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@DuncanRobinson-z2j 4 күн бұрын
Petit Gris De Rennes is fairly easy to grow and an early cropper. It is only a small melon, but good flavour. I live near Rochdale in Greater Manchester and grow melons in an unheated greenhouse on my allotment. This year was a crop failure for melons, I think due to the wet, cool and cloudy summer, you have to be careful of overwatering and roor rot with melons. I did grow watermelons one year from grafted plants I bought, but struggle to grow from seed in my area. I have also grown melons in a large cold frame successfully also some years. They do like manure few inches under the surface with top soil capping the manure. I also put yellow sulphur powder around where the stem goes into the ground to repel water from the stem and roots immediately near the stem, which is an old trick on 'The Victorian Kitchen Garden' BBC programme from the 1980's. A warm spring and hot summer are the best years to guarantee success with melons I have found. I once grew an enormous melon 'Uzbek Sweetness' which was a rugby ball oval shaped melon with a dark green skin and sweet, white flesh. That was in a year with a very warm spring and hot summer.
@robertsomerville713 6 күн бұрын
Happy New year to you and your family lets hope 2025 brings less slugs and more sunshine love the videos
@oddsocksgrowing 6 күн бұрын
Thank you ☺️yay to more sunshine and less slugs 😅
@AnyKeyLady 6 күн бұрын
Happy New Year!
@oddsocksgrowing 6 күн бұрын
Happy new year! 😁
@bewoodford2807 6 күн бұрын
great year summary video. Thank you. Happy New Year to you and yours. Happy growing 🙂
@oddsocksgrowing 6 күн бұрын
Happy new year! To you and yours too ☺️
@myrustygarden 6 күн бұрын
Happy New Year Helen and family here’s to an awesome 2025, 🎉🎉 Ali
@oddsocksgrowing 6 күн бұрын
Thanks Ali. Right back at you 😊💕
@jenidalby2383 7 күн бұрын
Love watching all your vlogs but this one was amazing!! You’ve had a busy year but still able to grow lovely fruit and veggies. Best wishes for 2025 xx
@oddsocksgrowing 6 күн бұрын
Thanks so much! 😊. I really appreciate the compliment 😁. Best wishes to you too.
@JamieHall-c3i 7 күн бұрын
What a lovely, feel good vid. Keep it coming. I'm looking forward to what you have in mind for 2025. Happy new year Socks x
@oddsocksgrowing 7 күн бұрын
Thank you! You too!
@deskjetuk 7 күн бұрын
What a great video, thank you so very much for sharing, have great 2025 growing season. I will follow you with interest. 🙂
@oddsocksgrowing 7 күн бұрын
So nice of you. Thank you 😊
@andrewramsey7405 14 күн бұрын
Spider mites hate moisture, greenhouses can dry out which is a breeding ground for spider mites, In summer regularly spray all over the insides of the greenhouse using a hose pipe, keeps humidity up which will help.
@jaspercaelan4998 21 күн бұрын
My leeks have been decimated by allium leaf miners for the last two years but they never touched my garlic or onions.. strange. I'm really hoping they won't get attacked this year, I hate having to net everything!
@oddsocksgrowing 6 күн бұрын
Same here. Been fine for years then 😥 may try again this year and net. But I hate nets
@jaspercaelan4998 5 күн бұрын
@@oddsocksgrowing I think I'm going to net my elephant garlic this year too even though it wasn't hit last year - don't want to chance it! Hope it works out well for you next year!
@sandrasouza5983 27 күн бұрын
I normally use the straw to put in my hens house and then when I clean the chickens house I put the used straw together with the manure and put in place where I want to prepare for growing plants in the future. You are doing it well in trying different approaches. Good luck!
@oddsocksgrowing 27 күн бұрын
That's what I will be doing this year too. But may do a compost bay just for that. As it may be a bit too rich. Also not sure of the pathogens. If I wasn't planting for 6 months or more I would do it. As it would rot down enough by then. But that's a great benefit of keeping chickens all the 💩 😂
@myrustygarden 27 күн бұрын
I know Steve Digwell, Ben GrowVeg and Liz Zorab have all grown quite successfully in straw and bales so you should have some amazing results Helen. Look after your back we only get one ❤, Ali 🌞🥶🇨🇦
@oddsocksgrowing 27 күн бұрын
Yea. Love those channels. I'll be growing in bales for next season 💪
@StevenCollins-u4m 27 күн бұрын
Hi. I've never used straw before, but I can see the advantage of using it. I'm not sure where I'd get it from - but I'll ask some of the other plot holders for advice. I have some large areas that I've not developed at all yet, so this is covered with black plastic until I can produce the beds next spring. The plot had not been cultivated for many years prior to me taking it on, and the weed growth was incredibly dense - hence the black plastic (not my favourite material for sure). The beds that I have developed now contain flower bulbs, garlic, onions and broad beans. Enjoying your videos. Thanks
@oddsocksgrowing 27 күн бұрын
Normally straw bales can be bought relatively easily. Mine were from a pet shop/ farm shop. But do come up on FB market place too. As for the black plastic. We did the same too at the beginning. It was all grass and brambles and weeds everywhere. It helped us manage areas to work in. Because we bough thick quality plastic we were able to use in different areas over the years. Normally when we're starting on really weedy areas. Or we did plant squashed through holes in weedy beds. A great way to keep growing while dealing with the plot. Keep going. Before you know it, it will be the new growing season, with all the excitement it brings ☺️
@StevenCollins-u4m 26 күн бұрын
@oddsocksgrowing Thank you for your detailed reply - much appreciated. Good idea to grow squashes through the plastic - I've never tried them so that would be fun to try. Having an allotment is so rewarding in many ways :-)
@JR-zo3hb 27 күн бұрын
I agree with you, what you are doing and not doing is just my cup of tea. Do you have any books by W E Shewell Cooper? I think you would really like them. He wrote over 60 gardening books and he is said to be the pioneer of No Dig and is a fan of letting the worms do the digging and I've not seen cardboard mentioned so far. I have many of his books including Compost gardening, his no dig book, and Soil, Humus and health. I recently got them from WOB £3.50 each and they are very interesting. I am not a fan of f1s either and I love buying seeds from Real seeds and have many packets. I have also saved my own seeds . Let me know if there is anything you are interested in growing . Jane
@oddsocksgrowing 27 күн бұрын
I haven't read anything from him. I'll have to take a look. ☺️ I'm all for balance. Using nature for nature. As much as I can anyway. Things take time, and each year we add or adjust as we along. Love using natural products to add to the soil. It's just a win win in my eyes. Normally free and easy to do. Love that you collect your own seed. Keep it up 👍
@StevenCollins-u4m 29 күн бұрын
You made an excellent job of constructing your polytunnels in the first place - that has certainly paid off. Glad you didn't suffer to badly relatively speaking.
@oddsocksgrowing 28 күн бұрын
Thanks ☺️. As my husband says. Always over engineer 😂.
@bryanyeo1745 29 күн бұрын
I been lucky my greenhouse is fine
@myrustygarden 29 күн бұрын
Always interesting what the winds leave and what it destroys 😢. Tarps here are always the first things to rip as they aren’t as durable as they used to be. We have a tarp on😊 our camper arch that has been there over 15 years but ones we bought a year ago ripped in our last storm 🤬. Well you are the girls are safe so I guess that’s a blessing. Have a better week ahead Helen, Ali 🥶🇨🇦
@oddsocksgrowing 28 күн бұрын
Yup tarps are rubbish these days. It's been fine with all the storms this year. But alas it just couldn't handle this one. I hope the new one lasts a bit longer than the last 🤞hope all is well with you Ali ☺️
@myrustygarden 28 күн бұрын
@@oddsocksgrowingas the plastic of the poly held up great can you put a sheet of that over the new tart for more protection
@oddsocksgrowing 28 күн бұрын
Maybe. But those covers were not cheap. I've got a bit left over. But I wanted to use it for a small project in the spring. But yes it's really quite strong stuff
@bewoodford2807 Ай бұрын
So sorry about you chicken run, but pleased they are safe and well. Also sorry about your greenhouse, but overall quite restricted damage. My three empty bean arches were brought down, bent and buckled. They were only the cheap ones but reinforced with iron bar. Some of the nets over beds weer blown off, or partially, but like you, overall not too bad and could have been a lot worse! Hppy growing 🙂
@oddsocksgrowing 28 күн бұрын
Like you said could always have been worse. I'm quite pleased really considering issues others have had.
@AnyKeyLady Ай бұрын
Sorry to hear about the damage Helen. Hopefully, they can be fixed soon and isn't too expensive. Hope next week is better for you. Take care.
@oddsocksgrowing 28 күн бұрын
Things can always be fixed or replaced. At least we were all safe ❤️
@jessicapayne8622 Ай бұрын
I’ve been so lucky! Both my tent greenhouses are still there in situ, a few pots over but that’s it. Glad you didn’t have worse than you did! X
@oddsocksgrowing 28 күн бұрын
Me too 😳. Could have been so much worse
@jenidalby2383 Ай бұрын
I landed someone’s poly in my shelter this morning, the felt off the roof has been ripped off and both ends of guttering flew over to my neighbours plot. All in all Im relieved, glad you are too xx
@oddsocksgrowing 28 күн бұрын
Glad you didn't have too much damage. That's the problem with strong wind. You may secure your own things down on the plot. But others may not. Which in turn can damage your own things. But sometimes no matter how much we prepare, mother nature just wins.
@JR-zo3hb Ай бұрын
Sorry to hear about the damage to the allotments. The overgrown plots are terrible for the other plots and what makes it even worse, I applied for an allotment 3 years ago on your site. I have discussed this with a councillor for this area, but it looks like nothing has been done. I now have to apply each year and can only name one site. The gardens in this area are a decent size so I am able to grow a few vegetables. It's so frustrating to be just told I will be contacted when i get an offered a plot when I can see many unused plots.
@oddsocksgrowing Ай бұрын
I'm so sorry to hear this. I was in exactly the same position as you for these plots. I waited 15 years to get a plot. Which is shocking. As we were told that there had been loads empty for years. I know they let a few last year. But nobody has come to do a single thing on them at all. All the allotments are going over to association very soon. I would like to be alot more involved in the whole process. I want to get the allotments back to how they should be. For people to take on. As at the moment it's extremely bad there. I'll try to find out for you what's available on there for you. And if you wanted any help just ask. The council are very reluctant to let these plots. Almost as if they want them unlet, then the land could be sold to housing 🤔. That's why I want to get the site cleaned up and let 👍.
@JR-zo3hb Ай бұрын
@oddsocksgrowing I asked the councillor I spoke to if they were not being let because it was going to become housing. He said not 🤔. I am very close to two sites so when I reapply each year, I put the other site as I though I may have better luck. I don't mind which site so would be grateful if you have any info. Thanks Jane
@Tea_and_thyme_2012 Ай бұрын
I’m off to check my greenhouse in a few minutes. Fortunately we’ve not had it too bad up here in Yorkshire but it has been very windy and my greenhouse is unfortunately situated underneath quite a few big trees with huge branches!!! Glad your chickens are ok though.
@oddsocksgrowing Ай бұрын
Good luck 👍. Fingers crossed for you. I'm sure the chickens will be fine. It was the trees I was worried about to be fair. Locally, we've had so many trees down.
@bewoodford2807 Ай бұрын
I use mushroom compost. I worry about straw that it might attract slugs. Thank you for a great video. Happy growing 🙂
@oddsocksgrowing Ай бұрын
I found less lugs in the straw bed this year then everywhere else to be honest. Not to say it won't harbour them, just like anything they can hide under. But I will probably take off before planting. Makes a good cover to suppress weeds in the meantime. Mushroom co.post can be a great addition 👍
@bewoodford2807 Ай бұрын
@@oddsocksgrowing Thank you 🙂
@myrustygarden Ай бұрын
Hair looks fab Helen 👍. Compost bins are great and doing a fantastic job of giving you garden gold. We are in a cold spell and foggy mornings but I prefer that to the rains. Great update Helen have a super week, stay warm, Ali 🥶🌞🇨🇦
@oddsocksgrowing Ай бұрын
Thanks Ali ☺️. We're in for another stormy few days here
@myrustygarden Ай бұрын
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@derekemerson8053 Ай бұрын
I am very lucky to get grass/garden prunings , kitchen scraps and in the autumn leaves from 3/4 people. When i compost them down i first use this to grow my spuds in and then spread it on the beds
@oddsocksgrowing Ай бұрын
The best things in life are free ☺️.
@RichardTaylorgardening Ай бұрын
I use chicken bedding for my brassica beds happy gardening Richardx
@oddsocksgrowing Ай бұрын
I have plans for mine too on a bed. I've added several bales of straw the last month or two, because of all the rain. It's breaking down nicely. So it will go onto a bed to carry on through the winter
@StevenCollins-u4m Ай бұрын
Hi. You've done really well to produce all that compost. That's something I want to improve on my allotment; I have a couple of bays, but I've not prepared them well enough - and the weeds took over. I shall be dismantling and starting again - and hopefully make a better job of it this time.
@oddsocksgrowing Ай бұрын
I think composting is the most important thing when growing. We try hard to get as much green waste as possible through the year. In fact, it's probably harder to maintain the compost heaps than the veggies 😂. Simply because of all the materials we use regularly and the loads we use. It gets hard work on the turn. But keep going with yours. We use a cover, an old builders' bag over ours to stop weed seeds being blown in. If it's a low heat compost bay, you're doing. Be careful on adding weeds with seeds in. Good luck with your compost 👍
@StevenCollins-u4m Ай бұрын
@@oddsocksgrowing Yes it's a low heat type. I hadn't thought of covering it so I'll definitely give that a go. Thanks
@KimmysKitchenandGarden Ай бұрын
I know this is random but whats the GSM of the green tarp you have used om the chicken run? Has it lasted long? Im just looking to buy some now.
@oddsocksgrowing Ай бұрын
No idea. Wasn't the thickest to be honest. Hopefully last through the winter. But I may get a much thicker one in the future 👍
@Tea_and_thyme_2012 Ай бұрын
I can’t believe how much snow you’ve got. Whereabouts in the UK are you? I’m in Yorkshire and we were supposed/forecast to be the “epicentre “ for a massive snowfall but it was pathetic what we got. I had my granddaughter overnight with plans to take her sledging
@oddsocksgrowing Ай бұрын
North Worcestershire. We weren't expecting much at all. Was surprised. Thankfully, it only lasted the day. I think we may get more before the end of next week
@myrustygarden Ай бұрын
Oh my giddy aunt ⛄️⛄️⛄️. Here it’s snowing up the mountains 🏔️ it rain at our house. Snow is lovely it it can be quite weighty on the netting. Shame about the bedding mess Helen 🤦♀️. You’re a good chicken mom though making sure they are ok. Have a great day, stay safe and keep warm, Ali 🌧️🥶🇨🇦
@oddsocksgrowing Ай бұрын
Thanks, Ali ☺️. Yup, snow and netting isn't the best. It's beautiful, though. But this week it's so cold. And the wind will pick up this week. It's been a while since we've had such a cold autumn. Great to reduce the whitefly, though ☺️
@myrustygarden Ай бұрын
@ it is always my hope extreme cold kills off stuff but some of the bugs and grubs I think wear sweaters and bobble hats 🤣🤣
@BumblebeeAdventure Ай бұрын
🐝 Thanks for the great video 🌻
@oddsocksgrowing Ай бұрын
So nice of you thank you
@smithyrayner Ай бұрын
Chickens can be such pains. We had an apenzella which rooted in the tree nd would wake up singing to the world at 3am during the summer! We couldn't hear them but very noisy for our neighbours. 😂😂😂
@oddsocksgrowing Ай бұрын
They don't always comply with what we want for them, do they 😂😂. I've got over trying make them go in.. after 8 weeks trying I gave up 😅.
@jessicapayne8622 2 ай бұрын
I’m growing amusing shaped chillies, thing is, I don’t eat them! I’m putting my garden waste in bit plastic boxes and leaving them in a dryish, covered area and mixing them about now and again. Seems to be going well so far! Thanks for the video. Really helpful and interesting x
@oddsocksgrowing Ай бұрын
Many ways to make a great compost. Keep up the good work ☺️
@KimmysKitchenandGarden 2 ай бұрын
I just found your channel recently, I really admire your garden especially the Polly tunnel and chicken run. Where do you get all the old trampolines?
@oddsocksgrowing 2 ай бұрын
Welcome in ☺️ FB market place. Especially through the winter months. Trampolines get damaged in the wind. We got all ours for free over a few months. 👍
@KimmysKitchenandGarden 2 ай бұрын
@oddsocksgrowing that's good I'll have a look out. Did you have to dismantle them all too? I really like your poly tunnel set up,if I get the allotment next door to mine I'll have the space to do a big one like yours. At the moment I have a small green one.
@myrustygarden 2 ай бұрын
Hair looks fab Helen 👍. I think the winter blues are going around, I have to check my list of jobs and as I say the first one on the list is get off the bloody couch 😂. Keep up the fabulous job the harvests are the proof of you doing a fantastic job. Have a fab week, Ali 🥶🌞🇨🇦
@oddsocksgrowing 2 ай бұрын
Thanks Ali ☺️ It's been overcast for what feels like weeks... no sun. Just continuously clouds. 😫. Mild, though. Slowly getting threw the jobs.
@jenidalby2383 2 ай бұрын
Another fab vlog! I’ve finished clearing about a quarter of my plot this morning. Docks are the only healthy looking plant atm I love to see it all nice and tidy again. 😅 Really struggling with woodchip this yr, hopefully the council will tip soon🤞
@oddsocksgrowing 2 ай бұрын
I keep stopping and starting 😂. Still got a few beds to weed. But it will be all about adding new compost to existing beds and creating new. I just need the energy to do 😅. I've been using leafy woodchip so far. Which obviously decomposes quicker. Won't be long before the leaves drop though.
@myrustygarden 2 ай бұрын
Brr 🥶 looks like the weather here 😢 although this week it’s torrential rain not fog. You never stop do you Helen 😂 you are a force to be reckoned with for sure. Hope you get to put your feet up once or twice 👍. Have a great week, Ali ☔️☔️🇨🇦
@stevem-h3562 2 ай бұрын
Nexxt few weeks is going to be earthing up spuds, clearing out the failed squash plants and (slightly more successful) courgette ones from the allotment patch and then putting in some green manures for a few months before the start of the next season; pulling out leeks that have been in for a while in a VegTrug wallhugger and putting in hardneck garlic; theres a far few things for us to be kept busy with, LOLZ.
@oddsocksgrowing 2 ай бұрын
I hear you on the busy. I'm a bit behind so far. I'm still clearing and weeding beds. Just been so wet. I may do garlic this year. But between alium leaf miner and onions white rot it's a struggle 😫
@stevem-h3562 2 ай бұрын
@@oddsocksgrowing yeah, i remember you saying that about last years crop for you guys, particularly Allium Leaf Miner, which must have been disappointing. Keeping the garlics and leeks elevated off the floor in a trug may have helped us avoid that, I dont really know, but conversely. it gives us smaller yields....
@jessicapayne8622 2 ай бұрын
First!! I’ve still got lots of chilli plants growing flowers and tiny fruitlings on. Should I cover them up with a clear closh for the autumn/winter? I don’t really want to loose them! X
@oddsocksgrowing 2 ай бұрын
It's pushing it now for chillies from flower to ripen. Daylight is a lot less. Warmth obviously helps. If you can bring them indoors, they may do. But to be honest it's very late. But you never know we have a very warm autumn with no more frosts. If you can protect then that's your best bet 👍
@jessicapayne8622 2 ай бұрын
@@oddsocksgrowing cheers! I’ll Probably bring them in at the weekend, if I don’t have room for them in my tiny greenhouse. I’ve grown them from seed and don’t want to waste them! X
@siggiroberts7432 2 ай бұрын
Well done, Hellen. Great job💪 Don't underestimate a woman when she had her mind set to something. 😂 It will be a fabulous growing space when it is totally finished. ❤ Your hair looks fab btw.
@oddsocksgrowing 2 ай бұрын
😂 I waited till the husband was away to do it! 🤣 No disagreements then on doing it. 🤣 Its a win win. 😊. Fingers crossed it all works out 👍
@ThatBritishHomestead 2 ай бұрын
Now that's a really good idea
@oddsocksgrowing 2 ай бұрын
Thank you. Hopefully, it works ☺️
@TheFarmyardGarden 2 ай бұрын
Oh my.. why didn’t we join our two together and do this? 😂😂😢 Well done Helen. Looks amazing. Love the plans for it and the watering system sounds interesting too The guy who built ours forgot to include the drop on the bases, so our guttering doesn’t drain as well as it should 😅
@oddsocksgrowing 2 ай бұрын
To be honest I've been thinking of it for over a year 😂. But didn't think I could do it. Glad I did. I'm going to sort the guttering. When it finally stops raining 😓.
@debz_vegplot 2 ай бұрын
We did this back in the spring 😁. We now have a 14ft x 6ft greenhouse and it's been amazing this year. You'll really notice the difference having doors at both ends, the ventilation was so good. We were given the smaller section for free as well 👍 For watering i've used the deep gravel trays, upturn some old trays inside and cover with capillary matting. Literally fill them with water once a week and it's a game changer !.
@oddsocksgrowing 2 ай бұрын
That's great. Can't wait to grow in it. I'll keep in mind your watering technique 👍
@AnyKeyLady 2 ай бұрын
Nice find with that greenhouse Helen and will be great for the chilli's and you get the benefit of more space.. Love the hair. Have a great week!
@oddsocksgrowing 2 ай бұрын
Thanks ☺️. Fingers crossed it goes how I want .
@ChrisGardenAllotmentJour-pr3en 2 ай бұрын
We should upcycle everything.
@ChrisGardenAllotmentJour-pr3en 2 ай бұрын
I have some plastic sheet which I'm using for mini greenhouse and composting everything Used pallets for new beds and compost area.
@oddsocksgrowing 2 ай бұрын
That's a great idea! Alot of things can be used to great effect
@myrustygarden 2 ай бұрын
No mess Helen future compost 👍👍. Greenhouse extension should be awesome. Have a fab week, looks sunny there, Ali ☔️☔️🇨🇦
@oddsocksgrowing 2 ай бұрын
Thanks Ali. You too
@jenidalby2383 2 ай бұрын
I love this!! Well done you for doing all that on your own 💪🏻 Hair looks great too ❤
@oddsocksgrowing 2 ай бұрын
Thanks. I like to keep busy 😂.
@RichardTaylorgardening 2 ай бұрын
Hi I do online serveys for Amazon vouchers only spent a few quid in 5 years on the plot happy gardening Richardx
@oddsocksgrowing 2 ай бұрын
That's a great idea 👍. Always ways around keeping the costs down.