Great video Ian and what a beautiful display of dahlias. How the heck do you get them so tall? Mine were a bit of a washout this year and I only just managed to get enough picked for my daughters wedding last week. However, this week I’ve got lots blooming. Have a good weekend and hope you feel better soon.
@@Tea_and_thyme_2012 Hi Deb, as always thanks for watching. I’m glad you managed to get enough flowers for the wedding. The fact you have lots of flower this week is just down to timing from bud to flower. The height is what it is, different varieties getting to different sizes. They haven’t had any fees since September but I still try to remove spent flowers each time I cut flowers for home. How are you getting on with autumn planting, have you finished ?
@ Hi Ian I’ve only planted onions and garlic so far this year. Also two bags of potatoes for Christmas hopefully. I’m still harvesting leeks (I’ve got 3 left), spring onions and the odd snack size pepper. I’m still waiting for my seed order from Kings so it’s probably too late to start things now. I’m giving my shed a good clean, painting inside and a tidy up as I can never find anything and spend more time looking for things than actually working on the plot! It’ll be finished today fingers crossed!
@ I keep looking at the shed with a view to sort it out, and fix the small hole where mice chewed through 😄 The greenhouse also needs a good clean and tidy but it’s just so boring a job. Enjoy your last crops, I’m going to pull some leeks today to make soup !! Hope your seeds arrive soon. 🌼🌸
Great plot tour Ian, have you thought about putting woodchip in the paths, I think it will make it look good, BTW I am not jealous of them Dahlias 😂. Sam
@@samuelbarvet2641 Hi Sam. Glad you like the Dahlias, they still have another couple of weeks left in them 🤞 If I could get wood chip free or really cheap then yes I would probably go for it. As it would only be for aesthetics I never quite understand spending so much each year to do it vs just using weed fabric. Is your growing still going okay
Hi Ian, yes growing season is going OK, planted few things in my back garden (garlic, spinach broad beans). I am hopping to do the same thing at the allotment this weekend, it has been flooded few days ago so hopefully it is dry enough to get some planting done, happy gardening. Sam
@ Sorry to hear you have had flooding, hopefully not to much lasting or long term damage. I’m not growing broad beans this year as the rest of the family refused to eat them this year 😄 I have started a few early leeks so will see how they develop over winter. All the best with your planting 🧄🧅🪴
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@@michaelsplot much appreciated 🌶️🎃
Great video Ian and what a beautiful display of dahlias. How the heck do you get them so tall? Mine were a bit of a washout this year and I only just managed to get enough picked for my daughters wedding last week. However, this week I’ve got lots blooming. Have a good weekend and hope you feel better soon.
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Hi Deb, as always thanks for watching.
I’m glad you managed to get enough flowers for the wedding. The fact you have lots of flower this week is just down to timing from bud to flower.
The height is what it is, different varieties getting to different sizes. They haven’t had any fees since September but I still try to remove spent flowers each time I cut flowers for home.
How are you getting on with autumn planting, have you finished ?
@ Hi Ian I’ve only planted onions and garlic so far this year. Also two bags of potatoes for Christmas hopefully. I’m still harvesting leeks (I’ve got 3 left), spring onions and the odd snack size pepper. I’m still waiting for my seed order from Kings so it’s probably too late to start things now. I’m giving my shed a good clean, painting inside and a tidy up as I can never find anything and spend more time looking for things than actually working on the plot! It’ll be finished today fingers crossed!
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I keep looking at the shed with a view to sort it out, and fix the small hole where mice chewed through 😄
The greenhouse also needs a good clean and tidy but it’s just so boring a job.
Enjoy your last crops, I’m going to pull some leeks today to make soup !!
Hope your seeds arrive soon. 🌼🌸
Great plot tour Ian, have you thought about putting woodchip in the paths, I think it will make it look good, BTW I am not jealous of them Dahlias 😂. Sam
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Hi Sam.
Glad you like the Dahlias, they still have another couple of weeks left in them 🤞
If I could get wood chip free or really cheap then yes I would probably go for it. As it would only be for aesthetics I never quite understand spending so much each year to do it vs just using weed fabric.
Is your growing still going okay
Hi Ian, yes growing season is going OK, planted few things in my back garden (garlic, spinach broad beans). I am hopping to do the same thing at the allotment this weekend, it has been flooded few days ago so hopefully it is dry enough to get some planting done, happy gardening. Sam
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Sorry to hear you have had flooding, hopefully not to much lasting or long term damage.
I’m not growing broad beans this year as the rest of the family refused to eat them this year 😄
I have started a few early leeks so will see how they develop over winter.
All the best with your planting 🧄🧅🪴