Preparing the Vegetable Garden/Allotment in April - Jobs to help with a Successful Harvest #68
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- Опубликовано: 30 сен 2024
- Spring has sprung, the days are getting longer and the temperature is starting to increase, so April is an extremely busy month in the Allotment or Vegetable Garden. There are plenty of jobs in the polytunnel, polyhouse or greenhouse as well as outside that need to be done. April is a busy month for sowing seeds, preparing the ground, weeding and carrying out general tidying up and maintenance tasks. It is so exciting!
In this video I take you on a tour of my allotment and vegetable growing area, including inside my polyhouse and show you some of the things that I will be doing in April as the new growing season starts to gather pace. I show you my new layout inside my polyhouse, progress of early seedlings, planting potatoes, making your own compost and so much more!
Here are the links to the videos referred to in this episode and a few other you might find of interest:
How to Build Greenhouse or Polytunnel Staging (Shelves) - On a Budget - A Step by Step Guide - • How to Build Greenhous...
How I Made my Own Compost in 12 months (as a Complete NOVICE) - Completely FREE and So Simple! - • How I Made my Own Comp...
How to Grow RASPBERRIES - (A complete guide to Pruning, Growing, Maintaining and Supporting) - • How to Grow RASPBERRIE...
How to Grow and Harvest AMAZING Strawberries EVERY YEAR! - • #5 How to Grow and Har...
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I hope you enjoy the video and if you have any questions or comments in relation to Allotments, Gardens, Vegetables, Fruit, Recipes or any related issues then please leave them below. I will choose a few questions to answer in future videos, so you may get a mention!
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It would be really helpful to others if you could tell everyone what your plans are for your veg plot for April. It's fantastic sharing ideas and we can learn so much from each other. Please add a comment below the video with your ideas and suggestions.
Love your polyhouse and bench it’s fabulous
Thank you Mandy. I built it last year and it is making such a difference. Thank you for your comment and kind regards. Gary
Don't forget to hit the SUBSCRIBE BUTTON and also the BELL ICON to be notified when each new video is uploaded. I hope you enjoy the videos and let me know if you have any suggestions for future videos. Thank you for watching. Kind regards. Gary
Cheers, thanks for sharing. How come your rasberries don't send their underground shoots all over your plot? My autumn bliss was sprawling allover the other beds.
Thank you very much for your comment which is greatly appreciated.
I do have the same issue with my raspberries however in order to contain them I dig up the side shots and put them in pots and give them away or re-plant them. There a few videos on my channel about growing raspberries but you might find this one interesting; ruclips.net/video/h6PtYJSXFfc/видео.html
Thank you once again for your comment and kind regards. Gary
Regarding the french beans, when do you think it's ideal to plant them out (I've heard they're not quite cold tolerant) if I'm in South England?
Thank you for your comment. I will be starting mine indoors as the weather is still
a little cold to plant them directly outside the UK. I would wait until until about mid May before thinking about planting directly outside. I hope this helps and kind regards. Gary
Just as I was starting to make some progress getting the raised beds ready, they announce a period of frost and snow...
Guess I'll just watch gardening videos for the next few days while sowing seeds in trays...
Yes, I know the weather goes from one extreme to another. Last week we had temperatures of nearly 20 degrees C this week we are at freezing or below!
Watching videos and sowing seeds is a good idea and enjoyable, so not all bad. Thank you very much for your comment which is greatly appreciated. Kind regards. Gary
Nice video! Where do you get your compost from?
Thank you very much for your comment and I’m pleased you liked the video.
I bought my compost this year from B&Q but I’ve been making my own for the last few years and I’m hoping to be self sufficient in the future with regards to compost.
There are a couple of videos on my channel showing how I make my compost so scroll through the library if you want to watch them.
Thank you once again for your comment and kind regards. Gary
Thanks for the tour Gary.
No problem at all. I hope you enjoyed it. I will do another tour in a few months and you will see another big difference. Thank you for watching. Kind regards. Gary
I don't know if I missed it, but which Swede did you grow cus they look fabulous. Many thanks
Hi Lisa. Thank you very much for your question. Yes, the swedes are fantastic and they are a variety called Helenor. Take a look through my previous videos and you will find a few in how to plant and grow swede. Kind regards. Gary
@@TheAllotmentGardenandKitchen thank you so much, I'm in the Midlands too, so might try those this year after seeing how well yours have done
@@lisa-lou57 definitely give them a go, I was really impressed and had a great harvest. Let me know how you get on. Kind regards. Gary
You have a lovely allotment, I just 5 hexagonal raised beds, and I think I have over shopped for seeds! lol and a very small space to grow them, I love watching your videos, keep up the good work!
Thank you so much for your comment and I’m pleased you enjoy my videos.
I know what you mean about shopping for seeds, even with my large allotment I struggle for space with everything I grow and I know a lot of people who watch the channel will relate to that.
Even with limited space there is still plenty of lovely veg you can grow and I’m sure you make the most of your raised beds. Kind regards. Gary
Great video..can I ask if your Polyhouse is heated? I sowed some lettuce and some brassicas seeds yesterday and I’ve put them in my unheated greenhouse.presently it’s in early 20’s during the day..but I also have a cold frame which doesn’t get as warm. Wondered which might be preferable.
Hi Gail and thank you very much for your comment. I'm pleased you liked the video.
I do not have any heating in my polyhouse. Veg like lettuce and brassicas do not require any major heat to germinate, in fact the seedlings you can see in the video germinated in the unheated polyhouse. Obviously, the warmer it is the quicker they will germinate but then main thing is that they will grow.
Veg such as tomatoes, peppers etc will need warmer temperatures of 20-25 degrees Celsius to germinate so they will be no good starting in an unheated space. I've got my peppers and tomatoes in a heated propagator and will move them to the polyhouse when the temperature starts to increase.
I would tend to keep them in the greenhouse for now if you have the space.
I hope this helps and kind regards Gary
Yet another brilliant video bud . Hope mine become as good in time . I always forget something but by the time I remember iv already posted it lol .
Thank you Mark, I really appreciate your comment. I’m the same, you can probably work out from my videos that I don’t use a script and sometimes I look back at a video and think ‘I thought I’d covered that’! Kind regards. Gary
Are they autumn or summer raspberries
To be honest I'm not sure, I think they are a combination of both. I was gifted them from a previous allotment holder who couldn't tell me which variety they were. I usually get a good crop in July followed by a later crop in August which is why I think they are both summer and autumn varieties. Kind regards Gary
@@TheAllotmentGardenandKitchen I think they must be summer ones. I just asking cos autumn ones you cut back to ground in autumn and winter. Mine are autumn and only start fruiting from late august to November. Summer fruiting ones you just cut off last years growth leave the newest canes as they produce the fruit the following year.
@@mandysplottoplate9410 I cut some of mine right back in early February down to the ground and some were from new growth from last year which is why I think they are mixed. Here is a link to a video I produced last year in relation to raspberries that you might find interesting. Kind regards. Gary. ruclips.net/video/MzHIUEPTpxc/видео.html