@@dogontheplot Yes! My current plots are my 4th and 5th. My first ever plot was really big and close to my Grandparents, once they had passed, I moved to a smaller plot closer to home. I gave that up due to not having enough time. In 2020 I got a huge plot with my Mum near her house but in the second year she decided it wasn't for her, plus my health started to fail me. So, I moved to one of my little half plots closer to my home and as I started to feel better I was able to get the half plot behind mine, that now makes the whole plot I have now. Sorry for writing a book there. 😂 I think you've done the right thing in moving. You need to have a plant moving party now. 🥳
Ah, no, thank you for sharing - that's really interesting. I think I was in the frame of mind of THIS is my plot, and it honestly didn't even occur to me to move plots until this one presented itself (more on that next week!) - but since making the decision and hearing other people's accounts, I do think that the same plot isn't always going to be the right plot for your situation as it changes - as your story proves! A plant moving party sounds like a great idea but I fear I'll be the only one who turns up - or people turn up to drink wine and watch me move plants! 🤣🤣
You tease you have a new plot that’s great. It has to be a joy not a drudge. I am 70 and my sister keeps saying why do you do it but I love it. I love to sit feel the peace and quiet and listen to the birds. When I can I go all day we have a tea shed to make drinks and lunch and we have a loo. I just love being there.
Exactly. I sometimes compare myself to people who aren't growing organically or no dig (let alone veganically) and I have to remind myself that of course that isn't a fair comparison, esp after a year like this year with such an abundance of slugs.
Hi Kerry, I think you made a valient effort with your current plot and all its challenges. It's not meant to be a chore, and if it is draining you of all pleasure, then it is definitely time for a change. The new plot has so much potential...I bet you have a million ideas floating around. This is the perfect time too. You can lift your perennials now. I'd be inclined to pick an area on the new plot to temporarily transfer them all to, and then over time, you can figure out their more permanent positions once you have moved and have formulated a plan. Exciting times, Kerry!!! Take care, Annie 🐞 🐝 🌱
That's good advice Annie! I've got 12 buckets ready to transfer into (the tomatoes were in them until recently!) so I can put some things in those, but yes having a temporary heeling in bed is a great idea ❤️
Oh Kerry! You got me good and proper there! I was so worried! 😅😂 I think most people in your situation would have taken the opportunity to move, given an option. I don’t blame you! So looking forward to the full tour of the new plot and getting acquainted with it in future videos. Very exciting for you! ❤
Haha - you make me laugh!! Yes, I knew people chopped and changed plot so I don't know why it didn't occur to me before now that I might do the same. Thank you Clare and for all your invaluable support and advice 💕
I read it all and not for one second did I think she was leaving the allotment. Then, I started to read how others were ‘worried’. 🙄 Suppose Kerry did attempt ‘click bait’. Clare you should know better. 😉😂🙄❤️xxx
WOW I have insomnia tonight and thought I'll just watch a couple videos....and I see this. Of course, I have to watch it. So glad you have a new plot and that it seems much more manageable than your current situation. Regarding your perennials, I'd move as many as you can....timing is perfect weather-wise. Don't feel bad about tilling, it's not the end of soil life.....I tilled for many years and my garden thrived. Excited to watch the next plot unfold.🥰
Aw, I hope I sent you to sleep! 🤣 Not what I expected to be typing!!! You're right - it is what it is, and the soil will do it's thing! I definitely want to try and move as much as possible, time permitting. Need to crack on - hope the weather is on my side...
Kerry I wish you lots of fun on your new plot. My plot is exactly like yours housebuilders who built houses nearby covered a burn & site has heavy heavy clay. Had it 17 years now. Raised all beds & added tons of manure & compost. Paths last year are finally paved wow what a difference. I’ve had a chance to move to another on the site but family have helped often so there’s memories everywhere so I decided to stay put. And the beds are great now. I don’t blame you for moving tbh. If I’d only known about the flooding etc I probably would’ve moved in the early years. We dug drainage channels too. So hard. Hope your new plot is a dream 🤩
Oh well done you for persevering and making into a workable and productive space ❤️ that's amazing and I'd have loved to have done the same - well if this new plot hadn't come up I probably would have had to. Raised beds definitely the way to go. And paving makes such a difference... I'm excited about slabs 🤣🤣🤣
Hi Kerry, I am so happy for you. I can totally appreciate all the difficulty and frustration you have experienced this season. This was a difficult season for so many people mostly the weather no matter where we live. This does sound like the best decision for you all the way around. The balance is always a compromise between the emotional and analytical parts of the decision when it comes to gardening. Do we do what we love or do what we know is right and what about the most popular practices? Then we look at the investments such as money and time and resources. The tools, equipment to buy, supplies, seeds, fertilizers and so on. You made the decision and now it is on you go. Being sure to do what is right for the next person is important and sending karma into the universe is admirable. I was taught in the military to leave everything better than you found it and I do love this concept. Even if I am the only one that recognizes it. My opinion would be take the perennials that are most important to you and the ones that will survive a move. Thinking about the rotovating if you can take some of the most recently added compost to the new site it should be ok before tilling it all under. The decider being how difficult it is to move it that far. Starting a new plot does allow for a wide array of video ideas which hopefully does allow for some creative sparks going forward. You do have a very lovely channel and you do make such nice videos I am certain no matter what you will be successful I do wish you some joy and excitement going forward, Steven
Thank you as always for your lovely comments and support Steven. Yes, I'm definitely thinking about taking some of the surface compost from the raised beds with me, time allowing. If I get to know who is taking on the plot after me, then that might make it easier - I can then see if they'd like some things leaving or if they'd prefer the plot not to be dug - but we shall see... And yes, the hard work is part of the joy of it - that sense of satisfaction and the 'good tired' that you feel after a long day on the plot - but if it starts to become a chore then it has gone too far that way, I think. I'm excited about the new plot and yes, I hope it offers lots of opportunities for new content too.
Great news Kerry you had us going there! - we thought you were going to finish! Hope the new plot is successful and more importantly enjoyable and look forward to seeing it soon x
So sneaky!!🤣 Really exciting to have a fresh start Kerry, on what will hopefully be a much better spot. Allotment plots are what they are, but no-one would choose to grow in a bog, unless you had a particular penchant for bog plants I suppose! Good on you for grabbing an upgrade, instead of doggedly (you see what I did there!) plodding on. Really looking forward to seeing it all come together! Have a good week! 🤩
Hehe. It was only when I was editing I realised how long I'd kept back the 'big reveal' 🤣🙈 It is definitely an upgrade and I'm excited to see how different it will be - hopefully good different!! You have a good week too Kerry.
That’s exactly what I was hoping you would do! 😊 Getting rid of the problems and taking on a better site should make you happier. I’m glad you have the overlap time to move from the one to the other. I’m excited to see the progress.
Well, Kerry, 🙋🏻♀️ I’m definitely excited for you! I think you’ve made the right decision and I wish you the very best. May there be no fleas, no flooding, very few slugs, and woodchip paths. Cindy 🌱
Great video even if you were a bit sneaky- where was the singing…. Goodbye my poor plot????? Great to look back over the years must have taken you ages to put this video together! Exciting times ahead for you with happier growing 🎉 xxx
Only family get to hear the singing - you should feel very privileged 🤣🤣 It was a bit of a task getting together all the footage, but fun looking back. Thanks bexy ❤️
Given the circumstances with flooding, it’s the most sensible thing to do. However, I don’t envy you for the transition, it’s an awful lot of work. It’s probably the best time to move fruit trees, as they go dormant around now. Looking forward to the next growing season with you. 😊
I know Kaz - I'm trying to think, oh I just have to move this and that, it'll be fine - but I only moved down the buckets of potatoes and a few other bits at the weekend and I did 12 trips up and down the site the wheelbarrow and was absolutely knackered!!!
@ I can only imagine Kerry. I think with some careful planning and enlisting some family helpers might be in order! Maybe pot up what you can to help with making the transition easier. Once at the new plot, you can then just move the pots around to your desired position and plant when you’re happy with it. Best of luck. X
I think that's a good idea. I've just removed all the tomatoes from their buckets but I've left the compost in them and thought there's 12 ready made pots that I can just plonk things in for now.
Oh wow, that is so exciting and i can't wait to see the new plot properly 👏. I am lucky enough to have a fairly big garden....well sort of lol and have now given my plot up. Although the space was lovely, it was plagued with creeping cinquifoil and that i struggled with. It was also not in my village so the travelling was getting a bit costly in the summer months when i needed to be there more. I was sad to let it go but i don't regret it now at all. You've certainly given that plot a hell of a go and you need to proud of the work you put in. Onwards and upwards 😊.
Ohh I have a lot of creeping cinquefoil too. I need to be careful not to bring any with me when I love the plants... hmm. That sounds like a positive decision. I hope this will be for me too. In fairness, I have a good amount of space in my garden, but I get so much more from the plot than just the space so it works for me at this time - I can see a point in the future though where that might change. Onwards and upwards indeed!!
Every year is different. This year I had so many failures due to slugs and pests. Next year has to be better. I got rid of my grass paths this year as they were a pain, I have covered them up and they will stay covered for a few years until I need to plant on the space. They look good if you have hours to edge and strim. Good luck with your new plot.
Oh it's really good to hear someone who has had the same issues. If I'd stayed on this plot I would have tried to take out the grass paths - it was the unevenness of the ground that made that difficult previously. Thank you - I'm excited 😆
Probably wise to muster as much help earlier than later to move the greenhouse, butlers sink and everything heavy. No need to decide now where things will go, just ensure anything likely to be damaged by high winds, storms are safely secured. Many plot holders may not be around to help as we go into December?! Using your potato buckets as storage containers for fruit bushes/trees and perenial veg is a great idea and gives you breathing space to consider where these might go in the spring. If you have a Comfrey on you current plot and not on the new one its worth thinking about digging up a smallish off shoot to put in a bucket and plant out later. This season the slugs etc were such a nuisance I decided to not use leaves for Comfrey fertilizer but instead kept placing them around newly planted veg and flowers on my plot. Its not a 100% deterrent but I felt the rough leaves even after wilting helped to keep some slugs snd snails away. Should you not have Comfrey, Bocking 14, I understand is the one to purchase as it's less invasive. It still grows massive and is a bee magnet. I wish you every success on your new plot. Regards Rosanna
Hi Rosanna - thank you so much for the advice. My potato buckets still have potatoes in (!), but the tomato buckets are ready and waiting for transplanting stuff. Yes, I took comfrey cuttings from the park when I first got this plot and now have some nice healthy plants - I will dig some up to bring as I haven't noticed any comfrey on the new plot. That's interesting about the leaves deterring slugs - I will have to try that!
Good luck on the new plot 🌿 I've watched your journey from the very beginning 😃 it's quite a good time of year to move as a lot of stuff are dying off and the ground is quite soft now to plant into - there's nothing better than sitting on my sofa under my blanket with a glass of wine watching someone setting up their new plot I love digging I could watch people digging all day 😆😆😆 can't wait to see you getting stuck in 🧑🌾❤️ love from a dull day in Whitby - it's my birthday so I'm about to make myself a Victoria jam sponge cake 😋🎂 my garden is more or less tidied up ready for winter I've a few daffodils to plant - my grandson Noah planted some into pots to give to his mum 🌼🌼🌼
Helena you've been such a loyal supporter - thank you so much! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!! Oh gosh you just reminded me those daffs are still sitting in their bags 🙈🤣 oops. Ah, it'll be fine! You have a lovely, lovely day and I hope the cake turns out well.
Loved it!! Such a positive move just at the right time for you too I feel. You’ve got that excitement back!!! I’m thinking my nine star is dead 😂 it’s a brown stick, good job I took a cutting! ❤❤🎉🎉
Thank you Allie and Tricia. It does feel like the right time actually - I'm ready! Oh no - what happened there? I seem to have about 10 of them somehow - clearly those weren't to the taste of the slugs!
Well, Kerry, 🙋🏻♀️ I’m definitely excited for you! I think you’ve made the right decision and I wish you the very best. May there be no fleas, no flooding, very few slugs, and woodchip paths. Cindy 🌱
Hi Kerry, exciting to get a new plot that does not flood. I would widen the trough or moats, hire a turf cutter to remove the paths ( a little bit dearer than a rotavator) but would quickly remove the paths, put the turf into the moats so that they are filled in and then just spread out the beds over the plot so minimum disturbance of the actual active soil.
I think if I were staying that's what I would have attempted (!) to do - I couldn't bear it any longer. And while it was all dug up I would have tried to put the french drain in too. BUT I'm quite happy NOT to have to do all of that now!! 🤣
Omg - what a scare to give us! Was about to start my ‘You are my inspiration!’ Ramble, but won’t bother now! 😂 Completely understand your choice to move - sounds like better conditions all round. I’ve had my plot for two years and similarly invested a lot of money (compost) and time there - it’s a shame you have to leave that behind but all is not lost and you will be reinvigorated by the new plot. I do concur with others that this has been the worst year I have known for growing so am sure we will all do better next year (although am expecting the slug legacy to continue a while longer)😢 so frustrating that you have to dig your old plot over - is it possible the next person will be no dig too and happy to take it over undug? Can’t wait to see the new plot! Xxx
I sneak peaked on the comments in the beginning of your video, so I wasn't sitting here crying over you quitting. 😉 That sneak peak you gave us however, was very short, leaving me in suspense until next video. So happy for you and Dorie, although I feel for you with all the work moving. Be kind to your back and ask for help! I'd come if I lived a little closer. ☺
Aw bless you Trude and thank you for all your support - here and on that other platform! 😉🤗 I'm excited but yeh a little daunted too. I did 12 wheelbarrows loads of bits and pieces, Inc the buckets of potatoes, at the wkend and boy did I need an Epsom salt bath afterwards!!!! I can just do what I can do within the timeframe - it'll be fiiiiiine!!!! 🤣🤣
Oh Kerry you naughty girl you had me going there all the way through I was thinking how I was going to miss your channel and Dory I was hoping that you might at least show us your home garden, so I for one am delighted you have a new more manageable plot,, and it goes without saying I'm sticking with you, you are a delight to follow, and yes move things you've invested in them,. I can't wait to follow you on your new journey exciting times ahead for sure.
Good to hear you are keeping on with allotmenting and moving to a better suited plot Kerry (and Dorrie). Hopefully it will save you some tears over some of the issues you had on the old one. Hope the neighbour building the well, will help the area a bit. Like you said, it is the best time to do it and hopefully you can get some help moving the greenhouse again. If you are going to move the beds, will you be taking some of the new compost you put down to fill them before rototavating it? Is that polytunnel on your new plot? Is it near or further away to get in/ access wise? Will you be keeping the shed? Does that mean your Mum can't throw you some snacks over the fence any more?! lol Very exciting news Kerry and looking forward to seeing the new plot properly and what you plan to do with it. Take care!
Haha oh yes, no more snacks from mum!!! Or lifting Dorie over the fence when she gets too yappy 🤣🤣 ah well. There'll be pros and cons. Yes, I'm going to try and move as much of the compost as I can! But without bringing the bindweed with it 🤣🙈 Yes there is a poly on the plot 😁😁😁 very exciting!!!
Ooh that was sneaky 😂 but sometimes if the plot is not working for you it’s a good idea to move plots. I would move the perennial plants. They will be dormant now so good time to move them. Exciting times
I am so excited to follow you through this new plot journey! My only concern is the fleas will always be there they will come in with you and dory to the new plot there is monthly prevention you can give to dory.Flea life cycle is about 3 months,so it takes 3 months to rid them with the proper medication
Oh yes, they're here there and everywhere! But I'm hoping there will be less risk of reinfection now that she won't be lying about on the grass for hours. She has treatment but so many of these treatments are becoming ineffective as the fleas get immune from their overuse. We shall see - but I'm so excited about the new plot too - I can't wait to show it to you all next week! 🤗💕
@dogontheplot I'm unsure if you're able to get nexguard in your area (or your dogs health record). However it's something you could look into and give it a try I had the same issue with the fleas and nothing working. I started giving them a nexguard once a month and I have not seen a flea or tick in years!
Ohh Kerry you had me going then, but having got to know you all be it only through your channel, I kept thinking no she probably has another plot and yay you have 😀. I would have been sad not having your videos to watch and seeing the lovely Kerry and Dory. I understand how difficult it is having a plot that floods ours is the same, but we have overcome the problem slightly with raised beds and making the paths higher by adding wood chips, although they had become a nightmare with weeds so now I have membrane over them and it's solved a lot of the problem. I do hope your new plot gives you a lot of pleasure and less slugs and next year will be more successful for you. xx
Haha - sorry Liz, I was a bit naughty... 🤣🙈 Aw thank you - I really appreciated that. And yes, if I'd been staying I would have definitely gone more and more for the raised beds (and probably done something quite drastic, like had a proper rotavator person come in to level the whole plot and take out the grass paths!)
How exciting! I’m always up for a change, but I would have been gutted by the requirement to dig over the plot. Is it possible to hold off and ask the new holder if they want it dug? I’d accept the work if they do, but it’s plain silly to dig it over if the new holder want to do no-dig 🤯 Looking forward to next season, I hope the plot will provide what you want to change 💕
It does feel like quite a big ask... and yes, that would be sensible, but I'm gathering there's a bit of a distaste for no dig on my site, which is a shame (or just a misunderstanding...)
Kerry, you absolute tease 😂 Good luck with your new plot. If something isn't working for you it's always best to address the situation, when I gave up my allotment it was predominantly because there was no water on site which meant carting all the water back and fore. It was fine to do it now but I thought when I got older I am not going to want to and possibly not be able to lug 25-30ltr bottles around the place, maybe it was the same with your grass paths and flooding, moving forward it was just to daunting. Look forward to your next plot though. Take care
I think you're so right. It has to be sustainable. I didn't want it to sound like my plot problems were insurmountable - someone else (or even me if my circumstances were different) I'm sure could have sorted most of it out! But I'm just not in the right place to do that sort of work at the moment and I would much rather switch to something more manageable and get back more of the joy of growing.
Very exciting. Is it further from yours and your mum's houses? You'll be able to put in place what you've learnt so far in allotmenting. Looking forward to next week when we get to hear more about the new plot.
It is further from my mum's but nearer to my house. I will miss my mum hanging you the back bedroom window to shout hello 🤣 Yes, I'm going to try NOT to make all the same mistakes again 🤣
Wow I think you had quite a few of us worried 😧. I was just going to say we can never compare to Charles as he does have a full time team. If he had to look after it himself 🤣🤣 I don’t think it would be as nice. We actually have loads of white fly in the grass and yes fleas 😢😢. If money was no object then sure but time and money are limited for most people yet you have done an awesome job. Look forward to seeing the next phase of allotment life. Have a super week, Ali 🌞🥶🇨🇦
Aw what a lovely message. Thank you Ali. Indeed - for the love of time and money!! 🤣 It'll be good to have a fresh start too. I'm looking forward to it 🤗
Will you know who the new tenants for your plot are before you leave? If so you could ask them if they want it left as a no dig plot or not. It seems a shame to dig it over after all your work, especially if the new person wants a no dig garden. And you have timed it perfectly to shift your perennials. It is going to be exciting to what the crew plot take shape under your care.
I could end up knowing and that then may change things ... we'll have to see. But yeh I definitely want to take as many of the perennials with me as I can - but without bringing any of the bindweed!! 🙈🙈
First of all, I got excited... IM JOKING! 😂 oh, how I remember your first video 😬😳😂 but I'm proud of you! For not holding onto a plot for sentiment. It's always a tough decision to do it. I remember leaving the grapevine plot, and it was so hard! But... onwards and upwards, kerry! ❤ Danny 🌱
Ahhhhh I feel for you merry and it is a pain strimming you could have woodchipped the paths as we do and we don’t have sides to our beds. But you obviously know there are all these things but you have other reasons to pack it all in. Our plots flood we made our overflow pit into a pond and have a dug out drain and in fact no dig and woodchip help to drain it away while other plots around me flood badly. Ours is clay too. B4 we were no dig it flooded so bad we lost our currant bushes and it became a couch grass swamp that year we nearly gave up it was very hard work. Then I discovered Charles and no dig since then we have taken on a half plot either side of us. All the rain runs into the road or track that takes us to the plot so it’s flooded outside our gate so it proves woodchip and no dig is good for drainsge
Ah, that's really good to hear how much that's made a difference. It would be interesting to see how all the organic matter I've added to the plot would have helped this year. I do think though the hidden brook is the real problem - I mean that water is right there, underground. The rain can't drain whatever you add if there's a brook running just below the surface 🤷♀️
That's part of my worry, because I don't want to bring weeds (esp bindweed!!) down with me, so ideally I'd wash off the roots... I think I'm just going to have to be careful.
Hi Kerry, great news on the new plot, was there a hint there that Mark is following you.🤔 Lots of work to do, is it cheaper than a gym membership 😂😂 Good luck to you Kerry and hugs to Dorie ❤❤❤🐕
Oh! Flooding and clay soil? I'm surprised you've managed as well as you have. For me, the most valuable benefit of a garden isn't the produce, but rather wellbeing. I started growing food as a stress release from very intense work. Hopefully, on your new plot, your main challenge will be the weather. Cheers from Melbourne Australia.
Yes, absolutely - I've talked before about the allotment being my 'third space' where I can escape the pressures of work but also the obligations of the home. It's a separate place that's 'yours', a social place, and you feel a sense of belonging. Thank you - I'm excited!
Hi kerry, I'm pleased your moving to a more manageable plot. I've been thinking for a while about commenting but as it is negative I didn't.... so could I now say in a more positive way (hopefully)... please compost properly the church grass and rabbit bedding and hay you get rather than using direct on the beds...I feel strongly that you were encouraging slugs and snails with raw material as they are nature's decomposes. Your poor baby plants were lovely desserts to the slugs and snails. I look forward to your future plot episodes 😊
I think you're so right Shelly! I've had regrets... 🤣🤣 I did have good intentions to have the beds covered and mulched early Autumn so that it would be nicely rotted in by Spring, but time got away from me and I know now that I put far too much raw matter on far too late. Agh. Bless you for holding back - please do feel free to tell me stuff though! I do appreciate all comments, esp when they're intended to help 💕💕💕
Amazing video - crazy though that you've been asked to dig over the plot for the next person 😑 Sympathised so much with all your plot issues. You downplayed them and compared them to an overgrown plot - but am overgrown plot is only effort up front, this plot has so many structural issues which you've obviously done as much as you can to fix. Sounds like you've made a great decision, wishing you luck with the new journey!
Aw thank you JB. I was really conscious of sounding whiney esp because on the surface the plot looked so neat and tidy when I got it. It might not look like that now (🤣🤣) but that plot has been WORKED! I'm glad others are agreeing that being asked to dig over the plot seems a bit much ... But hey ho. Want to keep on the good side of the committee! Do you think you would move if you had the chance? Or is the whole site clay? It's so strange that on our site there are sections that the soil is so much better - and not down to individual graft, but I suspect the water table levels ...
@dogontheplot yes I understand that concern when moaning in a video 😅 It sounds like you have a very traditional committee. When I started on my plot 5 years ago nobody had heard of no-dig on our site. Now most of the newbies are starting off with it and having success. Attitude has relaxed to it on our site which is nice. I would not move but a) I'm so invested with the tunnel, 2 greenhouses and a new shed (spoilers!) and b) my soil is nowhere near as bad as yours and thankfully I don't have drainage issues either. So I think mine is on the up, especially with new raised beds that I'm filling with material over time.
@@JBNat Yes, raised beds definitely the way to go. I would have put more on if I had been staying. Our committee - ostensibly - supports no dig and wildlife areas etc. But when it comes to the day to day there seems to be a different attitude - inc. some (traditional) plots being called 'show gardens'. No allotment plot is a show garden!! And certainly the aesthetics of black plastic is favoured over cardboard and cover crops in the winter... 🤷♀
Oooo Kerry, I'm so excited for you! 🎉🥳❤ I don't blame you leaving that plot behind given all the challenges you've had. I can't wait for your next video to have a proper look at your new plot! Looks fab the sneak peek we had, what a tease you are 😂 Happy moving ❤ x
I am writing b4 the end of your video so you may have more good news to give us. I love your garden it’s amazing and you can utilise it to grow all the produce you need to see you through the year I am sure. If I had a bigger garden prob wouldn’t have plot as we don’t have a very good community on our plots. They just not that friendly.
This one doesn't warm my heart so much - aw, that's a such a shame. I've found encouraging my friends and family to take on plots helps 🤣 It won't be long before half our site are people I've 'encouraged' to join 🤣🤣
I have a clay soil and I have 2ft high beds to help drainage but last winter was still a challenge but what might help your situation is Using low tunnels as you can reduce the rainfall and certainly lengthen the growing season.
@@dogontheplot Huw Richards has a DIY video on how to make them and I would make one that fits more than one bed or try to make all your beds 8x4or 6x4 e.g as this will allow you to rotate your beds.
I'm a newbie to allotments having taken on a plot in sept this year. I also have my companion a miniture schnauzer called Bette, or as one of the other plot holders balls her yappy. I'll be interested to follow you on your new plot. Good luck
Hi Jules. Haha - yes, Dorie is the yappy dog on the plot! She's ok when no one is around, but as soon as someone walks by the plot she barks at them - THIS IS MY PLOT!!! 🤣🤣 Very territorial! The new plot has less foot traffic so I'm hoping she'll be calmer down there! All the best to you and Bette on your new plot.
For any grass paths, instead of strimming so much , there are power edgers that cut the edges of grasses and make it much easier to maintain. Or you could get the "moon shaped" edgers that you push down, rock side to side, and cut away the grass. I'd the steward knows who will get your current plot, ask if they garden " no dig" or need it tilled. Diatomaceous earth can help keep the flea population down if it's sprinkled on the areas where dogs go. Onward to a new-ish adventure.
Oh so many good tips there! I have a moon shape edger but because of the moats the edges are so deep that the moon thing doesn't work. An electric edger might have been good though, but would have to be battery. The diatomaceous earth thing - I've heard it's good for other things (I forget what now..) but didn't know it helped keep flea populations down! Wow. Thank you.
Don’t blame you a bit. Clay, especially wet clay is a biotch. No way could I garden there, I would be frustrated. So pat yourself on the back you did well for 2 years and you deserve a break😅.
Also, do you need to remove all perennials from the old plot? You may have said, but I’m painting trim to distract myself from the US elections and wasn’t paying the typical close attention 😂
I don't think I have to... though it will make it easier to rotavate if they're taken up. Obviously some I've paid a bit of money for and really want, so those I definitely do want to move. Time will probably end up being a factor too...
@ I hear you on the time aspect. I’m partial to fruits and berries, so trees and bushes would be my choice to bring along. Fingers crossed for getting to move what you need. Perhaps you could activate some from your yt garden gang/friends to spend a saturday helping out? If some of them live close by, it would be a great collaboration project for you 😊
I don’t blame you for moving, that plot is almost unworkable if the weathers bad. Are you going to have a sacrificial burning of the strimmer as an offering to your new wood chip gods?
Haha - I could, couldn't I (although someone was told off on our site just this week for burning plastic - daft person!). Not to reveal too much just yet, but the strimmer may still have to have some occasional outings...
I would put cardboard over all the plot your leaving as the beds will be ready to use and as long as the bed is tidy I wouldn't dig the soil As the next occupants might be no dig or have a completely different growing plan to you.
That would definitely be my preference, but I don't think I'll get away with that - I was told expressly that there are 'those' who do not appreciate the aesthetics of cardboard (clearly prefer sheets of black plastic...)
The slugs love all that wood more than the grass .13 years in just soil with path down the middle less slugs than my neighbors who insist on having wood for the slugs to live on.
Ahhhh, it is a good point!!! I like the 'contained-ness' of the raised beds, but you're right - I've seen the bloody things snuggled up in those wooden sides!
@@dogontheplot Raised beds when there full of soil, borders when nothing in them (but slugs) .I am just laughing with you allotments are great and mine gives me somewhere to go. I have seen a lot of people come and go on ours because they come with rose tinted glasses on. You now know what its like, every year is different it makes it more interesting. Good luck keep at it I'll keep watching
I had my questions ready for the live chat. At that time it was your 2nd most watched vlog. Danny’s second most vlog was called Goodbye. Yours, GOODBYE. I was going to point the finger at you for stealing his idea and to also ask, if you both think click bait is the way forward?😉😂😂❤️🍹
@jimmyconnolly3461 I mean we did chat a bit about playing the YT game with thumbnails - GOODBYE, IT'S OVER, THE END - we all do it 🤣 See if you can tell who I'm 'channeling' next week with my thumbnail... 👀🤣
I can't tell if that's sarcastic or not 🤣 but it certainly feels like a long way! I wheeled down all the buckets of potatoes and a load of other stuff at the weekend and boy, my back felt it!!
Haha, I was sure that's some type of a click bait 😅😅 and it actually turns out to be you going to help out some other allotmenteer and taking a month off from your own...or something like that 😄 I'm really excited for you 🎉 your plot had really difficult growing conditions. Just hope the new owners will love Jerusalem artichokes 🤭 or will you be able to dig them all up? As you say, across the board, that's the best season for changes 🥰
Hehe - a bit of click bait and I was surprised by how long I kept back the 'big reveal' when I was editing!! Now, those jerusalem artichokes - despite planting a gazillion, only like 3 have come up this year and - you know why - the flooding! They clearly don't like to grow in a bog! 🤣🤣 So I think a got away with than one lol.
@dogontheplot Perfect thumbnail and zero click bait... really unexpected turn of events, not sure if I would have had the "balls" to swap around the plots, I'm more grin and bare it 🤣🤣🤣, but we'll done for deciding something like this. You'll miss having Mark as your plot neighbour...also as you walked through the area.....your allotment roads and the amount of plots.... looks huge!
I would have kept the plot for perennials lioe Rhubarb, Asparagus e.g as food prices are going to rise massively beyond 2027 As farmers will leave the industry and the net zero scam will destroy food production across the EU. I think this seaon has been the worst ever for slugs and those grass paths make it a nightmare.
Oh so tempting!!! but because the plots are in demand now we are only allowed one plot per person - it's annoying because historically you could have more than one so there are some people on the site with like 4 plots, but newbies like me are only allowed 1.
@@dogontheplot Maybe register it under a relatives name and plot share possibly. Lidl are selling 2 18ft x 5ft green tarpaulins For £10 and you could leave them on there Till the new people take over.
I did think the same thing... although clay isn't easy to rake! Honestly though, all that organic matter I put on just seems to get sucked into the clay and it's back to that hard, claggy surface.
You need to retire Kerry 🤣Sometimes you have to do what's best for you there's only some many times you can bang your head up the wall before you realise it hurts🙃. I'll ping you a link that might be of help.
ohhh Kerry you lill trickster lol i was like nooooooooooooooooooo you only just got a big greenhouse why don't you just get a smaller plot lol and you did norty lol
@@dogontheplot well knowing you a bigger one but no my first thought was if its too big you could just get a half plot lol but the sneaky peaky it looks really nice lots of brassica cages and looks like a large polly tunnel lol
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Have you ever given up an allotment plot? What were your reasons?
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@@dogontheplot Yes! My current plots are my 4th and 5th.
My first ever plot was really big and close to my Grandparents, once they had passed, I moved to a smaller plot closer to home. I gave that up due to not having enough time. In 2020 I got a huge plot with my Mum near her house but in the second year she decided it wasn't for her, plus my health started to fail me. So, I moved to one of my little half plots closer to my home and as I started to feel better I was able to get the half plot behind mine, that now makes the whole plot I have now.
Sorry for writing a book there. 😂
I think you've done the right thing in moving. You need to have a plant moving party now. 🥳
Ah, no, thank you for sharing - that's really interesting. I think I was in the frame of mind of THIS is my plot, and it honestly didn't even occur to me to move plots until this one presented itself (more on that next week!) - but since making the decision and hearing other people's accounts, I do think that the same plot isn't always going to be the right plot for your situation as it changes - as your story proves! A plant moving party sounds like a great idea but I fear I'll be the only one who turns up - or people turn up to drink wine and watch me move plants! 🤣🤣
You tease you have a new plot that’s great. It has to be a joy not a drudge. I am 70 and my sister keeps saying why do you do it but I love it. I love to sit feel the peace and quiet and listen to the birds. When I can I go all day we have a tea shed to make drinks and lunch and we have a loo. I just love being there.
Hehe. I love this message Mandy - it warms my heart!!! I hope I'm saying the same at 70 💕🤗
There are a lot of RUclips channels that has only one person in the videos but a team doing the work.
We should never compare ourselves to them.
Exactly. I sometimes compare myself to people who aren't growing organically or no dig (let alone veganically) and I have to remind myself that of course that isn't a fair comparison, esp after a year like this year with such an abundance of slugs.
Happy for you Kerry ...the flooding seemed more than one could handle...look forward to your new plot videos. Good Luck!!! 🌿💚🌱
More than I could handle anyway! 🤣 Really hoping the new plot will be a lot more manageable for me. Thank you Michelle.
Hi Kerry,
I think you made a valient effort with your current plot and all its challenges. It's not meant to be a chore, and if it is draining you of all pleasure, then it is definitely time for a change. The new plot has so much potential...I bet you have a million ideas floating around. This is the perfect time too. You can lift your perennials now. I'd be inclined to pick an area on the new plot to temporarily transfer them all to, and then over time, you can figure out their more permanent positions once you have moved and have formulated a plan.
Exciting times, Kerry!!!
Take care, Annie 🐞 🐝 🌱
That's good advice Annie! I've got 12 buckets ready to transfer into (the tomatoes were in them until recently!) so I can put some things in those, but yes having a temporary heeling in bed is a great idea ❤️
Oh Kerry! You got me good and proper there! I was so worried! 😅😂
I think most people in your situation would have taken the opportunity to move, given an option. I don’t blame you!
So looking forward to the full tour of the new plot and getting acquainted with it in future videos.
Very exciting for you! ❤
Haha - you make me laugh!! Yes, I knew people chopped and changed plot so I don't know why it didn't occur to me before now that I might do the same. Thank you Clare and for all your invaluable support and advice 💕
I read it all and not for one second did I think she was leaving the allotment. Then, I started to read how others were ‘worried’. 🙄
Suppose Kerry did attempt ‘click bait’. Clare you should know better. 😉😂🙄❤️xxx
@ I may have fibbed but it was fun to play along 🤪
@ I thought as much Clare 😉😂😂❤️
@@jimmyconnolly3461 🤣🤣 no fooling Jimmy!!!
I can understand why you are giving up on that plot and I’m glad you are moving to a new one - I am so looking forward to seeing it! 👩🌾
Aw thank you 💕🤗
Slugs were mental this year. It's ok we have next year
Always next year!
WOW I have insomnia tonight and thought I'll just watch a couple videos....and I see this. Of course, I have to watch it.
So glad you have a new plot and that it seems much more manageable than your current situation.
Regarding your perennials, I'd move as many as you can....timing is perfect weather-wise.
Don't feel bad about tilling, it's not the end of soil life.....I tilled for many years and my garden thrived.
Excited to watch the next plot unfold.🥰
Aw, I hope I sent you to sleep! 🤣 Not what I expected to be typing!!! You're right - it is what it is, and the soil will do it's thing! I definitely want to try and move as much as possible, time permitting. Need to crack on - hope the weather is on my side...
So with you Robin on the can’t sleep thing as we suffered a real gut punch.
I hope you will continue your channel. I enjoy you and Dorry. So much.
Aw thank you Debbie. Not going anywhere just yet!! 🤗❤️
Kerry I wish you lots of fun on your new plot. My plot is exactly like yours housebuilders who built houses nearby covered a burn & site has heavy heavy clay. Had it 17 years now. Raised all beds & added tons of manure & compost. Paths last year are finally paved wow what a difference. I’ve had a chance to move to another on the site but family have helped often so there’s memories everywhere so I decided to stay put. And the beds are great now. I don’t blame you for moving tbh. If I’d only known about the flooding etc I probably would’ve moved in the early years. We dug drainage channels too. So hard. Hope your new plot is a dream 🤩
Oh well done you for persevering and making into a workable and productive space ❤️ that's amazing and I'd have loved to have done the same - well if this new plot hadn't come up I probably would have had to. Raised beds definitely the way to go. And paving makes such a difference... I'm excited about slabs 🤣🤣🤣
Hi Kerry, I am so happy for you. I can totally appreciate all the difficulty and frustration you have experienced this season. This was a difficult season for so many people mostly the weather no matter where we live. This does sound like the best decision for you all the way around.
The balance is always a compromise between the emotional and analytical parts of the decision when it comes to gardening. Do we do what we love or do what we know is right and what about the most popular practices? Then we look at the investments such as money and time and resources. The tools, equipment to buy, supplies, seeds, fertilizers and so on.
You made the decision and now it is on you go. Being sure to do what is right for the next person is important and sending karma into the universe is admirable. I was taught in the military to leave everything better than you found it and I do love this concept. Even if I am the only one that recognizes it. My opinion would be take the perennials that are most important to you and the ones that will survive a move. Thinking about the rotovating if you can take some of the most recently added compost to the new site it should be ok before tilling it all under. The decider being how difficult it is to move it that far.
Starting a new plot does allow for a wide array of video ideas which hopefully does allow for some creative sparks going forward. You do have a very lovely channel and you do make such nice videos I am certain no matter what you will be successful I do wish you some joy and excitement going forward, Steven
Thank you as always for your lovely comments and support Steven. Yes, I'm definitely thinking about taking some of the surface compost from the raised beds with me, time allowing. If I get to know who is taking on the plot after me, then that might make it easier - I can then see if they'd like some things leaving or if they'd prefer the plot not to be dug - but we shall see... And yes, the hard work is part of the joy of it - that sense of satisfaction and the 'good tired' that you feel after a long day on the plot - but if it starts to become a chore then it has gone too far that way, I think. I'm excited about the new plot and yes, I hope it offers lots of opportunities for new content too.
How exciting, look forward to seeing you set up your new plot.
Thank you Julie - it's exciting times (if a little daunting!)
Great news Kerry you had us going there! - we thought you were going to finish! Hope the new plot is successful and more importantly enjoyable and look forward to seeing it soon x
Haha - I didn't realise quite how long I kept the ruse going until I was editing! Thank you Ian - looking forward to getting started!
Ahhh, you did tease there was change on the way. Wishing you lots of luck on the new plot.
I really did 🙈🙈🤣 Thank you ❤️🤗
So sneaky!!🤣 Really exciting to have a fresh start Kerry, on what will hopefully be a much better spot. Allotment plots are what they are, but no-one would choose to grow in a bog, unless you had a particular penchant for bog plants I suppose! Good on you for grabbing an upgrade, instead of doggedly (you see what I did there!) plodding on. Really looking forward to seeing it all come together! Have a good week! 🤩
Hehe. It was only when I was editing I realised how long I'd kept back the 'big reveal' 🤣🙈 It is definitely an upgrade and I'm excited to see how different it will be - hopefully good different!! You have a good week too Kerry.
That’s exactly what I was hoping you would do! 😊 Getting rid of the problems and taking on a better site should make you happier. I’m glad you have the overlap time to move from the one to the other. I’m excited to see the progress.
Oh yes, I don't know how I'd do it without the overlap time!! I can't wait to see how different it will be - I'm hoping much, much easier!
How exciting. I think it will be a great move for you. Looking forward to see the dog on the new plot😊
Thank you Martha. I hope it will solve a lot of problems! Dorie is going to be a bit confused at first I think... 🤣
Well, Kerry, 🙋🏻♀️ I’m definitely excited for you! I think you’ve made the right decision and I wish you the very best. May there be no fleas, no flooding, very few slugs, and woodchip paths. Cindy 🌱
Slugs, bugs and empty trugs, that was my 2024 gardening year .
Best of luck in the new allotment Kerry.
Haha - that sums it up perfectly!!!!! Thank you - I'm hoping for less slugs & bugs and fuller trugs next year!
Great video even if you were a bit sneaky- where was the singing…. Goodbye my poor plot????? Great to look back over the years must have taken you ages to put this video together! Exciting times ahead for you with happier growing 🎉 xxx
Only family get to hear the singing - you should feel very privileged 🤣🤣 It was a bit of a task getting together all the footage, but fun looking back. Thanks bexy ❤️
Given the circumstances with flooding, it’s the most sensible thing to do. However, I don’t envy you for the transition, it’s an awful lot of work. It’s probably the best time to move fruit trees, as they go dormant around now. Looking forward to the next growing season with you. 😊
I know Kaz - I'm trying to think, oh I just have to move this and that, it'll be fine - but I only moved down the buckets of potatoes and a few other bits at the weekend and I did 12 trips up and down the site the wheelbarrow and was absolutely knackered!!!
@ I can only imagine Kerry. I think with some careful planning and enlisting some family helpers might be in order! Maybe pot up what you can to help with making the transition easier. Once at the new plot, you can then just move the pots around to your desired position and plant when you’re happy with it. Best of luck. X
I think that's a good idea. I've just removed all the tomatoes from their buckets but I've left the compost in them and thought there's 12 ready made pots that I can just plonk things in for now.
@@dogontheplot as the clock is ticking, I’d start with your most desired plants!
Excited for you Kerry. Love your vlogs so you had me worried at the beginning. Wishing you well on the new plot. ❤
Aw sorry to be naughty!! I'm excited too 🤗🤗🤗
Oh wow, that is so exciting and i can't wait to see the new plot properly 👏. I am lucky enough to have a fairly big garden....well sort of lol and have now given my plot up. Although the space was lovely, it was plagued with creeping cinquifoil and that i struggled with. It was also not in my village so the travelling was getting a bit costly in the summer months when i needed to be there more. I was sad to let it go but i don't regret it now at all. You've certainly given that plot a hell of a go and you need to proud of the work you put in. Onwards and upwards 😊.
Ohh I have a lot of creeping cinquefoil too. I need to be careful not to bring any with me when I love the plants... hmm. That sounds like a positive decision. I hope this will be for me too. In fairness, I have a good amount of space in my garden, but I get so much more from the plot than just the space so it works for me at this time - I can see a point in the future though where that might change. Onwards and upwards indeed!!
Every year is different. This year I had so many failures due to slugs and pests. Next year has to be better. I got rid of my grass paths this year as they were a pain, I have covered them up and they will stay covered for a few years until I need to plant on the space. They look good if you have hours to edge and strim. Good luck with your new plot.
Oh it's really good to hear someone who has had the same issues. If I'd stayed on this plot I would have tried to take out the grass paths - it was the unevenness of the ground that made that difficult previously. Thank you - I'm excited 😆
Probably wise to muster as much help earlier than later to move the greenhouse, butlers sink and everything heavy.
No need to decide now where things will go, just ensure anything likely to be damaged by high winds, storms are safely secured.
Many plot holders may not be around to help as we go into December?!
Using your potato buckets as storage containers for fruit bushes/trees and perenial veg is a great idea and gives you breathing space to consider where these might go in the spring.
If you have a Comfrey on you current plot and not on the new one its worth thinking about digging up a smallish off shoot to put in a bucket and plant out later.
This season the slugs etc were such a nuisance I decided to not use leaves for Comfrey fertilizer but instead kept placing them around newly planted veg and flowers on my plot. Its not a 100% deterrent but I felt the rough leaves even after wilting helped to keep some slugs snd snails away.
Should you not have Comfrey, Bocking 14, I understand is the one to purchase as it's less invasive. It still grows massive and is a bee magnet.
I wish you every success on your new plot.
Regards Rosanna
Hi Rosanna - thank you so much for the advice. My potato buckets still have potatoes in (!), but the tomato buckets are ready and waiting for transplanting stuff. Yes, I took comfrey cuttings from the park when I first got this plot and now have some nice healthy plants - I will dig some up to bring as I haven't noticed any comfrey on the new plot. That's interesting about the leaves deterring slugs - I will have to try that!
Good luck on the new plot 🌿 I've watched your journey from the very beginning 😃 it's quite a good time of year to move as a lot of stuff are dying off and the ground is quite soft now to plant into - there's nothing better than sitting on my sofa under my blanket with a glass of wine watching someone setting up their new plot I love digging I could watch people digging all day 😆😆😆 can't wait to see you getting stuck in 🧑🌾❤️ love from a dull day in Whitby - it's my birthday so I'm about to make myself a Victoria jam sponge cake 😋🎂 my garden is more or less tidied up ready for winter I've a few daffodils to plant - my grandson Noah planted some into pots to give to his mum 🌼🌼🌼
Helena you've been such a loyal supporter - thank you so much! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!! Oh gosh you just reminded me those daffs are still sitting in their bags 🙈🤣 oops. Ah, it'll be fine! You have a lovely, lovely day and I hope the cake turns out well.
Loved it!! Such a positive move just at the right time for you too I feel. You’ve got that excitement back!!!
I’m thinking my nine star is dead 😂 it’s a brown stick, good job I took a cutting!
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Thank you Allie and Tricia. It does feel like the right time actually - I'm ready! Oh no - what happened there? I seem to have about 10 of them somehow - clearly those weren't to the taste of the slugs!
Well, Kerry, 🙋🏻♀️ I’m definitely excited for you! I think you’ve made the right decision and I wish you the very best. May there be no fleas, no flooding, very few slugs, and woodchip paths. Cindy 🌱
Aw thank you Cindy - exciting times! I think it'll be for the best too 🤗❤️
Hi Kerry, exciting to get a new plot that does not flood.
I would widen the trough or moats, hire a turf cutter to remove the paths ( a little bit dearer than a rotavator) but would quickly remove the paths, put the turf into the moats so that they are filled in and then just spread out the beds over the plot so minimum disturbance of the actual active soil.
I think if I were staying that's what I would have attempted (!) to do - I couldn't bear it any longer. And while it was all dug up I would have tried to put the french drain in too. BUT I'm quite happy NOT to have to do all of that now!! 🤣
@@dogontheplot Hi Kerry, sorry I meant to do that instead of rotavator the plot as requested by association.
Ah I see - that's a lot of work! 🤣 I think it'll just be light touch rotavating to leave it looking nice for the next tenant...
Omg - what a scare to give us!
Was about to start my ‘You are my inspiration!’ Ramble, but won’t bother now! 😂
Completely understand your choice to move - sounds like better conditions all round.
I’ve had my plot for two years and similarly invested a lot of money (compost) and time there - it’s a shame you have to leave that behind but all is not lost and you will be reinvigorated by the new plot.
I do concur with others that this has been the worst year I have known for growing so am sure we will all do better next year (although am expecting the slug legacy to continue a while longer)😢
so frustrating that you have to dig your old plot over - is it possible the next person will be no dig too and happy to take it over undug?
Can’t wait to see the new plot! Xxx
I sneak peaked on the comments in the beginning of your video, so I wasn't sitting here crying over you quitting. 😉 That sneak peak you gave us however, was very short, leaving me in suspense until next video. So happy for you and Dorie, although I feel for you with all the work moving. Be kind to your back and ask for help! I'd come if I lived a little closer. ☺
Aw bless you Trude and thank you for all your support - here and on that other platform! 😉🤗 I'm excited but yeh a little daunted too. I did 12 wheelbarrows loads of bits and pieces, Inc the buckets of potatoes, at the wkend and boy did I need an Epsom salt bath afterwards!!!! I can just do what I can do within the timeframe - it'll be fiiiiiine!!!! 🤣🤣
Oh Kerry you naughty girl you had me going there all the way through I was thinking how I was going to miss your channel and Dory I was hoping that you might at least show us your home garden, so I for one am delighted you have a new more manageable plot,, and it goes without saying I'm sticking with you, you are a delight to follow, and yes move things you've invested in them,. I can't wait to follow you on your new journey exciting times ahead for sure.
Haha thank you Elizabeth - I was a bit naughty!! 🤣🤣🤣 Bless you for your comment and all your support 💕💕
Good to hear you are keeping on with allotmenting and moving to a better suited plot Kerry (and Dorrie). Hopefully it will save you some tears over some of the issues you had on the old one. Hope the neighbour building the well, will help the area a bit.
Like you said, it is the best time to do it and hopefully you can get some help moving the greenhouse again.
If you are going to move the beds, will you be taking some of the new compost you put down to fill them before rototavating it?
Is that polytunnel on your new plot? Is it near or further away to get in/ access wise? Will you be keeping the shed?
Does that mean your Mum can't throw you some snacks over the fence any more?! lol
Very exciting news Kerry and looking forward to seeing the new plot properly and what you plan to do with it. Take care!
Haha oh yes, no more snacks from mum!!! Or lifting Dorie over the fence when she gets too yappy 🤣🤣 ah well. There'll be pros and cons. Yes, I'm going to try and move as much of the compost as I can! But without bringing the bindweed with it 🤣🙈 Yes there is a poly on the plot 😁😁😁 very exciting!!!
@@dogontheplot I am sure that will be a game changer for you, what with the greenhouse too. Good luck with the move Kerry!
Good luck with the new plot Kerry 🎉
Thank you Susie and for all your support 🤗❤️
Good luck on the new plot!
Thank you 🤗
Ooh that was sneaky 😂 but sometimes if the plot is not working for you it’s a good idea to move plots. I would move the perennial plants. They will be dormant now so good time to move them. Exciting times
Thank you Emma. Yes I really would like to move as much as possible. I'm excited!!!
I am so excited to follow you through this new plot journey! My only concern is the fleas will always be there they will come in with you and dory to the new plot there is monthly prevention you can give to dory.Flea life cycle is about 3 months,so it takes 3 months to rid them with the proper medication
Oh yes, they're here there and everywhere! But I'm hoping there will be less risk of reinfection now that she won't be lying about on the grass for hours. She has treatment but so many of these treatments are becoming ineffective as the fleas get immune from their overuse. We shall see - but I'm so excited about the new plot too - I can't wait to show it to you all next week! 🤗💕
@dogontheplot I'm unsure if you're able to get nexguard in your area (or your dogs health record). However it's something you could look into and give it a try I had the same issue with the fleas and nothing working. I started giving them a nexguard once a month and I have not seen a flea or tick in years!
@kattrinahowe1868 funny you should say that - Clare @thefarmyardgarden has just recommended the same thing 👍 I'll look into it for sure. Thank you.
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Ohh Kerry you had me going then, but having got to know you all be it only through your channel, I kept thinking no she probably has another plot and yay you have 😀. I would have been sad not having your videos to watch and seeing the lovely Kerry and Dory. I understand how difficult it is having a plot that floods ours is the same, but we have overcome the problem slightly with raised beds and making the paths higher by adding wood chips, although they had become a nightmare with weeds so now I have membrane over them and it's solved a lot of the problem. I do hope your new plot gives you a lot of pleasure and less slugs and next year will be more successful for you. xx
Haha - sorry Liz, I was a bit naughty... 🤣🙈 Aw thank you - I really appreciated that. And yes, if I'd been staying I would have definitely gone more and more for the raised beds (and probably done something quite drastic, like had a proper rotavator person come in to level the whole plot and take out the grass paths!)
How exciting! I’m always up for a change, but I would have been gutted by the requirement to dig over the plot.
Is it possible to hold off and ask the new holder if they want it dug? I’d accept the work if they do, but it’s plain silly to dig it over if the new holder want to do no-dig 🤯
Looking forward to next season, I hope the plot will provide what you want to change 💕
It does feel like quite a big ask... and yes, that would be sensible, but I'm gathering there's a bit of a distaste for no dig on my site, which is a shame (or just a misunderstanding...)
That’s a shame. Well then, rotovating it is. At least everything you have added will still benefit the soil 🤷♀️
Kerry, you absolute tease 😂 Good luck with your new plot. If something isn't working for you it's always best to address the situation, when I gave up my allotment it was predominantly because there was no water on site which meant carting all the water back and fore. It was fine to do it now but I thought when I got older I am not going to want to and possibly not be able to lug 25-30ltr bottles around the place, maybe it was the same with your grass paths and flooding, moving forward it was just to daunting. Look forward to your next plot though. Take care
I think you're so right. It has to be sustainable. I didn't want it to sound like my plot problems were insurmountable - someone else (or even me if my circumstances were different) I'm sure could have sorted most of it out! But I'm just not in the right place to do that sort of work at the moment and I would much rather switch to something more manageable and get back more of the joy of growing.
Very exciting. Is it further from yours and your mum's houses? You'll be able to put in place what you've learnt so far in allotmenting. Looking forward to next week when we get to hear more about the new plot.
It is further from my mum's but nearer to my house. I will miss my mum hanging you the back bedroom window to shout hello 🤣 Yes, I'm going to try NOT to make all the same mistakes again 🤣
Just came across your channel, I am looking forward to seeing what you do to the new plot, good luck 👍
Welcome Linda! Thank you for joining me here - I'm excited 🙈🤗
Wow I think you had quite a few of us worried 😧. I was just going to say we can never compare to Charles as he does have a full time team. If he had to look after it himself 🤣🤣 I don’t think it would be as nice. We actually have loads of white fly in the grass and yes fleas 😢😢. If money was no object then sure but time and money are limited for most people yet you have done an awesome job. Look forward to seeing the next phase of allotment life. Have a super week, Ali 🌞🥶🇨🇦
Aw what a lovely message. Thank you Ali. Indeed - for the love of time and money!! 🤣 It'll be good to have a fresh start too. I'm looking forward to it 🤗
Will you know who the new tenants for your plot are before you leave? If so you could ask them if they want it left as a no dig plot or not. It seems a shame to dig it over after all your work, especially if the new person wants a no dig garden. And you have timed it perfectly to shift your perennials. It is going to be exciting to what the crew plot take shape under your care.
I could end up knowing and that then may change things ... we'll have to see. But yeh I definitely want to take as many of the perennials with me as I can - but without bringing any of the bindweed!! 🙈🙈
First of all, I got excited... IM JOKING! 😂 oh, how I remember your first video 😬😳😂 but I'm proud of you! For not holding onto a plot for sentiment. It's always a tough decision to do it. I remember leaving the grapevine plot, and it was so hard! But... onwards and upwards, kerry! ❤ Danny 🌱
Such a good point about sentiment - be interested to talk about that more on Thurs 💕 Thank you Danny and for all your support 🤗
@@dogontheplot No more "Posh Plot" comments from Danny then LOL
Wait till you see the new plot next week Steve 🙈🙈🤣
@@dogontheplot Sounds like my journey too then, Kerry 👍
Posh plot to Elite plot!!
Ahhhhh I feel for you merry and it is a pain strimming you could have woodchipped the paths as we do and we don’t have sides to our beds. But you obviously know there are all these things but you have other reasons to pack it all in. Our plots flood we made our overflow pit into a pond and have a dug out drain and in fact no dig and woodchip help to drain it away while other plots around me flood badly. Ours is clay too. B4 we were no dig it flooded so bad we lost our currant bushes and it became a couch grass swamp that year we nearly gave up it was very hard work. Then I discovered Charles and no dig since then we have taken on a half plot either side of us. All the rain runs into the road or track that takes us to the plot so it’s flooded outside our gate so it proves woodchip and no dig is good for drainsge
Ah, that's really good to hear how much that's made a difference. It would be interesting to see how all the organic matter I've added to the plot would have helped this year. I do think though the hidden brook is the real problem - I mean that water is right there, underground. The rain can't drain whatever you add if there's a brook running just below the surface 🤷♀️
you can take your plants as long as you move them with a large ball of soil round them or repant into big pot till you can replant them
That's part of my worry, because I don't want to bring weeds (esp bindweed!!) down with me, so ideally I'd wash off the roots... I think I'm just going to have to be careful.
@@dogontheplot wash roots and repot iv been fighting bindweed for over 50 yrs it goes down so deep
@paulineellison9047 👍 yeh I want to be careful!
Hi Kerry, great news on the new plot, was there a hint there that Mark is following you.🤔 Lots of work to do, is it cheaper than a gym membership 😂😂 Good luck to you Kerry and hugs to Dorie ❤❤❤🐕
Thank you Wendy. Was there a hint???? I don't know... 🤣🤣🤣😉 So much cheaper than the gym - and the gym don't feed you! 🤣
Oh! Flooding and clay soil? I'm surprised you've managed as well as you have.
For me, the most valuable benefit of a garden isn't the produce, but rather wellbeing. I started growing food as a stress release from very intense work.
Hopefully, on your new plot, your main challenge will be the weather. Cheers from Melbourne Australia.
Yes, absolutely - I've talked before about the allotment being my 'third space' where I can escape the pressures of work but also the obligations of the home. It's a separate place that's 'yours', a social place, and you feel a sense of belonging. Thank you - I'm excited!
Very sneaky.... going from sad to joyous.... a change is as good as a rest.... Will enjoy watching a new beginning❤❤❤
🙈 sorry!!! 😂 I'm excited - it's going to be a nice fresh start I think!
Hi kerry, I'm pleased your moving to a more manageable plot. I've been thinking for a while about commenting but as it is negative I didn't.... so could I now say in a more positive way (hopefully)... please compost properly the church grass and rabbit bedding and hay you get rather than using direct on the beds...I feel strongly that you were encouraging slugs and snails with raw material as they are nature's decomposes. Your poor baby plants were lovely desserts to the slugs and snails. I look forward to your future plot episodes 😊
I think you're so right Shelly! I've had regrets... 🤣🤣 I did have good intentions to have the beds covered and mulched early Autumn so that it would be nicely rotted in by Spring, but time got away from me and I know now that I put far too much raw matter on far too late. Agh. Bless you for holding back - please do feel free to tell me stuff though! I do appreciate all comments, esp when they're intended to help 💕💕💕
Amazing video - crazy though that you've been asked to dig over the plot for the next person 😑
Sympathised so much with all your plot issues. You downplayed them and compared them to an overgrown plot - but am overgrown plot is only effort up front, this plot has so many structural issues which you've obviously done as much as you can to fix.
Sounds like you've made a great decision, wishing you luck with the new journey!
Aw thank you JB. I was really conscious of sounding whiney esp because on the surface the plot looked so neat and tidy when I got it. It might not look like that now (🤣🤣) but that plot has been WORKED! I'm glad others are agreeing that being asked to dig over the plot seems a bit much ... But hey ho. Want to keep on the good side of the committee! Do you think you would move if you had the chance? Or is the whole site clay? It's so strange that on our site there are sections that the soil is so much better - and not down to individual graft, but I suspect the water table levels ...
@dogontheplot yes I understand that concern when moaning in a video 😅
It sounds like you have a very traditional committee. When I started on my plot 5 years ago nobody had heard of no-dig on our site. Now most of the newbies are starting off with it and having success. Attitude has relaxed to it on our site which is nice.
I would not move but a) I'm so invested with the tunnel, 2 greenhouses and a new shed (spoilers!) and b) my soil is nowhere near as bad as yours and thankfully I don't have drainage issues either. So I think mine is on the up, especially with new raised beds that I'm filling with material over time.
@@JBNat Yes, raised beds definitely the way to go. I would have put more on if I had been staying. Our committee - ostensibly - supports no dig and wildlife areas etc. But when it comes to the day to day there seems to be a different attitude - inc. some (traditional) plots being called 'show gardens'. No allotment plot is a show garden!! And certainly the aesthetics of black plastic is favoured over cardboard and cover crops in the winter... 🤷♀
Yheaaaa good luck !!
Thank you Sandra!!
Oooo Kerry, I'm so excited for you! 🎉🥳❤
I don't blame you leaving that plot behind given all the challenges you've had.
I can't wait for your next video to have a proper look at your new plot! Looks fab the sneak peek we had, what a tease you are 😂
Happy moving ❤ x
Thank you Linda. I'm excited to start again - let's see if I've learnt from my mistakes... 🤣
@dogontheplot I'm sure it'll be great Kerry .... There are no mistakes in life, just learning experiences 🤭 😂 x
You could take the topsoil off all your no dig beds bag some up. Then rotave
I'm going to totally do that! The compost I had delivered this year was awesome stuff and I'm gonna try and take as much of it with me as I can 🤣
I am writing b4 the end of your video so you may have more good news to give us. I love your garden it’s amazing and you can utilise it to grow all the produce you need to see you through the year I am sure. If I had a bigger garden prob wouldn’t have plot as we don’t have a very good community on our plots. They just not that friendly.
This one doesn't warm my heart so much - aw, that's a such a shame. I've found encouraging my friends and family to take on plots helps 🤣 It won't be long before half our site are people I've 'encouraged' to join 🤣🤣
Had an atrocious season myself, was all for giving up but then bought £120 quids worth of compost to force my hand🤣good luck on the new plot 👍🏻😃
Haha - that'll do it!!! Yeh I can't really give up because I have enough seeds to grow food on the entire allotment site 🙈🙈🤣🤣
😂😂😂😂😂😂
I have a clay soil and I have 2ft high beds to help drainage but last winter was still a challenge but what might help your situation is
Using low tunnels as you can reduce the rainfall and certainly lengthen the growing season.
Oh that's a good idea. I did buy quite a lot of polytunnel type plastic last year to make low tunnels but of course then never got around to it!
@@dogontheplot Huw Richards has a DIY video on how to make them and I would make one that fits more than one bed or try to make all your beds 8x4or 6x4 e.g as this
will allow you to rotate your beds.
@@ibrstellar1080 good idea -I have quite a few pallet collars now so it would be good to make some at that size.
I'm a newbie to allotments having taken on a plot in sept this year. I also have my companion a miniture schnauzer called Bette, or as one of the other plot holders balls her yappy. I'll be interested to follow you on your new plot. Good luck
Hi Jules. Haha - yes, Dorie is the yappy dog on the plot! She's ok when no one is around, but as soon as someone walks by the plot she barks at them - THIS IS MY PLOT!!! 🤣🤣 Very territorial! The new plot has less foot traffic so I'm hoping she'll be calmer down there! All the best to you and Bette on your new plot.
For any grass paths, instead of strimming so much , there are power edgers that cut the edges of grasses and make it much easier to maintain.
Or you could get the "moon shaped" edgers that you push down, rock side to side, and cut away the grass.
I'd the steward knows who will get your current plot, ask if they garden " no dig" or need it tilled.
Diatomaceous earth can help keep the flea population down if it's sprinkled on the areas where dogs go.
Onward to a new-ish adventure.
Oh so many good tips there! I have a moon shape edger but because of the moats the edges are so deep that the moon thing doesn't work. An electric edger might have been good though, but would have to be battery. The diatomaceous earth thing - I've heard it's good for other things (I forget what now..) but didn't know it helped keep flea populations down! Wow. Thank you.
Don’t blame you a bit. Clay, especially wet clay is a biotch. No way could I garden there, I would be frustrated. So pat yourself on the back you did well for 2 years and you deserve a break😅.
Oh that makes me feel so much better! Thank you.
I would definitely try moving as much as you can, it’s either that or they won’t be yours anyway 🤷♀️
Yes and the new person might just rip them out then! I'm going to do my best!!
I have clay too and it's very hard to amend
It just seems to suck up anything you put on and then go straight back to being rock hard/claggy clay!
Also, do you need to remove all perennials from the old plot? You may have said, but I’m painting trim to distract myself from the US elections and wasn’t paying the typical close attention 😂
I don't think I have to... though it will make it easier to rotavate if they're taken up. Obviously some I've paid a bit of money for and really want, so those I definitely do want to move. Time will probably end up being a factor too...
@ I hear you on the time aspect. I’m partial to fruits and berries, so trees and bushes would be my choice to bring along. Fingers crossed for getting to move what you need. Perhaps you could activate some from your yt garden gang/friends to spend a saturday helping out? If some of them live close by, it would be a great collaboration project for you 😊
Ohhhh now that's a good idea... 😉
The fleas will be all the rats and mice you feed😅
🤣🤣🤣
Wow that is a big site !!
Things.... escalated! 🤣
Don't compare this year it's the worst year in all my 8 years
I know. It makes me wonder how many people quit for good this year...
You had me worried there!! 😂
🤣🤣 sorry!!!
You had me there for a while lol…. I have a complaint tho! I want it to be your next video already to have a good nosey!!! lol
Haha - it'll be released before you know it Pammie 😂
I don’t blame you for moving, that plot is almost unworkable if the weathers bad. Are you going to have a sacrificial burning of the strimmer as an offering to your new wood chip gods?
Haha - I could, couldn't I (although someone was told off on our site just this week for burning plastic - daft person!). Not to reveal too much just yet, but the strimmer may still have to have some occasional outings...
God, what a depressing day.
I'm afraid my little video can't alleviate the awfulness of this day
Oh, this is not depressing. Nevermind.
Hehe. Maybe a very small bright spot in an otherwise still very depressing day!
I would put cardboard over all the plot your leaving as the beds will be ready to use and as long as the bed is tidy I wouldn't dig the soil
As the next occupants might be no dig or have a completely different growing plan to you.
That would definitely be my preference, but I don't think I'll get away with that - I was told expressly that there are 'those' who do not appreciate the aesthetics of cardboard (clearly prefer sheets of black plastic...)
The slugs love all that wood more than the grass .13 years in just soil with path down the middle less slugs than my neighbors who insist on having wood for the slugs to live on.
Ahhhh, it is a good point!!! I like the 'contained-ness' of the raised beds, but you're right - I've seen the bloody things snuggled up in those wooden sides!
@@dogontheplot Raised beds when there full of soil, borders when nothing in them (but slugs) .I am just laughing with you allotments are great and mine gives me somewhere to go. I have seen a lot of people come and go on ours because they come with rose tinted glasses on. You now know what its like, every year is different it makes it more interesting. Good luck keep at it I'll keep watching
The sad music at the start 😅
That's my music every episode Myler - clearly you don't watch regularly 🤣🤣
Oooo busted! 🙃
🤣🙄
This is now your most watched vlog. 😉🍹❤️
I know 🙈😆 So much support in the comments too ❤️❤️❤️
I had my questions ready for the live chat. At that time it was your 2nd most watched vlog. Danny’s second most vlog was called Goodbye. Yours, GOODBYE. I was going to point the finger at you for stealing his idea and to also ask, if you both think click bait is the way forward?😉😂😂❤️🍹
🤣🤣 no wonder you're seemingly banned 🤣🤣🤣
It was a great question. It was to bring fun to everyone in the chat. But, I was blocked, sadly. 😂😂😂🤦🙄❤️
@jimmyconnolly3461 I mean we did chat a bit about playing the YT game with thumbnails - GOODBYE, IT'S OVER, THE END - we all do it 🤣 See if you can tell who I'm 'channeling' next week with my thumbnail... 👀🤣
Jaysus, it’s miles away the new plot 🤦🙄😂❤️
I can't tell if that's sarcastic or not 🤣 but it certainly feels like a long way! I wheeled down all the buckets of potatoes and a load of other stuff at the weekend and boy, my back felt it!!
It wasnt me being sarcastic. Youre trying to give me a bad reputation and im not having it!! 😉❤️
@jimmyconnolly3461 🤣🤣🤣
Next year I'm growing way way more
MOOOOOOOOORE!!!!!!!
Haha, I was sure that's some type of a click bait 😅😅 and it actually turns out to be you going to help out some other allotmenteer and taking a month off from your own...or something like that 😄
I'm really excited for you 🎉 your plot had really difficult growing conditions. Just hope the new owners will love Jerusalem artichokes 🤭 or will you be able to dig them all up? As you say, across the board, that's the best season for changes 🥰
Hehe - a bit of click bait and I was surprised by how long I kept back the 'big reveal' when I was editing!! Now, those jerusalem artichokes - despite planting a gazillion, only like 3 have come up this year and - you know why - the flooding! They clearly don't like to grow in a bog! 🤣🤣 So I think a got away with than one lol.
@dogontheplot Perfect thumbnail and zero click bait... really unexpected turn of events, not sure if I would have had the "balls" to swap around the plots, I'm more grin and bare it 🤣🤣🤣, but we'll done for deciding something like this. You'll miss having Mark as your plot neighbour...also as you walked through the area.....your allotment roads and the amount of plots.... looks huge!
I know - as things begin to clear up in autumn it really reveals the size. More news on Mark next week... 👀
@@dogontheplot oh jees 🙈 you love to keep us in suspense 🤣🤣🤣 🤫🤫🤫 tomorrow on Danny's live we can chat about it all 🤣🤣
@spudsandroses I'm going to have to tread carefully 🤣 looking forward to being on together again ❤️
I would have kept the plot for perennials lioe Rhubarb, Asparagus e.g as food prices are going to rise massively beyond 2027
As farmers will leave the industry and the net zero scam will destroy food production across the EU.
I think this seaon has been the worst ever for slugs and those grass paths make it a nightmare.
Oh so tempting!!! but because the plots are in demand now we are only allowed one plot per person - it's annoying because historically you could have more than one so there are some people on the site with like 4 plots, but newbies like me are only allowed 1.
@@dogontheplot Maybe register it under a relatives name and plot share possibly.
Lidl are selling 2 18ft x 5ft green tarpaulins
For £10 and you could leave them on there
Till the new people take over.
@@ibrstellar1080 oh thank you for letting me know that - off to LIDL!!!!!! 🤣
I would just rake over the surface so that it’s tidy. I don’t see why they expect you to dig it over if it’s tidy.
I did think the same thing... although clay isn't easy to rake! Honestly though, all that organic matter I put on just seems to get sucked into the clay and it's back to that hard, claggy surface.
@ well good luck whatever you decide to do
Poor Dorie won’t know which plot she’s on…🤦❤️
She's already quite confused 🤣
What about Mark? Will you still be able to see him from the new plot? Will he ever finish your greenhouse? 😉😂❤️
Abandoning poor Mark to the flooding... more on that next week!!
Clay is the best for one day a year.....the day you cannot get there to work if!
🤣🤣🤣 so true!!!!
Just don’t give those pests your forwarding address so they don’t follow you.
I know!!! That's what worries me about moving the perennials... 🙈
Omg why do you have to rotovate the old one 😢
Well, indeed.... but there we go. Don't want to displease the committee (anymore than I already do with my radical no dig, peat free, organic ways!!)
You need to retire Kerry 🤣Sometimes you have to do what's best for you there's only some many times you can bang your head up the wall before you realise it hurts🙃. I'll ping you a link that might be of help.
That's what I keep saying! It'd all be fine if I could retire! 🤣🤣🤣
Well, I think we all knew you were staying on the same allotment. 🤦😂❤️
Haha - can't fool you Jimmy!!!
ohhh Kerry you lill trickster lol i was like nooooooooooooooooooo you only just got a big greenhouse why don't you just get a smaller plot lol and you did norty lol
Oh - you think it's going to be a smaller plot do you... 👀😂😂
@@dogontheplot well knowing you a bigger one but no my first thought was if its too big you could just get a half plot lol but the sneaky peaky it looks really nice lots of brassica cages and looks like a large polly tunnel lol
@thewitch69 hehe...
Carry on greenhouse
the sequel will be coming...