot is too hot a chilli for you? I am trying to grow red hot chilli peppers and Thai Dragon, which is a bit hotter. If i don't have much success this year or like last year, which only gave us on RHC and 2 Thai plants, i might just buy starters and maybe see if i can get hold of a sugar rush or something different like that. I always forget to soak them but e did have chilli plants for 3 years before hand.
We have been doing a phased approach with chilli spices with our child and they are at red hot chilli level, which is fine for us as we can make more dishes with them now and if we want to go hotter we can add the Thai Dragon for ourselves. I sometimes think that once the pepper gets to a certain heat level, if it has no flavour profile to them, other than being just freakishly hot, there's no point imo. If someone want to do it then go for it but i can't be dealing with a tummy ache or Johnny Cash the next day! lol
Love the chilli necklace! Is it to ward off the devil with a virus? Have you heard of tiger balsam? It is like a vicks vapour rub but stronger, i think. I wonder if it chilli or a type of eucalyptus as i would love to make something like that for colds, etc. I blame Nik after watching make that bum cream stuff with calendula has been giving me ideas, also as a way to justify to hubby to buy a bunch of beeswax to make it. Thinking of it, what do vegans use instead of regular vaseline and beeswax for things like chapped lips? coconut oil but kept in the fridge?
Turns out hubby and our child loves broad beans, although i am not so keen on them, like butter beans. Bit late for me to be organising that now what with ordering tomato seeds, etc but will probably give it a go later in the year for them. I still have a bit of a pea phobia from eating poisonous "mange tout" looking pods as a kid but am getting there. Love sugar snap peas, will eat peas if someone has kindly cooked and served me them at home. No problem with green beans, runner beans, etc.
Love the micro green tower and looks ideal for things like mung beans but isn't normal micro greens meant to have light? Do you watch/ listen to The Beet on YT? It is the podcast channel for Kevin at Epic Gardening. It had a guy on talking about micro greens as he has a small business selling them and has a YT talking about how he grows them, if you are interested. It's called something like micro green gardening.
Anyway have been waffling on again. Have to start thinking about taking these decorations down :o( I actually thoroughly cleaned out fridge today to reset it, after Christmas, whilst i was waiting for snow but i think really i was delaying finishing Christmas.
Hope it isn't too wet and cold for you. Stay safe, especially going passed your old plot and the moats (have you checked and compared both plots in this weather?)
Take care! x
All ok here with the snow - Leicestershire has seen a lot of flooding and the allotment is looking pretty waterlogged (although not our new plots! yay). Allie made the book and Tricia made me the most gorgeous apron, but I forgot to wear that (I had planned to put it on for the kitchen segment). Most chillis are too hot for me 🤣 - Oh yes, time for the decs to come down now 🤣🎄
@@dogontheplot Glad to hear the plot is ok. Aww that's nice of them to make them for you. I love homemade presents as it has more of a personal touch to it. Yes got the tree down and most of the decs down. Just need to pack away the outdoor polar bear we have in the living room... Our child wanted one more evening with the lights on oh and the dancing/ singing toys...
I’ve sowed onion seeds for the first time. I’ll be sowing chillies, sweet peppers and aubergines later in the month.
Yes, I'm waiting till end of the month for aubergines and Feb for sweet peppers - I need to stagger the sowings or I'll get overwhelmed! Good luck with your onion seeds!
Hi, I asked if you were considering selling any Taunton Dean cuttings. Well, I have Cottagers Kale seeds, I was doing a bit of research about them and Cottagers and Taunton Dean are the same thing! So I'm going to have a go with the seeds 😊
Oh that's funny because I bought cottagers kale seeds to try this year 🤣 - I know it's also a perennial kale but I assumed a diff variety. What I really want to source is the variegated leaf perennial kale although I've heard it isn't as tasty...
As a slight aside, I have been thinking ahead to 2026 (!) - if i started a Patreon I'd potentially offer Taunton Deane cuttings, a sowing calendar spreadsheet, and monthly extra videos - would that appeal to people do you think? 🤔
@dogontheplot I think that would be a great idea, I'm not totally sure how Patreon works, but I know a lot of youtubers do it, I would certainly be interested.
@dogontheplot let's see how they turn out! Ooo it's cold this morning, I've just been out to bring compost and perlite in for chili planting, it was frozen solid!
Fab sow in January video Kerry ❤
Wow so many chillies that's amazing! 👍
Love your terracotta seed sprouter so cute, no wonder you couldn't resist it.
Happy new year 🎉🥳 and happy gardening for 2025 ❤ xxx
Thank you Linda. It is suuuuper cute! Took me a while to edit this one but now it's done I'm catching up on videos - I hear I get a cheers in your video so looking forward to watching 🤗🥂
@dogontheplot yes you do get a cheers on my latest video. 👍😂 You'll have to watch to see what Danny says about you! 😉
I enjoyed putting that one together as was wondering what to make a video out of. I'm amazed how I made it 35mins but I did have fun with it. 😂
Your video is fab. I'm just thinking what video to do next. Nor sure about doing a what to sow in January video as so many great ones on RUclips now including yours. ❤️ xx
@Feelgoodgardens yes I was worried I was a bit late to the game but it's doing well so far. It's tricky in the dead of winter isn't it. I'm going to watch your video now while I prep dinner!! ❤️
@@dogontheplot thanks Kerry ❤️ xx
Nice selection!
Thank you Sandra 🤗
Karmazyn is a pinkish coloured broad bean that grows to about half the height of the Aquadulce, so keep them to the front of your beds . I've grown the two Aquadulce varieties and saw no difference really. I've given up sowing broad beans early, its not worth battling with hail, rain, wind and snow. They all end up ripening literally the same week anyway .
Oh that's good to know about the Karmazyn. Yes I think the same about the aquadulce - I will just sow the seed together as if they're one variety. I've given up putting them out direct in autumn because they just seem to die on me. I have more success in the cells and then planting out in March.
Hello Kerry and Dorie - didn't know you were allowed to walk in the beds in the polytunnel. 😅
I'm still trying to learn the different bean types in Norwegian, and then understand which is which related to your English names. Very confusing still, but I'm sure I'll get there one day. I ordered everything I'd put on my wish-list at the organic seed shop, only to realise when it arrived that I'd put them on the wish-list to decide later which to try. So, 6 packs of different beans and I need to find somewhere to grow them by April.
Cute sprout tower. Do you get just sprouts or will they grow to be microgreens in it?
I've started purple bell vines under light inside and put some other perennial flowers out in the cold. Might wait until February for peppers. Even though they need some time, they last long in the autumn as well. Also not doing orange habanero, I've got dried and frozen to last me many years, I just use a tiny pinch now and then. But I found them very easy to grow. Hot or chilly, wet or dry, they just kept on growing and producing.
Naughty pup!!! Just merrily trampling those brassicas 🙄 Haha oh no - beans galore for you! Perhaps save some for next year? The seed will still be good. I really want beans this year after last years slugaggedon. There's usually enough umph in the seed itself to produce a pretty good microgreen without the need for soil. I've just put my chillis to soak so will be sowing them tomorrow 🤗🤗
wow im loving the book sculpture they take a lot of hard work I tried some ages ago, but Kerry I must tell you off, I'm screaming at the screen its tom-a t, o lol ill start mine in jan too I think I got hardly any last year I've got purple this year and I'm toying with pineapple too but worried about space
So impressive isn't it - I couldn't believe it - and her first time having a go at doing it! Oh I loved the pineapple - I had them the year before last and thought they were brill - alas no germination last year and this year I'm out of seed. Hang on - let me get this pronunciation right - www.google.com/search?q=pronounce+tomatillos&rlz=1C1GCEJ_enGB1074GB1076&oq=pronounce+tomatillo&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUqBwgAEAAYgAQyBwgAEAAYgAQyBggBEEUYOTIICAIQABgWGB4yDQgDEAAYhgMYgAQYigUyDQgEEAAYhgMYgAQYigUyDQgFEAAYhgMYgAQYigUyDQgGEAAYhgMYgAQYigXSAQgyNDI2ajBqN6gCALACAA&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:64fa64bf,vid:6s962oAuPHQ,st:0 Wasn't that what I said? 🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@dogontheplot ye it takes some doing to spell words out of a book folding lol and no your saying tom a tillo lol
well ive seen it on youtube when they were cooking them and cos its Mexican they were saying tom-a-t-o lol
Mmmm... chillies .... my favourite ❤ 🌶🌶🌶
I actually really enjoyed growing them this year
@dogontheplot Such pretty plants...worth it just for the ornamental aesthetic
You must try pepper. Sugar rush peach and sugar rush stripy. They are absolutely amazing delish and productive.
I just saw Jessie sowing those and had seed envy! I've got a stripy sweet pepper from Allie @therightpearplot - that might have to keep my going for now... 😂
Kerry is so organised this year that she has a ‘good performer’ list.😉😂❤️🍹
Jimmy I am super organised - I have a spreadsheet and everything! Also, you commented on the good performer list but not the Big Jim seed...????!!!!
I’m a big Jim too. Who knows how many big Jim’s you know? There could be hundreds on your list.😂😉❤️🍹
@@jimmyconnolly3461 my good performer list? 😂😂
Aquadulce and super aqua are basically the same thing. "SuperAD" is supposedly an 'improved ' selection but TBH I never found much difference so just bought the cheapest. then I got my 3 Broad beans , Crimson flowered, Mr Griefs Brown Flowered ( no relation but couldn't resist the name) and Grando ( or Grano - I've seen various spellings) Violetto, Non of which are Highly productive as some varieties you can get but I like the taste and you can always grow more can't you 🤣
Grow them all Nick!!! Haha. Yes, I won't distinguish between the two aquas - last year I just bunged them in together in the cells. I do love broadbeans so the more the merrier! Thank you for the seed 💕🤗
Video bạn chia se rất hay Chúc bạn ngày mới vui khỏe ❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Thank you 🤗
I wish I was as organised as you 😄.
I have a spreadsheet and everything this year! It will descend into chaos come May, but at least I'm making a good start 🤣
@@dogontheplot I never have enough space and last year was a particularly poor year for germination for me so it put everything out place and being so wet it caused a back log.
Where do you buy your seeds from?
@ibrstellar1080 well last year was a write off for most things! 🤣 I buy from everywhere but I like @realseeds and the various seed saving/swapping communities like the incredible seed library and the seed saving network. Heritage organics is a fave too.
@@dogontheplot I bought my Beetroot, Lettuce, Carrot, Leeks, Tomatoes with them yesterday as I had good germination with their seeds last year and my brother is their Postman and really nice people.
Oh really - which seed company? Heritage?
Love the chilli necklace!!!! 😂🥰 I also suffer from loads of chillis and still want to sow a load!! Chilli Jam is a great idea!!
When you save chilli seed do you isolate the flowers or is that not needed with chillis?
There are just so many varieties with great names! I didn't isolate the flowers - but I do have some nice organza bags for next year so will be a bit more professional with my seed saving next year... I might do a comparison between the saved lemon drop and the true seed and see what I get. Good idea! Thank you Holly.
@ that will be an interesting experiment. Have you ever ordered from Real Seeds? They offer an information sheet on how to save seeds for the individual seed you buy - different methods for different types of seeds apparently!
@@HollyMaysGoodLife Yes, one of my favourites - and they are so generous with their information too.
I want to grow caped gooseberry. I thought they were perennials
Not in the UK - you can try overwintering them but I've never been able to - they are very cold sensitive so even in a greenhouse or poly they will die off - and I'm not having them in the house! lol
@ ah fantastic I was worried about them spreading but then I couldn't get them to germinate
I want to grow tomatillos
200 tomatoes and 100 tomatillos?
@ I've never tried them! Are they nice... I'll have to get some seeds
@@ThatBritishHomestead they're not nice like tomatoes are nice 🤣
can I ask which dehydrator you use ?
It's this one - www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B075DBPR7W?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_title - very happy with it. I think i paid £90 on Amazon Prime day a couple of years ago.
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