EP 37: Gardening Antics! Allotment Plot no.9

[@kellielander3481]

What a terrific catch up! Grinch had me roaring with laughter. I just adore you guys! 💕

[@plotno.9]

I still cannot believe he did! 😂🤣😂🤣 the fact he did really showed me how much he does enjoy being at the allotment! Fluffy and I have replayed his dance so many times and every time we are roaring with laughter!!! Thank you so much! 😄😘💕🌸

[@julzs7493]

I love allotment videos but I watch yours for the positivity and laughter

[@plotno.9]

Thank you so much. I am afraid we are guilty of laughing too much 😂🤣😂🤣 especially on the allotment!!! Looking at all those veg we never expected to grow we feel as excited as kids at Christmas!!!! 😄😘🌸💕

[@julzs7493]

@@plotno.9 dont be afraid. Laugh!

[@plotno.9]

@@julzs7493 😂🤣😂🤣👍👍💕

[@jeanholdstock3695]

I've 'visited' you 37 times, and each time I've loved watching you, Grinch and Fluffy. In the beginning you said that you were inexperienced at growing fruit and vegetables, and not sure if anything will grow. Well, you have grown some of the most gorgeous veggies. Well done to you all. You are certainly proving that you have 'green fingers' To think that you have turned your plot from wasteland to wonderland whilst working and tending your beautiful garden at home. Thank you for taking us with you on your gardening adventures xx

[@plotno.9]

Thank you so much for such a wonderful comment! It was so special to read after a long day at work! It means so much to me! It is definitely our first time growing veg and the allotment has been so kind to us! The rain has also been a great help too I think. We have been so lucky for our first summer. We are completely hooked on growing veg and fruit now! It is such a thrill, growing it, picking it and eating eat! Everyone support and friendship has also made the journey even more special. We are so grateful. Much love 😘💕🌸

[@gardenlady8788]

Hello all. What a fun video. Great update on the plot. The plants are loving their banana and seaweed drink. Nanou, Grinch is dancing in the garden...it is growing on him! 😁💚

[@plotno.9]

Hello! I do think the banana skin is great, all the plants are growing so well, although I think the rain helps a lot too! I couldn’t believe it when Fluffy showed me Grinch dancing on the video! It is definite proof he has grown to enjoy the allotment! I watched this bit so often and I am laughing every time!!! 😄🤣😂😄😘💕🌸

[@TheGrowUpChannel]

As always my favourite view of the week. You're just so wholesome. Grinch's ad hoc dancing made me scream laughing! Such a joy to watch you all. Great harvests. Danny ❤🌱

[@plotno.9]

Thank you so much Danny! You are just always wonderful to us! That dance from Grinch was such a lovely surprise! He had forgotten about it! He still cannot believe I left it in! 🤣😂 😄👍😘💕🌸

[@TheGrowUpChannel]

@@plotno.9 haha it was comedy gold! X

[@rebeccazody1278]

You are doing so great! Grinch dancing is a hoot!

[@plotno.9]

Bless him, he really did surprise me when I saw the video! He had forgotten he did it and never thought we would leave it in the video! I just love it! Every time I see it, I am in tears laughing! 😂🤣😂😄👍😘💕🌸

[@tinamcloughlin2710]

You have done fabulously well done. You can feed the whole street with that lot! Love the twin cucumbers. xxx

[@plotno.9]

Thank you so much! My plot neighbours love getting some yellow courgettes from us as they only have green ones! We are enjoying eating some every day, we do love them! So far we haven’t wasted anything! My family is coming to visit from France in 10 days time so I cannot wait to cook some for them! Those twin cucumbers were absolutely delicious! The crunchiest cucumbers we have ever eaten! 😄👍😘💕🌸

[@aprilriordan8202]

Everything is looking fantastic ❤

[@plotno.9]

Thank you so much! We are very lucky! 😄🌸💕

[@jann1609]

All the hard work is paying off . 😃

[@plotno.9]

It definitely is! It feels like the allotment is giving back so much more than what we have put in! It is bringing us so much joy! 😄👍😘💕🌸

[@theflyinggardener]

Thanks so much for the mention Nanou.....so lovely of you. Your kalettes look fantastic!! You can eat the leaves just like kale, and then later on in the year you get the flower sprouts on the stem, similar to brussel sprouts! Your plot is looking lovely.....you guys have worked so hard! Brilliant! 😃💪

[@plotno.9]

Thank you so much Will! We have eaten some leaves already in a stir fry, they tasted really good. Just picked some more. The plants are just so big! They are just awesome! 😄👍💕🌸

[@delphine88313]

Looking good.Great to eat what you have grown.

[@plotno.9]

Thank you so much! We have been eating some of our own veg nearly every day in the last three weeks, it is so exciting! I never expected that in our first summer on the allotment! 😄👍😘🌸💕

[@CoastalGardensNW]

Looking great guys 👍 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@plotno.9]

Thank you so much! We never thought it would grow that well in our first year! We are so lucky! 😄🌸💕

[@jackparton3198]

Another fantastic video thanks for sharing your amazing experience in your plot and what a awesome harvest keep up the great work 🙂

[@plotno.9]

Thank you so much, you are always so supportive, we greatly appreciate it. It is always such a pleasure to see your lovely comments! 😄🌸💕

[@carolemills2338]

I cannot believe the amount of work you have done this year! Your veggies look so green and healthy. My goodness! You should all be so proud! My red currants were also very sour. First time planting them in the summer of 2022 and first harvest this summer. I ended up tossing them in the pot with my blackcurrants and turned them all into 11 jars of blackcurrant jam. Thank you for your video. It’s always such a delight to watch you XO 🍃

[@plotno.9]

Oh wow 11 jars of jam! You must have had such an incredible harvest of fruits! Incredible! Maybe one day I will have enough fruit to make one pot of jam! 😂🤣 Thank you so much for always being so wonderful to us! 😄😘💕🌸

[@robinmiller1783]

❤️Love your charity shop basket! Those lilies are gorgeous. I saw that banana peel fertilizer on several instagram sites, but no one has ever said it works well. Now that you have seen a benefit, I’m definitely going to try this. Old milk jug, banana peels and water. So easy and budget friendly too! That fused cucumber was so cool looking.

[@plotno.9]

Thank you so much! It was so weird those cucumbers, when they first started to grow, they were not attached, they fused at a later stage, I wonder if it was due to the rain! We ate them and they were delicious! So crunchy and not bitter at all! So far we have eaten everything that has grown on the allotment! We just love it! My family is visiting from France next week and I cannot wait to give them some of our veg! They thought I was mad when I took on the allotment so I cannot wait to show them what a great place it is! The plants do look very happy with the bananas, at the allotment and in the garden. It doesn’t smell bad either! I just couldn’t face making the one with nettles, our plot neighbour make some and the smell is horrendous! I hope your plants will like it too! 😄😘💕🌸

[@hannahlockyer3135]

Love watching you. You make me feel happy and make me laugh . You are such a happy person

[@plotno.9]

Thank you very much, you are so lovely! Life is far too complicated to be miserable. I always try to benpositive and enjoy all the things I share with the people I love. I used to get in trouble in school for laughing too much! I guess I haven’t changed !!! 😄😂🤣😘💕🌸

[@marilyncarey7957]

Cucumbers need to be picked now. As soon as skin gets a smoother, or about 6 inches for that variety. If they gat to big they get bitter and the seeds get too big. You’ve done such an amazing lot of work. 👏👏👏

[@plotno.9]

Thank you so much for the info! I will be more careful next year! For some silly reason, I expected them to be as long as the ones in the shops and I was waiting for them to get longer!… Luckily, the ones we ate so far haven’t been bitter and the seeds were not too big either. In fact, I don’t think we have ever eaten cucumbers as crunchy and lovely as the ones we grew, they were just gorgeous! We were lucky! 😄😘💕🌸

[@saralancaster2426]

Ooooops. Rara doesn’t stop talking !! Love her potty mouth.

[@plotno.9]

🤣😂🤣😘👍🌸💕

[@astraaj435]

Red currant is the right colour. It is perfectly ripe. Yes it is normal to be somewhat sour - you are just not used to it. I like it the way it is. Also it is great for cooking. And by the way it makes best natural fruit jelly because of its pectins.

[@plotno.9]

After the first taste, I did think they were good! I am really hoping that next year we will get enough of them to try to make a jelly with them. I do think me cutting them back so drastically made them struggle this year. The few we did get just looked so beautiful. 😄🌸💕

[@siggiroberts7432]

Your veg is looking fantastic. I do the banana peel thingy as well. I even b put the them on top of the soil under my tomatoes for them to ripen quicker , at least I hope it helps 😂😂😂😂 Thanks for the lovely update.

[@plotno.9]

So glad someone else thinks it works too! I do think it does, the plants are looking great! I was worried it might attract more ants but it hasn’t so far. I will definitely carry on doing it! 😄👍😘🌸💕

[@woodentops1394]

Plot is looking amazing x

[@plotno.9]

Thank you so much! Every time I look at it I cannot believe it is ours! We are so lucky! 😄👍😘🌸💕

[@susiespearing6165]

looking wonderful Guys ! One cauli ,cabbage ,brocoli needs 60 cm each way Nanou so maximum of 6 to 8 to each bed 😅 Your Caulis will start to form heads as they get bigger .Great dancing Grinch😂 Sow chard ,mustard,winter lettuce and spinach now Nanou for winter xx

[@plotno.9]

Thank you so much! I am so glad for the advice on what to grow next! I got some chard seeds already, I will plant them next! Grinch thought his dance was going to be edited out, but no way! Fluffy and I loved it! We didn’t realised he did it until we watch the video! Such a great surprise! This really showed me how happy and relaxed he feels at the allotment! Priceless! 😄👍😘💕🌸

[@tgardner3874]

Well done!

[@plotno.9]

Thank you so much! We never thought so many things would grow in our first year! It is so amazing! 😄👍🌸💕

[@countrygardensns9262]

Your garden looks absolutely gorgeous. Much better than mine is doing. I’ve had raccoons visiting in the night. And we have had soooo much rain this year. But things are still growing. You can harvest your cucumbers any time you want, from small for pickles, medium for fresh earring. I find when they get big, the skin gets tough and so many seeds. Enjoy your garden, I’ve enjoyed watching you clear, plant and now harvest. xox 🇨🇦 Your cucumber is something you will see quite often when growing a garden. Happens to other vegetables as well. You only see the perfect vegetables in the stores. How are your lavender doing?

[@plotno.9]

Hi! Thank you so much! We are very lucky, the allotment is spoiling us! It must be beginners’ luck!!! 😄 I am so sorry with the raccoons in your garden, I hope it will recover ok. They must be like squirrels, they look really cute but they are very destructive in a garden, except , they are a lot bigger than squirrels! 😱 I really feel for you… I noticed today that the deer has started to nibble all the bark off my young apricot tree so I will have to put chicken wire around this one too! The lavender is doing really well , I will have to show it in the next video. It will take time for them to get bigger but they are looking very healthy, especially the white one. Wishing you a lovely weekend! 😄👍😘💕🌸

[@happydigging]

So close to a thousand subs! Nice work folks 😊

[@plotno.9]

Thank you so much, we still cannot believe that so many people have been so supportive of us! It is just incredible! We are so lucky! 😄😘💕🌸

[@thetinygarden_]

You're still getting currants wow, I really enjoyed your taste taste.😂 I do like them raw on yogurt but I think they are an aquired taste 😂!! I love the onion, small but mighty 💪I have never seen a cucumber like it! Your plot is looking so good and it's so nice to see you both smiling (and dancing 🕺😅)

[@plotno.9]

Thank you so much! It was really strange with the currants, one bush produced some quite a while ago then the other 2 bushes produced some in the last couple of weeks. I do think it is because I cut them back so drastically in the winter. They took time to recover. We might also have missed the currants for a while as they were well hidden! Yesterday, I picked more beautiful strawberries! I really didn’t expect more! It was such a lovely surprise! Wishing you a lovely weekend! 😘💕

[@woodentops1394]

Borage flowers look cool if you put them in an ice cube tray and fill with water nd freeze.

[@plotno.9]

What a lovely idea! My mum, my brother and my sister in law are coming next week from France for ten days, I will prepare some ice cubes with borage flowers for their aperitif drinks! That will be a nice surprise! Thank you for the tip! 😄👍😘💕🌸

[@StellasVegetablegardens]

love your joy it is infectious and everything is doing so well ❤lovely. My red currants were sweet so maybe you needed to leave them a bit longer. Twin cucumbers 😮

[@plotno.9]

Thank you so much! I think you are right, I should have waited a little longer before trying to red currants, I will do that next year. The twin cucumbers were delicious!! So crunchy! 😄👍😘💕🌸

[@sallyfenney429]

Wonderful! I love your harvest basket! 😊 X

[@plotno.9]

Thank you so much! I love it! I love the quirky sounds it makes when it opens and closes! Such a bargain at £3 too! 😄👍😘🌸💕

[@chriseverest4380]

Congratulations. That is stupendous. Need to be seriously vegetarian though to eat all those. If you are storing them for any length of time it's best not to wash them. They (apparently) don't sprout as fast (although mine did)😂 spuds with cheesy beans, tomato, onion and spud breakfast, bangers and mash. The sophisticated Yorkshire palate!😂

[@plotno.9]

So funny, we had jacket potatoes with cheesy beans and sausages yesterday! It was the perfect meal for a rainy day! We came back wet from the allotment and it warmed us up! We didn’t wash the potatoes, we placed them in cardboard boxes that the supermarkets use for storing fruits, in the garage and so far they are keeping very well. It is cool, dry and dark in our garage, we are very lucky. 😄💕🌸

[@jackieco9615]

Hi I will be very interested in what you plan for Winter, so looking forward to that x

[@plotno.9]

Thank you so much, what to do for Winter is terrifying and exciting at the same time! Terrifying because I have no idea what grows then, exciting because I get to learn what to do next! Hopefully I get it right! 😄🌸😘💕

[@jackieco9615]

@@plotno.9 Yes I understand. I feel the same x

[@BettyBoopBarnes]

Your plot is amazing! You've done so much work, and now reap the benefits 💚 Keep those cucumbers picked and they'll continue to give more fruit. When you leave cukes on the vine they stop setting fruit, thinking they've done their job of reproducing. Pick them young and tender 😋

[@plotno.9]

Thank you so much! Great advice for the cucumbers, I didn’t know. I was waiting for them to get as long as the ones you buy in supermarkets!!! I didn’t realise they were shorter ones! Luckily, they were delicious but I did notice that the plant is not looking so good now! I will know better for next year! 😄👍😘🌸💕

[@myrustygarden]

😂😂 if looks could kill. Borage is gorgeous and will spread like wildfire if it goes to seed but the bees love them. Like little red riding hood with her basket. Jam with the currants perhaps is the only way 😂. Is the squash next to the cucumbers not a romanscoe corguette? Kalettes you can eat the very top and they will get small sprout like heads like brussel sprouts. But all in all everything looks absolutely stunning and you have done an awesome job. Happy gardening 👩‍🌾, Ali ☁️🇨🇦

[@plotno.9]

I didn’t realised borage spread, I will have to make sure I take of the dead flowers off, I have enough weeds to keep under control on the allotment! You are absolutely right! My basket is like the one of the Little Red Riding Hood! It is probably why I liked it so much unconsciously! It looks like I need to pick more kalettes’ leaves! They do taste nice, I cooked them in a stir fry. The squashes next to the cucumber is a Long Boat squash on the right and a Winter squash on the left. I still cannot believe how big they are getting! I will be far more careful about my spacing next year! Thank you for always being so lovely to us! 😄😘💕🌸

[@myrustygarden]

@@plotno.9 it can get trunks on it 2” across I watch a lady called Tracy @Our Smallholding Adventure and she just had to pull an entire bed as it was taking over 🫢🫢

[@laurieweideman9607]

So beautiful! About cucumbers, don’t let them go yellow on the vine or the plant will think it is done producing seeds and die back. I prefer smaller ones because the seeds are smaller.

[@plotno.9]

Thank you so much for the advice. I have to admit that I was waiting for them to get as long as the supermarkets ones. It never crossed my mind that they would be smaller! I will know for next year! It is amazing how much I have learnt so far! 😄👍😘💕🌸

[@dontneedit]

Happy for your great harvests! 🎉Your yellow courgettes looks so beautifull 😍 (all mine died as seedlings, so I have only green ones this year) When Oh when will you built a shed ?? 😁

[@plotno.9]

The yellow courgettes are giving us so much, they are incredible! I am hoping to varnish the shed next week as we will have less rain. My mum, my brother and my sister in law are coming to visit from France in about a week time and I am hoping my brother will help Grinch build the shed when they are with us. He is tall so it will be helpful for the roof! He will do a better job than me at helping Grinch. The only problem is Grinch doesn’t speak French and my brother doesn’t speak English, should be interesting!!! 😂🤣😄😘🌸💕

[@dontneedit]

@@plotno.9 well, it will make a great comedic video for KZbin, that for sure! 😄

[@dontneedit]

@@plotno.9 Btw, you can pick cucumembers as early as you want 😉😊👍 they are edible at any size, even 5 sm 😄👍

[@plotno.9]

@@dontneedit Thank you for the info, it is good to know! I don’t know why I expected them to look like the shops’ ones?! 😂🤣

[@dontneedit]

@@plotno.9 No, its totally understandable 😊 I myself would expect some new veg to look like the one in the shop 😄 Btw, your courgettes looks exactly like the ones in the shop 👍😃 when mine are Huge and probably overgrown 😄🤣 I weighted them, 2 kg each on everage 😄 I cut them and freeze them, so prefer them that way, big. 😊😅🌿

[@SarahJC22]

Cucumbers you harvest when the bottom rounds and is no longer pointed

[@plotno.9]

Thank you so much! That is a great way to work out when they are ready! Nice and easy, exactly what I need! 😄👍😘💕🌸

[@DottieandSqueak]

Its all looking so good! I think i am going to invest in nets for next year. Can you tell me where the green clips are from? Xx

[@plotno.9]

Hi! All my clips, the small ones for the frames and the big ones on the raised beds, I have bought from Amazon. The small ones come in pack of 30 for £8.99 and they are calledGreenhouse clamps/plant clips/netting clips. The big ones come in a pack of 16 for £21.99 and they are called Swanlake heavy duty spring metal clamps, they are very good for securing the whole frame and net to the bed so nothing go flying on a very windy day ( we get a lot of wind at the allotment!!!). I hope this helps. 😘💕🌸

[@DottieandSqueak]

Thank you. Ordered the big ones and they are great! Hope you are all well. 😊

[@plotno.9]

That’ s great! I am so glad they work for you 😄👍. Getting better, thank you! 😄👍😘💕

[@astraaj435]

I wouldn't pick potato berries - they are the most poisonous part of the whole plant. And never heard of anyone picking them off - you can get an amazing harvest no matter of berries. The harvest most will depend on manure and watering rather than berries.

[@plotno.9]

Hi! Grinch saw a video on KZbin of a guy saying to remove the berries , not to eat them. We wouldn’t eat them, don’t worry, but thank you for letting us know they are poisonous. I agree with you, we never removed them on the blue potatoes and they were all an amazing size. I have to admit, only Grinch removed them, I have left them alone. We do water a lot though! Thank you again for all your great advice! I always appreciate it! 😄👍😘💕🌸

[@astraaj435]

@@plotno.9 I didn't imagine you to try eating potato berries - that craziness didn't cross my mind. But them being that poisonous is the thing why you should be avoiding to touch them at all - you never know how it can/can't get through your skin. I'd use proper new rubber gloves 🧤 if ever trying to touch the berries. On first attempt to invent potatoes from America to Europe - why did that fail? Because people didn't know what is edible part of the new plant, they tried berries and many died. It took a couple more decades/centuries to get them invented in Europe. (I'm not that expert of timing but I know this fact of history). As the stem and leaves both tomatoes and potatoes - it contains some juices that are not good to consume but they are not that level of poison so both can be used ar a "plant tea" for deterring some pests.

[@plotno.9]

Thank you so much, we won’t be touching them! I told Grinch to leave them alone as he was the one picking them with bare hands 😱. Luckily he has been ok. Thank you again for all your good advice, you are always lovely to us! 😄👍🌸💕😘