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Hello 👋🏼 The mesh is just enviromesh and the cloche hoops are from www.firsttunnels.co.uk My beds are 1.2 x 2.4 m. The mesh is 5m x 3m.

I think there will be lots of tomato and pasta sauces being made 😝 It’s lovely how things are really taking off now. Shame it didn’t happen a month ago x

Thank you ☺️

Oo that’s going to be amazing! It felt huge when putting this one up but I wish I’d gone bigger now. It’ll be great! It’s so strong. I’m very happy with it.

Kale crisps really are just the best! Totally hooked! Fennel slivered on salad sounds very nice! Roasting with veggies also sounds just the ticket too. I’m excited to harvest them. I love the flowers on the plot. They really brighten the space. ❤️

Those courgettes ended up left another couple of days and I’m pretty sure they’re marrows really now 😂🫣 I find it hard to know when the darker ones are ready. It’s not as obvious as the ones which ripen from green. I have removed the crushed heart now and feel quite relieved I’ve made that decision. You certainly influenced that decision with the issue on your plots. So thank you for sharing your troubles. I love French beans and am hoping to have a year round supply of them frozen. I’ve done one freezer bag full today already. Amazing! Fingers crossed for your cucumbers too. Homemade seaweed feed.. even better! I was surprised how much I had to show in the video. Turned out much longer than I expected it to be 😂

Thank you so much. I’m still pinching myself now. We didn’t start putting up the polytunnel until the August bank holiday last year… it’s been a monumental undertaking, for which we are really being rewarded now ❤️

Thank you so much. Lovely of you to say ☺️

Oooo I have made a note, thank you Anita. I have already picked up some “mammoth” from the recent RHS Tatton Flower Show. I think I’m converted to seed sown onions now and I’ll not neglect them next time. More trust of the process

Thank you for the lovely offers. I’ve bought Snow Princess and Sherbert Fizz Calendula seeds for next year already. Addicted to them! We need to put up our rabbit fencing too. That’ll be top of the list next week. The gladioli are just so lovely. My mother in law had some of my bulbs and she’s ended up with all of the deep red, and bright red colours in her mix. So striking. That’s great advice for the celeriac. I’ll take the leaves off tomorrow. It’s such a shame no more of the Kent blue peas germinated. Could do with more seeds for next year 😍 Hope your polytunnel tomato uncurls its leaves again soon. The UA-cam community is brilliant! You’ll find it so much more important now you’ll be growing at home, as we don’t have the community that you’d have enjoyed on the allotment previously. It’s been invaluable for me. Wandering on to the veg garden with your morning coffee, bed hair and pjs.., Priceless! Happy New Home & Garden 😍

Oh my life.. all of them?! I’m so sorry! That’s harsh. What a crazy year it’s been. I’ve pulled up the very poorly looking Crushed Heart today. Feel relieved to have removed that one but I’m hoping the others can hang in there. What successes are you having in the garden this time? I just had a look under the tiles. No slugs. There is black plastic from on top of the bin there plus strulch on top of that, so hopefully that’ll put them off a bit. Thanks for looking out for the pumpkins ☺️

Hey Jenny. Thank you so much, I am going to save seed, just for an experiment but I’m not expecting them to be as they are now. Be fun to see though!

Hey Ali, thank you for the support and advice, S always. I think I’ll do that with the Oca. Great suggestion. Your comment about the fennel made me think about how I didn’t grow chard this year, as I myself don’t really like it. I really regret that now as I’ve missed seeing it in the beds, as it’s so beautiful… so maybe I could have grown it to be ornamental. No different to growing flowers I guess. I’m blown away by how much change there’s been in the garden in the last month. It’s flourishing. I am so pleased with how it’s turned out. It’s lovely seeing something you visioned coming true. So rewarding. I also can’t get quite believe we didn’t start the plot until the end of August last year. Crazy 12 months! Hope it’s not so oppressively hot for you guys over there at the moment? We’ve had a lovely week really. FINALLY! It’s been lovely to feel so much warmth and the plants definitely agreed. Look after yourself. Lovely to you, Gerald and Chevy

@@TheFarmyardGarden it’s 33c and muggy today but it’s cooler once the sun dips down 👍👍

It’s a one year thing, I think. They were in my plan either and I’ve pretty much left it alone, to its detriment I’m sure. You wait…my daughter will end up loving them and I’ll be requested to grow them again next year 😂

I’ve been trying to push my luck as we’ve got an agricultural show this weekend. I’ll pick smaller after this weekend now. 😍😍 Kerry has got us all doing #augusteatin. I might be living in cucumber by the end of the month. Not allowed to buy food until September 🤣

I’ve found tomato watering guidelines so confusing. Last year I didn’t suffer at all and watered my tomatoes every morning, just a small amount (cm or so maybe) and they were happy. This year I’ve been using the moisture meter because advice seems other anything from watering once a week, twice a week or oh watering when the meter says dry… which seem to contradict the regular watering theory and left me confuddled 😂🤯🤪 The plants seem to be coping much better since I’ve ignored the moisture meter and gone back to a little every morning, especially during this hot daytime temps in the tunnel.

Nice! I am excited to try it 😍

I like tidy, so I’ll do that. I’ve seen a few people say they tidy up, others say they leave them unless the leaves actually die off. I love celeriac mash, so I’m keen to get a proper harvest from them 🥰

He surrendered a long time ago. I’m the forfeit prize 😂

I need to apologise to it… as I remove it 😂

Well, I don’t?😉❤️

Thanks Pammie, and thank you for the cucumber tip. This weather is making so much difference, the plants are so happy

I think I called her Clare, once… or was it somebody else…😂❤️🥂

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@@jimmyconnolly3461 you did🤣😂😘

I think Danny advised us to grow those in one of lives, which is why I had them. Can’t say mine are going to produce much at the moment.. but they are healthier than they were. Need to set some fruit asap or it’ll be too late. 😅😅

@@TheFarmyardGardenpoor Danny. What’s Welsh for sense of humour? 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿❤️😂

Do we mean Kerry? Dorie is also welcome.. my own dog is not as well behaved as Dorie 😂

No, I mean you need a colourful wee character to follow your journey and making us love them whilst you have to do a little more. You have Duncan but, you don’t make full use of him on the channel. Tbf, Kerry doesnt make full use of Dorie. But!!!! She’s going to have her ‘cousin’ on the next vlog. 😉😂😂❤️🥂

It’s reassuring to know it’s not just me suffering, Jimmy. A month ago people were saying cold loving crops were enjoying the lack of summer. That’s all spun on its head now, as they’re struggling with just a couple of weeks of weird weather. Still cold overnight here. Had 7.6°c in the polytunnel on Sunday night 😱😱 I had the pongo bean seeds from Danny at The Grow Up Channel. They’re such lovely straight beans. My normal French beans are so curly. They were straight last year.. same variety. That’s some great height for your sunflowers too. It’s my titan ones, not featured, that are supposed to be the ones for the challenge. Not sure what they stand at currently but they’re not yet flowering. It’s brilliant how fast things change this time of year. Finally courgette fritters are on the menu! My favourite 🥰 Hope you are well. Need to check out your channel as you’ve not shown in my feed recently. A lot of channels are popping out a lot of shorts at the moment, so things are getting lost in my subs list x

@@TheFarmyardGarden I think i have only done 2 videos or 3 at most in the last month Clare, my 8ft sunflower is only just starting to flower, the rest of my red sunflowers are lucky to be five and a half feet tall and they have tiny heads lol.

The one time a pea’d bed is welcome

@@TheFarmyardGarden 😂👍❤️

I mused to myself about the yellow gladioli, yellow squash flowers, yellow tomato flowers.. why is yellow so popular? I gave my mother in law a good handful of gladioli bulbs and she had all the deep and bright reds… no yellow for her 😂😂😂😂

@@TheFarmyardGarden ah, in a weird kinda way, I see your colour as a yellow shade.😉👍😂🥂

It’s a butterbush, not a traditional butternut squash. Compact patio plants. I’ll admit I was expecting them to be more traditionally shaped, but smaller. There’s two sets of seeds there, so we’ll see what happens as they grow. Fingers crossed…. So long as they’re edible 😂🙏🏻 Thanks for commenting. Gardening is full of surprises ☺️

@@TheFarmyardGarden I just went and googled them and OMG I need them! They would be PERFECT for me - as it's just me and not a family I'm feeding and I like the idea of the compact size of the plant as well! And looking at the picture of them they really don't have more than a suggestion of the shape of a regular butternut! Now I'm excited to watch yours grow and I've added them to my list of seeds to buy for next year! <3

What an excellent subscriber you are 🙌🏼😂🥰

@@TheFarmyardGarden my garden is your garden. Don’t you forget it. 😉👍❤️🥂

Those pesky slugs! I did have a whitefly issues on your cabbages but I did spray with horticultural soap and they have not returned. Supposed to protect for 8 weeks too 🙏🏻🙏🏻 Everything is literally growing daily. I really hope the slug burden lessens for you now it’s warming up

Oh Kerry you have really been suffering with slugs this year haven't you...little bleeders!

In the greenhouse or the ones in the brassica tunnel? I keep picking the ones up in the brassica tunnel to check and no slugs as yet. I can take them up (they’re upside down travertine tiles ) from the brassica tunnel if it becomes an issue. 🙏🏻🙏🏻 Greenhouses ones are on a solid concrete base, so should be ok. I can’t believe how quickly our gardens change this time of year, it’s almost magical 🥰

The ones I’ve cut off so far seem to be doing ok, but I’m running out of room, so may pop a little trough planter next to them and see if I can root several at a time directly in to it. I popped the one back I showed on the video in to the woodchip for now 🫣

👋🏼 I can only imagine what your growing season is like that far North!

@@TheFarmyardGarden I can put vegetables and flowers out around June 20th and winter has arrived here around the end of September so we have a very short growing time now today is warm it's 9 degrees Celsius

@solveigludviksdottir4787 Wow! You must despair of us complaining about or climate!

Is this for mildew?

@@TheFarmyardGarden yes it is but also full of vitamins which is drawn in through the leaves

@traceypotts9425 brilliant. Thanks for sharing that with me ❤️

They have had a Cal Mag feed, a week or so before I did the shade netting actually. I think Epsom salts is for magnesium isn’t it? I’ll look in to it. Thanks for the advice ☺️ Maybe they need a second feed

Thank you so much ❤️

That’s a good shout. Thank you, I’ll do that. I could run string between them too as it’s the middle ones collapsing inwards that are the main problem. Thank you so much the lovely comment

@@TheFarmyardGarden always welcome, lovely lady 🙂

@@bewoodford2807 I love the community, sharing experience and advice between us all. Really appreciate you taking the time to share your Knowledge 🤗

Thanks so much Kaz. How lovely of you. I’m excited for the melons. I’m not a huge water melon fan but I do like a cantaloupe type. Very excited. Didn’t think id be growing my own melons. Mind blown! ☺️☺️ You make a good point over the tomatoe. Initially they were both very poor, so I was hoping one would survive… now one looks better I should get this one out. I’ll do that later. Hope there’s no blight in yours. Such a worry. I hope I need a wheelbarrow for harvesting! Wouldn’t that be something ❤️❤️

@@TheFarmyardGarden I’m not a fan of watermelon either, but I tried it in a melon mix from M&S with lime juice and was blown away with the taste! Who knew😂. Took me a 20 minute cuppa staring at the dodgy tomato plants before removing the first one. I’ve left the other one for now, as it wasn’t as bad. I had also cut out the majority of it and sprayed it with a dilution of hydrogen peroxide and will be watching it and all the others like a hawk now🫣. Fingers crossed we swerve the blight🤞🏻

Thank you so much ☺️

Thanks Rebecca. I’m thinking August is going to be the real peak season for abundance ❤️❤️

I am really struggling with succession sowing. I need to get more on the ball. I touch on it in my new video. I either miss the window entirely, or I seem to sow too early and don’t have space for them. I have so much yet to learn. Some winters we have marginal frosts, last year we had -8.9°c 😱😱

I’ve been watering almost daily. The buckets weren’t dry when I emptied them. The foliage grew really tall though this year, so I suspect a lack of light played a part for the awfully dull spring weather had. I was still pleased with them and they taste divine 😍

Yes low light levels would certainly make a significant difference. I'm sure they tasted great, freshly dug potatoes taste devine 😊

Thank you so much for watching and connecting with the community too. Lovely to hear from new people, especially when they have such nice things to say. 😊😍 Happy gardening, good health and happiness 🥒🥕 🍅

Overly excitable at harvest time. That’s me 🙋‍♀️

@@TheFarmyardGarden I’m with ya, we have been the lucky ones this year!!!

@@therightpearplot we have been lucky so far, and you’re saying that as someone who has got blight issues already. 🤗 I feel so sad for those who are battling pests and ground conditions due to the weather

Thanks so much Gemma. I spent far longer than I probably should have learning the skills to do the new intro, so it’s very rewarding to have someone mention it 😂😅🥰🥰 I was so excited. It’s such a buzz isn’t it? I think this time of year is so hard as there’s a lot of waiting for harvests whilst the weeds are growing thrice as fast as the crops. I’m really failing at succession sowing.. I either forget to succession sow or I’ve done it but not timed it well and have nowhere to plant things out 😅😂

@TheFarmyardGarden It's Fab 👌 was worth the time you spent on it 😀 yes it is definitely exciting when the harvests come, I've had some small ones but everything seems to be coming late and in dribs and drabs....something is better than nothing though! I'm not great at succession, I'm not organised enough 😅🤣 xx

@GemInTheGarden thank you ☺️ I was honestly surprised I could harvest so much. I’ve not picked my first courgette yet. Normally we’d be swamped with them already. Madness. Have you got some tomatoes ripening now though? I have a few now, which is always a joy. All too soon we’ll be saying the season is over.. and it doesn’t feel like it’s begun properly yet c

@TheFarmyardGarden I haven't got a courgette plant left, I kept replacing them as they got eaten, but not one survived 😅 I never thought I would want courgettes so badly when usually the problem is too many courgettes! Our season is so short at the best of times it really feels like we will remember 2024 for all the wrong reasons! I have started to harvest tomatoes, I think they will be my main success this year 🤞

@GemInTheGarden have to take the successes when we can. So many people in the same boat. I’ve been on a slug hunt in the polytunnel and picked hundreds off the marigolds 😱

Thank you. I think cape gooseberry jam is high on the list of what to do with them ❤️

Thank you so much Sandra. 🤗 It amazes me to think we can grow these things in our own gardens/allotments, or even in a container on a balcony. It’s just brilliant and so emotionally rewarding. I thought growing your own was something for retirement. How wrong was I? I’m so impressed how young a lot of the new growers are. It’s just lovely to see. I wish I’d done this sooner. Decades sooner… Have a wonderful growing season. Hope everything is going well for you in your growing space

@@TheFarmyardGarden ❤

Thank you so much for stopping by and staying! I love seeing the community here grow. What a lovely first comment. Too kind 🥰🤗 It’s such an emotional journey. I had no idea I’d be so attached to my plants/crops. It’s a joy and a privilege to have this space to grow in. I am very fortunate but loving sharing it with you all. Next video is the end of the month plot tour. I keep these as a diary for myself really, but love to share what’s going on in the garden each month too

Thanks lovely x