I had intentions to do these videos once a month but it hasn't happened. I'll try to do them over the summer months to give myself a record of what's growing.
Hopefully the video gives you a good feel for what's going on in my kitchen garden, next time I'll include Long Furrows as well.
Sorry if it's still shaky - it must just be how I am!
Let me know what you think.
Its all looking good Kev, you have lots of young plants the greenhouses are bursting and I thought mine was full :-)
ReplyDeleteMy mums are even more full but I've got a lot in them. Lots of ahrdening off now and moving them in and out of the greenhouse.
DeleteSo how are the Alpine Strawberries working out so far?
ReplyDeleteI grew them from seed last year so its the first year of fruiting. Tried my first one today and was a little disappointed by the taste, not a strong strawberry flaour. Still nice though but not as nice as the red ones.
DeleteI've seeded a load more down (and red ones) and I'm going to try and use them to keep weeds down in certain areas as an experiment.
it looks just a busy garden should do at this time of the year. There are just not enough hours in the day or days in the week to get every thing done as you would like to. The green houses look just like my little one, and although my plot os small I am battling the weeds. I let a stand of nettles grow, some for the insects and some for "nettle tea" I find it a good stand in for Comfrey tea. Mind you it does whiff a bit.
ReplyDeleteNettles spread everywhere in my garden, them and docks. I would love to get on top of them this year if I could. They seems to creep from the sides so I need to mulch the edges more and try to get on top of it.
DeleteGood video Kev. I have just spent half a day weeding our veg plot. The snails are causing havoc at the moment with the wet weather and lush growth. At least they have nowhere to hide now.
ReplyDeleteBecause I put the chickens into my garden in the winter my slug and snails aren't too bad so far. The weeds are another matter!
DeleteLove your tour, thank you, your garden is looking good.
ReplyDeleteThanks Marlene, I think it comes across better on camera than in real life!
DeleteGood video, it all looks fantastic Kev. Gosh, you're going to have so much food this year that you'll need a shedload of freezers to put it all in! It's certainly a vegetarian's paradise. I am constantly amazed at how much you manage to do there in so little time.
ReplyDeleteI like that - a vegetarians paradise! They might not think that when they see the sheep though! Hopefully I'll sell some this year to help cover my costs.
DeleteI didn't think the video was shaky. I enjoyed it, and I was amazed at the variety of things you had planted, and how you knew what to plant. You have all the bases covered.
ReplyDeleteWhat was that bird that kept making a noise while you were filming? Like two squawks in a row.
Harry, I'm a a little obsessed with it all as you can probably tell! I pretty much think about it all the time, read about it, blog about it! I think I drive my wife crazy! I'll have to listen back to hear the bird, how far into the video?
DeleteKev - jam and i just watched the video together and we couldn't help but giggle - your greenhouses look like our one - lots of different sized pots and different sized plants and barely any room to walk around in yet somehow we manage! your garden and your variety of plants is just lovely! congrats on all of your hard work! let us know how the alpine strawberries turn out....i will be planting albion strawberries tomorrow in a huge hugelkulture bed that we built. we have to do all of our gardening in hugelkultures, tires and raised beds as there is absolutely no way to amend this crappy island soil. again - good job and thanks for the tour!
ReplyDeleteyour friend,
kymber
I use every pot I can find and the plants fit into every space. It'll feel a lot more empty soon when most stuff goes out, we get such late frosts here that I have to be careful.
DeleteThe white strawberries weren't as nice as the red but they were still nice. I've just seeded a hundred or so to see if I can maybe use them as a fruity mulch at some point.