MY TINY SUMMER LONDON GARDEN / GARDENING FOR BEGINNERS

[@CloudywithaChanceofComets]

You have a very comforting voice and explain things so well !!

[@vanessaeden8174]

Emma, the dahlia you did not know the name of is called Blue Bayou and its an anemone dahlia. This was the first one i ever grew on my allotment. They are addictive and i now have 56 different ones. Unfortunately the badger got to the Blue Bayou and dug it up so i managed to save a shoot this year and its small but growing in a pot until i can plant it out again on the allotment. Shame they have no smell though.

[@gemmawood3077]

Sorry to hear you are disheartened by the rejections from publishers Emma! I really think you should go down the self-published route. You have thousands of followers across numerous channels and you are funny, honest and inspiring! We all want this book to be published as much as you do and I really think that cutting out the middle man would be the best way 🥰

[@suemcdonagh7650]

If you were to self publish before Christmas it would make a great stocking filler!

[@Arransvegpatch]

Keep up the good work Emma, me and my partner watch every video and you have even inspired me to make my own channel. Look forward to the book release will definitely grab a copy. Sending love from Buckinghamshire x

[@LINDAWATSONGARDEN]

You go girl. Sending you lots of luck getting your book published. You are such a tonic to watch. You deserve this.

[@cydneyhill7643]

Your dahlia's are all looking so good! Quick note, zinnias are cut and come again flowers. So the more you cut the more they'll branch out from the side shoots and produce more flowers.

[@growwell8872]

Yes!!! The more you cut the more you get zinnias are amazing! 🌼🌸🌼👩🏼‍🌾

[@joycehennequin8469]

Cosmos foliage is a fantastic filler for a vase of flowers Emma ❤

[@Stickladylove1]

Self publish Emma, you are amazing! I don’t know if you remember but my daughter drew you a picture of your shed and the fox and sweetcorn. We both love following your journey x

[@simplelifegarden6154]

Keep trying to publish that book Emma. Sometimes it’s just about the timing! ❤️

[@lornaoldfield6420]

I'm so sorry to hear about all those rejections! I can't believe they don't think it will sell! The thing is, a lot of what we do in our allotments can also be done at home and with today's climate, so many people are trying to turn to being more self-sufficient. Whatever you decide to do I'll defo be buying at least one! xxx

[@tarasdiary]

i'm looking to get into gardening so i just searched up beginner gardening and found you, i already love your vibe and how calming & relatable you appear to be! idk where you are with your book now as this video was posted 7 months ago but i hope you've gotten somewhere with it. can't wait to binge watch you now that i found you 😁

[@Fr0gn3R]

You should title the book "Whack it in". I would love to buy a gardening book with that title 😃

[@timbaker7994]

Hi just just self publish your book it sounds great never give up as dell trotter would say he who dares wins all the very best to you 😊

[@annadaangel]

Yesss, please do get that book out there. I'll definitely buy it, sounds fantastic x

[@PartTimePlot]

Just self publish it Emma. You go girl.

[@maitegonzalez1261]

You need to put some thing over the cannes you used for the dalias or you can injure yourself if you forget they are there, be safe

[@pamelapinto2245]

Maybe add a few chickens or ducks to your gardens for pest control?

[@wormfriend5625]

Well done Emma the flowers look beautiful, really enjoyed this video. There is probably more demand for a self help book good luck, look forward to buying it!

[@elizabethlake6986]

Some of my cosmos was the same as yours, I think it was Rosy Hardy who said only plant out when it's in bud so that's my plan in future.

[@bikegeist]

Haha, there are so many funny moments in this video. 5:23 was the moment I knew I'd sub. The way you laughed at your own joke cracked me up more than the joke itself. XD I'm a big fan of dahlias too, but having to dig the tubers up and keep them inside over winter puts me off. :(

[@growwell8872]

Beatrix Potter, Mark Twain, Margaret Atwood, Stephen King, EL James--all self published & then got picked up by the big guys! Just saying……Go For It! 🌸👩🏼‍🌾🌼

[@lbevan232]

Looking forward to buying the book! Glad you had some time out, Its essential 😁. Also received my new bag too and love it! Thank you!

[@sunmoonrise]

Your butterfly bush is great for cutting too i think

[@sharon1615]

I've had all white sweet peas all white buddleia and this year all white sweet Williams I've been told it's down to pollination but don't know how true it is 🥰

[@vansf3433]

White flowers stand for purity, and innocence; yellow flowers represent friendship, pink flowers are expressions of being interested;,red flowers represent love. All colours have their own particular meanings. So, when ladies are given flowers, the colours of the flowers can tell them a lot about how the one who gives them flowers think about them

[@jackparton3198]

Wow such an amazing tour of your home garden 🪴 thanks for sharing

[@louiseoliver7102]

Hi Emma 👋 Your little garden is absolutely beautiful especially the pom poms. X

[@sharonbownes5170]

Yay! Go for self publishing Emma, as you said we do want it! X

[@andyfarmer759]

Cosmos foliage would have looked good in your vase. Good luck with the book.

[@tinamccolm9978]

Keep going Emma we are all behind you i think your AWESOME xx

[@lindafoster4628]

with dahlia's they are prone to get earwigs in side the flower heads, if u just tie them in a bunch and hang upside down on your washing line for around an hour they will fall out

[@julzs7493]

I self published a poetry book because i knew it would be difficult to find a publisher. It didn't make heaps but enough for me to have a few treats and i enjoyed the process. It gave me a sense of achievement regardless of the fact it was self done!

[@annmolineux942]

You could put a couple of stems from the buddleia tree in with your cut flowers. Monty mentioned deadheading them to keep them producing

[@jonathanharvey4879]

Hi Emma Just to add I think you cut the stems at a angle so that they do not sit flat on the bottom of the vase blocking the water a bit like you putting your finger over the hole on a straw.

[@wordsbymaribeja1470]

Never heard this before but it makes sense, I only heard about increasing the surface area for water.

[@martynford-he5sz]

hi Emma ive bought your t shirt now always watch your updates 26 thousand people watch your channel now your doing great keep going

[@mandytaylor1008]

I think you are doing really great with your gardening love watching you and so keep learning emma👍🙋🏻

[@davidbriggs8836]

Emma never give up on your book someone’s going to publish your book.

[@lucybarnard3954]

Some of the cosmos foliage will look good in your vase. Don’t be discouraged Harry Potter was rejected by publishers too. I think the dahlia might be blue bayou, which is a silly name for a flower that isn’t blue x

[@wordsbymaribeja1470]

I never knew you were writing a book and think I've been watching you since the beginning of this year. I started gardening in 2021, I had a stint one year 18 years prior trying to garden on my balcony, I recall buying loads of seeds and tools and bags of stone posing as compost, and attempting to grow a courgette, and it flowering and nothing else, no courgette. I thought the interest in gardening died, I certainly didn't buy anymore than a few succulents as houseplants or try to grow anything again until 2021, yet, one of my favourite authors years after that attempt, when I would have forgotten I once tried to garden, was Michael Pollan and his books A Place of My Own and The Botany of Desire. I say all that to say, a book well marketted and written will sell. You can't keep me out of my garden which I have only had since 2022 after decades on a top floor balcony yet, when I never would have said I have an interest in gardening or botany, because I didn't, my favourite author was a man who was then writing specifically about his garden shed and his plants. I think the self help approach is clever, it occured to me a few months ago that even weeding in the garden is my meditation.

[@cherprice6610]

Love your videos, the bee sleeping on the dahlia cushion ! Sooo cute ,hope you decide to self publish ,bestest of luck 😊 is that a word ! Who knows but wish you it anyway 😊

[@vanessaeden8174]

Those canes are an eye injury waiting to happen Emma. You can use a range of things. Tops from fabric conditioner bottles, pro-biotic bottles, cat milk bottles and one of my favourites the plastic balls that you use in a kiddies ball pit. Just poke a hole in the bottom and stick it on the cane. They come in all colours if you are wanting to colour match.

[@vansf3433]

You can think something romantic related to your flowers, such as the period of time when you and your husband first met, and the relationship began growing like beautiful flowers in your South London's garden. You can write a story of your life , your life partner and children with your passion for gardening, which will evoke people's curiosity, including book publishers', instead of writing purely about gardening, which can be interesting only to those who are gardeners, but not really to others. What can attract almost all people from different social classes are descriptions about things familiar to them in their daily life, but also new to them, which inspire them to explore to find out about things which they don't know, and a story about your life is certainly unknown and unique, which is what makes them curious to read your book . There are numerous other topics to write about to make your central topic interesting. All what you need to do is to imagine or use your own life experience as fragrance of the intended topic. The publishers who have refused to publish your book are practical, and they certainly know what sorts of books people like, other than such books purely about professional skills. If you wonder yourself what makes you want to read a book, you will very much likely say to yourself that inspiration, and what can inspire you to read it voluntarily. The answer is curiosity or the content which echoes the thoughts sleeping in your inner world. It can be said that writing books is one of the easiest professions because all what you need to do is to play with words in different ways

[@jimmydemetriou7847]

Well done Emma, go the self-publish route (or is that root haha). Publishers have always had too much influence on writers. Maybe you could use the magazine to write an article on the dificulties of home gardeners breaking into the book world? Anyway, your garden is looking great, and your love and creativity shows. Keep going, and don't worry about not knowing stuff, because a lot of the "horticulture" literature is based on a lot unproved "facts". The most important thing any of us to do for our gardens and allotments is to look after the soil by not digging every inch of it. Compost and mulching looks after the soil. Take a loo at how forests grow. X

[@mollvandiepenbrugge9817]

I so like your back garden! Your vlog is an inspiration as not everybody has an allotment.

[@UrbanWhiteBuffaloFarm]

Hello Emma, I have been following your channel for some time now. I find your filming style to be very unique and refreshing. I have always appreciated the imagination, thought and intentionality of your videos to be rather brilliant. I do wish some of the magazines you write for would be available in the US. I am feeling quite confident your writing would be as good as your writing is. I would encourage you to continue pursuing the publishers with a refocused approach. Having a new angle and focus you could find the right group to take you on. I have faith in your ability to bring a quality product to the meeting table and I would never doubt this would not be your best effort. I will pray for you during this season that your dreams can be blessed and realized. Also for your family to understand this journey of yours and that they can support you as they are able. Knowing that family is the single most important part of the journey and being sure there is time to make intentional memories no matter the state of the journey. Peace and blessings, Steven

[@Ripplesinthewaters]

Certain flowers need nitrogen to turn color from white all the way to blue. Maybe your white flowers need some?

[@nancytabor8302]

As self help you might try a Christian publisher. Day by day and others use essays 365 each year!😊

[@jonathanharvey4879]

Hi Emma after second year of these little blighters defoliating my box I've thrown in the trowel and ripped out my (once ) beautifully clipped hedge and gone for something a bit more robust IE. Pyracanths in three different coloured berry.

[@felicitywoodruffe4087]

Love pyrathcanthus.They get covered in berries .Mine have grown about 15 ft high

[@jonathanharvey4879]

@@felicitywoodruffe4087 In this regards I hate this plant. I have had to wrestle a 15ft hedge down to a manageable size the thorns going though my boots and I don't intend to let my ones get out of hand.

[@richpeas1924]

I feel your pain regards the box hedge, I'm not much of a gardener, but I had a lovely box hedge, I was proud of it. But one day I noticed a caterpillar & by the end of the week it was decimated! I loved that hedge 😔

[@RoseMary-vs3io]

Why didn't you use caterpillar and box blight treatment?

[@jonathanharvey4879]

@@RoseMary-vs3io Hi Rosemary. Blight not the issue. I did try caterpillar control with some success in the first year, however they were back far worse in the second and nothing really seemed to touch them. I believe the problem I had was the hedge was too tightly manicured to allow penetration of the treatments! I perhaps could have cut back and let regrow but this would be a on going issue hence the final solution.

[@AlexAstrid]

I've got the same with my cosmos. First ever dahlia that we have grown is coming up nicely😊. One of 5 tubers planted! A lovely vlog Emma. Have a nice weekend. Xx

[@paulhayward3231]

I'm looking forward to reading your book. Hopefully, it won't be too long before it gets published.

[@jennifernicholson5005]

I think You’ll find that the buddliea is not bred in three colours but in fact three plants that they plant together in a pot, so maybe the other colours have died or maybe you just need to give the whole bush a good cut back, I think they flower in new wood, so next year you might see the others colours back.

[@joanpulley9722]

Best wishes , Emma for the book. Yes, self help maybe the way. I will buy it either way xx

[@maryconnell888]

Wack it out self published sounds like Emma style haha love it! But maybe stick with the publishers for one more try, you might hit the right publisher, gotta try them all it seems. It would be a great read, a real learning curve I bet.

[@DeborahBarnes-nx3yh]

Aww Emma I am looking forward to buy your book I love watching your channel good luck 🥰

[@annemariemoormann996]

So glad I followed your advise to sow zinnia’s :) The dahlia structure looks good! Hoping you’ll get it published as a self help book, who cares what it’s called. I’ve never bought anything on Amazon, but I’ll try it to get your book if needs be. Thanks for all your hard work, enjoy the dahlia’s!

[@annies2440]

Oh! I also have more white flowers this year. Not on a buddleia but on alyssum and candytuft. I have the purple and pink ones but this year they are all white. And I look forward for your book! ❤

[@helenmarshall7594]

I’m growing the crystal lemon cucumbers for the first time on my allotment this year, plenty of flowers but no fruits just yet.

[@needzmoarpaula]

I live in Poland and the box tree moths are *really bad here this year, too. Luckily, I cut down my boxwood last year, so I have one less invader to deal with.

[@grahamnoel5519]

I think you can diversify into flower arranging. If it takes off like your journey into gardening it will be great!

[@felicitywoodruffe4087]

Put some of the cosmos greenery in your cut flowers

[@latebloomerdiaries4219]

There’s nothing wrong with going the self-publishing route. I love reading about gardening and essays so I am pledging that however you publish, I will buy and read. Publishing, unfortunately, is a business and if they can’t make the numbers make sense, they’re not gonna do it. You have an audience already which is a plus. However you publish, I’m sure we’ll all be talking your book up to our friends and families as well.

[@emec983]

I want to read your book!

[@jennyjohnson9012]

Hi Emma, definitely publish it yourself. I'd buy your book, and allotment/garden care etc is very popular. What a load of rubbish these publishers talk. Good luck and I will buy it xx

[@beverley1539]

Hiya Emma Thankyou for a peek into your home garden. Curious about Buddliea let us know if you find out? Fingers crossed for your book. Blessings luv Ontario Canada 🇨🇦🐝

[@MarieCB916]

I wonder if the bees had something to do with your Buddleia changing colour!! Love your vlogs and would certainly buy your book. love from NZ🌺

[@rebeccatayler]

Try them with salt and pepper and perhaps sugar!to enhance the flavour 😮

[@moirad6579]

Sorry pollinators... gotta love those beautiful pom pom dahlias🐝🐝🐝

[@SeanMoore2008]

Maybe ponder a title%topic change to "small space growing/gardening" - very few folks will have access to an allotment, but nearly everyone will have access to some space, so maybe ammend the target market to those able to use containers/tubs/pots/tiny gardens/gardens as well as allotments. I've found growing very therapeutic for years, and from what you've said your book could be a good self help book, so the process of growing is the focus rather than where the reader could grow ?

[@simonjandrell5897]

so amazing that you can eat the lot

[@wharfedalelocksmiths5430]

Sweet cherry pie Angel looks wicked 🍒😁

[@kareninthegarden]

Self publish and cut out the middleman, you'll do great ❤

[@greenspacesos]

💚💚💚

[@ellaeyre9612]

I am growing the crystal apple cucumbers (which look very similar, not sure what the difference is really). I find they are a bit crunchier than my normal green-skinned ones? I love them though, they are a good lunch size and they don't go bitter when I forget to water! (Everything in my garden gets the neglect test).

[@Gotpaintinmyhair]

I know a couple of people who have written books, I was in one in my industry and used to write for loads of magazines too. Everyone self published apart from 1, and she gets practically nothing from the publisher as they have no interest in her book now, shame too as its awesome. Self publish is my advice from I hear and see from friends, take the leap, go for it.

[@gardenofglory9593]

Hi Emma the worms are making a mess with my garden it's so fustrating there are almost on every plant, keep trying Emma the time would come for your book please don't give up.

[@RoseMary-vs3io]

Why didn't you use caterpillar and box blight treatment?

[@adrianwood4661]

Hi with cut flowers out some shuger in the bottom helps keep them longer

[@sachakukla2288]

Hello from Australia! Really enjoy your videos. Thank you! May I ask, the pot of zinnias - how many seedlings were planted in there? Are those flowers just from one seedling? Looking to grow them for my first time and wanting to see what just one seedling can grow in to. Or are there a few in that pot? 😊

[@andymatts8010]

I would defo buy your book Emma ❤

[@meagera333]

Your dahlia could possibly be Blue bayou?

[@mimilane9158]

Hi Wilko seeds are 70 percent off!! Will keep for next year Oh, and bran is supposed to be good at deterring slugs

[@felicitywoodruffe4087]

Saw on the news wilko are in trouble and looking for a buyer but failing to find one .grab your bargains quickly just in case

[@wordsbymaribeja1470]

@@felicitywoodruffe4087 I hope this isn't true, I love Wilko and only discovered them in 2021 when I moved home. It just occured to me that they are like Woolworthes for the home, I'd hate for the high street to lose Wilko as too.

[@wordsbymaribeja1470]

I bought some seeds for 50 percent off at Wilko a couple weeks ago, I need to go to one of the big stores, or smaller hidden stores near me to grab some bargains. Their gardening sale is generally nuts, the bargains I picked up for mere pence made me feel like I was stealing.

[@mimilane9158]

@@felicitywoodruffe4087 or, if we all buy what we can from them, they may survive

[@mandytaylor1008]

It’s the box tree moth

[@fareebug8439]

Unless the title is irreplaceable - maybe call it Garden Therapy or something. Just a title change can really reframe a book. ❤🎉 But definitely believe the self publishing will be a success!

[@bryanyeo1745]

Ďont give up on the book

[@kayelsworth2823]

You can spray with BT. It gives the caterpillars indigestion and is totally harmless to anything else

[@kayelsworth2823]

For the box caterpillar……

[@lbevan232]

Ooo, what is BT please? I might have the same problem! Thanks for the tip :)

[@kayelsworth2823]

Bacillus thuringiensis

[@wharfedalelocksmiths5430]

Sweet cherry pie Angel nice one 🍒😁

[@Anita6687]

Self publish it Emma. I’m sure the publishers will regret their lack of faith in your work when you get an instant hit from all the people that follow your work on youtube and the other platforms,and the people that read kitchen garden magazine. I can’t see it failing👍😊

[@patgoodchild8045]

I wouldn’t feel sorry for the box caterpillars…..they will destroy your other plans too. Monty Don removed all his box hedges!

[@stephanieverschuur6089]

Could it be that the tricoloured buddleja was grafted and you trimmed it back to the rootstock? I love your contentby the way!

[@pamelapinto2245]

Emma, have you heard of Justin Rhodes? He is a homesteader/farmer in the U.S. he has written several books and he self promotes so people can pre-order. His channel is Justin Rhodes and he is on KZbin just as you are. His marketing of himself is stellar and I was thinking maybe you could learn something from him....

[@charlotterydz6343]

I’m interested in your book however it’s published 📖. Those cucumbers 🥒 look so cute, where did you get the seeds for these? Thank you in advance 🥰🌸

[@bewoodford2807]

The dahlia looks like it could be Blue Bayou. The 'daisies' are Leucanthemum. ;-0 x

[@vanessaeden8174]

You're right😀

[@siggiroberts7432]

Emma don't be disappointed being rejected by publishers. J K Rowling was turned down 12 times and look at her now, she is laughing all the way to the bank. Don't give up. Good luck. Love your little allotment adventures btw.

[@RoseMary-vs3io]

Use caterpillar and box blight treatment?

[@littlejoe8359]

As the Duke of Wellington said “Publish and be damned”

[@DarrenDragonTarot]

Self publish. They will take their cut.

[@karennavarro6896]

What you always say is "Wack it in!" I say just publish it yourself ! I hope to see it soon🙂👍

[@maureen3621]

If you don’t blow your own trumpet no one else will. Carry on making a big loud noise until the publishers hear it. 🎺

[@wendyw2u]

My vote: Self publish ❤

[@stephenmckelvie2032]

Save the caterpillars for Batman the robin. You’ll have a friend for life.