New plan/objectives for the allotments in 2019
In this video I talk about my updated allotment objectives and plans for the year. I’ve basically met my challenges for this year: – Increase my March/April harvests – Nearly quadrupled – Harvest a...
View ArticleSummer Planting and Spring Harvest Highlights
This is my favourite time of year. Most of the work has been done, so it’s all pottering and harvesting until September. In this video I take you on a quick tour of the summer planting and the plants...
View ArticlePlanting squash and sowing beans
I’m almost there, fully planted that is, a fantastic milestone that I’ve worked hard towards for the last few weeks and I now have only the tomatoes and cucumbers to do. I always have new successions...
View ArticleMy ‘amazing’ and free garden/allotment planning tools :- updated!
This video introduces a new update to my garden/allotment planning tools, designed for managing small scale fruit and veg production for fun. I’ve created the tools myself, using a web based database...
View ArticleKitchen garden tour and update on our veg store
Now that the allotments are sorted for summer, my attention has turned to the back garden, what we think of as the Kitchen Garden. It’s a lovely space for relaxing and playing with kids, but it’s also...
View ArticleMy allotment journey in books and TV shows
This is just a quick video to introduce some of the books and TV shows that shaped my journey to self-sufficiency, or perhaps self-reliance. The self-sufficiency dream that started when I was 13...
View ArticleHarvest highlights at the end of spring
In this short video I talk about how and what we harvested in spring, the joy of seasonal eating, what I do with all of the fruit and veg and how I calculate the value of our harvests. Harvest...
View ArticleWhat I’m sowing and growing in June
May has been a much more relaxed month than April, sowing just a few seeds and a leisurely planting schedule. Almost all of the summer planting is complete now, with about half of the autumn/winter...
View ArticleSpring update on the allotment finances
This video is the finance update for spring. I go through the value of our harvests, how much we’ve spent, how much we’ve saved off our food bill. I also talk about why this year has been so much...
View ArticleHow I grow in containers
I don’t generally like to make ‘hot to’ videos, because everyone’s needs and circumstances are so different. However sometimes I make a “how I do” video, and this is one of those. I explain my...
View ArticleAll about broad beans: planting, harvesting and more …
In this video I talk about how we planted our early broad beans, the wonderful harvest we’ve just completed and how we will continue to harvest broad beans into autumn and then bean tops through winter...
View ArticleWhat I’m Growing and Sowing in July
June has been a crazy month, with a few days colder than February and then blazing hot a fews days later followed by gales and heavy rain. The beans have suffered the most, hardly climbing at all....
View ArticleWhat I’m Sowing and Growing in September
August, like July, has been a challenging month in the garden. High winds, lots of rain and not much sun. I even had to put cold-frame lids over new plantings of lettuce to protect them from the...
View ArticleWhat I’m Sowing and Growing in October
October, like September, has been a challenging month in the garden. High winds, lots of rain and not much sun. I even had to put cold-frame lids over new plantings of lettuce to protect them from...
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What I’m Sowing and Growing in November
After a wet August and September October has been a pleasant surprise. We’ve still had plenty of rain, but it’s been balanced by a reasonable amount of sunshine and I’ve certainly enjoyed plenty of...
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