April Polytunnel & Greenhouse Tour

[@grahamthorpe2314]

Erica's ability to talk to the camera with a very conversational style and without a script is great. My wife thinks she would be perfect as a young presenter on Gardeners World or what about a radio d. j. ? All this gardening presentation and looking after a young family at the same time takes special talent!

[@ericaslittlewelshgarden]

A young presenter, wow... Don't get called young very often, I'll leave gardeners world to Francis! 😂

[@potagermalo]

Coucou 👋🏻 👋🏻 Vraiment top bravo 😊 A bientôt

[@ericaslittlewelshgarden]

Thank you.

[@potagermalo]

@@ericaslittlewelshgarden de rien

[@jackiefoster8866]

I have got growing Cosmos, tomato, french beans, board beans, potato and lots of wild flowers, strawberries and Raspberries, onions. Spinach. I love watching your blog. I'm from south Wales. Small garden great for your well-being.

[@ericaslittlewelshgarden]

Amazing!

[@chris.s.9992]

good morning from Virginia USA. the weather here has been all over the place and unusually dry. April showers bring may flowers.

[@ericaslittlewelshgarden]

Yes but it's May now and it's still raining here. 😂

[@cristinanderson4767]

I always plant onions with the hopes that they bulb up nicely but they never do 😅 I have a few tomato volunteers popping up in my greenhouse so I’m glad about that.

[@ericaslittlewelshgarden]

They will if you leave them long enough!

[@thetinygarden_]

Your peas are flying it since you put them in, I have some of the same plastic netting I might use it on my next batch. Looking forward to the next tour already!!! 🌱💚 Laura 🌱🙃

[@ericaslittlewelshgarden]

Thank you. 😊

[@myrustygarden]

Yep it’s shite weather here too cold 12c max and 1c nights, are we sure it’s not March 😂. Hope everyone is well have a fab week, Ali🥶☔️🇨🇦

[@ericaslittlewelshgarden]

Haha, that's one way to describe the weather we've been having.

[@lyndaturner6686]

Yes Erica the weather has been awful, I’m in North Cornwall but I have been able to move all my Chillies Tomatoes and Peppers into the greenhouse about a week ago and they’re doing fine in spite of cool night time temperatures, even my squash and cucumber plants are growing strong, so there is hope by the start of May it is hopefully getting warmer, so looking forward to seeing what you’re doing outside , it’s so nice to watch your videos because you speak right at us as if we were there with you.

[@ericaslittlewelshgarden]

Oh lovely, hope they're doing well.

[@don5125]

Just like you we have more than enough rain fall! Here in Devon we already have a hose pipe ban 27/04/23. 🤪😊👍

[@ericaslittlewelshgarden]

Really?

[@don5125]

@@ericaslittlewelshgarden yes no lie! They say the reservoirs are low for this time of year!! Yet we haven’t had a week without rain. Could be that so much farm land has been built on the population has tripled in 5 years.

[@helenmcclellan452]

I started everything we enjoy eating from seed this year: tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, leafy greens, okra, squash, pumpkins, flowers, herbs, etc.. I am excited to get transplanting in two weeks.

[@ericaslittlewelshgarden]

It's great to be excited!

[@ThatBritishHomestead]

my eggplants completely failed this year!

[@sarahbell4344]

Hi Erica , Thank you for your update , everything is so slow this year, still so cold and wet , I live in Carmarthenshire. Have peas in poly tunnel not as advanced as yours, still have purple sprouting broccoli and asparagus that I am harvesting now. I just added 9 more asparagus crown’s yesterday. Have early potatoes in polytunnel too. Had a disaster potting up my cucumbers yesterday, didn’t realise how sensitive they are ! they have transplant shock and just wilted , some seem to be bouncing back. But I too had to bring in some seed trays to my prop gator in the house to try and get some seeds germinating as it’s so cold.!

[@ericaslittlewelshgarden]

Oh no, hope your cucumbers recover! 😊

[@johnking-ht5ez]

Nice one Erica. Thanks.

[@ericaslittlewelshgarden]

Cheers John.

[@catemc2323]

I only wish I had a poly tunnel or green house Erica. Anything I have started is sitting on my kitchen worktops, on top of the fridge etc. Not long now before I can get them outside 🤞🏻💚🍀

[@ericaslittlewelshgarden]

Hope this weather sorts out soo.. 😂

[@catemc2323]

@@ericaslittlewelshgarden I have 24th May marked as my planting out date 🙄 All we need is patience 🤗

[@Leigh33]

Sounds like you're in the Swansea area like me. That downpour just passed over us too. 😂🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿❤🦢

[@ericaslittlewelshgarden]

Yep, I'm Swansea Valley me! Sock of this rain.

[@MyScottyboy1]

I lived at Townhill in Swansea as a student for three years. It rained every day... apart from when it snowed!

[@stevendowden2579]

cracking video erica

[@ericaslittlewelshgarden]

Thank you.

[@tonyr7393]

I hope you are right about the South Wales weather. I'm down there in a couple of weeks for some cycling.

[@ericaslittlewelshgarden]

Fingers crossed

[@mandytaylor1008]

Hi Erica love watching you ad you are so real. Your poly and greenhouse are doing amazing. Can’t wait to see the woodland and the new surprise area. I am using my poly as a place that’s warm and dry to sow seeds and prick out they are also on a table and shelving. In the geeenhouse I also have staging with lots of pots and trays with seeds and seedlings. I have however got lots coming on on the plot outside. Carrots and parsnips and beetroot are all up. My early spuds are thru and now covered in straw as we getting frosts tonight and for rest of week I believe. We still eating some overwintered brassicas and onions and garlic also doing well. It’s very very cold for this time of year and very wet. One good thing our water butts are full in case it’s a very hot summer. We complain it’s raining and freezing cold soo I expect we will be complying it’s too hot🤣anyway take care I will look out for your next video👍🙋🏻

[@ericaslittlewelshgarden]

Glad you enjoyed, thank you for watching.

[@lindacano437]

Weather in Kentucky, USA is rubbish as well. It is so chaotic and I don't have much hope for my garden this year. Frankly, it's so depressing to see seedlings start to die off with no hope of being able to plant them out or pot them up. Due to health issues, this is most likely my last garden. I'm sure I will be able to find something to replace the garden to keep me busy, but it definitely will not be the same. I can substitute my pleasure with your garden.

[@ericaslittlewelshgarden]

I totally agree with you to be honest.

[@Majkel96.]

Pozdrawiam Serdecznie :)

[@ericaslittlewelshgarden]

Thanks for watching.

[@jackparton3198]

Hey the update on your garden is fantastic can’t wait for your weather to break to see what you are doing next.

[@ericaslittlewelshgarden]

Thanks for watching.

[@pheart2381]

I had to bail water out of my big tub again. It drains well enough in normal weather. Not holding much hope for my poor tomatoes. I have a dog violet in one of my pots though,so that cheered me up a bit. The French make soup out of sorrel. Maybe an idea for larger leaves.

[@ericaslittlewelshgarden]

Such a pain isn't it? Hope they do OK.

[@MyScottyboy1]

The slugs and snails have been having a great time down here in Sussex. I totally sympathise. My chickens are helping out though. Maybe get two or three hens in a run near your greenhouse?

[@ericaslittlewelshgarden]

I did have chickens but they're just another dependant to look after, if I get chickens I might forget to feed my children or something. 😂

[@anonet78]

Repot all of them tomatoes then keep them warm for the next 3 weeks.

[@ThatBritishHomestead]

is everything ok in the green house now? due to the the late frosts?

[@ericaslittlewelshgarden]

Absolutely fine thank you. 😊

[@ecocentrichomestead6783]

Digging animal.... Are there weasels and/or mink in your area? If it's sunny the entire summer, it won't be great. Remember the heat of last year? We just need to roll with what nature gives us.

[@ericaslittlewelshgarden]

I'm wondering if it's a fox looking for worms in my woodland area, I need to get a wildlife camera.

[@ecocentrichomestead6783]

@@ericaslittlewelshgarden a wildlife camera might answer the "who done it" question, but would it be worth the money or help solve anything?

[@Beaguins]

I suspect squirrels or some other rodents got into your spinach. I have often had squirrels and chipmunks dig up my plants. They don't even eat them; they just dig them up and let them die.

[@ericaslittlewelshgarden]

Maybe, thanks for watching.

[@david111davies]

Sadly the history of strawberry varieties is very patchy or has been lost in time. The Elsanta you are growing is from 1975 and is a cross between a 1955 Dutch variety Gorella and a 1965 American variety Holiday.

[@ericaslittlewelshgarden]

Oh wow, thanks for the info!