My Scottish garden at the end of January

[@mamache2028]

Here we are again watching your lovely videos.. breaking my silent as a silent viewer. Hehehe. Nice to see your garden

[@eliandkate]

I approve 😍 It’s always lovely to get to know the folk watching

[@GardenerScott]

Great tour. Great plans. Great amount of envy by some of us.

[@eliandkate]

I was hoping it would give you happy feels rather than envy 😃

[@GardenerScott]

@@eliandkate I did watch much of it with a smile. 🙂

[@Saladgirl123]

I love how much thought you put into your garden, it's awesome! And the different zone names always crack me up! 🤣

[@eliandkate]

😂😂😂😂 I don’t even think about them now, been doing it so long

[@joannashea3704]

Thoroughly enjoy seeing your beautiful garden! This time of year, we have 6’ of snow here in Ontario Canada, so no green for us. We are planning our gardens and starting seeds indoors…dreaming of spring! Take care!

[@mariadaltonshaw7755]

Great name for the new area Kate

[@gardenaddict]

Love a nosey 👌😁💚🌱 looking so good and a new side piece 😁

[@eliandkate]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@tricia9559]

So pleased your lovely garden ‘survived’ the storm

[@fionamatthews9266]

Glad to hear you didn’t suffer too badly in the storm. Looking forward to following your progress this year. A friend told me about your videos and as a “beginner” trying to grow vegetables in Moray I am very glad to get any advice. I’m busy now going through your back catalog and thoroughly enjoying it. Thank you so very much xx. PS that’s the only acceptable “bit on the side” that will EVER be allowed lol❤

[@eliandkate]

🤣🤣🤣🤣 yeah I’m surprised Kate hasn’t said that.

[@e.l.freeman5649]

Kate, I planted my hellebores on a slope, lots of them. Now I can see all their amazing flowers!

[@eliandkate]

Oh that’s fab!!!!!!

[@julie-annepineau4022]

Lol, love Kate's humour for naming areas. Enjoy your side piece Eli!

[@eliandkate]

🤣🤣🤣 see… side piece is better

[@kathyfletcher4694]

@@eliandkate Lucky you! My mate won't let me have a side piece lol.

[@trold1969]

Oh, I'm happy the storm wasn't so bad for you - or the pine cone. Thanks for the tour. I like the time when it's just starting. So much hope and expectations. I have a few things on my balcony that hasn't died either this winter, but winter may come back hard and strong, even though it feels like it will be an early spring this year.

[@eliandkate]

I’m 100% expecting it to hit hard in Feb 😭😭😭😭

[@trold1969]

@@eliandkate Noo, I don't believe you! 😂 We'll have a dip to -8 next weekend, but it's not lasting.

[@normalivengood1197]

Wonderful tour and beautiful garden! Southern Illinois here and absolutely no green to speak of. Holding out thoughts of spring and this video helped a bunch! Thanks so much!

[@eliandkate]

Glad to give you a little blast of some green stuff Norman

[@carolinebown8686]

So very happy to hear you're both safe from the storm & that your beautiful garden wasn't that damaged 😊😊 Lovely winter garden tour ...your garden is fabulous .....so good to see a video on a Sunday ....are you planning on posting on Sundays again ? 😊😊❤❤

[@eliandkate]

Ah, I mentioned a few videos back but I’m not actually posting in any set day any more. Now I’m posting when I have something, so might be a Sunday might be a Tuesday might be both or none 😁

[@carolinebown8686]

@eliandkate That's absolutely fine ....I'll be watching out for sure 😘😘😘😘

[@eliandkate]

🥰🥰🥰

[@LynnJordan-l2t]

I've used everything from tomato cages to cattle fencing to keep the cats out of the garden. Thanks for the sticks n string idea😊 And I will also try the coffee grounds on the soil for the pesky squirrels. But they sure are cute 😊 I'm in BC Canada so I feel our climates are similar. Keep on gardening eh!🫎

[@eliandkate]

I suspect you are way way colder than us And way way hotter in summer Scotland has lots of variations in the weather we get. Where we are is quite mild

[@GrowTowers-eo8ni]

Very enjoyable video, I'm usually focused on preparing for the coming vegetable season this time of year and this sent me out to enjoy the little bit of greenery in the perennial beds for a bit.

[@eliandkate]

wooohooooooo!

[@TheFarmyardGarden]

So pleased you survived the storm well. New planter is lovely in your bit on the side. I did wonder if it was cats or squirrels that were your issue. Both is a bit 😱 I’ve had to take to covering some of my bulbs due to squirrels too. Thanks for the coffee grain tips. Will try that. Your garden is looking lovely, colour year round. Thanks for sharing 😊

[@eliandkate]

It feels like it’s so close to bursting although I keep thinking, shouldn’t there be crocus here already?

[@aboutthegarden]

What a treat to watch your video. You have such a lot even just now. It’s so exciting to see everything that will come up soon. I get such a thrill seeing the new growth peeking through. My Bleeding Heart plant is poking through now 🥰. You are also inspiring me to try to plant a herb garden. Have a wonderful day! Sandra 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@eliandkate]

I saw your excitement at the bleeding heart 🥰

[@aboutthegarden]

@ ah, I forgot I had posted it on my stories 😬

[@eliandkate]

@ 🤣🤣🤣 the internet is watching

[@aboutthegarden]

@@eliandkate 🤣🤣🤣

[@Pip102]

New to your channel, really enjoying your inspirational and motivational content and your sense of humour that brightens up a cold wintery day. Thank you.

[@eliandkate]

Welcome to the gang 🥰

[@elizabethwilson9983]

Grateful for the tour of your garden. So glad you didn’t have a lot off storm damage. I had a wee bit back fence came down after a large tree branch fell on it. My front window lintel was destroyed, lids came flying of my bin store & to top it all my new greenhouse door flow off 🙄 luckily the glass didn’t break. Trying to think of a way to secure it before I put it back on. Any suggestions on how to secure it welcome 😊

[@eliandkate]

Oh no…. If you mean for storms… you just need to wedge the door to stop it opening. The issue is when the wind gets into the greenhouse. You could try a cane just to jam it

[@margakat]

I live in the U.S. so especially this week I can relate to the sad garlic in the tower. Thank you for some respite from the chaos my country is going through. 🌷

[@eliandkate]

We’re a safe space from the madness, you’re always welcome to come escape with us.

[@aturner047]

Best video I've watched all week

[@eliandkate]

Awwwwwwww thank you

[@elizabethwilson9983]

Lemon balm is lovely herb for tea, there’s a few different varieties 🫖 great for digestion etc

[@eliandkate]

I’m enjoying choosing

[@Garden-of-weeden]

Those squirrels have been rampant this last year! Good tip on coffee ground! 😂😂😂😂 Eli’s bit on the side love it!

[@eliandkate]

She’s incorrigible 🤣🤣🤣

[@RobinGardens]

Oh so glad the damage was not too bad. So much growth already in your garden.🥰 Lemon Thyme is my fav herb. Try it in a batch of shortbread cookies or in a chicken soup.

[@eliandkate]

I love it too!!!! I just run my hands through it when I’m in the garden 😍😍😍

[@CSaville]

Aaaaah I've missed my Sunday fix from your channel. Wednesdays are good though! You've inspired me again. The Chilli seeds will go in tomorrow in my Vitopod. I've cut back on them this year after your excellent Micro tomato video. I've plenty of seeds from Camilla but it will be late March before they go in. Time to get back into the garden and sort the beds and Greenhouse out 😁

[@eliandkate]

March isnt far away! Just remember what I said, there’s no fixed day anymore. I’ll just be posting as and when I have something to post 😉

[@CorinneAtHome]

I love how you've named and zoned your garden! I need to do the same with ours. We've just moved and the garden is big but there's A LOT of work to do! Your videos have been helping me loads!

[@eliandkate]

Have you seen some of the older tours where I use Kate’s map? Well worth it to see all the different spots

[@CorinneAtHome]

@@eliandkate I've not, but I'll check them out, thank you!

[@TheLiznz]

Happy to see you didn’t get too much damage from the storm. You have lots of promise showing.

[@eliandkate]

Yeah we were really lucky 🥰

[@JulieroseDavidson]

Loved watching your garden tour.😊 My garlic looks just like your weather beaten lot,fingers crossed 🤞 The days are significantly longer already,let’s all stay positive 👍🌸

[@eliandkate]

Yeah!!! It’s just gonna get better and better!

[@lorainemcguire5795]

Hi Eli and kate thanks for showing your garden in January your very lucky kate does a brilliant job on raised beds my husband see your video last year and now made me one ❤ good luck with your fig tree 👍

[@eliandkate]

Oh fab… you got more planned?

[@lorainemcguire5795]

@@eliandkate I have but our garden is mostly hilly only a small part is flat but ime impressed with this one and ime planning on some digging to be done in the spring for another so 🤞

[@AnyKeyLady]

So glad to hear you are both ok as worried about you guys up in the red zone! "Eli's bit on the side!" blol Love it! Great tour Eli and Kate! Garden still looks great, despite the damage. I was thinking about your greenstalks and the greenhouse in the wind! We have a shady side of the garden so was thinking of some variegated hostas. Also, want to grow forget me knots under the hedges for some ground cover. We normally have rosemary with lamb or harvest it to dry. I make organza bags with lavender and rosemary for in the wardrobes to keep the moths out. Was watching Garden Answer and Lauren made a tincture with apple cider vinegar and rosemary. Apparently, its meant to be good for us ladies. I made it and had a bit. Just tasted like rosemary vinegar to me. Not sure often you have to take it but I haven't turned into Cindy Crawford, that's for sure! Haha Excited to see what goes in your bed this year! Take care and have a great week!

[@eliandkate]

I so don't get this fab for these vinegar tinctures things...🤣

[@AnyKeyLady]

@@eliandkate Me either but i have heard that apple cider vinegar is meant to be good for general gut health. I do think that some new trends on social media need to be taken with a pinch of salt, pardon the pun!

[@Jimsraisedbedgarden]

Nice one Eli & Kate , great update thoroughly enjoyed looking around your garden , coming along nicely xx

[@eliandkate]

It’s always good to have a wee nosey at someone else’s garden isn’t it

[@Jimsraisedbedgarden]

​@@eliandkatecertainly is lol I'm always looking for new ideas xx

[@nsauve7000]

Spring bulbs in January is wild to me. lol. I live in Ontario Canada where we have snow until April, with the occasional storm in May. We are having a heat spell right now going up to -10, after having -25 to -30 for a while.

[@eliandkate]

😁 so my garden is in the central belt of Scotland. Probably the mildest part of the country. We rarely see snow in my town, and the coldest days of winter are usually around minus 5 or 6 C - I have seen a lot colder but that’s the exception rather than the rule. Generally though, the temperature hovers around between minus 2 - 4C as a more normal temperature. This year has been crazy warm though, been in the positives an awful lot.

[@faybeland9902]

Thanks for the garden tour! How about adding a bay leaf tree in a pot?

[@lynnegunns604]

Hi Both. Good to see how the garden is progressing. Just to say I’m in midlands in England and I don’t think it’s been a crazy mild winter. I think it’s been freezing. We’ve had two proper dumplings of snow and fairly long periods of below zero weather.

[@eliandkate]

The zero is normal for us, our usual temps are nearer minus 5 or 6 but we rarely get snow. This year however, although we have had some days down at those temp, it’s not been for as long or as regularly as usual.

[@elizabethwilson9983]

Ps your garden is amazing 😻

[@eliandkate]

Awwwww thank you

[@ericandrachallotmenteers]

Hey Eli. Sorry to see the damage. We had minimal here near Newcastle but wow! It was mental wasn't it! Oh hellbore. Clare and Kerry inspired me to get one, not flowered yet but seems to be going ok so hoping to get it blooming lovely this year round. 4:33 I saw this on Facebook and gave it a go. Fingers crossed as you say, that mine looks as good as yours will 😂 I have plot resident ferel cats. Saw 6 kittens with mama so picking up poop every week 😢 my plot looks like crypton factor 🫣 Lovely update. Everything looking fab ❤🌻

[@eliandkate]

We were so lucky Not all our neighbours were 😭😭

[@ericandrachallotmenteers]

@ no, mine neither. There's a scout hall along the road to our plots, there mahosive poly is now just a frame 🫣 absolutely devastated for them 😩 Getting worse these storms though, north east seem to have them more often especially since we've been gardening I've noticed

[@993ti]

Beautiful garden! May i suggest Echium and Alyssum? Beautiful flowers. I sowed my Alyssum in march last year and it's still flowering to this day (bit less of course but it seems to not care much about the frost we had). Alyssum is great for hanging baskets and letting them hang over your planters. Wonderful scent and they attract beneficial insects as well. Win win. *edit: I have the Alyssum royal carpet.

[@eliandkate]

Sounds lovely 🥰

[@timflatus]

An Eli and Kate garden tour, just what the doctor ordered! I'm trying not to take your sweatshirt personally. I love hellebore, tried growing it from seed with no joy, so I'll have to get some plants. I like Kate's naming scheme, it works for me! We got a second round of storm Éowyn today down here, you got off lightly. I've got a huge bed of volunteer strawberries and I'm going to try and get some rhubarb established. I've rebuilt my compost bays and they've passed the weather test. Garlic looking good but I may have to replant some broad beans. Could be worse eh? Best wishes to you both.

[@eliandkate]

🤣🤣🤣🤣 the hoodie is from a series of books

[@CMDRSloma]

Quick solution for cats using beds as toliet - fresh coffee grouds, worked well for me. Sorry commente while I was still watching, lol

[@eliandkate]

😃 I realised 😍

[@bonitahunter8905]

I can't wait to see what survived through our winter. Everything is buried in about 4 -5 ft of snow at the moment here in Ontario, Canada 🇨🇦 😂😂. But it's great insulation for them. Glad you didn't get much damage. 🥰🙋

[@eliandkate]

It’ll be a fab day when you get to see it all! 👏👏👏👏

[@bonitahunter8905]

@eliandkate . yep. It sure will be... 😊

[@susanelwood5794]

Plastic forks with handle in the soil work and are dirt cheap😊 I use chilli powder too. Also I have creeping thyme filling spaces which smells lovely and keeps the critters from 💩

[@kansastraveler1476]

What are your January temperatures over there? Thank you both for sharing your b-e-a-utiful gardens with us!

[@eliandkate]

We are in the central belt of Scotland, which is the mildest part of the country. Our usual coldest temps in winter are about minus 5 / 6C It can go colder but it’s more usual that these are our cold temps. However it’s more often around minus 2C We rarely get snow in our town, but it’s often icey because it’s really wet here.

[@JohnWood-tk1ge]

Some how I missed the notification for your video but in my defense I was busy starting seeds four varieties of onions and two of broccoli.

[@eliandkate]

I think that’s a good defence 🤣🤣🤣

[@radiotowers1159]

looking good Eli My local squirrels devoured my snowdrops through the lawn (great sense of smell) until I buried chicken wire just above the bulbs but still under the surface. I use the small pro biotic milky drink containers dropped over the top of canes as eye savers. The storm brought down a couple of big branches at the bottom of the garden and my fence survived but was flapping back and forth like a fiddlers elbow. Is your hot bins…..hot ? mine is about 15c today so not quite up to heat. thanks again

[@eliandkate]

Unfortunately we don’t have enough garden waste to keep the bins hot over winter so they usually sit between 20 and 40

[@mamache2028]

I am not good planting flowers but i would love to try that one day or perhaps next year. :)

[@eliandkate]

You should! Go for it! 😁

[@Oktopia]

Your bulb game is amazing! It's the type of plant I know the least about. Do you have plans for any dedicated bulb videos?

[@eliandkate]

A good start could be to catch the bulb lasagne video from the other year, follow on with my daffodils this year. that’s the serious side… then next year we can do the more garden version

[@ChaosOrZen]

More info about starting flowers from seeds and not bulbs would be great. There are lots of bulb videos and a good amount of flower market videos, but I want to add more flowers to my veggie garden for beauty and pollinators. I have marigolds, zinnia, and calendula down, but I have so many flower seeds that I have failed to propogate year after year.

[@eliandkate]

Oh I’ve been doing those videos for years. I don’t separate veg and flowers in my channel… I just share what I’m growing

[@kirstypollock6811]

Cultivating a fine crop of canes and string! I always say that composted beds must be the cat equivalent of super-luxury 4-layer super soft toilet paper. Mmmm Hmmm. Comfy on the bum! We don't have ANY squirrels here, they would be the red ones only (way too many hungry farm cats?). But there are racoons in the village...I hope they don't get as far as here! My big pest, especially over this winter, is moles!. My cat Felix, got 4 last year, but this mild ish wet winter weather means the moles can keep digging, but the cat isn't so keen on lying on the ground with his paw down a hole up to his oxter... Waiting impatiently for my bulbs to come up. The lesser celandine is out this week under the cherry tree, I guess the magnolia and Forsythia will start up next. Waiting a couple of weeks before sowing seeds - I jumped the gun last year with my peppers and it didn't go well, had to resow.

[@eliandkate]

Yeah the change in temperatures are seeing lots of new pests around here too. There are moles a few hundred metres from us but not seen them in the garden yet.

[@marksallotmentplot]

How does you garden look so good at this time of year and after a storm!!!! 🤔

[@eliandkate]

Cause I come steal all your good stuff when you are sleeping!!!!!

[@shawnsgarden3742]

Great video Eli, as good as your lawn looks, I would be so tempted to sacrifice at leat 1M of it from the bed side and put in some more beds lining the path for more veggies, hope this hasn't given you a dilemma ! 🤔

[@eliandkate]

No dilemma The garden is a shared space and Kate lover her lawn 😃

[@tassiegirl1991]

That will be a beautiful display can I ask can you see it from indoors? Hope you can. Glad you were not heavily affected by storm E did you get the follow up One I saw forecast Take care well done Kate.

[@eliandkate]

No the new bed isn’t one we’ll see from the house. No we didn’t get the follow up storm phew!!!!!

[@shirleymeighan2746]

Great video ladies ! ❤ Eli as a Glasgow Tim, I’m intrigued by your jumper?

[@eliandkate]

Nothing to do with sectarianism It’s from a series of books we love by @ciamh2

[@shirleymeighan2746]

Ah, didn’t think for a second it would be 😊. Thanks for clarifying

[@eliandkate]

@shirleymeighan2746 defo recommend checking out the books “The Stranger Times” by CK McDonnell

[@JamieW-o7b]

Me thinks the lady's enthusiasm for a new season is rapidly growing?

[@eliandkate]

Oh heck yeah!

[@kirstypollock6811]

Envy you the tarragon. I love tarragon, and had a nice Russian tarragon in a planter. But when my cat was a baby, I got rid of it, because it's toxic to cats. I suppose he'd be fine, he likes to hide in the alliums but doesn't chew them, same with the summer claytonia, so I suppose he'll leave it alone now he's a big boy!

[@eliandkate]

Yeah these are some of the decisions you have to make as a pet owner. Ours eat loads of our plants outdoors and indoors. Little gits!

[@OneTrackMind101]

I have just discovered your channel after searching for some greenhouse tips as I am currently researching getting my first ever greenhouse. I am also in Scotland! In Ayrshire. Do you have any recommendations on where to go to see greenhouses before purchasing? I would rather see it in person before purchasing it online.

[@eliandkate]

I guess it depends on the company. I know some of the big garden centres have some on display (like dobies) Some companies don’t have displays but might put you in touch with owners that let you visit.

[@dustyflats3832]

Lol, now imagine blocking out deer and rabbits. Fences everywhere. Recent unwanted visitor are voles. Never had them ever, but say goodbye to bulbs and other plants-hope they left. You asked what other channels are in Scotland and thought of one that popped up recently ‘Rewilding Jude’. A guy that moved there and bought a stone cottage and shows his daily life after his parents passed. Seems a lot of grandmas adopted him after his parents passed 🤔. It’s pretty odd how he has over 50K subs already. I’m an armchair traveler 😊. Spring thaw this week here 40sF/4+C🎉🎉. We are 15” down on snow so we need moisture.

[@eliandkate]

Ha ha ha the fences keep the deer out and usually the rabbits too, except we had a wee issue for a few weeks back in autumn… hole in the fence. I was out dealing with traps for a week till we cleared them all back to their usual home 😁

[@dustyflats3832]

@ oh and those rabbits know to sit still when your looking for them. We had 5 bunnies once and after we caught one we thought we were done-Ha! There were 4 more! The poor buggers got to fat to get back out of the garden fence-that’ll learn em 😄

[@algotskog3577]

Do you guys spend a lot of time and effort into color-design in your flower beds, I fear I've got too many seeds of purple flowers and not much else. Eitherway, I know the bees will love em 😅

[@eliandkate]

We wouldn’t say we spend a lot of time on it, but yeah we do think about things like colour and how plants will work together, think height at the back and short at the front. When we were knew we just grow everything we thought was pretty and over a few years ended up with a completely purple garden…. Now there tend to be more yellows and reds.

[@Bob-bo8ik]

Somehow I missed that bed.

[@eliandkate]

But you’re caught up now…. Before it gets exciting

[@Bob-bo8ik]

@@eliandkate It gets more exciting? 😲😲

[@eliandkate]

@Bob-bo8ik well that’s what I tell you 🤣🤣🤣

[@Tamsins_Potager]

I did it too, Kate #muppetsforever 😊

[@eliandkate]

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@karenbradley1499]

my greenhouse is damaged beyond repair im in the central belt can I ask what make of greenhouse you have im looking to get a new one thank you 😞

[@eliandkate]

oh that's horrible Karen :( Mine is a Rhino. They are more expensive than your average greenhouses, but to be honest, there's nothing average about them. I would defo say it's worth the time it took to save for it.

[@pepsimac]

What kind of apple trees do you have?

[@eliandkate]

Two discoveries and a Katy Fabulous trees

[@pepsimac]

@ thanks

[@MargaretsIndianaGarden]

Eli, what's the deal with your sweatshirt? What's it mean?

[@eliandkate]

It’s a shirt from a series of books I’m a fan off 😁