Progress at the No-Dig Allotment!

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  • @suebradford890
    @suebradford890 5 місяців тому +4

    Danny you put some other allotmenters to shame, I watch quite a few videos from other UK plotholders and I've never seen anyone work so hard as you, well done 👏👏

    • @TheGrowUpChannel
      @TheGrowUpChannel  5 місяців тому +1

      Why thank you Sue! That means so much. On top of university & a fulltime job too..I don't know how I do it haha! But I do ❤️ and love every second of it ❤️ thank you for such a lovely comment..Danny 🌱

  • @VivSimmons
    @VivSimmons 5 місяців тому +3

    Your attitude and work rate are wonderful. The plots are so beautiful.

    • @TheGrowUpChannel
      @TheGrowUpChannel  5 місяців тому

      Thank you so much! Hope you're having a lovely Sunday in the garden. Danny 🌱🌼🫶

  • @BettyBoopBarnes
    @BettyBoopBarnes 5 місяців тому +13

    When you pick lettuce put it in cold water quickly. We call it soaking the heat off. Let it sit in it for 10 minutes or so then rinse, spin, and put it in a bag with some paper towel or a small kitchen towel, into the fridge. That 10 minutes soak makes it super crunchy and the towel makes it keep for a month or even more

    • @chrisanten2396
      @chrisanten2396 5 місяців тому +2

      Ohhh I do that minus the paper towel. Thank you I’ll try adding the paper towels although I use it quickly so haven’t had any problems tbh

    • @mygardenanddinosaurs
      @mygardenanddinosaurs 5 місяців тому +1

      Hi Danny. There’s no stopping you. The new plot looks like you have had it for years rather than weeks. Lovely harvest. It’s great when they start picking up. I harvested my garlic and elephant garlic and was fairly happy with them. Also some shallots and chard. Scrum. Have a great week. Mags. 🌻😊

    • @christhomas8332
      @christhomas8332 5 місяців тому +1

      Lol I was going to say the same thing 😂

    • @chrisanten2396
      @chrisanten2396 5 місяців тому +1

      Just for reference I picked a pak choi for my daughter who was calling the next day was so limp so I guess I should have done the same 😂

    • @franceswatts4001
      @franceswatts4001 5 місяців тому +5

      @@chrisanten2396the damp paper towel makes all the difference. I lay one piece on the bottom of a plastic tub, and another on top of the leaves and pop the lid on.

  • @raydel5732
    @raydel5732 5 місяців тому +2

    Danny, the different size garlics DO MAKE SENCE. When selecting the garlic cloves to plant choose the largest cloves out of the bulb. (use the small ones for cooking). The larger cloves make the larger bulb. Next year do it again and eventually your garlic bulb will be very large. Ray Delbury Sussex County NJ USA

    • @TheGrowUpChannel
      @TheGrowUpChannel  5 місяців тому +1

      Hey Ray. Yeah I know but I think I did plant the smaller cloves to use as green garlic but didn't get round to using them. They'll be used just the same I'm sure haha. I still have a huge bed of garlic on my old plot, it can stay there until i need to harvest it. Danny 🌱

  • @plotno.9
    @plotno.9 5 місяців тому +1

    The brassicas look so beautiful! Fantastic to have a greenhouse, the extra space is always needed. You did a great job putting the glass in. The glass will add extra weight to it which is good against the wind. You are so good at always thinking of saving water everywhere, I need to do more of it too. Wow! You already have courgettes! You have been clever with the guttering on the greenhouse! Great harvest! Everything is looking brilliant! So exciting! 😘💕🌸

    • @TheGrowUpChannel
      @TheGrowUpChannel  5 місяців тому +1

      Thank you Nanou. Lovely to see you commenting again. Welcome back!! 🙏 yes plenty of jobs done. Pleased with the greenhouse glass. On to the next jobs now haha

    • @plotno.9
      @plotno.9 5 місяців тому +1

      @@TheGrowUpChannel I am trying very hard to get back to normal. Minor surgery today and only wanted to catch up on your videos while waiting! I love where is your new plot! So excited for you! 😄👍💕

    • @TheGrowUpChannel
      @TheGrowUpChannel  5 місяців тому

      @plotno.9 the gardening can always wait. Your health is more important. Thank you for catching up though xx yes really pleased with the new plot.. so far! Will soon fill up haha!

  • @pennythompson4790
    @pennythompson4790 5 місяців тому +1

    Oh WOW the new plots looking amazing & the greenhouse looks great well done Danny👍👍

  • @TheFarmyardGarden
    @TheFarmyardGarden 5 місяців тому +1

    That metal tub was a STEAL! Absolute steal and it looks beautiful planted up.
    Great to see the greenhouse glazed. The new plot really is filling up so fast! Pumpkins are going to look great when they trail out over that area.
    Your peas and potato harvests were amazing

    • @TheGrowUpChannel
      @TheGrowUpChannel  5 місяців тому +1

      It really was a steal! Thanks clare. Yes, the greenhouse looks so much better. Lovely harvests have started, for sure. Danny 🌱🦔

  • @jeanholdstock3695
    @jeanholdstock3695 5 місяців тому +1

    Hi Danny, wow, you are certainly putting your stamp on that plot, and quickly too. Well done Sir! It is all looking classy , and abundant.
    Have a great week ahead xx

    • @TheGrowUpChannel
      @TheGrowUpChannel  5 місяців тому

      Thanks Jean! It's a working progress, but isn't all gardens. They are never finished are they! Haha

    • @jeanholdstock3695
      @jeanholdstock3695 5 місяців тому +1

      @@TheGrowUpChannel You're right Danny, gardens are never finished..... thank goodness, what else would we do with all our time and energy if they were? ha ha ha

  • @Hhaahland4
    @Hhaahland4 5 місяців тому +2

    I would use a polystyrene Broccoli box with a freezer block in it to take home veggies. Here in Australia that’s a foam box with a lid and no drainage holes used by growers to transport broccoli to retailers. I get them free from markets or greengrocers.

    • @TheGrowUpChannel
      @TheGrowUpChannel  5 місяців тому +1

      We funnily use them for fish here haha! Not broccoli 😅 I have a cooler box which is just one of them foam boxes covered in a plastic coating so it's a good idea to take one to the plot for salad harvests 😊

  • @allotmentjoy
    @allotmentjoy 5 місяців тому +1

    Hi Danny. Wow, it was a productive day. I love your new (old) wriggly tin pot. It really goes well there. You feel good getting things planted. I'm growing Cobra this year too. I'd cut all those brambles out and start again. It will give you more room to sort that old shed out. I would utilise your greenhouse while you still can. Great to see it up and running, especially the guttering. You running around with shorts and T-shirt gives the impression its warmer than it is lol. Keep up the good work. Elaine 🌱

    • @TheGrowUpChannel
      @TheGrowUpChannel  5 місяців тому

      Hey Elaine! Isn't it a lovely pot! Oh good luck on the cobra! I think you're right. I just need to bite the bullet and remove the brambles. Urgh. Horrible job. Sadly!! Tbh I don't mind the cold, I prefer it over the heat so shorts with a chill is okay haha!

  • @thatgirlthatgrows
    @thatgirlthatgrows 5 місяців тому +1

    It all looks so good Danny, especially those brassicas!!

    • @TheGrowUpChannel
      @TheGrowUpChannel  5 місяців тому

      Thank you! Really pleased with the brassicas this year 😀

  • @Gardenofglory-l6v
    @Gardenofglory-l6v 5 місяців тому +2

    ❤ Danny your garden is beautiful those beds are going to be beautiful with the flowers, when people come over in my garden they always ask why I have flowers in my garden they’re beautiful and because I love them don’t want all green, and they help with the pollinators. ❤great video as usual

    • @TheGrowUpChannel
      @TheGrowUpChannel  5 місяців тому +1

      I absolutely agree with you! Nobody wants to come smell your cabbages 🤣🤣🤣

  • @RobinGardens
    @RobinGardens 5 місяців тому +1

    Even though my garden is in my back yard some times I just don't want to stop and prep the lettuce I just harvested. Put a few inches of water in the bottom of a deep bucket and put the lettuce in the water in the shade. Then when I go inside, it's still firm and crispy to prep for the fridge.
    Wow you new plot is looking good. I'd live with the brambles for the season and reap the harvest. If they taste nice, then trim them back when they go dormant. I personally love blackberries and would probably figure out how to keep them. Instant fruit harvest. BTW I love BB, lemon and ginger jam.

    • @TheGrowUpChannel
      @TheGrowUpChannel  5 місяців тому +1

      Thanks for the tip Robin! Yeah I am toying with the idea of waiting but also thinking I really should get the shed built while it's dry season. (He says) the whole lane is blackberries so I wouldn't be short of them 😂😊🌱

  • @callistacraft
    @callistacraft 5 місяців тому +1

    I love your new salvage yard find and it looks beautiful planted up on your barrel the red really makes it pop, also loving your trowel 😍. Think your better off cutting back brambles now before the wildlife make there new homes in there. Such a nice harvest from your plot danny no better feeling than eating what you grow ❤

    • @TheGrowUpChannel
      @TheGrowUpChannel  5 місяців тому

      Thank you lisa! 😊 yeah really pleased with the planter. Really goes together well. Danny 🌱

  • @christinebrooks6364
    @christinebrooks6364 5 місяців тому +1

    Hi Danny, your garlic, shallotts, potatoes & peas look really good. Great hints,& tips on slug defense. Great video update. Thanks for sharing and take care 😊

    • @TheGrowUpChannel
      @TheGrowUpChannel  5 місяців тому

      Thank you, Christine. It was a feast of a dinner for Sure. Danny 🌱

  • @blumblam4813
    @blumblam4813 5 місяців тому +1

    I used to keep a stash of paper bags on the plot for harvesting - I quickly realised that plastic bags are more helpful to stop everything dehydrating after picking. I keep all the bags my supermarket items were wrapped in - bread/ cabbage etc - give them a quick wash and they’re good to be used again and again - keep a stash up the plot for harvesting your salads/ rhubarb/ greens etc.
    Also chuck the salad leaves in some cold water both when you get home but also to perk it back up again just before you eat it. ❤

    • @TheGrowUpChannel
      @TheGrowUpChannel  5 місяців тому +1

      That's a great idea about the salad/cabbage plastic bags. Why hadn't I thought of that! I also did the paper bag thing & regretted the purchase. Thanks Danny 🌱

  • @flyoverurbangarden4315
    @flyoverurbangarden4315 4 місяці тому +1

    Great job with the green house. Enjoyable video.

  • @Sylvie_M
    @Sylvie_M 5 місяців тому +5

    Wow! Becoming a glazier! Good job on the greenhouse. If you want crisp lettuce, just pop it into a sink of icy water for 20-30 minutes and it should crisp right up. It also helps to harvest it first thing in the morning. I read a study from the U of Oregon today that used a soil drench of 1 part water/2 parts strongly brewed coffee and 100% of the slugs left the zone. They also tested a foliar spray of 9 parts water/1 part brewed coffee with success. I have not tried either method but they might be worth an experiment.

    • @TheGrowUpChannel
      @TheGrowUpChannel  5 місяців тому

      Oh that's a good idea! And the morning harvest too! Thank you Sylvie! I've read coffee helps too! Danny 🌱

  • @miriam2909
    @miriam2909 5 місяців тому +6

    I’d cut the brambles down. If there are fruit bushes underneath the light might even encourage a crop. And at least you’ll know what’s going on in there. Greenhouse look so cute. You could fill it with flowers to make an awesome display.

    • @TheGrowUpChannel
      @TheGrowUpChannel  5 місяців тому +3

      I think you're right miriam! Yes the greenhouse has some cucumbers and bush tomatoes In there already haha. Danny 🌱

  • @simplifygardening
    @simplifygardening 5 місяців тому +5

    Great the greenhouse is sorted mate and our makeshift guttering. cut down the bramble there is bindweed in there too. great looking garlic and mange tout. This weather is doing my head in now. put the salad in a cooler

    • @TheGrowUpChannel
      @TheGrowUpChannel  5 місяців тому

      Yeah the guttering will do for now, greenhouse guttering still hasn't arrived sadly! Thanks Tony. Danny 🌱

  • @susanmatthews-bp1mv
    @susanmatthews-bp1mv 5 місяців тому +2

    Danny the little hedgehogs gorgoues xxx your work is defently doing well xxx🦔🦔🦔🦔🦔

  • @debbiegibson6113
    @debbiegibson6113 5 місяців тому +2

    Try Crest toothpaste on the discolored greenhouse to clean. You squirt a glob and take a rag and rub round to put it back to clear. It works on car headlights as well. Love your garden, getting so pretty. ❤

    • @franceswatts4001
      @franceswatts4001 5 місяців тому +1

      I suspect you are in the US? It’s over £6 a tube here in the UK!

    • @TheGrowUpChannel
      @TheGrowUpChannel  5 місяців тому

      Thanks for the tip! I never knew that. And agreed by the other comment crest toothpaste has become so expensive here haha! Madness! Danny

  • @user-ot2uf4op1q
    @user-ot2uf4op1q 5 місяців тому +1

    Danny you’ve done great job of the new plot in such a short time . Really enjoying seeing it take shape👏👏

  • @adysveggarden
    @adysveggarden 5 місяців тому +1

    Hi Danny, nice to start getting harvest from the plots.
    Love going round vintage places looking for old gardening tools.
    I'd take the brambles down but do it in stages say only half meter at a time so what's living under there has time to move on.

    • @TheGrowUpChannel
      @TheGrowUpChannel  5 місяців тому +1

      I love doing that too Ady! Yeah the brambles for sure will be a task ! I'll get it all done in time.. Danny 🌱

  • @JanesGrowingGarden
    @JanesGrowingGarden 5 місяців тому +2

    Honestly Danny I think you must live at your plots - you’ve done so much and the harvests are just going to get bigger and better. Well done!

    • @TheGrowUpChannel
      @TheGrowUpChannel  5 місяців тому

      Sometimes, i feel like it 😂 I don't know why I have a home. I'm never there 😂😂😂

  • @spudsandroses
    @spudsandroses 5 місяців тому +1

    Beautiful work on the greenhouse, Danny 💚 Your plots are so full now 🌿The best harvests from the peas and potatoes, too. Depends, how you harvest your lettuce -If you're taking whole heads, pop into a bit of water. Individual leaves, a quick wash, into a tupperware box or plastic bag and into a cooler until you get home 😊
    The flowers at the end are showstoppers 😍😍💚
    All the best, Maiju 😊💚🌿

    • @TheGrowUpChannel
      @TheGrowUpChannel  5 місяців тому

      Thanks, Maiju! Great tips for the salad. You have the luxury of walking 20 yards haha! So pleased with the red petunias. Danny 🌱

  • @DavidGibb-vo3df
    @DavidGibb-vo3df 5 місяців тому +1

    Everything is looking good Danny still inspired

    • @TheGrowUpChannel
      @TheGrowUpChannel  5 місяців тому

      Thanks David! Always a pleasure. Danny 🌱🫶

  • @GardeningandMyDailyLife
    @GardeningandMyDailyLife 5 місяців тому +1

    Khu vườn của bạn rất rộng lớn ,bạn trồng được rất nhiều loại cây và chúng phát triển thật tốt ,cảm ơn bạn đã chia sẻ kinh nghiệm làm vườn đến mọi người cùng nhau học hỏi kinh nghiệm .

  • @charissatroup5611
    @charissatroup5611 5 місяців тому +1

    Everything is looking fantastic. You're about 3 weeks ahead of me on the harvests. My garlic won't come out until after July 1. The new plot is looking great. That greenhouse will come in handy, for sure, but I don't think you'll be able to resist planting something in there, lol.

    • @TheGrowUpChannel
      @TheGrowUpChannel  5 місяців тому +1

      🤣🤣🤣 you know me too well. The greenhouse is planted up LOL I tried not to...lasted 2 hours LOL

  • @yesidtac7863
    @yesidtac7863 5 місяців тому +1

    Crecen muy bien

  • @ibrstellar1080
    @ibrstellar1080 5 місяців тому +1

    The Greenhouse looks fantastic and the IBC tank so well done Danny your grafting away.

  • @Feelgoodgardens
    @Feelgoodgardens 5 місяців тому +2

    Fab update Danny ❤
    Your greenhouse looks great, good improvisation with the temporary guttering.
    Must have an opening party for your greenhouse 🎉 🥳 😂
    Nice garlic, shallot, mange tout and baby potato harvest 😍 You always grow a nice salad 👍😁
    Your dahlia bed is going to look so pretty.
    Blinking slugs are a nuisance, must invest in more nematodes.
    The new tub looks fantastic planted up.
    Even your black plastic is going to look great in a couple of weeks.
    So much done in a week, wow!!! 😅

    • @TheGrowUpChannel
      @TheGrowUpChannel  5 місяців тому +1

      Haha thanks Linda! Any excuse for you to have a party 🤣🤣 maybe when the sheds done you can officially open the plot, since you've become this youtube celebrity! Danny 🌱

    • @Feelgoodgardens
      @Feelgoodgardens 5 місяців тому +1

      @@TheGrowUpChannel I'd be highly honoured Danny 👍😊❤️

  • @bethanskitchengarden
    @bethanskitchengarden 5 місяців тому +1

    Great update Danny, can't believe you have glassed that greenhouse already, last time you were saying you were going to leave it, you are always changing your mind 😂 bit like me 😊

    • @TheGrowUpChannel
      @TheGrowUpChannel  5 місяців тому

      Haha! I know! Then opportunity knocked (free glass) haha!

  • @elizabethjames1053
    @elizabethjames1053 5 місяців тому +1

    I'd chop the brambles down now look's like bindweed in there too it does'nt take long to spread everywhere, love your new tub planted up all red ❤

    • @TheGrowUpChannel
      @TheGrowUpChannel  5 місяців тому +1

      You're right Elizabeth. Doesn't seem like a lot of bindweed though, thankfully! I'm avoiding the job, but it has to be done. Danny 🌱

  • @BumblebeeAdventure
    @BumblebeeAdventure 5 місяців тому +1

    🐝thanks for the great video🌻 I would get the bramble away. Later in season your little ones will see it as a wintersleepingplace.

    • @TheGrowUpChannel
      @TheGrowUpChannel  5 місяців тому

      Very good point! I guess the next sunny day, that's my horrible job haha

  • @lizziemonk
    @lizziemonk 5 місяців тому +1

    I feel for you in your shorts and t-shirt Danny, I've been virtually wearing winter gear at times... layering is definitely the way to go! Plot looks amazing, so great to get harvesting. Love the new planter too. I sowed very basic single dahlia (Mr Fothergill's Dahlia Mignon mixed) 4 years ago, I leave them in the ground and they're massive now and produce so many flowers and the bees love them.

    • @TheGrowUpChannel
      @TheGrowUpChannel  5 місяців тому

      You just can't predict the weather, lizzie! It's very annoying! Thank you. The planter is a showstopper, I'm so pleased with it. Danny 🌱

  • @uncle870
    @uncle870 5 місяців тому +1

    Looking champion marra you and the garden

    • @TheGrowUpChannel
      @TheGrowUpChannel  5 місяців тому +1

      Thank you! What's marra? :)

    • @uncle870
      @uncle870 5 місяців тому +1

      @@TheGrowUpChannel sorry it's north east local dialect for friend

    • @TheGrowUpChannel
      @TheGrowUpChannel  5 місяців тому +1

      Oh haha!

  • @sir.reelcinema
    @sir.reelcinema 5 місяців тому +2

    I’m watching you from Spokane, Washington here in the USA and I have to say Garden is looking amazing. You’re about three weeks ahead of me on pretty much everything.

    • @TheGrowUpChannel
      @TheGrowUpChannel  5 місяців тому

      Oh wow! Why thank you for watching! Well hopefully you can see my mistakes 3 weeks before they happen to you and rectify them haha! Danny 🌱

  • @doras.allotment
    @doras.allotment 5 місяців тому +1

    Hello 👋🏻 enjoying a watch on a slow Sunday morning. Quite jel of all of your metal veg beds - your onion and lettuce bed is looking marvellous, as are your plots in general! Looking forward to catching up ok more of your videos ☺️
    Ps you’ve made me think about my nan’s Welsh cakes 🤤 & made me feel better about my garlic harvest 🧄

    • @TheGrowUpChannel
      @TheGrowUpChannel  5 місяців тому

      Hello! Lovely to see you here. The metal raised beds are an investment & and weren't bought altogether, haha! Oh, a nans welshcakes can't even be compared. Right?! Garlic harvests are always hit & miss. It's 8 or 9 months in the ground with many variables to tackle the crop... but we plod on haha. Happy Sunday! Danny 🌱🌼

    • @doras.allotment
      @doras.allotment 5 місяців тому +1

      @@TheGrowUpChannel I think they may be going on this years' bday/Christmas list (can never be too old...)! Agreed, I haven't attempted to make any yet as I fear they won't live up to my Franny's (grandma).
      That's what makes it fun I suppose!
      🧄🧄

  • @srhowen
    @srhowen 5 місяців тому +2

    Get a harvest of the bramble but remove before autumn as they are one of hedgehogs favourite houses so you wouldn't want to disturb anyone hibernating ❤

    • @TheGrowUpChannel
      @TheGrowUpChannel  5 місяців тому

      That's a good point about the hedgehogs! Something I hadn't considered! Thank you 🌱

  • @DigwellGreenfingers
    @DigwellGreenfingers 5 місяців тому +2

    Before you fill the greenhouse, how about taking out the old poly carb sheets and then glueing them back in with "Gorilla Sealant"? Stress free then.
    I'll have a Double 99 please.

    • @TheGrowUpChannel
      @TheGrowUpChannel  5 місяців тому +2

      You've mentioned this before and was a consideration, however I've been offered some more glass off my parents (if the right size) so I'm probably going to glaze the lot 😊

    • @DigwellGreenfingers
      @DigwellGreenfingers 5 місяців тому +1

      @@TheGrowUpChannel Cool!

  • @franceswatts4001
    @franceswatts4001 5 місяців тому +1

    Nematodes are amazing! I have watered in 2 lots so far, at 3 weeks apart, and I will do one more in a week’s time.

  • @Tamsins_Potager
    @Tamsins_Potager 5 місяців тому +1

    So glad you've got your greenhouse glazed!😊 Petunia pot looks stunning ❤

    • @TheGrowUpChannel
      @TheGrowUpChannel  5 місяців тому +1

      Isn't it lovely! So pleased with the petunias 😊🌱

  • @jeanhelliwell8160
    @jeanhelliwell8160 5 місяців тому +1

    Everything is looking fabulous, You've done a great job on the new plot. The greenhouse looks lovely with proper glass in it. You asked what to do with the blackberry patch, if it were me, I would cut it all back, but that's just my opinion, it would make things easier for clearing, and give you a great start for next season. Xx

    • @TheGrowUpChannel
      @TheGrowUpChannel  5 місяців тому +1

      Thank you Jean! Yeah I think you're right. I just need to knuckle down and cut it right back. Danny 🌱

  • @durbatov
    @durbatov 5 місяців тому +1

    I grew dwarf dandy dahlias they are perhaps not as great as some of the show ones but they are prolific with interesting flowers all from a cheap pack of seed good luck with the new plot

    • @TheGrowUpChannel
      @TheGrowUpChannel  5 місяців тому

      Oh thank you! I shall add to the list! They sound familiar.. maybe I've grown them before at home. I shall order some. Danny 🌱

  • @helenstewart2085
    @helenstewart2085 5 місяців тому +2

    Carrots like a free flowing moist soil, not over compacted, too germinate. Cut the bambles down, best to slowly dig them out, buy a thornless blackberry, would give you one. But New Zealand to far and quarantine be a bit difficult😅

    • @TheGrowUpChannel
      @TheGrowUpChannel  5 місяців тому

      Oh if only it was that easy to send plants haha thank you! Yes I've considered a thornless blackberry for the new fruitcage. Danny 🌱

  • @joycehennequin8469
    @joycehennequin8469 5 місяців тому +2

    Hi Danny, 28.21 what are those beautiful little trailing red flowers,l need to get them ❤ with Dahlias l find planting them in the darker corners of my plot really makes them stand out.Another great video thankyou Danny ❤

    • @TheGrowUpChannel
      @TheGrowUpChannel  5 місяців тому +1

      Thank you Joyce. They are similar to a little red petunias...but are actually called Calibrachoa POCKET Red.
      They are gorgeous aren't they! Danny 🌱

  • @franceswatts4001
    @franceswatts4001 5 місяців тому +2

    Chop the brambles back now, before hedgehog hibernation time, get rid of the bindweed in there, and let a couple of canes start growing in a controlled way for next year.

    • @TheGrowUpChannel
      @TheGrowUpChannel  5 місяців тому +1

      Yeah you're right. I wouldn't want to damage a hogs home after they've made it for autumn. So that's a good point. Thanks Frances 😊🌱

  • @dustyflats3832
    @dustyflats3832 5 місяців тому +2

    How 😎 Cool is that-you have an ice cream truck come around!!🎉
    The consensus is out-Cut the messy brambles down. Dig out all the crap and replant more gold berries if that’s what you love.
    We just had our first taste of honeyberries and we will be planting more!!🎉 Delish! Don’t know if you have them where you are, but highly suggest to get some if you do.
    I’m with Tony on take a cooler to take lettuce home.
    We had loads of rain a couple weeks ago and cool weather also. The peppers and a few others were taking on a lime green color. I gave them all a bit of a nitrogen boost and now we will head into at least 3 super hot days of 90+F and humidity. Rain early morning and appears most of the week. So we’ve been racing to get the heavy jobs off our list. Things like mulch and covering pathways to protect from heat. And getting the rest of plants and seeds in.
    Kudos to you on greenhouse job!

    • @TheGrowUpChannel
      @TheGrowUpChannel  5 місяців тому +1

      Haha don't you have ice cream vans? They come round with a jingley song and you can buy fresh ice cream haha! Ps we have honeyberries here, I shall have to get some for the fruitcage. If you see me planting some.. just know it was your inspiration! Danny 🌱

    • @dustyflats3832
      @dustyflats3832 5 місяців тому +1

      @@TheGrowUpChannel you scream , I scream, but we don’t get any ice cream here😅

    • @TheGrowUpChannel
      @TheGrowUpChannel  5 місяців тому

      😂😂😂😂 that's criminal lol!

  • @TheJenmiester
    @TheJenmiester 5 місяців тому +1

    Great video mate, brave man playing with glass I hate the stuff

    • @TheGrowUpChannel
      @TheGrowUpChannel  5 місяців тому

      As do I! Haha it wasn't enjoyable at all 🤣🤣🤣

  • @catheriner2615
    @catheriner2615 5 місяців тому +1

    Put your salad in a bag with a little cold water and pop it in the fridge for a bit, when you get home, and Bob's your uncle.
    Id wait for the blackberry harvest and freeze those for eating later before you cut back that area. Its not long for the blackberry harvest now. And then you have that time to get another poject done, too.
    P.s. im living the galvanized bowl. ❤

    • @TheGrowUpChannel
      @TheGrowUpChannel  5 місяців тому

      Thank you Catherine! Yeah you're right about the blackberries. I'm holding out... but also I need to get the shed sorted. It's a toughy! We shall see. Thank you I'm really pleased with the new planter. Danny 🌱

    • @catheriner2615
      @catheriner2615 5 місяців тому +1

      @@TheGrowUpChannel
      What about making a narrow path just to get to the shed. Best of both worlds then. 😀

  • @stevepreston6212
    @stevepreston6212 5 місяців тому +1

    Use a cool bag wrap the lettuce ina wet tea towel take home incool bags

  • @cherylprice1790
    @cherylprice1790 5 місяців тому +1

    Cut the brambes down. Lovely update Danny

    • @TheGrowUpChannel
      @TheGrowUpChannel  5 місяців тому +1

      I'm dreading it Cheryl haha. Thank you 😊🌱

    • @cherylprice1790
      @cherylprice1790 5 місяців тому +1

      @@TheGrowUpChannel it will be fine. I am hoping to be at the plot tomorrow at 4.

  • @ninemoonplanet
    @ninemoonplanet 5 місяців тому +1

    Cold weather? Just earlier today it dumped a lot of hail stones, fortunately small ones, but it certainly was noisy. I had just put the latest tomato starts out, and used an umbrella to grab the pot to lift it and put under the eaves.
    It's sunny now. 🤷 Goofy weather.

    • @TheGrowUpChannel
      @TheGrowUpChannel  5 місяців тому

      Haha you're so right the weather is so irratic! Danny 🌱

  • @Lisa.j365
    @Lisa.j365 5 місяців тому +1

    I had roasted mangtout for tea last night, they were yummy 😋 what about a little sandwich cooler bag for the lettuce ...

    • @TheGrowUpChannel
      @TheGrowUpChannel  5 місяців тому

      Oh I have one haha! But usually I keep cold drinks in that. I best get another 😂😂

  • @tstrong7910
    @tstrong7910 5 місяців тому +1

    🎉🎉🎉 you did it!

  • @GrandadsAllotmentplot25
    @GrandadsAllotmentplot25 5 місяців тому +1

    great video Danny old subscriber here with new channel Gary formally allotment adventure tv have re subbed

    • @TheGrowUpChannel
      @TheGrowUpChannel  5 місяців тому

      Hello! Welcome back! And goodluck with your channel. What a challenge ahead you have, but I think it's worth it. Danny 🌱

  • @tassiegirl1991
    @tassiegirl1991 5 місяців тому +2

    Hope your moving the water container away from the greenhouse to improve light and enable cleaning Good job on glazing I got worried on the ?ladder leaning over that glass but no fall so all ok. Chop that messy bushy block on its head it will just get bigger. Surely you’re not eating all those potatoes in one meal Danny. Get a net wash bag affray washing the lettuce in cold water put it in the bag zip up and hold it like a windmill swing it high in air to get water out. I got that from you tuber channel andy160676. Brilliant dries better than those lettuce machines. then if storing put it in like typer wear container on top of paper towel keeps much better in fridge.
    Very cold and wet still very frustrating garden wise.

    • @TheGrowUpChannel
      @TheGrowUpChannel  5 місяців тому

      Thank you for the tips! I'll give them a go! The tank will eventually either be attached to the new shed and covered with a cladding or put further back behind the greenhouse. Danny 🌱

  • @LEgoiste
    @LEgoiste 5 місяців тому +1

    Looking marvellous, what a difference a few months make. Have you mentioned about that remote camera yet?

    • @TheGrowUpChannel
      @TheGrowUpChannel  5 місяців тому +1

      Months? I've only had the plot 3 weeks haha! But if you mean all the plants, absolutely 😊 the camera video is due this week. Danny 🌱

  • @Cara_1982
    @Cara_1982 5 місяців тому +1

    Seriously, is it my iPad or the video? Is anyone else’s mute for the first 5 minutes? It happens a lot in your videos Danny but I never see anyone in comments saying anything lol
    It’s all looking great anyway, the hard work is paying off! X

    • @TheGrowUpChannel
      @TheGrowUpChannel  5 місяців тому

      How strange! Yeah, nobody else comments about it. How weird!!! It plays fine for me..even on my tv. I checked last week. I'm sorry it's not working for you 😔

    • @Cara_1982
      @Cara_1982 5 місяців тому +1

      @@TheGrowUpChannel really is weird, I dunno what to do about it, technology hates me lol thanks for confirming anyway

    • @TheGrowUpChannel
      @TheGrowUpChannel  5 місяців тому

      Maybe open up the browser on your iPad and watch there.. rather than the app..try that? Or try on a tv... let me know ♡

  • @andydayman777
    @andydayman777 5 місяців тому +1

    Hello Danny, to keep produce fresh, how about to compliment your 12v system, a 12V fridge from Halfords or other suppliers, I’ve got one and it’s a hot and cold box, it’s very good, Andy

    • @TheGrowUpChannel
      @TheGrowUpChannel  5 місяців тому

      Hey Andy! I actually have a Halfords one myself! Great aren't they! But I tend to use it when camping too. May consider one for the plot too. Danny 🌱

  • @twpsy634
    @twpsy634 5 місяців тому +1

    Could you leave some brambles. Invaluable for bumble, honey bees etc and home to hedgehogs.

    • @TheGrowUpChannel
      @TheGrowUpChannel  5 місяців тому

      Sadly the allotment rules don't allow them to grow like that. We are surrounded by 6foot deep hedgerows of brambles etc.. so the bees always benefit from our site thankfully!

  • @suewilkins1216
    @suewilkins1216 5 місяців тому +1

    Danny when you freeze the mangetout do you blanch them or just freeze please thanks

    • @TheGrowUpChannel
      @TheGrowUpChannel  5 місяців тому +1

      That's a great question! I have done both! But I've found blanching them and then straight into icy water.. then onto a baking tray to freeze.. then popped into a sandwich bag works for me. But sometimes I just rinse and pop in the freezer, as they won't be in there long haha! But if I want them for winter I definitely blanche. Danny 🌱

  • @RawLondonGardener
    @RawLondonGardener 5 місяців тому +1

    👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

  • @haydnPlot8a
    @haydnPlot8a 5 місяців тому +1

    Danny, did you have any problems being accepted for rehousing hedgehogs? Because our local Hedgehog rescue centre doesn't live rehousing hedgehogs on allotments where weed killers may be used.

    • @TheGrowUpChannel
      @TheGrowUpChannel  5 місяців тому

      Hey Haydn. Our site has a 0 tolerance for weedkiller 😊 had no problem homing hedgehogs 🦔🦔

    • @haydnPlot8a
      @haydnPlot8a 5 місяців тому +1

      @TheGrowUpChannel I wish ours did. I will try and change the Society constitution but there are some die hard Round Up users on site. Such a shame that the Government keep putting back the date to ban such weedkillers

    • @TheGrowUpChannel
      @TheGrowUpChannel  5 місяців тому

      That is a shame. Hedgehogs need as much helps as they can get bless them. Good luck. 🫶🦔🌱

  • @WendyL63
    @WendyL63 5 місяців тому +2

    👍❤❤❤❤❤

  • @franceswatts4001
    @franceswatts4001 5 місяців тому +1

    Are you feeding multiple people? Those potatoes would have done me at least 4 meals!

    • @TheGrowUpChannel
      @TheGrowUpChannel  5 місяців тому

      It's fathers day weekend 🤣 had parents here for a Sunday lunch haha

    • @franceswatts4001
      @franceswatts4001 5 місяців тому +1

      @@TheGrowUpChannel Ah of course! Happy Father’s Day to the fathers.

  • @scheralgreider5406
    @scheralgreider5406 5 місяців тому +3

    Cut down the bramble.