My New Allotment Plot in the Cotswolds | Dora's Allotment | Vlog #1 🌷

Hello! I'm Dora and welcome to my allotment in the Cotswolds 🌳
Last year, as the season was winding down, I took on my first allotment plot. Accompany me for a tour of the plot and to do some asparagus bed preparation.
If you would like to see how this plot develops over the growing season then please do subscribe for allotment gardening vlogs.
Thank you ever so much for watching, see you soon! 👋🏻
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Ps. Apologies that the sound and video quality is a little patchy in parts - something I'll be working on in future videos.
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[@essiev6397]

Hello from the netherlands. We also got our allotment in oktober. We started with a clean well kept garden. 3/4 was empty/clean. Then there is an little chalet/shed. An glass growhouse.(forgot the english name) Asparagusbed, apple tree, apple tree with cooking apples, peartree, rhubarb plant, blueberrys, blackberries, raspberrys, red currants and black currants, old fashion waterpump , seating area and 2 compostbins. About 350 m2. It's starting to fill up and grow now!!!! I wish you an fantastic growing year!!!! 🎉

[@doras.allotment]

Hi 👋🏻 wow your allotment sounds amazing!! Rather jealous of your water pump too ☺️ thank you, sending gardening well wishes back to you! 🪴🍓🍒🌱🥕🍅

[@GardeningFeedingCookingFolk]

Hii ,bạn có khu vườn rộng lớn ,đất nhìn cũng rất tốt nhiều dưỡng chất tốt cho cây 🌱 trồng phát triển ,chúc cho khu vườn của bạn nhanh phát triển 🌱👍.

[@doras.allotment]

Hello! My fingers are crossed for the growing season ahead 🤞🏻 thank you for your lovely message ☺️

[@kermitthrush1557]

Hi Dora... New subscriber from over here on the coast of Maine. My wife and I watched your garden tour while having supper tonight, and really enjoyed it. We were organic farmers for 20 years in the mountains of Vermont, and now enjoy a sort of "retirement" from it all with a big garden here in the woods. Looking forward to seeing how your season progresses! I wondered if maybe you could speak a bit about how the allotment process works over there, as it is quite foreign to us. Thanks again and great job!

[@doras.allotment]

Hi 👋🏻 thank you for taking the time to write such a lovely comment, I’m pleased you enjoyed watching. Wow, 20 years organic farming in Vermont sounds wonderful, as does your big woodland garden. Of course, ill make a note to cover soon. Is there anything in particular you’re wondering about? ☺️

[@kermitthrush1557]

@@doras.allotment Sure...a couple questions that popped in my head were things like "Is there a cost to getting ahold of the plot"?, and "is there a waiting list?", "once you have the allotment, is it yours for as long as you want it?"...stuff like that :)

[@doras.allotment]

Great qs, thank you! I’ll try and cover soon ☺️

[@serensgarden]

Awh, the goodest doggo ever 🥲 Was so lovely to see a tour of your space! So lucky to have all of those fruit trees 😍 You're doing a fab job & it's going to look amazing come summer 🥰 Looking forward to seeing more videos from you soon 💖

[@doras.allotment]

He is a good boy, loves sitting and watching the world go by (or is just bored of me gardening)! They're a treat indeed, especially looking forward to the plums. Thank you Seren! 🥰

[@georgemartin9618]

Hi Dora, just discovered your channel and look forward to joining you on your allotmenteering journey. Blitzing your other videos later tonight when I've done my rounds . Happy gardening from rainy slug infested Ireland.

[@doras.allotment]

Hi George, thank you ever so much for commenting and subscribing! Happy gardening back to you (bloomin slugs!)

[@sarahsallotmentjourney]

What a lovely place look forwards to your journey

[@doras.allotment]

Thank you Sarah! 🙂

[@myrustygarden]

A lovely area the Cotswolds and looking forward to seeing the updates Dora. Happy gardening from Ali 🌞🇨🇦

[@doras.allotment]

Thank you Ali! Happy gardening to you too 🙂

[@sharonphelps]

It's a pretty plot, and you are lucky to have the trees already growing there. Bindweed is a real nuisance. I have it popping up everywhere on my plot at present.

[@doras.allotment]

They are a wonderful source of dappled shade too ☺️ oh no! Good luck with your bindweed battle. I haven’t been to the plot for a couple of days and it always makes me a little worried to see if any has taken off 🤞🏻 thank you for commenting!

[@YorkshireSerenity]

Hi Dora. Welcome to vlogging life. What a lovely allotment and a really splendid video. Your voice is very therapeutic. I'm looking forward to seeing more♡

[@doras.allotment]

Aw thank you for your kind comments, I've never been told I have a therapeutic voice before! :-)

[@BumblebeeAdventure]

🐝thanks for the great video🌻 subscribed

[@doras.allotment]

Welcome! Thank you for subscribing 🌞🌞

[@YouPippy]

Making great progress - well done! 😊

[@doras.allotment]

Thank you! 🙂

[@helenstewart2085]

New subscriber from a winter/autumn day inland Canterbury, New Zealand.

[@doras.allotment]

Welcome! Thank you for subscribing 🥰

[@ThomiBMcIntyre]

Good start! Good luck! You won’t regret the time now on the bindweed. Terrible stuff

[@doras.allotment]

Thank you!! I’m keeping a beady eye out for any reappearances 🌱

[@gardentothekitchenwithtracy]

What a lovely allotment you have, I can’t wait to see the changes you make good luck, Tracy 😊

[@doras.allotment]

Thank you so much Tracy, very kind! Happy gardening 🪴

[@TheSnuffy1994]

What a lovely green space, cant wait to see what its going to be like at the peak of growing season! New subscriber here❤

[@doras.allotment]

Thank you so much! Have a lovely weekend 🌞

[@user-tq6gy4ws1l]

Hi Dora. New subscriber from down under 🇦🇺

[@doras.allotment]

Welcome 👋🏻 thank you for subscribing!

[@zat6442]

wow what an amazing plot. Am also in the cotswolds,

[@doras.allotment]

Thank you! Oh lovely

[@TheFarmyardGarden]

Your doggy is just gorgeous (and so well behaved). What a lovely first video. Looking forward to following your journey. Welcome to KZbin ❤

[@doras.allotment]

He is a brilliant allotment pal! Thank you ever so much 🙂🥰

[@ronindan2539]

For those that don't know, North Cotswold, it's a county of Gloucestershire, England. Hi from Northamptonshire area, New subscriber 🙌🙌🙌 Hello to you all 👋👋👋

[@doras.allotment]

Hello to a Northamptonshire neighbour and thank you for commenting ☺️ We’re in the funny tip of the Cotswolds, where the counties of Oxfordshire, Warwickshire and Northamptonshire join and yes very close to the Gloucester border too - isn’t it a wonderful part of the world around here! I enjoy visiting gardens in Northamptonshire too, so if you have any recommendations I’d be grateful! ☺️

[@dharmendrapatel1748]

Hello .I am from India.I am your new subscriber. I like your gardening work.

[@doras.allotment]

Hi! Thank you for subscribing ☺️

[@nickfosterxx]

Wow. Not jealous at all (/s). This seems like an enormous plot. Is this normal? I think perhaps some of us could do with some back story. Please? [Also, yes now I need to make some rhubarb and apple crumble. Maybe without the rhubarb. or the apple, drat]

[@doras.allotment]

It does seem rather large - I still need to work out what the size is, I'll have to do that soon. Our site seems to be a mixture of a whole variety of sizes. I've had another comment asking a few Qs in terms of allotment details so I will incorporate more info in one of my next videos. Do you have anything specific you'd like to know other than the size? 🙂 Haha you've just made me fancy a crumble... even with your imaginary rhubarb and apple!!

[@nickfosterxx]

@@doras.allotment Hey thanks for your reply. As you ask, yes I'd love to know more about your weed management. Such as, given a mountain of, say, nettle, bindweed, maybe even dock etc, you can just stick them in a plastic sack and leave for a few months? I'm a big fan of Charles Dowding too. But tempted to eg dig the woody roots, add initial deep layer of compost, cover with black plastic and plant through that, then remove the ghastly plastic for Year Two. I don't mind weeding though, it's meditative, and done properly, it works! Edit: also, what gooseberries are you able to recommend, if any? Thanks.

[@doras.allotment]

I wouldn't say I have a mature method of weed management however, I have been cutting some back (a mix of all weeds) and popping in a container with some water to make a feed. I need to check on this and add to it! I agree with the meditative act of weeding! This is my first gooseberry, I started it off in the garden last year and moved it to the allotment this year - it's doing better here. I also can't find the variety but will let you know if I do.

[@Fortheloveof.gardening]

Try using a fork instead of spade…. Less chopping of roots….good luck 😊

[@doras.allotment]

Thank you for commenting! I really should have done… I kept forgetting to take one down (as you’ll see in my second video) 🙃 I’ll have to find an old one to keep down at the allotment

[@bristolveggiebeds5310]

I also have to deal with bind weed!

[@doras.allotment]

It’s certainly a little devil to keep on top of isn’t it. Do you have any good tips?

[@bristolveggiebeds5310]

@@doras.allotment just keep pulling! I still haven't gotten rid of it and I can't use weed killer because there's lots of beehives in the field next to me!

[@doras.allotment]

Good luck with the ongoing bindweed battle! 😃