HOW I USE CARDBOARD AT THE ALLOTMENT / ALLOTMENT GARDENING FOR BEGINNERS

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  • @wolfdogos5274
    @wolfdogos5274 10 місяців тому +9

    Oh., Emma you are joy to watch. Your personality makes these episodes so special. I love your jumper.

  • @barbarariddick5321
    @barbarariddick5321 10 місяців тому +11

    Emma, you could make the handle of your old spade into a dibber rather than just leaving it to waste. Just shorten it and taper off the end, not too sharp, and you've got a dibber. Love the tulips. Oh, a dibber is what your bulb thingie is called😊.

  • @stephenmckelvie2032
    @stephenmckelvie2032 10 місяців тому +13

    Hi Emma, That Raspberry plant you pulled out has new shoots coming from the base.

  • @serobinson1
    @serobinson1 8 місяців тому

    I will never have an allotment , but I still just love watching your videos . I do have a yard garden but I use raised beds, and I def put cardboard on the bottom !

  • @julieg1270
    @julieg1270 10 місяців тому +4

    Emma, I have to say, you are a riot. Your bubbly personality brightens the dreary day. Your tours around your plots make me smile and giggle when you forget names or trample on the sweet peas . But at the end of the day, you've made progress on all the things you wanted to get done and your vegetable garden looks great Well done on all your hard work on getting your 2nd plot growable . And your new spring jumper is very cute ☺️

  • @UrbanWhiteBuffaloFarm
    @UrbanWhiteBuffaloFarm 10 місяців тому +2

    Emma, It is always so much fun to see you. Never a dull moment! Thank you for this video I love your channel and always look forward to the next video. Peace and blessings

  • @hilaryporter7841
    @hilaryporter7841 10 місяців тому +3

    Emma, your rasperrys will get to about waist height, so probably won't cover the top of your arch. Also they'll spread like heck under the ground after a couple of seasons, even into areas you don't want them too. You might have to find a companion plant if you want to cover the top of the arch. Love your robin feeding, its like you have some tame budgies.

  • @jaynekennedy8469
    @jaynekennedy8469 10 місяців тому +2

    Raspberries do not need structures to grow up, but can have support to stop the ends of the canes flopping over. They also send out roots from which new raspberry canes come up.

  • @sarahmallard7100
    @sarahmallard7100 10 місяців тому

    I love your videos! Keep them coming, it’s really nice to see another gardener who is figuring it out as they go along! 🥰 It’s nice to find someone who is as equally excited about spring as I am too 😂

  • @notforwantoftrying1
    @notforwantoftrying1 10 місяців тому +4

    i love the jumper, pink is definitely your colour

  • @aname5267
    @aname5267 10 місяців тому +2

    Bike shops can be great for large flat sheets of cardboard 👍🏻

  • @gardentours
    @gardentours 10 місяців тому +3

    The tulips 🌷 🌷🌷 are really stunning.

  • @Ladyjanesoap
    @Ladyjanesoap 10 місяців тому

    Emma, you are a bit ahead with your weather in the UK than I am here in the eastern USA. It made my heart sing to see your lovely tulips popping out in color. Thank you for giving me garden ideas. I am planting mini pumpkins this year.

  • @rosenicholls9986
    @rosenicholls9986 10 місяців тому +1

    Emma I have been watching you since January and you have inspired me so much to just get up and get out there. You are a complete source of inspiration. Even my 4 year old knows we have to pause for Emma's allotment diaries and sits and watches it with me. She loves Einstein and his girlfriend and knows he is your friend ❤

  • @dereknash3638
    @dereknash3638 10 місяців тому +2

    Worms love cardboard and they help aerate the soil’

  • @nickslife7670
    @nickslife7670 10 місяців тому +3

    Your point stick is called a dibber

  • @NoOneUKnow-c3y
    @NoOneUKnow-c3y 9 місяців тому

    I am not sure how to grow tulips, but I got some in a pot, so after the flower died off, I planted the bulbs out. I'm hoping they will grow next year.

  • @richardpreston4320
    @richardpreston4320 10 місяців тому +3

    Well said Emma! The amount of tape I found on our allotment when we took it on was crazy! Appreciate they were trying not to dig, but get the plastic off! Great video as always! Great to see your channel growing! 👏

    • @woodentops1394
      @woodentops1394 10 місяців тому +1

      I learned the hard way. Plastic strips all over the place. Sound advice x

  • @m0ther0ne
    @m0ther0ne 10 місяців тому

    Great video. The pointy stick is called a dibber. It’s for planting and if you put measurements down its side you can use it to measure between plantings.

  • @jaynekennedy8469
    @jaynekennedy8469 10 місяців тому +1

    I bought one raspberry cane about 4 years ago and it has multiplied until I now have about 10.

  • @thesmirkinggrape
    @thesmirkinggrape 10 місяців тому +1

    Head to Halfords for cardboard mate. The bicycle boxes are great. I've had the same card down since Oct and it's only now just starting to decompose.

  • @beverley1539
    @beverley1539 10 місяців тому +1

    Hiya Emma, thank you for sharing spring as it’s currently snowing here in Southern Ontario Canada 🇨🇦🐝

  • @smouncy2359
    @smouncy2359 10 місяців тому +2

    The raspberry wasn’t dead it had roots and shoots on it also they are autumn raspberries so it looks like it is dead because autumn raspberries grow from the ground up each year so you prune the dead wood done to the ground and then the new shoots come up

  • @natsworldnatslife4818
    @natsworldnatslife4818 10 місяців тому

    I'm so glad I found your channel 😊 I'm new to gardening, my back garden, not an allotment x

  • @rickthelian2215
    @rickthelian2215 10 місяців тому +1

    It’s called a Dibble Emma😊
    Love the Tulips😊

  • @KraftyKaren-7
    @KraftyKaren-7 10 місяців тому +1

    Looking good in your garden!😊

  • @twish1999
    @twish1999 10 місяців тому +1

    Emma, if you have a Morrisons suoermarket near you, you can buy Totes ankle wellies... they are super, i just got some to wear on my allotment

  • @irenesmith5676
    @irenesmith5676 10 місяців тому +2

    Hi Emma yes I love your videos lv Irene 😘 xx

  • @jecskid8
    @jecskid8 10 місяців тому

    I grow my raspberries and BlackBerries over archways...and they're lovely; both visually and very tasty ...give it a go...I am sorry I don't have a photo, as they've been growing there for years I've never thought of taking a photograph of them. I have different varieties of raspberries, both early and autumn fruiting, and my blackberries are the Loch Ness variety; absolutely huge and thornless ...yum ..oh, I've just found out that turnips and raspberries can be grown together as the turnips deter a particular kind of flu...so I've planted 2 trays of turnip seedlings amongst my raspberries... awesome!

  • @lisaberry7535
    @lisaberry7535 10 місяців тому +1

    Raspberries dont realy get very tall so you could add something else to your arch to add interest? Loving your sping jumper 😊

  • @rosieglow9217
    @rosieglow9217 10 місяців тому

    I have eight raised beds and I put them on some of my lawn in the garden, I always use cardboard at the base of the beds, sorted!

  • @LucRom-kz5uw
    @LucRom-kz5uw 10 місяців тому +1

    Fantastisch Good work Emmas you the best te moostuin te compost thans te video Top Good weekend ❤🌱🪻🌷👍🧤🌺🌿🌾🍹🫛🫘🐦

  • @KOLLEKZIYA_FASOLI
    @KOLLEKZIYA_FASOLI 10 місяців тому +2

    💚💚💚Thank you for the video💚💚💚

  • @donnawilliams1350
    @donnawilliams1350 10 місяців тому

    Raspberry canes die off each year then new ones grow from the roots so if you trimmed the 'dead' raspberry to the ground it would most likely come back

  • @robinroseberry
    @robinroseberry 10 місяців тому +1

    Thank you

  • @Plotonthehill
    @Plotonthehill 10 місяців тому

    Both plots looking fab. 😍😍

  • @Allotment_life
    @Allotment_life 10 місяців тому

    Lovely tulips Emma :)

  • @twelvesmylimit
    @twelvesmylimit 10 місяців тому +2

    Yay!

  • @DoreenFraser-d5s
    @DoreenFraser-d5s 10 місяців тому

    Please secure the wire to the sweet pea arch with cable ties.

  • @patgoodchild8045
    @patgoodchild8045 10 місяців тому

    Raspberry’s will need pruning so not suitable for training over an arch. Try a rose or wisteria?

  • @LauraRidgway-nn8rh
    @LauraRidgway-nn8rh 10 місяців тому +1

    😂 my raspberries and blacurrants go over an archway...very quirky. ❤

  • @StephenLovelock
    @StephenLovelock 10 місяців тому

    It's called a dibber that pointy thing

  • @lucrom1097
    @lucrom1097 10 місяців тому

    Fantastisch Good work the moostiun te Compost thans te video Emma's you the best good weekend 👍🌷🍹😅🌱💦🧤👉 Saturday zon ⛅🌿🐦🌾🌺

  • @astraaj435
    @astraaj435 10 місяців тому +1

    I have never seen a raspberry that would grow that tall as for an archway... Blackberries you can train up to your archway because they can grow about human height. But no raspberries - they will stay as a maximum up to your waistline.

  • @ceedee2570
    @ceedee2570 9 місяців тому

    mix raspberry and rose? clematis?

  • @zuzauramek9850
    @zuzauramek9850 10 місяців тому +21

    That "dead" raspberry had new growth from its roots so it was not so dead ...

    • @maryconnell888
      @maryconnell888 10 місяців тому +3

      Stick it back in the ground, you might get some runners from it, it might still survive because it's so wet, probably only completely die if it dries up.

    • @estellavandenende1477
      @estellavandenende1477 10 місяців тому

      I saw that 2

    • @estellavandenende1477
      @estellavandenende1477 10 місяців тому

      yep...you are wright @@maryconnell888

  • @maryconnell888
    @maryconnell888 10 місяців тому +1

    I grow my raspberries up my apple tree, it looks like they're on the tree, a raspberry tree😂

  • @christinerees50
    @christinerees50 10 місяців тому +1

    If your raspberries are summer fruiting you will be able to train them up the arch as they can grow at least 6 foot tall .autumn fruiting raspberries only reach 4 or 5 foot tall .with summer fruiting raspberries you cut out last year's cane leaving the new one to grow on but autumn or ever bearing raspberries you prune the whole plant back to the ground ...yours look like summer ones .also the cane you pulled out and disguarded had begun sprouting new shoots from the roots ..try to find it and whack it back in !..and i think Einstein is about to become a father !!..

  • @elainemcgran8828
    @elainemcgran8828 10 місяців тому

    Gardeners world said there's no harmful chemicals in cardboard apart from what you said and any ink ?/ labels on the cardboard just take off. Of course, it's different in the US

  • @lynwatson5042
    @lynwatson5042 Місяць тому

    No the raspberry plant wasn’t dead. There was growth on the bottom lol

  • @TraceUK
    @TraceUK 10 місяців тому

    Won’t the cardboard take 4-6 months to rot down though? How would plant roots work through it?

    • @TraceUK
      @TraceUK 10 місяців тому

      @@trevorwills3356 Not in the UK it wouldn’t with our weather. Also, it would vary depending on what you grow as the roots grow faster on some plants rather than others

    • @trevorwills3356
      @trevorwills3356 10 місяців тому

      Charles Dowding makes new beds using cardboard and sows or plant into the compost on the same dayso you might like to view his channel to see how he does it. 😊

  • @woodentops1394
    @woodentops1394 10 місяців тому +1

    Has rocky gone?.

  • @gracieshomeandgardens5089
    @gracieshomeandgardens5089 10 місяців тому

    ❤❤❤❤

  • @joycehennequin8469
    @joycehennequin8469 10 місяців тому

    Did you get my email Emma !

    • @emmasallotmentdiaries
      @emmasallotmentdiaries  10 місяців тому

      I did! Sorry! It’s just from Amazon. Bought it about 3 years ago I think x

    • @joycehennequin8469
      @joycehennequin8469 10 місяців тому

      Thankyou Emma, have a wonderful weekend and keep on doing with the allotment your doing fantastic.

  • @RichardTaylorgardening
    @RichardTaylorgardening 10 місяців тому +1

    Hi Emma cardboard is better in large and why don’t you say anything about your merch anymore I got the tshirt what else you got whack it in brilliant

  • @patgoodchild8045
    @patgoodchild8045 10 місяців тому

    It’s a dinner.

  • @jaynekennedy8469
    @jaynekennedy8469 10 місяців тому +3

    WARNING EMMA: The problem with your tulip/spinach idea is that tulips are toxic - all parts!

    • @emmasallotmentdiaries
      @emmasallotmentdiaries  10 місяців тому +1

      Argh! Didn’t think of that!

    • @trevorwills3356
      @trevorwills3356 10 місяців тому +1

      Decades ago Tulips were eaten in parts of the world when food was scarce.

    • @angelasmith8320
      @angelasmith8320 10 місяців тому

      That’s right Trevor. The Dutch ate tulip bulbs at the end of WWII.

    • @lynwatson5042
      @lynwatson5042 Місяць тому

      @@angelasmith8320 I thought but have never tried that tulip bulbs can be eaten. Have to cook them the right way I think.

  • @gazedwards2741
    @gazedwards2741 10 місяців тому

    I love you to bits emma but I wish you'd stop showing all the good bits of your short videos at the start it ruins the vid when you know all that happens.

  • @FoodThymeAndGarden
    @FoodThymeAndGarden 10 місяців тому