Plantsmans Diaries 2021...Late Feb/Early March

Another look at Eggleston as winter enters its final stages...hopefully! Also a progress report from Sunniside, along with odd bits and incidental stuff. This time of year it's hard to find footage. Clara is still away with a sledging injury, we are short staffed, the weather holds things up and much of the work is repetitive. Though as usual this will change. I won't upload anything under half an hour so there may be weeks we miss out....it's not about clicks for me, its about the work, good humour, and being human. With all our frailties, contradictions and interactions left uncut....warts and all as they say. Though I did have to remove a section about the Prince Harry and Meghan Markle interview (if that's what it was) this week. Sometimes it is just so tempting to comment on stuff in the news.....but in the end I like to think of plants and gardening as something that unites people in a common bond. Such things really would not help that, particularly with my occasionally unfortunate turn of phrase.
Best wishes to all.....Malcolm

[@KJArtistStudio]

So glad I came across this channel. I’m absolutely hooked, the best series to watch ever 😊. Amazing plants and info too.

[@jeffreymorris9776]

I have always loved the glimpses into nursery life that you provide. I used to work at a nursery and miss it (well some parts at least) Now, I absolutely love the Sunniside bits, so glad you're showing this process/journey. Love a garden makeover. More importantly, thank you for the wealth of plant knowledge you share with us. I find your videos entertaining, very informative, and relaxing. Thank you SO much for making them!!

[@christinewarnaar-bates3494]

Thanks for all the videos you make and the knowledge you impart Malcolm

[@chrisgardner456]

Well done Malcom, we hear more than enough depressing endless news stories, your ramblings are a welcome treat!

[@plantsmanscorner128]

Thank you Chris...I shall keep rambling while I can!

[@lenaolivetti9366]

Thank you for the video!! Nursery will open soon ..good luck !!!!🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@stuartanderson7671]

Interesting shape on your Jade Crab Apple tree, I have two, mature, and perfect umbrella shape trees. The deer population prune them regularly through out the year , saving me the job., and they look absolutely great when in blossom.

[@Budreax]

Thanks as always Malcolm for the effort behind these videos. I sure enjoy them.

[@dc0145a]

£4.00 is not enough considering the cost of running a business. I have a small farm stand where I sell 'grown on' plants. When I factor in the cost of supplies, labor, insurance £4:00 is not enough. This is NOT a get rich business; it's a labor of love. From what I've seen, Malcolm is spot on right in his pricing.

[@eamonnmurphy1]

Great to have you back...a great night of viewing

[@laurenb6451]

Thanks for another lovely video. Hey I rescued primroses and tried dividing them after they had perked up. But I really needed you lookin over my shoulder telling me to be more aggressive as there didn’t seem to be as many divisions as you had. LOL I just couldn’t bring myself to cut off the foliage! I’ll try to on the ones that are growing outside. Hoping for Clara to be OK,,please tell her that at least she was doing something FUN (the flight was great, it was the landing that stank). Best wishes to you all and make another video ASAP. ❤️🌱Poem was a lovely word picture just I was waiting for the shoe to fall.

[@carolinamoonslilenglishgar8580]

Great to look around your nurseries, I'd love a wander around there 😊

[@digsowgrow]

Great stuff Malcom. Proper slash and burn going on at sunnyside,

[@lilwilliams7277]

Loved the poem, it left me in fits of laughter at the end. 👏👏👏 Videos are brilliant Malcolm you always give me a chuckle.

[@eileentarrant9876]

Hello everyone ,things are waking up ,great to have a wander with you again ,Amanda I loved the poem who’d have thought it ? Such lovely words of beautiful plants and all true of course😂😂😂👍

[@annescott6137]

🙋hi from Scotland ,hi malcom another fabulous vidio your nursery is looking fabulous what a lot of hard work goes into it ,l look fawrward to following you through another season ,I would love to spend a day looking around loved the poem at the end I hope when you open up again you have a fantastic year stay safe take care Anne Scott from Scotland

[@wandastrickler2564]

Malcolm I loved your poem I would gladly put that on my refrigerator, you’re a very talented man

[@amandahodgson9637]

🤣😂🤣😂 xxx

[@davidunderwood4341]

It won't be PC!!!!!!!!! Well thank God for that!

[@margaretsims4344]

Loved the poem, almost choked on my coffee at the end! Typical Malcom humour 😂. Sorry to hear about Clara’s accident🤕, sending best wishes for a speedy recovery! The alpines are coming along beautifully, it would be nice to see a planting up demo using one of your hypertufa. The nursery is looking spick and span and ready for a busy year. Really enjoying your videos.

[@lindadoran2052]

Your videos absolutely make my week - I have learned so much from you - so looking forward to the renovation of your garden. Thank you

[@laurenb6451]

AND ANOTHER THING! While waiting for this video I have been watching many of your vintage productions and somewhere I saw images of what Sunniside looked like when it was pretty young. I would describe it as stunningly beautiful and I hope you talk about what you chose then vs what you are going to do differently this time and why. It would be helpful to learn some of the more simple rules for deciding how to “compose” a garden, not just “well I like it this way” but WHY. That is, of course, if you feel like it. All these current garden designers keep their tricks a deep dark secret, how often do we hear WHY they do things.

[@lottieforgotty51]

I love this chanel especially because its NOT PC!! :)

[@angela64355]

Yeah! Welcome back!🎊🍾💕

[@raymondcutler8795]

Thank you again keep on filming

[@brianturbefield1858]

Good day's work in your garden Malcolm and the Nursery looks clean and tidy and ready for the new season stock. Thanks and do please keep in touch. Time to plant my onion sets..Brian.

[@richardfleming6473]

Great video again Malcolm. Glad you enjoyed the beer. Think I’m coming up March 21st. Do you want a case of 12 bringing up ? Cheers

[@mikesmith-yj3ih]

Gosh some body has been busy at the hall. I really do enjoy what you show. Thank you

[@badbooks476]

Malcolm, Great to see what is going on with the nursery and your garden. The Alpines are very unusual and striking flowers.. Amanda you read Malcolm’s poem beautifully, he certainly knows his 5h1t with poetry

[@plantsmanscorner128]

😂😂.....That because she’s a posh bint 🎩......best wishes....Malcolm

[@amandahodgson9637]

Nobody is posh enough to make Malcolm sound respectable ......

[@briansgardenandpolytunnel8172]

i remember castle eden brewery very well. i used to drink in their own club. about 9:pm they would turn off the barrels of beer we paid for and turned the pumps on for the workers barrels. no more beer to pay for....................brian

[@helenwilliamson7099]

Hi Malcolm, as you say Ananda started very well and I thoght fantastic Haha 🤣🤣❤ , love alpines so pretty. Loved seeing how the gardens shaping up, well done Malcolm enjoy your beer ❤👍

[@chris-yy6no]

Outstanding prose... An absolute joy to watch, as always.

[@elvissgrandma3215]

You got my attention with half price Christmas trees! :D Great to see the sun again.

[@davidblackwell6842]

Nice to catch up again Malcolm looking forward to seeing your garden take shape .not long to go clocks go forward and spring starts ha

[@MegaRaindrops1]

I love watching your channel. Cannot wait to see progress on your garden ❤️

[@robindavis4843]

Can't wait to see your summer house when it's done! I would hide out in there! Poem was wonderful

[@backyardmechanic921]

Another outstanding video, glad you didn't sully it with comments on the trailer trash. Loved the poem at the end, I can see why Amanda wouldn't put it on the fridge. The JRs love to be the centre of attention and get into alsorts of mischief. This is the second year I have done crown buds of my delphiniums and they are now about six inches high. We are a lot milder down here to what you are. I hope Clara is soon better and can return to the fold, we miss her cheeky comments. Take care and stay safe, Keith.

[@browpetj]

Wow another belter! Those saxifrage cuttings were rootless specs! Alot of work, but now I see why it is worth it! Hard to believe 4 or 5 ppl can do that whole nursery. And on cut time too. Huge variety of hardy plants there. A one stop shop! Thanks for sharing! If you have a load of weeding to keep up with in those borders, maybe worth testing a pre-emergent. A little goes a long way. Makes it easier pulling later on too. Man cut leaf oaks! Only one nursery in Aberdeen I know has one bedraggled tree FFS :( ...and he won't sell it lol :( No space, yet anyway :( Trees are looking good. Awesome to see the progress of that festoon! :0)

[@mikesmith-yj3ih]

Because what you shown me I have bought 10 different sedums cuttings on line and just potted them Saturday 13th 20 in the same type of pot as you but no gravel little things like you had and i am hoping that they do the same. I would love to show you but not sure how.

[@patblaney3895]

Your vlogs are a pleasure to watch malcom

[@VancouverIslandgirl]

Can’t wait to see what your going to do with the garden your renovating. I tried your method of crown division on my delphiniums last year ,just waiting to see if they are a success .

[@philmanray3903]

Love the poem specially the end

[@PamsMountainGarden]

Don’t you wonder about people who give vids a thumbs down? Where’s the joy in being a secret malcontent? Thanks for the entertainment!

[@carolinamoonslilenglishgar8580]

Oh so well said, it's so grumpy ☺️

[@john-robinson-content-creator]

I'm strangely chuffed to have the same chipper as you. Love using it and I'm now planting extra Hazels to produce my own woodchip mulch for the orchard. Always liked a drop of Castle Eden too. Good to see it's being produced again, will have to see if I can order it online. Might have to pay a little more than I would for a run of the mill pint, but then an understanding of value rather than just cost always helps life along.

[@charmainepapworth9994]

Are you able to say what make it is please. We need to buy one, and this one looks good,

[@john-robinson-content-creator]

@@charmainepapworth9994 Mine is a Bosch AXT25TC - which I think is the same as Malcom's. Shocked at how much they've increased in price since I bought mine though!

[@plantsmanscorner128]

@@charmainepapworth9994 They are very good....but I’m not sure they’re worth the price, around £400.......it doesn’t cut as finely as I’d hoped but it takes branches up to 45cms.....and grinds them remorselessly. It is impressive, and it’s very quite by comparison. It’s also heavy, but that’s a good thing in some ways. I like it, but it is expensive.

[@alanbstard4]

First. Hi Malcolm. Snow looks great

[@plantsmanscorner128]

Its a pain Alan....you are very welcome to it!

[@colinchurcher3312]

He's a poet don't you no it 🙃

[@amandahodgson9637]

Of sorts, Colin, of sorts....x

[@johnocallaghan7830]

I noticed all your delphiniums in the vid. I've given up on delphiniums here in Denmark (eventhough they're a favorite of mine). They've been great some years, and I've had success with your method of propagation. However, we have been overrun with iberian slugs the last 5-6 years in huge numbers and they always go for the delphiniums and eat them all the way down to the base. Same thing with Dahlia's. I collect the slugs frequently and set up beer traps, but it's Sisyphean labour. 😒

[@marshmenne8657]

Great episode. I’m always amazed when a commenter wishes to argue for the sake of arguing. Does Monte Don experience the same thing?

[@plantsmanscorner128]

I hope not. It does make me wonder why I bother, but generally soon get over it.....and I’m not in the habit of blocking people because they disagree with me or don’t like the videos. They all have an off switch so I can’t always understand why they moan rather than just not watch. But never mind. I’ve been working in Sunniside today, weathers beautiful, birds singing, dogs sleeping in sunny spots around the garden, so nice to be alive and relatively well. Best wishes.....Malcolm

[@marshmenne8657]

@@plantsmanscorner128 Good for you. Today I grubbed out an herb garden. It was gloriously aromatic, even while crawling around on my knees.

[@stevee14]

Could you let me no we’re to buy the metal plant pot retainers please Malcome

[@plantsmanscorner128]

Try P G horticulture Steve....👨‍🌾

[@stevee14]

@@plantsmanscorner128 execelent thanks Malcome

[@mikesmith-yj3ih]

Have you seen Terry Kings Garden Allotment gosh he is a busy man and he works as well ?

[@carolwitton8428]

Rip

[@mollie3244]

Clara was in a sledgeing accident???? What the hell did you boys do to her now??? Tell her get well soon.

[@plantsmanscorner128]

Sledging with her father....flying downhill on the moors and landed on her arse on a large rock. She's been off weeks but is hopeful back in two more....I will pass your best wishes on Mollie.....though she will likely read this sometime soon!