A year of gardening begins - sowing seeds and planting fruit trees

I'm doing more gardening this year because it's so much fun! Over the past few months I have moved house and started doing some gardening in my new back yard. I've also sowed a load of seeds and planted some fruit trees at my new allotment patch. Hope you enjoy watching this year of gardening videos!
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[@NamelessNancy1312]

"Ive just spent all my pocket money at the garden center" - 100% relateable lol. Its been wonderful to follow your gardening and beekeeping journey and general life journey. I was so happy to see this new video up from you today!

[@lindasummer2343]

100% agree that this is all an investment with one of the best returns around. I would always say yes to investing in your garden. Great video as always.

[@rainbowvixen1429]

My husband went into the shed yesterday and was quite surprised by the gardening supplies, soil and fertilizers that I had hidden away in there. 😂

[@michaelkitto758]

Im a 25 year old guy from the otherside of the world, and I have a tremendous amount of respect for you for doing the things that you love and being so curious. It was watching your videos that has made me look into some interests of my own and pursue them further. I've recently started cultivating plants for some land that I've bought recently. Good on you Alex, hello from Australia

[@just_alex]

thanks, glad you found my videos. Good luck with your projects!

[@JamieTurner-hd3wb]

Hi guys I have a Garden and a channel to I love to watch your videos 👍❤❤❤❤😎🫡🫢🤭🫣🤔🤫🫠🤥😶🫥😬🫨😑😐🙄😯😦😧

[@tomwinterfishing9065]

Upside down c nt from the future, eh?

[@thejokerlovesdogs2723]

Also an aussie here!

[@africanmarty]

Another Aussie here 👍

[@fizzydante]

This is so random but i was actively having a mental breakdown and this video is grounding me. Thanks man. very relaxing and calming video.

[@davedoes7467]

I Hope you’re feeling better now 👍

[@jackiek4159]

Hope you're feeling better! 💕✨

[@nathanael2853]

Hope you're better I Pray for you god bless you

[@nathanleigh3486]

Nothing random about that mate, I used to watch a streamer that played starcraft many year ago and his videos did the same.

[@mykalmcb]

I have some bad news for you, Alex; the easily distracted thing gets worse as you get older. I have an office in my basement, and our kitchen is up the stairs, BUT across the hall is the cursed laundry room, and down the hall another 8 steps in a bathroom. So I am out of coffee, and I leave my desk to go and fill my cup in the kitchen. As I approach the stairs, I can hear that the clothes drier has stopped running, so I grab the clothes out of the dryer and toss them on top, ready to be folded. I move the clothes from the washing machine into the dryer, and then I should be ready to get coffee. So I climbed the stairs to the kitchen and set my cup on the counter. My bladder reminded me it needed to be emptied an hour ago, so I headed to the bathroom. On my way back to the kitchen to get coffee, I notice that the postman has come, so I retrieve the mail and a small package, and I should be ready to grab my coffee and head back to my office. But I decided to open the package and its parts for my microwave. I sort the remainder of the mail into junk and keep piles, toss the junk into the recycle been and notice that it needs to be emptied. Off I go to dump the recycle bin, and after that, I can get my coffee and go back to my office; I come back into the house, grab the keep pile of mail, and head back to my desk. I sit down and reach for my coffee, but it's not there. I forgot it. In the meantime, 45 minutes have elapsed since I began my journey to have some coffee. Please keep doing what you're doing. Your videos help with my chaotic life and more bees, please.

[@BeautifulEarthJa]

My life fr

[@just_alex]

thanks for the detailed insight into your life! glad i'm not the only one!

[@theirishcailin333]

😂 oh this is do true!! I often come to the end of the night and my coffee is still sitting in the nachine from that morning 😅

[@tomwinterfishing9065]

I know the feeling. I just blame the nearest person for it all😂

[@fununderthesun389]

I am not yet 40 and I've definitely learned to drink cold coffee and warm beer..

[@sasparillasassafras7926]

If you'd like a tip to keep the birds from eating a lot of your strawberries: paint some small stones to look like ripe strawberries and lay them in with the plants a little while before the real strawberries begin ripening. That way, the birds will peck at the stones first and basically think "oh these plants have really inedible strawberries", and leave them mostly alone once the actual strawberries grow in. Really love you sharing your gardening and beekeeping journeys with us, keep it up!

[@7sargun]

damn sounds like prank, does this really work?

[@saethman]

@@7sargun I tried it last year, it did work to a certain degree (I found several of the red stones had been moved out of the planters), but some berries were still pecked (should have added a water bowl for the birds, that is supposedly one of the main reason why they peck a tomatoes at least)

[@outsidealone]

Please keep us updated on the allotment, I can't wait to see it progress!

[@just_alex]

will do!

[@Lindisfarne666]

Why are these garden allotments UK only? These should be in every country on earth. Thanks Alex, have a good spring.

[@ringerheringa3052]

The Netherlands has a lot of allotments as well! Ha

[@mauricemaurice133]

Germany too

[@annagilda1]

It's definately popular in The Netherlands, my Dad is from there and my uncle used to have one and grow loads of vegetables there.

[@ahmadalwadi9156]

I guess they would be popular in every country that has limited garden space

[@A-contented-Aussie-life]

They are popular in Australia in more urban areas

[@GrowCookPreserveWithKellyDawn]

Few experiences rival the gratification of nurturing food from seed to table, except perhaps for the art of cooking and preserving it. The pride, satisfaction, and solace derived from possessing both the skill and passion for these endeavors are truly nourishing for the soul.

[@JiLoa13]

I noticed the snail with your strawberries, I had an investation of snails that were desimating them. A farmer told me to plant geraniums between the strawberries and it chased all the snails away. Another idea is to us epsom salt as a fertiliser. This has made some of my plants flourish, and gave me the sweetest tasting strawberries. If you want to experiment with those 2 things. Good luck with the gardens, looking forward to seeing the outcome, as well as seeing the bees.

[@eastcoast4233]

What type of geraniums? It’s one of those plant types which is very broad.

[@just_alex]

Thanks for the info. :)

[@JiLoa13]

@@eastcoast4233 That's true. I think any variety would serve the same purpose, nevertheless, I think the one I planted is called "pelargonium zonale" It at least looks like these.

[@JiLoa13]

@@just_alex You're most welcome, I hope it helps as it did me.

[@Lukas9877]

Alex, you need 2 blueberry plants of different varieties that flower at the same time to get fruit so they can cross pollinate because if you only have 1 you get alot less blueberries , Great video 🎉🎉 Also water them with rain water only ! Tap water is alkali

[@edviel]

What would one do if there is no rain water and it isn’t gonna rain anytime soon

[@meikusje]

​@@edviel iirc, you can just leave tap water out for a week or so and it should be fine. So fill some watering cans with water and just keep them somewhere where the water won't evaporate as quickly.

[@ScottMason-ss8ww]

@@meikusje it only takes over night for any crap to evaporate off tap water. Easy to hook a water but up to the down pipe off the guttering, plus, it hasn't stopped raining yet this year! 😀

[@zazoo5557]

That allotment system is really cool, seems like a great company. I can't imagine how beautiful that field will look in even six months, to say nothing of six years from now!

[@LifeCoffeeGaming]

if you have a proper coffee drinker in the house, the coffee grinds are fantastic for Blueberry plants as they make the soil acidic, as well as fending off slugs cause of the abrasive grinds.

[@dalemullen7498]

Beginner to beginner. This is the best most relatable uk growing channel

[@corrinaglizin]

Potatoes are really great to grow in planter fabric bags, it saves alot of time digging because you can just empty the bag into a wheelbarrow or on top of a garden bed

[@dubcindub15]

Agreed, it also lessens the pain emotionally and physically if you have a bad harvest - "at least I didn't break my back digging up grape sized potatoes! "😄

[@GamingFoodie]

You have one of the most interesting and relaxing channels out there. Really enjoying watching the journey of the bees, garden, and now an allotment! I'm so invested!

[@just_alex]

Thanks! Hope you keep enjoying the journey!

[@car3los451]

Hi! I've seen almost all your videos since u did the first video about bees and i love all your videos this one included. Thanks for filming this tipe of content. 🇪🇦🇪🇦

[@just_alex]

Ta! :)

[@aardvarkmaximus7688]

Your seed poking stick actually has a name, it's called a dibber, and they can trace their origins all the way back to the Romans. They come in various designs including bigger ones for bulbs. Mind you, a standard bamboo stake does just as well for a few seeds. If you're doing loads of seeds you may want a proper one 🙂

[@citanandayoga]

my english accent and my gardening are getting better, many thanks

[@bamereg]

A year and a half ago I bought a blueberry bush that was smaller than yours. Last summer it grew massively, producing lots of new branches and it is now around a metre high. And it produced blueberries. You'll most likely have to repot that bush next spring! My bush is in a pot and one day, when I find my forever home, I hope to plant it in a garden and get a few more bushes. Blueberry bushes produce more fruit when there are other blueberry bushes around them.

[@MyAirMyles]

I have 6 blueberry bushes

[@neppeta56]

I was checking the comments for this. I found out the hard way that one bush isnt enough. I figured oh, self pollinating, perfect! and barely get berries. 3 years later and I find out you should have at least 2.

[@sabrewinchester]

Did you know that plants like it when you talk to them? Giving them names, talking to them and playing positive music can really help them. Some plants will visibly respond to your voice and to the music you play for them. I used to work at a plant nursery and it's amazing how fast a wilty plant will perk up at the sound of a kind word or beautiful music.

[@just_alex]

are there genres of music that the plants don't like?

[@sabrewinchester]

@@just_alexPlants don't usually like angry music, genre doesn't really matter i don't think just needs to be positive. I used to play pop, classical and alt rock on the radio for them and plants seemed to love it.

[@RockMusicEnjoyer]

I'd been growing flowers a couple years before your videos, but it was you who inspired me to grow veg this year for the first time. I've got my first earlies, second earlies, sungold & supersteak tomatoes, corn, beans and pumpkins, strawberries, all growing now and will be growing onions, carrots, and more. Like you I got permission from my parents: if I feed them, I can grow anything I can pay for.

[@Enderman0415]

the more frequent uploads make me so insanely happy

[@CherryJuli]

I recently got a 60 sqm allotment patch near my place. It’s been a lot of work since it’s overgrown with weeds but the first things are growing now. I’m so proud of it and it’s so much fun. I also grow veggies on my balcony.

[@allmightybeaver]

I love your gardening videos, they are very relaxing and educational. Gardening is so much fun and there is so much to learn. Hello from a 10 year novice on the east coast of Canada! 🇨🇦

[@dailyguy6189]

Let’s go more gardening 👌 I had just binged all of your other gardening vids and had nothing to watch so this is great!

[@jeramie5669]

❤❤❤❤❤Finally!!!Been waiting for this🎞️🎥

[@kyaitskova]

I just found your channel from your trip to Slovenia and I’ve been browsing through your videos which I’m so glad I did! Thank you for showing us how life can be so simply and enjoyable.

[@esthersanchez2264]

Hi Alex, A cloth called tulle can be used to cover the plants to protect them from getting eaten by insects and animals. It comes in different colors. Enjoy all your strawberries. 😅

[@bba3739]

Only with God will you find happiness, he's is the only that can fulfill our hearts. God bless

[@TheBibleNerd334]

Amen

[@emilyernest9419]

This is absolutely wonderful. I found your channel half a year ago and omg!! Your progress is so inspiring. I hope everything goes AMAZING!

[@aidanmousseau]

love your videos Alex. I am a gardener myself as i have been doing it for about 2 years now and their truly isn't anything more rewarding than growing your own food!

[@OrganicMommaGA]

Around here, (USA) we're told blueberries need another cultivar of blueberry for pollination and to produce berries. I'm by far no expert, but it wouldn't hurt to have a second blueberry plant (of a different variety) if you can find the room for it. I adore the journey we've witnessed in your gardening different ways along with the beekeeping. Thank you for sharing these videos!

[@user-mq8gk4zr7s]

That is true but in the uk most of us live in city’s towns and villages and you can almost guarantee that one of you neighbours have one or you can buy a self fertile variety

[@andersholmstrom3571]

You need 2 different varaities of blue berry bushes to get any berries. Unless a verry near neighbour has a different blueberry bush.

[@Marwi848]

This video inspired me to turn some of my backyard into a garden

[@spaceman7922]

The yay I planted a tree scene made me emotional 👍 26:04

[@marcelgeber643]

YOU ARE JUST INSPIRING ME TO START MY OWN BALCONY GARDEN AND I TRUELY LOVE DOIN IT ... BIG THANKS ^^ ( please more videos )

[@thegerblinradio]

Hi Alex! Great to see you again! I planted my garlic and potatoes on the 10th of March I believe? You’d probably love to grow your own garlic! Get hard neck, hard neck garlic needs long cold to germinate! So it’d be good for winter! All the best, Gerblin!

[@mississippi7224]

once this blueberry is a success, you might also get a plant that is like the wild blueberries you picked in Sweden. They are available in some shops.

[@iamkhalidfarhan]

Love your videos Alex, excited for summer for my own garden + your gardening videos. Would love to do a collab someday.

[@ghostxxe23]

i always spend over £200 every time i got to garden centre and over summer 1.5k on the garden replacing plants what have died ect im making a new side today on the left side shady side so lots of shade loving plants but need to do a raised bed as my garden is all hardcore so gonna be a pretty penny but nothinng wrong with spending at garden centre or B&Q XD get some roses next time as well its fun growing them from little plants to big bushes or climbers

[@rhysmorham956]

Hope your settling in well mate, Bristol is a great city…. I’m just over the bridge. Let me know if you fancy a crayfishing sesion (catch cook)

[@ThirdCoastGardening]

I’m growing corn 🌽 for the first time this year. I can’t believe I’ve never tried to grow it before. I’ve been gardening for years, but it’s always good to try something new.

[@FC-uo6dh]

I'm pretty sure adding pine or fir needles in the soil/compost can make it more acidic. Thank you for this video - I delayed a bit sowing but with this inspiration I'm going to start right now.

[@lindawoody8501]

I know you will be super successful and have great delicious harvests! You are much more experienced and knowledgeable now.

[@stephencrabtree3161]

Hey ! You’re on proper TV now ! Watched you on a gardening programme yesterday at my mums. Keep it up... you’re a natural mate 👍

[@ghjuvanny]

Rain Essence lol💕

[@jaimiemackie8062]

If you're going to leave the strawberry plants out, best put chicken wire round them so you won't get the birds eating all your fruit.

[@runninggag]

Hi Alex, When Plant matter rots away, the process always makes the Compost acidic. In the special Compost bags you can buy they most likely neutralize it again by adding calcium. Using Wood Ash is a nice way to DIY that

[@just_alex]

Ah thanks. This makes sense. :)

[@user-fn5ng2fm6h]

I recommend you to read more about blueberry growing, the compost is good for 3 months or so but because you water the plant all the time the aciditi washes from the soil not like sweden, because in sweden they have alot of rain all year round so there soil stays acidic. In different from sweden, you need to acidify your soil 3 times a year, iam doing it in march june and september so i reccomend you to do it too... good luck in the garden alex !!!

[@dirkjanrulez23]

Blueberry’s are a pain they need constant acidification. Raspberry’s are way easier and the yellow rasps are way better then any blue berry. Added bonus they flower almost whole summer

[@user-fn5ng2fm6h]

@@dirkjanrulez23 i know, i have them both

[@ultraviolet3826]

You are my favourite channel! I love how honest you are showing how you aren’t feeling up to it some days and that you don’t know everything but we can figure it out together. I am on my third year gardening too and watching you do it along side has been a wonderful pleasure! Thank you for being yourself 💙

[@pobjuice4683]

I'm doing a few pots of Quinault strawberries this year, blue oyster, and pink oyster this year and i'm quite excited about it. thanks for sharing, you're inspiring hundreds!

[@inlandmist5503]

I was confsed at first when you started talking about allotments. As an American I had never heard of these, but the idea is really cool! Thank you for all of your videos. It always makes me laugh when you say certain words differently. Rooting for you! (get it?)

[@ThatBritishHomestead]

lol you made me chuckle, I have been growing for years and don't think I'm very good yet lol

[@ClaireInTheAire]

I just want to say that you've inspired me to start filming myself gardening (and hopefully soon some of my hobbies)! I also live in a rental situation, but I love gardening that I've always tried to grow what I can in my small spaces. Container gardens are the way to go if you don't own a place, and don't know how long you're going to stay somewhere. Thanks for being an inspiration!

[@calebskinner]

Who else checks to see if there is a new upload every day?

[@Vestianvon]

Ahh yes, the mental food video. Thank you Alex. I like how you wanted a bucket for your birthday a while ago and now you even have a special stick!

[@drekfletch]

Peas are a spring crop, you can plant them outdoors now. Here where we have snow, you can plant them as soon as the soil is no longer frozen. For you, I think the equinox should be enough light for outdoors.

[@anitahernandez1207]

Great projects👍🌱🌷🍓🫐🌳

[@jostretton9778]

So good to wake up this morning with a video from you Alex.You are so inspiring and your motivation is infectious. Keep up the good work and look forward to your next adventures.

[@naurekk]

I was so excited to see you post this plant adventure! I saved it up and watched it on my lunch break in my car while the cold rain hammered down over in Canada. Love that grow box idea!

[@guesswho6097]

7:50 - 8:00 is a great lesson. Embrace the distraction and just do things as u r feeling it because chances r you'll get more done

[@ageyoung24]

I'm so happy these videos are coming back out more frequent as the spring rolls forward. Happy living to you, Alex.

[@bilalbudan1]

Your upper strawberry pots will make pressure on bottom pot soil, which is bad. You can solve it

[@JoblessDadd]

Love love your videos alex! You've inspired me to start this youtube page, ive just invested in a go pro and when my daughter goes back to school I will be starting my youtube journey 😀

[@just_alex]

good luck with it!

[@JoblessDadd]

@@just_alex thanks alex have you got any tips? Or advice

[@tildars]

Loved this video, Alex 👍

[@koko-qk6ng]

Bro I can’t waaaaait . This is best entertainment

[@StonerSmurfin]

You can cut those potatoes up before planting into 2-4 chunks to get even more potato plants growing.

[@arthurraymond6239]

Your content is always amazing 🤔and has been since you started with your brother and the fishing videos 😎but you’ve gone on to become more than just that ,and everything you post is amazing….keep on keeping on….Brilliant ⭐️👍

[@dadimaakibagiya7976]

Wow so beautiful vegetable garden 🏡 all' vegetable beautiful and healthy.very useful information video thanks for sharing

[@PizelsPatch]

I came across your channel in the past 6-8 months I love your videos. Always had in inch for garden this year will be my first take. You and a couple others inspired to drive into the garden

[@just_alex]

Good luck with it :)

[@tlilmiztli]

Love your videos mate! Largely thanks to your videos I have started growing some stuff in my little garden too. Some went fantastic, some disastrous but it was fun nevertheless! Lets see what this year will bring, shall we? Greetings from Mexico!

[@AAHomeGardening]

lovely - let the gardening commence

[@corrinaglizin]

Just sowed my seeds today! So excited to follow your journey :)

[@BiggyD1234]

With acid soil you should be aware how it is made - mostly it is made by digging up peat mosses, which releases a lot of CO2 which of course isn't ideal. You can make it your self, and that might be your next adventure? wood ships, pine trees particular, will help the acidic soil. Really enjoying your journey! Very inspiring, also for those of us who have done it for some time... I love it!

[@harukih2772]

hi. love your vids

[@kebe1703]

Hi! I’ve noticed your slug and snail problem. A simple, inexpensive solution is to sprinkle crumbled eggshells around your plants. This method works best on the ground. If the plants are in pots, they sometimes climb the rim and may eat protruding leaves but will spare the stem. Snails and slugs can’t cross eggshells as it’s painful for them when the jagged edges poke them. The eggshells will soon deteriorate and fertilize your garden while repeling the slugs and snails, and you can just sprinkle more on top of the soil when the eggshells break down.

[@lynne-kt2dw]

Can't wait to talk to you next Thursday in the US on the David Burns pod cast!

[@user-hu1qo5hf4d]

Cheers Alex I’ve now got something to look forward to when I Finnish work tonight keep up the good work 👍🏼👍🏼

[@SoulReader67]

I totally didn't know there were any skiing opportunities in England!! Love to watch your videos. I'm a first year bee keeper and get my bee packages in a few weeks. I started watching your bee keeping videos last August. 😊

[@fishingbrigade]

epic Gardening is back !!!!!

[@aliciachan-jv1hm]

My grandpa was so fond of growing crops that he rented over 5 allotment sites in London , dedicating each one to growing fruits , flowers and vegetables respectively. He also gives out most of the produce to charities and flowers for gifts

[@cristicnst]

Great job Alex , when you use grow box with led grow light make sure when you move plant outside to aclimate them…otherwise the sun it will burn them ! Good luck

[@janeballinger2117]

Thanks for the inspiration. After watching you and your garden last year, I've started my own .... I had my first cucumber grow and I'm so excited.

[@jaa7286]

Happy Spring Alex, keep growing legend! I enjoy watching your content bloom

[@chloechannel]

The snail at 9:00 freaked me out for a second 😂

[@sinkintostillness]

I am a minimilist. But in the garden I must have ALL the plants!!!! I'm trying to make my garden as edible as possible and aim to add more permanent/perennials each year. This year I have bought blueberries x3 plants (with slightly different flowering times) and x3 cordon pear trees to add to my front flower borders. I'm doing a lot of mixing; layering like a forest (pear trees, blueberry bushes, strawberries as ground cover and flowers in between - borage is supposed to be best with strawberries and are also edible!)

[@DawnMarieX]

Yay!!!! Always look forward to an Alex upload 😁😁😁

[@inconsisstence]

You have definitely become more than just, Alex

[@jasper4811]

Good on you dude! I have one tip for you about the birds eating strawberries, and forgive me if this has been said lol. I painted some small rocks that were kinda rounded and triangular to look like nice red ripe strawberries a few years ago and after the plants flower but before the berries are ripe I put those rocks out around the plants. In my area, most of the birds are corvids and smart enough to be fooled basically, so they see the 'berries' and go for it only to find that the strawberries in my yard suck! Hard as rocks! lol. Anyway they seem to avoid my berries afterwards. Doesnt work on squirrels or bunnies, but you can reuse the decoy berries year in and year out. YMMV but it works for me here in Seattle.

[@rebekahpicard9562]

So excited to watch this upload!!!

[@Shyynz]

Very inspiring as always. I wish I had some space to grow my own food too :) Can't wait for another episode with your little bees !

[@just_alex]

more bee videos coming soon :)

[@karenombler5629]

The allotment looks amazing 👏

[@jackiek4159]

Love watching your gardening journey! ❤

[@LatestCreatureFeature]

your videos always calm me down, thank you so much, your awsome

[@sophian7366]

Excited to see how the new garden site turns out!

[@gardenstate235]

Thanks Alex

[@rowanwhite3520]

I am happy that your dad's love of plants has rubbed off on you. It's such a healthy grounding hobby. Usually you need a second different variety of blueberry that blooms at the same time to cross pollenate to get a better crop of blueberries. Happy Gardening!

[@Elitegamer-cc9tf]

Love your content keep it if from another part of the world

[@buckethatdotcom]

I just went back to watch your old gardening vids yesterday! I'm very excited to see what's next in the gardening saga 🙏🙏

[@anthonyeverhart1370]

excited to watch this one! theyre always great. :)