Question Of The Day.... What is looking good in your garden/allotment at the moment? Thank You for watching, if you enjoyed this video please hit like 👍 Have a great week all! ❤
Loved the video plot to kitchen, seeing how you harvest, prepare and ideas for use 👏🏻 It all looked so lovely and unbelievably it came from just clearing out!
Thank You Danny 😊 I'm really glad you enjoyed it, I had a feeling it would be up your street ☺️ There were definitely more beans on the floor than in the jar 🫘😅
It’s always loads of work , however filled with surprises when putting our beds to rest for the season. I did mine over the weekend as I was heading off to Croatia tomorrow so I needed to do everything a bit early for us in Nova Scotia. Enjoy your harvest , you’ve had a good year.
My garden is now being prepared for summer, I've just planted some early tomatoes (Early girl), some snap peas, and some lettuce, and I have finished my big spring garden weed after the winter and found all my leeks, cabbage, broccoli, beetroot and carrots that successfully wintered over, all healthy and ready to grow again and mature now the warmer weather is here. Your allotment is looking amazing - I love watching you tidy the beds and plan for the next growing period.
Hi Gemma! We have alliums, salsify, carrots, peas, parsleys (curly, flat leaf, parsley root), chervil, strawberries, rhubarb, nasturtium, clancy potatoes are all still doing well after growing all Spring & Summer, but we are near our 1st frost date here in Michigan so some of them will be killed off soon if the usual pattern holds. It's been a gorgeous colorful cool Autumn here as per usual. Surprisingly my strike green beans & winged bean plants are still doing well, other green bean varieties died when Summer ended, & my asparagus pea plants never flowered this year for some reason, they'll fizzling out now. Our tomato & pepper plants are limping along, & I would have yanked them all out if not for them being loaded with fruit. I want to give as much time as possible to develop big peppers & tomatoes, that worked out well last October. I'd sown a lot of turnip & mustard greens for a late fall harvest, but the wretched tree rats have been running amok burying nuts in my beds so they ruined all the seedlings not long after they germinated. Voluntary dill & amaranth is popping up all over the place, but likely won't get to a big size in time. I do still have various bok choy, lettuce, spinach varieties on the grow table, & although one of the chipmunks has found a way to get up on the table, the damage so far is minimal.
Hi Chrissie 👋 Hope you've had a great weekend 😊 I di use the oven every now and then but I'm always a bit scared I will burn things instead of drying them 😬 maybe I will give it a go again 👍😊
@@GemInTheGarden yes I do understand that and I'm sure some people have had accidents. I think if the ovens on low enough you'd be fine. Check online to give yourself some confidence to the temperature and length of time things need. Then set timers on your phone. X
Yikes Gerald would have a fit if I washed dirt down the sink 😂😂, perils of having a septic system. But all in all Gemma you have had a fab season 💪. Have a great week here’s to 2025 🎉, Ali 🌞🇨🇦
Hee hee I have something that stops things going down the drain 😅 yes we always have good and bad don't we but all in all it's been a good one! Have a great week Ali xx
Hi Gemma, I don't know about you, but I always have mixed feelings about this time of year. It's the sadness of pulling out spent crops, but then the optimism that comes with clean beds and looking forward to the next wave. You did a good job clearing up the plot.... and the bonus of any surprise harvests are the best, don't you think?
Hi Annie, oh I totally agree, I really think this year was a bit of a funny one too, I'm not sure anything really got started and now it's over! But yes it's good to look forward to next year and like you day, find joy in what we can still harvest xxx
Love that Gem! Great to see your little helper giving you a hand. We find the nasturtiums a bit to peppery for us but have been pickling the seeds to make poor mans capers. Have you tried regrowing spring onions on the windowsill? I normally put a bit of water in the bottom and change it every few days. I cut them down to about an inch when i am using it and pop them in a shot glass to grow again. I do that with leeks too. Feeling a bit bummed that we had to take down our tomatoes today because of blight! About 8kg to ripen, so they have been boxed up in 3 boxes with bananas, newspaper, etc Still have the tomato plants out front to do but they don't seem as bad. It just feels so wrong to be doing it this early already. Picked our kuri squash today and dug up the last two sweet peppers to overwinter. Not all too bad as the manure and compost arrives next week but might have to buy some cabbage and broccoli starts as we have had poor germination. We only have 3 tundra and one savoy that is of size atm. The rest are tiny. Getting some germination on sugar snaps now. 3rd time lucky but it kind of sums up this year really doesn't it. What is looking good atm? I think these mystery potatoes we got from Tesco. Tons of foliage, so hopefully that means party downstairs too! Hehe Is that a new sign or am i just not that observant/ forgetful? Anyway, hopefully we don't get that storm too much before the temps dip. Take care and have a lovely week! x
I've heard of the poor man's capers but never tried them! Maybe I will give them a go! The sign was originally at the front of the plot but came down in a storm so it's by the pond now 👍 I'm just at Chessington Garden Centre now getting some spinach starts as mine haven't got off to a good start at all! X
@@GemInTheGarden Ah ok so new location. I remember now. We went to B&Q earlier and there was no veggie starts. Got some bulbs and stuff. They have those big racks and half the stuff looked like they were dying. They have a lot of flowers though. Did you see cabbage starts at Chessington by chance please? x
@AnyKeyLady no cabbage, they had brocoli, kale, purple sprouting and a few lettuce types. Court Farm didn't have any and I tried B and Q too. Very strange that no where seems to have any? X
@@GemInTheGarden Yes that is odd. Most online places have sold out or are expensive. I guess i will have to see if these seedlings pick up a bit. I did sow some more durham and red cabbage. They are in our room away from the other plants plus i made sure to bake the soil first. Interestingly, we have lots now germinating now as well as kohl rabi's. I thought that we were either too late or too early to buy them? Glad it isn't just me. Fingers crossed these new ones are quick to grow. If i have any spares, i will let you know. Thanks for letting me know though and saves us a trip. x
Question Of The Day....
What is looking good in your garden/allotment at the moment?
Thank You for watching, if you enjoyed this video please hit like 👍
Have a great week all!
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Amazing 👏
Love this! A plot to plate style video is always so useful and gives everyone inspiration and ideas! 😊🪴💚
Thank You Sarah 🥰 have a fabulous week 😘
Lovely video Gemma. It’s amazing to see what’s harvestable, even when we think there’s nothing there.
How lovely to have your son helping out too 😊
Hi Claire 👋 Thank You, something a but different so I'm glad you enjoyed it. Ahhh I know love him, he loves helping ☺️ x
Loved the video plot to kitchen, seeing how you harvest, prepare and ideas for use 👏🏻 It all looked so lovely and unbelievably it came from just clearing out!
Amazing what you can find ✨️ 🙌 xXx
Hi. I am new here from South Africa. Never knew one can make tea of these lovely flowers you will have to guide us😂❤
Hello and Welcome to my channel ☺️ Nasturtium Flowers are great for tea, you can use fresh or dried 👌 have a fabulous week 😀 x
I love how you find surprise crops pushing through!!! 😊
It's amazing isn't it ☺️
Loved this gem! A different style of videography too. Lush seeing W sorting the beans out. I bet he made more mess though 😂😂😂 lovely video. Danny 🌱
Thank You Danny 😊 I'm really glad you enjoyed it, I had a feeling it would be up your street ☺️ There were definitely more beans on the floor than in the jar 🫘😅
It’s always loads of work , however filled with surprises when putting our beds to rest for the season. I did mine over the weekend as I was heading off to Croatia tomorrow so I needed to do everything a bit early for us in Nova Scotia. Enjoy your harvest , you’ve had a good year.
Have a wonderful time in Croatia Wanda 🇭🇷 xXx
Great video 👌👏
Thank You!
Brillent gem xx all the herbs everything xxxxxxx🌈🌈🌈🪴🪴🪴
Thank You ☺️
Hiya Gemma Thankyou for the visit. Take care southern Ontario Canada 🇨🇦🐝
Hi Beverley 👋 have a great weekend 😀
My garden is now being prepared for summer, I've just planted some early tomatoes (Early girl), some snap peas, and some lettuce, and I have finished my big spring garden weed after the winter and found all my leeks, cabbage, broccoli, beetroot and carrots that successfully wintered over, all healthy and ready to grow again and mature now the warmer weather is here. Your allotment is looking amazing - I love watching you tidy the beds and plan for the next growing period.
Wow you have lots going on how exciting! Thank You for the compliments and have a great week 😊
Great video Gemma, and I loved all those beans at the end. So many colours and shapes.
Thank You Chris 😊 have a fab week
great finding at the allotment
Amazing what you can find if you look hard enough 👌
Hi Gemma, hope you and Vince are doing well :D
Hi Jason 👋 we are good Thank You how are you? 😊
@@GemInTheGarden I is good thanks buddy :D
Great to hear!
Hi Gemma! We have alliums, salsify, carrots, peas, parsleys (curly, flat leaf, parsley root), chervil, strawberries, rhubarb, nasturtium, clancy potatoes are all still doing well after growing all Spring & Summer, but we are near our 1st frost date here in Michigan so some of them will be killed off soon if the usual pattern holds. It's been a gorgeous colorful cool Autumn here as per usual. Surprisingly my strike green beans & winged bean plants are still doing well, other green bean varieties died when Summer ended, & my asparagus pea plants never flowered this year for some reason, they'll fizzling out now. Our tomato & pepper plants are limping along, & I would have yanked them all out if not for them being loaded with fruit. I want to give as much time as possible to develop big peppers & tomatoes, that worked out well last October. I'd sown a lot of turnip & mustard greens for a late fall harvest, but the wretched tree rats have been running amok burying nuts in my beds so they ruined all the seedlings not long after they germinated. Voluntary dill & amaranth is popping up all over the place, but likely won't get to a big size in time. I do still have various bok choy, lettuce, spinach varieties on the grow table, & although one of the chipmunks has found a way to get up on the table, the damage so far is minimal.
Sounds like you still have lots going on! Amazing! We are getting colder each day in London and I'm sure a frost is on its way! Have a fabulous week 😘
Oh sweetheart you don't need a dehydrator you can just use your oven on very low. Same method and one that's at hand in everyone's homes
Hi Chrissie 👋 Hope you've had a great weekend 😊 I di use the oven every now and then but I'm always a bit scared I will burn things instead of drying them 😬 maybe I will give it a go again 👍😊
@@GemInTheGarden yes I do understand that and I'm sure some people have had accidents. I think if the ovens on low enough you'd be fine. Check online to give yourself some confidence to the temperature and length of time things need. Then set timers on your phone. X
I will definitely try it this week and I will let you know how I get on 🥰
Yikes Gerald would have a fit if I washed dirt down the sink 😂😂, perils of having a septic system. But all in all Gemma you have had a fab season 💪. Have a great week here’s to 2025 🎉, Ali 🌞🇨🇦
Hee hee I have something that stops things going down the drain 😅 yes we always have good and bad don't we but all in all it's been a good one! Have a great week Ali xx
Fun style on this video. Like it.
Thank You Robin 😊
Hi Gemma,
I don't know about you, but I always have mixed feelings about this time of year. It's the sadness of pulling out spent crops, but then the optimism that comes with clean beds and looking forward to the next wave. You did a good job clearing up the plot.... and the bonus of any surprise harvests are the best, don't you think?
Hi Annie, oh I totally agree, I really think this year was a bit of a funny one too, I'm not sure anything really got started and now it's over! But yes it's good to look forward to next year and like you day, find joy in what we can still harvest xxx
Love that Gem! Great to see your little helper giving you a hand. We find the nasturtiums a bit to peppery for us but have been pickling the seeds to make poor mans capers.
Have you tried regrowing spring onions on the windowsill? I normally put a bit of water in the bottom and change it every few days. I cut them down to about an inch when i am using it and pop them in a shot glass to grow again. I do that with leeks too.
Feeling a bit bummed that we had to take down our tomatoes today because of blight! About 8kg to ripen, so they have been boxed up in 3 boxes with bananas, newspaper, etc Still have the tomato plants out front to do but they don't seem as bad. It just feels so wrong to be doing it this early already.
Picked our kuri squash today and dug up the last two sweet peppers to overwinter.
Not all too bad as the manure and compost arrives next week but might have to buy some cabbage and broccoli starts as we have had poor germination. We only have 3 tundra and one savoy that is of size atm. The rest are tiny. Getting some germination on sugar snaps now. 3rd time lucky but it kind of sums up this year really doesn't it.
What is looking good atm? I think these mystery potatoes we got from Tesco. Tons of foliage, so hopefully that means party downstairs too! Hehe
Is that a new sign or am i just not that observant/ forgetful?
Anyway, hopefully we don't get that storm too much before the temps dip.
Take care and have a lovely week! x
I've heard of the poor man's capers but never tried them! Maybe I will give them a go! The sign was originally at the front of the plot but came down in a storm so it's by the pond now 👍 I'm just at Chessington Garden Centre now getting some spinach starts as mine haven't got off to a good start at all!
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@@GemInTheGarden Ah ok so new location. I remember now.
We went to B&Q earlier and there was no veggie starts. Got some bulbs and stuff. They have those big racks and half the stuff looked like they were dying. They have a lot of flowers though. Did you see cabbage starts at Chessington by chance please? x
@AnyKeyLady no cabbage, they had brocoli, kale, purple sprouting and a few lettuce types. Court Farm didn't have any and I tried B and Q too. Very strange that no where seems to have any? X
@@GemInTheGarden Yes that is odd. Most online places have sold out or are expensive. I guess i will have to see if these seedlings pick up a bit. I did sow some more durham and red cabbage. They are in our room away from the other plants plus i made sure to bake the soil first. Interestingly, we have lots now germinating now as well as kohl rabi's.
I thought that we were either too late or too early to buy them? Glad it isn't just me. Fingers crossed these new ones are quick to grow. If i have any spares, i will let you know. Thanks for letting me know though and saves us a trip. x
If you put your beans and peas and stuff in an old pillowcase and hit him against the wall, they will pop out of their cases within like seconds.
How did you find this out 😅🤣
@@GemInTheGarden I grow a lot of beans... I don't don't like shelling them for hrs 🤣 it's fun and the kids love doing it
I think I would love it too 😅🤣
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