Plantsmans corner; New Shoots 2

The second of the first series......Roses, Verbena cuttings, Stone work, Tomatoes, shallots and much much more in an extended length offering....

[@charmainepapworth9994]

REALLY enjoyed George explaining about the masonry. More of this in future would be appreciated.

[@cathilamoreux367]

I am super impressed with George's knowledge about the buildings and the stone masons. I have always loved the church. I live in the states, but my daughter is moving to Edinburgh next week for two years. I think when we visit we will have to take a trip to Egglestone. I hope it will still be there!

[@pegsbarton6353]

Thank you George for your very knowledgable section about the stonework in the church. I've been lucky enough to visit Egglestone Hall nurseries and got to see the beautiful church...and I noticed the masons mark. I've always looked out for the masons mark on notable buildings as it is an enduring sign of the history of a place. I don't have them in a book or anything but I try and spot the very unusual ones. Sometimes it's just the form of their initials but the one in your church is a rather striking one. Even in locks on the Leeds Liverpool canal I've seen makers marks emerging as the waters empty out of the locks. Fascinating stuff, thank you again. I'm loving the mix of knowledge and information coming through on this series.

[@mariapascualy2598]

enjoyed the stonework information-thank you-

[@DenisPeel]

A really interesting varied video thanks guys. George, the carving you said was a Mason's mark is actually a Benchmark a symbol denoting where surveyors of the Ordnance Survey measured the height above sea level, this known point can be used as a starting point for measuring other features, you can find them all over the place carved into buildings, bridges, anything they deemed permanent. The symbol is a representation of an important tool of the surveyors trade the Plane Table, a three legged table which they would use to measure distances and angles between topographical features for mapmaking.

[@George.Crosbie]

Hello Denis, George from Eggleston here. Thank you so much for this info - it’s absolutely fascinating! I had no idea. I did a bit of research after filming and I confess I was beginning to wonder why the same mark was cropping up as far away as St.Andrews. I think you’ve given me my rabbit hole for the week! Thank you

[@bencollyer2296]

Yeah Dennis is right they are surveyors reference marks they put them on buildings that aren’t going to be destroyed so all churches Protected old buildings ect

[@PamsMountainGarden]

Lovely! I have been in love with that church since I first watched Malcolm show it. The stone is exquisite. I told my father when I was a child that I wanted to live in a castle and he said I did not, that castles were cold and damp. Well, he didn’t have a romantic bone in his body. I saw him mow a field of violets to the ground. The day before I had been sitting in it making nose gays when he drove by. Philistine. Thank you for another charming and informative video.

[@heidisider577]

You all are the best! I love the banter & wit amidst the impressive knowledge you all share with us. Please keep the videos going! Thanks to Malcom for organizing them! ❤

[@TheWoodlandOrchard]

Fantastic content, including the stone work. Maybe some video of George's Stonemasonry work in future? I suspect many gardeners are interested in conservation also. Must say that the Eggleston videos got me into doing my own tree propogation in my backyard, for which I'm grateful. It's been throughly enjoyable!

[@neryshaynes9149]

Very informative. Loved the section on George explaining how to prick out the young seedlings. Keep them coming!

[@williamfaulkner5506]

Great video as usual

[@victoria-louisevalois1323]

Thanks for an interesting video and Best of All being interested in roses!🌹

[@BillBoulton-js8ns]

Fabulous !! I wonder if George can identify/explain, solve the mystery of the strange chiselling marks on the back corner at Sunnyside

[@margarethughes3763]

Ask Denise Peel 😊

[@dcan7707]

Beautiful stone buildings. I'm sure to construct a stone building of this standard today the cost would be phenomenal.

[@atv7871]

Please say hello to Malcolm for me - Albert from Harpenden. Definitely no naughty bits allowed in your videos!

[@GrowBagUK]

Roses grow on their own roots well enough to take cuttings...worth a shot. I suspect fusarium wilt on the shallots...good to see you pull in a harvest.

[@olsonlr]

Don't know what zone you are in but I have found that the Salvia guaraniticas will make it through the winter if I burry lower stems in the summer and then mulch them well in the winter. Those stems seem to survive when the main crown doesn't.

[@hasupatel8981]

Thanks Thomas and Team.🙏🏼

[@olsonlr]

Love the Old English fragrance on the David Austin's, but they defoliate with blackspot early on. Would like a disease resistant strain with that strong old fragrance..... PLEASE

Very enjoyable and entertaining, thanks all.

[@paulineanderson3985]

what the heck Thomas! posting at 2:30am uk time! have to save this for tomorra, too tired right now, been doing yard work today. Regards from Canada.

[@rogerboeve4658]

George’s legs are an example of modern day carvings

[@olsonlr]

Thanks for the stone architecture tour. Is there any mortar used in those walls, or are they all dry stacked?

[@George.Crosbie]

Hello! Thanks for the question. All the buildings on site are masonry walls, not drystone. They would have been built using a traditional lime mortar/pointing, probably at about a 1:4 mix with grit sand and silver sand. Off the top of my head the jointing gap is 1/4” but might actually be 3/8” on the church. In person the lime is still clearly visible, albeit in need of a serious repoint. Drystone buildings in the UK are largely confined to bothies, byres and very small farm cottages. For a structure like the church (which would have had a stone roof to support) drystone walls would have to be a colossal thickness and not considered smart. As far as I’m aware drystone churches are largely confined to very remote islands and parts of colonial ‘frontier’ nations, such as Canada and Australia, where building materials were essentially impossible to transport any great distance. Many of these were eventually replaced when the areas in question became more permanently ‘settled’.

[@waltermcphee3787]

A cost free addition to tomatoes compost I use is old muck leaf mould garden compost.

[@قناةطبخالمغربيالاصيل]

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[@laurelsayer7557]

I'm really loving this new series, such fascinating, varied topics. Could do with the episodes being about half the length though, and more frequent posted on the channel. More bite sized to watch, would meet the demands for more episodes from your growing fan club, and presumably you'd increase your KZbin revenue. Keep up the good work!

[@plantsmanscorner128]

That is my fault Laurel as I edit the content they create……and I am a great believer in slow gardening….however you’re quite right. I could cut out all the asides, smutty bits and waffle and make them shorter and snappier…..or maybe just leave that in and do them more frequently like you suggest. It’s only a series of six so they’d be over a lot quicker if I cut them down, unless people want more……and looking at the legs on display I can’t imagine anyone would!……….anyways….I do agree with your suggestion. Hope your fit and well……very best wishes…Malcolm

[@laurelsayer7557]

Oh goodness Malcolm, don't cut out a single word, I love it all! I just meant that the out long video could be divided up into two shorter half hourly videos so we could enjoy seeing new episodes appearing in our feeds even more often.

[@alanbstard4]

lovely opening view 🤣

[@margarethughes3763]

Rain rain go away 😅😅

[@ourfloridagarden4191]

Viewer retention. Blessings

[@becmckinlay5073]

Thanks for an hour of fascinating info and a bloody good giggle. And yay for masonry geeks, I realised my eronious assumption of weathered stone ways and am reformed; Sydney, Australia has some fine convict built stone buildings, I'll look more closely next time I'm there. Last but not least, tap root cuttings, the case of the missing info 😢 but I'm going to experiment anyway 😁. Cheers🦘.

[@thomaswilson5070]

We’ll be sure to cover root cuttings more in depth at the correct time to take them, typically in late winter. I apologise that there wasn’t much info about them this time but separating them felt worthwhile filming even if we didn’t have any footage of them being taken in the first place (as we didn’t anticipate making these videos), though I do concede it feels like skipping to the end of a book! 😁

[@becmckinlay5073]

@@thomaswilson5070 no need to apologise, I was wrily joking. Ps it's mid winter in Australia but my plants think it's spring, can you prune global warming 🤣