Clare! You did it! 🎊👏🏻 you grew a melon! It looks sooooo delicious and there are more to come! Everything is looking wonderful and the harvests just keep coming! Thanks so much for the shout out 😊 very much looking forward to meeting you and so many other lovely RUclipsrs at the Malvern show! My first time there! It will be like Christmas! I have never tried cutting back nasturtiums but it does make perfect sense - going to watch with interest to see how yours go, so that I know for next year 💚 Hope your daughter is continuing well on her road to recovery. Sending all the good wishes her way 🍀
Thank you so much! I’m still blown away that I grew a melon .. and honestly Sarah it’s the tastiest melon I’ve ever eaten! I’m just stunned. I didn’t think it was possible, except maybe in the warmer areas further south I am looking forward to Malvern. Feels so appropriate to be meeting you on a Sunday too! Looking forward to the shopping ❤️❤️ I hope the nasturtiums pick back up. Forecast for next week looks promising 🙏🏻 Hannah is doing ok. Long recovery but she’s feeling a little more human each day. Thank you for asking after her ❤️
@@TheFarmyardGardenit looked delicious! I really must try again with melons next year 🤞🏻🤞🏻 Yes! It will be a Sunday that I’m actually not in my garden 🤣🙈 But still very much garden related so I think that’s allowed 😂 sooo looking forward to it! Yes forecast is looking lovely. We are going away for nearly THREE weeks next Wednesday 😱 so not a clue what I will come back to. My lovely sister is going to try to hold down the fort but she will only be able to pop in a few times! Hope it’s still got some life in it before autumn sets in when I get back! 🤞🏻🙏🏼 So pleased to hear that your daughter continues to move forward. Family is so important 🥰 Have a wonderful gardening weekend!
Three weeks holiday! Wow! I’m envious! Have fun! I hope the weather gods help your sister out with her responsibility. 😅😅 Definitely try melon next year. This variety is Arava but I also have Minnesota midgets in the polytunnel.
@@TheFarmyardGarden yes! We are off to Austria for two weeks but we are driving down through France and Germany and back again! So exciting! 🇦🇹🏔️🚠 Thank you for the melon suggestions! Will definitely be getting some of those 😃 Have a great weekend! 😊🪴🦖
Hi Clare, I love the Amaranthus...have never grown them myself, but their colour is stunning! I have grown scarlet emperor for years, then tried Scarlet Empire for the first time last year, and again this year. They are an improved version and didn't disapoint! I have manage to get Annual leave for the 29th September, so will be aiming to book my ticket for Malvern, today. It will be fab to finally meet you and others for a proper catch up!!! What a fabulous melon. I said last year I would give them a go in 2024 and then forgot to sow any seed!!! 🤦♀️ Your garden is so beautiful, you must be so proud? Have a great week, Take care, Annie 🐞🐝🌱
Hey Annie. Thank you, I’m extremely proud and so pleased with how it’s turned out this year. It’s been a lot of work but I’ve loved it Amaranth is gorgeous. I’d like to grow more next year. I’ll keep a note of Scarlet Empire. I’ve also bought the blauhilde French beans that Danny loves. Can’t wait to meet you at Malvern! 🥰🥰
Thanks for the mentions clare. Glad the pongo beans have served you well..be sure to let's some go over on the pod for next years beans. I'll keep you some blauhilde for next year! Lovely to see you harvesting melons! Lovely video! Danny 🌱
I am determined to grow giant swedes next year now! I cannot get over how easy to peel and dice home grown swedes are. So different to shop bought. Adore carrot and swede mash. I’ll be saving some of the pongo beans. I cannot get over how prolific they are! Thank you for the bean seeds this year. I’d love some of the blauhilde. I’ve been meaning to add them to my seed list for next year. Thank you ☺️☺️
@TheFarmyardGarden helenor swede are a favourite of mine! I've got 16 huge swedes left and they store well too! Next year they are worth the extra space for sure :)
Hope your nasturtiums come back, now that I got a mention and all! 🥰 What a joy to watch you harvest, congrats on your first melon! I'm also quite excited about the luffas you've got.
I should have filmed two bits as I thought it was you but didn’t have a signal to check my feed at the time. Thank you for the suggestion. Here’s hoping they bounce back to life! 🥰 The melons made my day. Sooo exciting to have grown them. I have so many plans for the luffas.. luffa soap is high on the list ❤️❤️
Wow that melon really did look perfect! Did it taste as good as it looked? Brilliant harvests. A good call on the first year strawbs. Looking forward to seeing the blueberry sourdough!! ❤
The Arava melons taste absolutely (my fave word) gorgeous! Amazing flavour. So glad I gave them a go. Melons will definitely feature in the tunnel next year too. Might do the Minnesota midget in the greenhouse though. They done grow as tall, don’t need the space.
Excellent melon Clare. We’re like kids in a sweet shop with our fruit and veg 😂😂. I get exactly the same and I have been growing for 30 plus years. 😊😊😊😊
I get so giddy! 😂😂 I hope we never lose the excitement of harvesting all the different “sweeties” from our gardens. Thirty years of growing is amazing. I’d love to know if there’s something you’ve never managed to grow in all of those thirty years.. that one crop that eludes your harvest basket?
@@TheFarmyardGarden sorry took so long to reply Clare. The only thing I struggle with is cauliflowers. I have had some pretty nice ones,but very few over the years. I keep trying. 😅 This years where pathetic. But my other fruit and veg are usually very good.
@@debbiebrooks6487 no worries Debbie, we are all busy this time of year. I had no success with cauliflowers last year either. I think I have some, somewhere… actually do I? Ha!
Oooo that’s interesting! I need to look into that. Thank you. I like the make fleshy strawberries as I have “thing” about seeds/pips. Feels like a bigger flesh to seed ratio works better for me
It's such a joy to see and hear your joy and excitement! Those melons look lovely. I'm tempted to try some next year in my new greenhouse. Did you mention which kind yours are? I TOTALLY get the "last year all this wasn't here" thing. I have the same. And I'm continually blown away by my huge daily harvests right now. Despite some things not doing as well as we'd like, Nature seems to balance it out by other things doing much better. ❤🌱
Hi Kirsty, it’s an Arava melon that I harvested. One was sown silly early, (middle of Feb) one sown end of March. It’s the later sown one that’s ripened first. They aren’t overly big plants either, would have been fine in the smaller height of my greenhouse. I’m so pleased someone else gets the “last year all this wasn’t here”, as I feel like a broken record at times.. but it really is mind blowing isn’t it? Nature is wonderful at times. What’s your biggest success this year? I’ve a feeling my luffas are going to steal the show soon ❤️
@@TheFarmyardGarden looking forward to your luffas! Thanks for the melon info! My biggest success is probably courgettes and pumpkins. For the courgettes, I grew Green Machine and Terminator (edge just goes to green machine, but both amazing), an Italian striped ribbed whose name I can never recall (I call them "Big Luigi" 😂), Orelia long yellow ones, Midas round yellow and 8-ball round green. All have been great. It's been much wetter than usual here, I guess that helps. The pumpkins are mainly my own "house breed" that I think a were originally a cross between a spaghetti squash and a Sweet Jack 2 years ago. One plant has 6 big ones, without taking over the garden, it's compact more like a courgette plant. I'll be carefully saving the seed of those, but it's going to be unpredictable, because I also grew 3 Crown Prince, 3 Uichi Kuri (one small fruit per plant :-( ) and 2 Austrian "Oil pumpkin" with the green seeds for eating. I'm going to end up with over 30 pumpkins!! 🎃 My onions get an honourable mention - they were great, huge, but so early that about half won't keep well - I had to harvest early due to them starting to have mould while still in the ground even if less than half had fallen over. There was no dry weather to cure them right, the air was too humid.
Lovely harvest Clare. My strawberries were the same, very small, and a bizarre texture, almost like those nasty foamy sweets. The black beauties look amazing! I might give them a go next year. Well done with the melon, my grandad used to grow them in his greenhouse. Have a great week 😊
Exactly that texture, Clare! Not nice at all are they? I didn’t buy any alpine strawberries though, so I’m most confused. I might save some seeds from my black beauty tomatoes. They’re lovely inside. Not sure how true to type they’ll be but I believe cross pollination is uncommon with tomatoes anyway. Could do a seed share? ❤️❤️
@@TheFarmyardGarden ohh that would be nice, be interesting to see how they turn out, you had so many varieties, what if they were cross pollinated? It’s like a lucky dip. Hopefully they wouldn’t come out like the foamy sweets 😆
Love the fruit cage. Wish I would have done that. So much easier to walk into. I have those small strawberries too. Terry King says they are Alpine. Actually they have nice flavor, but you have to pick them quick and process. However, they keep producing. You are going to have an abundance of nasties next year! I bet you have another flourish of blooms/leaves as they grow fast. Might give them a liquid feed too. I find they wax and wane throughout the season. Right now I have 1 really good looking and the rest are in a down cycle. Well done on the melons. Mine have gone down to the cucumber beetles. You should be very excited.
Thanks Robin. I was wondering if the nasturtiums disliked my seaweed feed, as them dying back coincided with feeding them. 😅😅 I didn’t much like the texture of my strawberries. They seemed really odd compared to normal types. I’m so sorry the melons have been hit with the cucumber vine beetles too. How disappointing for you. What a challenging season 😭🤗
@@TheFarmyardGarden I sent you a pic of my nasties that were trimmed 3 weeks ago. They are making a come back. I use a balanced liquid feed on my nasties and not too often. They are not really hungry plants. I've heard the old saying 'be nasty to nasties" but I find they need a bit more than that to thrive, at least in my soil. One thing is for certain, the volunteers work out best every season. So it's good that you're leaving some seed around the areas you want them.
Wow very healthy plants Clare 🍓🍓. You may have already done it but next time tease the roots out of the tight twist or they may not spread. Abundance of blueberries 🫐 lucky you. Yes my pink lemonade wasn’t very prolific urn I’m hoping next year. I only,y did those tiny strawberries 🍓 once 😂. Absolutely amazing harvests Clare wow wow wow and a melon 🍈 to boot. Have a wonderful weekend hope it’s calm, Ali ☔️☔️🇨🇦
You know what, I’d normally do that. Why didn’t I? Think I was too focused on ferritin wet without a hat or hood 😬😬 The blueberries on that one plant were awesome. No variety listed on the label. Just says blueberry. Helpful. I’m hoping my pink lemonades are good next year. That one was certainly very nice. I’m stunned how much softer the skins are, on both plants, than on shop bought blueberries Wow was the word of the video! I was blown away by the melon ❤️❤️❤️ We have had a very windy week. Lost a few tree branches. Forecast good for tomorrow though. Have a lovely weekend yourselves xx
What do the moneymakers taste like?? We have Rose crush producing well, not sure where my crimson crush went😂😂 Once they start turning ripe they will be beautiful 😍 I was as excited with my orange pepper too ❤ great to try for yourself, whatever others may say. Need to Google how to tell when a water melon is ready 😂 no smell here😂 Great update on your harvesting 😊
I bet it’s the same method for the watermelons too! Exciting. The moneymakers are probably the closest to a super market salad tomato.. but they’re not as watered down in the taste. I don’t mind them.. probably because they’re more bland 😂 I’m glad I’m not alone in the orange pepper excitement ❤️❤️🙌🏼
You have a lovely garden ❤ im watching from city of Kuala Lumpur Malaysia.. Wish I could have a plot for a small garden 😢😢 living in a high-rise condominium 😢
Hello. It’s amazing to think my video has reached you in Kuala Lumpur. I’m so sorry you don’t have a garden plot. Do you have a balcony in your apartment/flat? Could you maybe have a couple of pots there? I have some indoor tiny dwarf tomato plants too that you could grow on a windowsill. Thanks for stopping by 🤗
What do the moneymakers taste like?? We have Rose crush producing well, not sure where my crimson crush went😂😂 Once they start turning ripe they will be beautiful 😍
I never ever let strawberry runners go on first year plants 😊 so your bang on removing yours 😊my moneymaker can’t make up its mind either on cherry or salad lol melon moment was immense 🎉🎉🎉🎉I still react this way when I pick a ripe melon 😊I too thought luffas were a Corel once😂😂 have a great week Clare
I love my melons! 😅😅 It’s so funny how they’re all weird sizes. Makes it interesting. I still can’t get over being able to grow melons. I didn’t think that was possible. The luffas are going to steal the show this season I think! ❤️❤️
You can’t fight nature only try and trick it… sometimes we win sometimes we lose lol I think you’re right on the luffas 😊 I’m definitely going to grow more melons next year… the water melon I grew was sooo sweet
Hey Clare. Absolutely buzzing for you with the melon! Looks delish. I love how excited you get harvesting everything. Unlike me who's just 'yeah this is ok!' 😂 Wow look at those strawberries!! I'm so bsd at neglecting mine lol but as I own most the land in the north east now 😂 I'm going to dedicate an area just for them. I'm growing a swede next as I love it but I'm the only one that does 😂 so I'm up for the grow off 🫶🏽
It’s such a buzz to harvest something you’ve grown, especially doe the first time. I’m still blown away that we can grown our own melons. I honestly thought they were grown in really warm climates. I think I need a bigger strawberry bed.not sure where to put one though. Swede challenge sounds good doesn’t it? They’re so easy to peel and chop when you’ve grown your own. I used to not buy them because of the prep work. Stunned how easy these are… carrot and swede made is just the best ❤️❤️❤️
Congrats Clare on your harvests, well done you! My Pink Lemonade has never been prolific compared to my other varieties, not sure if it’s me or them?😂. Hoping for an update on the sourdough 🤪. I grew Melon in the greenhouse earlier and after successfully growing well, the leaves then turned yellow and the fruit dropped off🫣. Again, not sure if it’s me, or something to do with the dreadful and challenging season? I can’t believe it’s the last week of summer🫣
Hey Kaz, do you have more than one pink lemonade? I have two and was told I needed so to help with pollination. Apparently whilst self fertile, they still produce better if cross pollinated. I’ll have to see how they behave next year. One didn’t flower at all, the other had just five flowers. 😂 My blue one doesn’t have a variety name on the ticket. Just says blueberry. Very helpful. A lot of my melons didn’t even open the flowers. They grew yellow and dropped off. It’s as if the plant already predetermined how many fruit it was going to give a chance to. They did struggle early in the season at one point but they’ve enjoyed it being warmer. Hope you get some next year. Which variety was yours? This is an Arava melon I’m not ready to hear it’s the last week of summer “La la la.. I can’t hear you> 😂😛
@@TheFarmyardGarden you crack me up!… Can you hear me now?😂. I know, I can’t believe how quickly the season is going. I have my x4 blueberries in a raised bed and also don’t remember the names without looking at the label. I know I researched re pollination before planting, but defo only one pink lemonade and don’t remember what I learnt, if anything! Harvest was the best it’s been, but small in comparison to the others. I grew Minnesota Midget and they grew really well and big quickly, although I had to hand pollinate because the weather was pants for pollinators. I’m not entirely sure what the problem was and suspect some kind of pest damage, not that I found anything. One of the fruits was close to ready and so tried it and wasn’t that bad. Will be using some fruit and veg nematodes this weekend, just in case. Have a fab weekend! Kaz x
Clare! You did it! 🎊👏🏻 you grew a melon! It looks sooooo delicious and there are more to come! Everything is looking wonderful and the harvests just keep coming! Thanks so much for the shout out 😊 very much looking forward to meeting you and so many other lovely RUclipsrs at the Malvern show! My first time there! It will be like Christmas! I have never tried cutting back nasturtiums but it does make perfect sense - going to watch with interest to see how yours go, so that I know for next year 💚
Hope your daughter is continuing well on her road to recovery. Sending all the good wishes her way 🍀
Thank you so much! I’m still blown away that I grew a melon .. and honestly Sarah it’s the tastiest melon I’ve ever eaten! I’m just stunned. I didn’t think it was possible, except maybe in the warmer areas further south
I am looking forward to Malvern. Feels so appropriate to be meeting you on a Sunday too! Looking forward to the shopping ❤️❤️
I hope the nasturtiums pick back up. Forecast for next week looks promising 🙏🏻
Hannah is doing ok. Long recovery but she’s feeling a little more human each day. Thank you for asking after her ❤️
@@TheFarmyardGardenit looked delicious! I really must try again with melons next year 🤞🏻🤞🏻
Yes! It will be a Sunday that I’m actually not in my garden 🤣🙈 But still very much garden related so I think that’s allowed 😂 sooo looking forward to it!
Yes forecast is looking lovely. We are going away for nearly THREE weeks next Wednesday 😱 so not a clue what I will come back to. My lovely sister is going to try to hold down the fort but she will only be able to pop in a few times! Hope it’s still got some life in it before autumn sets in when I get back! 🤞🏻🙏🏼
So pleased to hear that your daughter continues to move forward. Family is so important 🥰 Have a wonderful gardening weekend!
Three weeks holiday! Wow! I’m envious! Have fun! I hope the weather gods help your sister out with her responsibility. 😅😅
Definitely try melon next year. This variety is Arava but I also have Minnesota midgets in the polytunnel.
@@TheFarmyardGarden yes! We are off to Austria for two weeks but we are driving down through France and Germany and back again! So exciting! 🇦🇹🏔️🚠
Thank you for the melon suggestions! Will definitely be getting some of those 😃 Have a great weekend! 😊🪴🦖
Hi Clare,
I love the Amaranthus...have never grown them myself, but their colour is stunning!
I have grown scarlet emperor for years, then tried Scarlet Empire for the first time last year, and again this year. They are an improved version and didn't disapoint! I have manage to get Annual leave for the 29th September, so will be aiming to book my ticket for Malvern, today. It will be fab to finally meet you and others for a proper catch up!!!
What a fabulous melon. I said last year I would give them a go in 2024 and then forgot to sow any seed!!! 🤦♀️
Your garden is so beautiful, you must be so proud?
Have a great week,
Take care, Annie 🐞🐝🌱
Hey Annie. Thank you, I’m extremely proud and so pleased with how it’s turned out this year. It’s been a lot of work but I’ve loved it
Amaranth is gorgeous. I’d like to grow more next year.
I’ll keep a note of Scarlet Empire. I’ve also bought the blauhilde French beans that Danny loves.
Can’t wait to meet you at Malvern! 🥰🥰
Thanks for the mentions clare. Glad the pongo beans have served you well..be sure to let's some go over on the pod for next years beans. I'll keep you some blauhilde for next year! Lovely to see you harvesting melons! Lovely video! Danny 🌱
I am determined to grow giant swedes next year now! I cannot get over how easy to peel and dice home grown swedes are. So different to shop bought. Adore carrot and swede mash.
I’ll be saving some of the pongo beans. I cannot get over how prolific they are! Thank you for the bean seeds this year.
I’d love some of the blauhilde. I’ve been meaning to add them to my seed list for next year. Thank you ☺️☺️
@TheFarmyardGarden helenor swede are a favourite of mine! I've got 16 huge swedes left and they store well too! Next year they are worth the extra space for sure :)
@TheGrowUpChannel so many plans for next year, I’m almost looking forward to getting ready for it 😂
Love that harvest 🙌🏽💚
Thank you so much Rach ❤️❤️
Hope your nasturtiums come back, now that I got a mention and all! 🥰 What a joy to watch you harvest, congrats on your first melon! I'm also quite excited about the luffas you've got.
I should have filmed two bits as I thought it was you but didn’t have a signal to check my feed at the time. Thank you for the suggestion. Here’s hoping they bounce back to life! 🥰
The melons made my day. Sooo exciting to have grown them. I have so many plans for the luffas.. luffa soap is high on the list ❤️❤️
Hi Clare, lovely varied harvest, you need more trugs. Made a note about how productive those pongo dwarf beans are.
I do need more trugs! Three is not enough I fear. I thought I was being overly optimistic having a third too 😂😂
Wow that melon really did look perfect! Did it taste as good as it looked? Brilliant harvests. A good call on the first year strawbs. Looking forward to seeing the blueberry sourdough!! ❤
The Arava melons taste absolutely (my fave word) gorgeous! Amazing flavour. So glad I gave them a go. Melons will definitely feature in the tunnel next year too. Might do the Minnesota midget in the greenhouse though. They done grow as tall, don’t need the space.
Excellent melon Clare. We’re like kids in a sweet shop with our fruit and veg 😂😂. I get exactly the same and I have been growing for 30 plus years. 😊😊😊😊
I get so giddy! 😂😂
I hope we never lose the excitement of harvesting all the different “sweeties” from our gardens. Thirty years of growing is amazing. I’d love to know if there’s something you’ve never managed to grow in all of those thirty years.. that one crop that eludes your harvest basket?
@@TheFarmyardGarden sorry took so long to reply Clare. The only thing I struggle with is cauliflowers. I have had some pretty nice ones,but very few over the years. I keep trying. 😅 This years where pathetic. But my other fruit and veg are usually very good.
@@debbiebrooks6487 no worries Debbie, we are all busy this time of year.
I had no success with cauliflowers last year either. I think I have some, somewhere… actually do I? Ha!
Those strawberries are medicinal you use the leaves, but I like the strawberries also.
Oooo that’s interesting! I need to look into that. Thank you. I like the make fleshy strawberries as I have “thing” about seeds/pips. Feels like a bigger flesh to seed ratio works better for me
It's such a joy to see and hear your joy and excitement! Those melons look lovely. I'm tempted to try some next year in my new greenhouse. Did you mention which kind yours are?
I TOTALLY get the "last year all this wasn't here" thing. I have the same. And I'm continually blown away by my huge daily harvests right now. Despite some things not doing as well as we'd like, Nature seems to balance it out by other things doing much better. ❤🌱
Hi Kirsty, it’s an Arava melon that I harvested. One was sown silly early, (middle of Feb) one sown end of March. It’s the later sown one that’s ripened first.
They aren’t overly big plants either, would have been fine in the smaller height of my greenhouse.
I’m so pleased someone else gets the “last year all this wasn’t here”, as I feel like a broken record at times.. but it really is mind blowing isn’t it? Nature is wonderful at times.
What’s your biggest success this year? I’ve a feeling my luffas are going to steal the show soon ❤️
@@TheFarmyardGarden looking forward to your luffas!
Thanks for the melon info!
My biggest success is probably courgettes and pumpkins. For the courgettes, I grew Green Machine and Terminator (edge just goes to green machine, but both amazing), an Italian striped ribbed whose name I can never recall (I call them "Big Luigi" 😂), Orelia long yellow ones, Midas round yellow and 8-ball round green. All have been great. It's been much wetter than usual here, I guess that helps. The pumpkins are mainly my own "house breed" that I think a were originally a cross between a spaghetti squash and a Sweet Jack 2 years ago. One plant has 6 big ones, without taking over the garden, it's compact more like a courgette plant. I'll be carefully saving the seed of those, but it's going to be unpredictable, because I also grew 3 Crown Prince, 3 Uichi Kuri (one small fruit per plant :-( ) and 2 Austrian "Oil pumpkin" with the green seeds for eating. I'm going to end up with over 30 pumpkins!! 🎃
My onions get an honourable mention - they were great, huge, but so early that about half won't keep well - I had to harvest early due to them starting to have mould while still in the ground even if less than half had fallen over. There was no dry weather to cure them right, the air was too humid.
15:01 and just look at that for a back drop 😅😅 wish I'd looked after my sweetpeas too 😂😂
They’re so huge. Need to trim them back again this week. May sneak some in the house this time, Duncan’s hayfever seems to have settled now 🙏🏻
Nice Melons Clare!!
Someone had to say it Ian! 🤣🤣🤣
Delighted for you on the melon, Clare 🥰 you gad so many beautiful tomatoes, too and I agree the Amaranth looks ornamental and beautiful as is 😍💚🌿
Thanks Maiju. I am so happy with the harvests this year. Everything has exceeded my expectations. Amaranth truly is beautiful ❤️
My pongo beans have given me a meal worth 😂 going to keep some for next year
They’re so prolific! I adore french beans ❤️
Lovely harvest Clare. My strawberries were the same, very small, and a bizarre texture, almost like those nasty foamy sweets.
The black beauties look amazing! I might give them a go next year.
Well done with the melon, my grandad used to grow them in his greenhouse.
Have a great week 😊
Exactly that texture, Clare! Not nice at all are they? I didn’t buy any alpine strawberries though, so I’m most confused.
I might save some seeds from my black beauty tomatoes. They’re lovely inside. Not sure how true to type they’ll be but I believe cross pollination is uncommon with tomatoes anyway.
Could do a seed share? ❤️❤️
@@TheFarmyardGarden ohh that would be nice, be interesting to see how they turn out, you had so many varieties, what if they were cross pollinated? It’s like a lucky dip. Hopefully they wouldn’t come out like the foamy sweets 😆
Love the fruit cage. Wish I would have done that. So much easier to walk into.
I have those small strawberries too. Terry King says they are Alpine. Actually they have nice flavor, but you have to pick them quick and process. However, they keep producing.
You are going to have an abundance of nasties next year! I bet you have another flourish of blooms/leaves as they grow fast. Might give them a liquid feed too. I find they wax and wane throughout the season. Right now I have 1 really good looking and the rest are in a down cycle.
Well done on the melons. Mine have gone down to the cucumber beetles. You should be very excited.
Thanks Robin. I was wondering if the nasturtiums disliked my seaweed feed, as them dying back coincided with feeding them. 😅😅
I didn’t much like the texture of my strawberries. They seemed really odd compared to normal types.
I’m so sorry the melons have been hit with the cucumber vine beetles too. How disappointing for you. What a challenging season 😭🤗
@@TheFarmyardGarden I sent you a pic of my nasties that were trimmed 3 weeks ago. They are making a come back.
I use a balanced liquid feed on my nasties and not too often. They are not really hungry plants.
I've heard the old saying 'be nasty to nasties" but I find they need a bit more than that to thrive, at least in my soil. One thing is for certain, the volunteers work out best every season. So it's good that you're leaving some seed around the areas you want them.
Wow very healthy plants Clare 🍓🍓. You may have already done it but next time tease the roots out of the tight twist or they may not spread. Abundance of blueberries 🫐 lucky you. Yes my pink lemonade wasn’t very prolific urn I’m hoping next year. I only,y did those tiny strawberries 🍓 once 😂. Absolutely amazing harvests Clare wow wow wow and a melon 🍈 to boot. Have a wonderful weekend hope it’s calm, Ali ☔️☔️🇨🇦
You know what, I’d normally do that. Why didn’t I? Think I was too focused on ferritin wet without a hat or hood 😬😬
The blueberries on that one plant were awesome. No variety listed on the label. Just says blueberry. Helpful.
I’m hoping my pink lemonades are good next year. That one was certainly very nice. I’m stunned how much softer the skins are, on both plants, than on shop bought blueberries
Wow was the word of the video! I was blown away by the melon ❤️❤️❤️
We have had a very windy week. Lost a few tree branches. Forecast good for tomorrow though. Have a lovely weekend yourselves xx
That melon looks delish as do the peppers and chilli’s, lovely harvest.
I’m not ashamed to admit I teamed the melon with some vanilla ice cream and strawberries ❤️❤️❤️
What do the moneymakers taste like?? We have Rose crush producing well, not sure where my crimson crush went😂😂
Once they start turning ripe they will be beautiful 😍
I was as excited with my orange pepper too ❤ great to try for yourself, whatever others may say.
Need to Google how to tell when a water melon is ready 😂 no smell here😂
Great update on your harvesting 😊
I bet it’s the same method for the watermelons too! Exciting.
The moneymakers are probably the closest to a super market salad tomato.. but they’re not as watered down in the taste. I don’t mind them.. probably because they’re more bland 😂
I’m glad I’m not alone in the orange pepper excitement ❤️❤️🙌🏼
The garden is looking so sumptious and glorious. You worked really hard ❤
Thank you Lynne. It takes up a lot of time but I do really enjoy it. So rewarding. ❤️
You have a lovely garden ❤ im watching from city of Kuala Lumpur Malaysia.. Wish I could have a plot for a small garden 😢😢 living in a high-rise condominium 😢
Hello. It’s amazing to think my video has reached you in Kuala Lumpur. I’m so sorry you don’t have a garden plot.
Do you have a balcony in your apartment/flat? Could you maybe have a couple of pots there? I have some indoor tiny dwarf tomato plants too that you could grow on a windowsill.
Thanks for stopping by 🤗
I completely forgot id planted french beans until last week :') looking amazing! reminded me to get some fruit canes too :D
I forgot just how many beds I planed french beans in. Good job I like them! I think I may get some more fruit canes when the sunflowers are over.
Vídeo maravilhoso obrigada por compartilhar ❤❤❤❤
Muito obrigado 🤗
What do the moneymakers taste like?? We have Rose crush producing well, not sure where my crimson crush went😂😂
Once they start turning ripe they will be beautiful 😍
I think I have rose crush as well as crimson crush. The rose ones are outside.
I never ever let strawberry runners go on first year plants 😊 so your bang on removing yours 😊my moneymaker can’t make up its mind either on cherry or salad lol melon moment was immense 🎉🎉🎉🎉I still react this way when I pick a ripe melon 😊I too thought luffas were a Corel once😂😂 have a great week Clare
I love my melons! 😅😅
It’s so funny how they’re all weird sizes. Makes it interesting. I still can’t get over being able to grow melons. I didn’t think that was possible.
The luffas are going to steal the show this season I think! ❤️❤️
You can’t fight nature only try and trick it… sometimes we win sometimes we lose lol
I think you’re right on the luffas 😊
I’m definitely going to grow more melons next year… the water melon I grew was sooo sweet
@@Garden-of-weeden I can’t wait for luffa soap! 😂😅😅🥰
Hello, did your blueberry plants come from Roots as well?
Hi, the pink lemonade did but the blue one was from a local garden centre.
My cherry tree and apple trees came from roots, as did my currant bushes ❤️
@@TheFarmyardGarden 😊 thanks
@louiseb4509 you’re welcome
Hey Clare.
Absolutely buzzing for you with the melon! Looks delish.
I love how excited you get harvesting everything. Unlike me who's just 'yeah this is ok!' 😂
Wow look at those strawberries!! I'm so bsd at neglecting mine lol but as I own most the land in the north east now 😂 I'm going to dedicate an area just for them.
I'm growing a swede next as I love it but I'm the only one that does 😂 so I'm up for the grow off 🫶🏽
It’s such a buzz to harvest something you’ve grown, especially doe the first time. I’m still blown away that we can grown our own melons. I honestly thought they were grown in really warm climates.
I think I need a bigger strawberry bed.not sure where to put one though.
Swede challenge sounds good doesn’t it? They’re so easy to peel and chop when you’ve grown your own. I used to not buy them because of the prep work. Stunned how easy these are… carrot and swede made is just the best ❤️❤️❤️
Congrats Clare on your harvests, well done you! My Pink Lemonade has never been prolific compared to my other varieties, not sure if it’s me or them?😂. Hoping for an update on the sourdough 🤪. I grew Melon in the greenhouse earlier and after successfully growing well, the leaves then turned yellow and the fruit dropped off🫣. Again, not sure if it’s me, or something to do with the dreadful and challenging season? I can’t believe it’s the last week of summer🫣
Hey Kaz, do you have more than one pink lemonade? I have two and was told I needed so to help with pollination. Apparently whilst self fertile, they still produce better if cross pollinated. I’ll have to see how they behave next year. One didn’t flower at all, the other had just five flowers. 😂
My blue one doesn’t have a variety name on the ticket. Just says blueberry. Very helpful.
A lot of my melons didn’t even open the flowers. They grew yellow and dropped off. It’s as if the plant already predetermined how many fruit it was going to give a chance to. They did struggle early in the season at one point but they’ve enjoyed it being warmer.
Hope you get some next year. Which variety was yours? This is an Arava melon
I’m not ready to hear it’s the last week of summer “La la la.. I can’t hear you> 😂😛
@@TheFarmyardGarden you crack me up!… Can you hear me now?😂. I know, I can’t believe how quickly the season is going.
I have my x4 blueberries in a raised bed and also don’t remember the names without looking at the label. I know I researched re pollination before planting, but defo only one pink lemonade and don’t remember what I learnt, if anything! Harvest was the best it’s been, but small in comparison to the others.
I grew Minnesota Midget and they grew really well and big quickly, although I had to hand pollinate because the weather was pants for pollinators. I’m not entirely sure what the problem was and suspect some kind of pest damage, not that I found anything. One of the fruits was close to ready and so tried it and wasn’t that bad. Will be using some fruit and veg nematodes this weekend, just in case.
Have a fab weekend! Kaz x
A faint whisper.. something about summer and next week. Checked forecast.. 23 - 25°. Kaz.. summer is STARTING (and probably ending) next week 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼
@@TheFarmyardGarden 😂. Desperately seeking factor 50
@@kazjohns 🥵😂