STARTING A NEW ALLOTMENT PLOT / ALLOTMENT GARDENING FOR BEGINNERS

[@sultanbev]

"You don't need a life coach, just get an allotment plot" Excellent!

[@nitelite78]

You are so right about having the will and desire to put in the graft. People really need to understand how much time and energy a plot needs. Especially one that has been neglected. Also I really loved seeing your rainbow. I was enjoying watching you be super enthusiastic about getting stuck in to your new plot and then the rainbow popped up and it really made me smile.

[@maureen3621]

Just think of all the composting material you’ll get out of it. I too hate grasses. I love your unwavering commitment and enthusiasm. You’re truly an inspiration. 👍

[@neilloveitt6233]

A long handled spade is a good tool for a allotment , saves on back ache 👍

[@pamiliclos]

I love your humor in working. You make me happy all the time. Please keep on doing your thing. You inspire me. ❤

[@carolehenderson9185]

You’re a trooper, very inspiring, determined, hard working and entertaining. Good luck to you Emma! 😀

[@didi2s]

I am amazed and impressed with you taking on this overgrown allotment! My garden plot here at our community garden is only 10 feet by 12 feet and it can be overwhelming at times. I have seen new gardeners fail with their plots over and over. They fail to understand how much continued effort it takes. Yay for the apple tree! That is an awesome discovery! Didi

[@jackparton3198]

Wow can’t believe the transformation of your new plot keep up the amazing work 😯😯👩‍🌾

[@purpleplump6650]

What a great start !! I don't have an allotment but enjoy watching your videos and you have certainly motivated me to attack my neglected garden ! ☘🌿🍀🐝🐞

[@musicalmarion]

Wow Emma you really got stuck in ! I loved the rainbow to inspire you too 🌈 We need more rainbows to shine the life back into neglected allotments ! It's already looking miles better and who knows, you might uncover some treasures too 💚🌿🌿🐈‍⬛ Rocky

[@fareebug8439]

Wow! That's a lot of hard work - but you are making QUICK work of it!! 💪❤ It looks great! It's a great space! 🍎 Apples!

[@nickiramsay2421]

That apple tree was a nice surprise! You’ve made an amazing difference already, well done! Look up making a dead hedge with those branches, they are great for wildlife. Looking forward to the next instalment already 😊

[@jenkitching43]

Wow that apple tree!!!🍎🍎🍎🍏🍏🍏

[@Ricky-gu6xn]

Love your enthusiasm Emma it's sooo infectious 😊 Keep going girl you're doing great 😃👍

[@thatgirlthatgrows]

You got so much done!! It’s going to be amazing!!

[@johnchecketts1732]

Well done Emma you deserve that new plot I wish you all the good times with it and looking forward to seeing you get it all done ready for next season take care of yourself stay safe xx

[@AfzaVlogschannel]

Hello Emma I am amazed how hard work you doing. We have allotment. Oh and I see you doing work you’re very hard-working

[@jammin_5619]

Awesome job, and your spot on with clearing ASAP to prepare ground for next season. Maybe cardboard over the areas you do weed . Cardboard will help suppressing weed regrowth, and with a few inches of compost on top , be ready for planting. . And yes definitely try to use the timbers for Maybe bird netting ( possibly for fruit area) Pallet could be tied together with some garden wire and make more compost bins and fill them, might get compost for spring 😀

[@Lynne-plot35b-36b]

You are right Emma, you have to put the work in to get something out. Go girl… i allotment on my own and it’s blinking hard work 🎉

[@helenstewart2085]

As a experienced/qualified gardener but now old and injured gardener, you motivated me to use my battery hedge trimmer to cut down what needed to be pruned to ground level. Happy chopping down.

[@RalfyCustoms]

Fantastic Emma, keep up the good work hun

[@pennythompson4790]

Your doing really well Emma you're showing hard work pays off in the endxx

[@PointofimpactTV]

Great work Emma!

[@lynnpurfield9430]

How lovely to have the surprise apple tree Emma. You do have a lot of work on, it makes me tired to think of it.

[@rickvangunten4800]

Lucky you! More gardening content right next door. You go Girl.................> Looking forward to what develops.

[@madeleineowen8284]

Well done Emma. Omg, I wish I had half your 😊energy. Stay 😊safe , take care.🥰

[@jamesgordon4754]

It's looking great Emma, very inspiring to see you getting stuck into the new plot and making one out of two. Keep it up.

[@chriseverest4380]

A lot of logs gives you the chance for a spot of Hugulkultur - put them at the bottom of your raised beds. Really long-term fertility. Fascinating (and exhausting) to watch.

[@Brenda-xc7sq]

Well done Emma, it is impressive how much you achieve without sophisticated equipment.

[@tonycarter3756]

The apple tree is growing away from the other trees. Would layer those other trees and make a hedge for the birds.

[@carliem9494]

Don’t you just LOVE Sedge Grass?! It keeps appearing in my garden - seeds blown over from next door. I try to catch it when it’s just a few fronds as it pulls out quite easily then I’m amazed how much you’ve cleared in the new plot! Well Done

[@maureen3621]

I blame tv gardeners who suggest planting grasses. Nice in landscape borders outside supermarkets but not in small gardens in residential areas. The one I pulled out of my garden had very sharp blades.

[@georgemartin9618]

Emma be sure to store up all those old tree branches and bits of rotting wood . You will be able to use them as filling in the bottom of new raised beds , as in hugelkultr gardening . The apple tree can be trained back straight by attacking a rope to one of the nearby trees you're intending to get rid of . Make a big loop and twist it with a big handle or similar so it pulls the apple tree . Keep tensioning every week or two over the winter .

[@yvonnedelappe6216]

Well done you’re doing a fantastic job

[@sharon1615]

You've cleared loads, such an exciting time and so many possibilities 🥰

[@katexx3732]

U have been busy over the weekend. You've done a gd job clearing that plot already. Can't wait to see how it develops over time.

[@rebeccazody1278]

💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻 you go girl!

[@CornishOllie]

Amazing work emma. Keep the work going, I'm really looking forward to the finished project x

[@christinepreston8267]

Well done Emma…all the best with your new allotment ❤

[@KraftyKaren-7]

So excited to see how you transform the plot! 😊💜

[@lucybarnard3954]

It’s really good to see the allotment from taking it over, I’m nearly 9 months into my first plot and it is hard work to do it properly, but in the long run it will pay out, firstly I cleared all the rubbish then I’ve been clearing an area to planting stage them planting then starting the next part. Personally I’d have preferred to get it all cleared before starting planting but I had to show I was growing to keep my plot. X

[@jmawdsley2]

Quality content as always. 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[@meagera333]

I think I'd be tempted to try and remove the worst of the weeds, lift the membrane then hire a cultivator to turn the soil. That would give you the best idea of what area you have to work with ,then you can plan your layout of your new allotment . If some of the membrane can be saved, use it to go where you plan to have paths. Good luck 🤞🏻

[@KristinaDowns-q7i]

Victory over the ornamental grass plant! Yay for you!

[@billnorfolk08]

You are very fortunate to be able to get an allotment at such short notice. In my part of Norfolk there is a 3 to 4 year waiting list. It certainly looks like you will have your work cut out, good luck with it, will have to get your family and friends interested to give you a hand at 77 years old I often call on friends and family to do the jobs I now struggle with then I give them plenty of fresh veg to help them out. You need some decent boards to make your raised beds and ask friends for any spare cardboard to line them.

[@debbielavers9836]

Emma thank you for another great video. May I suggest you just thin out the trees( Like Monty Don) so the birds can nest and fly through. And as for the ornamental grasses, if you like where they are; dig down around the roots and place a barrier ( old bricks,rocks,pieces of wood) and make an in ground pot for them so they can’t spread.

[@petebartlett2229]

Are you planning a fruit area? So excited about this.. And it’s no longer the old plot and new plot.. It’s now one plot with the new side!!!

[@siobhanpainter802]

Wow you are making a great start, I wish I could get a second plot.

[@marleneminter5037]

Looking forward to your journey with your new pilot Emma good luck 😊

[@mandytaylor1008]

Wow they are amazing those long branches save them

[@chriscrouch449]

Wow I am so amazed with all your hard work, you are putting me to shame, but also make me what to do those jobs have put off for ages, keep up all your hard work

[@SaraHartman09]

Love your new tools….

[@CricketsBay]

Oh, you are so lucky to have that apple tree. Your new plot will be ready for Spring in no time. And the fire pit thing will really come in handy for burning the bindweed and the infested tomato plants.

[@TinaMccolm]

Go Girlie go girlie awesome xx

[@AfzaVlogschannel]

Keep sharing a video

[@sheilafarren5359]

Love the videos I remember watching you clearing your first plot

[@ClarkieBoy]

Well done Emma! I'd also like to take on my neighbour's plot but they aren't leaving yet! That "horrid ornamental grass" is Pendulous Sedge and has been the scourge of many gardens that I have worked in. Good riddance! but look out for the Thousands of seedlings that will spring up; they shed Many Many seeds every year. Good luck 👍

[@peterl.wagstaff8247]

Thanks for this one Emma 🙂 My plot was terrible like that when I took it on two years ago. I blitzed it and turned it into something lovely; but then I was away from it for a few months due to illness and work, and I came back and it's a disaster. I really want to keep the plot because it's my happy place. But motivating myself to go back and start all over again is really hard. Your videos REALLY help - thank you 🙂 xx

[@bobwilliams5506]

Get yourself a sling blade. They work great for brush like that.

[@kathrynbeetham5308]

Try a spade with a pointy end to dig the hard stuff out, and losen it with the fork first.

[@Kellyfamilyadventures]

Hi Emma were new to your channel and recently taken on an allotment so we are looking forward to hearing your tips were also vlogging our process looks forward to seeing more :)

[@wewatchyoutube736]

I'm so enjoying this! I can highly recommend a mattock for getting out things like that ornamental grass, bramble roots etc.

[@gardeningwithkay]

Wow you are so hardworking! What would be amazing if you could do a Timelapse each time you worked on your new plot and stitch it up at a later video, it would look awesome ❤️

[@ggwildlife]

it deffo has to come out Emma the sooner the better! you are doing a marvelous job and will be so good when integrated, keep up the hard work Emma it will be amazing for next spring.

[@MrHorserider15]

I would say it’s important as gardeners to respect nature, it would be good to trim the bushes/trees down to a hedge. Shade cast by trees is tricky on allotments

[@2swans1960]

Congratulations on getting the new plot to expand your garden for next year. No doubt you have a lot of work ahead of you but I'm sure you will enjoy the overall process of preparing and planning all the amazing things to plant in your extended space. Wishing you all the best from Canada.

[@capridovonrenislam4128]

Hi Emma, that's such a great investment, you'll end up with a great combined plot. Girlfriend I think you will benefit a lot from a weed eater, the ones battery operated, they are pretty light and manageable. And goggles for your eyes always, but with the weed eater the work will be done in no time.

[@jennyjohnson9012]

Well done Emma! great start to the clearing. Can you come and help me now please lol xx

[@Malvaviscus]

Just crown lift (taking the lower branches off) the trees rather than taking the tops off, let's more light in, but doesn't affect the shape of the tree 😊

[@madhatter61]

It really is hardcwork once it gets to that stage the top end of one of my plots has gotten like that and if I'm well enough I'm going to clear it with power tools and then dig the roots and tress out. I've been looking at ways of grinding tree stumps with an angle grinder.

[@DC-fo3bn]

Every allotment holder loves a good natural tree trunk. You just whack it in and before you know it you got beans growing.

[@johnmccrae1102]

Fascinating as always.Its your personality isn't it!!

[@Maria-ut8gm]

Hello Emma I love your enthusiasm. You’re such a hard worker. You must sleep like a log. Pardon the pun. Looking forward to Wednesday. 🤗

[@debragarner3222]

Great vlog! thanks

[@mandytaylor1008]

Hi Emma take care when clearing and look for currant bushes raspberry canes etc you have found an apple tree so there maybe more treasures to uncover. It’s very exciting for you and it’s the first time I have heard you mention your husband involved. That’s brilliant. You have come along way emma well done. COMPOST EVERYTHING don’t check it away. It’s your treasure

[@sansperber-storydepartment]

Great New adventure. Please keep the trees, why not try out starting a small food forest?

[@deangibson3643]

Shalom Emma, Have you ever considered trying to make hugal cultures in your new allotment? It has transformed the way I garden. Don't ever work too hard, just work enough...😂

[@stephaniegee227]

You've already done so much on the new plot! How exciting! Question: do you have rough plans for the new space? Mentally drawing up layouts for what might go where? Are you looking at it as space to grow more of what you love or finally the room the room to plant new things in the garden?

[@dooboo9980]

Can’t wait to see what you do to the place! I have a half plot and it was super over grown. I haven’t planted anything get just de weedng and fertilising the ground!

[@dn744]

Yes, get the worst over 1st 😊

[@charlotterydz6343]

Really inspiring 😊. The shed I’ve inherited in my garden is full of webs 🕸️ and spiders, they seem happy enough sharing it with me so I let them be 💚

[@lucrom1097]

Super Good work Emma's you the best you the best thans te video Top 🌿🌾😅✔️🥤💯👋💐🌻🙏

[@lbevan232]

So exciting to watch the new plot, you’ve done a brilliant job already! Inspired me again to get back down my plot and rediscover it under all the weeds and so glad I did!!!!!! Can’t wait to follow your journey!

[@gardenofglory5403]

You’re doing good Emma so hubby would help at sometime also the kids see you soon I’m working on making my compost and that feels so good

[@ritahobbs5256]

Keep going 🎉🎉🎉

[@jjww7594]

Emma, I wish I can be there to work on your new plot with you and get it ready for Spring 2024 planting. Courageous, Emma. 😀🏅

[@irenesmith5676]

Hi Emma you’ve cleared a lot & you’ve worked so hard well done 👏👏👏👏 about the all the weeds do you have bonfires 🔥 we have from October to March we can burn our rubbish yeah that wonderful lv Irene 😘 xx

[@juliehickey1518]

Try make a waived shot fence

[@sylviabradley7355]

Yrs, many of the trees need to go. You have the allotment to grow food and the shade will hinder that💥

[@evepilcher2366]

You are a trooper!

[@mb-b4761]

I am excited for your adventures

[@madgemadge225]

Wow luv this, great to see u do this, motivating

[@todaysworldjw]

😀 very exciting! Are you able to get a before and after shot of the new extension 😀 either photo or video, but I think a video from the shed end might look good 👍congrats on obtaining it, and can't wait for future updates!

[@Mick-k8t]

My allotment has barnweed on it and its A night mare to get rid of this year it has been A bad year for the fruit

[@maureen3621]

I’ve got the same problem on my plot. It’s pointless using a rotavator and besides that we’ve got a lot of slow worms on site. I dig it out and bag it up in empty compost bags. My plan is to make compost for next year.

[@Mick-k8t]

@@maureen3621 don't think I will get any think done today because of the rain my allotment flood's A lot when the weather is like this

[@jpennturner]

You have cleared a lot! I agree the trees have to go, except the apple of course.

[@EmmyUnwindWorld]

Wow amazing

[@karenastrong1]

Hey Emma. I would love to see you plant some grape vines in your big new space! I’m in East Sussex and the plot near me has grapes growing… I want to build a trellis structure and sow some vines soon. It would be so rewarding I reckon. K x

[@mariancoburn2202]

You working so hard looking good.x

[@StellasVegetablegardens]

use the pallets for a new composting area

[@kellieleyton6638]

Ooh it's so exciting. Do you think you'll extend or create a new pond?

[@countryview2020]

Hi Emma. I always find it easier digging up roots using a garden fork rather than using a spade.

[@maureen3621]

It was like digging up concrete blocks when I took my plot on. In the end I used a pick axe which proved to be more effective and I’m no spring chicken.