Your flower bed, The white daisy looks like Feverfew , the small pinky White flower looked like Campion ( theres a red (dk pink) and a white so you've probably got the two + hybrids The geranium, is probably Bloody cranesbill (or i a cultivar) ... you need some welsh poppies in there and some night scented stock and it will be a riot. Sweet williams, it will soon be time to sow them and walflowers ( I remember my dad sowing them in a nursery bed then transplanting them - once you have them established they will self seed year after year. DOn't worry too much about trying to grow everything, just enjoy growing and picking what you get , theres always next year
Hi Nick, Thank you for the flower descriptions - you're right about the Welsh poppies 🏴. I've just sown some sweet Williams today, the more the merrier I say! I agree with the mantra of 'there's always next year'... it's nice to take the small wins and it seems this year is especially tough 🌨️
Wow awesome broccoli 🥦 harvest. Blue skies hmm 🤔 no it’s wet cold and oh yeah wet 😂 here. But we are gardeners we just move in. Fab update Dora have a wonderful week, Ali 🌧️🌧️🇨🇦
Hi Dora, If you pinch the growing tips out of the broad beans once the flowers have set they'll be less attractive to the aphids! Also, keep an eye out for ants as they'll farm aphids on your plants. You have a great attitude enjoying the harvests no matter the size and not letting the losses discourage you! Thank you for sharing your experiences.
Hello 👋🏻 I did try to pinch the broad beans out but sadly hasn't done the trick on this occasion (unless maybe I didn't do it quite right)... it baffles me this ant aphid farming!! There's a high chance of this as I have a LOT of ants. Aw thank you, I appreciate you taking the time to watch and comment - let's hope I can get us to harvesting those 2 carrots 😅🥕
If I was you i would definitely get rid of all the straw and grass clippings around the potatoes as that will only encourage the slugs and snails to hide in there during the day and come out at night and eat all you crops hope that helps it’s been a really really bad year for them which doesn’t help
Ahh, I’ve been using grass clippings to earth up instead of soil which has been great for the pots but yes maybe creating a home for the stinky slugs! I also put the straw down as I heard they don’t like crawling over it… but actually it sounds the opposite! I’m keeping a close eye but will likely remove this now too and keep to the coffee grounds. Thanks for your comment 😃
Hi I have tips on my channel to help with slugs and fruit trees wait till winter when dormant before pruning. The broad beans jet wash with a hose and blast them off. very little slug damage for 50 odd years as always happy gardening Richardx
Hi Richard, thank you for commenting - I'll have to take a look. Sadly I don't have a hose here and am reliant on precious rain water via the watering butts/cans... I may have to make a few trips to the river and take some time to try and wash them off. Happy gardening back to you 😃☀️
you were mirrored in this video did you notice it for there was at least twice so I had to see where and when there was right and wrong but it was an interesting video nonetheless
Goodness me... if a Hazel that could grow huge?! Do you know if you're able to keep them small? Would be wonderful if the second is a Mulberry - thank you for sharing your thoughts Jack 😊
@@doras.allotment You can prune anything to the height that you want. If the first is hazel you can even coppice it, cut it down to the ground every few years for poles and pea sticks.
It's so annoying that the slugs have eaten so much of your produce. I really like the idea of the cages but I'm not sure how you can block slugs out unless you put some tarp or a cover around the bottom outside of the fencing (I don't know if that makes sense aha!) But your plot is looking lovely so really great effort. Well done ♡
If you choose the dwarf variety 'the Sutton', you can sow your broad beans in November for harvesting around now. I find that about three quarters will germinate over winter and then I sow a few more indoors in February to plug any gaps. Since I started doing this, I haven't had any problems with aphids although that may just be pure coincidence. I do the same with peas (var Meteor) and I'm eating them already, and I do the same with onions (var Shakespeare) and they're nearly ready now... another couple of weeks maybe. Of all the overwintering onions that I've tried, Shakespeare gives me the best yield and they store really well strung up in the garage. With all of them, I hoop and fleece to protect them during the winter months. The growing season is a bit shorter in Co Durham compared to the Cotswold's, so I find this extends the growing season quite a bit
Noted about 'the sutton', hopefully doing that will help as the poor things are really suffering with aphids. Nice, I'll have to try and get my hands on some Shakespeare too then 🧅 Thanks for knowledge sharing 🙂
If you haven't dug out the chard, you could try cutting out the flowering spikes and see if they regrow. I love chard, the slugs leave it alone, the pigeons don't seem to bother with it, they keep producing right through the winter and into the following year. I personally prefer the white and orange ones to the red, but that's because I wait until they grow really big leaves, which the red seem less able to do. I pull the leaves off (a bit like rhubarb) and let them re-grow. I personally don't bother too much with the stalks, although they are perfectly edible, so I take the centre vein out, shred the leaves, give them a wash and wilt them down in a wok, leave them to cool, then squash into balls and freeze them on a tray before bagging them up. Then over the Winter and the following Spring I add them to soups, broths and stews. Packed full of iron, magnesium and vitamins, particularly vit K and vit A. Marvellous! You mentioned winding the climbing beans around the canes, but you were winding them in a clockwise direction and they wind in the opposite direction in the northern hemisphere, so they'll just unwind themselves again every time you do it
Hello 👋🏻 I have cut off the one and it seems to be sprouting up again, maybe I'll do the same with the others... in the last day or so they seem to be being attacked by Aphids. Great tip about freezing your chard, and thanks I didn't know that about the beans 🫘
*Correction - the opening title should say Sunday. We definitely did not have lovely weather on the Saturday ☔️☔️☔️
Thanks for the tour Dora, it's been a difficult spring for many, but your plot is looking lovely !
Thank you for the encouragement Andy! I hope you're having some success 👩🏼🌾
Your plot looks lovely! Impressive Brocolli 😊
Thank you so much - I’m over moon with the broccoli! 🥦🥦🥦
Your flower bed, The white daisy looks like Feverfew , the small pinky White flower looked like Campion ( theres a red (dk pink) and a white so you've probably got the two + hybrids The geranium, is probably Bloody cranesbill (or i a cultivar) ... you need some welsh poppies in there and some night scented stock and it will be a riot.
Sweet williams, it will soon be time to sow them and walflowers ( I remember my dad sowing them in a nursery bed then transplanting them - once you have them established they will self seed year after year.
DOn't worry too much about trying to grow everything, just enjoy growing and picking what you get , theres always next year
Hi Nick, Thank you for the flower descriptions - you're right about the Welsh poppies 🏴.
I've just sown some sweet Williams today, the more the merrier I say!
I agree with the mantra of 'there's always next year'... it's nice to take the small wins and it seems this year is especially tough 🌨️
Wow awesome broccoli 🥦 harvest. Blue skies hmm 🤔 no it’s wet cold and oh yeah wet 😂 here. But we are gardeners we just move in. Fab update Dora have a wonderful week, Ali 🌧️🌧️🇨🇦
Thank you Ali! I do hope you get some sun soon! 🌞🌞🌞
lovely update Dora, at least you can smile like the rest of us, its certainly been a struggle this year with the slugs, they even made the BBC news.
Thank you! I’m not surprised, they’ve provided us with quite the challenge haven’t they. Have a lovely weekend 🌞
your allotment is coming on fine well done young lady
Thank you Colin!
Hi Dora,
If you pinch the growing tips out of the broad beans once the flowers have set they'll be less attractive to the aphids! Also, keep an eye out for ants as they'll farm aphids on your plants.
You have a great attitude enjoying the harvests no matter the size and not letting the losses discourage you!
Thank you for sharing your experiences.
Hello 👋🏻 I did try to pinch the broad beans out but sadly hasn't done the trick on this occasion (unless maybe I didn't do it quite right)... it baffles me this ant aphid farming!! There's a high chance of this as I have a LOT of ants.
Aw thank you, I appreciate you taking the time to watch and comment - let's hope I can get us to harvesting those 2 carrots 😅🥕
Thanks for the guided tour Dora .
You’re welcome, I’m pleased you enjoyed!
Tip for broad beans.....direct sow first week of january [yes its cold and icy and makes no sense] and lets see what you get
Thank you for the tip - I'll have to try my best to remember to do that instead of module sowing and transplanting 🤞🏻
If I was you i would definitely get rid of all the straw and grass clippings around the potatoes as that will only encourage the slugs and snails to hide in there during the day and come out at night and eat all you crops hope that helps it’s been a really really bad year for them which doesn’t help
Ahh, I’ve been using grass clippings to earth up instead of soil which has been great for the pots but yes maybe creating a home for the stinky slugs! I also put the straw down as I heard they don’t like crawling over it… but actually it sounds the opposite! I’m keeping a close eye but will likely remove this now too and keep to the coffee grounds. Thanks for your comment 😃
Guidance is getting from your video. I'm working by watching your video
I’m pleased you’re enjoying the videos ☺️
The daisy flower is feverfew, I think
Well by Jove isn't that Serendipitous... the name of the gloves I was raving about! Thank you Sheila!
Fantastisch Doras Tour june 2024 thans te video Top te moostuin 😢Good week Doras 🪴🌤✌️🍹🌸🌼🌱💕🥒🫛☘️🥔🍅
Thank you ever so much - happy gardening! 🌞🌞
Hi Dora another great episode,I told you on your last video that I don’t get slugs.think I spoke to soon my beans have been destroyed 😢
Oh no Jason, sorry to hear that - you were doing so well!! Little blighters
Hi Jason I use nettles and brambles as a .mulch all around and growing wild around my brassica tunnel works for me happy gardening Richardx
I have plenty of nettles… I should try that too
Hi I have tips on my channel to help with slugs and fruit trees wait till winter when dormant before pruning. The broad beans jet wash with a hose and blast them off. very little slug damage for 50 odd years as always happy gardening Richardx
Hi Richard, thank you for commenting - I'll have to take a look. Sadly I don't have a hose here and am reliant on precious rain water via the watering butts/cans... I may have to make a few trips to the river and take some time to try and wash them off. Happy gardening back to you 😃☀️
@@doras.allotment poundland has some pump up pressure sprayers that can jet wash happy gardening Richardx
you were mirrored in this video did you notice it
for there was at least twice
so I had to see where and when there was right and wrong
but it was an interesting video nonetheless
Thank you for commenting. I’m not sure what you mean by mirroring sorry? I hope there isn’t two of me 😂
I guess Hazel/Filbert then Mulberry for the trees.
Goodness me... if a Hazel that could grow huge?! Do you know if you're able to keep them small?
Would be wonderful if the second is a Mulberry - thank you for sharing your thoughts Jack 😊
@@doras.allotment You can prune anything to the height that you want. If the first is hazel you can even coppice it, cut it down to the ground every few years for poles and pea sticks.
I’ll have to take a closer inspection, thanks Jack!
It's so annoying that the slugs have eaten so much of your produce. I really like the idea of the cages but I'm not sure how you can block slugs out unless you put some tarp or a cover around the bottom outside of the fencing (I don't know if that makes sense aha!) But your plot is looking lovely so really great effort. Well done ♡
They certainly have been a challenge, but it makes it all the more rewarding when you can harvest something! Thank you lovely 🌞🌞🌞
If you choose the dwarf variety 'the Sutton', you can sow your broad beans in November for harvesting around now. I find that about three quarters will germinate over winter and then I sow a few more indoors in February to plug any gaps. Since I started doing this, I haven't had any problems with aphids although that may just be pure coincidence. I do the same with peas (var Meteor) and I'm eating them already, and I do the same with onions (var Shakespeare) and they're nearly ready now... another couple of weeks maybe. Of all the overwintering onions that I've tried, Shakespeare gives me the best yield and they store really well strung up in the garage.
With all of them, I hoop and fleece to protect them during the winter months. The growing season is a bit shorter in Co Durham compared to the Cotswold's, so I find this extends the growing season quite a bit
Noted about 'the sutton', hopefully doing that will help as the poor things are really suffering with aphids.
Nice, I'll have to try and get my hands on some Shakespeare too then 🧅
Thanks for knowledge sharing 🙂
If you haven't dug out the chard, you could try cutting out the flowering spikes and see if they regrow. I love chard, the slugs leave it alone, the pigeons don't seem to bother with it, they keep producing right through the winter and into the following year. I personally prefer the white and orange ones to the red, but that's because I wait until they grow really big leaves, which the red seem less able to do. I pull the leaves off (a bit like rhubarb) and let them re-grow. I personally don't bother too much with the stalks, although they are perfectly edible, so I take the centre vein out, shred the leaves, give them a wash and wilt them down in a wok, leave them to cool, then squash into balls and freeze them on a tray before bagging them up. Then over the Winter and the following Spring I add them to soups, broths and stews. Packed full of iron, magnesium and vitamins, particularly vit K and vit A. Marvellous!
You mentioned winding the climbing beans around the canes, but you were winding them in a clockwise direction and they wind in the opposite direction in the northern hemisphere, so they'll just unwind themselves again every time you do it
Hello 👋🏻 I have cut off the one and it seems to be sprouting up again, maybe I'll do the same with the others... in the last day or so they seem to be being attacked by Aphids.
Great tip about freezing your chard, and thanks I didn't know that about the beans 🫘
another delightful video😊"Cage of death" 🤣well done plot's looking great
Thank you! I very much would like to not call it the 'cage of death'... but it can't yet be trusted 😃
The onions & garlic you’ve planted in our Welsh garden are going great guns 💪
@@Catherine67576 makes up for the ones at the allotment!