SHOULD I HAVE PULLED THIS UP?! / ALLOTMENT GARDENING FOR BEGINNERS

[@LTMarshall]

It's mating season where they start moving indoors, and making webs everywhere. So YES, spider season. You are right.

[@emmasallotmentdiaries]

Argh!! Glad I’m right but… wish I wasn’t 😂😂😭

[@LTMarshall]

@@emmasallotmentdiaries hahah. I found a beast the size of my fist in my greenhouse and almost died. I may have cried

[@annetteperks]

Oh Emma you so right , you wait ages for the bees to come and then 6 come at once just like the buses. 😂

[@carolwhite6979]

you are right Emma! There is a spider season! In the fall they are looking for shelter just like those field mice that are trying to sneak into the warmth of our homes!

[@ninemoonplanet]

It's spider season, but here there are hummingbirds that take the filaments to build nests and the spiders get eaten. I do end up waving a stick in front of me, looking like a mad concert conductor. It works. 😅

[@countrygardensns9262]

Oh Emma! You are totally right about spider season! For me, end of August, and the children start back to school, that’s when I find spider webs. Especially in my garden shed. I have to enter with a stick, wave it around, say the magic words, and my path is cleared of spiders and their webs! xox 🇨🇦

[@emmasallotmentdiaries]

Pleeeease tell me the magic word 😂

[@essiev6397]

I'm laughing so hard😂

[@coralgardens.official]

Haha I nearly peed myself laughing when I realized that your bone to pick was with me!! 🤣 I looked it up you’re right there is a time you see them more because they come indoors for warmth or are out looking for mates and they are bigger so you spot them more easily, but in the garden I see them year round. You are also right I’m less and less afraid of spiders the more I garden (there is even a short on my channel where I catch myself baby talking a giant orbweaver 😂). They are so good in the garden, they eat so many pests, but in my house, near me, the big ones do freak me out. I still stand by it being adorable, as are so many things you do! 💗

[@thomaskeepin8235]

Emma please will you ask somebody in the allotment community to straighten the fork tong, it’ll make much easier for you to dig, love your Diaries and your smiles, Tom.

[@emmasallotmentdiaries]

Haha! I’ll ask my husband at the weekend 😂 He’s not very handy so should make for a funny vlog 😂

[@UrbanWhiteBuffaloFarm]

@@emmasallotmentdiaries look for one at a yard sale that is where I buy all my tools because they’re old and they’re still good and they will outlast me.

[@DoreenFraser-d5s]

When digging potatoes start on the edge and slowly work your way in so you fork only goes into soil already dug into and you don’t stab into potatoes.

[@sandraridout9999]

It is such a joy watching your videos. I have had a allotment for a short time just this year and you have given me many ideas. I always look forward to watching them with a coffee 😊

[@bluumz-n-veg]

Fall is mating time for spiders so they are more active and more likely to be seen. Maybe that's why they're also so prevalent in Halloween decor!

[@juliedorrell482]

Another possible suggestion for the planner, i use the squared pages alot for drawing bed plans but would like a couple of pages to accompany each month, that would be so great! Love your videos, I've learnt so much from you, me being a complete novice to allotment life 😊

[@pc1189]

Yes I agree with you 100% there is a spider season Emma. Happy gardening and happy weekend 🌺🦋🌾🕊

[@emmasallotmentdiaries]

Thank you! 😂

[@patstephenso7206]

I agree with you Emma they are in my greenhouse l don't like them but they are everywhere 😢

[@NoOneUKnow-c3y]

I cover my garden beds with grass and leaves and that let all that break down. In the spring, I turn it all into the soil.

[@emmasallotmentdiaries]

Amazing! Xx

[@Jacqui-Pen]

Yes, there is a spider season in the UK, which is typically from late summer to early autumn. You're spot on Emma 😊 Our garden is full of them!!

[@sandragregg3690]

Spiders don't like the smell of peppermint oil or lavender oil you can put it in an oil burner to try and stop them from coming inside x

[@connydijkstra7781]

White fly you can make a spray with garlic and onions and Some soap öre ole and spray it on your plants. 1 -10

[@aussieallrounder6018]

So glad to see you interacting with your viewers. Finally.

[@justmenicole4842]

The " box of chocolate" referral, is from the Forest Gump movie 😊

[@emmasallotmentdiaries]

Love that film! 😂

[@SueEverythingVlogss]

Emma, the bee 🐝 loves the punkin it's the same in my garden.

[@isabelrafael2866]

You can place the hanging pumpkin in a bit of pantihose (stockings) and tie the stockings to the frame. The stockings will expand as the pumpkin grows. 🎃

[@bewoodford2807]

Hi Emma, beds are covered overwinter to stop nutrients being washed out of thye soil. A cover is unlikely to stop freezing/thawing as i is not insulating material, in fact cardboard is more insulating than tarpaulin. Hope tha helps. Happy gardening 🙂

[@emmasallotmentdiaries]

Ah that’s helpful, thank you! Xx

[@bewoodford2807]

you are most welcome 🙂

[@kpenrose04]

It is definitely spider season. I have a stick by the back door for my route to the tomatoes. And my husband has rescued me twice in the last two weeks, when a giant (tarantula sized) spider ran at me. I do a great impression of the lady from the tom and jerry cartoons, clutching my imaginary petticoats 😅

[@joycehennequin8469]

You are 100% right it is spider season,the big males are out now looking for a female to mate.And l have a fear of them to.Thanks for sharing Emma ❤

[@emmasallotmentdiaries]

Argh, hate them!! Xx

[@joycehennequin8469]

@@emmasallotmentdiaries not as much as me but l bet you do,seeing them sends me into a frenzy NO NO NO SPIDERS THANKYOU NOOOOOO

[@patstephenso7206]

Spiders lm talking about and yes Bees are busy at the moment it's the warm weather thats attracted them 😊

[@emmasallotmentdiaries]

Also lots of wasps out too right now x

[@CathrineKent]

You’re correct it’s spider mating season 😱😱

[@clarefoskett9959]

The clematis and nasturtium colours go so well together. They are lovely. I will buy a planner.😊

[@emmasallotmentdiaries]

Ah amazing, thank you lovely xx

[@WithrowUrbanHomestead]

1st time watching your channel. Only 3 minutes into the video and I’m loving it! Your spider comments have me smiling and your interaction with the bird is lovely. I love my multi-generation garden birds.

[@emmasallotmentdiaries]

Ah welcome! So glad you enjoyed it! Xx

[@jennyjohnson9012]

Oh yes this is spider season because it's mating time!! You are 100 per cent correct xx

[@KOLLEKZIYA_FASOLI]

💚💚💚And you could collect your own seeds from this red salad. I always do that. Emma, ​​thank you for your videos.💚💚💚

[@emmasallotmentdiaries]

Oh yes I will be doing that too!! Xx

[@KOLLEKZIYA_FASOLI]

@@emmasallotmentdiaries Great!

[@nitelite78]

11:12 This sweeter with cold weather also applies to carrots and potatoes. Probably loads of veg. Winter squash are different though. Winter squash get sweeter left at room temperature for a few weeks. They don't need the cold. Well I guess they will rot anyway with freezing weather. I love potatoes that have been left in containers/the ground for a few weeks of cold weather. They taste amazing roasted.

[@nitelite78]

You should get a big roll of scaffolding debris netting Emma. Really cheap on e-bay. Usually available in green or black. I bought a roll of black roll of 2 metre by 20 metre. I use two lengths overlapped on tall/wide bed structures to cover the whole brassica bed. It's the cheapest way to cover a bed.

[@muddyboots2531]

Yes. Spiders are bigger and trying to enter houses at this time of year. As a child I had to walk to school down a lane. At certain times of year (I think it was autumn), strands of spider webs were everywhere, floating along in the breeze and even into your face. Coupled with a child's imagination, it was terrifying! BTW I think it is possible to lose arachnophobia over time, even without treatment.

[@fareebug8439]

Young Einstein might eat out of your hand. Seems like he tried there - made me laugh out loud. 😂 Adorable. Yay!!! So happy to see bees!! 🐝🐝🐝 I adore your humor. 😂

[@violetraal5383]

Try fixing your fork by putting the tines that are bent in the hole of a pipe that is concreted in and bend it back

[@HerbsnSplodge-win67]

I agree it’s Einstein’s baby, he looks different on camera.

[@kathleenwilliamson174]

Yes, there is spider season. The Orb spiders make bigger in your face webs strategically placed, so you will walk into them followed by the spider web ninja dance because you don't know where the spider is. Probably off to the side somewhere, laughing. And the rest are moving, litte ones are sending their web parachutes in the wind blowing all over the place. Yes, they are around all year, but this time of year, they are movers and shakers, lol.

[@CandleMakingUK]

Hi Emma. I am taking in my first allotment plot on Nov 1st. I would love an arch. Can I ask where you got yours.please and what mesh you have over it. Thankyou. Hannah xxx

[@MarinaLishka]

Nice vlog, thank you. I was wondering if you had any late frost on your plot? We had some on June 8th! It killed all my squashes, which was just ok as I resowed them straight away (will have spares at home next year just in case) and they did really well. Potatoes on the other hand..the ones which were planted early did well despite the frost but the maincrop ones were very stunted and look similar to the ones you pulled out now and the crop is minimal. Really enjoy your vlogs

[@southernyankeebeauty15]

I would get some neem oil for the white fly should help and it’s organic it won’t hurt it. Probably need to treat the bugs before covering or they will just keep breeding under the cloth and destroy them

[@AnthonyCarter-g2o]

IF it snows you get a free dose of Nitrogen on the soil” blue green algae “ Love your pearls of wisdom about frosting veg 👍and congrats on the parsnip extraction 😊

[@janebolton8971]

Emma my daughter is so frightened about spider season and she's 28!

[@oakwillow4187]

You are so right about the spiders I lived down south (Hampshire) until I was 43 and had a real phobia of spiders and yes you get some all through the year but wow September! I also have always had cats and they eat/play with them so I always have a cat in my room at night lol just in case 😂 So looking forward to the planner P.S I have been binge watching your old videos from when you first started You must feel so proud of how far you have come you have done amazingly well! I wish you and yours love light and laughter xx

[@emmasallotmentdiaries]

Ah thank you so much. Can’t wait for you all to see the new planner!! X

[@lorainemcguire5795]

Emma I'm with you ime yelling all the time at the moment cob webs so many what I call autumn spiders that seem to be everywhere

[@emmasallotmentdiaries]

Ha! Yes! They really are everywhere 😭

[@robinroseberry]

Thank you !

[@mrsmunchin]

❤❤❤

[@carols6525]

I'm lucky and got over spider fear a few years ago, but I still hate walking into the webs! I agree this is totally spider season, webs all over inside and out! We need special spidey vision.

[@JenniMBE]

I think the spiders come out at this time of year because they are looking for a mate. It's their version of tinder : ) You know those bugs on the plants with the white fly - they aren't eating them, they are the larvae of the white fly. You need to wipe them off quick before they start munching your plants. White fly are a right pain

[@emmasallotmentdiaries]

What?! I thought they had come to save the day 😂

[@Beingmemyselfi]

Hi Emma I would love a planner, but I’m in New Zealand, our growing season is a little bit longer but otherwise very similar apart from January being July 🤣🤣 I’m still struggling with that after 22 years living here.🧐Anyway a thought, maybe you could have the Southern hemisphere months printed small underneath the Northern Hemisphere 😘😘

[@paulinebyrne1321]

I love watching your videos.

[@joywhite439]

Definitely spider when season!!

[@rowan7658]

Yes SEPTEMBER is Spider season, you are correct.

[@susangoodwin6520]

Spray brassica plants with washing up liquid solution it dose help reduce whitefly

[@emmasallotmentdiaries]

Great idea, thanks! X

[@twelvesmylimit]

This is when the dreaded 'shredded wheat' spiders (as I call them 😂) are everywhere outside. They terrify me if I come across them without warning. Then, with the heavy rain this time of year, the massive house spiders come in and are more terrifying to me, whether I have warning of them or not. Harvest spiders freak me out, too, especially when they do that spinning thing in their webs when frightened. The rest, I'm fine with!

[@twelvesmylimit]

You go, Glenn Coco! 😂

[@libbyroseoutdoors7802]

It is deffo spider season - this is the time they all come into my house and glare at us from the corners of the room. They don't bother me much but my partner has deffo woken me up to rescue him before now 😂

[@lucrom1097]

Fantastisch Good work emmas you the best te moostiun te Bloems te oogsten te onkruid wieden thans te video Top weekend 👍🌿🌾🌞🍹🥔💐🍅🥦🏵️

[@katarinaericsson7871]

Hi sweet Emma you always wearing such beautiful outfits

[@emmasallotmentdiaries]

Haha, thank you! Xx

[@emaryfrancemccauley3432]

Will you ship your planner to Canada?

[@LucRom-kz5uw]

Fantastisch Good work Emmas you the best te moostuin te oogsten the onkruid wieden bloems thans te video Top weekend 🥔🥬✂️🧤🌤🌸🥦🌿🌾

[@darraghkelly6417]

Spider season is Halloween time of year.

[@UrbanWhiteBuffaloFarm]

@@darraghkelly6417 I think you’re right because maybe the people that decorate for Halloween stretch cobwebs everywhere

[@lewisgardner1660]

It’s a well known fact that spiders tend to come in our houses in September onwards as we see the end of summer, I guess sheds would be the same

[@paulinemorris5186]

Emma be careful when handling parsnips as the foliage can cause a nasty rash.

[@annsfrench]

I’ve heard it said that once you plant potatoes in a bed you will always have potatoes in that bed. Seems that a gardener will inevitably miss harvesting some potatoes and they will be back every year! 😊

[@emmasallotmentdiaries]

Yes! It’s true! I now have potatoes popping up everywhere at my plot! 😂

[@jonathaningram4672]

Well spider season has definitely begun, I went in my bathroom yesterday and there as a HUGE house spider, I mean best part of 3 inches, I'd send pic but you'd probably freak out lol I don't mind house spiders, it's the harvest spiders I detest and they just make a mess, move and make another mess and so on. You use a garden fork to dig up potatoes lol

[@emmasallotmentdiaries]

Argh!!!

[@kateblogs]

There is definitely a spider season. I'm not scared of spiders but I know that late summer/early autumn is the time when spiders are most active and noticeable.

[@emmasallotmentdiaries]

Yes! They are all out! I’ve walked through so many webs 😭😫

[@timbaker7994]

Hi Emma in your new diaries can you have a page for the names of the variety that you are growing would be a great as I often forget many thanks

[@emmasallotmentdiaries]

There are pages to write down seeds you are going to sow each month! Will share more soon xx

[@debyorkshirelass9674]

My garden is absolutely full of white fly they are covering my grasses never seen as many. 😮

[@heatherhoole8084]

I can attest to spider season, 2 humongous arachnids in Bath at 4.20 am, sorry plughole death spiral xx

[@emmasallotmentdiaries]

Argh!! 😭😭

[@84MissLC]

There is a spider season… there is a flying daddy long legs spider season…. Where are so many flying daddy long legs about for a period of time and then they seem to stop appearing and you hardly seem them ….. but there are spiders all year round, I have a house full of them. No matter how much I de-cobweb they just keep coming back.

[@RawLondonGardener]

👍👍👍

[@nikkikirk1985]

Emma, where did you get your vest from? Been looking for something like that for ages 😂

[@emmasallotmentdiaries]

Marks and Spencer’s I think! x

[@nikkikirk1985]

@@emmasallotmentdiaries Great thank you 😊

[@lynnpurfield9430]

Yes, spiders are there all year but the babies hatch out in their thousands and by September their webs are everywhere, catching flies, bees, butterflies and humans abd splaying across every path and doorway. So, yes, there is a spider season.

[@emmasallotmentdiaries]

Eek!

[@miracudrag]

What's that tool you use for weeding?

[@emmasallotmentdiaries]

It’s a hoe. Great for breaking up smaller weeds before they become bigger! Xx

[@miracudrag]

Thank you, I need one!

[@mogensdanielsen]

❤❤❤👍👍

[@bobwilliams5506]

Your English robins are so much prettier than our American robins.

[@emmasallotmentdiaries]

Haha! What are American robins like??

[@bobwilliams5506]

@@emmasallotmentdiaries They are scraggly urchins with misplaced feathers. They appear early every spring and are welcomed after a long winter. They are not an attractive lot.

[@annsfrench]

@@emmasallotmentdiariesAmerican robins are much larger than your Einstein, about 8-11 inchis tall. They have a black head, a red breast, much brighter in males, long legs and a long tail. They are known as the first sign of spring.

[@ssllylawrence618]

Emma! Spiders are ace! Learn to live them and your garden will flourish. Your spiders keep pests and insects. They are your friends. Please leave the sticks at home, or find them a little corner.down.

[@UrbanWhiteBuffaloFarm]

And they all said in unison " LET THE SPIDER SEASON BEGIN" and there were spiders and they did dance for joy spreading fear and anxiety to all those with Arachnophobia. This is not a mental illness because spiders do exist and it is not an irrational fear. It might be a anxiety condition but never the less it is real!!!! Beware those that disbelieve! "The Truth Is Out There"

[@emmasallotmentdiaries]

Haha!!

[@staceysmith2575]

Ahh please wear your gloves when touching the parsnip tops foliage they can cause blisters and feel like you hand are on fire 😮

[@christinanewman5141]

Your so funny

[@janebolton8971]

They are all Einstein

[@petro3441]

Definitely this robin is not einstein cause he is not as calm and relaxed like einstein😂

[@emmasallotmentdiaries]

Haha! Yes he was definitely a bit more lively 😂