Cracking on with HUGE Vegetable Garden To-Do List

[@christinebrooks6364]

Hi Clare, lots of clearing and mulching too. Lovely video update. Thanks for sharing and take care 😊

[@TheFarmyardGarden]

Hi Christine. We are all so busy still aren’t we? I’m sure autumn being so mild has put a lot of these jobs back a month. I really need to get the bulbs planted now

[@cherylprice1790]

I love winter clearing and prepping. I'm looking forward to springtime now. My home garden is left for winter hibernators. I love your hat.

[@TheFarmyardGarden]

I have left all of my hydrangea flowers etc in the garden, so plenty of places for insects to hide here too. I would have left some of the summer flowers for longer, if it wasn’t for needing to plant spring bulbs. Bit of a catch 22 there isn’t it? As the plot empties, I am starting to get more excited about next season and the fresh start. ❤️

[@cherylprice1790]

@TheFarmyardGarden yes it is with the bulb planting. I'm behind with that. Yes, it's great to have a fresh start. Your polytunnel and plot look great.

[@TheFarmyardGarden]

Thank you so much. I love your plot too. Are you growing those giant headed sunflowers again?

[@cherylprice1790]

@TheFarmyardGarden Thank you Clare. Yes I think so if the seeds germinate. I find sunflower sowing a bit hit and miss. Fingers crossed 😊

[@TheFarmyardGarden]

@ have to say I was pleased with how mine did this year but the germination rate was pretty poor compared to other seeds

[@WithrowUrbanHomestead]

It is amazing the difference a week makes. Thank you for the lovely time in the garden as I enjoy my morning coffee.

[@TheFarmyardGarden]

Awww thank you for sharing a morning coffee together. Lovely way to start our Sundays Have a lovely day ❤️

[@GardenofEmma]

A week makes all the difference. Fingers crossed for the occa. I love your Woolley hat. Love it love it love it ❤

[@TheFarmyardGarden]

You wait until the next video.. I think I need to trial them all in rotation during the video 😂😂

[@lindajones3015]

Morning Clare, lovely catch-up. I love the fact that you're still finding things to harvest. We could see the marrow outside your greenhouse 😊 I love how tidy your plot is. it's certainly ready for spring. And the greenhouse looked fab after a quick clean up. Lovely scenery too ❤

[@TheFarmyardGarden]

Were you pointing at the screen and going “it’s behind you?” I guess it’s the right season for it? 😂😂 I’ll have to go back and watch now as I never noticed it when editing either 😂🤭🙈 There’s a saying in our house.. tidy garden, messy house. I wish I was tidy everywhere. 😂 I couldn’t believe how dirty that greenhouse got. Shocked me. Hope you have a lovely week x

[@lindajones3015]

@TheFarmyardGarden 🤣🤣

[@TheFarmyardGarden]

I’d be no good trying to pick someone out of a line up would I? 😂

[@cherylprice1790]

Good job labelling the dahlias, I'm determined to be improved at labelling next year.

[@TheFarmyardGarden]

I start off with good intentions but they’ll probably fall off in the boxes and all go to pot. The magpies stole a lot of labels this year, so I had little clue what they were until they flowered this year 😂

[@dogontheplot]

Well we're in sync this week!! Lots of clearing and cleaning up here in the home garden, but you're hardier than me - look at you in the frosty weather!!! Great job. I think the plot looks nice in a diff way - you can see the structure more in the winter. Next year will be here before you know it!

[@TheFarmyardGarden]

That’s so true. There’s a freshness about the reset over winter isn’t there? I’m really excited for next season. There’s so many changes to make before then. I’ll probably run out of time for time all as spring will be here before we know it! Twinning is winning ❤️

[@jennyfromtheplot]

It’s all looking great Clare! I’m thinking of growing celeriac next year - thanks for the inspiration!

[@TheFarmyardGarden]

Do it! It’s such an easy crop. Literally plant and ignore until harvest. Don’t seem to suffer pests in my location (probably jinxed that now! Ha). ❤️

[@bethanskitchengarden]

Lovely update Clare, you are cracking on with your winter prep well. I think I'm going to store my dahlia's in spent compost over the winter...if I ever get around to doing it!! Take care

[@TheFarmyardGarden]

Hi Bethan. That sounds a good idea for storing the dahlias too. I hope the ones in the greenhouse pots do return but they were all only £1.50 each from the local plant nursery. I guess it’s not terrible if they don’t make it. The ones I pulled up where more expensive tubers from Farmer Gracy I need to catch up with you. Been so busy on the farm I keep falling behind with channels x

[@bethanskitchengarden]

@ no pressure Clare, life gets busy sometimes doesn’t it, just had a birthday party for my son so having a relax before putting up the Christmas decorations!

[@Feelgoodgardens]

Hi Clare 👋 What an amazing marrow and fab celeriac harvest. So much tiding up done in this video. Fabulous update. Have a great week ❤

[@TheFarmyardGarden]

I cannot believe I missed that marrow! It was well hidden. Such a surprise. I think we all feel surprised to be clearing summer things away in December.. autumn was so mild wasn’t it? I am getting so excited for next season and all the new plans coming to fruition ☺️

[@Littlesheddiaries]

What a difference one week makes! Well done for labelling your dahlias. I did mine in a rush last week and next year will be a lucky dip as I forgot to label them 😂 Love the pudding hat 😊

[@TheFarmyardGarden]

I think a lucky dip is good too, Clare. We shall see if the labels last through winter 😂😅😅 I have two new Christmas hats in the video going out this week. Hope you’re safe with the wind forecast. 🤗

[@kirstypollock6811]

Nice to see you - loved the Xmas hat! Cold here yesterday and today too, I managed to get the tomato plants down in my big greenhouse yesterday, cleaned up dead stuff and and got some leaves down as mulch. I didn't get the winter salads out of trays and into the ground in the greenhouse - maybe today. Soil temp in there is 8-10C, but it's not getting as much sun right now - trees casting LONG shadows. Amazingly, the stumps of a couple of tomato plants still have healthy side shoots! My own saved seed ones, I think, have mostly lost the labels now! You've inspired me to take in the celeriac, looks just the same as yours. I also left my fennel, it has a few sprouts. Hope all your winter protection endeavours are successful!

[@TheFarmyardGarden]

Afternoon Kirsty. I’m glad you like the Christmas hats.. I just ordered some more, including a Christmas baseball cap! Genius. 😂 🎄 Those long shadows are so startling this time of year aren’t they? It’s strange to see how differently light hits a growing space over the various seasons. Sounds like you have been very busy in your greenhouse too. Amazing to think some tomatoes still have side shoots. Madness! I am not sure if my celeriac did have the start of blight, or was just frost nipped, but I wasn’t prepared to risk the crop. I’m glad I’m not alone in leaving the fennel too. I start off with all good intentions, where labels are concerned, but things do go awry.. the magpies really played tricks on me with my labels 😂 Here’s to a great week. See you next Sunday 😊

[@AnyKeyLady]

Lovely update Clare. Looks cold there but love the Christmas pudding hat! I am hoping to overwinter our fuchsias that are in hanging baskets by the house. Fingers crossed it will get some of the heat of the house. Hope you have a great week. Take Care!

[@TheFarmyardGarden]

Ooo I hope your fuchsias overwinter well. We have lots in the garden that do but find the ones in the pots tend to suffer as the roots freeze more readily. You’re a lot warmer down south though, so I’m guessing you’ll be ok. It’s a lovely afternoon now but it had rained so much overnight that everywhere is a bog. Hope you have a great week.. the Christmas hats will be out in rotation this year ❤️🎄

[@AnyKeyLady]

@@TheFarmyardGarden Very wet rainy and warm down here too. Our local park down the road was flooded last week. Luckily, we are slightly higher up the hill, so just had stuff blown over during the storm the other day. It was dry yesterday but still too wet to go out and play in. Looking forward to seeing the hats! We put up our decorations yesterday ready for Fred the Elf to arrive. So glad to be stretching out the belief at this age. They don't stay young and innocent for long these days do they?! x

[@georgemartin9618]

Ask Duncan if he has a manure fork you could borrow (permanently). They're much lighter than a digging fork and the round tines are designed for lifting manure and compost etc. Great tidy up , I haven't been in the garden for weeks because of the cold .

[@TheFarmyardGarden]

I just asked Duncan and he says he doesn’t pick up manure with a fork, so doesn’t have one. It’s either scraped out of the sheds with the tractors or picked up with the telehandler in large quantities. I’m sure there must be a pitch fork for when he used to empty uneaten silage out of the feed troughs though… before he bought a mini digger for that job, to save his back 🫣 I think I only spent time in the garden two days this week.. cold or wet. It’s a tricky time but thankfully things can wait this time of year can’t they? Hope it’s warmer for us all next year 🙏🏻

[@doras.allotment]

Love the mince pie hat 🎄Seeing you garden always makes me want to get out to the plot, very motivating! Great idea with the tree ties for the dahlias. I'm risking leaving my plot dahlias in the ground... but I do need to get on and give them a blanket mulch. I had those bumps on my home ones last year and thought they could have been gall, but advice received said it could have just been the dampness. I trialed popping my affected one in this year and it was just fine. Envious of all that plop! 🤣 Those celeriac roots are incredible, as are your celeriacs. I'd also leave the fennel in, my garden fennel grew again from last year. Such a lovely video Clare, as always!

[@TheFarmyardGarden]

Thank you so much for sharing your fennel dahlia experience, Dora. The dahlia tubers do seem quite solid, so I’m hoping they’ll be ok for me too. I think I’d have risked leaving them if it wasn’t for the fact I want to move them to a more prominent spot next year. Not sure where yet mind you! Might even be in our back garden yet. I have so many Christmas hats. I love them! ❤️ I couldn’t get over how huge the celeriac roots were. I have left a lot of it back in the ground, to give some structure to the soil. Celeriac is so underrated. I do love it. We do get a lot of plop here. 😂🤭

[@cherylprice1790]

Your celeriac looks good

[@TheFarmyardGarden]

I love it Cheryl. I am so pleased they’ve done well. I think I held them back in pots too long, as I am pretty sure giant Prague should grow bigger than it has.. I’m very happy with them though ❤️

[@TheRightPearPlot]

Coming back to watch after work ❤

[@TheFarmyardGarden]

Hope you’re back home safely, soon x

[@TheRightPearPlot]

@@TheFarmyardGarden couple of hours at most x

[@TheRightPearPlot]

Will listen at work and watch again when back x

[@TheFarmyardGarden]

@TheRightPearPlot oooo not long at all. Soon be home 🤗🤗🤗

[@TheRightPearPlot]

@@TheFarmyardGardenhome ☺️ Wow Duncan is like Tricia in his shorts. Thick skinned 😂 I went to check on our home compost yesterday with hope to be spreading it, but nope too dry, just like yours, so I gave mine a couple of cans of rain water to hopefully get it to where I can use it. Dahlias…. Meh 😂😂😂 I’m going to dig the last one up at the plot this week!! Brenda the plot neighbour obviously hasn’t been to dig it out for herself. Greenhouse cleaning is another job on my list for sometime …..whenever 😂 Lovely update ❤

[@potagermalo]

Coucou Excellente vidéo 😊

[@TheFarmyardGarden]

Merci. Bonne semaine. A dimanche prochain.😊

[@allison5363]

fabulous sunday morning treat with you in the garden

[@TheFarmyardGarden]

Thank you Allison. There’s still so much to do. I haven’t even planted any bulbs yet. I wheeled the trolley full of bulbs in at the start of the video and not a one was planted 🫣🙈

[@allison5363]

@ i would wait for any moisture to dry out of the beds you can plant bulb’s until the end of december. xxx

[@TheFarmyardGarden]

@allison5363 let’s pray for a dry December! 🙏🏻🙏🏻❤️

[@Garden-of-weeden]

Doing the same thing myself, such fun lol

[@TheFarmyardGarden]

I keep thinking they’ll be less to do soon… then I look at the trolley still full of bulbs yet to plant. I’m so late! I bet you have some big projects for over winter too 😊

[@jaynekennedy8469]

We’ve still got a few flowers on our fuchsia! (Bristol UK)

[@TheFarmyardGarden]

Wow! I don’t think we do, I’ll have a look At the more mature ones in the garden tomorrow. Our golden anniversary rose (for my mother and father in law) has just flowered again though.

[@myrustygarden]

Brr Sir Duncan of the Shorts 🩳 aren’t those knees cold 🤭. Hopefully frost kills off some slug eggs and critters 👍. I pulled out the fleece the other night it’s been a very chill week. 3:16 😂😂 I was yelling at the screen get a shovel Clare. Your pockets are like mine full of stuff 😂. Great job Clare and getting prepped nicely. Have an awesome week stay warm, Ali 🥶🥶 1c 🇨🇦

[@TheFarmyardGarden]

I admitted defeat didn’t I? Was wary of fetching it, as worried about damaging the tubers. Once I had a spade it was “let’s use it for everything!” 😂 He had to wear jeans one day, Ali. He got chilblains lol 🤭🤭 Cracks me up how much I find in my pockets at times. It’s quite exciting going through the reset period and looking forward to Spring So many plans for jobs over winter. I imagine you have too. You do like to move things around too. It’s 11° here today. Pretty chilly for you Stay warm, all of you x

[@myrustygarden]

@@TheFarmyardGarden❤

[@adysveggarden]

Hi Clare, looking forward to see how the oca harvest. your secateurs will be in the compost bin or council green bin, that's how I lose mine.

[@TheFarmyardGarden]

Funnily enough, I said to Duncan that I wonder if they dropped between my two compost bins, as I would balance them in the side of them when chopping things up in the bin 😂

[@RobinGardens]

I grew celeriac for the first time. Love it. I think we love it best as fries in the air fryer with some salt, pepper and paprika. I'm definitely growing it again. I'm going to try overwintering my dahlias in pot this year. I just don't have the time or desire to left them.

[@TheFarmyardGarden]

Oooo I have never tried celeriac as fries/chips. Great idea! I’ll give that a whirl. Thanks Robin. I don’t think I fancy lifting dahlias really either, but those few needed moving as I don’t really want them where they are. I’ve left one in the ground by the polytunnel and the others in the greenhouse now to keep dry. Let’s see how they go. Hoping to have specific beds for them next spring. Big plans…. ❤️❤️

[@trold1969]

Ooo, I love a Clare Sunday morning. 🤩Awesome celeriacs! About sticks and stakes, I've heard they last longer if stored in a shed or somewhere away from the elements during winter. I don't have any storage area, so I have them in my living room. 😅I'm not sure about the fennel, especially in your area. You could try some fleece or mulch as protection, but I doubt they do any harm if they die and rot in the bed.

[@TheFarmyardGarden]

Awwww and I love a Sunday morning comment section where you pop up too! 🤗 I could put them under a farm building over winter. That’s not a bad idea. Thank you. Not sure Duncan would approve of them in the living room mind you. That’s next level commitment, Trude. I admire that dedication. I’m sure I’ll end up removing the fennel. I feel like I’ve got a lot still growing, yet the garden is also looking very bare. It’s a strange feeling. Won’t be long before we’re all thinking of spring again. Enjoy the rest of your Sunday. Hope the weather is being kind. ❤️

[@trold1969]

@@TheFarmyardGarden The weather is too kind actually, we're over 7 degrees today which is not right for the season, but I was out in my greenhouse and saw that parsley and coriander which I had cut down and left to die had grown a bit and I could have a tiny harvest. ☺

[@TheFarmyardGarden]

@trold1969 oh wow…. That is a lovely surprise harvest. It’s quite warm here, 11°, but it’s raining very hard 😭

[@28tv.]

So Nice Vlog 😍😍😍😍

[@TheFarmyardGarden]

Thank you 🤩 😍

[@Adayintheleaf]

I love your plot and I’m getting a lot of inspiration from your videos☺️ Glad I found you! Have a great week.

[@TheFarmyardGarden]

So lovely to see you here too. I have just been catching up on your channel too. I love that you are making it a family affair. Roman is just brilliant.

[@jacquicablelabel6187]

Hi. I have left my fennel in the ground for about 8 years now and each year it comes back more glorious than the last year. I don’t chop mine down as the birds love the seeds and use the stalks to sit on.

[@TheFarmyardGarden]

Ooo thank you Jacqui. I’ll probably stake it next year but it was truly wind battered from Storm Bert last weekend, and most stems were broken. 😭

[@BumblebeeAdventure]

🐝 Thanks for the great video 🌻

[@TheFarmyardGarden]

Thank you Sandra. Hope you’re having a lovely Sunday 😊

[@stephenmckelvie2032]

Hi Clare, you need to leave the Dahlias upside down to allow the excess fluid to drain or they'll rot.

[@TheFarmyardGarden]

Ooo thank you for this brilliant tip, Stephen! They’re on their side at the moment, but I’ll pop them upside down now.

[@myrustygarden]

Yep we have to turn off and dismantle the hose by now 😢

[@TheFarmyardGarden]

I think I must have been treading on it, as the pressure suddenly increased before it blew, you can see the hose suddenly grow to my left before it happened. I have moved the hose out for winter now

[@TheRightPearPlot]

Celeriac looking good as too is the HUGE marrow…. What did you do with that?

[@TheFarmyardGarden]

Nothing yet! It’s not squishy since thawing out. Think I’ll make more marrow soup I think

[@TheRightPearPlot]

@ never tried marrow soup 🙂… put in cake??

[@TheFarmyardGarden]

@TheRightPearPlot I didn’t make a single courgette cake this year! Who even am I?

[@TheRightPearPlot]

@ 😆 same, not even a single muffin here 😱

[@JoesPatch]

🌱😊

[@TheFarmyardGarden]

Thank you for watching, Joe. I hope you are well ☺️

[@dogontheplot]

Had to laugh at the wet bum!

[@TheFarmyardGarden]

Very wet! Super sad at breaking the hose 😭

[@petro3441]

🌲🎁👌

[@TheFarmyardGarden]

Thanks Petro ❤️🎄