The Furious Gardener Strikes Again
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- Опубліковано 18 вер 2024
- EDIT :: Until the 30th April 2023 all money raised through this YT channel went directly to my sons previous special needs school. From May onward I will support the school in a different way that’s less sporadic ::
:: All money raised through this YT channel goes directly to my sons special needs school ::
My son, Bill, goes to gorgeous, tiny, little special needs school for gorgeous special children. Bill and his friends there all need just a little more care, attention, love and guidance to help them access friendships and education. Bill has autism (and a variety of other issues such as Sensory Processing Disorder, ADD, Dyspraxia, Global Developmental Delay and Klinefelters Syndrome) and most of his school mates have similar challenges as well as Dyslexia across the board. Bill's school is woefully underfunded for a variety of reasons that would take pages of text to explain. The teachers aren't well paid yet they are constantly buying supplies the children need that most pupils don't require; such as pen grips and fiddle toys to aid concentration etc...I have been fundraising for a few years now and with your help have managed to help subsidise school trips, buy sensory room equipment, Occupational Therapy equipment, outdoor tables and chairs, a trampoline...and a mini bus!! #billsspecialbus 🤩 We have a lot to pay for soon as the school is moving premises and is taking on 20 extra pupils. This is all amazing news but means the pressure is on financially. All this fundraising helps a phenomenal school that has given so many children a future they would not have been able to access. Thank you so much for any kind of support you give us.
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Toby and Wilf playing on the wall....precious 😍
I had no idea what you were on about so I watched the video. Awwww such lovely memories 🥰🥰🥰
Beautiful garden, I live somewhere that’s always a project !! How wonderful for your Ted to be doing something he passionate about 👌
His enthusiasm never seems to wane x
So peaceful. Amazing how the baby calf instinctively knew where to feed.🥰🤍
It’s amazing! They get born, stand up, walk and feed. Mind blowing. X
Oh wow Ted is so grown up in that tractor. You must be so proud of him doing so well ❤
Very very proud of him. He has a strong work ethic and a very grounded and sensible head on his shoulders. He is a joy. X
Such a lovely vlog, I've been sowing too. A lovely promise while it's snowing here right now 😳 xx
I rather enjoy the nurturing of seeds and seedlings. It’s the hard physical work o don’t enjoy. X
The momma cow has a heart on her forehead.💗
Awwww did she? I’ll have to rewatch.
Best start to a blog ever. That was such a precious moment with the calf.
Isn’t it a beautiful thing. So precious.
Wonderful podcast from start to finish Gayna xxx sending love and hugs to you all. ❤️❤️
Awww thank you, Ally x
Such a wonderful bunch of memories for you, all wrapped up in one awesome video❣I just
love you and your wonderful family, Gayna! So precious and growing way too fast just like my grands❣❣❣
Growing so fast that it scares me. Wilf is in the final year at primary school now and I’m not ready for him to be at big school. I don’t think he is either really. X
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Thank you for a lovely video.
Thank YOU for watching x
Ohhhhhhhh Poggy you make me soooooo happy - you joyful little soul xxxxxxxxxxxx
Just you wait till you see the next vlog!
There's and expression s--t happens. Well it was borrowed by the composters and turned into: Compost Happens! Since you can have compost delivered (wish we had that here - we go and load our own) and the compost bins will be "extra", I vote for filling them up and letting "compost happen" while you do all the other chores in your garden. Jeez you have a huge amount of garden to care for besides everything else you do Gayna, so give yourself a break. Or have Will help or Ted or Bill, if he is in the mood, to switch the compost around.
that calf was a treat! Be well toots, Fern in Minnesota
I think I’m in agreement with you. I’m utterly sick of gardening already and I’ve loads to still do. Oh well, Rome wasn’t built in a day and I’ll get there. Ted has been a great help. Bill has tried and Wilf needs a drill sergeant to get him moving 😆
Thank you for saying you don’t like gardening. I love the thought of gardening and the results from it but don’t enjoy (at all!) the act of gardening. Thankfully we don’t have a large plot of land, though my husband’s dream is to own a farm, and that he also loves to spend hours puttering outside (I don’t know if he’d appreciate me to calling it puttering but that’s what it looks like 😊) . He has turned a very boring square piece of land into a wee oasis of calm. We live in a city and have an apartment building behind us and residents often thank him since they have a view of our beautiful backyard. As much as I would not want to care for the amount of land you have, it is absolutely beautiful and I’m very envious of your privacy.
It’s lovely having this much space and not being much over looked but it’s a lot of work. I like the tinkering in the garden but not the physically hard work. Your garden sounds delightful, how lovely that it brings joy to the people who don’t have their own garden. X
Ahhh,,,Gayna,,,,that was Lovely!!!!
Loved the beginning ,,,,baby!!!!Sweet,,,,,
What a great day!!!!
And Ted seems so much older!!! He is in his element,,,,for sure,,,,
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Yes seems to have grown up so much lately. Blows my mind how fast time is going.
Hi Gayna - we built pallet compost bins about two years ago and last year decided to line each one with fleece as we emptied it - your cuttings/food waste will end up collecting in the pallet gaps otherwise. We fill one, when full move it along to the next bay to turn it over to ensure everything composts, and keep going until we have all three full by which time the first is ready to use. Been potting in my greenhouse today too. Happy Easter xxx
We did wonder about that. I’ll see what we have lurking that I could staple on to prevent that happening. X
@@talesfromcuckooland hi Gayna. Looking at my fruit bush cuttings from last year I have some gooseberry that I could send your way. They produce really big gooseberries. Let me know if you would like them. Jacqui
@@jacquis-j9606 that’s ever so kind of you. I hope I don’t seem ungrateful when I decline because none of us like gooseberries. I’m so touched that you asked xxx
So pleased to see you've made a few video's missed seeing you all.
I’ve not been good at vlogging at the mo. My hands are always filthy!
What happy memories from this xx
So special x
What a full day, your garden is going to be so beautiful, I wish I could do the same, however being a rental it is a waste of money, all in pots and containers for now. Your pizza looked delish, despite the singed edges. I would love to taste wild garlic, I bought some seeds but its not the same as your wild garlic, more like chives, a tad disappointed, will have to search further afield for seeds of the correct variety x
Wild garlic usually comes as little bulbs. I wish I could send you some but that’s agains the rules. What a shame. I knew a lady in the village who had the most beautiful and abundant garden and it was all in pots. However I think she needed a whole lorry for her pots when they moved 😆
Just 💖love 💖spending time with you and your family! Thank you for sharing. 🥰
That’s so sweet of you to say, thank you x
Margo’s so funny! Oh lush hot tub 🛁 I reuse my plastic food containers for plants/ seeds 🌱 Really the Strawflowers pay off this year 💓🌸🌼
My straw flowers have germinated. I’m out there checking on them twice a day like and anxious mum! The China asters have come up too.
Greetings,
Marble is too cold for the yeast.
Cheers,
Rachel
Yes, I wanted to move it to the warm area by the aga but couldn’t trust the dog but the pizzas turned out lovely despite that thankfully x
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Rewatching...the pizzas look delicious!
What is the white flowering plant/vine in the intro?
Cheers,
Rachel
That’s a an evergreen fast growing clematis armandii that smells lovely. I planted it two years ago and it was tiny. Here’s something I copied from the web:
Clematis Armandii is a large, evergreen climber that can reach up to 8 metres in height. Preferring a sunny and sheltered position it is perfect for growing against a south facing wall. In the early spring it blooms and produces big, almond scented, creamy-white flowers with four star-shaped petals on each, which contrast brilliantly against the mid-green leaves.
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Brilliant, ty!
Be well,
Rachel
Oh Gayna, your vlogs take me away to a stay in an English cottage and life - so calming. Teddy is such a hard worker and good sport. The baby cow was so moving and mom acts like it's another day in the office, lol! Thanks for sharing :)
I saw another baby just born today. It really is so remarkable. I hope I can catch one during, I’d love to see that.
How wonderful that Ted knows what he wants to do at such a young age and he is clearly a natural 😊💕
He does love it and despite being a typical teen in many ways he still rises early and gets outside on the land.
Wonderful glimpses of your lovely family life and that adorable Margo x
Little Margo, she is such a brute you know 😂
Look at Ted go. It is a parents dream to see their child find a passion that will also create enjoyable work for his future. It warms my heart to see how proud he is driving the tractor and explaining it’s purpose. He is wise beyond his years. Two acres you say and you hate gardening ....too funny Gayna. I love a well cooked pizza🍕. That calf was precious. Thank you for capturing such a beautiful moment .
Ted blows my mind daily. He has such a strong work ethic too. I know! Two acres! It’s hilarious really. X
Watching Ted on the tractor reminds me of my oldest son when he used to copy his daddy by driving his little plastic tractor around the garden with a paint roller attached! Never any doubt about what he would be doing. Ted looks so at ease on that enormous machine 😍
What a gorgeous memory. I love how inventive children are.
Thanks have a great easter weekend.🐰🐣😘
And to you, Hannie xxx
Hi 👋🏼 Bunni 👋🏼. It wouldn’t be one of your precious videos with out Bunni and Toby having a snuggle at the end of the day 🥰
It deffo a romance! X
How lovely to see the newly born calf! Really made my day! Lovely vlog as usual! You mentioned wild garlic pesto and yesterday I bottled up some wild garlic oil! Great minds x I love how you get stuck in to your gardening (even though you say you don’t enjoy it) but your plants and seedlings look great! Lovely to see the family- take care everyone and enjoy those buns and pizzas! Love WW xxx
Hey Winky! I wish I liked gardening but it’s a chore. For so many people the garden is a hobby which is why it’s hard for people to understand that I truly don’t enjoy the toil. One day I might find I love it. I hope so. It hasn’t happened in the 20 years I have been gardening.
Every time I see Margot she reminds me of a 'Giraffe' dog with those long legs! It looks like you were all having a lovely time here and everyone was doing little jobs around the house too. Ted is obviously in his element with the tractor and having a wonderful time in the field doing what he enjoys the most. Every time you are out in the garden you say how much you hate gardening! I know you detest it but I now think Toby has the same opinion as you about that. Lovely to see the baby calf. Nature is so amazing, the mother cow just gave birth but continues on eating the grass as if nothing has happened. Have a wonderful Easter weekend dear Cuckoo and family. XXX
Nature is amazing! The cow was eating up the afterbirth and the grass to kick start the milk production for her baby. Isn’t it incredible? Toby and I often feel overwhelmed by the amount of maintenance he garden takes. We had a chap in to help a few weeks ago. Cost us a couple of grand and hasn’t left us feeling very further forward. We need to change our mind set because the work has to be done anyway.
I can imagine the gardening can become a chore in your huge garden. Ted really looks in his element on the farm.
He absolutely loves it. He loves the cows and the land. X
Newish viewer here and started with your Christmas vlog. Really happy to have found your channel and am thoroughly enjoying it! Your garden will be lovely and your boys are a joy to watch. Enjoy your Easter weekend and thank you for sharing. xoxo
Hello 👋 fingers crossed the garden will be fruitful and grow magnificently. I’ll be very stroppy if it doesn’t 🤪
Your boys are gorgeous even Toby, fabulous vlog xx
Thank you Julia! X
Greetings from a lovely sunny Yorkshire 🌼 So enjoyed your jolly jaunt in the tractor, such fun and sending grow strong vibes to your baby plants and seeds, may they bloom and grow. Wishing you and your family a happy Easter and keep sharing your joy 🐣🌸
I do hope my plants do ok this year. I seem to worry more than necessary. X
@@talesfromcuckooland Mother Nature is such a fickle creature, she’s very high maintenance too 🌸
I just love watching your channel, I'm on day two of digging I sometime pray for a bit of rain on the weekend so I can sit and knit, but if it's nice weather feel I have to be doing gardening chores. Living in Scotland, fair weather days are so few so stop watching UA-cam Angela and get out there !! Xoxox
It’ll be worth it when it’s done. That’s what I say a dozen times a day.
You gotta love farmer Ted. Xxx
Gayna what a wonderful opening to your video it certainly warmed the heart. You certainly looked the proud Mum with the children too.
I am a proud mum 🤩 I love my little scallywags!
You’re a genius you’ve given me an idea to stop my stitches falling of my dpns ....... blue tack ! I have an allotment and my seeds are coming up, I’m going to start my flower seeds next , I love gardening so therapeutic ,but so is crafting happy Easter
I’m yet to find the therapy in gardening 🤪. These little stoppers on my needles work really well and only cost about £6. Ever so cute too. X
I've just started mine today, I don't enjoy it but I like it to look nice. We did lots of work on it a couple of years ago to make it easier for me to manage, so it's a lot better. ☺️ Xx
I feel like every year we do something to make life a bit easier in the garden and yet it never seems to get easier ☺️
Great vlog! So nice to see you. 🥳Happy Easter to you and your lovely family! 👒🐰🐣🌷
Happy Easter to you! X
Missing you! I hope all is well in your corner of the world.
All ok! I’ve had such a busy brain I have been leaving my phone alone. Hope all well with you x
Beautiful vlog Gayna! Xxx
Thank you! That’s a very generous description but I’m ever so glad you liked it. X
what a lovely vlog. your hot cross buns looked a success on the 2nd try - well done you! I'm not sure about the 2 acres though given Ted is right at home in the tractor, you'll need a bit more :D
No no no! I can’t cope with what we have, unless we put a herd of cows in the garden Teddy isn’t interested 🤪
Happy Easter to you all. Your pizza looked delicious, despite slightly well done round the edge lol 😂.
The middle but tasted good!
You need to do a course on composting and organic gardening with Charles Dowding down by Shepton Mallet.
I have his books and watch his videos. They are great. He is only half hour from me and I’d love to go on a course.
Hello Gayna. Could you tell me where you got your angel wings from please. Thank you 😊
Hello Tuppence! They are from Cox and Cox about 5 years ago. They still do angel wings but a slightly different design now. X
Oooh What did you call the plant with the enzyme which kills perennial weeds. I heard Mexican but couldn't catch the rest. I need some of that... Thank you! X 👍
Mexican tagetes/Mexican marigold. Apparently it works...if I can get it to germinate 😆
Pizzas look good
They were yum!
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Did you make the pizzas out of your sourdough xx
No I made them with yeast, my sourdough starter is asleep at the moment. I need to wake it up. X
@@talesfromcuckooland ok I'll have to have a go
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OMG you use roundup?
I don’t tend to use it ever, but I have an area of pernicious weed I needed help with as it’s going to be a wildflower area. I don’t spray it all over the place everywhere as I like to organic garden as much as possible. Sorry I have annoyed you.
@@talesfromcuckooland you didn't annoy me at all, I was just a little surprised considering all the efforts you make to avoid the use of plastic and chemicals etc....
Ah, phew! Glad I misinterpreted the tone of the comment. You are right, I hate to use it. I have tried a lot of other remedies with no luck so it was desperate measures. I want to grow the flowers the bees love. We have turned part of our paddock over to flowers for the bees and have lots of stinging nettles everywhere for them too.