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Ooh, yes: I save and clean up and grind to powder our household eggshells, too. Only for the sterilizing, I drop the shells into a pot of boiling water let them cook for about twenty minutes or half an hour after the last pair of eggshell halves slip under the surface. I have a half-gallon container I save them in, and then sterilize those shells once the container is full, but I also give the shells a good rinse under running water and I try to remove as much membrane clinging to the inside as possible. Then into the collection bin they go, to wait until I have a full batch. Once the boiled shells have dried off completely, they can be finely crushed, or ground to a powder. Much gardening love from Northeast Ohio, U.S.A. 😊💚💚💚💚💚😊

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ just love it

Can you sit a water barrel under the leaking spigot to at least catch some of the leaks? Good luck!

I love ur garden thank you for showing us xx

I planted my British Queens in march as well and just dug up my first few plants today Fr 26 jul 2024 and and had a great harvest am in Ireland as well hope yours does as good

C'est un plaisir de vous rencontrer ici. Merci pour le partage. Heureux de communiquer avec vous.❤

Laura, what was the broad bean vareity? Just subbed.

Hi Laura, Congratulations to you for your newest family member and for aceing your exams! well done🎉 don't feel bad about not getting videos out sooner, your time with your family is important and you should take all the time you need 😊 You are a sweetheart and we look forward to seeing you and Roo Boo and your amazing tiny garden which is doing so well. I love the new rack, it's nice and slim, not taking up tons of room, yet upright it has plenty of room for plants and seedlings 😊 your cherry tree looks amazing and sooooo healthy. My sweet cherries did not do well this year, but my sour cherries did 😏 Have a good week Laura, until next time xxxxx❤

Lovely video thanks your very busy as always

Could be that there are more nodules cos there plant still wants to make beans. They get used up as each flower gets pollinated, normally (but who said this year is normal? LOL)

Congratulations on having done so well on your exams, and in your gardens, too! Your college/university coursework of course has to take precedence over making and posting videos, and how could you not have taken time to see family. And how lovely that you're an auntie again! Have you grown red Brussels sprouts before? You know they are much later maturing than the green B-sprouts varieties, yes? Depends partly on which red Brussels sprout you are growing but 210-260 days is typical for red sprouts. (I'm trying both "Rubine" and "Red Bull" Brussels sprouts this autumn and next [h'mm, let me think a bit]..very early next spring for both of them just to see whether one sowing or the other does better.) I'm reckoning it's always worth trying a sowing of something, for it might work out brilliantly if the weather cooperates with you, and to try is at least a try, a chance, where not trying at all guarantees you won't have a second harvest. And yours is a much milder winter than I have here, so I rather envy you that. You might want to wait just a wee while longer before giving your spinach a second go. About it having bolted: sometimes for some crops it takes only a day or two of too-high temperatures to upset their growth cycles and to cause them to go to seed. Do you have seeds of that variety and of a second one to do a comparison (next spring-summer, I imagine) or just seeds to plant a bit closer to autumn to see how it grows in cooler weather? Much gardening love from Northeast Ohio, U.S.A.! 😊💚💚💚💚💚😊

Well done!! You've worked really hard, its all looking so good. I'm moving house next year and hope to get an allotment then, hopefully with a shed too. I am definitely going to get a polytunnel as I am going to Scotland so I need to protect the plants from the weather!!!

Ugh. Concrete chunks and shredded plastic 😣 the bane of gardeners everywhere! I live in a windy suburb, and my garden seems to be a catch-all for people's rubbish that blows in. I'm constantly having to tread into my garden beds to pull rubbish out. Very frustrating, especially if the plastic disintegrates! When it gets to that point, I usually shovel it into a garbage bag, because I don't want it hanging around in my garden soil. Your allotment is looking amazing! Same with your Tiny Garden. I'm so envious! Everything is full of vibrant green and bright colours 💚 Here on the other side of the world, it's still overcast, grey, and looking mostly bare. I think only my daphne is flowering, but it smells divine, so that's nice!

As someone who has a terrible habit of trying to do too much all at once and then rapidly burning out, I'm glad to hear that you have taken breaks from filming and editing while your life gets hectic! I've been so busy myself this last month or so that I've had trouble trying to find time to watch CZcams videos 😅 I've got a week of leave, and the To Do list is a mile long, but I've forced myself to book in some fun stuff so that I don't accidentally burn out when I'm meant to be relaxing off work 😂 Congrats on being an Aunty again! And Roo is so adorable with Goose. Hopefully she'll focus on Goose and leave your garden alone. Especially big congrats on your studies! Hope the final project goes well! 🤞🏻 Also, Happy Birthday! 🎉❤🎂 I really hope you have another wonderful trip around the sun 😁

Congrats on becoming an auntie again! And on your garden, it looks amazing. Im definitely going to put in some more early blooming flowers next year, my veg have definitely suffered from lack of pollinators this year, even tho i have marigolds dotted around. I even had to help the courgettes out with a little paintbrush. My neighbours must thjnk ive lost the plot 😂

Hiya, Laura! 🥰🌱❤️ Roo and Goose are so cuuute! 💕 Wow, I will try broad beans next season. Those looked yummy. Love that new plant stand! Great deal. Congrats on becoming a new Auntie and passing your exams, missy! ❤ Spinach, carrots, and beets have been the crops I’ve yet to grow successfully the last 4 seasons, but I’ll keep trying! I love the mix of flowers in your garden as well. Take care! 💕

Hi Laura, firstly Congratulations for passing all your exams, just that big one to go now, fingers crossed for you. So you have relatives in England eh yay whereabouts in England are they from? did you show them your Plot? Now for the garden your home garden looks amazing with everything starting to burst into colour, your 'tiny garden' (see what i did there) is looking as good as your plot, you have come on in leaps and bounds since i first saw you, so well done you. Not much my end happening all my Garlic is done now just some drying off to be done before being tied up, Spuds are all done now they just need emptying out now when needed, i only do first and second earlies. I didn't grow much this year in fact i only did Carrots, Onions, Spuds and Garlic, now that they have finished i got nowt growing not even a seed, my health is cocking things up for me so hence the none growing. Take Care Congratulations again. Barry (Wirral, ENG) xx

30k words?! You take your time love! Jaysus Love catching your vids, so nice to see Roo what a beauty she is, how has she not chewed that toy to bits? My Zion, staffy cross, wrecks everything but sure that's how he enjoys himself so you do you mate. What breed is she? Garden looks amazing, been a tough year, but things are definitely coming to life on my balcony, lots of colour now. I've learnt tons in my first year, already looking forward to next. Best of luck with the assignment and congrats of the exams results!!

Do you know what the spinach variety was? Yours is much larger but I tried growing spinach for the first time this year, got a small harvest but then it also seemed to bolt, and our weather in South Wales probably hasn't been much warmer than yours.

Hi Laura, and Happy belated Birthday!🥳 With regards to the nodules I understand that the British Isles have had a lot of rain this season and (relatively) little clear and sunny days. Rainwater has a lot of nitrogen in it, so I believe the excess has allowed the plants to store more N in their roots. Less light also means less need for all that nurrient to build biomass above ground which excacerbates it further. A nice bonus for the coming few seasons as it slowly breaks down into the soil😁 I hope this helps. Best of luck with the final crunch for finishing your studies, you are killing it and I am in awe at everything you are able to achieve! Kind regards from Northern Norway

Hi laura Hope ur well Your doing fantastic With ur garden and allotment Im stil fighting a loosing battle .with slugs and my pumpkins They just wont leave them I keep moving them around And still they find them x

Congratulations on your studies

Forgot to add.. I LOVE THE INTRO too 😊❤

Hello Laura..catching up now 😊 Thank you, great vlog xxxx

Lovely to see you Laura. I somehow missed your last video. I think spinach is a nightmare. I find growing it in shallow trays as micro greens best and in the house in a cool room.

Wow you have so much packed into a tiny space, and they all look great. I'm gonna have to up my game!!! Congrats on passing exams !

Belated Birthday wishes Laura, hope you had a fabulous day. Thats a fantastic little garden you have, oh and CONGRATS on your exam and assignment results and i am sure you will pass the 30,000 word research piece with flying colours as well. Nice 1 👍

Hi Laura, sorry i havent been around for a while, but now i am catching up. You are looking really well, as is the plot. You have done a great job with the post, tap and fittings. Salad bed looks really good and that cucumber is awesome. Your potatoes looks more like septoria leaf spot than blight. All in all plots looking great, you have plenty growing and took home a nice harvest, well done x

I still am rooting for you to move it so the windows face south. <3

Ok I just discovered your videos this morning. I'm halfway through bingeing your allotment vids and I luv your adorable doggo <3

Awww Roo having a cuddle 🥰 I think she also had her eye on your raspberries! Your home garden is looking lovely and green 💚

Lovely video Laura. Nice to be harvesting isn't it. You did very well not to just munch all those mange tout while you were picking 🤣

Love the plant stand and extra potting space. Iv been getting lots of fruit lately so super happy with it but the slugs have damaged lots of other things. My French beans are starting to grow now so fingers crossed I get a few ❤

Hi Laura I’ve just found your channel and I’m in the same boat as you I was growing in raised beds at home and I got the choice of 5 plots as well 😂 My plot was a mess too. I’m doing no dig and started my beds the same as you. Love your channel

Aw that dog and her toy ! so cute.

Congrats on your exams and new neice/nephew! The garden looks absolutely glorious, you've done an amazing job considering the weather we've been having!

Don't know where you find the time to fit everything in. Home garden looks absolutely amazing. Packed with goodies. Your shelf is fabulous. Good luck with your research paper.

Fab that college is going so well. The Tiny Garden looks great. Spinach is a finicky for me in the best of seasons. Viro Flay is about the most delayed bolter I've found. None of them are fool proof here, because we warm up so fast. I've been so hot that I could not transplant my Garleeks. Too afraid they will die (have already lost some leeks to transplant woes in the heat). Glad that you had family time. We'll all be waiting whenever you can put out content.

Everything looking so good now we're getting some sunshine at last 🌿🌸🫛🥬 I actually saw a butterfly 🦋 today have hardly seen any bees 🐝 or butterflies at all - maybe a few ladybirds 🐞 but not many of them either 🤦 it's been a strange year 🙄

Hey Laura! 🙋🏻‍♀️ Always nice to see Roo who has a new baby! Precious. Congratulations on your exams! Your tiny garden looks fab. As always thank you for sharing! Cindy

That plant stand was an amazing bargain! Just perfect for that space. Well spotted! Congratulations on becoming an auntie again and for your exam results. Brilliant! Good luck with the mammoth assignment. Tiny garden is looking lovely. So productive and green. Amazing how quickly things change this time of year I’ve tried so hard to keep on top of the succession sowing but it’s so easy to get caught up in the here and now when life gets busy

What a lovely update. Sorry I’m so delayed, but with two weekends away I’ve struggled to keep up. The plot is looking productive. Loving the new tap set up. Looks fab! That looks hard work with the broken concrete and plastic. Really is a gift that keeps on giving isn’t it?! 😫 Potatoes looked good that you pulled. Impressive and the cucumber is massive!! 😱❤️

What a lovely update. Sorry I’m so delayed, but with two weekends away I’ve struggled to keep up. The plot is looking productive. Loving the new tap set up. Looks fab! That looks hard work with the broken concrete and plastic. Really is a gift that keeps on giving isn’t it?! 😫 Potatoes looked good that you pulled. Impressive

Hope you had a super birthday and was spoiled rotten ❤. Tiny garden is looking great Laura you’ve done an amazing job. Congratulations on your exams too 🎉. Life gets busy so it’s all good stuff, have a super days, Ali 🌞🥵🇨🇦

you are so sweet - no need for apologies! Doing great - your studies and your gardens! ;)

Love goose 🦆❤. Omg everything looks so green and lush! Was that a beefsteak tomato I spied?? 😅. What a bargain with the shelving! I hope you enjoyed your birthday btw! And how lovely that you got to spend time with family that's expanding ❤ well done with college!! Bang em out as and when Laura, we'll still be here x

Hi laura happy birthday for yesterday hope you had a lovley day mine is tomorrow well done on your exams and gardens xx

My spinach was the same

Gorgeous garden!

Hi Laura, congrats on your exam results, great update cosmos dahlia sweet peas looking good, are you still doing a live with Audrey or have I missed it, take care Steve