Your brassicas look awesome!! For the horse manure, you can test it for aminopyralids by soaking some of the manure in water and then using that to water some sacrificial test seedlings, esp. bean starts as they grow so fast, it's easy to see if they have that damage. I think I saw this advice on Next Level Gardening a while ago?
Thanks! I'm hoping they survive through the winter 🙏🏻 that's a great tip with the horse manure. I've heard of people planting a sacrificial plant directly into the pile of horse manure to test for contamination but I never even thought about just creating a solution to water with. I am definitely going to try this. The only time I'll be using manure I think is to line the bottoms of my raised beds which is a huge project for winter. I may have to make a solution at the plot and test some bean plants at home under grow lights during the winter
Thanks! Yes you're very right. I'm going to be adding some brown material to it and some of that will be some of my wood chip paths too. I just had to quickly throw all of the green material somewhere 😂
Perhaps you could try taking cuttings from the physalis and overwintering them at home? I have seeds and will be giving them a go next year. I'm wondering when you started them off? Good job on the plot by the way.
I potentially could! That way they'll have a head start next year. Depends if I have space to accommodate them though. I sowed them under my grow lights at home around March/April. I think I need to start them earlier. Thanks!
I wish my purple sprouting and kale plants would look as nice as yours. I grew mine in the poly tunnel and the caterpillars have hammered them, hopefully they'll do better under fly netting outside. Love the videos, they're great 👍
I also had a good few caterpillars on my young brassica plants through August/September. I had to go hunting for them and picked them all off, they were very small but caused some damage. It's a good idea to inspect them for eggs/young caterpillars every other day. Thank you! I'm glad you enjoy my content 😊 happy gardening!
Hey man, a tip for slugs but not sure it's your bag... leave a few jars full of beer dotted about and they'll flock to it. Maybe something to think about in areas you have the most issues?
Looking great Jim, my garlic did the same so if and I do say if I do garlic I’ll have to buy some. Make sure you keep good rat defences in the poly, I grew brassicas in my poly last winter and rat 🐀 boy moved in and ate almost all of them 😢😢. I’m making a few changes and hopefully better changes for next season. Have a spectacular week Jim and family, Ali 🌞🇨🇦
Haha rat boy 😂 🐀 there are small holes in the soil in those buckets already from the rats digging so already moved in! There's a small pile of nibbled potatoes behind the raised bed too which they've stored.. I may have to set some sort of trap up because they are a problem. One ran out the poly when I opened the door the other day and it was the size of a squirrel!
Love the background music. Really set a tone of adventure and wonder. Your plots look great for autumn. And your seedlings look fantastic. It is spring here with very changeable weather (from 2-22 C in the same day). Some of my seedlings have just stopped. Would love to have them looking like yours by November to plant out.
I'm glad you enjoyed 😊 that's the vibe I'm going for! Thanks! I sowed them in July to give them plenty of time to grow. Small seedlings will grow slowly at this time of year with low light levels
That should be okay 😊 they'll go dormant soon with temperatures dropping. They need a period of cold to form good bulbs. I think the key is to not start too early so they don't try and form a bulb before the winter... but you'd probably have to start them right in the middle of summer for that to happen😂
Cardboard works better than plastic in the garden give it a try😊 My garden also been hit by slugs but they stay away from my sunflower maybe they had enough to chew on, they complerely ate my Onions and Garlic and Tomatoes😢 Thank you for a tour in your garden❤❤❤❤❤
It's interesting that slugs seem to be going for onions, garlic, and tomatoes lately. Not exactly appetizing for them and I'm sure I heard onions were toxic to them
I'm working my way through garden clean up too so thanks for the tips. Red Russian garlic is my favourite variety because it is easier to peel than any other garlic I have come across....and I'm not a fan of peeling garlic 🧄 LOL
Lovea the music you chose when clearing crops. It sounds so much like what yyou were doing- a transition from Summer into Autumn- great to listen to and watch! I do like your module trays- they look nice and strong. (the 12 cell ones) Can you tell me where you get them from please? Maybe try growing your sunflowers in the slug guard pots? I find they work very well. Thank you.
The artist is called Helmut Schenker. I use a few of his tracks in my videos, I feel it matches my vibe and fits with the video I try and create. The module trays are just cheap ones from a local garden centre. Nothing special but they are pretty strong! I recommend Oakland Gardens website for some pretty good strong module trays. Tony O'Neill parked his van on top of them 😂 Thanks for the tips!
Hey Jim where did you get the weed membrane from? You have achieved so much in such a short time with clearing the plot, covering it and building compost bays.. your doing a belting job and should be proud of yourself As for the slugs on your sunflowers, could you possibly put a collar around the base of the plant like you can do on the broccoli plants?
Thank you Laura! Your kind words mean a lot! We decided to just go for it in August and whilst it was hard work, we got most of the work out the way and hopefully it'll be an easy winter slowly getting the beds done on top. I tried copper tape round the base, this year but tried wool last year and that seemed to work better so perhaps I'll do that again and use wool next year
Great vids. It was sad to see you put membrane down on your new allotment. In my experience it really isn't needed for raised beds. I lined my new allotment with cardboard under the compost and it was good enough to smother most of the bindweed and horsetail. I still have to pluck new growth but it's not a big job at all. That membrane breaks down into shreds and is plastic. Good luck.
We're just trying to make things as easy as possible. Our plan is to apply wood chip paths areas that we will walk on. We need to make sure we replace the wood chip when it breaks down and ensure soil/debris doesn't gather on top as weed seeds will germinate and grow on top. Cheers!
Never throw soil alway! Ever!your brassicas look so nice
Absolutely not! Every bit of compost goes back into the plot. Often back into the raised beds or into the compost pile
Your brassicas look awesome!! For the horse manure, you can test it for aminopyralids by soaking some of the manure in water and then using that to water some sacrificial test seedlings, esp. bean starts as they grow so fast, it's easy to see if they have that damage. I think I saw this advice on Next Level Gardening a while ago?
Thanks! I'm hoping they survive through the winter 🙏🏻 that's a great tip with the horse manure. I've heard of people planting a sacrificial plant directly into the pile of horse manure to test for contamination but I never even thought about just creating a solution to water with. I am definitely going to try this. The only time I'll be using manure I think is to line the bottoms of my raised beds which is a huge project for winter. I may have to make a solution at the plot and test some bean plants at home under grow lights during the winter
You've had a great harvest. Your plot is looking fab after the clean up.
Thanks! Yes you're very right. I'm going to be adding some brown material to it and some of that will be some of my wood chip paths too. I just had to quickly throw all of the green material somewhere 😂
🌿🌿A very nice cheerful and positive video 🌤 You have done really well 🏆It is all looking good ! ⭐Well done ! 🌿🌿
Thank you! 🙏🏻
Great music ❤
The music is by Helmut Schenker, licenced under epidemic sound. He has some wonderful classical tracks 🎶
Perhaps you could try taking cuttings from the physalis and overwintering them at home? I have seeds and will be giving them a go next year. I'm wondering when you started them off? Good job on the plot by the way.
I potentially could! That way they'll have a head start next year. Depends if I have space to accommodate them though. I sowed them under my grow lights at home around March/April. I think I need to start them earlier. Thanks!
I wish my purple sprouting and kale plants would look as nice as yours. I grew mine in the poly tunnel and the caterpillars have hammered them, hopefully they'll do better under fly netting outside. Love the videos, they're great 👍
I also had a good few caterpillars on my young brassica plants through August/September. I had to go hunting for them and picked them all off, they were very small but caused some damage. It's a good idea to inspect them for eggs/young caterpillars every other day. Thank you! I'm glad you enjoy my content 😊 happy gardening!
Hey man, a tip for slugs but not sure it's your bag... leave a few jars full of beer dotted about and they'll flock to it. Maybe something to think about in areas you have the most issues?
Great tip! I set up some beer traps round the carrots this year and I found it helped. Stinks to high heaven though! 😂
Looking great Jim, my garlic did the same so if and I do say if I do garlic I’ll have to buy some. Make sure you keep good rat defences in the poly, I grew brassicas in my poly last winter and rat 🐀 boy moved in and ate almost all of them 😢😢. I’m making a few changes and hopefully better changes for next season. Have a spectacular week Jim and family, Ali 🌞🇨🇦
Haha rat boy 😂 🐀 there are small holes in the soil in those buckets already from the rats digging so already moved in! There's a small pile of nibbled potatoes behind the raised bed too which they've stored.. I may have to set some sort of trap up because they are a problem. One ran out the poly when I opened the door the other day and it was the size of a squirrel!
@@downtoearthwithjim oh yikes 😳 I don’t like them at all but as we live right next to huge farm land they are inevitably going to come to the BnB 🤦♀️
Love the background music. Really set a tone of adventure and wonder. Your plots look great for autumn. And your seedlings look fantastic. It is spring here with very changeable weather (from 2-22 C in the same day). Some of my seedlings have just stopped. Would love to have them looking like yours by November to plant out.
I'm glad you enjoyed 😊 that's the vibe I'm going for! Thanks! I sowed them in July to give them plenty of time to grow. Small seedlings will grow slowly at this time of year with low light levels
I planted my garlic into raised beds 3 weeks ago. I hope not too early. They have all come up 🤞
That should be okay 😊 they'll go dormant soon with temperatures dropping. They need a period of cold to form good bulbs. I think the key is to not start too early so they don't try and form a bulb before the winter... but you'd probably have to start them right in the middle of summer for that to happen😂
Cardboard works better than plastic in the garden give it a try😊
My garden also been hit by slugs but they stay away from my sunflower maybe they had enough to chew on, they complerely ate my Onions and Garlic and Tomatoes😢
Thank you for a tour in your garden❤❤❤❤❤
It's interesting that slugs seem to be going for onions, garlic, and tomatoes lately. Not exactly appetizing for them and I'm sure I heard onions were toxic to them
All my crops were late as well. Keep up the good work.
Many of us seem to be in the same boat this year. Thank you 😊
Jim im wanting to interview my favorite channels is this something that you would be interested in? Happy gardening Richardx😊
🐝thanks for the great video🌻
Glad you enjoyed 😊
I'm working my way through garden clean up too so thanks for the tips. Red Russian garlic is my favourite variety because it is easier to peel than any other garlic I have come across....and I'm not a fan of peeling garlic 🧄 LOL
I hate peeling garlic too 😂
Lovea the music you chose when clearing crops. It sounds so much like what yyou were doing- a transition from Summer into Autumn- great to listen to and watch! I do like your module trays- they look nice and strong. (the 12 cell ones) Can you tell me where you get them from please? Maybe try growing your sunflowers in the slug guard pots? I find they work very well. Thank you.
The artist is called Helmut Schenker. I use a few of his tracks in my videos, I feel it matches my vibe and fits with the video I try and create.
The module trays are just cheap ones from a local garden centre. Nothing special but they are pretty strong! I recommend Oakland Gardens website for some pretty good strong module trays. Tony O'Neill parked his van on top of them 😂
Thanks for the tips!
@@downtoearthwithjim lol!🤣
Hey Jim where did you get the weed membrane from?
You have achieved so much in such a short time with clearing the plot, covering it and building compost bays.. your doing a belting job and should be proud of yourself
As for the slugs on your sunflowers, could you possibly put a collar around the base of the plant like you can do on the broccoli plants?
Thank you Laura! Your kind words mean a lot! We decided to just go for it in August and whilst it was hard work, we got most of the work out the way and hopefully it'll be an easy winter slowly getting the beds done on top.
I tried copper tape round the base, this year but tried wool last year and that seemed to work better so perhaps I'll do that again and use wool next year
@@downtoearthwithjim ah Yee I heard that the slugs don't like feeling the wool on their underside I may try that one thanks
Great vids. It was sad to see you put membrane down on your new allotment. In my experience it really isn't needed for raised beds. I lined my new allotment with cardboard under the compost and it was good enough to smother most of the bindweed and horsetail. I still have to pluck new growth but it's not a big job at all. That membrane breaks down into shreds and is plastic. Good luck.
We're just trying to make things as easy as possible. Our plan is to apply wood chip paths areas that we will walk on. We need to make sure we replace the wood chip when it breaks down and ensure soil/debris doesn't gather on top as weed seeds will germinate and grow on top. Cheers!