2024 Allotment Planning | Raised Beds | Exciting New Seeds | (The Lost Tape Measure)
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- čas přidán 7. 09. 2024
- Doing some proper measuring in preparation for the 2024 raised bed upgrade, showing off some new goodies and dipping into VegPlotter!
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Bloody tape measure indeed!! New you’d get addicted to planning your plot JB !
JB, your enthusiasm and excitement about your plans is great to see. I love this time of year for a number of reasons but in relation to my allotment the enjoyment of planning what you might want to grow next year, buying seeds, cleaning all the pots, seed trays, cell trays and so on is just so enjoyable. Looking through my notes made during the season and my books helps me to plan and decide whether I might try a different method for growing a certain vegetable, building on the knowledge we acquire year on year. Thank you for sharing your update. Paul
Might I suggest you buy the boards that are used for patio's,, they are already pressure treated and last much longer than untreated wood (even lined) and I've found them much cheaper than scaffold boards,, you can also use them 2 high with a strip of wood holding them together.
I work in Civil Engineering so use the design software in work to plan mine out.
Bleepin’ tape measure 🤣🤣🤣
You said 1.8m was unusual but that is what I get as they are the perfect size for a raised bed. 1.8 x .9m Mr Fothergills about £40. Ps. Trim the plasticJB, it’s driving me nuts!!
Hahahahah I'm saving the plastic for when the tunnel is finally done. I want to raise a glass to Steve and trim the plastic as the literal final bit!
Much easier to pick one standard size bed. Then covers and nets are interchangeable.
Yeah that's why I think I'm mostly going to standardise to 1.2 x 2.4. Then the bigger beds which are 1.2 x 3.6, at least if I make any structures to top them the structures can just sit inside the bed :)
Omg,I remember watching Steve plant those two different years! Bless you for growing them,also I see the Grape Vine in the polytunnel just like Steve!
I think you should have called this episode "The one with the lost tape measure" a la Friends style. Hilarious. I have that most days with keys and today my phone 🤦♀
I would have our Christmas decs up now too given half the chance hubby is a bit of a bah humbug and we spend about three weeks "discussing" where I will put everything and then its suddenly two weeks before Christmas! However the outside lights are on so I get a cheerful welcome returning home in the dark from work!!
At the beginning of lockdown when I started back in to veg growing again. Hubby built me several more beds from scaffold boards, all we could get at the time. We bought new ones that were classed as slight seconds, so they hadn't been used but were not perfect. They have been so good. No signs of rot and still holding firm.
Gonna try vegplotter I am rubbish spatially and alway send up wandering about deciding where to put stuff and either have too much to plant or gaps and spaces with nothing in. Perhaps that will help get me organised.
I have never tried root trainers before, I bought some from container wise last year that are really sturdy (much more expensive) and they are ok, but I like the idea that you can take those ones you were sent apart and not damage the roots.
What a lovely care package, like Christmas come early .... eh Jess? ☺😉
When it comes to the Christmas decorations you just have to wait for him to leave the house and then when he returns it's halfway done and now he needs to help you 😂 are you happy with the beds? I hope so because I've done the exact same thing, found slight seconds which are due to be delivered Tuesday 😁
I have some of those deep rooted Containerwise ones too. Used them for peas I think. They can be really difficult to get the plant out of!
Great content, so funny you are, obviously so much going on in your head , you flit from one thing to the next very quickly! 😅. The veg plotter I’m going to take a look at that, I want to transform our lawn area into veg areas as well as keeping my flower areas. do not want to take away the garden look whilst growing food, it’s hard to know where to start with the planning😮
We all get excited when we see the seed packets can’t wait for seed sowing time!
oh by the way the root trainers I ordered after seeing Tony’s video, I have sweet peas already established autumn sown for planting out next year, followed Zoe Woodward sweet peas if sown autumn over winter in the greenhouse produce much longer stems for cut flower displays the flower petals are much bigger too!
i think you need a bum bag XD for your tape measure and your keys hahah , great vid
As my plot is still flooded (since 25th oct) I’m in full planning mode, I’m also making raised beds, when I can see the soil again but I’m using decking boards 2.4 m long which I can cut in half for the 1.2m sides. Looking forward to seeing how you get on. I also have some pallet collars (husbands work for free🎉) which I am planning on using for a cut flower beds next year 😀
Oh no!!! Still flooded!! That is so unfortunate Marie. I hope it clears soon. Decking is great because of the thickness of the wood! Bit expensive round my way though.
@@JBNat b&q £5.00 a 2.4m length but it did cost me £12 to have it delivered. I got 30 lengths for my birthday 😂 how things have changed since I got into this gardening hobby 😂😂
Hi I’m glad to hear Jess is doing well don’t blame her for not coming out in the rain or cold,here in B/dos we got rain for about 7 days straight then 2 days sun and bam rain again I can’t really do much in my little garden still get to sow a couple seeds and transplant some chives ❤
I'm with Jess on the Christmas tree, although 1st December for me 😅. Love this time of planning and buying seeds. Jo Devon 🙂
I just got decking boards from Wickes for £6 a board think they might be back up to £9 if that's any good for you, fab vlog JB 🥰
Hi JB
Chase the tape had me in stiches
- love the planning website
- having regular sized beds will make building cages etc much more versatile and adaptable
- in the poly tunnel a set of shelves to store things close to hand. Having a dedicated potting area in the poly tunnel will also mean labeling will be easier as everything will be in one place, pens, labels, pea sticks, twine etc
- some small hand tools could be stored in a 'cleaning tidy' tray and stored in the more secure shed
- tools never in the right place but don't want to double up i use a small bag for life which gets transported wherever. Then as you think I'll need that at ..... Pop it in the bag as you can guarantee trying to remember as you leave the house/plot items will get left behind
- the grape, on that side of the poly tunnel will it not cast too much shade or is that the intension.... just a thought before it gets established
Loving the developments on your plot 😁👍
Hahahaha 'chase the tape', love that. Cages etc is one of the reasons I wanted to keep the beds similar sizes :) totally agree on the rest!
The idea with that little grape is to pamper it a little in the tunnel this next year and find out if the grapes are any good, and then maybe move it or take cuttings if I like it 😊 good spot!
We buy Yorkshire Boarding, as we’re farmers. Ring an agri merchant for some coatings. My 4.8m lengths are 6” depth but perhaps only 1 or 1.25” thick. Will measure tomorrow. They’re £6.50 a length
Still watching.. tape measure-gate cracking me up but wanted to say I’m going to do a video on my planning soon.
We buy in 4.8m lengths and make all beds in lengths that divide in to those measurements too
Most are 2.4 x 1.2 but a few are 3.6 x 1.2 ( next to the fruit cage).
We did a lovely plan tracing over a drone image in photoshop. It’s going to be in a video in a few days
Great episode. Plans are great!
Great progress JB! and the seeds are so exciting. Good on Jess for getting in the Christmas spirit already. I hold out until the 1st December, then keep decorating until the big day lol.
I picked up a couple of these root trainers for £11 each last year. They are such a good price, especially considering how much some of the cheaper soft plastic ones go for.
tree looks great and so do you
Owww Christmas already 🤣 i put mine up in 3 weeks
😂😂😂😂 ah you lift my spirits 😊
Hi JB. Would you be able to share the place you for the cheap timber from and remind me of the sizes again please. Many thanks. Jon
Selvans timber in Portsmouth has done me good a few times recently. I've ordered some reject stuff from edecks.com for the first plot, and found a local guy with used scaff boards for £12 a pop locally (for 13ft boards!)
JB, why don’t you use decking boards rather than scaffold? Much cheaper and already treated. Wickes were selling 8ft pieces for £6 a few weeks ago
Hiya! Thanks for the suggestion, I was looking at decking. One of the nice things about it is the thickness, so it has decent rot resistance. But the issue is the height. Two decking boards on top of each other are shorter than one scaff board. Currently at wickes one 3.6m length of decking is £16!
JB don't limit all your beds to narrow ones it's nice to have the option of a bigger square bed. loving the polytunnel
Yes well there's a few awkward spots where I'll have to have bigger beds :)
Hi JB I really appreciate you and Jess Chanel have learnt a lot. Just wondering where you bought your Quad self watering planters from ? Asp is the Veg plot program free and is there a app? Thanks from Coleen Allotments
Hello & thanks! There's a 10% discount code in the pinned comment for the quadgrow if that's the one you mean :) there's a link for Vegplotter there too, it is free and has paid features you can upgrade to if you really enjoy it.
It doesn't have an app but as its based on a website you can use it on anything. It doesn't work great on a phone if you're trying to do lots, but I bet it would be great on a tablet
@@JBNat We've actual just (yesterday) released 2 changes that have made things easier on a phone. 1. a little window appears above your finger now when doing fiddly changes to show you what you can't see under your finger. And 2. When you're zoomed in if you drag something to the edge of the screen it will pan the plot so that you can move things across the plot without having to - drag, drop, shift plot over - drag, drop, shift plot over - ... etc.
What's that strange thing standing on its head?. Have you any scissors to hand by any chance JB so you can trim the poly tunnel door. It's driving me potty. 😅
Haha is that next door's unusual sculptures!? I'll be trimming the tunnel doors as literally the final job 😂
Oh I didn’t realise they had a free version, so can I do what you’ve done on your with a free version?
Yep and it's actually free! It's not just a 14 day trial or any of that rubbish
@@JBNat amazing! I’m giving it a go 😃
Haha so Jess and the Christmas tree is like everything else Christmas related, as in It happens earlier each year 😄I bought "normal trays" that look like those root trainers. I hope the plants will come out of them easily and that it allows me to skip a pot size! 🤞Vegplotter seems like a cool app. Is it an actual installed app or is it a website? I don't have anything to plot so just asking out of curiosity hehe
Just a website!
@@JBNat That's probably even more impressive 🤯
Hi, where do you get your chilli seeds and have you ever used Red Dragon welsh chilli seeds? Just wondering as I want to experiment with Chilli's and pepper plants next year. Great videos.
Chillichump is my main one! Grown Local too, 10% off seeds with the link and code in the description/pinned comment 😊 Seaspring seeds are a good specialist supplier too!
I am the same with tape measures - they just keep disappearing.
I got old scaffolding boards once, they were not safe for working on them, but they lasted 2-3 years, and then i went for composite wood. now in my new garden i've built them with concrete edger slabs, then come in various sizes and shapes, but the ones I used were 15cm h en 5cm thick and 1meter long as cheap and durable, not reinforced so don't drop them, but one meter is 2.50-3euro so 2 quid? nor sure on the exchange rate, but no need to paint and just deep enough for most veg, or are you blockig off the bottom?
oooh that's a really interesting idea! Thanks for the thought. Not planning on blocking off the bottom or anything like that, so it could be viable!
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Whose metal sculptures are they on the plot next door!??
haha yeah the neighbour, she's not there very much so the plot is quite neglected, but she doe have ome funky sculptures!
You just lost 10 points for having your tree up so early. DEC 1st lol. great video tho
Hahahaha happy wife Tony, happy wife!
Seconded! Well said Tony :D