August at the allotment. Has everything gone wrong?
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- čas přidán 24. 08. 2023
- It's been a challenging year in the garden. The weather has been against us and we've had a lot of failures.
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I think you have done well my friend, enjoyed watching and listening.
♻️Happy gardening, Terry King.
Thank you Terry. I’ve certainly had better years! Hope you’re having more success than me!
@fionagrows1848 the weather has been kind to me other than some of the giant vegetables which went to seed because of the day and night contrasting temperatures.
@@terrykingsallotmentgardening Good! I’m glad you’ve had a decent year😊
@fionagrows1848 each season is never the same so we have to adapt to the changing seasons.
Hoping you are okay. I've missed your and your garden this season
@@vegemitegirl1971 How lovely of you ! I’m fine and the garden is growing well despite the poor weather we’ve had. The computer I used to edit the videos belongs to my son and he moved out, taking it with him, last year. 🙁🤷♀️.So for the minute I’m stuck.
I agree it’s been a difficult year to grow food my French beans have done amazingly I have two huge bags in the freezer and we’ve eaten loads. I must say I’ve grown the beans in the same bed for five years and so far no issues, I just add homemade compost and chicken manure pellets every year before planting. I think the grey skies all through July have had a major impact on some crops like squashes , just not bright enough, but courgettes amazing. I sow my Brussels sprouts in June they are just forming sprouts and I did the same last year and had amazing
Yes, it’s definitely been a tricky year although, as you say, some crops have done well in the damp , cool conditions. I’m just wishing I had room for a poly tunnel to grow a lot more heat loving plants. Glad you’re having a big crop of beans. I’ve tried canning/jarring some of my beans this year to save on freezer space. We haven’t tried them yet so I’m hoping we like like them. It’s a great way to store the veg without having a packed freezer. Thanks for watching! 😊
the brussel sprouts look awesome
Thanks, they’re pretty good. We had some last night😊
Hi Fiona
It sure as been a strange year again, shame about the blight we have been lucky so far.
My early potatoes have been good this year and the main crop is still growing away as happy as larry.
My greenhouse tomatoes have been rubbish as well as my peppers and chillis.
But as we always say there is always next year.
Take care.
👍👍👍👍👍
I’m glad you’re having success with your potatoes. It’s a shame about the stuff in your greenhouse. Such a rubbish summer! Still, on the bright side, September has been nice so far!😂
Hi Fiona. What a shame that you have had a poor year for some things. Bad luck getting blight but, as you say, almost inevitable with the weather. My tomatoes have been poor and my strawberries gave practically nothing - they are new plants though so hoping it was just that. My potatoes have been ok so far with more to harvest and my squash look likely to be a big success - I put that down to beginners luck since it's my first year growing them. I think you have had more rain and mugginess than I have had. The great thing about gardening is, there's always another year. Here's hoping we all get better growing weather next year. Take care. Mags
Yes, it’s been a difficult year but not a total loss. I’m glad you’re having success with your potatoes and squash. It’s my squash fail I’m most disappointed with (although I’m sure Kenny is secretly pleased as he’s not a fan😂). My tomatoes are still very green and I should really go and strip the plants of leaves to force them to ripen. I usually stop watering them to hasten ripening but that hasn’t been an option this year as they’re outside and it’s rained so much (rivers running down the street again yesterday with a huge cloud burst). Never mind, as you say, there’s next year!
Hi Fiona😀 I froze my tomatoes while last year it worked brilliantly and the skins just fell off when they defrosted perfect! Your sprouts are really good size mine are still tiny but lots of growing time yet🤞it’s great to see you back cheerful and as lovely as ever ❤️xx
Thank you Lorraine! I remember a couple of years back having a couple of carrier bags full of tomatoes in the freezer! I think I’ll be lucky to have a couple of handfuls this year. Not much fruit on the vines really. But at least my sprouts are big!😂😂
Hope you are ok Fiona I miss your videos
Hi Cheryl! How kind of you to think of me!! I’m fine but the horrendous weather, an excess of vegetable destroying pests and other busy, busy family stuff have put the kybosh on my video making. I’m touched you’ve even noticed I’m missing. Hopefully I’ll get back into video making in the spring but the allotment is just a soggy , unworkable mess these days. I hope you’re well and have a lovely Christmas and new year (hope it’s not too soo to mention such things😂🤔)
Ah 🤔 I put my beans in relatively fresh compost because I grow them with corn 🌽 and pumpkins in a so called three sister bed (milpa garden bed) normally they grow together very well but this year I hardly see blossoms on the beans. Good that you're growing your aubergines 🍆🍆🍆 in a greenhouse. Normally I could harvest them by now 🍆🍆🍆but this year they're blooming only now. Here it's still very hot so they still have a chance to grow but normally we get the temperatures that you have up there three days later here. I must say I would not mind because it's soooo hot. Have a nice weekend. Greetings Heidi 👩🌾💕
Ha ha ! We’re never happy with our weather, are we! We have hardly been able to sit out in the garden since June it’s been so miserable. It’s definitely feeling autumnal here today. I’m just not sure when to harvest the aubergines. I don’t know if they’re ready or not.🤷♀️. Mine have still got plenty of flowers on too, but I don’t think they’ll have time to ripen. I’d like to try the 3 sisters but I think I’ve heard that it’s a struggle to get the corn to grow here.
😂😂 omg Fiona that is a huge corguette hopefully the seeds come true. My favourite time of year actually it’s cooler and I can make plans and changes which I find half the fun. In southern America they eat fried green tomatoes as a regular dish. I ripen mine in newspaper or on window sill. I’m like you I love sprouts but it’s a long process and a huge bed space plus they are cheap to buy that few for Christmas 😂😂.
No failures Fiona learning curves 👍. Have a super week happy gardening, Ali 🇨🇦
I’ve actually just read that the seed from the courgette probably won’t come true so I’ll just have to buy some🤷♀️. It’s still fun to see how big it will grow. I do fancy trying the fried green tomatoes. They rave about them. But then again, anything fried tastes good!😂
@@fionagrows1848 😜😜 like everything is better with bacon 🥓
Hi Fiona, I stick to growing Crimson Crush tomatoes outdoors as they seem to manage to survive any blight attacks. They taste pretty good too. Doesn't matter where I grow lettuce it just provides the slugs and snails with plenty of food. Shame about Blight getting the potatoes as well, fortunately, we seem to have avoided it this year. It has seemed very autumnal to me for a few weeks now.
You’re the second person to recommend crimson crush for blight resistance. I’ll have to try and remember to get some for next year although the tomatoes in the back garden are still ok, thankfully! It’s my rhubarb that suffers the worst with slugs and snails. They’ve made an absolute mess of it. Autumn has definitely arrived here. Seems so early. But I could have done with the wood burner getting lit tonight it’s so chilly in the house.😢
A few years back we had a run of blight so I decided to stick to growing Crimson Crush toms and had no problems since , its been a problematic year this year but then i probably say that every year. 👍
It’s definitely been a bad year . So much rain, no sunshine since June, high humidity. I’ve just been stripping back the foliage on the tomatoes in the back garden this afternoon and although there isn’t a lot of fruit they are at least healthy.
Don't panic pet.
Been a bad year for brassicas.
Not enough sunlight due to the Grand Solar Minimum which the gov can't mention.
Seasoned grower here and veg price going through the roof for winter.
No shame in crop yield s.
Great shame in authority and lies.
County Galway says hello and keep on growing ❤❤
Hello to County Galway! And don’t get me started about government lies and corruption or you’ll never get away!😂. In my view I’m doing more than just growing veg….I’m growing knowledge and independence so that me and mine can flourish if/when things get really serious. Im sure you know what I mean.😉
Hi Fiona, wow look at the size of your sprouts, i thought mine were doing well but yours look almost ready to eat. I hope you get some quinoa.👍🤠
I have pulled some sprouts already but they were a bit tasteless. I’m not sure they’re worth the effort as I’m the only one who eats them. A little spoonful of quinoa would be fun to harvest though! 😊
You better don't complain about having so many courgettes 😉One year I had so many that I was absolutely overwhelmed. Courgette cake, courgette bread 🍞 frying them, drying them, stir fry ... 😅 I must have complained because the following year I had only two 😂 Last year I let one get very big as well and it was on kitchen shelf for almost one year. At the end of July or beginning of August I used it and is was tasting very nice.
I’m just glad I’ve got something that is producing a good crop!😂. I’ve got a courgette cake sitting on the kitchen bench right now😊. I love that you managed to keep one for so long. I think I’ll give that a try, just for fun. I didn’t realise they would store like that.
Hi Fiona I love courgette, my just has few but I got so many tomatoes it very lucky I think, wow you aubergine i never can grow that
I’ve just been looking in my freezer in the garage and I think it’s almost half full of courgettes!😩. I’m glad you’re getting a good crop of tomatoes, you had sooo many plants! I’m going to end up with a few handfuls I think but I’m glad of any I get at this stage. The aubergines have been a nice surprise. I think they’ve done well because they are a thin / long variety and have been able to ripen in time.
Hi there Fiona have you changed your hair looks lovely
It always makes me smile when you say you dont eat the runner beans whilst in the pods , we couldn't think of having them any other way ,
Shame about your squash was hoping to see some real monsters.
I just had my hair tied back😂, thanks for the compliment 😊. I’m mad about the squash….but you win some you lose some 🤷♀️. More losses than usual this year but hopefully next year will be another story!
Hi Fiona I’m just checking in to make sure everyone’s ok. Hopefully you are not too troubled by all the storms 🥰, Ali 🍁🍁🇨🇦
Hi Ali, it’s so kind of you to think of me! Everything is fine here and our area never seems to get hit by weather extremes (except the utterly relentless rain this year 😩) . I haven’t posted in a long time I know! A combination of holidays, family stuff and a truly rubbish year in the garden have stalled my creative juices😂. I’m just waiting for the allotment to dry out a bit and put it to bed for the winter and hopefully next spring we’ll have a better year and I can get back into making videos. I hope you’re enjoying your garden and looking forward to a rest over the winter. 😊
@@fionagrows1848 oh so good to hear we’ll not the part of course about all the rain 🌧️. I can understand it’s hard to get enthusiastic about crappy weather and lots of people seem to stop filming at this time of year. If I miss you 🤭🤭 Merry Christmas 🎅 Happy New Year 🥳 and see you in the sunshine ☀️.
@@myrustygarden All the best Ali! See you (on screen at least) in the spring!😊
Ali you read my mind 😂 iv been looking forward to fionas updates as we are from the same area.
Pleased all is well. Weathers awful again today.
@@traceysallotment2506 Hi Tracey😊. I’m quite touched people are thinking of me! The weather is whipping itself up a bit this afternoon, isn’t it! I’m tucked up by the fire with the cat. It seems like the only sensible place to be. Hopefully I’ll find the motivation to get back into the videos in spring but only if it stops raining!!😂. Hope you and Carl are well.😊
Wellness check 😂 sorry just hope you are ok and get some gardening done son, Ali 🌞🇨🇦
Hi Ali, all is well thank you 😊. The allotment is starting to come together quite nicely now despite 10 months of bad weather. No videos from me for the foreseeable though because I don’t have a computer to do the editing on anymore (the one I used to use was my son’s and he has left home and taken it with him🤷♀️). I hope your weather is more reliable and you’re getting some good growing done. All the best!!
@@fionagrows1848 how rude 🤣🤣 but I’m glad if nothing else your ok 🥰
Hi Fiona,
It's been a tough year, I've not tried it yet but apparently you can store big green tomatoes similarly to apples.
Ah! That’s really interesting to know! I’m hoping I can get the rest of mine to actually ripen. I’m keeping my hopes up for a nice September to get the job done. 😩.
Wow ypir sprouts look amazing, we have been away so not been up the plot.for AGES like well over a week pushing two. Heading up today.
Hoping i get beans as just got a chest freezer so i can now freeze a lot more produce.
5 of our leeks went to seed and we have just left them. Shame about the squash and secret garden.
Your aubergine are they the long pointed ones rather than normal? I grew long pointed and got a crop last year but the normal ones were pathetic this year 😂 out of 5 plants I got one lol
I done well with peppers this year. Been very hit and miss with different produce this year.
I bet you see a change after 2 weeks away! We got a second freezer for the garage a couple of years ago and it’s a game changer. I don’t know how we managed without it and I can’t imagine how you’ve managed with all the produce from your very productive plot! I am a bit gutted about the squash but I guess I’ll live!😂. There’s always next year.
@@fionagrows1848 the grass was so long took ages to cut it down, done a bit of weeding and the birds ate my plums GUTTED 😪 always next year 😢
@@traceysallotment2506 I didn’t realise the aubergines were this long pointy type, but I guess it makes them easier to ripen in our short season. Glad you’ve had success with your peppers. I’ll have to try again with them I think, as I love them.
@@traceysallotment2506 AGGGGH! Those blooming birds! I’m mad for you! I can grow a plum for love nor money.
Hi Fiona we much the same as you squash are failures our spuds grew huge the main crop Picasso but slugs ate half of them but they grew very big. Sorry your toms got blight I had one plant that did and so far the rest ok and just starting to ripen I think they will all be ready at once almost. Everything else a bit hit and miss so some of most things but not great. No courgettes hardly either they like the squash so you lucky you got loads. How did your carrots do on the roof?
The carrots did great actually (hooray!) . Half of them are still up there growing away. Sounds like you’ve had a very similar year to me. And the slugs!! Monsters! We have regular slug hunts and collect them all up and get rid of them. For us I’ve found that is the only thing that really helps. I hate it when they ruin the potatoes though. Never mind, next year is just round the corner!😂
hey fiona