A PRODUCTIVE DAY AT THE ALLOTMENT / ALLOTMENT GARDENING FOR BEGINNERS

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  • @chriseverest4380
    @chriseverest4380 Рік тому +10

    The interior monologue of Emma the pirate-explorer ably supported by Einstein (Robin) and a shoe-stealing fox (AWOL). Marvel at Emma's John Cleese Whipping the car impressions. Wonder at the world's largest weed membrane and the millions of weeds that live in it. Gasp at Emma's ability to somersault entire Amazonian rainforest (In Sarf Lundun)😂❤

  • @CrimsonCrow420
    @CrimsonCrow420 Рік тому +2

    7:56 "Break on Through (To the Other Side)"

  • @joycehennequin8469
    @joycehennequin8469 Рік тому +8

    You are just doing it Emma, you really are impressing us all wow.Tell you what your council should be so ashamed of themselves for not helping you out,they are a disgrace and l hope they see this comment.Sending big hugs 🤗

  • @twelvesmylimit
    @twelvesmylimit Рік тому +3

    You're an absolute hoot, Emma. 😂

  • @EnglishFlorals
    @EnglishFlorals Рік тому

    Don't mess with Emma when she is on a mission! Great work. The new plot is really taking shape. Keep up the good work!

  • @aname5267
    @aname5267 Рік тому

    I stay motivated with my allotment by watching videos!

  • @theresabisson1040
    @theresabisson1040 Рік тому

    Pace yourself Emma - the headache is possibly telling you that you need more rest in between, or shorter sessions of digging/pulling! As a change of task, why not bring the kids down and start to fill the stacked pallets with all the logs, sticks and leaves you've got already - the insects will thank you for the shelter as the weather starts to get colder. Leave some undergrowth around this and any frogs around will be able to overwinter there too, and feed on some bugs, and they'll keep the slugs down for next year. You're helping to create growing space and maintain a living ecosystem then. look after yourself. 💚💚

  • @muddyboots2531
    @muddyboots2531 Рік тому +1

    With the awful pendulous sedge, I recall I discovered a technique whereby I got the fork into the middle of the clump and pushed outwards to the perimeter, and took it out, piece by piece. It wasn't expecting that. While I was trying to dig it out from the edges, it stood immovable as a rock. Now if I see one of its seedlings, it is out before you can say "bloomin' sedge".

  • @TuftyMcTavish
    @TuftyMcTavish Рік тому +3

    You’re absolutely smashing the new 2.0 plot! More effort than the past 3 or 4 owners, however many it’s been 👏

  • @christine6878
    @christine6878 Рік тому

    Oh Emma you make me laugh so much! The Great Philosopher Dory had me rolling.
    .

  • @patstephenso7206
    @patstephenso7206 Рік тому +5

    Thank Emma your amazing and the Robin is just enjoying your company it's the best thing in his little life lol x😊

  • @kathleencarter308
    @kathleencarter308 Рік тому +2

    Oh Emma , I just love your vlogs , you really cheer me up , well done you , I wa# with you saying come on Emma nearly there, xx

  • @annieskitchengarden818
    @annieskitchengarden818 Рік тому

    Oh, Emma... you have me in fits! 😂
    But you are smashing it! 💪💪💪
    Take care, Annie 🐞 🐝 🌱

  • @cindytennessee
    @cindytennessee Рік тому +1

    Oh Emma…you are amazing. Your new lot is almost conquered. You inspire me! xxx

  • @andymatts8010
    @andymatts8010 Рік тому +7

    Really starting to take shape Emma. You go girl! ❤

  • @jillbowler3292
    @jillbowler3292 Рік тому

    So refreshing to see the reality of taking on an abandoned plot - something TV gardening shows tend to gloss over. You are working so hard Emma. It's a huge job, but the satisfaction you're going to feel once it's up and producing will be unbeatable. More power to both your elbows!
    P.S. Your klepto-fox is becoming a real character.

  • @helenstewart2085
    @helenstewart2085 Рік тому +2

    Love 10 to 15 minute long video's as they can be watched during morning tea etc.

  • @BenLuis732
    @BenLuis732 Рік тому +6

    Hi Emma, last weekend my husband had me chopping the large branches that fell in the garden. I remembered I had a cheap reciprocating saw, it was cordless. Went through the branches like butter. I recommend you should get one. They come in handy all the time x

  • @kevinproctor7090
    @kevinproctor7090 Рік тому

    So loving ya gardening adventures, I'm a basic volunteer gardener learned so much off a landscape gardener called jessie n can relate to your videos Emma...its worth all the hardworking, well gardening is so much fun can guarantee the weather volunteered at a community garden in bradford west yorkshire but plants raking health n wellbeing meeting new friends. Keep up the great gardening action Emma.

  • @carolwhite6979
    @carolwhite6979 Рік тому +3

    Emma! You are doing well on the new space! Very funny too! Take care!

  • @Leonard_Smith
    @Leonard_Smith Рік тому +1

    Squishoo verb., "to level an uneven piece of allotment soil. Usually achieved with the use of a rake. Etymology derived from swish and who"...

  • @brigidaodonnell7053
    @brigidaodonnell7053 Рік тому +1

    We have really large jumping spiders here in New Zealand

  • @hollyu48
    @hollyu48 Рік тому

    You have big red apples! Yum

  • @gracescott
    @gracescott Рік тому +2

    Hey Emma, I have been binge watching your videos today as we are going to go and have a look at an allotment tomorrow. We are going to have an allotment diaries channel too as we want to document our journey. I love how normal and genuine you are 😊

  • @meapantz1983
    @meapantz1983 Рік тому

    I lolled so hard when u were wacking that bush in the intro hahahhah😅

  • @wendymoules7668
    @wendymoules7668 Рік тому

    You V can make a beautiful Christmas planter with plant lights for outside a door with them beautiful logs at different heights if you ever wanted to x

  • @patgoodchild8045
    @patgoodchild8045 Рік тому

    Just wish I still had your energy!!

  • @amiparkins662
    @amiparkins662 Рік тому +2

    You are doing amazing ❤

  • @littlejoe8359
    @littlejoe8359 Рік тому +1

    That Channel Tunnel moment

  • @dazzys4618
    @dazzys4618 Рік тому

    You are doing fantastic Emma. Have loved watching your progress,so inspiring. I was fighting with a weedy parch a couple of months ago and considered giving up one of my plots, then Dory spoke to me and I’ve just paid the rent on both for the next year, so I just keep no-digging 🎉

  • @kevinproctor7090
    @kevinproctor7090 Рік тому

    Loving the nature bit of video bug hotel we have some in community garden braðford, chopping twigs for those bugs feeling of achievement to lovely nature in garden..its all the nature in garden sense of accomplishment makes gardening.n hardworking worthwhile Emma!

  • @ecocentrichomestead6783
    @ecocentrichomestead6783 Рік тому +3

    Gardening is a long term thing.
    As you say, just keep plodding on.
    It's not instant. It slowly changes over time. Just like a tree growing, the allotment slowly evolves into a thing of beauty. 😊

  • @watchingmywasteline
    @watchingmywasteline Рік тому

    Peppermint oil in a spray bottle. Douse your shed! They don't like the smell but it also isn't harming them ☺️

  • @madeleineowen8284
    @madeleineowen8284 Рік тому +1

    Loving all your vlogs Emma, your strength and determination are amazing. You make me laugh. I wish I had your strength and energy. Keep going luv and take care. Look after yourself.❤️

  • @dinamoustaka461
    @dinamoustaka461 Рік тому +2

    New plot is going to be very beautiful. I think you need some chickens and fruit trees when is all done.. ❤ Keep going Emma. 🎉

    • @felicitywoodruffe4087
      @felicitywoodruffe4087 Рік тому

      Yes to chickens please

    • @johnmccrae1102
      @johnmccrae1102 Рік тому +1

      Don't get chickens .So much work,so many red mites and then the fox comes and rips all their heads off!!!

  • @Gardenofglory-l6v
    @Gardenofglory-l6v Рік тому

    Good job today Emma

  • @katiec3686
    @katiec3686 Рік тому

    We’ve moved from the uk to Australia two weeks ago 😂 still watching your videos ❤️ I feel your pain with the spiders in the Uk 😭 luckily haven’t seen many here yet 😅

  • @jecskid8
    @jecskid8 Рік тому +2

    You're doing a great job Emma. We're going to inspect an allotment plot tomorrow..eek!.

  • @georgemartin9618
    @georgemartin9618 Рік тому

    Emma you need to beg steal or borrow a slash hook . Perfect for clearing out those overgrown rat havens.
    My new diary has arrived but I'm not allowed to see it until Christmas.

  • @debradevine3949
    @debradevine3949 Рік тому

    You have really nice soil in the new plot.

  • @Debbieanne51
    @Debbieanne51 Рік тому

    You're doing good, it's all starting to clear.
    Watch out for sleeping hedgehogs Emma whilst you're cutting at the undergrowth.

  • @gardenfriends3551
    @gardenfriends3551 Рік тому

    Gardening pirate 🤩

  • @loveatfirstsprout88allotment
    @loveatfirstsprout88allotment Рік тому +1

    Love your videos
    Longer would be better to me but I'm not doing the work so I will take what I can get 😊

  • @tammyhann4560
    @tammyhann4560 Рік тому

    I have been enjoying ur videos 4 a while now u keep me laughing and your so inspiring and can't say enough great things about all ur videos, good luck from us here in the southeast USA

  • @debradevine3949
    @debradevine3949 Рік тому

    A weed Wacker would help the clearing along a bit easier for you.

  • @NickP1707
    @NickP1707 Рік тому

    I’ve ordered my copy of allotment diary 👍🏻 great idea

  • @helenagreenwood2305
    @helenagreenwood2305 Рік тому +2

    Get a drone let's see some overhead shots 👍

  • @greatcakiness1230
    @greatcakiness1230 Рік тому +2

    I am absolutely loving this, it’s so encouraging and watching our own dr Doolittle at work with the wildlife is also fun! 😊. The adventures of Emma or Emma’s adventures or Emma the adventurer 😂 I’m almost expecting game footage music as you work your way through 😂. I should grab some popcorn for each instalment, I love it so much 😊

  • @vanessacook6634
    @vanessacook6634 Рік тому

    Call the bug hotel 'Buglins' !

  • @jpennturner
    @jpennturner Рік тому +1

    Hi I think I read somewhere that spiders don't like peppermint so you could put some in your shed, my husband got a rechargeable mini chainsaw for about 30 quid and it is brilliant.

  • @bryanyeo1745
    @bryanyeo1745 Рік тому

    You are doing a good job

  • @meapantz1983
    @meapantz1983 Рік тому

    Some.of those logs might look.nice piled up next to the pond

  • @2feelgoods
    @2feelgoods Рік тому

    You are doing and have done a wonderful job! I'd have got a bloke in by now!!

  • @sharonbownes5170
    @sharonbownes5170 Рік тому

    Great vlog, really looking good and your hard work is paying off. I’m looking forward to your planner being delivered tomorrow

  • @mariancoburn2202
    @mariancoburn2202 Рік тому

    Love your videos ❤

  • @talesfromthediningroom3033
    @talesfromthediningroom3033 Рік тому

    Try putting conkers in your shed. You can string them and hang them or just place in corners around windows etc. The idea is that spiders do not live in horse chestnut trees there's something about the oils/smell (who knows) that they dont like. Ive been using them for years as like you I hate spiders

  • @tonyforrest2724
    @tonyforrest2724 Рік тому

    I think you doing a great job.... and doing great ...you are making more work lifting the membrane...you are exposing the bare ground which soon fill up with weed seeds... .personally I would leave it down and cut it later when I new where I was putting my beds and paths....also I would weed kill the plot to save time and less work... so I could plan the layout of the plot. Before the weather turns...

  • @wendymoules7668
    @wendymoules7668 Рік тому

    Get a tree saw/ hedge trimmer get through it quickly x

  • @Brenda-xc7sq
    @Brenda-xc7sq Рік тому +2

    Well done Emma, By the way, I see those pallets as materials to add a couple more bays to your composter, you are going to have loads to compost and when rotted down it will a great help to your plot and a money saver.

  • @felicitywoodruffe4087
    @felicitywoodruffe4087 Рік тому

    You are strong Emma for such a slight framed woman .

  • @turbyoulance
    @turbyoulance Рік тому +1

    You should wear protective goggles so you don't poke your eye out with a loose stick

  • @honoregale856
    @honoregale856 Рік тому

    Are you allowed bonfires? It might be a way of disposing of all the twiggy dried grass stuff you have accumulated. You discovered some very nice short tree trunks this time that will make good edging to no dig beds. Keep going!

  • @cherylwilliford3192
    @cherylwilliford3192 Рік тому

    You kept me laughing. 😊 I love watching you working on your plots. It looks good. I love your Robin. He's lovely. Congratulations on your new book. I'm so proud of you. ❤

  • @christinamichael2043
    @christinamichael2043 Рік тому +1

    I can see you with Pirates hat on.
    It's making me laugh 😅

  • @nickinamaste5379
    @nickinamaste5379 Рік тому

    ‘ello mate! 😄

  • @3mmamh154
    @3mmamh154 Рік тому +1

    Loving these vidoes on your new allotment plot 😁 just had a call to view a plot myself and this video has got me so excited 😁 eek roll on tomorrow.

  • @rebeccazody1278
    @rebeccazody1278 Рік тому

    Wow all those cut trees would make great garden bed borders

  • @dianebizzell669
    @dianebizzell669 Рік тому

    You are a true allotment warrior!

  • @kevinproctor7090
    @kevinproctor7090 Рік тому

    Loving ya shed my lovely landscape gardeningfriend jessie has a shed on community gardening really well made but door needed serious tlc it kept getting stuck ahhh it's sorted now 100 tries later but defo can relate to your shed Emma!

  • @juliewhite2688
    @juliewhite2688 Рік тому +1

    Got my new allotment planner it’s great Emma xx

  • @myfitstoreuk5608
    @myfitstoreuk5608 Рік тому +1

    New plot is looking great already! Nice piece of land! Love your vlogs!

  • @dn744
    @dn744 Рік тому +1

    Yes, even the bugs need homes 🏡 😊

  • @mandytaylor1008
    @mandytaylor1008 Рік тому

    Loving watching your progress you are so encouraging to others and funny it’s good entertainment and I want to encourage you by saying you are doing a grand job just keep at it little by little. Your children and hubby will be proud of you. 👍🙋🏻‍♀️

  • @christinamichael2043
    @christinamichael2043 Рік тому +1

    Keep going Emma,it's wonderful what you are achieving.
    Once you get down your plot,it's easy to get motivated.
    I know,it happens to me ❤ Xx

  • @neilloveitt6233
    @neilloveitt6233 Рік тому

    Get one of those metal bins to burn up all your bits you don't need emma

  • @breyon57
    @breyon57 Рік тому +1

    We're all enjoying the videos Emma, the progress is amazing!! I can't abide spiders either, so all my sympathy!!

  • @pennythompson4790
    @pennythompson4790 Рік тому

    Great video Emma the new plot is starting to take shape & i love the pallet bug hotel idea & the birds will love it too poking around for tasty morselsx

  • @tabithadrew9875
    @tabithadrew9875 Рік тому +3

    Conkers apparently keep spiders at bay, it's the time of year to find some decent conkers too. Place them in the corners. I've not tried it but seems easier than burning the shed 😅. I'm using a stick to get in my shed, a quick twirl gets rid of anything in my way.

    • @BenLuis732
      @BenLuis732 Рік тому +1

      😂😂 I do the stick method too

    • @BenLuis732
      @BenLuis732 Рік тому +3

      Wingardeum leveosar

    • @tabithadrew9875
      @tabithadrew9875 Рік тому

      @@BenLuis732 😆 I must start saying this 🙈

    • @stacyharris9669
      @stacyharris9669 Рік тому

      Way to go, Emma! Keep on going a little by little a little becomes a lot definitely slow and steady wins the race! It’ll be lovely keep envisioning what you want it to look like your cut garden for flowers your pollinator section companion, planting your crop rotation. It will be beautiful.

    • @tommeltje1
      @tommeltje1 Рік тому

      ​@@BenLuis732😂

  • @GrowingLikeGrandad
    @GrowingLikeGrandad Рік тому +1

    Really enjoying watching you transform your second plot. Would you be allowed a bonfire on bonfire night to help you get rid of all your prunings ?

  • @sunmoonrise
    @sunmoonrise Рік тому

    Your bush clipper seems really reliable emma.i might use one for that purpose soon.never use it as you done

  • @AfzaVlogschannel
    @AfzaVlogschannel Рік тому

    You are a super strong woman👍

  • @Harrisgarden
    @Harrisgarden Рік тому

    Hi Emma. I'm in the USA. You are really inspiring me to tackle these vine weeds in my backyard. I will make use of the space in the spring to plant more produce. LOVE watching your contents. ❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @georgetranter5936
    @georgetranter5936 Рік тому

    I have binder weed this is my first allotment

  • @AlexAstrid
    @AlexAstrid Рік тому

    Your vision emma, keep going! Have a lovely weekend.

  • @Greatgranny
    @Greatgranny Рік тому

    Well done Emma…that’s what Einstein is really saying 😉

  • @adrianwood4661
    @adrianwood4661 Рік тому +1

    Hi it's all coming together nicely done with your hard work I bet you can't wait for next season have a fantastic weekend

  • @RosyRoseYTube
    @RosyRoseYTube 7 місяців тому

    🌺

  • @dawnbaker2939
    @dawnbaker2939 Рік тому

    Emma you are doing amazing you are doing this on your own all of the bits of trees and wood you don’t want why don’t you have a massive bonfire x

  • @lucrom1097
    @lucrom1097 Рік тому

    Super Good video Emma's you the best te moostiun hard work thans te vlog grootjes ❤🤗👍🌿🌾🤩🔥🌺🍄🧤

  • @nicholaceho9679
    @nicholaceho9679 Рік тому

    Are you allowed to have patio slabs on your allotment site? I feel sure that a slabbed part of the plot with growing pots would save your soul weed wise xxx good job though 👏 👍

  • @fluffy-Muffin
    @fluffy-Muffin Рік тому

    Have a lovely weekend Emma

  • @sandraengstrand2784
    @sandraengstrand2784 Рік тому +1

    Gardening pirate 🤣🏴‍☠️⚓️❤

  • @johnmcgauley421
    @johnmcgauley421 Рік тому

    Well done

  • @amykent6934
    @amykent6934 Рік тому +1

    I feel like you need a bird house, bird bath and bird feeder for Einstein 🐦 😊. He’d love that. Xx

  • @kieronmoore3390
    @kieronmoore3390 Рік тому

    All be worth it next spring

  • @jyyj2394
    @jyyj2394 Рік тому

    You could name your old plot Camelot and new one Brigadoon! Enjoy ing your journey from Sydney, Australia!

  • @debyorkshirelass9674
    @debyorkshirelass9674 Рік тому

    Are you allowed to burn things on your plot? If so maybe a couple of burning bins then use cooled ash in soil ?? 🤔❤

  • @kevanmaynard9965
    @kevanmaynard9965 Рік тому

    Great job. But I bet you are really tired. Hubby and kids to pamper you for the weekend 😊

  • @davidbriggs8836
    @davidbriggs8836 Рік тому

    You need or someone needs to treat you to a tree pruning saw it will n
    make your sawing much easier PS lol ether videos

  • @felicitywoodruffe4087
    @felicitywoodruffe4087 Рік тому

    I wonder if somebody from the school threw one of the students trainers over ?