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Wow your courgette bed is bloody❤ enormous, mine are teeny well I only have 1 the rest died and those cabbages!!! I've come to the conclusion I haven't got a clue, I just plant and hope for the best then complain I've not got anything. 😂 To be fair I think I had contaminated manure this year... killed most things I planted now other plot holders are agreeing with me. Your plot and garden are so productive. It's always nice to see your harvests. 😊

Hi Andy, wow! Your cauliflowers are lovely, wish I could grow them that well. Another great update. Thanks for sharing and take care 😊

Hi Andy, all your plants,are looking good in the,garden. Nice job on a new,enclosure for the bird. Great update. Thanks for sharing and take care 😊

Hi Andy, I have had lots of blueberries this season.. it's a,shame the plot neighbour isn't lookin after their plot, its a pain for you. Shame about the club root. I think we,have,all suffered this year with lots of infestations. Thanks for sharing and take care 😊

We have several plots like that. I get so frustrated as we have a healthy waiting list and some of these people have had plots on the site in that state for a good few seasons now, so unfair to other plot holders, like you say it creates habitats for everything we don't want and the weed seeds are just awful. I can't understand the why they won't give them up so someone else can have a chance to grow something. Can you grow club root resistant plants next year? They showed a trial of that on Beech Grove.

That’s a great idea with the shed for the rook Andy - he was lucky to be found by you, and hopefully he’ll be back to full health by the time he gets his ‘big boy’ feathers! I’ve given upon my French beans this year - very poor germination and small stunted plants 😕. After seeing your lettuce, I’m determined to grow more next year - supermarket salad is just awful on the whole! Take care & look after yourself 😊(p.s. sweet peas looking lovely! Mine have been great this year 👍)

Thanks for the update Andy - great to see this fantastic harvest! Like you say though, it’s a lot of work - hope your back is ok and you manage to get a bit of a rest in between jobs. Those cauliflowers look lovely - I’ve never made piccalilli myself - I’d be interested to see how you make it. Good luck with the gig … and a day’s fishing in the peace & quiet sounds just the ticket 😊👍. Take care, & I look forward to hearing about your rook friend.

WoW! Great harvest. Well done, but such a lot of work! How about courgette, onion and runner bean/french bean chutney? or courgette lemon drizzle cake, (great use for the yellow courgettes, roasted courgette with tomatoes and onions. Theer are sp many recipes on the internet to try. Happy gardening 🙂

Zucchini bake. Another great recipe from this wonderful lady. Another family favourite for using Courgettes. ruclips.net/video/X8XtqtCdhTE/видео.htmlsi=EFUH4_YYIheg-csO

Zucchini cake and recipe. My family love this! ruclips.net/video/8D3Td1mIE1s/видео.htmlsi=qI0NTNYTkM1dIkaG

Hi Andy, interested on your thoughts on the pea moth at this time of year? Thanks

Hi Andy, hope you’re well. Always look forward to your updates. Blooming ek, what a harvest. Still haven’t attempted to grow cauliflower, just don’t have the room really, although i would love to give it a try. I think you probably slept really well after that harvest. I do hope your back recovers quickly and also hope you have saved your potatoes. Looking forward to the progress on the bird. Thank you so much for the update. As always thank you for sharing. 😊

Gift to help net for peas Andy have long standing back problem know how a flare up hinders you physically and mentally.

Back garden looks great to me Andy. Take care.

Oh Andy blooming blight, i am glad you had energy to go up and knock the tops off. Cauliflowers help make up for things. Dont overdo things if your falling asleep it might just be needed.

Same here with the dwarf French beans but the cobra & another climber in the polytunnel are racing along now & flowering. Sungold's the only one of six varieties of tomato which is producing ripe fruit so far, a whole six weeks behind. Gherkin cucumbers have gone mad & I've already pickled a year's supply so I think I'll pull them to give more space to the bell peppers.

I just added another 1.2m³ compost bay 10 days ago & with grass clippings, donations of material & my own weeds & harvest waste, it's currently half full & running at just under 70°C. My cauli's were a disaster, as I was ill for 10 days, then it was a couple of days before I looked at them - all blown & full of slugs. I had the last of my garlic up a couple of weeks back. These were the ones I planted along one side in the polytunnel from my own saved bulbs. They started off five years ago as a bulb from Aldi which sprouted & I've kept the two best bulbs each year & they've got better every year. Best ones are now close to 3" across - twice the size of the originals. If you need a hand with the polytunnel, let me know & I'll come down. I know how difficult it is with only one person (impossible doing the cover really tight) from putting my own up last year.

Sorry about the blight Andy hope you can salvage most things. It the cauliflowers look fantastic you’ll need another freezer 🤦‍♀️. Have a fab week, Ali 🌞🥵🇨🇦

I fry slices of courgette in butter along with thinly sliced onion, a little garlic & mushrooms. Goes well with chops, steaks, Cumberland sausage....Mine this year are also yellow, as for some reason the green variety failed.

I'm pleased you rescued all those potatoes in time from blight! Phew! I didn't know if mine had blight or whether it was die back, so all the foliage has been removed. Lots of great caulis! Piccalilli sounds good! My peas were terrible this year. 3 lots wouldn't germinate properly. I've ended up with 6 plants. I hope the gigs go well and you don't suffer too much afterwards. Take care.

Ye gods mate, when do sleep.

Good to have you back Andy. My beans are not doing well but it’s the opposite too hot here early in the year. I’m definitely not getting any gluts if things this year 🤷‍♀️. Your seedlings are doing really well Andy and should have some fab winter veg. Hope everyone is well, have a great week, Ali 🌞🥵🇨🇦

I love the new shed for the rook, Andy. Brilliant! Garden produce looks great too. It's definitely a strange growing year though, isn't it? Take care .

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Hi Andy, hope you and yours are well. Growing season has been rubbish. I’m just starting to harvest beans but not many. Tomatoes are ok. Strawberries have been poor. How sweet and kind are you. What a lucky little bird. Bless his heart thank you for taking care of him. You really do put my faith back into humanity. Looking forward to next update. Thank you for sharing 😊

I have the same bean issue wrt germinating… not a sausage. Only cobra and hunter this year. For the clubroot, it doesn’t seem to affect my red cabbage, Brussels or kale just the caulis and broccoli. 🤔They were mullered by slugs… and as for chunky tomatoes, yes mine are super chunky this year…but good crop. It just reminds me to just plant a bit more than I need to get something/anything. Good luck at the allotment, Sandra

Hi Andy allotment diggers has a bit of clubroot on his allotment so before he plants his brassicas he limes and let's his young plants become pot bound before planting out

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If you have clubroot then a product called Perlka is worth trying.

Andy i have clubroot its very disappointing but you can get around in with clubroot resistant brassicas. I also have onion rot in my garden and there's no way around that, im sowing spring onion in fish boxes, and i love my onions, i think i got it from shallots and sets i bought in, so i sow seed now but its to late

I had never sown Charlotte beforehand and I wasn't expecting much but they turned out brilliantly getting about two dinners out of one stalk so definitely sow them next year

That lot neighbour shouldn’t be allowed to not maintain it that’s terrible. I understand the affect chronic fatigue has and yes on part mind over matter is good but not overdoing things as you recognise is important. So sorry about the root problem, you usually have fantastic crops and things were looking great. I hope no more unexpected issues Look after yourself Andy.

It's a shame about your brassicas. Fingers crossed for the other beds. I wouldn't be able to cope with all those weeds from your neighbours plot.😮 At least you've got some great stuff growing and yes, you must not let things get you down. Keep going. You're doing a fantastic job! Take care.

Agree about having allotment rules that state the plot needs to be kept relatively tidy. Not really fair on other plot holders having all those weeds and grasses. Also not really fair on people in the queue for a plot if it's not being used. Our adjacent plot had high weeds two years in a row and thankfully the holder finally got around to cutting and looks like they will work the plot now. They did spray the cut grass all over my plot though which was pretty annoying for me at the time.

Interesting you mention your ME/CFS. I was diagnosed with it a few years back. I got an allotment last year and it's been a struggle setting things up but pleased with the progress I've made. It's only a tiny 60m2 bit of land which is just about manageable for me. Really frustrating though when the PEM hits though and I want to get to the plot but just can't. I'm fortunate though in that our allotment site is literally a 3 or 4 minute walk from the house. I don't think I'd have been able to manage if it were miles away. What a shame about the club root. It's my first year having a proper attempt at growing brassicas and so far had a few Calabrese and Cauliflower. Small heads but not complaining seeing as it's my first go. Like you my peas have all been a disaster. 3 sowings each of podding, mange tout and sugar snap and only had a couple of handfuls of peas. My french beans have been a struggle too. Only now starting to get a few beans. Had to pull the first sowings out as they were looking diseased. Hopefully next year the weather will be better.

My Santero are starting to topple - Bedfordshire Champion still going strong. Dunno what happened to my cauli's (All Year Round) as only one was more than 2" across. Stripped the foliage off the last five containers of Charlotte today & was trying to clear everything to water in slug nematodes but it started chucking it down. Plot next to mine has a new tenant (I hit it with weed killer last year to stop seeds) & it's covered in rosebay willow herb. She cleared about half then nothing, so I pulled the rest before it seeded & chucked it into my new compost bay (a second 4' cube). I lime my brassica beds every year before planting, then repeat halfway through. Thankfully no clubroot so far. Worst thing I had was my last plot - onion white rot, which made me give it up in the end.

I lost kilos of berries by birds But I had taken enough for myself. 😊

Really nice vid Andy thanks

Never ever boring here. Love the hunt and greetings from Australia👌👌💕💕

You really need to stop eating potatoe salads. It's the main problem with us gardeners. We love our produce !.Cheers Andy.😁

Hi Andy, I've grown onions from seed the past 2 seasons due to the sets bolting. They are so much better & bigger onions too! You plot is looking very productive & healthy too. Great video update, thanks for sharing and take care 😊

Bicarb works on liverwort!? does it work on pearlwort? I have that in my onion bed and it's a nightmare, eventually I just let it go when the onions are too big because it's so fiddly to get in and pull out.

That weed looks like what has erupted all over my plot last year even worst this year how ever much i pull it it just keeps coming back 🙄 "chickweed "

Fill deep beds with logs twigs grass kitchen scraps then compost I personally would not use membrane on bottom or sides it inhabitants roots and hides predators you should no by now my slug control methods happy gardening Richardx

We had some crazy cold rainy days but now back to high 20’s 🥵. Harvests of any kind are great so you’ve done well. Good about the liverwort I have that too and a bird nest fungus 🤦‍♀️ cute but a right pain. Have a fab weekend gig Andy, Ali 🌞🇨🇦

Hi Andy, that's,a good harvest of potatoes 😊 thisxs3saon has been hit & miss, I couldn't get sweetcorn to geminate, never happened before, sweetpeas germinated then died, 3 sowing, still didn't work 🙄 fingers crossed for your peas. Great video update. Thanks for sharing and take care 😊

Thanks for the tip regarding the liverwort... my garden is full of it.... I love how the spore heads shoot up like little umbrellas, but it does choke the ground... Off to Sainsbugs for a large tub of bicarb!!

Some good ideas there Andy. A nice size for a small area. It's great of B&Q to support you and free advertising for them. Take care.

A good amount of potatoes there Andy. My Charlottes in tubs, have all yellowed and died off a bit too early this year. My peas have been rubbish. I've only got 5 that germinated! New seeds too! Oh well. 😊 I'm so glad you mentioned the bird that you rescued. How is it? Take care.

Everything looks healthy on your plot, despite the rodent tunnels and the bad, rainy weather, we've had. Great stuff! Take care.