I loooooooooove your garden!, and ofcourse see Maggie stroll around it XD. This year my strawberries have done wonderfully while my beans are absolutely crap. And again no pears this year but apples gallore. The rest of my garden is doing fine. I love the squirrels taking nuts and the birds eating worms :D Thank you for the video. Your garden is amazing!!
Don't you mean you love Maggie's garden? 😂 She's always out there on a good day - sleeping in the pumpkins, climbing up the trees, digging holes where she's not supposed to! Love her so much 💚 Each year is so different in the garden, isn't it? That's fantastic that your strawberries and apples have done well this year!
I am soooo envious looking at your beautiful garden. I live in Texas and this year was a total killer. We have 3 months straight 100 + F , they called it a bowl over Texas. Not a drop of rain, and burning Sun all day long. I live here 30+ year and this area around Houston usually hot and humid, but this year really tops the heat record. Everybody's grass now looks like straw and even the knock-out roses suffer, dying leaves no flower. Even the magnolia trees are suffering, and they are southern beauties.. but I see more and more completely dead magnolia trees. This is September now and I can't wait to see temperature change.
That's so sad about the trees :( It's unfortunately been the hottest year EVER in human history and it's unlikely that trend will cool down anytime soon. You may want to look into drought and desert gardening techniques for next year. May you have a good, temperate winter ahead of you, though! You could potentially start some hardy greens now to grow over winter. I'm not as familiar with your climate, but see many southern and Californian gardeners doing so over the winter months.
Your wildflower bed is just so beautiful. I have one too on my allotment and the bees love it. I also grew the most beautiful gladioli in amongst all the wildflowers. Thankyou for sharing your August garden!
Ours tastes great! It's a mild pepper-cucumber flavour but is better when they are younger and greener. You can eat the seeds at that point, too. Another thing to consider is soil. If you're noticing that other vegetables are lacking flavour, it might be time to get a professional analysis of your soil. Mineral imbalances and lower levels of soil life can lead to lacklustre flavour. I.E. supermarket veg flavour.
Some very willing recipients of my summer veg are the residents of Paphos Zoo! They love some of the more unusual veg, which you don't find at the local supermarkets, here.
I can't grow sweet potatoes here, but I understand the leaves are quite tasty. Weather has been weird this year, and it's not going to go back to normal for decades apparently. That makes growing almost anything like guesswork. I just focus on upgrading the soil to the best I can get it. The rest, have no idea. 🙅
Sweet potatoes don't usually do well outdoors here (Britain/Isle of Man) either, but I grow a variety that tolerates cooler climates. Growing it undercover seems to be a good tactic too 🙂
Lovely tour. I bought mesh and hoops from Gardening Naturally. Certainly would recommend. Really worth the investment and kept cabbage butterfly off but unfortunately the slugs had a bonanza feast during July and August with the rain! Better luck next year!
Beautiful garden. How long have you been there now? Two years? You've turned what was a field into a luscious, productive yet gorgeous garden. Your polycrub!! It's like Kew Gardens in there! Absolute heaven 😍 All looking beautiful as always. Take care 😊🌱
So nice of you to say - thank you 💚 Yes, just over two years now! The garden is expanding bit by bit, and more flower and herb borders will go in soon. Can't wait to see it in another two years 😍
Everything in your garden is looking amazing! I've been wondering how your hedgerow plants are doing. When my husband and I move to a larger piece of land I want to grow one like you planted. Beautiful garden Tanya!
Parts of it are getting big! Other parts are growing steady but are smaller - maybe due to soil quality and underground obstacles. I'll try to do an update video 🙂
The wildflower border is thriving and so peaceful to look at. Carrots, potato's and squash. Sounds like some soup is on the list of to do's! How else are you going to preserve your harvest? Have you noticed any local wildlife at the water pond? Thank you for the update.
There are aquatic snails and insects that have appeared in the pond! I'm hoping that we'll see some frog spawn next year, though 😊 As for preserving, I have a pressure canner now, so I hope to test it out next month when the aubergines ripen. We have a chest freezer, though, and dry storage, so most excess veg gets sent that direction. How about you?
@@Lovelygreens I will be doing some canning, dehydrating and some give aways to family/friends. I setup a few "lizard" lodges in the garden and they are doing a great job of removing unwanted pests. I have added quite a few more flowers this year to bring in more beneficial insects. I have set up "watering" stations throughout the garden to keep water for all the creatures. I have rocks in light blue glazed saucers for bees and other insects to drink, without drowing. The sea glass you used is a nice touch. I love going to the beach, and I have a few close by. Hot and dry in CA. in the summer.♥🐝🦎
I highly recommend CZcamsr The Gardening Channel with James Prigioni who lives in New Jersey USA. James sprays a liquid clay on his apple and pear trees several times during fruiting season. Amazing results!!!!! 👍
Growing your own fruit and vegetables is a life safer for me, I have a modest works pension at the age of 59, but cannot get my state pension until the age of 67, even though it is sitting there for me (I wish the UK government would allow people the choice to access their state pension early at 60 at say 2/3rds to cover those 7 years?? like in France). My budget is extremely tight at the moment, like a lot of people and the food from my allotment has literally given me full meals and saved me quite a lot of money in buying food from the shops.
Hi Tanya! I love your wildflower bank. I remember you were testing a local seed mixture at first that didn't quite work out. Are these new wildflowers indigenous to the greater British Isles as well?
The middle patch of the border is from the Manx Wildlife Trust seed mix! I don't think all are native but they are all high in nectar and pollen that native pollinators can use.
I've heard about copper use for my diseased plum (doesn't appear to be plum pocket, just leaf curl and cankers). I have been worried about using copper... I'm going to try cutting out the diseased areas and sealing. Watching you use copper may sway me though so please do make video about this. There is little quality content out there on tree care!
I agree! I've scoured online sources for advice on what to do with my trees and even messaged a few nurseries. I also have a case of powdery mildew on one particular apple tree that is spreading to others. It's a terrible infection that spreads from year to year, but I'm finding a diluted dairy milk spray is helping. As for plum pocket - I'm not happy about having to use a copper-based fungicide, either. I've tried other things that have not worked, and it's now down to using it or taking the tree out completely. Which would be a terrible shame. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that using the solution will work.
Yes, I'm also worried about taking a tree out, replacing it and the new one becoming immediately infected due to being in an "infection zone" hah. I guess where trees take so long to become mature and produce fruit, it's higher risk. Hope you can get rid of it and spread the knowledge. Will keep an eye out on your videos - as I always do! :) @@Lovelygreens
Great video Tanya...thank you for your time and enthusiasm! I have problems with shield bugs and their offspring attacking my tomatoes, in particular, San Marzano variety. I grow organically, so other than blasting them with the hose, do you have any other tips?
Someone else on here mentioned spraying clay on fruit trees. It's not applicable in my plum tree's circumstance but may be in yours! Spraying ripening fruit, including tomatoes, with kaolin clay mixed into water, can create a thin physical barrier that insects can not get through. It's harmless to us, though, and you just wash the fruit before eating.
Thanks for such interesting, fruitful update. If I could ask you to review and/or give again the link about trailing raspberries? I remember there were two varieties, mine is going really wild but still very satisfied with it, want to give me a better chance to cultivate them properly. Thanks.
I'm not sure about trailing(?) raspberries, but all raspberries benefit from pruning. There are two main types - summer fruiting and autumn fruiting. Summer fruiting gets pruned now, and only the old canes get cut down to about 2" from the ground. All this year's growth is left to grow and tied into supports. Autumn fruiting is fruiting like mad right now! In winter, you can cut ALL the canes down to about 2" from the ground. They fruit best on new wood.
Welcome! I'm on a small island in Britain called The Isle of Man. I have a video on what allotments are if you'd like to learn more: czcams.com/video/z8_GER8n8qE/video.htmlsi=apU3iMFpMHBLUm-p
All the plants are very fertile and well cared for, thank you for sharing
It's my pleasure 💚 Thank you!
We loved this garden tour, friend!
They all gorgeous !
Awesome Garden !
Learn something new everyday. Never heard of Achocha!
The slide of those seedlings from the gutter to the soil….legendary
It's so satisfying! I'll never get bored of growing peas that way :)
I could not like this video enough!!
I always hit the like button before I even watch full video.. i love what you do..
You're the best! Thank you 😊
I LOVE the wildflower border, it is so diverse and colourful! Just WOW!
I love it, too!
Love your wild flower bed its stunning.
Thank you, Carol 💚
I loooooooooove your garden!, and ofcourse see Maggie stroll around it XD. This year my strawberries have done wonderfully while my beans are absolutely crap. And again no pears this year but apples gallore. The rest of my garden is doing fine. I love the squirrels taking nuts and the birds eating worms :D Thank you for the video. Your garden is amazing!!
Don't you mean you love Maggie's garden? 😂 She's always out there on a good day - sleeping in the pumpkins, climbing up the trees, digging holes where she's not supposed to! Love her so much 💚 Each year is so different in the garden, isn't it? That's fantastic that your strawberries and apples have done well this year!
lovely tour and lovely flowers well done tanya
Thanks so much 😊
It all looks amazing my pumpkins have gone crazy this yeartoox
It's so fun seeing them grow, clamber, and then discovering the pumpkins/squash, isn't it? :)
I agree its only my second yr growing pumpkins & squashes & this yr they have grown twice as big as last yr so plenty of soup & curry for the winterxx
Wow what an amazing garden 🪴 tour thanks for sharing your experience!
Thank you, Jack 🙂
Flower bank looks gorgeous
It's so much better in real life, too. I can't recommend growing one enough 🙂
Great Video! Wow Amazing! That garden definitely must be keeping you busy! 🥰
Thank you for sharing.
I am soooo envious looking at your beautiful garden. I live in Texas and this year was a total killer. We have 3 months straight 100 + F , they called it a bowl over Texas. Not a drop of rain, and burning Sun all day long. I live here 30+ year and this area around Houston usually hot and humid, but this year really tops the heat record. Everybody's grass now looks like straw and even the knock-out roses suffer, dying leaves no flower. Even the magnolia trees are suffering, and they are southern beauties.. but I see more and more completely dead magnolia trees. This is September now and I can't wait to see temperature change.
That's so sad about the trees :( It's unfortunately been the hottest year EVER in human history and it's unlikely that trend will cool down anytime soon. You may want to look into drought and desert gardening techniques for next year. May you have a good, temperate winter ahead of you, though! You could potentially start some hardy greens now to grow over winter. I'm not as familiar with your climate, but see many southern and Californian gardeners doing so over the winter months.
Well done, nice & healthy vegetables in quantity.
Many thanks 💚
Your wildflower bed is just so beautiful. I have one too on my allotment and the bees love it. I also grew the most beautiful gladioli in amongst all the wildflowers. Thankyou for sharing your August garden!
You're welcome, and your allotment flowers sound beautiful, too!
Beautiful use of those white rocks Tanya. They are a perfect border to the wild flowers. 💗
Thank you! I love the effect, too 😍
Everything looks so lush and green, Tanya. What a beautiful garden! 💕😊
Thanks so much! 😊
Fab update! We tried achocha..grows amazingly but tastes of very little..I so wanted it to taste better!!
Ours tastes great! It's a mild pepper-cucumber flavour but is better when they are younger and greener. You can eat the seeds at that point, too. Another thing to consider is soil. If you're noticing that other vegetables are lacking flavour, it might be time to get a professional analysis of your soil. Mineral imbalances and lower levels of soil life can lead to lacklustre flavour. I.E. supermarket veg flavour.
I have one zucchini plant and it´s giving so much.
They are very generous plants!
❤❤❤ Beautiful garden
So nice of you to say! Thanks 🙂
Some very willing recipients of my summer veg are the residents of Paphos Zoo! They love some of the more unusual veg, which you don't find at the local supermarkets, here.
Oh wow! Do you get to be there for feeding time?
@@LovelygreensOh yeah, but I give it a miss if they've had beetroot! LOL!
Beautiful border! And your produce...wow!
Thank you!
I can't grow sweet potatoes here, but I understand the leaves are quite tasty.
Weather has been weird this year, and it's not going to go back to normal for decades apparently.
That makes growing almost anything like guesswork.
I just focus on upgrading the soil to the best I can get it. The rest, have no idea. 🙅
Sweet potatoes don't usually do well outdoors here (Britain/Isle of Man) either, but I grow a variety that tolerates cooler climates. Growing it undercover seems to be a good tactic too 🙂
Lovely tour. I bought mesh and hoops from Gardening Naturally. Certainly would recommend. Really worth the investment and kept cabbage butterfly off but unfortunately the slugs had a bonanza feast during July and August with the rain! Better luck next year!
Thanks for the video ❤️❤️❤️
I’m definitely going to try peas in the gutter next year
You'll be delighted! Remember to not water them the day you're planning on planting them out, though. They'll stick inside, otherwise.
Beautiful garden. How long have you been there now? Two years? You've turned what was a field into a luscious, productive yet gorgeous garden.
Your polycrub!! It's like Kew Gardens in there! Absolute heaven 😍
All looking beautiful as always. Take care 😊🌱
So nice of you to say - thank you 💚 Yes, just over two years now! The garden is expanding bit by bit, and more flower and herb borders will go in soon. Can't wait to see it in another two years 😍
Nice garden
Everything in your garden is looking amazing! I've been wondering how your hedgerow plants are doing. When my husband and I move to a larger piece of land I want to grow one like you planted. Beautiful garden Tanya!
Parts of it are getting big! Other parts are growing steady but are smaller - maybe due to soil quality and underground obstacles. I'll try to do an update video 🙂
The wildflower border is thriving and so peaceful to look at. Carrots, potato's and squash. Sounds like some soup is on the list of to do's! How else are you going to preserve your harvest? Have you noticed any local wildlife at the water pond? Thank you for the update.
There are aquatic snails and insects that have appeared in the pond! I'm hoping that we'll see some frog spawn next year, though 😊 As for preserving, I have a pressure canner now, so I hope to test it out next month when the aubergines ripen. We have a chest freezer, though, and dry storage, so most excess veg gets sent that direction. How about you?
@@Lovelygreens I will be doing some canning, dehydrating and some give aways to family/friends. I setup a few "lizard" lodges in the garden and they are doing a great job of removing unwanted pests. I have added quite a few more flowers this year to bring in more beneficial insects. I have set up "watering" stations throughout the garden to keep water for all the creatures. I have rocks in light blue glazed saucers for bees and other insects to drink, without drowing. The sea glass you used is a nice touch. I love going to the beach, and I have a few close by. Hot and dry in CA. in the summer.♥🐝🦎
Shame about the Victoria plum! The best tasting IMO. Hope it survives for you. The rest of the plot looks wonderful xx.
I highly recommend CZcamsr The Gardening Channel with James Prigioni who lives in New Jersey USA. James sprays a liquid clay on his apple and pear trees several times during fruiting season.
Amazing results!!!!! 👍
Intriguing! Thanks
Intriguing! It's a method used to control insects rather than fungal diseases, but thank you :)
Growing your own fruit and vegetables is a life safer for me, I have a modest works pension at the age of 59, but cannot get my state pension until the age of 67, even though it is sitting there for me (I wish the UK government would allow people the choice to access their state pension early at 60 at say 2/3rds to cover those 7 years?? like in France). My budget is extremely tight at the moment, like a lot of people and the food from my allotment has literally given me full meals and saved me quite a lot of money in buying food from the shops.
Hi Tanya!
I love your wildflower bank. I remember you were testing a local seed mixture at first that didn't quite work out.
Are these new wildflowers indigenous to the greater British Isles as well?
The middle patch of the border is from the Manx Wildlife Trust seed mix! I don't think all are native but they are all high in nectar and pollen that native pollinators can use.
Nice
I've heard about copper use for my diseased plum (doesn't appear to be plum pocket, just leaf curl and cankers). I have been worried about using copper... I'm going to try cutting out the diseased areas and sealing. Watching you use copper may sway me though so please do make video about this.
There is little quality content out there on tree care!
I agree! I've scoured online sources for advice on what to do with my trees and even messaged a few nurseries. I also have a case of powdery mildew on one particular apple tree that is spreading to others. It's a terrible infection that spreads from year to year, but I'm finding a diluted dairy milk spray is helping. As for plum pocket - I'm not happy about having to use a copper-based fungicide, either. I've tried other things that have not worked, and it's now down to using it or taking the tree out completely. Which would be a terrible shame. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that using the solution will work.
Yes, I'm also worried about taking a tree out, replacing it and the new one becoming immediately infected due to being in an "infection zone" hah.
I guess where trees take so long to become mature and produce fruit, it's higher risk.
Hope you can get rid of it and spread the knowledge. Will keep an eye out on your videos - as I always do! :)
@@Lovelygreens
Great video Tanya...thank you for your time and enthusiasm!
I have problems with shield bugs and their offspring attacking my tomatoes, in particular, San Marzano variety. I grow organically, so other than blasting them with the hose, do you have any other tips?
Someone else on here mentioned spraying clay on fruit trees. It's not applicable in my plum tree's circumstance but may be in yours! Spraying ripening fruit, including tomatoes, with kaolin clay mixed into water, can create a thin physical barrier that insects can not get through. It's harmless to us, though, and you just wash the fruit before eating.
Thanks for such interesting, fruitful update. If I could ask you to review and/or give again the link about trailing raspberries? I remember there were two varieties, mine is going really wild but still very satisfied with it, want to give me a better chance to cultivate them properly. Thanks.
I'm not sure about trailing(?) raspberries, but all raspberries benefit from pruning. There are two main types - summer fruiting and autumn fruiting. Summer fruiting gets pruned now, and only the old canes get cut down to about 2" from the ground. All this year's growth is left to grow and tied into supports. Autumn fruiting is fruiting like mad right now! In winter, you can cut ALL the canes down to about 2" from the ground. They fruit best on new wood.
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Can you grow watercress in pots? I thought it had to have running water to thrive. I’m very curious because I adore it
Sure can :) it needs moist soil, not flowing water, to grow.
Hi just found your channel! Love your garden! Where are you located and what is an allotment? Or rather, what do mean by an allotment?
Welcome! I'm on a small island in Britain called The Isle of Man. I have a video on what allotments are if you'd like to learn more: czcams.com/video/z8_GER8n8qE/video.htmlsi=apU3iMFpMHBLUm-p