JOINING MY TWO ALLOTMENT PLOTS / ALLOTMENT GARDENING FOR BEGINNERS

Welcome to my allotment gardening channel. My name is Emma and these vlogs are my allotment diaries. 2023 is is my forth year on my plot. I'm learning as I go and would love for you to follow my allotment gardening journey by SUBSCRIBING to my channel!
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[@bluumz-n-veg]

EMMA, I'd like to encourage you to put your signature on the front of the planner and on your other items... small and in a lower corner. You really should develop your NAME as a BRAND! 🙂 Love your videos, your attitude and personality really come through and they're great!

[@CricketsBay]

Yes! I was thinking that when I checked out her allotment planner on Amazon. Name plus the words "Emma's Allotment Diaries on KZbin."

[@bluumz-n-veg]

@@CricketsBay I think just "Emma Bailey" would be great. Emma has other interests/activities/presence besides KZbin. 🙂

[@mattierex1990]

I was always told that robins who hang around are loved ones who past away coming back to check up on you. Nice thought. Congratulations on the best seller!

[@BenLuis732]

I heard that too. “When Robins appear, loved ones are near”

[@fluffy-Muffin]

I was so happy when a robin started visiting after my Nan passed away coz she believe robins were loved ones. Was devastated when I found the cat had left the dead robin under the Christmas tree. Can’t make it up. All I know is that my Nan would have had a little chuckle coz she had a great sense of humour.

[@rickvangunten4800]

Emma: Thinning things out around your large tree, although you feel bad for needing to do it. Will make everything else much healthier in the end. Making your little nature island a nice feature of the plot. I am sure Einstien will eventually forgive you.😁

[@MarianWalsh-vz9fy]

Congrats on your bestseller status. You should feel very proud of yourself, you’ve done wonders with your new plot.

[@meapantz1983]

I think Einstein wanted to make a nest in there he's fumin😅. Might have to make him a hotel of bird boxes and a nice bush on the other border and apologies with some worms 🤣

[@geecee4724]

Hi Emma, firstly thanks for the entertainment and gardening ‘expertise’. You have fast become my favourite allotment vlogger. I don’t have an allotment but have a big enough garden to be almost self sufficient in fruit & veg. I’m 4 years in and like you learning from mistakes. I am commenting because I am a firm believer of right tool for the right job and your saw is not the right tool. It us a woodworking tool and not a pruning saw so please treat yourself, they are not that expensive. Thanks for the laughs.

[@CricketsBay]

I second all of this, especially the bit about the right saw. I have learned this through hands-on gardening experience.

[@katedijkers7827]

Congratulations on having a best seller! About the tulips - Apeldoorn is a town in the Netherlands. I actually used to live there 😯 The plot is looking great ; you're making such good progress!

[@rebeccazody1278]

You are just trimming/pruning, not removing all together. Just maintenance. It will grow back. Congrats on being a best seller

[@emmatreweeks6656]

Your diary is of fall on a Facebook page, someone has been gifted it and didn’t even know your videos, so I would imagine a few more subscribers are on their way. I can’t wait for mine,. Well done love watching you.. x

[@wesccfc]

Tip for the saw……. Rub a candle wax on either side near the saw edge it’ll glide through quicker as you cut

[@kathrynbeetham5308]

You need to scoop the duckweed off the surface of the pond, it blocks out the light and kills off the oxegenating pond weed, which means life leaves the pond.

[@Benmeehan1400]

The tree you’ve cut down is a hazel, it will grow back! You’ve just coppiced it. So it will grow lots of small branches which in a few years you can cut back again and use them on the allotment as bean poles etc 😊

[@labcat647]

I find my curved pruning saw does much better than my regular saw in the garden. Just stay focused on your vision of the garden in the future.

[@dn744]

Looking back at your early videos, what a long way you have come 😊

[@bigmomma9058]

Congratulations on best seller well deserved Emma

[@christinewhiting8126]

Hi Emma, Impressed with how much you have achieved in a short time. Speaking from experience you may want to consider protecting the area that you have put your bulbs, as squirrels love them and will happily think you have left them for their winter larder. Take care, best wishes Chris from Kent

[@joycehennequin8469]

Im loving your videos Emma, you make me smile all the way through 😊 l wish you someone would give you a couple of hours help xx

[@user-zs3xd5ym4j]

I bought a 5 inch rechargeable chainsaw off Amazon ( less than $50 ). It might really help you. I love mine- something very empowering about wielding a chainsaw😝 Very easy to use.

[@LINDAWATSONGARDEN]

Hi Emma, I still enjoy watching your videos even if they are shorter, your quite entertaining. So lovely to see Einstein pop up to say hello.

[@pennykingsley-xb8ub]

My daughter, Kirsty, bought your planner for my birthday 🎉😂❤

[@user-rt3cw5do6f]

The issue with the saw sticking. Get a candle and rub the sides of the saw with it. Both sides and along the teeth. It will stop the blade sticking. You will have to reapply this when it starts to stick again. Hope this helps

[@beverley1539]

Hiya Emma 🎉🥳🥂CONGRATULATIONS 🎉🍻Well done! 🎉 Blessings luv Ontario Canada 🐝🇨🇦

[@chrisdockerty3246]

Hi Emma wish I could find someone who works AS HARD AS YOU You are brilliant and say as it is. Keep going, we love following you

[@mompuff]

Congratulations on your new success on your book 🙏🏻🦋🎉 I just love ❤️ your sweet personality 🤗 You crack me up!! 😂😜🇺🇸 Please get you an electric small saw!!

[@Daisy-pk4zk]

Anyone else thinking the music has a touch of ground force 🥰

[@Bexyboo88]

Ohh Emma, Einstein is getting so close to you now, I wonder if you could take some dried mealworms along with you and perhaps he may start taking them from you :D

[@margarethannah2645]

get yourself alittle battery operated garden saw , you will save yyourself lots and lots of energy and lots and lots of time

[@fluffy-Muffin]

Yay seeing you upload has really brightened my day and I haven’t even watched it yet lol

[@ryanhiley4301]

I think you should try hold a worm out for the robin on your hand. See if it lands on your hand to take it that would be awesome

[@timbaker7994]

Well done Emma best seller next stop best allotment and best KZbin channel well done you 👏👏👏👏

[@pc1189]

👏👏congrats on the Best Seller Emma best wishes always

[@christieglenn1756]

You are sooo busy and you work and work and work. Great Emma.🙋‍♀️💚🌻🌿

[@valerielee3134]

You are doing so good, plz keep going, it’s going to be so worth it ❤️

[@patstephenso7206]

Thank you Emma lm loving your vlogs and the little Robin xxxx😊

[@tabithadrew9875]

Its coming along lovely with you emma!

[@SaraHartman09]

Congratulations and know am very proud of you…

[@annfarrell528]

come in from work and it's starting to get dark. Eaten my tea and watched you get to it so i'm inspired to get out in the garden for a bit

[@kevinproctor7090]

Well done emma I’m new to your great allotment diaries but so proud watching your adventures, I am a newby to garden since 8 months ago n my wonderful gardening friend Jessie taught me so much as gardening involves so can relate to your great vids,. Nature birds bugs ladybirds oh heck cats n hedgehogs too..well done becoming a bestseller..so throwing myself into your great vids, happy gardening Emma!

[@LisaBrady]

Remember The Windy Spots Emma please don’t over do it have a think Wind and Rain can be pretty destructive, especially this time of year. !

[@medwards5337]

Congratulations Emma, you deserve your bestseller status. Love your blogs and following your journey.

[@marywaddell8927]

Use a small fork/trowel to loosen the grasses before pulling up, it makes it so much easier. Plant tulips in November.

[@catherineabbott5]

Love how you're using a broken spade handle as a dibber/bulb planter. Genious. The allotment planner is brilliant, am loving mine, so helpful.

[@debbieglen2800]

Love your videos hard work pays off xx

[@chrisdockerty3246]

You are doing brilliant, keep going

[@smellslikedirt525]

Congratulations on the best seller!! Ordered mine.

[@84MissLC]

You are doing brilliantly! I so enjoy watching the progress of your new plot , seeing it gradually become part of your faithful (old) plot. 😊

[@marilynstanbury5098]

Well done becoming a best seller on Amazon, all your hard work has paid off. Your videos are a delight, Einstein always singing and you chattering to yourself and us……lovely.

[@blumblam4813]

Amazing news about being a bestseller! Keep going Emma! Xxx

[@jpennturner]

You are doing the right thing thinning those trees at present there is too much shade and they take nutrients and water from the soil!

[@AudreyM2023-yo1fb]

I’m enjoying them. You’re so funny and I love to see your progress. 😊

[@sharonbownes5170]

Apart from well done for all the work you’re doing to your double plot, I must say your hair is looking very smart too

[@Frostie3672]

I really hope you checked that area before clearing it & using those sharp tools as overgrown areas like that make perfect nest sites for our precious little hedgehogs, now vulnerable to extinction in this county & they need all the help they can get & allotments is one area you certainly will come across hedgehogs nesting. September into October is when they have there second litters & it'll be an absolute disaster if anyone disturbs a hedgehog nest with mum & hoglets as she's likely to either kill her young or abandon the nest, either outcome would be terrible for the hoglets.

[@christinamichael2043]

Wow!! Congratulations Emma Xx

[@Joalexlees]

You've done an amazing job, Emma, I know it can seem really daunting. I hot a new plot in June. Definitely rip out every trace of that grass/sedge. It's an absolute menace in my garden. Completely takes over. Even if you think you've pulled out every last seedling, it still comes back! Never attempt to pull it with your bare hands. I completely shredded my fingers (copious amounts of blood! Like paper cuts). Defo keep all the poles you've cut for bean poles. Much better than bamboo! Love your videos. Jo

[@sammywalrus]

Loving the new music, gave me Wallace and gromit vibes

[@susiesuew]

Thanks - love my new planner! Enjoying the short videos too.

[@jackykey4507]

My broccoli is devastated next year I'm going to be organised with netting 😊

[@stephenmckelvie2032]

Hi Emma, try using candlewax on the saw to prevent it from sticking.

[@nancytabor8302]

There is a 6 inch chainsaw that would serve you much better that your saw!! A great investment.

[@user-ht7xh6ez3v]

Love your videos this time next year it will be AWESOME xx❤🌼🌺🌹🏵🌴

[@lucygale336]

Fantastic Emma 👏❤

[@helenagreenwood2305]

Love these blogs - I'm also planting bulbs - in one small area under an arch which I'm training a climbing rose over I scattered some I've forgotten what they are already 🙄 - but in my border I've planted in groups and put little stakes there so I don't disturb them - today I spent an hour tidying my shed 👏👏👏 glad that's done 👍 everyday now we're getting closer to winter so my next job is to do a final (hopefully) mow and strim 🌿🌱 and plant the last 100 bulbs in the next week 🪻

[@joycehennequin8469]

Well done Helen 👌

[@__Shellspace__]

congrats emma you deserve it mate

[@lorrainebrooks8477]

I think those grasses by the pond might be pendulous sedge. They are a nightmare. Trim them next year before the seeds develop in the summer

[@jackiebeatty3022]

you make me smile.😊

[@moonchild6029]

Great vlog Emma , great tips for planting bulbs ,I'll try this scatter technique, You're plots coming along fabulously well done I'm enjoying watching the journey 😁

[@Ash_1111]

Love it! So funny! congratulations on the diary gonna get one soon

[@johnmccrae1102]

Well I'm still enjoy the video's

[@CaitlinQuinlan]

Well done to you 😁

[@michelleadams2997]

Congrats Emma, will checkout your planner😊

[@wharfedalelocksmiths5430]

Sweet cherry pie Emma love it keep it up did you get the Apple tree in that plot that be ace !! ❤🍒😁

[@EnglishFlorals]

Great work Emma. Love the way your two plots are opening up into one. It is going to be fantastic when it's finished! Keep up the good work.

[@pennythompson4790]

Your doing great Emma and the little robin is georgeousxx

[@papusna84]

Just ordered 2 pairs,they look good and good quality.

[@johnallotment82]

Hi emma,I hope you are okay,just watching your sawing action,I don’t think it’s what your doing that’s wrong,to cut down trees and generally a multipurpose saw,look at a double toothed saw.

[@jennylane7920]

Thank you for your videos Emma, they always inspire me and brighten my day! You seem to achieve an incredible amount at the allotment......far more than I do. How much time, on average do you spend at the allotment (minus the time spent filming, which I know will be a significant amount)? I'm trying to be a bit more focused on my plot, but I do get distracted by the nice jobs and let the difficult but important jobs get a bit out of hand. It's wonderful to see your progress over the seasons, thank you.

[@lindahedley9049]

Got my planner, it’s amazing your artwork is brilliant. Your new plot is coming along great, you have made a massive difference on the bit you have done. I’ve cut down( well a company came and cut down) 3 massive Hawthorne trees, I’ve hummed and hard for 3 years and finally done it. The different has been massive. A grape vine has suddenly appeared with fruit. Everything has grown so well, in fact I’ve had the best year in 8 years, light on the allotment definitely makes a difference.

[@LisaBrady]

WOW! Well done Emma So so happy for you ❤

[@tony1kenobi468]

If you had a proper garden saw it would be so much easier.

[@joycehennequin8469]

Emma l can justt see a long pumpkin archway connecting the two plots full of Jack be little pumkins yehhhhhh

[@paulharrison6373]

Well done Emma from north east England

[@kellieleyton6638]

Congratulations, best seller, best vlogger. 👍

[@miriamCassandra]

Another entertaining and interesting video. Btw did the painting your rocks red deter the birds from your strawberries??-x

[@Pixieworksstudio]

It's just something you had to do, Emma. I have an oak tree in my garden which was planted by the previous occupant who was much loved here. Nobody is going to be happy with me, but it has to go.

[@mrpepadew]

apeldoorn is a city in the netherlands, maybe thats why the name of the tullip bulbs?

[@joycehennequin8469]

Ahhhhhhh maybe 👏👏

[@haarbol]

Yup! It's pronounced kinda like: "Ah! poll dorn."

[@GoingsoloinFrance]

You may have a slug/snail issue....

[@michellestubbings8863]

I've bought one. X

[@kaybrain7429]

To late now but it's best to plant tulips in late November to avoid this 😢

[@rondatellier2885]

I thought you had a mini chainsaw. Would that be able to cut small trees?

[@shawnsgarden3742]

Emma, I applause you for taking it on. I watch all your uploads and enjoy your content. But pleeeesae. Get some tools to do the jobs. No wonder you keep hurting your arm. Get a proper saw, bow saw or loppers to tackle your trees, a wood saw will always snag, its the wrong tool, and some boots!. Working a plot in plimsolls is asking for trouble. Anything can be under that ground and your not protected Right tools and protection hun... Keep up the content, love it. But be safe. .

[@user-yp1bu8jm7n]

When you are working in your allotment, do you have a bathroom there ?

[@samatronn]

What happened about those intimidating plot people a few plots down?

[@chrisdockerty3246]

Can I Plant onions & Shallots now?

[@chrisdockerty3246]

Cheers Trev I live in the North East Newcastle, xo weather has a North East /Southern divide Lol. you live in the sunshine, us Northerners in the rain & frost

[@locke6531]

👍

[@gardeningwithkay]

If you get a trench hoe it will make your life easier and clear the ground really really fast.. this is a tool worth investing in as you always use it 👍🏻

[@christieglenn1756]

Hello what is a trench hoe?

[@christieglenn1756]

Einstein is just such a lovely bird❤️

[@CricketsBay]

I think Emma may actually own a trench hoe, but she doesn't use it. She was using it to weed a plot last year. It's possible she broke it like she did the potato fork. Again. She has this weird habit of breaking the gardening tools.

[@gardeningwithkay]

@@CricketsBay 😂😂😂😂oh

[@bryanyeo1745]

You be better off with a tree saw

[@andymatts8010]

So much more entertaining than mr Don.

[@LukeTuttlebury]

Don't you know how to plant bulbs 😂😅

[@FoodThymeAndGarden]