Hi Sarah - looking really good, so satisfying seeing the bed all weeded and ready to go. I think the bulbs might be ok as long as they don't rot - I often lift mine and replant them in a different position and they still come up every spring. Soak the sweet pea seeds overnight before planting them, and have your climbing trellis in place before planting so you can train them up it as they grow - it'll look awesome! Loving your channel - going to recommend to friends over here!
When you say "have a brew" , I wondered why you would be having a beer at the start! After the work, yes. But before?? Then I realized you were making tea.
Oh yes I don’t drink booze unless it’s been bought for me as a gift lol yeh brew up means put the little on and for me that’s either a coffee or a hot chocolate
Hi Sarah, you do need to get out the roots they are couch grass, it’s very invasive and will grow from the smallest bit of root and smother your flowers.
I need to go back in and get more out already not sowed the flower seeds yet so I can do that over next couple of weeks then I will just sow seeds and take out what I can
I'm so jealous that you have a toilet on site sadly my site doesn't fortunately I have a shed an bucket. Also just taken on another half plot its going to be hard as its clay also had a lovely oak tree on it came down in the storms in January plus this half was used to dump rubbish on .
Get a camping toilet, large composting bags and saw dust . Saw dust soaks it up can put all in the bin as compostable . No one does a number two at the allotment
That's couch grass Sarah .Its a nightmare as it spreads like crazy and any tiny bit will regrow .Dont compost it whatever you do .Bin. it or burn it .Most seeds are best sowed in modules in your polytunnel .For veg beds invest in a roll of water pipe from Screwfix to make hoops for netting .Its almst impossible to grow decent veg without netting. but it's a one off cost .Sweetpeas are likely to get eaten planted from seeds but worth a try 🙂
Thanks I better fill the fire with that grass then then wait for it to dry out to burn it .i put a lot on top of the compost I better go fetch it out now
I bet the birds are just going for the easy seeds up top. It looks like you do have some quack grass roots in your wildflower garden, they have hardy roots so you will see the grass coming up again. You are either going to be cleaning the garden out now and then or leaving it to give it a good spray of roundup before you plant anything. I just try keep up with the grass where I can, it is hard to get rid of.
Its twitch and every bit you leave in the ground will regrow. I have it in my border and every year I have a fightwith it. Your sweet peas will like some well rotted horse exhaust dug in deep. You can buy bags of horse manure in the garden centre.
I've got a big heavy duty flat type 2 feet long by 14" wide...wire basket with short sides 4" tall... that fits across my wheel barrow..you could find a wire frame and add wire to it....you could lay finer mesh on top of 1/2 inch if you want it finer for seeds.......but 1/2 inch is nice.....When I weed I can shovel dirt in it weeds and all...and scrape it around across the wire until all the dirt falls through. anything 1/2 inch falls through, into wheel barrow... weeds and rocks and sticks dont go through, dump those on a bucket.......what falls in the wheel barrow is perfect....even fine enough... for carrots. Very fluffy no weeds....I mix a bag of compost into the sifted soil and put it back in bed area. It's easier because your standing up over the wheel barrow.
That seems really reasonable... your half plot is huge. It would take up about half of my backyard.. I'm loving watching your progress and how you use things from your mudlarking....And I'm getting good ideas from you for my garden this year...(that's what we call our allotment..). 🙂
Hello Sarah, your allotment is looking great, the stringy grass is called couch grass, try and get as much out as you can, it spreads like mad and will take the bed over if you don't keep it under control, Soak your sweet pea seeds in water overnight before you plant them, it helps soften up the seed and they're more likely to sprout. Best wishes from Yorkshire 😊
Sarah, I don't know where you get all the energy to mudlark, get the allotment in shape and work too ! You are one impressive lady 🤗 Thank you for sharing your journey, I'm hopeless at gardening 🙄 I do really enjoy your new channel and look forward to more days with Sarah 😊 Love and hugs 🥰🥰 xx
Hi Sarah. Enjoying watching you set up a lovely garden. Once you've weeded, if you put down cardboard from old boxes, wet it and then put sugar cane mulch over the top it keeps the weeds away. Really cheap and effective and feeds the soil. You can put the cardboard around your plants or cut holes in it for the plants. We can buy sugarcane mulch by the bale from Bunnings in Australia. Good luck with it all!🙂
I am enjoying every minute with you and the allotment. Your doing amazing it looks so nice, I can’t wait for everything to come up with all of what you 🌱 planted. See you next time. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💜
Looking fab Sarah and the entire allotment for that matter is so tidy. I love the community aspect of it. I grow sweet peas (just put out this week) in starter trays in clumps, pinch them out a few times to thicken up more. Then sow direct more around those and they make a huge mass. Lots getting done and glad you had some good weather. Stay safe keep going, Ali ☔️☔️🇨🇦
Hi Sarah here in Oregon we call that grass crab grass and it is awful it's roots are long and sometimes they are connected to another group of crab grass the only way we have really gotten rid of it is to pull it so good job. I don't really understand the allotment stuff can't you have a vegetable or flower garden in your yard? Anyway I am enjoying this channel and your mudlarking channel thank you for sharing .
We don’t all have big garden especially in a terraced house . I have a terraced house with a small yard our yards are not like your yards your yards we would call a garden . A yard here is a small space ofsted devoid of soil and grass
Looking good..... what does it cost to have an allotment ?? We don't have those in America, cause we have medium, to big, backyards where we grow stuff. 🙂
I have a half plot and it costs me £40 a year . My friend on a different allotment pays £20 fir a 3/4 size plot . Some people can pay upto about £100 depends on individual allotments
Hi Sarah, the stringy stuff is couch grass invasive, soak the sweet pea seeds overnight then use toilet roll tubes as pots and grow inside you just plant the whole thing stops root disturbance plant out after the last frost , 🍀🐝🪷🐛🐞💫
Really enjoying your journey at your allotment. Are allotments generally close to home? We have community gardens, not allotments for personal use. I live in California, USA Thank you for sharing. You and Mick are such lovable people. 🩷💜💛💚🩵🩷
First the solar eclipse😎 and then Sarah 😉
I’m more exciting surely lol
@@sarahsallotmentjourney Absolutely!😀
The bed looks great. The allotment is in such a lovely location - so peaceful xx
It’s such a lovely spot so peaceful apart from the birds x
Hi Sarah - looking really good, so satisfying seeing the bed all weeded and ready to go. I think the bulbs might be ok as long as they don't rot - I often lift mine and replant them in a different position and they still come up every spring. Soak the sweet pea seeds overnight before planting them, and have your climbing trellis in place before planting so you can train them up it as they grow - it'll look awesome! Loving your channel - going to recommend to friends over here!
Thanks I planted some already I will soak the next lot
Love your wildflower sign- so much character and charm. I also love that you plant wildflowers. Bees love them!
It’s so rotten I will re do all the signs this year
Hi Sarah your doing a fabulous job. Well done. Loved your video. Keep up the good work.
Thank you so much!
When you say "have a brew" , I wondered why you would be having a beer at the start! After the work, yes. But before?? Then I realized you were making tea.
Oh yes I don’t drink booze unless it’s been bought for me as a gift lol yeh brew up means put the little on and for me that’s either a coffee or a hot chocolate
Hi Sarah, you do need to get out the roots they are couch grass, it’s very invasive and will grow from the smallest bit of root and smother your flowers.
I need to go back in and get more out already not sowed the flower seeds yet so I can do that over next couple of weeks then I will just sow seeds and take out what I can
Looks great Sarah!
Thanks
I'm so jealous that you have a toilet on site sadly my site doesn't fortunately I have a shed an bucket. Also just taken on another half plot its going to be hard as its clay also had a lovely oak tree on it came down in the storms in January plus this half was used to dump rubbish on .
Get a camping toilet, large composting bags and saw dust . Saw dust soaks it up can put all in the bin as compostable . No one does a number two at the allotment
We've been working in the garden today - in the small window of opportunity between the rainstorms! xx
Oh the weather here has been terrible this was a couple of weeks ago I don’t think we will ever see tgg ha e blue sky ever again x
That's couch grass Sarah .Its a nightmare as it spreads like crazy and any tiny bit will regrow .Dont compost it whatever you do .Bin. it or burn it .Most seeds are best sowed in modules in your polytunnel .For veg beds invest in a roll of water pipe from Screwfix to make hoops for netting .Its almst impossible to grow decent veg without netting. but it's a one off cost .Sweetpeas are likely to get eaten planted from seeds but worth a try 🙂
Thanks I better fill the fire with that grass then then wait for it to dry out to burn it .i put a lot on top of the compost I better go fetch it out now
You're doing a great job Sarah! That's a pity about the small birds not going to the feeder. Maybe when Summer comes?
Wait and see what I did in a later video …..
Hiya.
Looking good.
Thanks I’m giving it a go
Your allotment is looking very nice indeed Sarah. Im really looking forward to seeing your beds full of growth. Keep up the good work. Xx
Thank you
I bet the birds are just going for the easy seeds up top. It looks like you do have some quack grass roots in your wildflower garden, they have hardy roots so you will see the grass coming up again. You are either going to be cleaning the garden out now and then or leaving it to give it a good spray of roundup before you plant anything. I just try keep up with the grass where I can, it is hard to get rid of.
I think it’s just going to be on going urghhhh
Its twitch and every bit you leave in the ground will regrow. I have it in my border and every year I have a fightwith it. Your sweet peas will like some well rotted horse exhaust dug in deep. You can buy bags of horse manure in the garden centre.
Yeh I think it’s going to be a continual battle with that grass .
I've got a big heavy duty flat type 2 feet long by 14" wide...wire basket with short sides 4" tall... that fits across my wheel barrow..you could find a wire frame and add wire to it....you could lay finer mesh on top of 1/2 inch if you want it finer for seeds.......but 1/2 inch is nice.....When I weed I can shovel dirt in it weeds and all...and scrape it around across the wire until all the dirt falls through. anything 1/2 inch falls through, into wheel barrow... weeds and rocks and sticks dont go through, dump those on a bucket.......what falls in the wheel barrow is perfect....even fine enough... for carrots. Very fluffy no weeds....I mix a bag of compost into the sifted soil and put it back in bed area. It's easier because your standing up over the wheel barrow.
Very clever idea
Crab grass! Nasty stuff! It's taking shape 😊
It sure is
That seems really reasonable... your half plot is huge. It would take up about half of my backyard.. I'm loving watching your progress and how you use things from your mudlarking....And I'm getting good ideas from you for my garden this year...(that's what we call our allotment..). 🙂
Can’t imagine anyone getting garden ideas from me lol
Thinking of Mic. Hoping all is well . ❤️
Getting there thanks
Hello Sarah, your allotment is looking great, the stringy grass is called couch grass, try and get as much out as you can, it spreads like mad and will take the bed over if you don't keep it under control,
Soak your sweet pea seeds in water overnight before you plant them, it helps soften up the seed and they're more likely to sprout.
Best wishes from Yorkshire 😊
Arggh just planted some today I will do that for the next lot thanks
Looking good Sarah. Thanks for the tour xx
@@gaynor3976 thanks for watching
You do a great job, Sahra!
Thanks
Nice for you Sarah to get on your allotment and relax a bit good job done on that bed
Yes, thank you
I planted potatoes yesterday and now on to start some seeds. I can’t wait to see your garden in full bloom.
It always looks great when in full grow
Sarah, I don't know where you get all the energy to mudlark, get the allotment in shape and work too ! You are one impressive lady 🤗 Thank you for sharing your journey, I'm hopeless at gardening 🙄 I do really enjoy your new channel and look forward to more days with Sarah 😊 Love and hugs 🥰🥰 xx
I have just had a radox bath because I really don’t have the energy lol
We're doomed 🤣🤣
Thank you for sharing your allotment with us what a lovely peaceful place.
Thanks for visiting
I think this is going to be fun.! Your allotment is much smarter than mine in the 1990’s.!!! xxx
It’s getting there
I had a kelly kettle.
It was brilliant!
Can’t do without it
I love these videos. Such a beautiful allotment. That’s definitely grass growing in your beds. Thank you.
Yeh pesky grass !! I will try keep on top of it
Hi Sarah. Enjoying watching you set up a lovely garden. Once you've weeded, if you put down cardboard from old boxes, wet it and then put sugar cane mulch over the top it keeps the weeds away. Really cheap and effective and feeds the soil. You can put the cardboard around your plants or cut holes in it for the plants. We can buy sugarcane mulch by the bale from Bunnings in Australia.
Good luck with it all!🙂
Don’t think sugar cane is a thing here
@@sarahsallotmentjourney that's a shame. Yes they grow a lot of sugar cane in Australia.
Thanks for the tour. It is a beautiful place. I’m partial to your plot though 😁
Glad you enjoyed it thanks
I am enjoying every minute with you and the allotment. Your doing amazing it looks so nice, I can’t wait for everything to come up with all of what you 🌱 planted. See you next time. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💜
Thanks so much
Looking fab Sarah and the entire allotment for that matter is so tidy. I love the community aspect of it. I grow sweet peas (just put out this week) in starter trays in clumps, pinch them out a few times to thicken up more. Then sow direct more around those and they make a huge mass. Lots getting done and glad you had some good weather. Stay safe keep going, Ali ☔️☔️🇨🇦
I have sowed the sweet pea seeds now I will see how they are in two weeks and plant more if they haven’t taken so well . I prob haven’t sown enough
@@sarahsallotmentjourney 🤭🤭 is there such a thing as enough sweet peas 🫛
I think I bought 100 seeds lol
After watching you weed your beds, I’m going to have to go out and weed my rose garden.
Go for it
You will reap the rewards when food is ready to harvest 😊
I hope so!
Looks like a really nice community at your allotment, such variety of uses for the plots x
It really is!
Great video again , thanks Sarah
You are so welcome!
It’s going to be amazing!
Hopefully
looking forward to joining you ❤
My Dad used to call the stringy stuff twitch lol
My Dad used to call it $$#@$%%^&@@$%ing grass.
I call it annoying
Hi Sarah here in Oregon we call that grass crab grass and it is awful it's roots are long and sometimes they are connected to another group of crab grass the only way we have really gotten rid of it is to pull it so good job. I don't really understand the allotment stuff can't you have a vegetable or flower garden in your yard? Anyway I am enjoying this channel and your mudlarking channel thank you for sharing .
We don’t all have big garden especially in a terraced house . I have a terraced house with a small yard our yards are not like your yards your yards we would call a garden . A yard here is a small space ofsted devoid of soil and grass
I just love this channel!
Thank you
Lovely day
Yes it was
I had to look up "clough".
Oh lol never thought
You put me to shame Sarah lol. Loving the videos
I doubt it I’m cobbling it together
Looking good..... what does it cost to have an allotment ?? We don't have those in America, cause we have medium, to big, backyards where we grow stuff. 🙂
I have a half plot and it costs me £40 a year . My friend on a different allotment pays £20 fir a 3/4 size plot . Some people can pay upto about £100 depends on individual allotments
Do allotments generally have access to water? Would having a rain barrel be useful?
I have a tap
hello Sarah what is the kettle thing you used for boiling your water please
It’s a ghilly kettle there are other versions Called Kelly kettles mine was a bit cheaper off amazon
@@sarahsallotmentjourney thank you as i’m always wishing for a cup of tea
Sarah there is no subscribe button.
On the main page there is so click on my picture that should take you there
Hi Sarah, the stringy stuff is couch grass invasive, soak the sweet pea seeds overnight then use toilet roll tubes as pots and grow inside you just plant the whole thing stops root disturbance plant out after the last frost , 🍀🐝🪷🐛🐞💫
I planted some already but the next lot I could soak no room to sow at home I just plant directly out
Is that chard in the corner?
Rhubarb
@@sarahsallotmentjourney Rhubarb is a great choice!
First thing that can be eaten Spring and virtually immortal.
Really enjoying your journey at your allotment. Are allotments generally close to home? We have community gardens, not allotments for personal use. I live in California, USA
Thank you for sharing. You and Mick are such lovable people. 🩷💜💛💚🩵🩷
This one is a mile from my house . There are a couple nearer but I wanted the one in the woodlands
Thanks