Planting Out Brassicas, Radish & Broad Bean Harvest & Chat: AWATP 10 - 16 June '24

[@StokeonTrent1961]

Thank you 👍

[@tweetybirdmom]

enjoy watching you with all your hard work growing your items, God Bless you, and stay safe

[@paulsavident]

Thank you. 👍👍👍

[@StevieWeevie66]

The weather's really good this week, hope that helps the allotment. And heart felt condolences to the family who have lost their loved one x

[@paulsavident]

The weather was pretty good, though I was also pretty elsewhere for the month of June... 😬

[@nikpatel9613]

Squirrels and chipmunks always go after my tender bean, sunflower and many other seedlings. They nip the stem and leave the two halves where it was growing. I repurpose a bandage cardboard tube (from work, nurse here) as a collar right when I see the littlest part of the bean coming up. They can’t get to the stem at all when the collar is properly lodged in the soil. It has helped with slugs too. But I’m in New Jersey, US. Sometimes when I don’t have the other type, I use loo roll inner tube, cut it into 1in-1 1/4 inch pieces. (These are not as sturdy.) Otherwise I would be forever resowing seeds. Try that.

[@paulsavident]

I have used collars in the past though generally found that what has been at our plants are slugs, which are happy to just go under and pop up and munch. 😬

[@theannecrossett7761]

YAY!!! you grew a radish...proof positive that it can be done, I'm going to try again during our cool weather growing season here in Florida 😊

[@paulsavident]

Indeed... weeks of watering for A radish... 😂😂

[@margarethughes3763]

Thank you for this video.have a good week 😊

[@paulsavident]

Thank you, and hope you had a good one too. 👍👍👍

[@pamelacrow9783]

My beans and peas have been chomped by field mice. I put organic slug pellets out and they were eaten by the mice. They love them and don’t appear to be harmed, thank goodness. Fighting a losing battle. At least I have tomatoes and cucumbers in the conservatory. I can live off salad.

[@paulsavident]

There seem to be many losing battles this year, though fingers crossed for your toms and cucumbers. 🤞

[@helenhawkins4054]

I wish you well also. I’ve had a lovely gardening day today, just tottering about. Highly medicinal [ just recovering from eye surgery . ] 👩🏻‍🌾🐸🦔🐝😁

[@paulsavident]

Hope you're recovering well from the surgery. 🤞

[@user-wj1xr8nn7t]

Ugh. The birds did that to some of my beans in Indiana USA. We caught them in the act. They just snipped them off and didn't even eat them. Love your videos!

[@paulsavident]

Pesky pigeons... they've done my brassicas in now... 😬

[@josephbrown-po3ld]

Sprinkle ground cayenne pepper dust around plants to stop pests.

[@emb54]

The dang squirrels have been digging everything out of the pots I've planted. So far not out in the main fenced garden area. But now I think there's a bunny in there. It's kind of overgrown so I'm just cleaning out a spot and planting various things in. This week in eastern US it's going to be in the 90's! Unusual for this early in the year. I would glady send this heat to Richard ; ) I think you're doing a great job clearing up your allotment. Now if the critters would just leave your plants alone. Good luck this growing season. That broad bean hummus you mentioned sounds good.

[@paulsavident]

We've not usually had issues with squirrels, though this year many have complained about them... 😬

[@tritonb.1746]

Nice video Paul 😊

[@paulsavident]

Thanks. 👍👍👍

[@charissatroup5611]

I feel like some things are growing really well, and other things are just doing nothing, but then I have to remind myself that there are some things that have only been in the ground for two weeks. I'm in the 'just see what grows' boat, this year, too.

[@paulsavident]

Yep, same here in terms of slow growth rates... 🤔

[@freckles2437]

Got my second sowing of brassicas out today, red and white cabbage, cauliflowers, kale and purple sprouting broccoli. Then sowed a few rows of carrots, golden beetroot, lettuce and very late parsnips, all casualties of slugs and snails. Jo Devon 🙂

[@paulsavident]

That a great mix of brassicas... I think I will need to sow some more... 😬

[@joanwilliams7184]

Thank you Paul..😊its been a terrible year for slugs up to now! Hopefully this better weather will help with the slug problems! Its definitely been a challenging year so far..thanks for being real😊x

[@paulsavident]

The WORST year for slugs!! 😬

[@donnastacey7227]

Thank you for the video Paul. Will you double pod the beans before blitzing, I'm going to try your pesto recipe. My harvest will be similar to yours and I had to totally resow. Now being overwhelmed by blackfly 😢

[@paulsavident]

Nope, we don't double-pod beans at all... Vivi thinks me a heathen for not doing this! 😁👍😁

[@witsonsmom729]

Have you tried the radish leaves cooked? I made a vegetable lo mein the other night with radish leaves and lamb's quarters, it was good. Every gardening season is different, this year included.

[@paulsavident]

I know one can cook them, though we are not keen on them... the little hairs are a bit gagging! 😬