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Glad you found my video useful. When I constructed the raised beds I got a load of soil delivered from the local builders merchant. It was just bog standard soil, but was perfect. Hope you have a wonderful season xx

To be honest I doubt it very much. I've just got no time, what with so many people wanting me to do their gardens, bell ringing, baking, family and everything else. It takes a long time to film and edit the videos, there just aren't enough hours in the day. I put photos up on my Claire's Allotment Facebook page so you can see what I get up to there xx

@@clairesallotment Well Claire sorry to hear no more CZcams videos. We'll miss you. Yes I know life is busy as you said. I do not do Facebook but I just checked your page and I saw I can see your photos and videos not being a Facebook member. You take care. Happy gardening for 2024! xx

I've got chickens and they would get very confused if I got a dog or a cat, they don't like change 🤣 A peacock from down the road came into our garden not long ago and that scared the bejesus out of them xx

AS much sun as you can give it, but will cope with a little dappled shade.

Talking to them also helps xx

You're welcome

You're going to have to dig it out with a large fork which will help loosen the deep roots. Get as much of it out as you can before it sets seed. If you are relentless with it then it's very easy to get rid of.

Wow, you've binge watched them, that's amazing. Thank you xx Yes everything is fine, I'm just so busy working full time and then at the weekend it's taken up with bell ringing and sorting out my garden. I post photos on Facebook so you can find me at Claire's Allotment xx

I'll see what I can do this year. I'm still on Facebook and Twitter and Instagram - Claire's Allotment xx

It's a constant problem where we live, as we live next to a farm and way out in the sticks. I'm always finding new ways to try and keep them out of the garden, but the little buggers always find a way. Bunnies are a problem too, but a fence, like you have done will work very well. The battle goes on to keep our crops safe, it's just something I need to work with. Take care xx

Excellent, keep me posted xx

Yes I'll make more next season. The summer was hectic. I'm also on Facebook under Claire's Allotment so follow me there. I'm always putting up photos xx

thank you Claire @@clairesallotment

It's been a funny old year. I've been so busy with work and putting in extra hours and then the weekends have been crammed full with one thing and another. I've managed to get loads done in the garden but have had to snatch and hour here and there. It's been a good year for tomatoes, carrots, onions, berries and especially grapes. The courgettes didn't do anything at all so they were a lost cause. the brassicas are now happy as it's cooler. We started the season really warm and then it got cold and wet. We then had a heatwave and then more rain. September was beautiful and so was October for the most part with above average temperatures. We've just had a bad storm come across with very strong winds and now the weather is very wet so that's fun for working out in. But still we take each day as it goes and see what we can do. Putting the garden away for the winter now, still have lots of brassicas, leeks, celeriac, carrots and parsnips still in. Take care xx

@@clairesallotment Have you stopped making video's?

@@PeterMaddison2483 I'm gonna see what I can do this year xx

I'm in Kent xx

We're having a late summer heatwave at the moment 30 degrees but feels much hotter and very humid. Not easy to go in the garden at the moment.

@@clairesallotment I am in florida. Story of my life. Had to give up on various crops : (

It's been a weird year what with the weather not knowing if it's Spring, Summer or Autumn. But some things have done well, and others not so. But it's gardening and we have to take the rough with the smooth. Hope you're having a successful year xx

I said that the likelihood of getting blight if you're growing tomatoes in a greenhouse is small. If you're growing them outside then it can be a major problem. Blight like humid and moist weather and occurs when the water falls on the leaves and stems. If you are growing your tomatoes in a greenhouse then fresh compost each year and water from the bottom and try to avoid getting any water on your leaves. If you're growing them outside then make sure you grow your tomatoes in a different place each year. Hope this helps xx

@@clairesallotment Every year i'm grown them in my greenhouse and every i've had blight

@@warreng675 Ok so try the following. At the end of the season give your greenhouse a thorough clean out. Get rid of any debris and rubbish. Sweep and wash the floors and wash any staging you have as well as the inside and outside of the greenhouse. Use hot water with some disinfectant in. Leave to dry naturally. If you're growing your tomatoes in pots then the blight virus may well stay on those pots, so either throw them away and get new ones or give them all a good wash in hot disinfectant water. Do the same with the bamboo canes you use. If you're growing your tomatoes in a section of soil in the greenhouse, then don't use it for a year and the virus should die out. Just think of blight as a virus that will spread easily and you have to keep everything super clean to kill it. During the winter leave the greenhouse door open so fresh air can come in, especially cold air as this will kill the virus. Use fresh compost each year. You may have unknowingly put a diseased tomato or potato plant on a compost heap and then used that compost the following year for your tomatoes. Just remember the compost heap is warm and the virus will love that. Hope this helps xxx

Thank you. Gardening shouldn't be complicated. Keeping it simple is the best thing xx

How did it go?

I've mentioned in previous videos, but the reason being is because newly sown seeds need clean water (tap) because there are very few germs in it. Rain water could have been sitting about in a butt for weeks, even months and there are lots of germs in that would harm the seeds. Think of your seeds like little babies, we have to protect them when they're very young and as they grow and get bigger they can cope with more. Hope this helps.

No I don't have any in my garden. In fact there are very few sightings in the UK of Monarch Butterfly. They have been seen in the Cornwall and on the Scilly Isles, but they tend to be a touch warmer that where I am in the SE of the UK. We get the wind blowing in from the North Sea so I suspect it's too cold for them here.

@@clairesallotment Thanks. OK, I thought you had monarch's based on what I read. If you had milkweed the monarch's will come your way! xx

@@joehrlein847 We've just crowned a new King and Queen 😀

@@clairesallotment Well, maybe the new Monarch's, the King and Queen may stop by too! 😀

Hellloooooo xx

Thank you. I hope you find my waffling useful. You're doing a wonderful job xx

If you don't have a frost then they'll be ok. Fingers crossed.

I was on a canal boat with 7 other people. We rang a quarter peal for the King and Queen, and one of my boating friends took a photo of we slightly unclad and it's up on Facebook. Hope you saw it.

@@clairesallotment I'm not on Facebook, hope you all had a good time.

@@Stephen474 It was fabulous x