Ep145 Sowing Peas in January and I've lost some of the Perennial Brassicas!! || Plot 37

On our little London Allotment this week there is lots of frost damage from the incredible cold we've been having! The poor little homestead is going to be lacking spring vegetables to pick because lots of things have been killed off..... sad face.
I am also sowing peas into guttering for an early crop, fixing a broken fence and hiding from the wind in the greenhouse!
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[@ThatBritishHomestead]

Can’t believe your still getting eggs! We are not getting any form my ducks. I’ve had to have some strong words with them lol

[@maureen3621]

Frugal Tip: Have you tried rooting the pinched out tips of sweet peas? They’re pretty easy to root and you’ll get twice the amount of plants - for free.

[@gardenlady8788]

Interesting bit of information..I will have to try that.

[@JessieatPlot37]

I rooted the shoots in water a few years ago Maureen! But i completely forgot this year!

[@beverley1539]

Hiya Jess cheers for sharing blessings Luv Ontario Canada 🐝🇨🇦

[@georgemartin9618]

Try a trip to your local building site Jessie, they always have piles of timber to give away as it saves them on skip hire . You might hear a few wolf whistles but I'm sure you're quite capable of whistling back accompanied by a two fingered wave. I really love your little forays down to the local pub , one of the many things that sets your channel apart.

[@JessieatPlot37]

I've been looking around George but all very thin on the ground! Oh i wish i could wolf whistle :D never been able to! :D

[@vickyt9769]

Jessie, you should get yourself a Kelly Kettle....those bad boys are super quick to light, almost as quick to boil enough water for a drink and run on scraps of twigs/sticks (I keep a collection of stick from throughout the year in a plastic bag in my shed). No issues with cold temperatures preventing you from having a hot drink!

[@rubiccube8953]

Bit dear.

[@JessieatPlot37]

oh i have been eyeing them up for aaaages Vicky!!! Maybe i'll do it as a 3rd anniversary of the vlog gift for the shed :D

[@robertbeaston5042]

I have a variety of Lemon Drop that grows larger pods if you want some seeds. And for your wood try a local timber merchant, it'll be much cheaper.

[@seanmckeown6120]

Very interesting video Tracy and a great insight. I think you're absolutely right about food and health. You need to look after your physical and mental health, we all do, and i believe this is strongly affected by what we eat (just as i was typing this you mentioned supermarket food and the impact on health). Agree Chinley with the scratch cooking and for what is worth of you've preserved what you've grown out still counts as seasonal eating 😀

[@gardenerchris9369]

Great Video Jessie, Stay warm

[@JoyoftheGardenandHome]

I'm also going all out on onions. This is the year dognabit!

[@richardsterne2875]

Lucky you we still have snow on the ground in North Wales. With frozen ground so not able to get started yet! Keep the vids coming.

[@louise2209]

Fun blog as always. Did get a bit distracted by the squirrel in the background when you were talking about Dahlias by their bed! Cheers!

[@JessieatPlot37]

Hahahha! Cheers!

[@christinewilliams1742]

I leave some of my autumn raspberries and get a second early crop from them. I then cut them back after they have cropped. It doesn't seem to affect the overall autumn crop.

[@ecocentrichomestead6783]

Lazy wind, it goes through you instead of around you.

[@JessieatPlot37]

hahaha, exactly that!

[@jonquilhawthorne3257]

I think the cute squirrel at your left ear as you film about the dahlia demise is the rogue who fancies you dahlias, note the dip 8n the ground !🙀

[@JessieatPlot37]

hahahah, i'll have a word with him!

[@tamararoberts9307]

I've been watching your vlogs since the very first one and have noticed that your weather and my weather are very similar. I'm in south-central Indiana ( USA)

[@JessieatPlot37]

Ah, thats interesting Tamara. I'm not familiar with the US zones and never know what to say i'm most like, which are you in?

[@tamararoberts9307]

@@JessieatPlot37 zone 7

[@johndeakin4653]

Love your show to night John from Scotland

[@JessieatPlot37]

Thanks John! Hope you're keeping warm!

[@andersonomo597]

Free timber.....here in Australia, PVC pipes are transported to plumbing supply stores in timber frames that they dump so our local outlet is more than happy for me to take as much as I want. The timber is roughly 70mm x 40 mm and just over 1M long and untreated. I stack the lengths and join them using cheap metal strips and screws to make the sides of my raised beds. Hope this helps someone!!

[@JessieatPlot37]

I will now be on the look out for PVC pipe deliveries! :D

[@stevendowden2579]

most enjoyable once again jessie

[@JessieatPlot37]

Thank you Steven! Cheers!

[@TheWaldHaven]

I purchased a heatmat this year thinking to myself that it would be a nice addition to starting seeds. It's already been rerouted to heat ferments instead 🤦🏽‍♀️looks like I'll be buying another one😆

[@jennyjohnson9012]

We have snow here in the borders of Scotland with freezing temperatures. Minus 8 deg last night so my Chard has had it for this year. My kale just about survived the last freeze but the 3 plants I have left weren't looking good this morning. I did fleece my spring cabbages and broad beans so I hope they survive this latest bout of freezing weather. I just want spring as soon as possible. Cheers Jessie!

[@JessieatPlot37]

Its just too nippy out there for our poor plants isn't it!? Bring on the spring indeed Jenny!!!

[@janenewley1014]

Have just had a cold but sunny visit to our plot this pm….compost heaps turned over and structures made good for the year…very satisfying + raspberry canes cut back…can start being productive with seed sowing now😀😀😀. Best wishes, Jinxy

[@JessieatPlot37]

Ah, love it when you have a day like that Jinxy!!!

[@simonsleney8374]

Anther great episode Jessie, planting the clove of garlic upsidedown was funny 😄 sewn my onions today 👍 cheers 🍻

[@JessieatPlot37]

Hahhaha, no idea how i managed that! Wally! Good luck with the onions and cheers!

[@silvergardensbrewery5422]

Great video, super content, well presented, well done.

[@JessieatPlot37]

Thank you!

[@tonyforrest2724]

I know you aren't aloud fires any more.... but you did say you are aloud barbecues.... under that . Why don't you make a rocket stove . For making tea coffee or hot chocolate....they are small and burn fast . But as they are make of bricks they hold the heat and as long as the kettle is near ... this will also keep your hands warm....

[@Jimsraisedbedgarden]

Great update Jessie , I feel your pain with the weather we have snow , frosts and minus temperatures too so it isn't good is it , good to see you growing onions from seed this year I'm growing Globo onions for the first time so fingers crossed for us both say hi to your mum for me and keep up the good work xx

[@JessieatPlot37]

Hello Jim! Ah this weather! i'm very ready for things warming up and becoming green again. Yes, fingers crossed for your Globo!

[@Jimsraisedbedgarden]

@@JessieatPlot37 thanks Jessie , here's hoping for a big improvement in the weather very soon 🙂👍

[@Jimsraisedbedgarden]

By the way I watched your very first Vlog this tea time lol and loved it xx

[@philippahobart4499]

My Monday eve treat! Cleared my main raised bed - onion fail and brassica fail!

[@JessieatPlot37]

Onions and brassicas? Oh pants Philippa!

[@valeriepritchard677]

There are varieties of both Autumn and Summer raspberries with smooth stems. Much kinder for picking and weeding!

[@JessieatPlot37]

Hahah. me canes were a freebee so i didn't choose! but smooth stems sounds great :D

[@ballysillanallotment-man5793]

So So cold in work today snow not very heavy but the wind made it like a blizzard at times so glad to get home not a day for working outside went to Homebase on Sunday to get a brush came home with another 4 packets of seeds and 4 Dahlias only when getting out of car i remembered forgot to buy the brush lol

[@JessieatPlot37]

Its impossible to leave without at least a few packets isn't it :D But it is key to remember the original item hahaah! :D :D

[@helenhawkins4054]

I’ve chickens out of gardening today, really cold here in Cardiff. So enjoyed your vlog, my first seedling are just peeping through in the conservatory just brilliant.🤗👍✅

[@JessieatPlot37]

Ah, that first glimpse of seedlings for the year is always a joy isn't it!!!

[@sans0m]

Oh I thought I was daft saving my raspberry canes in the autumn so fingers crossed for peas support too 😀

[@JessieatPlot37]

:D never daft. when in doubt - save everything :D

[@elizabethlake6986]

Oh the girlie whirlies look gorgeous

[@JessieatPlot37]

:D thanks Elizabeth!

[@sharon1615]

Fab vlog Jessie 🥰

[@JessieatPlot37]

:D thanks Sharon!

[@lucycolwell949]

mum works hard on the plot, if she was my mum i would give her lots of tulips, love lucy c

[@JessieatPlot37]

shhhh.... i'm thinking of sneaking some more in without her knowing :)

[@finnroohomebrewing]

Happy Wednesday morning from NZ. Midway through our growing season here and always learning something new . Great episode. Cheers 😎👍

[@JessieatPlot37]

Happy... Thursday, i think it is now! :D Hope its been a good year for you so far! cheers!

[@rhondacraven1351]

Here in Maine USA. We have to dig up our dahlias. They cannot take freezing weather. I love them but they are so much work in the fall to dig them all up and find a perfect spot to store especially when we are harvesting the vegetable garden. Sorry you lost them 😢

[@majordog2399]

Skip diving is a great hobby. Good luck.

[@JessieatPlot37]

Should be in the olympics!

[@josephmckenzie8953]

Speaking of changing the way we garden to allow for the weather, I have been buying seeds for different conditions. On the North Coast of California, we have been through cold temperatures through May, and drought and heat in the summer and fall. Usually we are mild in the winter because we are on the coast, with early spring, and fog in the summer. This winter we just had nearly a month of high winds and heavy rain. Just new challenges to keep it interesting. Wishing you an early spring.😊

[@JessieatPlot37]

So tricky isn't it? Everything shifting. But like you say... we'd get board if it all went as planned wouldn't we?! Hope the spring is kind to you too!

[@josephmckenzie8953]

@@JessieatPlot37 I am a retired oyster farmer. I could count the crops that everything went perfectly to plan on one hand. A good farmer, and now gardener knows that nature ultimately decides the outcome. We do our best to out guess her.

[@tamararoberts9307]

Pretty cool about the manure deal 👍 cheers ❤️

[@JessieatPlot37]

Yeah, i'm chuffed!

[@christinamoxon]

I feel for you. Last year was brutal and we've lost a lot of 'winter' stuff during the second cold snap (they survived fine through the snow. Weird, huh?) Here in our corner of East Sussex we have solid clay soil (like - build your house foundations out of it, s.o.l.i.d.) and don't have a lawn for the winter because it just gets waterlogged and turns to mud. So I'm contemplating doing my dhalias in pots this year instead. I'll still have to dig them up, but at least I won't have to tackle the clay soil to do it.

[@auntyree5131]

0ld guy on my site swears by planting then 7 inches down leaves them in ground all winter and they come back amazing every year i have done the same touch wood they are doing well i give them some fish blood and bone early spring and it has been happy days 💐

[@JessieatPlot37]

Is that your dahlias?

[@auntyree5131]

@@JessieatPlot37 yes i live in cheshire we have just had 3inch of snow last night mine have been in the ground for 3yrs now what was the name of the dahlia you lost ?

[@dereknash3638]

The prices of timber is astronomic now, Limited timber production occurred during 2020, as a result of Covid-19 and even with production already at a 13 year high, there still isn't enough supply to go around to meet demand. In the UK currently, we're cutting down more trees than we're planting. We're replanting 50% less trees than we did 10 years ago, which is reducing the amount of timber on the market.

[@JessieatPlot37]

Its gone through the roof and yeah... the problem is just compounding...

[@stephen12264]

Hi Jess good to see you again. I have been thinking of you and your mom. It's good to see that you both are doing really Good. . I got outside today for the first time in two months. Since the strokes my body seems to be really sensitive to the cold weather. It has been up in the sixties for almost a week now in January that's really up there. Today actually got up to 73 degrees Fahrenheit. So I went out to sit in the sun and man did it feel good. I'm sorry I've been gone for so long God Bless you ladies.

[@JessieatPlot37]

Hello Stephen! So glad you got to get out in the sunshine!! That must have felt fantastic. Hopefully much more of that to come!

[@mandytaylor1008]

Hi Jess all my colis look like your rotten brassicas and some more broccoli too we have odd brassicas ok but in same bed so I don’t understand why some died and some didn’t but they took so little bag to grow and was looking forward to harvest and just b4 they got caught. Oh well that’s how it is in gardening. You win some you lose some. We just having another cold snap so I hope it doesn’t get the rest of them😩

[@JessieatPlot37]

Bahhhhh, its so frustrating all these brassicas dropping off isn't it! If it all went to plan, i guess we would get board... I'd like to try it out though!!

[@GardenofEmma]

Weather has been horrid hasn’t it out there. Shame when we get damage but gives us a job doesn’t it.

[@JessieatPlot37]

It does!! If it all went perfectly we'd probably get board of it all! hahah. it would be nice to test it out though! :D

[@yeevita]

Lovely to see you and your mum working in the garden. Over here, my onions are perennials. I used to see some black aphids and leaf miners on some of the onion greens but this year, I do not see any. And the existing greens are huge and beautiful. I will likely start more seeds of whatever I think I do not have enough of, but it is lovely to have onions around for soups, etc.

[@JessieatPlot37]

I would love to try perennial onions but i think the white rot would just take them out! Hopefully your aphids and miners stay away. :D

[@ioanaconstantin7151]

I have some similar grow lights, one is giving some yellowish light and one the classic weed grower purple light. They do the job and are affordable. I shall plant some peas as well. Cheers!

[@JessieatPlot37]

Ah the classic shade of purple :D Cheers Ioana!

[@christinebrooks6364]

Hi Jessie & your Mum too, great video update, you have been busy planning and Winter jobs too. So funny about the garlic beimg planted upside down 🤣. Im growing onions from seed thus Year, fed up of the sets bolting, trialed onion seeds last year & they did really well. Hopefully, you wont get onion rot. Thanks for sharing and take care 🙂

[@JessieatPlot37]

thanks Christine! Hahah, no idea how i managed to plant it upside down. wally!

[@garykellogg2758]

Prices are ridiculous across the pond here also

[@JessieatPlot37]

Its a pain isn't it!

[@judithchiasson8554]

Lily the Angora bunny rabbit!! 😊 yes. prices these days!! so hard to get used to!! and some, like 30 quid for a slender piece of wood, just make you turn away!! 😳😳😳❤

[@JessieatPlot37]

:D she is just that Judith!! And yeah... the prices are madness!!

[@jamiemittermuller6470]

I’ve set up my propagation lights and started my slower growing annuals. It has been too wet to do anything. I’ve got loads of pruning jobs to do. I think in the spring I may have a lot of casualties from it being so wet. I started my onions at Christmas (I read it somewhere so I’m trying it, my onion last year didn’t really do much), Aubergines have been removed from my veg to grow, I was sick of picking a good sized fruit only to find a hole in the bottom from a slug, or being scratched by the plant so going grow more sweet peppers instead.

[@JessieatPlot37]

Hi Jamie! Ah, pruning is on the cards here too. Oh and i know what you mean about the viciousness of the aubergines. They get me every time!!

[@michaelwilkins9416]

Another good vlog..........we've had local farm drop off 14 tons of manure with another 6 tons tomorrow.........we'll all have bad backs very soon.

[@JessieatPlot37]

Thanks Michael! 14 tons! holy smoke!

[@darrenkelley9270]

Great content … im a newbie just taken my first allotment on in November , so currently enjoying looking back & learning tips from your channel thanks 👍

[@SouthernYankee]

Tulips are very unreliable that’s why so many people treat at annuals and just replant every year. Lucky if you get 2-3 years of them. I tried an experiment with dahlias and left In the ground and mulched for protection and they all rotted we are in virginia zone 7b and we just get way to much rain so I’ll need to pull up next year and save the tubers. I love dahlias but mine did better in 2021 than last year. Maybe we will have more success this year.

[@JessieatPlot37]

They are a bugger for that aren't they! We've had a couple of varieties that just come good every single year and i'm always an optimist hahaha! And am sorry about your dahlias, like you say, fingers crossed for this year!!

[@suejames6808]

Well, it’s even colder where I am ( no consolation for you…and I’m not boasting !!)…More busy ‘goings on’ this week!!….Fence mending ( could you get some more pallets..Freebies!!..) to finish that job, maybe??…Planting peas…eventually, when you actually got some…Shocker about the price of wood!!…. and everything else 😱😱🤬…My cousin.. with small nursery shop, is getting some rhubarb crowns being delivered very soon , so I have ordered a couple to start this year..exciting 👌😃….Thank goodness for the greenhouse/solarium…otherwise, you and Mom would have frostbite, or have been blown away somewhere!!!Loved the speeded up bits this week… as you could see Lil shooting about all over the place!!…and covering a lot of ground 😃….a very daunting long list of things to do on the plot, but at least it will be ‘up together’ by the time ‘spring is sprung’..PS, nice , cozy get together in the Pub ..which looked very cheerful 👍👍🥂…Here’s hoping for warmer conditions next week!!!…Sue (Bham) 👋👋👋

[@JessieatPlot37]

Hello Sue! I am indeed on the look out for some more pallets :D I'm getting a bit tired with everything being twice the price!! Oh yay on the rhubarb front! Oh i do hope things are 'up together' by the time spring hits, feels a way off right now! Cheers!

[@Pixieworksstudio]

I lost 2 of my 3 tree cabbages, and I was astounded at their growth, They are about 5ft 8, but they are behind the greenhouse in a real snug square and sheltered on all sides, so I think it was just too cold. Minus 9.5. The Kalletes with them are fine but sparrow-pecked. Do you think the Kalletes will produce edible sprouts in the spring? I was tempted to take them out for the girlies, but if they sprout I'll leave them in. I so hate this month, but it'll soon be a distant memory I hope 😁

[@JessieatPlot37]

The poor old tree cabbages really have suffered haven't they?! Definitely leave the kalettes if you don't need the space for something else!

[@UkAmphibians]

I hope B & Q are giving you some commission by the way ? 😂 Another great video thanks for sharing 🐸💚🐸

[@JessieatPlot37]

Hahahahahah, i should ask :D

[@myrustygarden]

The prices are through the roof aren’t they 😢😢 I repaint my stuff and I have new bean trellises to paint, last year $15 for a can 😮 this year $32. But my choice to paint so 🤷‍♀️. When will the poor kitchen floor get finished must be a pain for everyone. Enviro mesh for the onions right off 👍👍. I ditched my snake 🐍 lights for a flat variety because they drove me crazy taking up space. Looking forward to seeing the tomato seeds and how many varieties you grow 👍👍. Have a fantastic week say hi to mom 🥰🥰🇨🇦

[@JessieatPlot37]

Hey Ali! Gah, the prices are madness. Double. Things are Double!! Kitchen floor looks like its going to be an even bigger job than we thought so we are hanging back a bit. I'll pass on your hellos to mum!

[@lynnrushton7458]

Snow here again 😩 not even thinking of sowing seeds just yet……lost my growing mojo & just can’t find it 🤷🏻‍♀️ ☃️❄️🥶 Have a lovely week Jessie x

[@JessieatPlot37]

Oh no Lynn! Hopefully when the weather starts getting its act together you'll find it again!

[@Sluretje]

Wow damn 5,50 for those E variants that's INSANE! almost not worth it anymore there!? I know nothing compares to fresh peas and beans but that's just insane!

[@JessieatPlot37]

That was crazy prices i know!!

[@fredbamford1636]

Fred at brayside allotments wilko cheaper only a pound for a pack of seeds b£&M do cheep wood

[@ConcreteCauldron]

Thanks for the video! 🎉

[@JessieatPlot37]

:D Thanks CC

[@martinjm1913]

Hi Jessie I don't know if you have a Home Bargains near you but they have their onion sets and seed potatoes in and they're 99p 🤞

[@JessieatPlot37]

oooooh, no, i've not seen one but i will have a look. Thanks Martin!

[@vivsalittlebitcrafty4854]

I NEED to be outdoors doing some work. We've also got dahlias to dig up and move as last year they grew flippin' huge and blocked half the garden off lol; can you believe that my grass has never stopped growing (nor have the weeds!!!)? It's so long that the mower won't cut it, strimmer job🤨but it's still too wet🥴 annnnd I've just had the dreaded C*vid AGAIN which has set me back a further week now😡 I think we have a few non-rain days ahead with frosts overnight, but the garden is still like a quagmire!! Oh, the delights of being a gardener hey??😆

[@JessieatPlot37]

Hahahah, a dahlia privacy screen Viv :D Pants about bloomin Covid! Hope you got off lightly with it. Hope you're getting some of this sunshine :D

[@theallotmentkitchengarden3694]

My 9 star broccolis have done the same 😭

[@JessieatPlot37]

:( :( :( :(

[@carollloydjones5735]

I've sown my first seeds for 2023 at long last! Onions, peppers, chillies and...... tomatoes! Am I mad? 🤪Great vlog Jessie! Hope your dahlias make it! My peas always get eaten by mice! Any tips to deter the little buggers? We have loads of cats at the allotment too! Lots of snow here in North Wales today so no visit to the allotment 🌨️🌨️ Cheers Jessie 🥂

[@JessieatPlot37]

Exciting time Carol!! Oooooh, off with the toms already :D I should have said that on the vlog really! Yeah, i find if i sow peas early in the saeson they always get eaten because theres not much around so it helps starting them inside in the guttering for that too! later on when there is more around for the mice to eat they tend to leave them alone for me!

[@losik01]

❤&❤❤Mum

[@WilsonsWanderings]

So, I’ve been trying to find a answer to this question for a while now and I haven’t found a straight/clear answer; I have a golden raspberry in my garden, do I prune it like my normal red raspberries or do I leave them like an autumn fruiting one?

[@carollloydjones5735]

I too have a golden raspberry, had it for a few years now and I've always cut it to the ground, like autumn raspberries, and it's come back lovely and healthy every year. The raspberries last year were huge and very tasty 😋

[@JessieatPlot37]

Ah thanks for picking that question up @carolloydjones ! I've never grown the golden ones!

[@samanthahoos9827]

Thank you for this fun video! 😊 I sowed peas with you today. Is it possible to start a small fire in your grill or on the plot to give you a bit of warmth while working? Our fire pit came in handy while building the greenhouse this winter. Are you still using your chalk board in the shed to keep track of what to do? I’ve used post it notes on my day planner as a reminder. Did you hang the bug box?

[@JessieatPlot37]

thanks Samantha! Ah, i wish! Fires have been banned on all allotment sites round here :/. We can get away with a BBQ, though, so we might have to bring up some sausages as props! :D The blackboard needs to come back into action! I really need to have a good shed tidy so i can get to it! :D Haven't hung the bug box yet, still on the todo!

[@artyanne65]

Hi Jessie, do you put holes in the guttering for drainage when sowing your peas? Great video as always. Think my plot will be full of potatoes this year, got a bit carried away with ordering different varieties 😊 can’t wait for spring. Planted tulips and daffodils.

[@JessieatPlot37]

Nah, only because i use the gutter for something else later in the year and it'd be useless with holes in hahaha! And yay, 2023 - Anne's year of the potato! :D

[@busynurseallotment]

Lovely video as always Jessie! Can I ask you what do you feed your chickens with?

[@JessieatPlot37]

Thank you! :D Their main feed is layer pellets. can't recall the brand but i can tell you if you're interested when i'm up there tomorrow. then they get lots of supplementary bits and bobs and treats.

[@busynurseallotment]

@@JessieatPlot37 yes please! I would like to try something new for my girls.. They are so fussy 🙄

[@gamervsgardening]

I love watching your channel. Which camera do you use to record your footage? I would like to record a few videos but not 100% sure if any of my cameras would be any good or not. Also as regards to flowers (in particular cut flowers) what do you think to Eryngiums? I like to collect them and ornamental grasses, carex prairie fire is my favourite so far as the leaves turn red in sunlight.

[@JessieatPlot37]

Ah, thanks Rob. I don't even use a camera, i just use my phone! I find it so much easier. As for Eryngiums - i love them, but never had a great deal of luck with them! looking to get a couple into my gravelly front garden this year though. Unfortunately the chaps who have been digging out our collapsed kitchen floor stored all the rubble and sand right on top of all my Agapanthus and Carex so i'm going have to do a bit of work on it!! So as a sea Holly expert, do you have any recommendations?

[@gamervsgardening]

@@JessieatPlot37 if you want a smaller variety "blue hobbit" is nice. A pale coloured one that is nice is "miss wilmotts ghost". I like "pen blue" it has really nice tones to it. I wouldn't mind getting some Eryngium bourgatii Picos blue which looks to have a beautiful deep blue.

[@unsufletpribeag]

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[@JessieatPlot37]

:D

[@caitlingilbert4972]

Love from Scotland but it's pronounced Ale-Sa Craig 🙈

[@JessieatPlot37]

Ah! thank you. i have a friend with the name Ay-La and its spelt Ailsa so i just assumed!

[@caitlingilbert4972]

@@JessieatPlot37 in the garden with eli and Kate just posted an onion video and they talk about the mispronounciation of this. Us Scots like to find ways to incorporate alcohol into anything hence the Ale-Sa pronunciation !

[@rosee941]

Great vlog as usual... though stop talking about sowing... that means our summer here in tge southern hemisphere is on the way out.... can't we keep it a bit longer??? Pleeeease?!

[@JessieatPlot37]

Gah, sorry!!! :D

[@stewartmcclure7578]

why not drill holes in the gutter

[@JessieatPlot37]

Because i use it for other things later in the year.

[@jeanlauridsen8596]

Beautiful Woman.