September Harvests, a trip to Rassell's and Leek Bed dramas! || Plot 37 (Episode 76)

[@thelandofmint]

I just want to say, I stumbled upon your channel a week or so ago and boy oh boy, you are one of the best channels if not the best. I used to follow few UK KZbin gardners/alotmenteers and now I ditch them all, haha. You are informative, creative, entertaining, enlightened, kind, humble and a great cook. Lady, I don't only see a great growth in your channel but a book too, that includes gardening, useful tips and lots of recipes. Please don't change, keeping inspiring and smiling beautiful lady. ( a British expat living the good life in the mountains in central Italy alone with no car and very very little money, growing my food, keeping chickens, bartering with small local farmers, forging, etc. ...your videos made me miss London😩💕💚🌻

[@thelandofmint]

Oh, I just want to say that turnip is my favourite vegetable..my late mum used to make this amazing stew (an old recipe from her Bedouin north African mother).. it has diced turnips, dry, shelled and desiccated broad beans, tomatoes, hot chillies, lots of herbs and spices especially cumin, then thickened with a bit of flour or rice flour if can't eat wheat like me..it's so aromatic and so delicious my comfort food in late autumn and winter. 😁😋

[@joywhite439]

Best garden

[@JessieatPlot37]

Wow Sue, what a message!! Thank you so much! Also - oooooooh, that turnip recipe sounds incredible! I will do some investigating into that!

[@thelandofmint]

@@JessieatPlot37 it's a family recipe, according to my late mum it was created by her Bedouin great grandmother who passed it on to her daughters..they even gave it a name😄....I forgot to mention you need to use garlic,3 or 4 big cloves....and the green tops of the turnip 😁..my mum used to add mincemeat sometimes but it's optional..and once it's cooked don't forget to add a heaped teaspoon of ground dried mint leaves, oh my my, it's just devine. 😋💚

[@kretagraves8285]

Love, love your channel. I miss it when you're not there. I had to wait until today to see you again...thank goodness it was LONG! I started watching you a bit ago, just happened upon you as I was getting kinda bored with my usual stable of allotment ppp. You, my dear, are anything but. I love your artistic flair and your whimsical nature...but most of all I love that LAUGH! And the voice you have when you talk to the 'Girlies' is enchanting. Most especially is the obvious close and loving relationship you and your Mum have....I envy you that. Your channel is just what we all need right now. I could rattle on but I wanted to know something. Your 'burn can' caught my attention (among other things). It's perfect! Did you make it? I want/need one. OK...done for now. I suddenly have a thirst for a G&T!

[@room3950]

I love watching you make lunch! It gives me ideas on how to use my garden vegetables. I’d like to see more cooking at home as well.

[@janecox4173]

Yes please for more cooking x

[@dn744]

If only I was 30 years younger. I never had such luck, as I ended cooking everything. Rare thing now, but she will never starve.

[@JessieatPlot37]

I keep trying to film more cooking at home but so much of what i cook is rather... off the cuff. It's difficult to film! :D And it takes 3 times longer - and i'm normally starving. lol

[@simplifygardening]

I love garden centers like this. A true aladins cave of plants and equipment. looks awesome

[@dn744]

Why don't I see a wedding ring. A woman that cooks like you do, sure is rare these days.

[@izzywizzy2361]

Today I added pak Choi leaves, sliced turnips, french and runner beans fresh from the plot to my teriyaki instant noodles for lunch and they were delicious! Thankyou for that brilliant idea 😋

[@JessieatPlot37]

:D :D :D

[@christhomas8332]

Fresh for tincture, (alcohol) Dried for oil infusions 😍

[@JessieatPlot37]

Thank you!

[@gordon8858]

Hi Jessie, I completely agree regarding not using "Hedge trimmers" to trim you're Bay Tree. Secateurs are the tool for the job. Great Videos, brilliant plot and please say hello to your hard working mum. Gordon, Halifax

[@stuartleng2194]

Love your videos you are so down to earth and so inspiring and the info you give out is so valuable - thank you so much !!!x

[@JessieatPlot37]

Thanks Stuart. What a fab message!

[@helenhawkins4054]

Just come in for a break, and watching your vlog inspires me to go straight back out again. My new chooks have finally been excepted. You are without doubt my favourite channel.🤗👍✅

[@JessieatPlot37]

Ahh, thank you Helen!!! And yay about the chickens!

[@annaking9213]

Thanks for showing us the road into the plot.

[@paulcornwell5496]

i also love mulberries i have one in my yard and there all over the woods here. he have one down town that is older then Adam and eve lol. well maybe not that old but i seen a pic of down town in 1909 and it was a really good size tree then. id say it 200 years old maybe. i put tarp under one side of it and shack the tree and i get over a 5 gallon bucket in just a few mins i just love that tree.

[@carlsmith7240]

Loved this vlog, dancing and singing to the girls, a visit to the garden centre, plus a small insight into your life outside of plot 37 and the bay leaf stuff. Fabulous Jessie. Cheers and enjoy that drinky poo

[@JessieatPlot37]

:D Thanks Carl! And Cheers!

[@susanbrookes8247]

Flying into London from Italy next week and will make a beeline to Rassels .. will drag daughter along too. Exciting

[@thomasthibedeau8900]

I love your english(england) accent. My grandmother came from england.

[@mudoh2131]

Loved the shape you pruned the bay tree to. You are so right, if you have a bay tree (and i have several) the number of leaves you end up with is unreal. will have a go at the bay leaf powder, very interesting. Love my dehydrator, make wild camping meals for my son, amongst other things.

[@JessieatPlot37]

Ah, camping meals. thats such a good idea, i never thought about using it for things like that!

[@mudoh2131]

@@JessieatPlot37 also did dehydrated meals with my granddaughter for het Brownie Space Badge! A long time before you have to do that Jess!

[@brendaharrington5783]

I see your chickens love the fresh corn. Try feeding them the fresh corn out of you “brown shaker tin”… then they will associate treats with the tin!!

[@annescott6137]

🙋hi from Scotland hi thank you for sharing another amazing vidio I enjoyed the wee look around the lovly garden centre I hope you and your lovly wee mum had a great day at Chelsea stay safe take care Anne Scott from Scotland

[@JessieatPlot37]

Thanks Anne!

[@koob1949]

Happy birthday Mum....she shares the day with me 🍻🎂

[@JessieatPlot37]

Woo! Happy Brithday!

[@fareebug8439]

I adore your vlogs. And WOW what a great garden center/previous job. I'm in the central USA. I love seeing things across the pond. I would have SO much fun in that shop. 😍😮🥰 Happy Birthday to your 💕 mom💕🎁🎂💕!!

[@JessieatPlot37]

Ah, its a great shop! And Thank You!

[@paulahughes6031]

Jess an mum. I loved this vlog. So much information & busy busy busy. Girlies are coming along a dream. What a hair cut you give that bay tree.it looked fabulous after it. & bay leaf in my stew’s from now on. 👏🐓👍x

[@JessieatPlot37]

Thanks Paula! :D

[@SaraHartman09]

Happy birthday to your Mom….. take care

[@JessieatPlot37]

Thanks Sara!

[@andrewwilkinson3766]

Cheers Jessie.

[@JessieatPlot37]

Cheers Andrew!

[@gardeningperth]

Love how you make a bad food so much healthier!

[@JessieatPlot37]

Ha!

[@debbiewilson5739]

cool place

[@annaking9213]

Enjoyed

[@jamiemittermuller6470]

I love using my hedge trimmer, the one I use gives a excellent, clean cut but the ones on the pole are a blight. I have never seen one being used and a crisp clean finish from it. The good weather this week working wonders with ripening my veg and I’ve managed to get jobs done before winter.

[@patriciahawkes386]

Can u tell me the make of your hedge trimmer as I need to buy one for cutting down a neighbour's ivy that's ganging over my garden. Many thanks.

[@jamiemittermuller6470]

@@patriciahawkes386 it may not be helpful to you but I have a mountfield petrol one. It has a twisty handle and is really comfortable to use but I do have a lot of hedges to cut and cuts beautifully. They do a battery one which is identical maybe worth a look, but may be overkill for what you want.

[@JessieatPlot37]

Don't get me wrong, i love a hedge trimmer when the need arises! But just not on the large leaves like a Bay. And yeah, the sun is very welcome!

[@jamiemittermuller6470]

@@JessieatPlot37 worth having the right tool for the job. It makes it much more enjoyable.

[@thornhedge9639]

I know exactly how you feel about hedge trimmers! It's like using a blowtorch to light candles on a birthday cake! If you hadn't mentioned powdering the Bay leaves, I would have happily continued my life thinking Bay leaves are poisonous. (Choking hazard when whole but not poison!) Thanks Jessie!

[@thehillsidegardener3961]

A lot of authentic Indian recipes call for whole bay leaves to be ground up and roasted with other spices.

[@JessieatPlot37]

Hahahah!

[@lorrainegrey8240]

Great video as always!!! Love the girlies 🥰x

[@JessieatPlot37]

Thanks Lorraine!

[@deansmith9709]

You should have used a hedge trimmer to do that Bay Tree Jess,ONLY JOKING LOL😁

[@neverwise]

You beat me to that joke 😂

[@JessieatPlot37]

Hah. Bugger off!

[@stevendowden2579]

lovely video lovely music well done jessie

[@JessieatPlot37]

Thanks Steven!

[@myrustygarden]

Evening ladies hope your all doing well. Russell’s looks like our local garden centre full of plants, knickknacks, fountains, statues and clothes etc etc. You don’t find too many standard nurseries anywhere as economy has made them be more diversified sellers. But on a sunny day there’s no where better to visit. Everything looks fantastic and lush still though which is nice. End of summer tomorrow but sunny as all get out today. I’ve put in some Dulce broad beans today as an experiment I’ve never brown “over” winter beans before this so will be interesting. As always thanks for sharing ✌️🇨🇦🐝 safe

[@JessieatPlot37]

Yeah, i love the sort of plant nursey-come-knicknack shop thing! The kind of shop you have to hunt around in for the gems. :D Oooh, good luck with you beans, we are just trying to decide if we are overwintering this year. And if we are, are we starting straight in the bed or in pots.... too many decisions to make!

[@SouthernYankee]

I get a box called apothecary monthly and this month was all about elderberry and we are making a Elderberry syrup! One of the things I didn’t know what that elderberries are toxic unless cooked you have to cook the cyanide out by boiling so I wouldn’t drink anything with fresh elderberries or you will get sick!

[@The-Hillside-Garden]

The berries are "cooked" by the alcohol ...like making a tincture... so they're grand to use this way as long as they're ripe

[@777daf]

Another great video jesse 🤝

[@JessieatPlot37]

Thanks Kenneth!

[@rozellabrooks1131]

Happy Birthday, mum!! Love watching your vlogs. Thanks for sharing your plot lunches. I enjoy watching how you use your harvest. Enjoy Chelsea. Have a blessed week.

[@JessieatPlot37]

Thanks Rozella! :D

[@markshomeandgarden6674]

I had only been thinking of trying bay powder a few days ago, will definitely be trying it . A little tip for exercise with the girls if uou font already fo it ,, is . Thread a piece of string through the corn or tie it on to anything they like . Then hang it just out-of reach if there standing so they really have to stretch up to get it . Brill to keep them tip-top.

[@JessieatPlot37]

Thanks Mark! Hahah, we used to hang things all over for our last girls and they were like little jumping jacks reaching for stuff... so far these girls run for the hills if things move in the wind. lol! But i will def try again!

[@stevienicks8228]

Wow you looked stunning at the party

[@andyducker6208]

Yes, a lovely outfit

[@JessieatPlot37]

Thanks!

[@stevehicks8923]

Could you put the coordinates of your plot? I’ll never get there but I could google earth it 👍🏼 Great show. Cheers 🥂

[@packettoplate]

jessie that's a baby bay , pop over and look at the monster bay in the garden that needed cutting back, love the vlogs,all the best

[@JessieatPlot37]

Oh i know, believe me thats why i chop it back so much every year. 2 plots over there is one 40ft tall. lol

[@jorgefonseca3208]

My father was a great user of bay leaves in almost all of his cookings :) Loved the funky🕺music on the beautiful garden center footage😄 Great vlog as usual🥂🌱

[@JessieatPlot37]

Thanks Jorge. Bay leaves are so underrated!

[@jorgefonseca3208]

@@JessieatPlot37 so true

[@christinebrooks6364]

Hi Jess, very good job on your bay tree, your lunch looked lovely too.

[@JessieatPlot37]

Thanks Christine!

[@LP-ec1yp]

Tell mum HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Great video this week. I would love a bay tree but I think we might get just a little to cold here in North Texas. I will have to check on that?

[@JessieatPlot37]

Thanks LP. Will do! Ah thats funny, i've had a couple of messages like this. I think of bay trees as being the most hardy things on the planet. *Impossible to kill!* But i've looked it up and they don't really like it below -5 (23?). Who knew? Then again, it never gets that low here. How cold do you get in North Texas?

[@sarahkeal1065]

Totally jealous that you are going to Chelsea. I hope you had a wonderful day. Many happy returns to your mum x

[@JessieatPlot37]

Thanks Sarah. It was fab!

[@anuhietamaki6976]

Happy birthday to your mum! ❤️

[@JessieatPlot37]

Thanks you!

[@garyclifton2180]

Enjoy the vlog Jess funny wet t.shirt contest of your mum lol and gutted Ur shed is better set up than mine lol x

[@JessieatPlot37]

Hahaha! I'm just sad i didn't capture her battle with the hose on camera! :D

[@garyclifton2180]

@@JessieatPlot37 haha that would have been funny lol x

[@karenslater343]

Lovely garden centre thanks for sharing. Great vlog

[@JessieatPlot37]

Thanks Karen!

[@ritawest2535]

Looking at your pre-trim view of the tree (about 2 min. in) I see a turkey shape. 🦃 There, job already done, LOL!! (Also, luv birthday-boyz t-shirt! 😄)

[@JessieatPlot37]

Hahahahaha! Oh Yeah!

[@ryanair888]

really like your videos! as relaxing as the gin tonic which I also like too hehe, take care

[@JessieatPlot37]

:D

[@bristolveggiebeds5310]

Great leeks

[@JessieatPlot37]

Thanks Helen. Hoping the rust will just pootle off and leave us alone!

[@Ficus_blue]

You could make a lovely wreath with the bay clippings too!

[@JessieatPlot37]

True!

[@thomascallaghan5988]

Great video

[@JessieatPlot37]

Thanks Thomas

[@beverley1539]

Cheers Jess Thankyou for sharing soo much loved today’s video! You must share the first taste of the Zambuca experience first hand lol ! Re girlys I think the set up is perfect lots of interaction, the ramps at higher heights seem to working a charm!as you are using the leaf mould bin as a sorta table for now perhaps keeping something similar in future would be a benefit for the girls,if you get what I’m trying to say lol Yay for a busy but fun week ahead! Happy Birthday Muma! Poor soul got all wet. I’ve started collecting some zinnia flowers for seed, maybe pinched lol to be honest! I love that there are so many varieties colours etc and what a great pollinator as you showed lovely close up much appreciated bless. Anywhoo take care see you soon blessings to you and yours Ontario Canada 🐝

[@JessieatPlot37]

Thanks Beverley! Oh the zinnias have been a revelation to me this year. i've seen so many around that are gorgeous! I will be pinching seed too lol! :D

[@papusna84]

I have done strawberry patch today,I got tons of runners in water rooting,waiting for few days to be planted.Also put some Chip bark on pathways.There always something to do but We love it dont we.

[@JessieatPlot37]

ALWAYS something!

[@xd_bricks]

Great video as always. Do you happen to know the name of the pink flower you filmed the bees on?

[@packettoplate]

sorry jessie the vid will be up on wednesday technical issues take care

[@jennyjohnson9012]

My dahlias are like yours Jessie and I grew them from seed. I have so many buds still opening but I'm worried the weather will ruin them, we often get a frost here at the end of next month. Will have to wait and see. Loved the video again.

[@JessieatPlot37]

So sad when the frost hits them isn't it? They seem to get better and better at this time of year and then Bam! :(

[@MaryBornforHealth]

very fun video.

[@JessieatPlot37]

Thanks mary!

[@shannonsackitey5613]

Loved your video. What is the music called please? Thanks 😊

[@tassiegirl1991]

Another interesting blog Jess, glad the sun was out when mum got soaked by the sprinkler. Happy birthday to mum and niece from here in Tasmania. That food dehydrator worked a treat Jess been thinking about getting one but not sure which type now must check your link. Looks like we’re in fir a up and down spring, beaut morning today but snow to se level forecast Friday and Saturday just as I was going to plant out some seedlings......ugh.

[@JessieatPlot37]

Thank you! Yeah, i've been really impressed with the dehydrator! And been using it for way more things than i thought initially. Gosh Snow!

[@andrewmossop6241]

Great as usual, been contemplating green manure I will give it a go. if you , like lemony gin, try Pomada, a Menorcan Gin cocktail it's lush, use Mahon Gin ( it's a vinous alcohol not vodka based from Valencia! the British navy set up the distillery hundreds of years ago!) 1/3rd squeezed fresh lemons , 1/3rd soda water or fanta lemonade to suit your taste and lots of ice. It is dispensed free at Menorcan festivals! Three of them and you're done!! Depends on the size of the receptical of course?

[@JessieatPlot37]

Oooooh, thats sounds fab Andrew!

[@thehillsidegardener3961]

Ok, I learned something today, I thought bay being a Mediterranean bush/tree it didn't like colder climates and could get fried by a frost. Apparently not, well I live in a warmer climate than yours so I'm definitely getting one now if I can.

[@JessieatPlot37]

Bay trees are as tough as old boots! Pretty much impossible to kill. :D

[@thehillsidegardener3961]

@@JessieatPlot37 That sounds like a challenge :D. Definitely gonna give one a go then, though I might grow it in a pot indoors for the first couple of years just to be on the safe side.

[@jesselawrence4360]

How do you tackle slugs which seem to affect your plot

[@MsPigeon999]

Hi Jessie. I am not sure about those elderberries but I make an antiviral syrup with elderberries. The green ones are poisonous. Also stems and leaves. So only use the black ones. I don't know if it's true for the ones you are using but better to check.

[@JessieatPlot37]

Yeah, the birds were taking them the moment they were rip so i picked what was left early and they ripened really well at home! The less than black ones in the vodka is just an experiment. i will cook out a sugar syrup with the black ones!

[@MsPigeon999]

@@JessieatPlot37 The syrup I make is half elderberry tea, quarter honey, quarter brandy. I put ginger in this batch too.

[@Luxie84]

Hi Jessie, just one question: how does the bay tree handle your winters? I would love to have one, but I´m affraid, it will die during the winter. Do you know, how old and big bay tree should I leave outside during winter? Thank you :) Great video as ussual. Greetings from Czech Republic :)

[@Albinojackrussel]

In the UK our winters are much milder than in the Czech Republic because we're so costal. Our lowest temp ever was -27, you guys got to -36 last year. So Jessie's advice migt not apply to you sadly :( That said I know you can wrap plants in fiber or things like bubble wrap to help keep them warm in winter.

[@JessieatPlot37]

The bays have no problem at all with our winters because we never get past -3 where i am. Looking it up they say they can handle down to -6 with no problem but not much colder than that.

[@caroleperry4343]

Great video once again, could you find out the name of that beautiful dahlia please? It was stunning!! My leeks weren't good either, the same variety too, I thought the had white rot so I dug them out but no sign of it. Maybe it wasn't good seed last year.

[@JessieatPlot37]

Thanks Carole, yeah... i know i have the original labels somewhere! One of my winter jobs is going to be a Master List of everything on the plot so i will hunt it down and let you know!

[@jessievanswaaij2971]

Hey, my allotment is next to a cemetery as well ;) Why did you use unripe elderberries? You know they are toxic? (Sambunigrin = like cynadine)

[@LincolnGreenUK]

Fabulous as always, but what does a girl keep in a bucket labelled Jessie *P* on a shelf? Perhaps I shouldn't ask...

[@JessieatPlot37]

Hahahhaha, its porcelain slip!

[@JessieatPlot37]

Labelled Jessie so the students don't nick it! :D

[@LincolnGreenUK]

Phew 😂

[@simplifygardening]

lmao seen a sharper spoon

[@kimme0469]

You picked your elderberries too early. They should be black when they are ripe. Your flowers are beautiful!

[@JessieatPlot37]

The second they were going black the birds eat them. Hence i picked them but they have ripened to black perfectly at home now.

[@jones7454]

Hi jessie...

[@JessieatPlot37]

hello!

[@keepingitsimple9058]

Hi Jessie, loving the Vlogs. I have a non allotment question…..would you mind telling me what gimbal you use ? I’m well impressed with the smoothness of your shooting. I’ve been filming some hiking/climbing in the Lake District with my Canon M50 camera but even with image stabilisation the shots are still quite shakey so I’m gonna treat myself to a gimbal. Thanks.

[@JessieatPlot37]

Hello! There is a link to my gimbal in the video blurb but i film everything just on my phone so i don't think it would be much use to you! And having a look at it..... nope, theres no way of adapting it for a proper camera. Its a Zhiyun Smooth and they do a camera ready one that looks really very similar, ( amzn.to/3zI5gNr ) I've been really impressed with it. Great battery life. Only problem i've encountered is that i've been using it like a tripod too and when its out filming from a sunny spot it has over heated. But thats my fault really.

[@keepingitsimple9058]

@@JessieatPlot37 Thanks for that Jessie, I thought you used a camera, the quality seems so good.

[@unsufletpribeag]

❤🌷❤

[@pamelamurphy9468]

Jessie, the stems and green berries should not be used!!! They are poisonous. Only ripe berries should be used!!

[@JessieatPlot37]

The berries were being scoffed by the black birds the second they ripened so i picked what was left early. They have ripened up really well at home.

[@paulkelley7445]

USA sc