Have you tried Long Red Florence, shallots.

Happy birthday for yesterday! I’ve never grown shallots successfully but I’m growing Japanese onions for the first time, which I’ve just planted.

hi there Mr W ,I made a wormery using the same setup as yours just after I saw Mrs W making yours ,I have now had my first harvest of worm compost I must say its very good stuff, I was just wondering how yours is going? keep up the good gardening

Many Happy Returns Barry. I grew Longor from sets with some success this year. A timeline for Zebrunne would be great.

Happy Birthday Barry, hope you & Mrs W had a lovely time. Looking forward to the how too video. I’ve grown a few Zebrunne this year but tiny as I was very late, still a harvest tho. I’m def considering doing more of those & less red onions next year, ideally I’d like a nice red variety too. I wonder if you could multi sow them? 😊

Do you have any videos on what to sow now to keep us fed through winter and the hungry gap?thanks 👍🏻

Happy birthday for tomorrow 👍🎂🍻😁

Happy Birthday, have a great day tomorrow.

Hi Barry have very happy birthday for tomorrow at the Allotment this morning to get rid of the rubbish have nice few days away mate stay safe bye for now

I grew Zebrune, from seed. this year too. I just harvested some today. Having some for dinner tomorrow. I am so looking forward to it now you've said how tasty they are. Your shallots look amazing. I put mine n late so don't know if that's teh reason why they are smaller? Certainly leaving them languishing in the cell trays did them no favours. Oh it's your birthday tomorrow. mny returns and I hope you have a wonderful trip.Thanks for yet another great video. happy gardening, (and sightseeing) 🙂

Have a lovely time in London lol

Happy bday 🎂 matey all the make sure you all enjoy the Day 🎉🎉😂😂😂😊😊😊😊

Hi so when would you set seed for the zebrune 😊

Looking forward to your workshop of growing sjalots. Have a birthday!

Never grew them but maybe I'll have better luck curing them than I did with my onions.🤞

Really interesting . May try Shallots next year . Thank You for sharing ☺️

Awsome Barry,I’m a bit behind you for cropping my shallots,but I too grew heritage from seed this year and they are doing a grand job,lovely and big,I think a week or so and I will crop,thanks for your efforts and much love 👍

Thanks for another great video. Enjoy your time with the grand kids 🤩💕

I normally pickle my shallots small whole. Do you use yours like onion replacement? Do you pickle your shallots? I had a critter rip open a potato bag today first incident of its type but there was loads of fabric all over the plot. new spuds tomorrow as a consequence. Happy birthday Barry

Am of course 6 months behind you, but am taking notes due to a new first tunnel house, am doing notes as my old books, glass house growing sections are not for vegetables.

hi Barry and Mrs W. I left a message on here yesterday ref the netting, but it seems to have disappeared. How weird! It was just to say the netting should be pulled taut and not left loose to make it safe for wildlife. Thanks for all your tips. The plot is looking so productive. Happy gardening 🙂

I’ve got my list of hacks and I’m off to the allotment to start Thanksc

Winter Squash looks great! How many plants was that? Only one? My curing onions went soft and moldy on me in my shed. Last year I hung them in the shed right side up by the greens and they cured fine but this year I placed them upside down on shelving I installed and it seems the liquid in the onion drained to the neck making them go soft and moldy. The heat was also more intense this year so that may have affected them also. The only other difference was I trimmed back a third of the green stalk to make it easier to get the them through the metal shelves. Any thought on what may have caused them to go soft on me? Thanks Barry!

Hi Barry and Mrs w my Tom's starting to reaping now got about twenty off today and cucumbers 🥒 and other stuff picking some more garkins just got other greenhouse what was avitist at the Allotment shop 12 bye 8 or 10 for 3oo pounds was worth 1400 pounds got back to the Allotment no damage your garden is looking fantastic mate and Mrs w my melons are picking up now the pumpkin got about 20 on well goodnight to you both stay safe

If you store green tomatoes at the end of the season in a box, they should ripen too.

Have you ever tried hestia dwarf runners for a earlier crop while your peas are in place iv had good success starting in containers in greenhouse early

Good top tips Barry,I pinched my runner beans out a week or so ago, had a lovely crop so far and now they are coming thick and fast,opted to just give dwarf French beans a go this year instead of climbing,working out pretty good so far,just hope I’ve got some for our local show in September, also my cherry toms are just like yours,I have never seen so many flowers on the trusses,hoping mine and yours give a lovely crop,fingers crossed,we might get an Indian summer to make up for the cold wet first half of this year,all the best to you and Mrs W,have a fantastic weekend 👍

OK. I must pinch out my Runner Beans and Onion Squash. I'll do it in the morning. Thanks for another great video.

Thanks for the reminders

Ahh thank you August it is thank you.

Having viewed a few vids on this subject. I do see a year ago 2 yrs ago but where do I see what month you are in? It may be helpful to say this is august july or what ever the month. If anyone can direct me to where I see a date I’d appreciate it many thanks . Nice clear advice .. off to prune my raspberries. Have to say they grow like weeds im in too minds whether to continue growing as they are sprouting up new growth everywhere .

Have you considered vermicomposting? Far quicker and great and bring good microbial life to your soil.

I got a hot composter from a local website it’s been great. I don’t have enough room for a compost bay so my beast harvest is in recycled compost bags at the side of the greenhouse waiting for autumn. I have a drip tray under the beast for run off and I have filled 2 x4 pint milk containers with liquid feed it’s amazingly productive Thank you for helping me take my gardening up a notch -Pete

Love your enthusiasm. Here on the Texas Gulf Coast, I am looking forward to putting in brassicas in a month. Yum, yum. My yearly worry is getting some rogue 30C+ days in November that bolt the broccoli. Somehow while our recent hurricane was taking trees and branches down all around us, the cherry tomatoes and peppers pulled through. I didn't lose a single tomato to the ground. No matter where we garden, we all have to adapt. 😊

Everything is looking good Mr & Mrs W. I have Rudolph & Claret on the go too. May have gone overboard on the amount of plants as per usual 😂 can I ask what you use to write your labels? My sharpee wears off in the heat/rain. Thanks 🎉

I’m looking forward to getting my hot composter going once I’ve done some reconfiguring at home. Plan will be to use the hot bin at home & then add to a dry bin at the plot, in a similar fashion to yourself as opposed to waiting for fine seed sowing compost.

I made my best compost ever this year xx

Good evening Barry and Mrs w just looking at your onions and the shloots are looking very healthy pick some beetroot today and Mrs d picked them just been taking to the son about your compost we should do hot 🔥 bins been to a funeral this morning one of lads at the club he was 75 he was lovely fella so sad things are starting to looking good bye for now mate stay safe. To you both

A timely remiinder for me to empty my Hotbin. Thank you. Is old yellowed cut grass green or brown for compost?

Another great video thank you. I just wanted to ask if your beauty or beast continues to run at 60 degrees or does it cool between fills, if not how do I keep mine running hot all the time as it only seems to warm up when I add grass waste, obviously mixed with brown, it lasts at 60 degrees for 2/3 days then drops to 30. Thank you once again for all your knowledge. Sharon from Norfolk

Composting is a lot of work but well worth the effort when you get that black gold for your garden. I have 2 finished piles of compost, one that will get turned in a few weeks and one I just started a couple weeks ago. We are having our pond rebuilt and yesterday I watered my garden with nutritious pond water and dumped the scum at the bottom into the compost pile which should add some good nutrients there also.

Nice video-can I ask is it ok for tomato leaves to go in the hot composter - my worms don’t seem to like them they try to migrate out-ty

Great video guys. My compost pile is more of a composh pile. So much wasted food where I've grown far too much this year! You can only give away so much. My problem is my compost piles don't get hot enough to kill seeds, I could have thousands of volunteer plants next season😂

The weather is just mental this year

I struggle to grow raddishes & beetroot any tips would be gratefully received x

Just found your videos & thoroughly enjoyed it & Norfolk is my fave holiday destination so have subscribed xx

What a great idea! Quick and no weed seeds - win, win. Pattern cutter eh! That takes skill. I used to dress windows countrywide for A Jones & sons many moons ago and my shops included Norwich, Beccles and Bungay. Cream of the crop were Church for ladies and men and Start rite for children. I loved my job.

i have plants to go in, mainly brassicas, (purple sprouting, (Rudolf and Claret), Swede Tweed, Turnip, ( Tokyo Cross), Purple cauli, (Violetta) Romanesco cauli, Cabbage, (Wheelers), Cabbage, (Jan King), Red cabbage, (Drumhead), Kale( Nero di Toscana), Kale, (Dwarf curled), Kale, (Black \Magic) and kohl Rabi, (purple), and Kalettes. I also have some Tomato cuttings , (from my greenhouse plants) to plant- they are currently rooted in water, poor things. I have had such a huge harvest that keeping up with harvesting and preserving has taken most of my time. Today I prepared 3kg of Blackcurrants, by making jam. I still have 6 kg of wheelers cabbage to blanch and freeze. My poor freezer is groaning, ha ha. I am also keeping my flower garden and cutting garden dead headed and neat. The sweet peas are cut daily and I am getting at least 10 bouquets from them daily. ( from 2 x 4ft rows). They have done exceptionally well this year- probably due to the cool wet weather. Your plot is looking fabulous. Isn't it lovely to look at your plate and know that you grew most of it and know what has happened to the plants and where they have come from. Happy gardening 🙂

You have inspired me. I showed all the swede and lab, etc. but not planted yet as I’m plotting them in due to slugs grrr

The day length really does make a difference- but the heat does too if not careful they can bolt I’ve found before.