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DIY Home and Gardening
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Welcome to my UA-cam channel, DIY Home and Gardening.
My name is Ian and I’m based in Essex in the U.K.
I’m a qualified horticulturalist, to degree level, and have been working in the horticultural sector for the last 30 years. Having worked for the RHS and a number of large garden centres I have a real passion for plants, the environment, design, construction and art.
Over the years I have undertaken a few major house renovations and extensions so also know a thing or two when it comes to building and construction.
I set up this channel as a way of sharing my knowledge and ideas with others who have similar interests, but who are not quite sure how things can be done. After all it's easy to forget what you know, that other people would love to learn about.
Please look out for my future videos, and subscribe if you are interested in seeing what I do next.
Please ask questions.
Many thanks and all the best. Ian
My name is Ian and I’m based in Essex in the U.K.
I’m a qualified horticulturalist, to degree level, and have been working in the horticultural sector for the last 30 years. Having worked for the RHS and a number of large garden centres I have a real passion for plants, the environment, design, construction and art.
Over the years I have undertaken a few major house renovations and extensions so also know a thing or two when it comes to building and construction.
I set up this channel as a way of sharing my knowledge and ideas with others who have similar interests, but who are not quite sure how things can be done. After all it's easy to forget what you know, that other people would love to learn about.
Please look out for my future videos, and subscribe if you are interested in seeing what I do next.
Please ask questions.
Many thanks and all the best. Ian
Allotment Update Mid November 2024, Allotment Diary, Allotment Gardening
Allotment Update Mid November 2024, Allotment Diary, Allotment Gardening
This is essentially a series of video diaries showing the development of my allotment plot.
The plot size is 16.1metres long and 12.1 metres wide. I took the decision, based upon my previous allotment experience, to create raised beds throughout the whole site. The larger beds are 6 metres in length with the smaller beds being 3.6 metres in length. All beds being 1.2 metres wide.
The allotment has been created on old grazing land where the soil is mainly clay, so doesn't drain well in winter and then shrinks and cracks in summer. Clay does retain nutrients well so with some work it can become great.
I take an honest and pragmatic view on the successes and failures of the crop that I am trying to grow.
If you like what you have seen then please subscribe to my channel.
This is essentially a series of video diaries showing the development of my allotment plot.
The plot size is 16.1metres long and 12.1 metres wide. I took the decision, based upon my previous allotment experience, to create raised beds throughout the whole site. The larger beds are 6 metres in length with the smaller beds being 3.6 metres in length. All beds being 1.2 metres wide.
The allotment has been created on old grazing land where the soil is mainly clay, so doesn't drain well in winter and then shrinks and cracks in summer. Clay does retain nutrients well so with some work it can become great.
I take an honest and pragmatic view on the successes and failures of the crop that I am trying to grow.
If you like what you have seen then please subscribe to my channel.
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Allotment Update October 2024, Allotment Diary, Allotment Gardening
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Growing Giant Pumpkins From Seed, Growing Pumpkins At The Allotment
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@@MogamadPatel Hi Mogamad. Many thanks for watching, glad to be of help to you. All the best with your Olive tree 🪴🫒
so helpful! Looking forward to having a blackberry covered privacy screen. thank you so much!
@@heartsongdjs Hi Lisa. Many thanks for watching and for the message. Glad you liked the video and hope you can create loads of new plants to photograph and enjoy eating the fruits from 🍇🍓🪴
Love this. Love chillies. Chilli love 🌶️❤🌶️
@@davidk8402 thanks
I was disappointed that you discarded all the pieces that had 1-2 eyes and nice feeder roots because over time these would have developed in to nice peony plants. Rather than discarding them you could have just planted them in pot and given them away.
@@stroud901 Hi. Thanks for watching and your message. From the clump that was dug up in this video I re-planted 3 sections and then potted 15 other pieces to develop new plants to give away or plant elsewhere. I have found that there is little point in keeping all the weak sections or sections where the rhizome is old / rotten as they take a long time to make a plant, and only produce a plant that is still not as healthy as the good sections I wanted to kept. Years ago I would have tried to nurture all pieces but have found that it’s a rather wasted effort, and you end up with far too many plants to look after. I hope your plants divide up well and you get plenty of new plants to grow on and give away. All the best with your gardening 🪴🌼
Fab demonstration of pruning this much loved plant. Thanks so much for removing my apprehension. My jasmine bush will get some love this weekend. Many thanks again 🇦🇺 ❤
@@dianewarner6690 Hi Diane. Many thanks for watching the video and for your message. Sorry I didn’t reply sooner. Glad that the video has helped reassure you and hope you manage to get your Jasmine back under control, to give you a great display next summer. All the best and hope you are enjoying your warmer climate vs our now cold winter 🌼🌸
Thank you for the plot tour Ian, you reminded me to pull the celary out and possibly put some broad beans, I also have some Dahlias which I planted from seeds which I am thinking to cut them down and leave them on the ground but covered with a fleece and see if they will survive the winter. Sam
@@samuelbarvet2641 Hi Sam. As always thanks for watching. I’m thinking of harvesting the celery this week to make use of it in soup. It would be a shame to waste it. I’ve decided not to grow broad beans this year after having to listen to the continued moaning from the family about having to eat them 🤣🤣 I lift my dahlias at the plot but leave the ones in the garden. I do just give them a bit of protection by adding a mulch and then sticking an upturned pot over them. It’s generally enough protection. Good luck with the winter protection as it’s meant to turn a lot colder this week and next. All the best 🪴🌼
It's a shame about the broad beans Ian, we absolutely love them at home and we make a special dish with couscous mixed with broad beans (once steamed) and a glass of fermented milk, I will try to send you some photos on your Instagram page. Sam
@ Hi Sam. My wife made some great broad bean patties this year with onions and spices in but still the children didn’t like them. They have to eat twice as much kale instead 🤣
What’s the rationale behind the dahlias Ian? Do you not keep the tubers and replant them next year? I thought you could store them and just put them back in the year after.
@@Tea_and_thyme_2012 Morning Deb. First of all you can plant and grow a Dahlia from the same tuber year after year. But just like any other perennial plant the Dahlias lose their vigour with the stems getting thinner each year. To counter this decline, and also to make it easier to control what the plants do, how many stems are produced etc, new cuttings are taken each year. The new cuttings are taken from the tuber to then grown for the year and the original tuber discarded. Hope this all makes sense. If you want to know more then probably easier to chat via instagram. I’ve done previous videos on UA-cam to show how to take cuttings etc. Have a good day 🌸🌼
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@@michaelsplot much appreciated 🪴🌼
im trying out greek gigantes \ greek elephant, this year. its a big withe runner bean grown for dry beans, liz zorab\yt. talk me into it:) real seeds have them in uk, they also have another "french" climbing bean caled cheeroke trail of tears, that many americans talks warmly about, sadly i couldt order from uk shops anymore, but i got some gigantes from ukraina:):)stupid eu rules, real seeds had a lot of fun stuff..anyway have god atum:)
@@janericvelure6883 Hi Jan. thanks for the message and the suggestions. I’ve looked up Greek Gigantes beans, they look interesting. I like using real seeds. As you say they have a few unusual varieties listed. It’s always good to try something different even if it’s not as good as hoped for 😄 Happy growing and eating next year 🫘🪴
It's still a no from me!
@@davidk8402 😄😄 they have a taste which has a hint of melon about it.
@ twice as bad. It will kill me 🤢
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Thanks for your video. I’ve taken on an old overgrown allotment on which I’ve been told there’s a damson tree. The tree is about 15’ high and there are a lot of branches going straight up. Do these need reducing in height? Best wishes. Austin 👍
@@austinshaw4872 Hi Austin. Many thanks for watching and for the question. So the first thing to point out is that stone fruits, which Damson are, should only be pruned during the summer months so as to prevent bacterial infection that can be induced by cooler weather. So with that said, prune any dead, diseased or damaged stems first and then prune to how you feel is right for you. I would suggest that reducing the height would be the most beneficial as it makes the tree easier to harvest and also allows more light to enter to lower branches or base plantings. Only remove up to one third of overall volume. I hope this helps you. All the best 🍎🍒🪴
Nice one mate. I happen to have a bit of a poorly hemp plant at the moment, when can I drop her round 😂😂😂
I can’t wait to harvest mine. I don’t care if I only get a few I love the joy of the reveal. I think I’ve still got pentland javelin and Maris peer as my Charlotte got frost bite so I only had 10 from 3 potatoes. They were gorgeous though. It’s worth it me for the pure enjoyment I get when harvesting them. 😂😂
@@Tea_and_thyme_2012 there is definitely something enjoyable about discovering what has grown, in total secret, and getting to eat that one off crop. 🥔🍠
Are you going to do any more chickpeas? I’m gonna give it a go. Where’s the best place to get seeds/chickpeas?
@@PatrickKazmierczak-j6i Hi Patrick. Many thanks for watching the message. I will try to grow them again next year, now I know what to do a bit more. I got my seeds from the ethnic section in Tesco 😄 They are sold as dried foods. Give them a try 🪴🌼
Hi, really useful video, I've just lifted my lilly bulbs today. When do you plant them again?
@@TelfordTrace Hi Tracey. Many thanks for watching the video and for your message. I start my bulbs off in about March, early spring, in pots that are kept in a protected place. Potting at this time of year allows the bulbs to begin growing and developing a good root zone prior to planting out in about May, which is late spring in U.K., once the frosts have passed. Plant in a nice sunny position and in free draining soil. Hope this helps you for the future. All the best 🌼🌸
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@@RawLondonGardener appreciate the watch, thanks
Great timing Ian I have a peony that hasn’t done much for the last year or so and I was thinking of binning it. Instead I’ll dig it up and see if I can divide it. Cheers
@@Tea_and_thyme_2012 Hi Deb. They are funny plants as they are absolutely amazing for a few years and then all of a sudden just seem to stop being any good. Splitting the clump does wonders to reinvigorate them so it is definitely worth doing. Plus you get a load of spare to use elsewhere 🌸🪴
@ thanks for that Ian. I’ll be doing that tomorrow as the weather is so nice at the minute. I also dug up a dahlia tuber today and it’s absolutely massive, can I divide that now or should I leave it until next year? It’s a couple of years old now. Deb
@ Yeah the weather has been great today, sunny but cool. You can divide the Dahlia tuber now or in spring. It depends on space available or if taking cuttings. Whatever you decide don’t wash the tuber as you will cause it to rot.
@ Probably also worth taking some cuttings from the dahlia to improve the vigour
@ I’m not 100% sure how to do that I’ll google it. Thanks
Thank you so much for this tutorial. Will now get mine lifted out too :)
@@naleenidas8444 No problem at all. Happy gardening 🌸🌼
I am hoping to grow alstromria from seed anyhelp welcome
@@DerekHodgkinson-b5g Hi Derek. Thanks for the message but I have never tried to grow Alstroemeria from seed. If the seed has been saved from one of your own plants then it probably won’t grow true to parent plant. I think you will have to wait about 3 or so years for the seedlings to produce any flower. Good luck and feel free to share how the seeds do. I would probably use a compost mixed with perlite to give better drainage, seeds in a heated propagator too. Enjoy the experiment 🪴🌼
Hi, I live in Malaysia. Only rain & shine here. I have my Glads in the ground now. Planted them up like 4 months ago. They have all finished flowering now & are kind of just growing wild now. My questions is - when do I lift them out for dormancy, please ?
@@naleenidas8444 Hi Naleeni. Many thanks for watching this short video and for your message. In the U.K. we lift Gladioli mid Autumn which is about October. This is the link to my full video, which may help a bit more. How To Lift and Store Gladioli Corms / Bulbs, Storing Gladioli Over Winter, Get Gardening ua-cam.com/video/gNcqijDM4Kg/v-deo.html All the best with your gardening in sunny Malaysia, you lucky person 🪴🌸
@@diyhomeandgardening Thank you :) Raining here too. Need to lift out those slanting plants now & keep them dry.
@ I bet it is still warmer than 9 degrees though 😄🪴
@@diyhomeandgardening Yup, average rainy day temp is like 24 degrees :)
@ no need to rub it in 🤣🤣 Hope you don’t sweat too much whilst gardening in the warmth. Enjoy 🪴🌻
Do you not need to remove those red little covers on the side of the new battery? I believe they are for transport only and need to be removed. My new one came with instructions to do that as soon as delivered.
@@MrNunoVaz Hi Nuno. Many thanks for watching and the question. If you are referring to the caps that on the battery terminals then yes they do need to be removed for connecting the battery to the electrical system. I would always keep them on whilst fitting the battery as it protects both the battery and yourself, should you accidentally make contact across both terminals with a metal object such as a spanner etc. once the battery is secured in place then the covers can be removed and the battery connected to the cables. Hope this helps 🛠️
This was so helpful! Thankyou :)
did they finally work? thank you
@@alejodlt Hi. Many thanks for watching the video and the message. Over the years I have managed to take quite a few cuttings from the Acer in the video but probably at about an overall 50% success rate. This year I had some great cuttings on the go and then they suddenly failed when the weather changed so suddenly. I think that success is definitely higher when the weather and temperatures are more consistent and without too much rain, as the cuttings hate getting saturated. Mixing drainage material in a heavy compost definitely helps too. Acer cuttings are definitely worth a go though so give them a try. 🪴🍁
Grew alstroemeria first time after flowering the leaves looked as they had been eaten within a few days any advice please
@@peternicklin3961 Hi Peter. Many thanks for watching and for the message. Alstromeria are generally trouble free but slugs and snails do love the young leaves so I suspect that is what has caused damage to your young plant. Some birds will also have a nibble on the leaves but generally not many other pest issues. Just remove the stems that have finished flowering and enjoy the new flowers as they emerge, ignoring the slightly eaten leaves. Happy gardening 🪴🌼
Nice video. Im glad there is someone else out here doing this. I do mine alot different. I use a different cut and i use the water to root for a month to actually see the roots. Then after i plant them in a pot i put worm fertilizer in the roots and soil. I have tried your way of planning and put the worm fertilizer, it did work but i liked it the other way so i can actually see them root. Like i said great video to teach people how to do the propagating of this plan.
@@joesams7725 Hi Jo, Many thanks for watching and for providing an alternative method of propagating. I have tried taking the cuttings in water but find that Sambucus seem to root better when cuttings are struck straight into compost. Keep up the good gardening 🌼🪴
Great video Ian and what a beautiful display of dahlias. How the heck do you get them so tall? Mine were a bit of a washout this year and I only just managed to get enough picked for my daughters wedding last week. However, this week I’ve got lots blooming. Have a good weekend and hope you feel better soon.
@@Tea_and_thyme_2012 Hi Deb, as always thanks for watching. I’m glad you managed to get enough flowers for the wedding. The fact you have lots of flower this week is just down to timing from bud to flower. The height is what it is, different varieties getting to different sizes. They haven’t had any fees since September but I still try to remove spent flowers each time I cut flowers for home. How are you getting on with autumn planting, have you finished ?
@ Hi Ian I’ve only planted onions and garlic so far this year. Also two bags of potatoes for Christmas hopefully. I’m still harvesting leeks (I’ve got 3 left), spring onions and the odd snack size pepper. I’m still waiting for my seed order from Kings so it’s probably too late to start things now. I’m giving my shed a good clean, painting inside and a tidy up as I can never find anything and spend more time looking for things than actually working on the plot! It’ll be finished today fingers crossed!
@ I keep looking at the shed with a view to sort it out, and fix the small hole where mice chewed through 😄 The greenhouse also needs a good clean and tidy but it’s just so boring a job. Enjoy your last crops, I’m going to pull some leeks today to make soup !! Hope your seeds arrive soon. 🌼🌸
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@@michaelsplot much appreciated 🌶️🎃
Great plot tour Ian, have you thought about putting woodchip in the paths, I think it will make it look good, BTW I am not jealous of them Dahlias 😂. Sam
@@samuelbarvet2641 Hi Sam. Glad you like the Dahlias, they still have another couple of weeks left in them 🤞 If I could get wood chip free or really cheap then yes I would probably go for it. As it would only be for aesthetics I never quite understand spending so much each year to do it vs just using weed fabric. Is your growing still going okay
Hi Ian, yes growing season is going OK, planted few things in my back garden (garlic, spinach broad beans). I am hopping to do the same thing at the allotment this weekend, it has been flooded few days ago so hopefully it is dry enough to get some planting done, happy gardening. Sam
@ Sorry to hear you have had flooding, hopefully not to much lasting or long term damage. I’m not growing broad beans this year as the rest of the family refused to eat them this year 😄 I have started a few early leeks so will see how they develop over winter. All the best with your planting 🧄🧅🪴
Would love to see the rose in bloom…. To see all your hard work!
@@bbr9707 Hi and thanks for watching. The rose is at a customers house so don’t have frequent access to the rose. I often think that roses look best when they are trained, and also when in flower. It’s a good repeat flowering variety with decent fragrance.
Tilers who tile up bath panels and back to wall toilets with no access panel are scum of the earth.
@@trancemadmaz Hi. Thanks for watching the video and the message, you are so right. When we moved into our house the push button of the concealed toilet packed up within a few weeks. I had to smash all the top tiles off to gain access. It stayed looking like that for 2 years until I got onto renovating the bathroom. Plumbers who don’t include isolation valves are nearly as bad 😃🛠️ Hope your bathroom project goes well
@diyhomeandgardening I'm a plumber who is repairing a leaky plastic concealed cistern where there is no access panels and the wooden batons are in the way of pulling the cistern out. There is thick plywood also behind the tiles aswell. Total shambles.
@ That sounds exactly the same set up as around our old toilet cistern. Builders trying to be space efficient but without considering access for if something goes wrong. I know loads of people who have bought new properties and had plumbing issues that couldn’t be easily fixed, without excess damage to wall and surroundings. It’s annoying and adds to the costs
When would you suggest that I pot out my begonia bulbs used from this year please?
@@TeresaLoader-e9b Hi Teresa. Many thanks for watching and for the message. The Begonia corms had been started in about March and this follow up video was made in May. I’m not sure which country you are based but May in the U.K. generally means that the frosts have finished and that it is fairly safe to put out the annual bedding plants. Hope this helps you for future planting plans. All the best 🌼🌸
I purchased some Smith & Locke brackets from Screwfix and they are too narrow for my 3 section ladder.
@@paulrasell7696 Hi Paul. Thanks for watching and the message. I’m not sure if it’s still the case but Screwfix had 2 different depth of brackets when I mine. Might be worth a check on their app. Hope you get things sorted out 🛠️
Thank you very much. That is very helpful
@@poornimarai6130 no problem
thank you very much. I have been binge watching cold frames this morning and this is the best I can across.. thank you very much
@@poornimarai6130 The coldframe total size is; 1.35m wide, 60cm deep, 1.18cm high including the lid. Hope this helps
Love it.. I am new to woodworking.. please could you share your measurements so I can attempt replicate this
@@poornimarai6130 Hi and many thanks for watching the video. I have a full length video which goes into much greater details and dimensions are discussed. The link is ; How To Make A Cold Frame, How To Make A Growhouse, Make A Cold Frame, Creative Garden Projects ua-cam.com/video/UBs0iuTdiJY/v-deo.html When I get home I will measure the coldframe and let you know the dimensions. All the best 🛠️🌻
Another great video Ian, planting 15 variety of Garlic with a beautiful backdrop of Dahlias, UA-cam please please sort your algorithms because this channel should be getting the 1m+ viewers. Happy Gardening. Sam
@@samuelbarvet2641 Hi Sam. Thanks for watching and for the great message. Unfortunately I don’t think UA-cam read messages 🤣 I hope your Garlic planting goes well this year. Which varieties are you going for? Have a good weekend 🧄🌻
Hi Ian, completely agree, UA-cam don't read messages 😂. I have planted some I bought from a shop, not sure about the variety but they are big blubs and already started to grow, let's hope it will be a good harvest for all of us.
@@samuelbarvet2641 Good luck with the shop bought ones. Hope they do well for you. I’m sure you will soon get the bug and want to grow more varieties than you really need, just like I do. 🌻
Good work. Thanks for the detail video. You made me realise how big the job is and how daunting it is 😂.
@@Dindoes Hi. Many thanks for watching and the message. I used a router to create channels in which to insert the polycarbonate, which makes the job a bit more technical. You could make a more basic frame and then screw the polycarbonate sheets to the outside or inside of the frame for a much simpler method. Hopefully you will plan a design for yourself and have a try. Maybe start by making a cold frame and then scale up once you have the confidence to do so. I also have a video to make a cold frame so maybe take a look. All the best with whatever you choose to try to make. If you need any help just message me here or via instagram, under the same name. 🛠️🪴
Cheers mate nice simple easy to follow advice. Great.
@@keithkraine475 Thanks for watching Keith and the message, glad you found the video helpful. All the best with your autumn / winter garden preparations 🌼🪴
How do you collect the pollen? I only have 1 plant but can’t seem to collect any pollen from the flowers
@@andrewcooke93 Hi Andrew. Many thanks for watching and the message. So that is the one thing that you can’t do, collect pollen to hand pollinate. Only bees can pollinate them as it’s their frequency that allows the flower to drop its pollen. Amazing but also frustrating. I put my plants outside in the summer and early autumn and then back into the greenhouse for colder months. Hope this helps a bit 🪴🌸
Thanks ! I'm in Ireland and it's 1/2" 3/4 and 1" here, though I'm from Scotland where its all 15, 22 and 28mm. Installing a stove with back boiler to replace the oil boiler and need to go from the exiting imperial to the metric. Good luck with everything 🍀 Thanks again 👍🏻
@@Craig-Mitchell Hi Craig. Thanks for watching and the message. Having to go from all those different imperial sizes to metric sounds like a real pain when doing any job. Good luck with your renovations 🛠️🌻
Great vid thanks. How do I go about removing the tails? As I'm planning fitting a replacement electric one.
@@blueeyedboxer20008 Hi. Many thanks for watching, glad you liked the video. I guess the question is, in the nicest possible way, how competent are you with plumbing and building? To remove the tails properly so they are hidden below the flooring then you will need to lift the floorboards to have access to the top the base of the tails. Isolate the heating water to stop flow from the boiler into the system. Isolate / turn off all radiators in the house to stop water draining from them. Somewhere on the pipework downstairs there will be a drain valve which you would need to open to be able to drain down some of the heating system, to allow the water levels to drop within the bathroom radiator tails. Once sufficient water is out of the heating system close the drain valve again. If you don’t drain the water then you will get water leak everywhere when you cut down the tails. Cut down the tails to below the floorboards and then fit STOP ends to each tail. You can use solder caps or use compression fittings. I would opt for the latter as it’s easier to do in an awkward position, and to adjust if you notice a leak following installation. Once the cap is fitted you can then fill the system to check for leaks. I tend to get my wife to open the valve whilst I check for leaks. If you don’t have any leaks then that’s amazing and well done. Open the valves to the radiators downstairs and then to the upstairs radiators. You will possibly still need to bleed the heating system but not by much. With heating all okay you can then re-lay the flooring and do the installation of the electric heater, obviously getting a qualified electrician to do or sign off the work. Happy renovations 🛠️🌻
Vary useful video on how to over Winter Lily Bulbs. Thanks. {2024-10-20} - Subscribed!
@@Pareshbpatel Hi Paresh. Many thanks for watching the video, your message and subscribing. Very much appreciated. Glad you found the video to be of use to you, and pleased that you are growing the wonderful bulbs that are Lilies. All the best 🌼🪴
Great work! ..thanks for the tips and reminding me to sow!
@@lucajeanp Hi Lucas. Thanks for watching glad you liked the video and glad you spotted a few tips to possibly try. Hope your planting goes / has gone well and you get a good harvest come next year. As always, have a good weekend and all the best 🧄🪴
Planted mine a week or so ago, shocked to see it's already coming up! Put it in a mini polytunnel
@@SarahSmith-nr2wj Hi Sarah. Many thanks for watching and for the message. You’re doing well to have it sport so quickly, although it has been a mild October so far. That said, I was surprised by my Shallots sprouting. I hope you get a great harvest next year and have tried out a few different varieties. All the best 🧄🌻
Great video 😊
@@GardeningWithCoffee Many thanks for watching and for taking the time to message. Very much appreciated. Hope you are planting plenty in your allotment or garden 🪴 🧅
I don't understand why your moving it? Is your plot being moved to a different location because the land own wants to use the padt where the allotments sit? If so that would he highly annoying after setting up My plot only to be told I have to relocate.
@@legobrickabrac Hi. Thanks for watching and the message. Essentially someone else bought the nearby house and land and had their own ideas as to how to use the land. Where the allotments were located was technically classed as part of the garden so the owner wanted to move the site onto the land classed as farmland. It was very annoying to be given the notice but I was given the new plot free of charge for the first year. Little wins. I hope your shed build goes well 🛠️🌻
@@diyhomeandgardening I'm buiding a pent shed extension, I already built the new additional pannels and roof section however I have a problem. The current shed is leaning and when attempting to shift it straight I'm making it worse. I need the original shed to be straight before I take off the wall thats to be moved to the new end of shed. Currently it looks like the entire thing might fall apart.
@@legobrickabrac Start with the obvious. Is the base level? If it is then most likely you have fixed one panel in a position not totally upright. I would check level to base and if that is fine then loosen off the fixing bolts or screws to the side panels and roof bars. Get one panel upright, according to spirit level, and tighten down. Repeat on the other side. Use a scrap piece of wood and screw from side panel to side panel to stop them from falling. Both sides will then be correct and allow you to re-position the roof bars as you need to. It’s normally the roof bar pushing out more than it should to make the sides splay out. Unfortunately you are probably going to have to take apart more of the existing than you planned to do. If you are going to put on new felt then you don’t need to be as careful 😄 Hope that helps 🤞
@@diyhomeandgardening Yes all very good information here, however I know the base of the Shed is not level I put it ontop of 9 large slabs with sand underneath to level it but no containment for the soil underneath with was already raised by half a foot. Basically the soil around the outside of the slabs has lowered. I thought the shed was leaning because it was sinking in the corners so I raised up the corner slabs with a crow bar and placed concrete bits underneath. The slabs look level but now the leaning is even worse. Pushing the shed t the top on the sides don't work because it just lifts the shed walls off the base. The only solution I see is to scraw the sides down onto the base the use planks to lean the shed straight then apply the wood supports or metal brackets. The shed is full of heavy stuff thats in the way and also probably why the shed was basically sinking into the ground. This end up being a complete bodge job.
@@legobrickabrac Yeah it sounds as though it’s a case of empty the shed out and try to level under the joist barers below the floor. Then screw the sides properly. Possibly easier to take apart and start over, making the extension at the same time. Whatever option you take is going to take a while but will be worth doing I’m sure. All the best with the project 🛠️🪴
Let's hope you will get a better results with the onions next year Ian, I think this year harvet was a write off. Sam
@@samuelbarvet2641 Yeah we really could do with a little less rain next spring. My harvest wasn’t a disaster but certainly not up to the usual sizes. The main thing is to re set and get going again. Hope you are busy making plans 🧅🌸
Great video Ian. I’ve just planted my Senshyu onions and garlic at the plot. Could I put horse manure on now even though it’s not well rotted? Deb
@Tea_and_thyme_2012 Yes manure straight on is fine. I do the same. Senshyu is such a great variety, it’s one of my must plant.
is it okay to use clean sand?
@@sundivataylor9572 Hi. Only if the sand is dry. But personally I would only use sawdust or paper as they both will absorb excess moisture from air and bulbs to prevent the bulbs going mouldy. If sand is moist then it will encourage the bulb to start growing.