Episode 32 - Getting in a Pickle and Home Garden Jungle!

[@michaelsplot]

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[@TheGrowUpChannel]

It's always lovely to see your smile Christine. You have such a lovely channel. Watched this video while having my breakfast. The 'gherkin' that's yellow has gone over. I'm not a fan myself but what a haul! Danny 🌱

[@LittleGreenShedAllotment]

@@TheGrowUpChannel Thank you Danny, thankfully we enjoy gherkins, 8 jars pickled so far! 😀 Have a great weekend. 😊🌻

[@jane3730]

Everything is late so late Christine, I am beginning to wonder if there is enough sunshine hours left this year to ripen my tomatoes 🍅 plenty of fruit but not the right colour. Always enjoy seeing the home garden and you're ability to squeeze so much in, it's fabulous. Thank you for sharing. 🐞🌻🌱

[@LittleGreenShedAllotment]

I agree, let's hope we have lots of sun in September and October, I do remember one year having a lovely October, it does feel like the seasons are shifting. The garden is a real squeeze but I do like it looking full but perhaps I've got a little OTT this year! Enjoy the rest of the week. 😊🌼

[@RobinGardens]

Been madly preserving too. The home garden looks so lush, mine is a little tatty right now, but picks back up with the cool down.

[@LittleGreenShedAllotment]

@@RobinGardens I've just started canning, water bath method, wow there's quite a lot to learn and varying advice but enjoying it, so nice to think we can enjoy home grown in the winter. 😊🌻

[@RobinGardens]

@@LittleGreenShedAllotment I stick to the Ball Book of Canning and only vary the spices etc. Those pickling type cucumbers are tastiest harvested small. When they get bigger and go yellow/brown they are trying to make seed. Bummer part of that is, the plant thinks it's done its job and will shut down production. Good luck on your canning adventures.

[@lynnpurfield9430]

New subscriber in Wales here. Lovely vlog xx

[@LittleGreenShedAllotment]

Welcome and thank you very much for subscribing. 😊🌻

[@XXTERIA]

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[@77sun222]

Hi I'm getting used to your friendly fox. Your metal planters are great. What size are they and did you film setting them up please?💯💕

[@LittleGreenShedAllotment]

Hi, the metal planters are really good and dead easy to construct, I filmed putting one together in Episode 15, it is about 8 minutes in. They are made by Birdies and you can have different configurations, I went for the longest which is, at a guess, about 6 feet long and about 2 feet wide. 😊

[@Karenattheplot]

Hope the sweetcorn was good?

[@LittleGreenShedAllotment]

Still haven't eaten it! Tomorrow for sure! 😊

[@terriblecat4418]

I’m just about to harvest some beetroot … definitely gonna try them in my Ninja air fryer, thanks for all the details

[@LittleGreenShedAllotment]

You are so welcome, it really is so much easier, hope you are having a great week. 😊🌻

[@myrustygarden]

Hi Christine, have you ever thought of moving the shed to the left against the corner to give you a much bigger slab area next to it? It’s over ripe and you can probably save seed from it. Yes normal die back and the pumpkin 🎃 will be fine just staying there. 😅😅 every time I water my poor carrots they do that. 😂😂 Bombay gin 👍👍. My Sungold are the only ones ripening at the moment. It’s all looking amazing and great harvests, have a great week, Ali ☔️🌞🇨🇦

[@LittleGreenShedAllotment]

Hi Ali, thanks for letting me know about the giant cornichon and the pumpkins, it seems like everything throws up new questions, definitely a learning curve. 😊 Funnily enough when planning the allotment one of the options was to put the shed to the edge of the plot but I quite liked the idea of a path down the middle leading to the shed, possibly not the most practical space wise in hindsight. I think if I suggested moving the shed to my family it would be a definite no! 😂 Hope your week is going well. 🌻😊

[@myrustygarden]

@@LittleGreenShedAllotment oh yes I see that point now you are correct it does have a flow 🥰 and we don’t want a rebellion on your hands 🤣