On Allotment Grow How this week we pick some of the final crops and discuss the coming winter months and what’s going to happen on the plot.
VIDEO: Final Pickings – Allotment Grow How
On Allotment Grow How this week we pick some of the final crops and discuss the coming winter months and what’s going to happen on the plot.
Glad you've got some more dwarf beans I love em but never got mine in on time due to taking my new plot over oh well next year will have loads. So far my butternut squash has been brilliant largest so far 9lb 10oz ! Anyhow have a nice autumn/winter on the plot looks in a lovely spot.
Hi Adam I have said it before and I will say it again, you do make a good video, so good I watched it twice. Mainly to have a look again at that table. The way you have supported the top makes putting a couple of useful drawers would be a doddle. I am not too sure about creosoting the top, the rest is OK but you made such a good job of the top which is now hidden under the stain never mind. Looking forward to the next update. Cheers Mike B
Don't apologise for a "boring" video. In my opinion you actually have the nicest videos out of all the allotment/gardening youtubers. As Muddybootz said the videos are visually interesting, and I love how get the camera so close to all the action. I like Sean Cameron's stuff quite a bit too but the 'cheery TV' vibe gets grating at times. Whereas you just give us yourself, the plot, and some simple cuts between shots. I'd like to see you enrich and protect your soil a bit more, though. It looks fairly decent overall but you have a lot of bare earth that will sit over winter, and you are digging the soil over as well. Digging the soil over will only expose more weed seeds, break up the soil structure (bad), and it takes a lot of effort. You could save yourself the bother and get some green manures instead. An overwintering mixture of red clover and italian ryegrass will put living roots in the soil, holding it together and adding pores to clay, add organic matter, and recruit worms. For your site, which always seems to be quite windy, it is especially important not to have dry bare soil sitting for months at a time as it will be eroded away over the years. Anyhow, it is too late for this year really but there are green manures for all times of the year – something to consider for 2017. This all goes back to a comment I left you recently about the sunflowers (at least I think it was sunflowers!) and leaving the roots in the ground instead of pulling them up. Organic matter brings life. And big squashes.
It's so leaves on the ground time already! Those butternuts are a lovely shape. I had one that produced a funny looking barrel shape.
If you want to try some American bush beans let me know. I have a few things I need to get to you. Thanx for the vid. I hate this time of year. Randy
Nice little harvest Adam! Bet you're looking forward to a few good days working the allotment on your time off work 😉 Cheers
Hey Adam, you're looking like an expert on the butternut squash…. 🙂 Nice harvest, T.