I appreciate you advising us that the garden should be a place of joy rather than stress! Too often, I see UA-cam taglines of “must do now” or “must sow in July”, giving us the impression that if we don’t, we are inadequate. Gardening is a bit of a dance, and the garden will evolve with us in its own time.
I also appreciate you noticing. It's very rare you'll see me do a video where I say DO THIS FOR AMAZING CROPS . I feel it's setting people up for a possible failure. We all garden differently. I prefer to just show people what I am doing and if I inspire someone to try something. Lovely. If they garden differently to me. That's okay too ♥️ Gardening is definitely a bit of a dance. I love that!
Totally agree with what you said. I actually was offended by some of those titles-‘You are a fool-crazy, ect. If you don’t plant these in whatever month’. We all don’t have 180+ growing days! And I felt a bit offended being called names and yet they have over a million followers. One caught on to how offensive it was and now editing in other zone growers with their input on what they are growing for said month.
Well done for tackling the jungle! You freed so much space! You are like me, I ignore instructions!!!🤣😂, Grinch is the one that reads them! You gave me a good laugh! Great idea that goose neck! Johnny and Emma’s polytunnel looks great! I do like the feel of that old shed. I am looking forward to see how you transform it! You are absolutely right, sometimes life gets in the way of spending time on our plot and it is hard to fight the guilty feeling it gives us. Love your sweet peas! I was so happy to see how quickly your beans grew as I have just direct sow some, so hopefully they will grow like yours! Aphids are as much of a pain as the slugs! Love your videos! 😘🌸💕
Thank you, Nanou. Yes, I'm terrible for thinking I don't need instructions, haha! Garden guilt is a think for sure! They will soon shoot up, your beans! Good luck with them. Danny 🌱
Firstly Danny, be kind to yourself! Wow you’ve done an amazing job clearing the brambles, finding a water barrel and the gate is a bonus. Thank you for the tip on the aphids on the nasturtiums, I didn’t know that. Will be checking my nasturtiums as I have them growing in the garden year round. The plots are looking amazing, you should be giving yourself a pat on the back. Is it a man thing not looking at instructions…Yes 😂 My husbands response to instructions is “what instructions “ 🤣 Loved this video Danny ♥️⭐️♥️
Wow! That mountain of brush was a WORLD OF WORK! Looking good! Can't wait till the bindweed is all taken care of an there are new rows of crops in there!
Hi Danny, I have one of those tabs on my blue water butt and it's brilliant! If you weren't tired, you would of been ok. Please make sure you get enough rest as you need it due to, work, studying, home tasks & allotment too! Your plot looks amazing, you can catch up when you have time. We also need to take time out for you, so take a breath, get a cuppa and sit down & relax. I havexa lot of weeding to do and my charlotte potatoes are starting to yellow too. Always plenty of helpful tips in your videos Danny. Thanks for sharing and take care 😊
Thanks Christine. You're so right. I do need go take a break though. Im not spending enough time sitting back and enjoying it at the moment. Time to book some annual leave I think 🌸🌱
Nooo not the mole again! 😱😅😅 I can’t get over how the new plot looks like it’s had crops in for months already! It’s amazing. Great work on the bramble section. Would be very ave guessed it was such a big area behind there! Also had aphids this year and some white fly in the polytunnel. Soooo many pests 😭😭 The nasturtiums and sweet peas look amazing together. So colourful. Was funny with the IBC swan neck. Duncan also doesn’t bother with instructions too. Hopefully it’ll work a treat though. Got there in the end. Great video, as always. 😊
Danny! That was so chaotic, but so fun! Real life is like that. I LOL right along with you when you were building the pipe fittings. That is so me, but we get there in the end. Have a great week.
Hi Danny, a garden is a wonderful place to be, the ratio of work and rest is a personal balance according to time, energy, finance and levels of commitment. What is right for one person is not necessarily right for another. Your plots always look lovely, and cared for. I know they are not always perfect: what plot/garden is ever perfect? Thank you for the inspiration and motivation that you supply in endless amounts. Have a great week ahead xx
Plant guilt , I knew there must be a name for not potting everything. This year I've composted the bolted and the surplus at last. But next year, starting this Autumn I'm bringing the polytunnel back into use. Appreciate your sage advice , I know it's hard earned. Cheers from Ceredigion.
You are right about storage, we built a two bay shed, don't want to know what size, because its full. Have 3 workbench, one holds tools, one is a old stainless steel sink and bench used as a potting up area, third one is farm with a big vice etc. Plus have lots of open shelving, under the big bench is where most of the plant pots are stored.
I am the same! I like a place for everything and everything in it's place.. the plot lately needs a good shake up. I'm just struggling with time and taking on the second plot. I'll get there. Danny 🌱
Ha ha😁🤭 it's sounds like my allotment life. One things done of the Now - To Do-list and two-three new to put on it and some new ideas of what to do next season. But I also like to sit down in the shade of my plum tree or parasol with a cup☕ of 🌱fresh lemon balm tea. Relax, watch the plants and weeds 🌼 and listen to the birds, insects, wind .... as filters the traffic noise from trains, cars and 🏍 Happy gardening!🍀🌻🌱
Oh how wonderful. I've started driving camomile tea and a vitamin C booster tea. It's been great! I need to sit back more and relax on the plot. I think! Danny 🌱
Hi Danny your garden is beautiful as always keep up the good work 👍❤️we are expecting a hurricane later tonight here in B/dos hope it calm down by the time it reach our country just hoping everything would be safe, I have my garden,broilers, layers, ducks and dogs to protect just hope the rain is not bad that would be the problem (flooding)
The only issue i see with the gooseneck is that it wont work below the outlet level. great to see you madeca start on the bramble, but great video mate
The rolling welsh hills 💚 my goodness that shed looks deadly… but so charming! Yay for the bean flowers, they’re beautiful to see - even more so now with this turn in weather ☔️☔️
It's great to watch Danny. I am grateful you're looking after my bean sowings. Good job on those brambles. We had plenty of teabreaks as it was horrendously hot.
Wow you have been busy Danny! Great that you can access the shed a bit better now and use for a bit. I bet that barrel of old water smelt great!? P.s You were right about the yellow courgettes! Very juicy and nice skin. Definitely will be growing them again next year! I am so glad i reused the sandpit now as the Black Beauty courgettes, sweetcorn and yellow Kentucky beans are doing well in there. Already getting load of courgettes, there's tassels on one of the sweetcorn and one of the bean plants have flowers on already! Take care!
Yes you're right. It'll be so much easier now to access the shed. Oh amazing! Im so glad you enjoy the yellow Courgettes! Try them in a curry or pasta bake! Delicious! Danny 🌱
@@TheGrowUpChannel Yes our first two we had in a tuna pasta bake. They were from different plants and different shades of yellow so i sliced off two rings for each of us to try, just plain boiled as well as in the bake. Making Lasagna tomorrow (from scratch) so going to make black beauty courgette strips and layer them on top of the bolognaise, under the pasta sheets, instead of half moons. Funnily enough, my late Mother in law has a book called "what to do with all of those courgettes" that i might dig out! 2 years of failed/not so great courgettes after successfully growing courgettes previously, i am so excited to be having them again as shop bought ones don't compare!
Danny, this is an excellent video that proves sometimes the solution is to just soldier on if you want to move forward and you are definitely moving forward ❤❤❤
Thank you. I sometimes need these comments to push me on haha! Sometimes the garden can make you question is it worth it.. it is.. but boy does it make you question that on times haha. Danny 🌱
Danny go buy the cheapest beer you can find and pour it in a pie tin and put it anywhere the slugs are attacking. I tried this for the first time last week and NO KIDDING AT ALL ended up with almost a POUND of slugs in 3 days that went into the pan and drowned. I will never try anything else it worked so good and it only cost me 99 cents for a tall boy can of Natty Daddy beer. I'm still using the same beer and it's still working. I just strained out all the dead slugs and poured the beer back into the pie tins and set them back out. And I just love you and your video's. I get happy everytime you post. Please keep them coming.
The bramble roots are actually going to be more of a problem than any material left laying around. would really recommend digging em up come fall. You can win with constant cutting but any lazy/busyness allowing it to green will really re-invigorate their energy store quickly. I've been fighting them for a few years and am lazy ;P I paint difficult ones I won't be mowing over with glyphosate. Really does wonders and works down into those roots for me. The slugs you can just harvest at night and/or morning for a week and you should be fine. I just throw them out to the other side of property. all of these look amazing. We can't always do perfect work but we can just keep doing work and learning better ways. You get more out of it then you put in eventually. I personally only remove weeds that start to compete with what I'm planting. They will colonize and improve the worst of soils. They will bring deep nutrients to the surface when they die. They cover and protect soil below. They attract different insects too. I currently have a giant weed like a lettuce growing where some things I planted got axed by bugs. The bugs are attacking it more than any other plant in my garden... so I just leave it there and I even water it lmao. When its time is done, I will clear it and plant something new in that spot. Just like I do with anything else. The only thing that really bugs me is grass. It is the worst of all weeds by far. On the aphids. Just keep a spray bottle (or hose) handy and spray them off. They fall to the ground and they will die, they won't climb back up. You can make it a gentle soapy water if you really want to ensure they die on the spot. Or just leave em be and wait for their predators to show up. I only sprayed off 1 tomato plant this year. The bramble I put glyphosate on actually attracted ALL the aphids here this year. They like either over-nitrogened plants or weak plants.
I am dreading the bramble root job in autumn but I've done it before & I'll do it again haha. Sacrificial plants are a benefit on times I agree . Danny 🌱
My Danny, I know how you feel with one pair of hands, plant guilt, and limited time. I've had this all June. In the end, I let go of the reins and cut myself some slack. Im so glad you're keeping the shed. Im sure it will be a fantastic feature when you get around to it. Your swedes are romping away, as everything else is. Great vlog. Elaine 🌱
Hey Elaine! Lovely to hear from you. Yes you're right. It can become too overwhelming on times... buy we soldier on don't we haha! Yes I'm hoping to salvage as much of the shed as possible. Thank you for watching as always. Danny 🌱
Oh Danny, I was telling you to not put the tap extension together before you attached it, but you didn't hear me 😊 My husband is allergic to instructions 😂 Your sweet peas are looking stunning. I'm building my teepee today and sowing my sweetpeas soon. Cant wait for our spring...-5.4°C here again this morning ❄
Really enjoyed this video danny great watching you in real time putting the gooseneck together 😂.... think il buy one of those for my ibc. Amazing job on getting those brambles cut back 👏.... also good to hear the ladders are back home 😂😂
It's been like that with me. The home garden was snowballing, but I think I have got to the bottom of the jobs. I am sorry Moley is back. Everything is looking great on your plots Danny.
So when is the Danny's Delicious Delicacies book coming out? ;) I made the mistake of not putting cardboard down when I finally got wood chip for some paths and the weeds have come through... but, there are also a bunch of self sown sweet peas... so I'm happy to leave that to go a bit wild for a while.
Morning Danny. Don’t stress just do what you can boy, you have taken on a heck of a lot. What study are you doing? Re the gutter my concern watching is the mesh bag as filling with debris will block the holes and water won’t get through. My advice get some gutter cover which stops debris going into gutter. Little expense but worth it long term. Do you water everything by water can? As for instructions no My hubby reads thoroughly but still doesn’t always get it right….. Me I’m a fifty fifty.dud the same as you with my self returning hose attachment to tap. Laughed my head off it took half an hour rather than five minutes. Onward and upwards Danny
A nursing degree, specialising in LD. Yes you're right about the debris.. I shall look into greenhouse guttering guards...I don't usually water any with cans. Normally my bosch watering pump. But I need the tank to fill up first haha!
Those brambles Danny! Good job getting through what you got through. Hope you manage to get those gooseberry bushes out. Next time check the instructions lol I try to read the instructions and still get it wrong 😂 great vid.
Haha oh I know. They were a huge task but I'm glad they are down now. Thankfully! Yes I am terrible at reading instructions 😂😂😂 thanks for watching and commenting. Danny 🌱
It's my first year gardening. I harvested my first early Pentland Javelin potatoes today and cooked some for Sunday dinner. They were lovely too. I had 2.2kg from a tiny part of the garden. I prepared the same bit of of the garden and transplanted my Cobra French beans where the potatoes were. Is the whole outer pod of cobra French beans edible or just the beans?
Oh how exciting! Yes the firts potatoes are the best! Oh noooo the whole bean is edible. Top and tail. Chop into inch lengths and steam or boil in salty water. Delicious!!! You know what! Just for you.. I'll film my first french & runnerbeans being cut and prepared 😊 Danny 🌱
Hello again ☺. You were trying to appear laid back but I picked up a bit of anxiety from you, even I felt anxious rushing about with you 😅. I fell in the garden last November and fractured my shoulder, ouch! And I'm still struggling 😣. So take care Danny, and remember slowly slowly catch a monkey 🐒. Sending love & light 🦋🏵🐞🌹🐝 xx
I was a little tbh. It's been a very very stressful week. I don't know how I managed to get a video made and edited. Times limited at the moment but I have a good 2 weeks off coming up. I cannot wait 😊🌱
Great video as always Danny ❤ You are a hard worker fair play. Oh no Mr Mole is back, hope he leaves as quick as he came! Mr Gadget man 😂 Typical man .... never reads the instructions 😂 Remind me not to re watch your video when ours arrives 😂
Man puts together something without reading instructions while wife reads instructions and stays out of the way. Man leaves. Wife fixes the thing and leaves. Man thinks it worked fine. So he doesn't need to read instructions.
Hi Danny this our first year having an allotment and we are loving in, so much so we have taken on the next door plot too. We are ready to invest in either a greenhouse or poly tunnel. If you could only have one which would you choose?
Honestly. They both have their own benefits. Polytunnels have more space for aeration and warm up really well (don't go too big! The bigger they are, the harder they are to warm in early spring. So only buy for what you need, is my advice) but a greenhouse is also a lovely building. If I had to choose... polytunnel everytime 🌱♥️
Haha we do! Adders and grass snaked..the likelihood of finding one is slim...but not impossible. I should have checked tbh... as that sheds been empty for years. A snakes den.. could have been a possibility.... now you've said it 🤦♂️🤣🤣🤣🤣
Very few men read instructions! Yes, it is a man thing! It's so much less frustrating to take a minute and at least look at the pictures. 🤣🤣🤣 But don't be embarrassed, you are not alone! You could drop those nasturtium leaves in a pail of water and drown the aphids. You wouldn't have to carry them away and they would make a great soil additive!
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I appreciate you advising us that the garden should be a place of joy rather than stress! Too often, I see UA-cam taglines of “must do now” or “must sow in July”, giving us the impression that if we don’t, we are inadequate. Gardening is a bit of a dance, and the garden will evolve with us in its own time.
I also appreciate you noticing. It's very rare you'll see me do a video where I say DO THIS FOR AMAZING CROPS . I feel it's setting people up for a possible failure. We all garden differently. I prefer to just show people what I am doing and if I inspire someone to try something. Lovely. If they garden differently to me. That's okay too ♥️ Gardening is definitely a bit of a dance. I love that!
Totally agree with what you said. I actually was offended by some of those titles-‘You are a fool-crazy, ect. If you don’t plant these in whatever month’. We all don’t have 180+ growing days! And I felt a bit offended being called names and yet they have over a million followers. One caught on to how offensive it was and now editing in other zone growers with their input on what they are growing for said month.
Well done for tackling the jungle! You freed so much space! You are like me, I ignore instructions!!!🤣😂, Grinch is the one that reads them! You gave me a good laugh! Great idea that goose neck! Johnny and Emma’s polytunnel looks great! I do like the feel of that old shed. I am looking forward to see how you transform it! You are absolutely right, sometimes life gets in the way of spending time on our plot and it is hard to fight the guilty feeling it gives us. Love your sweet peas! I was so happy to see how quickly your beans grew as I have just direct sow some, so hopefully they will grow like yours! Aphids are as much of a pain as the slugs! Love your videos! 😘🌸💕
Thank you, Nanou. Yes, I'm terrible for thinking I don't need instructions, haha! Garden guilt is a think for sure! They will soon shoot up, your beans! Good luck with them. Danny 🌱
Firstly Danny, be kind to yourself!
Wow you’ve done an amazing job clearing the brambles, finding a water barrel and the gate is a bonus. Thank you for the tip on the aphids on the nasturtiums, I didn’t know that. Will be checking my nasturtiums as I have them growing in the garden year round. The plots are looking amazing, you should be giving yourself a pat on the back.
Is it a man thing not looking at instructions…Yes 😂
My husbands response to instructions is “what instructions “ 🤣
Loved this video Danny ♥️⭐️♥️
Aww thanks angie! You're so kind to me! Yes check your nasturtiums 🌸 Definitely a man thing haha. Danny 🌱
Danny, as always, you work so hard on your allotments. No guilt allowed. Your veg always looks amazing anyway 😊
Why thanks Linda! Means alot. It's been a hectic 2 weeks for sure. I don't know how I'm managing right now.. but I plod on ha
Wow! That mountain of brush was a WORLD OF WORK! Looking good! Can't wait till the bindweed is all taken care of an there are new rows of crops in there!
Thank you. Yes it was a task and a half! I have some lovely plans for that area 😊
Hi Danny, I have one of those tabs on my blue water butt and it's brilliant! If you weren't tired, you would of been ok. Please make sure you get enough rest as you need it due to, work, studying, home tasks & allotment too! Your plot looks amazing, you can catch up when you have time. We also need to take time out for you, so take a breath, get a cuppa and sit down & relax. I havexa lot of weeding to do and my charlotte potatoes are starting to yellow too. Always plenty of helpful tips in your videos Danny. Thanks for sharing and take care 😊
Thanks Christine. You're so right. I do need go take a break though. Im not spending enough time sitting back and enjoying it at the moment. Time to book some annual leave I think 🌸🌱
Nooo not the mole again! 😱😅😅
I can’t get over how the new plot looks like it’s had crops in for months already! It’s amazing.
Great work on the bramble section. Would be very ave guessed it was such a big area behind there!
Also had aphids this year and some white fly in the polytunnel. Soooo many pests 😭😭
The nasturtiums and sweet peas look amazing together. So colourful.
Was funny with the IBC swan neck. Duncan also doesn’t bother with instructions too. Hopefully it’ll work a treat though. Got there in the end.
Great video, as always. 😊
I know it's madness how much the plot has transformed. I forget it's only a month old. I am terrible for not reading instructions 😂😂😂
Danny! That was so chaotic, but so fun! Real life is like that. I LOL right along with you when you were building the pipe fittings. That is so me, but we get there in the end. Have a great week.
Oh it was all over the place this week haha I do apologise lol 😆 😅
@TheGrowUpChannel Don't! I loved it!
Aww why thank you haha
I can’t believe how much of a difference the bramble area looks! I kind of loved the mismatch footage haha it’s all looking amazing Danny!!
Haha oh I was all over the place this week 😂😂 yeah such a difference losing that jungle! Almost gone now 😂♥️
Hi Danny, a garden is a wonderful place to be, the ratio of work and rest is a personal balance according to time, energy, finance and levels of commitment. What is right for one person is not necessarily right for another.
Your plots always look lovely, and cared for. I know they are not always perfect: what plot/garden is ever perfect?
Thank you for the inspiration and motivation that you supply in endless amounts.
Have a great week ahead xx
You're so right Jean! When life takes over on times, you just have to remember.. it's never as bad as it seems. Danny 🌱
🎉Congratulations on the clearing! Lol, I laughed at how easy the boards came off the shed. Looking great!
Haha I know 😂😂 I went and got a saw, crowbar & hammer... they fell off with my hands 😂😂😂😂😂
@@TheGrowUpChannel 😂😂😂😂😂
Great update Danny, you did a great job on the overgrown section and lovely that you found some gooseberry plants. Take care 😊
Bethan I need you to visit and help hahahaha! Thanks bethan 😊🌱🌸
Thank u while watching this stressing over the bugs eating my peppers. Thank you for reminding me that the garden is joyful sometimes I forget.
Thank you Kate. Yes you definitely need to enjoy it on times
Plant guilt , I knew there must be a name for not potting everything. This year I've composted the bolted and the surplus at last. But next year, starting this Autumn I'm bringing the polytunnel back into use. Appreciate your sage advice , I know it's hard earned. Cheers from Ceredigion.
Ive done the same tbh. Yes get the polytunnel used again. You'll be glad of the space I think. Danny 🌱
You are right about storage, we built a two bay shed, don't want to know what size, because its full. Have 3 workbench, one holds tools, one is a old stainless steel sink and bench used as a potting up area, third one is farm with a big vice etc. Plus have lots of open shelving, under the big bench is where most of the plant pots are stored.
I am the same! I like a place for everything and everything in it's place.. the plot lately needs a good shake up. I'm just struggling with time and taking on the second plot. I'll get there. Danny 🌱
Ha ha😁🤭 it's sounds like my allotment life. One things done of the Now - To Do-list and two-three new to put on it and some new ideas of what to do next season.
But I also like to sit down in the shade of my plum tree or parasol with a cup☕ of 🌱fresh lemon balm tea. Relax, watch the plants and weeds 🌼 and listen to the birds, insects, wind .... as filters the traffic noise from trains, cars and 🏍
Happy gardening!🍀🌻🌱
Oh how wonderful. I've started driving camomile tea and a vitamin C booster tea. It's been great! I need to sit back more and relax on the plot. I think! Danny 🌱
Hi Danny your garden is beautiful as always keep up the good work 👍❤️we are expecting a hurricane later tonight here in B/dos hope it calm down by the time it reach our country just hoping everything would be safe, I have my garden,broilers, layers, ducks and dogs to protect just hope the rain is not bad that would be the problem (flooding)
Oh I am hoping you've battled through the hurricane. How frightening. I don't know how you all manage. I really don't. Stay safe Danny 🌱
The only issue i see with the gooseneck is that it wont work below the outlet level. great to see you madeca start on the bramble, but great video mate
I noticed that mate, as soon as I fitted it. Either above the level haha we shall see! Cheers Tony. 😊🌱
Well done for clearing the spot and a few gooseberries thrown in 💚
Loved the nasturtium and sweet peas mix 😍 😊💚🌿
Mind yourself 🤗
Thanks Maiju. Yes it's taking shape now. Thankfully 😄
The moles have returned to our home garden, the hills are massive!!!!
They are a pain aren't they!!! This means war 🌸🌱
The rolling welsh hills 💚 my goodness that shed looks deadly… but so charming! Yay for the bean flowers, they’re beautiful to see - even more so now with this turn in weather ☔️☔️
The shed is so dangerous 😂😂 but also has a hint of charm too! Thanks Dora. Happy Growing. Danny 🌱
@@TheGrowUpChannel looking forward to seeing how you tackle the restoration! Happy gardening to you too 👩🏼🌾
It's great to watch Danny. I am grateful you're looking after my bean sowings. Good job on those brambles. We had plenty of teabreaks as it was horrendously hot.
Thanks Cheryl. Always welcome to use the polytunnel 😊 oh it was so so hot that day!!! ☀️
Wow you have been busy Danny! Great that you can access the shed a bit better now and use for a bit. I bet that barrel of old water smelt great!?
P.s You were right about the yellow courgettes! Very juicy and nice skin. Definitely will be growing them again next year! I am so glad i reused the sandpit now as the Black Beauty courgettes, sweetcorn and yellow Kentucky beans are doing well in there. Already getting load of courgettes, there's tassels on one of the sweetcorn and one of the bean plants have flowers on already!
Take care!
Yes you're right. It'll be so much easier now to access the shed. Oh amazing! Im so glad you enjoy the yellow Courgettes! Try them in a curry or pasta bake! Delicious! Danny 🌱
@@TheGrowUpChannel Yes our first two we had in a tuna pasta bake. They were from different plants and different shades of yellow so i sliced off two rings for each of us to try, just plain boiled as well as in the bake.
Making Lasagna tomorrow (from scratch) so going to make black beauty courgette strips and layer them on top of the bolognaise, under the pasta sheets, instead of half moons. Funnily enough, my late Mother in law has a book called "what to do with all of those courgettes" that i might dig out!
2 years of failed/not so great courgettes after successfully growing courgettes previously, i am so excited to be having them again as shop bought ones don't compare!
Oh my I need to get myself one of those fans. Glad you have some pumpkins that have survived the slugs
They are a handy little bit of kit for sure. I'm going to get some too! Pumpkins are battling on 🤞🌱🌸
Danny, this is an excellent video that proves sometimes the solution is to just soldier on if you want to move forward and you are definitely moving forward ❤❤❤
Thank you. I sometimes need these comments to push me on haha! Sometimes the garden can make you question is it worth it.. it is.. but boy does it make you question that on times haha. Danny 🌱
Danny go buy the cheapest beer you can find and pour it in a pie tin and put it anywhere the slugs are attacking. I tried this for the first time last week and NO KIDDING AT ALL ended up with almost a POUND of slugs in 3 days that went into the pan and drowned. I will never try anything else it worked so good and it only cost me 99 cents for a tall boy can of Natty Daddy beer. I'm still using the same beer and it's still working. I just strained out all the dead slugs and poured the beer back into the pie tins and set them back out. And I just love you and your video's. I get happy everytime you post. Please keep them coming.
I dunno if I could waste beer on a slug! I did buy a slug trap thing.. I just couldn't do it 😂😂😂
The bramble roots are actually going to be more of a problem than any material left laying around. would really recommend digging em up come fall. You can win with constant cutting but any lazy/busyness allowing it to green will really re-invigorate their energy store quickly. I've been fighting them for a few years and am lazy ;P
I paint difficult ones I won't be mowing over with glyphosate. Really does wonders and works down into those roots for me.
The slugs you can just harvest at night and/or morning for a week and you should be fine. I just throw them out to the other side of property.
all of these look amazing. We can't always do perfect work but we can just keep doing work and learning better ways. You get more out of it then you put in eventually.
I personally only remove weeds that start to compete with what I'm planting. They will colonize and improve the worst of soils. They will bring deep nutrients to the surface when they die. They cover and protect soil below. They attract different insects too. I currently have a giant weed like a lettuce growing where some things I planted got axed by bugs. The bugs are attacking it more than any other plant in my garden... so I just leave it there and I even water it lmao. When its time is done, I will clear it and plant something new in that spot. Just like I do with anything else.
The only thing that really bugs me is grass. It is the worst of all weeds by far.
On the aphids. Just keep a spray bottle (or hose) handy and spray them off. They fall to the ground and they will die, they won't climb back up. You can make it a gentle soapy water if you really want to ensure they die on the spot. Or just leave em be and wait for their predators to show up. I only sprayed off 1 tomato plant this year. The bramble I put glyphosate on actually attracted ALL the aphids here this year. They like either over-nitrogened plants or weak plants.
I am dreading the bramble root job in autumn but I've done it before & I'll do it again haha. Sacrificial plants are a benefit on times I agree . Danny 🌱
My Danny, I know how you feel with one pair of hands, plant guilt, and limited time. I've had this all June. In the end, I let go of the reins and cut myself some slack. Im so glad you're keeping the shed. Im sure it will be a fantastic feature when you get around to it. Your swedes are romping away, as everything else is. Great vlog. Elaine 🌱
Hey Elaine! Lovely to hear from you. Yes you're right. It can become too overwhelming on times... buy we soldier on don't we haha! Yes I'm hoping to salvage as much of the shed as possible. Thank you for watching as always. Danny 🌱
Oh Danny, I was telling you to not put the tap extension together before you attached it, but you didn't hear me 😊 My husband is allergic to instructions 😂 Your sweet peas are looking stunning. I'm building my teepee today and sowing my sweetpeas soon. Cant wait for our spring...-5.4°C here again this morning ❄
😂😂 I know, I am a plonker on times lol the sweetpeas are beautiful again this year!! Ooh it's almost your growing season! How lovely!
Really enjoyed this video danny great watching you in real time putting the gooseneck together 😂.... think il buy one of those for my ibc. Amazing job on getting those brambles cut back 👏.... also good to hear the ladders are back home 😂😂
Thanks Lisa! Yeah they are handy to get the watering can under! Yes the ladders are back to Mr moany pants 😂😂
No Danny - you're not okay - but that's why we watch! Looking forward to seeing what you do with the shed, I'm sure it'll be sorted in no time!
Haha thanks Jane 😂😂 yes the shed is (hopefully) going to be wonderful.. we shall see haha
It's been like that with me. The home garden was snowballing, but I think I have got to the bottom of the jobs. I am sorry Moley is back. Everything is looking great on your plots Danny.
Yeah it can snowball on times for sure! I can believe he's back.. I'm a tad worried haha thanks Cheryl.
Great stuff buddy! I'm looking for a few things to try on a new plot and some of your ideas are well up there!
Cheers Steve. Hopefully good news for the plot soon.. Danny 🌱
wow everything is looking fab, top stuff !! take care for now Danny
Thank you Michelle 😊🌱♥️
Funniest video yet. I could see there was no way the pipe was going on that tank 😂😂😂😂
😂😂😂😂 it was... honestly... one of those days 😂🤦♂️ I'd usually go home and try another day LOL but alas I plodded on and you got what you got 😂😂😂😂
@@TheGrowUpChannel it was brilliant viewing, glad it all made the cut x
So when is the Danny's Delicious Delicacies book coming out? ;) I made the mistake of not putting cardboard down when I finally got wood chip for some paths and the weeds have come through... but, there are also a bunch of self sown sweet peas... so I'm happy to leave that to go a bit wild for a while.
Haha well I am a dab hand at cakes!! I've noticed the same with cardboard though. Does help. Self sown sweetpeas is always a bonus 🌸🌱
Morning Danny. Don’t stress just do what you can boy, you have taken on a heck of a lot. What study are you doing?
Re the gutter my concern watching is the mesh bag as filling with debris will block the holes and water won’t get through. My advice get some gutter cover which stops debris going into gutter. Little expense but worth it long term. Do you water everything by water can?
As for instructions no
My hubby reads thoroughly but still doesn’t always get it right…..
Me I’m a fifty fifty.dud the same as you with my self returning hose attachment to tap. Laughed my head off it took half an hour rather than five minutes. Onward and upwards Danny
A nursing degree, specialising in LD. Yes you're right about the debris.. I shall look into greenhouse guttering guards...I don't usually water any with cans. Normally my bosch watering pump. But I need the tank to fill up first haha!
@@TheGrowUpChannel i was a nurse for nearly 50 years in three countries, i hope you enjoy it as much as I did.
Wise words re: plant guilt 😊 you're doing amazing with those brambles, be careful with that rickety shed! 💕
Thank you 😊 oh i know. Im worried those brambles were holding it up 😂😂
Hi Danny, busy as always.
The nasturtiums flowers mix look good.
I need to slow down 🤦♂️😂 that's ady! They are blooming well this year. Danny 🌱
Good job on the brambles!
It was a task and a half miriam!
The solar fan looks a great addition to the gadget repertoire 😁.
I was impressed with it too. Wasn't super powerful but certainly circulated the air
Those brambles Danny! Good job getting through what you got through. Hope you manage to get those gooseberry bushes out. Next time check the instructions lol I try to read the instructions and still get it wrong 😂 great vid.
Haha oh I know. They were a huge task but I'm glad they are down now. Thankfully! Yes I am terrible at reading instructions 😂😂😂 thanks for watching and commenting. Danny 🌱
It's my first year gardening. I harvested my first early Pentland Javelin potatoes today and cooked some for Sunday dinner. They were lovely too. I had 2.2kg from a tiny part of the garden. I prepared the same bit of of the garden and transplanted my Cobra French beans where the potatoes were. Is the whole outer pod of cobra French beans edible or just the beans?
Oh how exciting! Yes the firts potatoes are the best! Oh noooo the whole bean is edible. Top and tail. Chop into inch lengths and steam or boil in salty water. Delicious!!! You know what! Just for you.. I'll film my first french & runnerbeans being cut and prepared 😊 Danny 🌱
@@TheGrowUpChannel That would be awesome. Thanks mate.
No worries at all 😊
Danny- just screw a short piece of hose onto the ibc! You crack me up.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Danny- I think nasturtiums are a trap crop for aphids.
Oh for sure!
Hello again ☺. You were trying to appear laid back but I picked up a bit of anxiety from you, even I felt anxious rushing about with you 😅. I fell in the garden last November and fractured my shoulder, ouch! And I'm still struggling 😣. So take care Danny, and remember slowly slowly catch a monkey 🐒. Sending love & light 🦋🏵🐞🌹🐝 xx
I was a little tbh. It's been a very very stressful week. I don't know how I managed to get a video made and edited. Times limited at the moment but I have a good 2 weeks off coming up. I cannot wait 😊🌱
Muy buena energia
Thank you 😊🌱🌸
3 days doesn't constitute massive neglect in my books Danny!
Not massive neglect, but for me to not visit for 3 days isn't hear of haha I just meant due to all the heat we've had & I've not watered😅
Danny…I’m a bit new to your channel. Amazing work! Do you wear gloves sometimes? Your accent is interesting. Kind regards.
Why Thank-you! I do!!!! But I've lost my good pairs and I have huge hands 😂😂😂 it's my welsh accent. Wales. UK 😊
🐝thanks for the great video🌻 That shed allmost looks like a little horror . Soon it comes alive !!! Not christine the car but christine the shed!!!
Oh I know. I will be sad to see it go tbh. It's been on the site many decades.. but nothing lasts forever 🌱
Well done. X
Thank you Jean 😊🌱
I NOW HAVE MORE MOLE HILLS THAN GRASS!! NEVER MIND IM LEAVING THEM TO IT AS IM MOVING SOON ALLLLL PATIO SLABS X
Oh dear!!! Ooh moving! I do miss my weekly donuts and hugs. Danny 🌱
Great video as always Danny ❤
You are a hard worker fair play.
Oh no Mr Mole is back, hope he leaves as quick as he came!
Mr Gadget man 😂 Typical man .... never reads the instructions 😂
Remind me not to re watch your video when ours arrives 😂
Haha thanks Linda! Lol yes the moles back 🤦♂️😂😂 haha yes don't use my video as a tutorial LOL
@@TheGrowUpChannel Danny ours has arrived without instructions and Doug says he doesn't need them it's simple enough. 🤭 Watch this space! 😂
Man puts together something without reading instructions while wife reads instructions and stays out of the way. Man leaves. Wife fixes the thing and leaves. Man thinks it worked fine. So he doesn't need to read instructions.
This is 100% how it has happened through history 🤦♂️😂😂😂😂😂
Tony O'Neil is good at building and demolishing sheds😉.
So am I lol I'm a big boy lol
@@TheGrowUpChannel 😁😂🤣 A Malcolm Kingswell style shed would look nice there or a log cabin style shed with a hot tub and bar😁.
Haha! I loved malcolms shed! Especially the star! I have a few of them. I may put one in the shed as a homage to malc.
I was just thinking men never read instructions when you said it
We never do, and guess what.. i doubt we ever will 😂😂😂
Superbe 😊
Thank you 😊🌱
@@TheGrowUpChannel vraiment top c'est avec plaisir
Hi Danny this our first year having an allotment and we are loving in, so much so we have taken on the next door plot too. We are ready to invest in either a greenhouse or poly tunnel. If you could only have one which would you choose?
Honestly. They both have their own benefits. Polytunnels have more space for aeration and warm up really well (don't go too big! The bigger they are, the harder they are to warm in early spring. So only buy for what you need, is my advice) but a greenhouse is also a lovely building. If I had to choose... polytunnel everytime 🌱♥️
Don’t you have snakes over there lol
Id be scanning my eyes everywhere there lol 😳😳😂
Haha we do! Adders and grass snaked..the likelihood of finding one is slim...but not impossible. I should have checked tbh... as that sheds been empty for years. A snakes den.. could have been a possibility.... now you've said it 🤦♂️🤣🤣🤣🤣
I always spend a bit more for tap fittings either Stainless steel or copper as there's so much Chinese rubbish on Ebay and Amazon.
Oh I agree! You buy cheap, you buy twice.
Very few men read instructions! Yes, it is a man thing! It's so much less frustrating to take a minute and at least look at the pictures. 🤣🤣🤣 But don't be embarrassed, you are not alone! You could drop those nasturtium leaves in a pail of water and drown the aphids. You wouldn't have to carry them away and they would make a great soil additive!
Thank you sylvie! Funnily enough I did just that, this week. They went into a barrel of water! Danny 🌱
Love your channel, but please don't let the birds eat the sweet pea seeds as they are quite toxic.☠
You know what...I'd never considered that and I don't know why! Thank you..Danny 🌱
Holy Moley!...🥴.
I know! Haha
Lifes too short to bother reading instructions. 📖
Oh absolutely! Haha
SORRY DANNY There is no such thing as a "perfect" dig or no dig allotment. Ray Delbury Sussex County NJ USA
You know what.. I quite agree! 😊🌱
The anxiety I felt watching the tap thing for the water was so stressful that I had to skip through. sorry.
HAHA well thanks for ruining my video retention 😂😂😂 I appreciate your honesty though 😂
What do you mean instructions? What are they? 😂
Haha exactly! 😂
You ok hun? 😂
HAHA I had one of them days 😂😂😂😂
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Woooo! Thank you 😊
Good try on the video but I think you've been on the allotment wine 😂
😂😂😂😂 seemed like it didn't it 😂 if I'm like this sober... God help us all...
Hi Danny, Wow, you are a super busy chap. Hope you get some time to savour your amazing view. Glorious Wales 😊❤❤
Thank you Wendy! I hope so too! I need to book some time off tbh. I need a nice break 🌱😊☀️
LOL...just read the instructions! Oh but wait, don't bother it makes better content....
Mixed nasties are so pretty.
Haha thanks Robin. You are right of course 😂😂😂 I'm so pleased with mixing the colours this year 🌸🌱