You can put weeds into a plastic container add water and weight it down to make liquid plant food. This is a good way to use weeds because it returns the nutrients of the weeds back to the ground, or plants that you want. Keep in mind you need to delute the resulting slurry in water as it is very concentrated.
I just binged your videos from allotment beginning to now and I have to tell you how much I admire your work ethic. Such an amazing accomplishment! And yeah, get yourself a place to sit down and admire your garden.
Seren, dont waste the onion stems/leaves if your pulling them fresh, used the bulb but shred all the green stems and freeze in a bag, come winter they are a great add into fried rice or stir frys , saves buying spring onions, this principle also applies to shallots and garlic
Your plot is really lovely 😍 I got a plot last year and spend hours a week weeding. It was filled with comfrey and other weeds to keep up with. It took too much time so this year I got a battery driven grass trimmer and it was definitely the best investment I made on my plot! It takes just minutes a week now to cut everything down 🤩 It takes all the comfrey and weeds to!
Hi Seren x It’s lovely to see a new generation of young gardeners. I put my name down for an allotment earlier this year and hopefully will be able to grow some things soon x
Love your vids as always ❤️ I have a cocker spaniel puppy and when I put your videos on she sits quietly staring at tv hehe. Thanks for sharing your progress with us, you're amazing ❤
What about sweetcorn and beans in the potato bed? They’re supposed to grow well together with the squash that you’re putting in there already. 3 sisters planting🙂
For the weed seeds in your compost, you could try to have them germinate and spout in a bucket, then pull them when they are tiny, and bag up the "clean" soil so you can use it later. Would that work ? ps : love your videos and what you have done with the plot
Definitely something to think about next time!! And for when I’m making my own compost 😊 those little weeds have been a right pain! Thank you so much for watching 🥰💖🌸
I think weeding the paths are going to be a weekly ritual. Homemade compost will always have weed seeds in (I think that why it recommended to use during the winter)
The slugs snapped two of my sunflowers and Ieft them too. Now I have new shoots growing out of leaf nodes. My first sweet pea flower today. Yours are amazing.
Nettles have so many uses make tea/wine use for fertilizer I use to control slugs and steam use in food tastes like spinach you can make a anti pain balm as always happy gardening Richardx
You could pop some more leeks in after your potatoes if you can stomach more. Plot is looking fab Seren, what a difference to when you first took it on! Yay for the parsnips, I didn't even have 1 from my multiple sowings 🤣
You could leave the green matter as mulch in the pathways as long as nothing will reroot, has gone to seed or is a pernicious weed (although I know you have a problem with bindweed and mare's tale). If you don't cover the soil with something, Mother Nature will do it for you! I envy your sweetpeas but may have to live vicariously through you as mine aren't growing in our cool weather! 😃 You might want to check our Danny's YT channel at GrowUp as he recently found a connection for his greenhouse guttering to go to the water catchment system. Charles Dowding has grown potatoes in the same spot for a decade with no issues and says crop rotation is not necessary. You have made such an amazing transformation to your plot! Congratulations!
You can use newspapers with a bit of soil on top until you get wood chips, with the beds you can cut comfreys leaves to cover and feed the ground … if the sun don’t get to the soil it want grow and you fed the worms👩🌾🐞🐝
I had a lot of trouble with parsnips. First time growing and I did ground sowings in two places from chitted seeds and none of them grew. The only ones that grew were 4 I planted in a container. So at least I'll get something. I agree, might be worth leaving that sunflower. The top of one of my sunflowers got completely eaten by slugs but the side shoots have grown back really well.
There’s still time to throw some herb seeds into spaces in your beds. Basil and parsley will grow relatively quickly. Maybe even cilantro/coriander in more shaded spots.
Well done , the potatoes and onions look wonderful. Hope you enjoyed them. In fact, the whole plot has come on brilliantly. You could always call the bottom the wildlife area until you get some time to attack it. Look forward to the next video. Thank you for sharing 😊
Your heavy basket WAS impressive, you did indeed make your harvest look pretty! Such nice specimens. Your tomatoes may be squeezed for food & water in their pots, a tray underneath would help conserve. Finally, I will like red blossoms for us both lol All my dahlias & nasturtiums are red, so sexy next to anything purple haha
All but two of my Brussel sprouts have had that grey bug on them too, idk what it is 😢. They were on a sorrel too but don't seem to have spread, whatever they are.
Oh no that’s a shame 🥲 they really creep me out! 😅 I know you can brush them off or hose them off… but I’m too much of a wimp to do that 🤢 I think they are some kind of aphid 😶 Thanks so much for watching! 💖
Tomatoes need consistent moisture, so far yours are ok. Paprik peppers are grown by very few people, so you're the exception. I found that pop bottles filled with water, quickly turned upside down and pushed into potted plants keeps the moisture in. There are bottles with pointed spouts you may have available, they're the commercial version, but regulate water a bit better. Comfrey, one of the most versatile plants for gardens.
Seren, I have a long gravel drive, and an area of gravel at the back. I have used white vinegar, with water, in the ratio of one to four, with a bit of washing up liquid for my weeds. It has killed them. I do not have a sprayer, but used a watering can which my husband used for weed killer. Might that save you weeding your paths? Your allotment is marvellous, well done. I have a small bin, like a kitchen bin at one end of my grrenhouse. It is oblong and catches the water from the greenhouse.
Isn't vinegar bad for regular plants and animals living in the soil? I personally wouldn't do it close to areas where you want to keep the soil healthy...
Thanks Seren, a lovely update, it is amazing how quickly things grow once they get the right conditions/weather it's just a shame the weeds do too ! I know you have the pots with the reservoir, but how did the tomatoes manage in the greenhouse if you were away over a week, did anyone water for you ? Btw, it's a good job you like Pink, it looks like you may have caught the sun ! 🦩 😉
Seren please put suncream on. Your back looks a bit burnt. Amazing plot. You have achieved so much. When you tackle the overgrown area you can pop in another bed or 2?
Home made compost always has viable weed seeds in it because the heaps don't get hot enough to kill them. The only thing you can do is not put plants that have seeded on the heap. Personally I just regard the weeds as more material for making compost!
Hello again Seren ☺. What about grassing the paths and getting a small narrow lawn mower? Thatvwaybyou coukd mower the weeds too 🤔. I think you can seed in September but you'd have to check. If you check out Emma's allotment plot - at plot lot 37 (I think) - their paths are grass. Don't despair it's early days for you ... Sending love & light 🦋🌻🐞🌹 xx
You’re thinking of Jessie at Plot 37. They mow & strim regularly, but Seren needs a lockable shed for such tools. Bare ground looks very nice, especially scraped flat of all weeds, which can be composted after a day of shriveling on an area of sun baked bricks or stones.
I'd net your carrots to protect from carrot root fly i know they say they can't fly that high but they get blown in the wind and they will get that high, Lucky you 3 more parsnip's than me 😂 i've sown 3 lots now and now resigned myself to the fact i'm not going to get any never had a problem before 🙄
Great plot tour Seren 🎉 Id be careful about bringing the chilli's and peppers from home ..You need airflow round plants and overcrowding will set them back 🙂
All looks fabulous! You will have time to sit and enjoy...don't worry. I have a hammock on mine. I'm 62 and arthritic, it's a right laugh getting in and out of that!😂 I have grass paths and a grassy orchard area. It looks lovely, but it's hard work. Wood chip would be easier! 😊
Love watching the garden evolve. Those sweet peas are gorgeous. Maybe time to consider a microphone thingy cos the alotment is more often than not so windy. If possible ❤❤
Cover the back of the plot with thick black plastic sheet that will kill back every thing over a few months giving you time to concentrate on the plot great work
Was watching another youtuber with an allotment, he recommended sprinklng a circle of crushed dried chilli around your plants to keep slugs and snails from eating your plants.
Do you really think you will get any pumpkins outside? The weather never mind what the climate lunatics are telling us is not any warmer it is colder the last few years. I have a terrible time moving my plants inside at night in july(!) to keep them growing even though the climate is " burning up". The fall will come this year as well and things will stop growing. I can bring in tomatoes but not much else. I love your updates and want more because you and the plot is wonderful but can you also show some tempature with your updates, I grow outdoors in containers with a kitchen to bring them indoors when it gets cold.Havent your night temp also been every night 12 ?
Put cardboard down on your paths while waiting for wood chips. It’s good practice anyway as weeds will come through chips on their own.
Absolutely have a seating area , Yes there's a lot of work Now. But you will appreciate being able to sit and look over You Plot.
You can put weeds into a plastic container add water and weight it down to make liquid plant food. This is a good way to use weeds because it returns the nutrients of the weeds back to the ground, or plants that you want. Keep in mind you need to delute the resulting slurry in water as it is very concentrated.
The difference that all your hard work made from when you first got the plot...so incredibly inspiring! Thank you for sharing your journey 🌸
Perhaps you could put cardboard on the paths as a temporary measure to keep the weeds at bay.
Ask Danny on the grow up channel. He got some spare parts to close ends of similar gutters
Like you I have a mound of compost I cover in black plastic till it goes down. Looks great.
I just binged your videos from allotment beginning to now and I have to tell you how much I admire your work ethic. Such an amazing accomplishment!
And yeah, get yourself a place to sit down and admire your garden.
I found putting wool around the plants will prevent slugs and snails!
Always a treat to see a new video of yours ❤
Great job! So glad I’ve been able to follow you from start to now. I was concerned that this plot would be a bust, but you have done a wonderful job ❤
Hi from Australia 🇦🇺
You are an inspiration to me. Being a young lady you know all the names of your vegies etc. keep up the good work 😄👍
The back of the plot needs a tiny bit of work😉 but that's okay. You must feel so proud of how well the plot is coming along, Seren, and rightly so!🤩
Seren, dont waste the onion stems/leaves if your pulling them fresh, used the bulb but shred all the green stems and freeze in a bag, come winter they are a great add into fried rice or stir frys , saves buying spring onions, this principle also applies to shallots and garlic
Your plot is really lovely 😍
I got a plot last year and spend hours a week weeding. It was filled with comfrey and other weeds to keep up with.
It took too much time so this year I got a battery driven grass trimmer and it was definitely the best investment I made on my plot!
It takes just minutes a week now to cut everything down 🤩
It takes all the comfrey and weeds to!
Maybe just get a little camping chair for now and take bottles of water to drink as it thirsty work ❤️💗💜💓
Hi Seren x
It’s lovely to see a new generation of young gardeners.
I put my name down for an allotment earlier this year and hopefully will be able to grow some things soon x
Love your vids as always ❤️ I have a cocker spaniel puppy and when I put your videos on she sits quietly staring at tv hehe. Thanks for sharing your progress with us, you're amazing ❤
Put a winter crop in onion garlic cabbage shallots kale you can buy them from a nursery
Plots looking great 👍
Thank you so much Graham! 😊🌱🌸
Pour beer in jar caps. Place in garden to attract/deter slugs.
Maybe think of a share cloth for your greenhouse, will helonto prevent Sun scorch on your peppers and will help with the high temps.
What about sweetcorn and beans in the potato bed? They’re supposed to grow well together with the squash that you’re putting in there already. 3 sisters planting🙂
The three sisters doesn't work in the UK .It was done by Indians with huge space and hot temperatures .
@@susiespearing6165sweet corn need around a 10' square plot too to be viable for pollination.
For the weed seeds in your compost, you could try to have them germinate and spout in a bucket, then pull them when they are tiny, and bag up the "clean" soil so you can use it later. Would that work ?
ps : love your videos and what you have done with the plot
Definitely something to think about next time!! And for when I’m making my own compost 😊 those little weeds have been a right pain!
Thank you so much for watching 🥰💖🌸
Considering what this plot looked like just 6 months ago...wow....just wow. 😎
Let's get you a wide brim garden hat to protect you from that sun in your face❤
Tomatoes really need daily watering once they start to fruit
I think weeding the paths are going to be a weekly ritual. Homemade compost will always have weed seeds in (I think that why it recommended to use during the winter)
The slugs snapped two of my sunflowers and Ieft them too. Now I have new shoots growing out of leaf nodes. My first sweet pea flower today. Yours are amazing.
Congratulations on those potatoes. A great crop. Your sweet peas are beautiful. I really enjoyed the tour.
I like very much your idea of the garden and I have a similar experience with mine, love to plant veggies and flowers together and see what happens 😊
How about clover for you pathways. Low maintenance as in you don’t have to cut it, looks great & the bees love the clover flowers ☺️
Seren would need a strong barrier to the raised beds, though. Those clovers are constantly on the move, trying to conquer the world 😅
You are doing great with what you started with. You might consider getting a couple of solar powered fans for the greenhouse.😊
I was going to recommend french beans for the potato bed! I think this is still a good time for them to be sown
I love your sweet peas👍💚
Aren’t they so pretty! 😄🌸
I have never been able to just "sit" in the garden. I always end up doing something that needs doing.
Your plot is looking great Seren well done with the sweet peas!! Love your little harvest basket 😍
Thanks for the allotment tour. You did a great job, look at the results! 😊 WoW those potatoes wil make a delicious salad., 🤩 Love from Holland 🩷
Nettles have so many uses make tea/wine use for fertilizer I use to control slugs and steam use in food tastes like spinach you can make a anti pain balm as always happy gardening Richardx
Wow what a great potato harvest❤❤❤
Well done. You have done so well and looks like your views are almost 100% of your subscribers. You have to be so proud of yourself
You could pop some more leeks in after your potatoes if you can stomach more. Plot is looking fab Seren, what a difference to when you first took it on! Yay for the parsnips, I didn't even have 1 from my multiple sowings 🤣
Once your potatoes are up maybe plant some winter/ spring cabbage in there.
Deadhead the nasturtiums, and give them some feed. They look a bit spent, but will come back with new leaves and flowers.
Most of them look great, my advice is for those that look yellowed 😊
It all looks beautiful! The sweet peas are so pretty!
hi seren pinch out the very first flower of french marigold and they will bush out luv vlog xx
You could leave the green matter as mulch in the pathways as long as nothing will reroot, has gone to seed or is a pernicious weed (although I know you have a problem with bindweed and mare's tale). If you don't cover the soil with something, Mother Nature will do it for you! I envy your sweetpeas but may have to live vicariously through you as mine aren't growing in our cool weather! 😃 You might want to check our Danny's YT channel at GrowUp as he recently found a connection for his greenhouse guttering to go to the water catchment system. Charles Dowding has grown potatoes in the same spot for a decade with no issues and says crop rotation is not necessary. You have made such an amazing transformation to your plot! Congratulations!
I am so jealous... my tiny little garden is trying to produce, but it's 100f here (38c) and I can't keep up with the watering!
I love the orange marigold 😊
Wow it's all looking good , nice to see your cosmos flowering , mine is still just green .
oh good luck with your sunburn ! you should get a nice straw hat :D
I was hoping no one would notice 😅🤦🏼♀️ I have a big hat, I think this is my reminder to use it 🤣💖
Landscape fabric will work well under the paths.
You can use newspapers with a bit of soil on top until you get wood chips, with the beds you can cut comfreys leaves to cover and feed the ground … if the sun don’t get to the soil it want grow and you fed the worms👩🌾🐞🐝
Your plot is looking great! I’m still direct sowing radish, spring onions, beetroot, turnips, pak Choi, lettuces…. Still loads of time for sowing. 🎉
I so enjoy watching your videos, you inspire me with my first year of growing. Looking forward to your home garden next time :)
I put eggshells round my dahlias. It seems to deter them.
I had a lot of trouble with parsnips. First time growing and I did ground sowings in two places from chitted seeds and none of them grew. The only ones that grew were 4 I planted in a container. So at least I'll get something.
I agree, might be worth leaving that sunflower. The top of one of my sunflowers got completely eaten by slugs but the side shoots have grown back really well.
There’s still time to throw some herb seeds into spaces in your beds. Basil and parsley will grow relatively quickly. Maybe even cilantro/coriander in more shaded spots.
Your plot is looking so beautiful! Well done! 🎉🎉🎉
Well done , the potatoes and onions look wonderful. Hope you enjoyed them.
In fact, the whole plot has come on brilliantly. You could always call the bottom the wildlife area until you get some time to attack it. Look forward to the next video. Thank you for sharing 😊
Your heavy basket WAS impressive, you did indeed make your harvest look pretty! Such nice specimens. Your tomatoes may be squeezed for food & water in their pots, a tray underneath would help conserve. Finally, I will like red blossoms for us both lol All my dahlias & nasturtiums are red, so sexy next to anything purple haha
Your plots looking amazing. There’s so much growing ❤
All but two of my Brussel sprouts have had that grey bug on them too, idk what it is 😢. They were on a sorrel too but don't seem to have spread, whatever they are.
Oh no that’s a shame 🥲 they really creep me out! 😅 I know you can brush them off or hose them off… but I’m too much of a wimp to do that 🤢 I think they are some kind of aphid 😶
Thanks so much for watching! 💖
Seconding the suggestion to put down cardboard in your paths. There will be time for sitting 😊
Tomatoes need consistent moisture, so far yours are ok. Paprik peppers are grown by very few people, so you're the exception.
I found that pop bottles filled with water, quickly turned upside down and pushed into potted plants keeps the moisture in.
There are bottles with pointed spouts you may have available, they're the commercial version, but regulate water a bit better.
Comfrey, one of the most versatile plants for gardens.
What is the difference between an corgette and a squash? (English isnt my first language and the internet doesnt really answer my question xD)
Seren, I have a long gravel drive, and an area of gravel at the back. I have used white vinegar, with water, in the ratio of one to four, with a bit of washing up liquid for my weeds. It has killed them. I do not have a sprayer, but used a watering can which my husband used for weed killer. Might that save you weeding your paths? Your allotment is marvellous, well done. I have a small bin, like a kitchen bin at one end of my grrenhouse. It is oblong and catches the water from the greenhouse.
Isn't vinegar bad for regular plants and animals living in the soil? I personally wouldn't do it close to areas where you want to keep the soil healthy...
I have had terrible luck with my dwarf French beans this year too
Thanks Seren, a lovely update, it is amazing how quickly things grow once they get the right conditions/weather it's just a shame the weeds do too ! I know you have the pots with the reservoir, but how did the tomatoes manage in the greenhouse if you were away over a week, did anyone water for you ?
Btw, it's a good job you like Pink, it looks like you may have caught the sun ! 🦩 😉
No worries about the curl on the tomato leaves...if they're curling up like that they should be fine. Some just do that.
Seren please put suncream on. Your back looks a bit burnt. Amazing plot. You have achieved so much. When you tackle the overgrown area you can pop in another bed or 2?
If you let your paths grow grass, possibly look into a reel mower.
Crows love figs
Get some coffee grounds around the base of plants that are prone to slugs and snails. Caffine is toxic to these and they with scarper away from it.
More copper tape Seren. Wrap a strip round pots etc and it'll keep the slugs and snails from munching
nice little basket of harvest. your back is all red did you get sunburned.
Thank you! Looking forward to having a big basket full one day! 😄
Haha yes I did… I was hoping no one would notice 🥵 lesson learned! 🤦🏼♀️
@@serensgarden cant hide anything from me 😏
@@serensgarden the weather was really nice cant blame you.
Would you show us how to put together your salad
Home made compost always has viable weed seeds in it because the heaps don't get hot enough to kill them. The only thing you can do is not put plants that have seeded on the heap. Personally I just regard the weeds as more material for making compost!
Hello again Seren ☺. What about grassing the paths and getting a small narrow lawn mower? Thatvwaybyou coukd mower the weeds too 🤔. I think you can seed in September but you'd have to check. If you check out Emma's allotment plot - at plot lot 37 (I think) - their paths are grass. Don't despair it's early days for you ...
Sending love & light 🦋🌻🐞🌹 xx
You’re thinking of Jessie at Plot 37. They mow & strim regularly, but Seren needs a lockable shed for such tools. Bare ground looks very nice, especially scraped flat of all weeds, which can be composted after a day of shriveling on an area of sun baked bricks or stones.
@@lobodo988 Doh! Of course it's Jessie at 37. I watch her and her Mum all the time .
Thank you ☺
Someone suggested sweetcorn in the potato bed. I think that's a good idea
I'd net your carrots to protect from carrot root fly i know they say they can't fly that high but they get blown in the wind and they will get that high,
Lucky you 3 more parsnip's than me 😂 i've sown 3 lots now and now resigned myself to the fact i'm not going to get any never had a problem before 🙄
Water the tomatoes! 😅
Weedmat on the areas that don't have a crop. Seems to reduce the growth, don't like weedmat, but am too old now to be on my hands and knees weeding.
Great plot tour Seren 🎉 Id be careful about bringing the chilli's and peppers from home ..You need airflow round plants and overcrowding will set them back 🙂
All looks fabulous! You will have time to sit and enjoy...don't worry. I have a hammock on mine. I'm 62 and arthritic, it's a right laugh getting in and out of that!😂 I have grass paths and a grassy orchard area. It looks lovely, but it's hard work. Wood chip would be easier! 😊
That sounds perfect! I hope you take the opportunity to have a little snooze in your hammock now and then 😴 I certainly would! Xx
Love watching the garden evolve. Those sweet peas are gorgeous. Maybe time to consider a microphone thingy cos the alotment is more often than not so windy. If possible ❤❤
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green fingers or what you are doing so well How do you know so much .
Thank you so much!! Haha all I consume is garden related content 🤣 books, magazines, RUclips videos.. gardeners world! 😄
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Wait. So sweet peas are flowers and not peas?
They are the same genus (family) but grown fir their flowers. There is also a perpetual sweet pea that comes in a red/pink firm and also in white.
@@Ollybus Perennial sweet peas are very vigorous though and not scented. Personally l would avoid on an allotment.
Cover the back of the plot with thick black plastic sheet that will kill back every thing over a few months giving you time to concentrate on the plot great work
I've never been a first comment!
Well today you’re first 😎💖
Was watching another youtuber with an allotment, he recommended sprinklng a circle of crushed dried chilli around your plants to keep slugs and snails from eating your plants.
Do you really think you will get any pumpkins outside? The weather never mind what the climate lunatics are telling us is not any warmer it is colder the last few years. I have a terrible time moving my plants inside at night in july(!) to keep them growing even though the climate is " burning up". The fall will come this year as well and things will stop growing. I can bring in tomatoes but not much else. I love your updates and want more because you and the plot is wonderful but can you also show some tempature with your updates, I grow outdoors in containers with a kitchen to bring them indoors when it gets cold.Havent your night temp also been every night 12 ?