Re-Planting the Shed Border & Building a Polytunnel Bench / Homegrown Garden Vlog

Join me in this vlog as I switch things up in the border beside my shed and recycle some wood to make a new bench ready for my seedlings in the polytunnel. We'll talk about shade loving plants such as climbing hydrangeas and a new 'pest' that I find in the soil.
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[@littlehomeinthevalley]

I love that instead of just cutting to the next day, you showed us the beautiful replanting of your planter outside your shed. Lovely video. 😍

[@Cecilia-dy3ez]

That's the way I build my garden items. Who cares if it's 100% perfect? The table looks great and I'm sure it will work brilliantly!

[@outdoors459]

Absolutely brilliant & I love that it's not perfect. It's how it would have done it!!

[@michaelnowak2340]

KATRINA, another GREAT video!!! Your shed is going to look GREAT with the climber on it...

[@michaelnowak2340]

KATRINA, your table looks GREAT!!!

[@melstill]

I enjoyed this. Great window box renovation, it looks very attractive. I'll share an "oops rule" we hold to at work... if you make a mistake but catch it yourself before anyone else does, and then fix it, it doesn't count as a mistake. It becomes a learning experience and counts to your credit. Feel free make use of it if you wish. 🍀

[@steveames8286]

Ha love the maths, but it all worked out well , go girl.

[@mompuff6857]

I’m so proud of you!! From Kentucky in America!!

[@Carol-oc7mx]

Hi you ended up with a table leg of 90 cm, yes? then that would be 90cm x 2 = 180cm which was the length of the first pieces of wood you bought if im not mistaken but hey ho thats life 😂😂 I love the replanted raised bed next to the shed very pretty 👍 Perhaps some of the grasses could go in the dahlia bed to provide some interest after the dahlia tuber are removed for the winter.

[@homegrowngarden]

Omg 😂 Can you tell maths isn’t my strong point. Ah hahaha I can’t believe I did that! 🙈

[@dogontheplot]

I had to come into the comments to see if someone had pointed this out. Lol. Sort of thing I'd do too though!

[@kali-66]

hahaha i was scrolling to see if anyone else had said so !

[@djrichylaurence8991]

I wish I was well enough to do gardening. Just moved to a flat with a perfect garden for growing veggies.

[@joecanales9631]

Thanks for sharing your garden! The hydrangea between the grass clumps looks perfect! A good way to stabilize your table would be to tack on a ~35 cm wide piece of plywood connecting the two back legs. (Or any wide board). I’ve been building tables in my greenhouse too , 60x120cm, for flooding trays of about the same size. Got 4 trays, 3 already set up. One end drains into my sump tank or water trough and the opposite side has a 1.25cm hose securely attached for water input. Got 3 10 gallon grow bags (woven from recycled plastic) which sit in about 3-4 cm. of water. Got potatoes, yams and a dahlia and ginger planted in them. The trays are topped off with expanded clay pellets in which I have planted strawberries. I filled the bottom of the grow bags with perlite to about the height of the water in the tray, then compost and potting soil half filling the bag. Will fill them as the potatoes sprout and grow. Harvesting my worm compost for castings. Got 5 trays of them. 2 done and 3 to go. Still have a couple of wicking beds outside the greenhouse currently covered in snow. Sun is out so should melt by later today, but won’t plant them until later in April (mid April is average last freeze). Got tomato, squash, & pepper seedlings waiting in the greenhouse for warmer nights for these beds. All of my dirt beds are wicking beds; they are the most efficient in water usage. A thick layer of mulch keeps evaporation to a minimum, with only loss through the plants transpiration. Perfect for the desert. Our last snow storm has topped off all my water tanks. Ready for summer!

[@margaretquinn5335]

You are inspiring me to garden and DIY. Thanks.

[@jean-loup2186]

Well done for the table ! Good sunday !

[@jasminelouisefarrall]

Great job Katrina 💕 and I love the new planter update 🌸💕🌸

[@robertdean1579]

In my compost pile, I often find grubs the size of your small finger. So, when I dig up my compost pile, I take the grubs and feed them to my chickens. They love to eat them.

[@bevcroft7875]

awesome table you go girl!!!!!

[@georgemartin9618]

When you add the bottom shelf it will all strengthen up .

[@MsArtistwannabe]

Well done.

[@doughaynes1048]

Katrina just a tip on your table on the bottom where you put the strengtheners , I would put apiece of timber on both ends to strengthen the table and make it even stronger , but what you have done is marvellous .

[@Growveguk]

Smashing video, I can feel the adrenaline rushing in all us gardening nuts as spring is almost here x The table is perfect for you and that is all that counts 👌

[@plantingforliving4077]

Nice sharing...happy to see you agian..

[@lgparker4726]

Love this video. Try an old bread knife for cutting through those root balls; makes life so much easier.

[@homegrowngarden]

Sure, I have a saw I maybe could have used but with the fork method you prise the roots away from each other rather than cutting them. Makes for a quicker recovery, faster growth and less chance of them not succeeding due to damage. 👍🏻

[@lilal3753]

Wow! You are amazing!

[@gaiasoundandvision]

Wow! You're so handy Catrina :) well done you! :)

[@cpoco]

If you put a diagonal piece of wood from the front leg to the back that should help reduce the wobbling a bit (but if you've seen my build quality you might want to get a second opinion on that ;) ) Looks like a great bit of potting space!

[@gardentours]

If you would not have written: "One day I'll tidy that mess behind the shed!" I would not have seen it because one really focuses on you and the plants. But good to see that you have those kind of corners as well 😉

[@centraltexashomestead-mike4956]

Nice job!!!!!!!! Put some water sealer on it and it might last a few years.

[@lilred312benett6]

A gardener can never have too much tabletop work space. I love the table.

[@cliffordchristopher1]

Thanks a million for inviting us along love to watch you on the allotment as always.

[@sharongrotsch4653]

I enjoyed this video so much. It was the perfect way to unwind after a long and stressful work week and to get me so excited to go out into my garden tomorrow. So thankful for your videos! 💚

[@bristolveggiebeds5310]

Great job

[@copandapanda544]

Great job! It looks so nice! xD

[@pankaj48283]

Good job ❤️❤️❤️❤️ love your vedio🥰🥰

[@isabowie6381]

Yes I had to clean out a pot as well which had vine weevil in they had eaten all the roots

[@GostwickMr]

Love your enthusiasm. Just what we need to get us all eager to be growing. You are an inspiration!

[@christinehowell]

Always enjoy your videos and I totally empathise with the "home-made" approach looking "home-made"!

[@dereknash3638]

So your original pieces of wood at 180 cms would have been fine, one cut giving you two legs of 90cms from each piece, it turned out fine though 😉Enjoying your vlogs learn something new with each video. Going have go at growing potatoes in tubs this year, and adding a few dahlias to the garden, been over 50 years since I last grew dahlias.

[@UrbanWhiteBuffaloFarm]

Hello Love, What a fantastic fun video. So much information and activity.I really liked the replanting under the window of the shed. The most fun was the building of the work bench. It was so cute that you showed the wrong size post when you measured it. So many folks would cut that so they only show all the perfect parts. You did fix and finish the working bench and I love the rustic look it looks perfect. A lower shelf with help stability and give place for storage of supplies. Thank you for a fabulous video take care bye for now

[@pennythompson4790]

brilliant jobx

[@carmenbailey1560]

Good for you being productive and having the confidence to pull it off. Remember perfection is over ranked. Thanks for sharing 👍❤️😊

[@sueb7065]

You did well with the bench. A wonky bench has a rustic character to it.

[@tunnelrabbit2625]

Because it is a 'bummer', few may not appreciate that there is a kind of 'perfect storm' globally that is causing food prices to escalate rapidly. There are many reasons that this is occurring, and that this situation will not be temporary condition. In fact, the price for fuel and everything else is becoming unhinged. I will be expanding my garden so that at least I will not need to buy much at the store. This is one way that one can mitigate the rising cost of living. I also recommend the KZbin channel, Ice Age Farmer. I mention all this because I care....

[@fareebug8439]

Great idea. What a way to make something so needed and useful out of most stuff you have lying about (with the additional of a few $$ in supplies). ❤️

[@AJsGreenThumbLLC]

That hydrangea is gorgeous Katrina....I'm imagining how it will look years from now sprawling over that cute shed.

[@gardenonthemoors]

The bed looks great! Nothing wrong with changing things up every now and again ☺️

[@beverley1539]

Hiya Kat, oh Thankyou for showing greenery, diy, etc . It’s a blizzard currently here across the pond! Southern Ontario Canada. Blessings to you and yours. Looking forward to watching upcoming videos. 🐝

[@jimblair7479]

When you need a hand to hold both ends start a nail or screw at the spot and set the cross member on it/ fasten/ remove helper nail or screw.

[@raymorgan4337]

'Measure twice, cut once.' First thing I learned about cutting wood when I worked in my Saturday job in the local hardware store!

[@homegrowngarden]

Apparently this time I need to do the maths twice before returning to the shop. 🙈

[@raymorgan4337]

@@homegrowngarden At least it gave you good exercise!!

[@marthaduffy8386]

I love your make do aditude. Can't wait to see the climbing hydrangea sounds wonderful. 🙂🌱🌞

[@alanhart6197]

great job. Perfect is the enemy of actually getting things done anyway😁

[@user-ir8sp4gc7i]

I want to go to your garden😃

[@sandraengstrand2784]

Good work done!! 🌱🌱🌱☀️💕

[@moirapastre1234]

Well done! Bravo!

[@boumiboumi5052]

✌cute garden - I like it!

[@chr4s2]

Hello, doesn't matter what your skills are, what matters is, mental health to deal with projects that maybe challenges for some,easier for others, your honest to deal with those challenges, nice vids, keep on gardening, great ideas, thankyou. C.

[@iansallotmentdiaries4997]

Hello Katrina, always love your videos. The moment you realised about the potting table legs was 'Gold!' We've all been there! Great video, keep them coming. Best wishes Ian.

[@stephenchapman8344]

Good job. 👍

[@Marie-yx5ie]

Well done katrina, you did a great job and it does the job 👍😉🇮🇪🍀

[@maryruud9566]

Gorgeous combination of plants in your shed border! I'm looking forward to seeing the vine scramble up the side. Absolutely beautiful!

[@sheiladoick8632]

Another job well done Katrina. Love the planting arrangement. 👍

[@kylieky9169]

Your garden shed update last fall will be so nice for this season! Everything so tidy and a wonderful work space 😊

[@SedriqMiers]

So gorgeous and her garden too.

[@Tnupe007]

awesome job, definitely a project for me when it warms up outside. Thanks

[@backtonature433]

Great job😇😇😇

[@christinebrooks6364]

Hi, great job on building your potting table for your polytunnel, well done ❤ nice tidy up job on your plants in your planted too, thanks for sharing and take care 🙂

[@rachaelakanomadtrader3399]

I know how you feel just wanting spring to hurry up so you can get going. Thankyou for your videos they are truly special and are motivating me to get organized and have my own lovely garden. Love your work! Cheers.

[@Jack-ff3ew]

Hello there I am your new subscriber from India

[@homegrowngarden]

Hey 👋🏻 Welcome along!

[@davidthescottishvegan]

Well done job 👍 Katrina on the replanting of the shed border. Excellent polytunnel bench build. Always enjoy your videos. Have a great weekend and enjoy the season ahead. Keep safe, well and happy gardening.

[@stevendowden2579]

lovely video kat

[@tunnelrabbit2625]

Absolutely lovely. To help the top last, after it dries out thoroughly this summer, saturate it in a veggie oil of any kind. I'll attempt to get potatoes started early this year by putting some in buckets off the ground and simply covering them with poly. And I've start to cobble together a green house.

[@TheSpottedBoot]

Great job! Girl power at its finest!

[@crazylittlepartytifs]

Well done Kat 🙌🙌🙌🔨🔧😘😘 and the border is so pretty now 💐💐💐

[@seanirishterrier6588]

Hope you put some bricks / flat stones under the feet of your rustic bench. Unlike me I learned the hard way, where my feet rotted by soaking moisture from the ground

[@joanneporter5700]

Great video as always...just love watching your posts. Thank you for giving me confidence to garden!

[@tahoeblue2491]

Looks great. I move plants around all the time. Those grasses are really pretty. Good job with the table.

[@davidparkyn4716]

The replanted border looks great and a good job with the table too! As long as you can work on it, that’s all that matters.

[@peter.g6618]

Hi. Great job. It's practical and does the job you need it for. Great vids. Looking forward to more. Take care. 👍 ❤

[@brucehosie5344]

Getton!, as they say down 'ere in the South West. Just recently found your channel. As a self employed gardener whom also has an allotment (sometimes I wonder!) I fully appreciate the work / allotment balance. Also living in a city with no garden slightly more advanced in years than your good self, I still muchly enjoy the relative peace of the allotment. Mine was a six foot mess three years ago, couch grass and bramble added to bindweed and red ants all sound familiar. One does like one's hellebores doesn't one. Anyhoo your plot is wonderful, in an amazing place and your soil looks delicious, mine has taken three years to finally get going. Biggest achievements so far, the loo planter and poly/shed that took some head scratching and about 8 quid, used willow and hazel from the site for bendy roof! Take care and enjoy the spring! From Cap n Trowel Gardening

[@simplifygardening]

Vine weevils can be a real pain if you don't see them, Catrina. The shed border looks amazing you did a great job on that. Great to see you recycling the old benchtop into a new potting bench great job with it, Might be worth buying a couple of bar clamps for you need that second pair of hands. Great video

[@homegrowngarden]

Cheers Tony! Hopefully I’ll be able to get some nematodes on that bed to be sure there’s no more vine weevils hiding!

[@kestrelfeather]

That was great. Your newly worked ornamental box bed is really nice. Personally I would have kept that box the way you had it arranged the first time, lol. Still, what a nice showpiece for your garden. Strengthen your work bench up by adding short diagonal supports in the top corners. Adding boards for a bottom shelf will sturdy the whole thing up too. Good job! Thanks for sharing your video! Enjoy the spring! Cheers!

[@peterellis1201]

Hello you have done a lovely job of your bed , yes them vin weevil’s can be a problem some time’s I find them in my hanging baskets and pots must love living in compost, the climber will look beautiful against the shed when it’s in flower, I think you did a good job of the potting table take care be safe 🍓🍓

[@timpuldupaserviciu.9003]

Let's go gardens time✌😃

[@notforwantoftrying1]

awesome video, can tell you put alot of effort into this one and i learned several things i never knew before from it, thanks :)

[@charliezicolillo]

GREAT job.Katrina you should get 2 x3 or 2 x 4 wood as we call them in America.measure from the shorter side of the bench from leg to leg.Cut it put 2 screws in each leg on the diagonal it will be a stronger hold.

[@romeowhiskey1146]

Smitten. I tell you Smitten. Everything else is fine...too.

[@1snakehips]

Hello Katerina thanks for a brill video. Girl power you got it. No sign of power saw (mitre saw) other than the drill and hand saw. It's not meant to be perfect, just workable and practical. Keeps me inspired to carry on in my own, flooded garden. Thanks again and look forward to more adventures on your allotment.

[@homegrowngarden]

I don’t have a power saw because I don’t have any power up here 😆 Thanks for watching!

[@rmedwards8312]

A great vlog,loving the combination of the helebore/heuchera,will look lush when the silver lining is in full force👌the ivy ties it together beautifully,and that bench was great,wobbly or not,great job.

[@alanhalford9707]

Good plant climbing hydrangeas,ours came away from the fence in a high wind fixed back with wires ,nota problem now our hellebores have have been brilliant this year ,really enjoyed the video take care ❤️

[@peascarrots6829]

Well done Katrina! You were so cute when you realized you might have mis-measured. Haven't we all done that?! The work table is ace! When you fix the bottom to sturdy it up, put it back in other way round so you won't catch your jumper on the rough edge. The hydrangea, corral bells and ornamental grasses are nicely placed and will be stunning come spring and summer. Looking forward to watching you sow seeds! Come on spring! 🙂🥦🥬🥒🌶🫑🍆🥕🧄🧅🍉🍓🫐

[@homegrowngarden]

Yeah I was annoyed when I realised I hat he table the wrong way round! Need another pair of hands to help turn it really. I took me 10 minutes to move it from the work area to the tunnel 😂

[@peascarrots6829]

Everything looks grand! ♥️

[@steve20664]

Nothing wrong with wonky, you should see my plot.... and my gardens🤣🤣

[@TheSpottedBoot]

Where are you, Katrina? It's coming into busy garden season. Hope you are well! You are missed!

[@paularobinson3615]

Love your videos - great work with the bench, I’m building one in the next few weeks (mine will also be wonky) 😂😂

[@BadarTVTrends]

Good morning my friend

[@darisanshanger1616]

So I’ve done that too.. come back from the store.. oh crap.. I either do something else.. or go back to the store! Bummer

[@BoB-rf2dv]

Good job at making do with what you got. If what you got is Captain Hook, by all means, make him work with that leg!!!

[@nenemaria-cornfieldsgarden]

Those vine weevil are a pain. I didn't know much about them until they destroyed all my Astilbe and Heuchera in my shade bed. The plants just fell off in my hand at surface level. I didn't find them as grubs but as pupa, they looked like tiny white alien creatures. Disgustingly fascinating but frustrating. Love the grassy texture added to your shade bed, I'm inspired to add some to mine now too. I've got a over grown Acorus(?) languishing in a pot that desperately needs separating so that may just work - I've had it about 5 years in full sun the poor thing, before learning it likes to be near water and in shade. I'll be sticking the rest in my wildlife pond!

[@tonyforrest2724]

But yeah good job.. 👍

[@tself624]

Love the rustic table .. you can see its had a history! It takes up a good chunk of one side of your polytunnel... will you move it out to put all your tomatoes and peppers in?

[@homegrowngarden]

Yes. The plan is to move it to the back of the shed (or on the wildlife corner side, below the window) when the time comes!

[@sanaliansar7122]

You're the beautiful and strong woman💪🏻

[@luanllluan]

The new schedule, the captions, that grass! This channel just gets better 💜