April Seedling & Greenhouse Tour

[@joj1252]

I’m a fair weather gardener. Haven’t been to the plot in ages because of this rotten weather. Couldn’t believe the jungle of weeds that had taken over. You really have to do little & often to keep on top of things. Learned my lesson 🤣 Your plots are looking great JB. Great harvest & lots to go in too. So rewarding.

[@JBNat]

It really does not take long for the weeds to take over does it?

[@AndysKitchenGarden]

When ever I sow beans in pots. I plant them and they get eaten up. When ever I direct sow, they do better 😅

[@majordog2399]

Muther chuckers, your turning into Tony C😂 not a bad thing. Interesting vid.

[@wildchook745]

Very nice harvest, JB. Scott did a Leek and Potato soup the other day and OMG it looks delicious. I can't wait to make some myself when my leeks come up. My rhubarb is that colour too, very pretty.

[@Dawn_Grows_Veg]

The PSB seems to have been a slow burner this year for a number of instagram and KZbin gardeners I follow and my own PSB too. I nearly gave up on it and finally had my first bit about 3 weeks ago then nothing and suddenly it is absolutely marvellous. I am sitting catching up on your vlogs while munching mine for supper tonight. It is so good to have something to pick again at this time of year that isn't Kale! Enjoy your leeks, that puff pastry and cream cheese leek tart sounds lush. I may have to buy some leeks to try it out as I don't have any of my own at the moment.

[@JBNat]

Thanks Dawn! I made the tart tonight and it is so so good! Just this kind of thing www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/leek-cheese-bacon-tart

[@KellyWoodroffe]

"mother chuckers" 😂 trying to keep it family friendly 😂

[@JBNat]

I learned that one from Tony c Smith and it's my favourite 😂

[@lookinglassminiature]

This made me laugh also. lol

[@ErraticPerfectionist]

You mentioned seeing your video from a year before and how much the garden has changed and improved, but I'm watching this after having seen your latest garden tour almost a full year later and oh it's so satisfying knowing how much you've accomplished in just one year! I've had my home garden for almost 9 years now, and I look at the haphazard bricks that separate beds from the meagre mulch paths (I'm not a fan of grass because it's always couch grass that gets into everything and is so difficult to get rid of completely), and right now, I've got ridiculous amounts of weeding, pruning and tidying up to do just to stop the back garden looking like an eyesore, and somewhere that I want to spend more time in enjoying the plants I haven't accidentally killed off. 😅 Your garden looks fantastic here, and even more amazing a year later. 😊 It gives me hope that I will be able to get my own garden back to a state that I'm proud of!

[@christinebrooks6364]

Hi JB, its lovely going really early, peaceful, bliss! Great ploy update, all your plants are looking really good. Thanks for sharing and take care 😊

[@ThatBritishHomestead]

all your seedlings look so nice! well done! the big push will be starting soon as we sow them out! LOL

[@jennyjohnson9012]

JB dont forget to check under your module trays, I found the slugs were hiding there. I thought they were crawling up the glass and eating my stuff but they were actually living on the underside of the trays and coming out every night for their supper 🤣 Those leeks are amazing!

[@JBNat]

Great tip! I'm going to steal that for my next Potty mouth show 😃 It is the first place I checked though, and thankfully slug free. No attacks since! (touch wood)

[@margaretalice6343]

With our differences in uk temperatures we all are chancing our hand tbh. However spinach is flying wild rocket is flying and obviously chard and beetroot in Northumberland

[@mandytaylor1008]

That’s amazing a really lovely little harvest you deserve to be thrilled👍🙋🏻

[@margaretalice6343]

Ya can have calendula leaves pretty gold leaves in salads 😍

[@emdeejay7432]

Your leek videos always make me wanna grow some leeks. They looks so nice and. Ive never really eaten a lot of leeks, but I love alliums in general so im sure id love them. I just love the way they look when you pick them. Very lovely looking veggie.

[@JBNat]

Yess! When you peel off the outer layer and it's all clean and you see the lovely white stem, really love to grow them.

[@CharlieGardening]

Green house in a greenhouse!😅 it’s all looking great!

[@margaretalice6343]

Hey ho. You’re having a moment JB it works ❤

[@lookinglassminiature]

You have so much on the go this year, your plot is going to be full tilt!!

[@PreatorRaszagal]

Nice with so much stuff growing! and nice cucumbers even if you don't think it is something to cheer for! Haha love the Ocimum Sanctum monk kind of pronunciation 😄And I really need to plant some tomato seeds soon. just need to find some pots to plant them in...LOL, strawberries and rhubarb in april! bonkers! Haha commando/Rambo slug. My dad bought some kind of raised bed with legs that go down in some cup of water that supposedly prevent slugs from crawling up to whatever you grow in it. Wonder if you can make your own version of that to prevent your seedlings to get "slugged" 🤔

[@JBNat]

Interesting idea with the water! Never heard of that one!

[@LetsGrowHome]

Awww that was a braw wee harvest you got there. I'd buy ladybirds for the greenhouse as last 2 years I've had issues with aphids. I also call tomatoes strawberries all the time 😂

[@margaretalice6343]

Always leave purple sprouting broccoli. Seriously good sprouts leave them to do their th💗

[@margaretalice6343]

Gentle with the leaves

[@marksallotmentplot]

Things are looking good JB 👍 Bloody slugs!!!

[@margaretalice6343]

Timing is everything for beans. They’re such divas Leave delicate beans for later sowing when they sing

[@UpthePottingShed]

Nice video! None of my Cobra have germinated so far, just sown some more today. Once the mixed lettuce come up like that, I prick them out into a bigger pot. I use the seed tray as a holding area as they stay little. Nice way of getting succession going.

[@plantsdaft]

Perfect timing, I've just sat down to a cuppa coffee!

[@quietspacearts]

yes coffee in hand decaf lol but watching this with enthusiasm

[@Sethrain]

The forgotten thingame at 3:00 looks similar to the Cosmos I've sown. They're at a similar stage of development.

[@margaretalice6343]

When ya want pea plants out the gutter water it leave for an hour then ease it all carefully around the edges (sometimes the roots sort of stick to the gutter) then it slides out effortlessly 🤩

[@margaretalice6343]

Calendulas are amazing. They can be invasive to be sure. However they wonderful too X

[@margaretalice6343]

Forced rhubarb apparently is so so sweet I don’t force it. Enjoy JB

[@JBNat]

It was gorgeous in a crumble!

[@mandytaylor1008]

It’s middle to late may for planting out for us. I am on holiday a week from 21st may so I either plant out b4 or after not sure yet.

[@gardenonthemoors]

Shame about those blooming slugs, but glad you got a good harvest today, those leeks look handsome!

[@bethparsons4151]

The seedlings that have not been labelled look like marigolds. With your cosmos you could nip the growing point out that will make very bushy plants

[@sundays9143]

yay Jess! don't u listen to JB your flower beds will be awesome. I love that shade of cornflower too! best wishes to u both

[@JBNat]

Haha I didn't say they wouldn't!! Honest!! I was just saying about where the sun moves so it's generally good not to put the tall things at the front 😀

[@Growveguk]

The Brad's have a strong wild tomato lineage in them, I don't know many tomatoes with leaves as strange, a close second are Sweet Casaday which are incidentally one of my other favourites!

[@jeanhelliwell8160]

Looking great JB

[@rachelcatchpole]

Great harvest

[@ballysillanallotment-man5793]

Brilliant harvest to take home JB

[@martacooper1565]

Could mysterious plants be marigolds or cosmos?

[@JBNat]

I think you're right about them being marigolds yes!

[@Bexyboo88]

Pop some vaseline on the shelving upright parts and that should hopefully stop them :)

[@JBNat]

Great thinking

[@mags9536]

Recipe for leek and cheese tart please JB 😁

[@JBNat]

www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/leek-cheese-bacon-tart I made it tonight! So good

[@mags9536]

@@JBNat Thanks for the link JB. It looks delicious. Will definitely be trying it soon

[@MrLaking123]

the flowers look like marigold seedlings

[@JBNat]

I think they are!

[@mandytaylor1008]

Hi jb I think those seedlings could be cosmos. What will you do with your basil seedlings now as if I get them to germinate they nearly always die

[@JBNat]

I've done basil plenty and generally I leave it until it's got a few true leaves and pop them into 3 inch pots and they do just fine. They do like it quite warm.

[@francesbatycki404]

You sound like a whiz in the kitchen! Cool!

[@JBNat]

I'm actually terrible!! Jess does 95% of the cooking honestly....

[@julieballantyne1797]

I’ve got 3 strong toms on the window sill, they are getting very tall but I think it might be too early to put them out. Should I pinch the tips out or just support it x

[@JBNat]

I think leave them as they are and just plant them nice and deep when it comes to potting on. Tomatoes love being planted deep.

[@mandytaylor1008]

I have never heard of slugs eating tomatoes that’s a surprise to me

[@StellasVegetablegardens]

the slugs are probably under the tray 😮

[@JBNat]

Thankfully nothing there! But always good advice

[@freckles2437]

Slug and snail damage to our precious seedlings is 🤬. I am resorting to just a few organic slug pellets in the greenhouse only as I am fed up of feeding them. Jo Devon 🙂

[@hazelbell9855]

Look like marigolds or cosmos

[@JBNat]

I think they are probably marigolds! Vague memories of sowing them...

[@margaretalice6343]

What on earth do ya want JB It seems fine 😻

[@fafafarmlife]

Xin chào ❤❤

[@margaretalice6343]

Nightmare I’ve got weevils on me strawberries. Horrendous. Nemysys works It affects photinia among others. 😢

[@linaso9739]

Your miserable weather is coming to us next week, unfortunately. By the way, why the rhubarb is growing in a barrel?

[@JBNat]

It's called forcing! If you exclude light from them the stems grow quicker and are that little bit sweeter. You apparently don't want to do it every year as it weakens the plant.