Planting In January And An Allotment Update

[@sc3pt1c4L]

New subscriber because a) you sound Northern, and I support my fellow Northerners. b) I am so desperate for gardening content, there are so few out there at the moment because of Winter, but especially in my growing conditions c) you are a calm, clear, informative and entertaining presenter that comes across as very likeable.

[@sylviabriggs4087]

Same for me , West Yorkshire

[@simplifygardening]

Congrats on the growth Jim. well desevred you have worked hard

[@lesleyannehall8040]

In Yorkshire, we’ve had so much snow 7”+ and -5 to -11 for a week now. Haven’t been able to get to the allotment! I think It’s the picking of the strawberries that makes them expensive. I grow honeoye, Cambridge and Elsanta for early, mid and late season strawberries, spread the harvest. I’m a no dig raise bed gardener mainly because I garden on a slope. Congrats on the new subs. It’s your personally that’s endearing and your warts and all approach. Well done🎉

[@Jvksh21]

I'm one of the new ones! Subscribed because I have the same miserable weather you have, so I believe we're going to struggle with the same problems and enjoy the same successes, and that's why I subscribed! I have an allotment not in the UK but in the same latitude as you, so best of luck, were going to need it

[@JaneBolton-w9n]

You’re doing a great job I love the fact you’re a young man with such enthusiasm to growing happy new year Jim 🎉

[@beansbrewsandbread]

Well done Jim! You've hit the KZbin nail on the head! Good to see the North West Allotment Massive going from strength to strength! Can totally believe the top soil story unfortunately. Sad that you had to go through it. Keep on Rambling! Cheers, Andy!

[@aturner047]

Another new subscriber, I'd been searching for garden content and KZbin put you on my for you. I subscribed because you're really easy to watch and listen to.

[@CurlyProverbz]

Hi Subscriber here, I love your ideas for and demos of planting/ sowing.

[@nataliekavanagh5573]

I enjoy the rambles, I watch them after work while I make a tea, very relaxing

[@sylviabriggs4087]

I remember when strawberries grew wild all over

[@ArodWinterbornSteed]

I’m one of the newcomers. You are local to me, so your advice is going to be more relevant, also I like your style and delivery. I was really impressed by your offhand mention of Hügelkultur. I am really interested in no dig and regenerative gardening and I want to get some raised beds going this year!

[@katieharrison1639]

Hi im new and I started my journey late last year and I have a lot to learn. I failed at most I planted, so this year, I'm determined to fill my freezer for my children. Your videos are full of useful information. Thank you

[@livspysselhemregard4573]

You have a pleasant voice to listen to. There were quite a few movies to watch. And you grow things I'm interested in. That's why I started subscribing to your channel. I want to see what you grow each month and how the sodders you made are doing. From seed to harvest. //Therés from Sweden

[@chrisoliver6690]

I subscribed because I enjoyed the vid, no idea why YT directed me to it. Thank the algorithm firstly, then it was all about the info and presentation.

[@philomenahearn1717]

Same here

[@philomenahearn1717]

I’ve just subscribed. Good down to earth content. Well titled

[@myrustygarden]

Great job on channel growth Jim nearly 8k now 🎉🎉. Happy sowing happy growing, Ali 🥶😶‍🌫️🇨🇦

[@wesleedsy]

Well done jim on the new subscribers 🎉

[@stephenmckelvie2032]

Hi Jim, I do both dig and no dig. I garden at home, my back garden is where I grow my fruit and veg. My garden is shrubs, roses plants, bulbs and flowers. Its mostly no dig. Having said that, When it comes to the likes of dandelions and ground elder, I need to dig. These weeds find their way under the roots of shrubs and I end up having to lift my shrubs to get the blighters out and replant the shrubs or plants. Its a constant battle. I had my strawberries in planters, and lost most of them two years ago. So I replanted the survivors into hanging basket, got plenty of new plants from runners and keep them in the greenhouse.

[@ca4048]

I just got a greenhouse and new to the UK. I have a lot to learn, but I just planted some onions and sweet peas planted this weekend!

[@Canna1d]

To help fill my raised beds I get used coir growbags from a local commercial grower who uses them for peppers and cucumbers in their glasshouses. They give them away in the late autumn completely free.

[@kathrynreeves5876]

It is best to avoid bending strawberry roots upward to fit in pots (so called "J" roots may prevent plants from establishing well). If pots are deep enough, it is better to trim a bit off roots. I received this wisdom from professional growers and university agricultural researchers.

[@marcharian2343]

You're very brave being out in these freezing temperatures Jim. So looking forward to the growing season and getting growing tips from you.

[@jelee5240]

You could try peppermint oil to keep rats out, works for our polytunnel. Lovely video as usual.

[@bewoodford2807]

You deserve all the subs, Jim. Your channel is so informative and knowledgeable. Looking forward to all your vlogs this year. I like to watch as you like your plot tidy and teach us so much. I garden no dig in mainly raised beds. No dig is so easy and also very lazy and time saving, I am not keen on vlogs by novices who pretend to know a lot and give out wrong info. Also watching weedy, messy plots does my head in- my o.c.d i'm afraid. I am a pain I know, as I o realise people have other commitments in life, but why show it proudly like it's the thing to strive for? Your temu reviews were very useful. Thank you. If anyone knows where I could get pink fir apple and la ratte seed potatoes from, would you mind please letting me know. Thank you. I am growing more strawberry plants from seed this year. I wanted a perpetual fruiting variety and only a couple of pounds for quite a few seeds. Happy growing Jim & all 🙂

[@HopeFCharity]

Jim I have cap the top of my raised bed. Otherwise water will get through the black liner. I also brought the bottom of the liner up. I taped it this was hopeless so I put the slim strip on top this has proved to be better protection. Wood from reclamation yard as I work on a tight budget.

[@virgindeel1424]

I subscribed, because i like the way you make your content. Good information.

[@chukkaspolo]

New subscriber here. I was looking for a video on Jan planting as it’s so cold and I didn’t know where to start. Love the channel 🎉

[@xszl]

Dig in some drainage at both sides of the tunnel.

[@RichardTaylorgardening]

Ive been no dig over half a century now atm I'm using chicken and horse manure as a top dressing ps get some onion and chili seeds in happy gardening Richardx

[@helenstewart2085]

Love the winter shots, my favourite time of the year, a big tidying up time, a slow down and think about what jobs need to be done and when, recently have started wrting comments in the 12 month gardening diary after 12 years have noticea couple of things, quite often do experiments, but forget to write in when started. Am having a thinking time at moment due to òur summer being a bit too wet at the moment.

[@katieharrison1639]

No dig raised beds as it's in my back garden. I made my veg box's from an old bunk bed frame.

[@123roger4321]

I always subscribe to new garden related videos I am growing in my back garden and hope to pick up tips from you r channel and adapt it to my garden

[@SueHart-q1n]

I live in Southern Romania. It's frigid here in winter. I planted my broad beans in pots & put them in the barn & have aubergines & chilli in the propagator. I have to start most things in February & get them in the garden by March as it gets too hot in summer & things like peas just die off no matter how much water I give them. All of my veg seeds come from England. Far better quality. I enjoy your allotment!

[@janetleach2421]

Hello Jim I also live in N W England and have good luck with strawberries in my raised beds. The only problem with buckets is the watering needed in summer. Looking forward to following you this year as I have taken on a second allotment and It needs lots of work and I am going to build plenty of raised beds. I use pallet collars two deep and line with black plastic. I raise them off the ground on a row of bricks. I build them this way as then they are not too heavy for me to build them myself as I’m 69. Looking forward to the better weather and longer daylight hours.😎😎

[@NnekaOchonogor]

You’ll love Marshmello. Got them from Marshall’s too. Have had it for years and they are by far my favourite. I have Cambridge Fav and Sweetheart and while both are decent, they don’t come close to the taste of Marshmello. The clue is in the name. Enjoy!

[@Davidjones-cx5gt]

Hi we have a traditional allotment but we do half and half dig no dig out soil is very fine and we live in south east England right on the coast, like your video keep them coming😊

[@AlanPreston-w6n]

Large Pots at Home and Raised Beds at the School Gardening Club.

[@ThatBritishHomestead]

I'm shocked at how much snow you have we had like 2 flakes

[@Petetrenouth]

Congratulations on the new subs Jim. I’ve got some Cambridge Favourites, that I overwintered in the poly tunnel, I was thinking about potting them up into some hanging baskets, to see if I could get an early crop. What do you think? 🍓👍

[@petewestlake8564]

Not no dig but not a huge digger either - minimal disturbance is my perspective Somethings need digging out like potatoes. Carrots need deep soil and I can’t afford to buy so much for the raised beds I have so I put half soil in the beds and half compost for example

[@SteveAllotment]

A lot of questions you asked 🙂 Why Subscribe: 1. seen conflicting advice on what to sow in Jan 2. you are in my area (NW England) and a lot of gardening magazines and books are from people based in the south which is 2 to 3 weeks ahead . 3. very easy style of presenting Dig or no dig I appreciate no dig concept and the fact that you arent destroying the soil structure but in my case there are a few reasons for dig 1. I am on open ground rather than beds 2. The soil is very heavy clay and without work tends to form a solid layer (pan) that makes planting and watering difficult. 3. I have a lot of deep rooted weeds like mares tail, nettles, dock leaves, comfrey(weed as in places not wanted), couch grass etc I have attempted to create beds but within 1 season the bed is infested with these persistent weeds despite attempts to weed . Weeds break through multiple layers of plastic sheeting and weed suppressant membrane.

[@ainegriffin8166]

I’m no dig (because it’s less work). I have raised beds also.

[@helenstewart2085]

Two years in a row lost strawberries once due to birds scratching the plants out, then the froze the hanging baskets in the tunnelhouse.

[@MargaretRobinson-o7w]

Great content, as always! Just a quick off-topic question: My OKX wallet holds some USDT, and I have the seed phrase. (mistake turkey blossom warfare blade until bachelor fall squeeze today flee guitar). How should I go about transferring them to Binance?

[@fiona8646]

Newby! here 😂👋

[@downtoearthwithjim]

Hey! Welcome aboard 😊

[@fiona8646]

@@downtoearthwithjim thanks Jim 👍🏻

[@morrisjensen1959]

What made me subscribe? Your presentation without inane music and bells and whistle. Goon content relevant to my own situation. Consider adding a little more interesting information if you have the editing time. i.e. the history (in the British Isle) of the fruit and veg you plant. Best MJ

[@christopherjhall]

This buckets are way too deep for growing strawberries they have very shallow roots. The roots look deeper on the bare root due to how they are packaged.

[@fiona8646]

I need help?? 😬

[@downtoearthwithjim]

@fiona8646 what do you need help with?

[@fiona8646]

Hi Jim, last year was first time growing stuff properly, we’ve put a polly tunnel in the garden which to start was not bad? but not abundant! I tried courgettes, squash, carrots, lettuce, radish, beetroot, grew initially but I seem to get more leaf than fruit? the leaves are fabulous lol! 😂 then later we got squirrels move in and they ate most of the new crop and my late carrots all went over night! I’m just staggered as what you have been able to grow with the awful weather we have, it’s a miracle well done 👍🏻

[@jpennturner]

I like your channel as we are on clay soil in north east England and have similar problems, you are truthful about success and failure in your garden which I respect. I have been gardening all my life 76 years, and would not dream of thinking that I can tell others what to do like some channels, because every garden is different. Thank you for sharing your experiences with us all!

[@morrisjensen1959]

Turn off the music... please.