Allotment diary , I may grow things I may build things I definitely will bodge things

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4 ай бұрын

Allotment diary , follow me as I bodge my way through my allotment journey . The highs the lows and the funny times . I’m no expert not even close . I’m just someone having a go
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@tls8688 3 ай бұрын

Your energy amazes me, Sarah. Well done. As an aide for weed suppression and moisture retention, we layer cardboard and newsprint (no coloured ink) on the bottoms of garden boxes before putting in clean, weed free soil and compost. Never bury weeds in your beds as a cheep fill, or you will be cursing yourself later as the weeds will come back 10-fold. If you are bringing in soil to top up the boxes make sure you know the source. Soil contaminants such as chemicals and motor oils will end up in your vegetables. I hope your allotment produces well for you, times are getting tougher for people everywhere.

@TheLostTowerDiaries 4 ай бұрын

Fab new channel! You're making us feel guilty for not getting out in the garden! Can't wait to see how it all evolves! xx

@sarahsallotmentjourney 4 ай бұрын

To be fare your garden is huge . Thanks x

@leighdevereaux9808 4 ай бұрын

Gail and Alex sent me.

@sarahsallotmentjourney 4 ай бұрын

Well they sent you to the right place . Thank you

@lindamartinez2896 4 ай бұрын

Can’t wait to see it in the summer when things are growing.

@sarahsallotmentjourney 4 ай бұрын

Fingers crossed they do

@dishmurphy6539 4 ай бұрын

This is very exciting Sarah. You’ve started Spring off right. I’ll be here for all of your videos. Thanks for sharing. It looks good already ✌️💚☘️

@sarahsallotmentjourney 4 ай бұрын

Thanks

@sisD 4 ай бұрын

Looking great! Can’t wait for next video! ❤

@sarahsallotmentjourney 4 ай бұрын

Coming soon!

@charlotte0069 4 ай бұрын

Really enjoyed watching, looking forward to following your journey Sarah .Great things to come ❤️🌱🌳

@sarahsallotmentjourney 4 ай бұрын

Thanks it can only get better

@lovelyskull3483 4 ай бұрын

Fantastic. Thank you.

@sarahsallotmentjourney 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching

@Vicki-vx3zu 4 ай бұрын

You go girl!!! Wish we had allotments here in USA so people could get fresh air and grow some veg or flowers. Looking forward to this new challenge. 😊

@sarahsallotmentjourney 4 ай бұрын

Thank you

@winstoncreary7130 4 ай бұрын

Welldone all on your own and it looks very nice can't wait to see more.

@sarahsallotmentjourney 4 ай бұрын

Thank you it felt daunting at first but that soon faded

@Lorraine4305 4 ай бұрын

Love this Sarah,looks great

@davemoonraker 4 ай бұрын

Well done Sarah, :) Great new channel

@sarahsallotmentjourney 4 ай бұрын

Thanks

@tanithmessenger3581 4 ай бұрын

A lovely plot Sarah! Look forward to seeing what you do with it. Love the childrens corner too 🙂

@sarahsallotmentjourney 4 ай бұрын

So much to do and that’s before planting anything

@tanithmessenger3581 4 ай бұрын

@@sarahsallotmentjourney for sure. Will all be worth it in the end. Happy gardening 🌸

@kcoy7988 4 ай бұрын

Felling guilty sitting here relaxing while you do all the work. Enjoyed the visit to the Allotment.

@sarahsallotmentjourney 4 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

@Nicole-coliebrobro 4 ай бұрын

Already looking great, I like the positioning of the new beds...

@sarahsallotmentjourney 4 ай бұрын

Thanks my original idea was to have winding paths but it just didn’t work more annoying than anything

@vaijayanti_prememalcolm8160 4 ай бұрын

Gail and Alex sent me too, I love yous xxx

@TreasureHuntingNana 4 ай бұрын

i love gardening, this looks like great fun

@sarahsallotmentjourney 4 ай бұрын

It really is! Thanks

@martinemjt 4 ай бұрын

very cool. one thing that s easy to grow is garlic, plant in the fall or early spring. and let it grow, during summer you can harvest the scapes which are delicious and in the fall, each clove you planted will have produced a bulb.

@sarahsallotmentjourney 4 ай бұрын

Thank you I might just give it a try you made it sound easy enough

@lindamazur4208 4 ай бұрын

Yay ,I love that you started this channel ,It's a lot of work to set up but so satisfying to see your garden growing ,not to mention eating out of it . I'll be getting a late start this year .I'm moving to the Scottish Highlands from Washington State in a few months so I'll be starting all over from scratch .I might get things set up enough to do some cool crop things this year . Also can't wait to get back to walking the shore for bit's of pottery and "things" and getting to hunting down some old tips . You and the northern Mudd ladies are like kindred spirits ,muddlarking ,gardening and crafting . The bed with the sandy soil would be good for growing carrots .

@sarahsallotmentjourney 4 ай бұрын

Good luck with the move . I never have much luck with carrots lol

@avacadman2155 4 ай бұрын

Yes, just sent over to you via Gail and Alex. 👍 I have two allotments that were completely overgrown with thick BlackBerry brambles. The back plot i reclaimed as it was really thick with brambles and had been used by other plot holders to dump all their rubbish. It took me a year to clear, it now has raised beds. I have planted fruit trees and fruit bearing bushes. It’s still an ongoing Labour of love. But my daughter and I do grow a wide variety of vegetables …😀👍👍👍👍

@sarahsallotmentjourney 4 ай бұрын

Thats great that you have 2 , may need a bit of help from you at some pont lol

@myrustygarden 4 ай бұрын

Love the new bed arrangements and makes the path easier 👍👍. Looking good and should be an awesome place to spend summer growing. Have a fabulous week ahead, Ali 🥶🌞🇨🇦

@sarahsallotmentjourney 4 ай бұрын

Definitely! I was thinking a nice windy whimsical path but infact it was just a huge pain to get round lol

@viridiangreen8259 4 ай бұрын

So pleased to see your new creative journey and thrilled that you will be sharing it with us all - congratulations on your new chapter - everything looks great

@sarahsallotmentjourney 4 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!

@clarefoskett9959 4 ай бұрын

The allotment is very tidy, all in line, I really like it. I find this encouraging to grow things, struggle with my knees, getting older 😅

@sarahsallotmentjourney 4 ай бұрын

Me too it’s the getting back up i dred lol

@thecourtlyalchemist 3 ай бұрын

Raised beds really helps if you love to garden but have bum knees, or a bad back, or are just old all over like me.

@brandihayes1274 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing with us!! I love that you share your allotment with the kids you work with ❤ You will give them wonderful memories for a lifetime and possibly a love for nature. You are awesome!

@sarahsallotmentjourney 4 ай бұрын

Thank you yes I’m hoping it does

@gwynbourlakov7252 4 ай бұрын

It’s hard work and look great! ❤

@sarahsallotmentjourney 4 ай бұрын

Yes! Thank you!

@SoulFaeWorld 4 ай бұрын

Discovered your channel through Alex and Gail . Wishing you all the best with the allotment development and progress 😊

@sarahsallotmentjourney 4 ай бұрын

Thank you so much

@suewaite9747 4 ай бұрын

Great job Sarah x

@sarahsallotmentjourney 4 ай бұрын

Thank you so much more to do

@Karen-ip2jz 4 ай бұрын

What a nice space you have there, so varied . My favourite bug hotel I have ever seen .

@sarahsallotmentjourney 4 ай бұрын

Big mansion I think lol

@clarefoskett9959 4 ай бұрын

Oh lovely, a mansion 😊. Thank you Sarah 😊

@HelpMeRhonda62 4 ай бұрын

I think that's great you have a parcel of land to grow anything you want. I'm going to grow potatoes in grow bags and I will see how that goes. Can't wait to see your garden in full swing.

@sarahsallotmentjourney 4 ай бұрын

Fingers crossed it all grows

@tammaragill9347 4 ай бұрын

Gale and Alex sent me to your channel. In your bed with the sand you could add some soul and grow carrots. They like sandy soil. You have a lovely garden plot!!

@sarahsallotmentjourney 4 ай бұрын

My carrots have never grown well mainly as I don’t unbunch them and they end up having about 4 legs like little animals lol

@tammaragill9347 4 ай бұрын

@@sarahsallotmentjourney just gives them personality lol

@northlondonlass1498 4 ай бұрын

Already watch your mudlarking videos, I also craft and very much a winging it small allotment doer. One of my life saying is ‘There’s many a right way to do something and very few wrong ones’ so basically do what makes you happy. And so in this case if they grow and fruit then you’ve done it right 😊

@sarahsallotmentjourney 4 ай бұрын

Thank you

@suesmith9202 4 ай бұрын

Your doing great Sarah.

@sarahsallotmentjourney 4 ай бұрын

Thanks

@janedickson-gw4pb 4 ай бұрын

I’m so impressed!!! Awesome start!!

@sarahsallotmentjourney 4 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!!

@carolekinsey7835 4 ай бұрын

A great days work Sarah. Your hard work will pay off in the end. 😊

@sarahsallotmentjourney 4 ай бұрын

Thank you let’s hope so

@gigiwilson9124 4 ай бұрын

Wow, it's great to see the diversity you've got stored up for our entertainment. Thanks again, Sarah

@sarahsallotmentjourney 4 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@gigiwilson9124 4 ай бұрын

@@sarahsallotmentjourney yeah it was strangely hypnotic

@user-bf8yv1ct7i 3 ай бұрын

It looks so nice with the new membrane! I can't wait to see what you do with all the beds.

@sarahsallotmentjourney 3 ай бұрын

Thanks , lots of plans ready to be put into action thanks for watching

@susancousins8766 4 ай бұрын

It’s so wonderful to see you doing this to plant the things you love. It takes a lot out of you to make it happen it will be worth it when it’s finished. Your doing a fantastic job with everything you have accomplished so far. It’s fun to see you have a new niche to work on. I used to do these things in my 20’s and 30’s. Now I watch everyone else making their own gardens. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💜

@sarahsallotmentjourney 4 ай бұрын

Thanks I’m not great at gardening but I give it a go

@susancousins8766 4 ай бұрын

Awesome

@viwa 3 ай бұрын

No riff raff, well count me out then! I'm looking forward to seeing some of your mudlarking finds utilised in the garden.

@sarahsallotmentjourney 3 ай бұрын

I’m surprised I even get in

@dianasanzana1838 4 ай бұрын

Good luck, girl! I will learn from your experience.

@sarahsallotmentjourney 4 ай бұрын

I’m not sure you will learn to much , maybe how not to do things lol thanks

@meredithbennett7090 4 ай бұрын

You never cease to impress! Looking forward to your next video.

@sarahsallotmentjourney 4 ай бұрын

Thank you

@Crocs4cats 4 ай бұрын

Sarah!!! 🤓 This was in my recommended and I thought, I know that face! You probably don’t remember me and not sure what my screen name was back then but I sent you a box of paints years ago. I caught the allotment bug too last year but wait is 5 years here so landlord gave me a spare garden to use since end of last year. Excited to see what you get up to here!🤓🤗☺️

@sarahsallotmentjourney 4 ай бұрын

Lindy ? I use those paints to this day !!!! There was so so many lol I never forgot your kindness

@Crocs4cats 4 ай бұрын

@@sarahsallotmentjourney Yes! Linny!🤓😅 Aww, I’m so happy you got a lot of use out of them. That’s made my week, that has🙏🏼 Looking forward to your next video. It looks like a beautiful place there.

@sarahsallotmentjourney 4 ай бұрын

@@Crocs4cats Linny sorry not bad for my memory close enough lol

@brendastephens5893 4 ай бұрын

I follow your other channel, and now, Ingwt to watch you create a space in nature.

@sarahsallotmentjourney 4 ай бұрын

Thank you

@soniataitt636 4 ай бұрын

It would be nice to have somr stone slabs from the entrance of the tunnel leading up to were you have done the weed sheet. I just subscribed did not know you had this channel as well. Love love love it, cant wait to see it develop.

@sarahsallotmentjourney 4 ай бұрын

Getting heavy stuff to my plot is quite hard but yes I would of liked some slabs . When you see the plot your you may see why it’s hard . Basically in the middle of woodland on top of a hill

@maggie_oshea 4 ай бұрын

Gail and Alex recommended you and it looks like it will be a fun journey. We don’t have allotments in Australia, just back yards, so I’m interested to see what you do with it.

@sarahsallotmentjourney 4 ай бұрын

Thanks so much for coming by . Always lots going on at the allotment

@lisasmith3943 4 ай бұрын

Looks good.😊

@sarahsallotmentjourney 4 ай бұрын

Thank you 😋

@lisasmith3943 4 ай бұрын

@@sarahsallotmentjourney I don’t eat a lot of vegetables, corn and peas would good for me. Lol

@clarefoskett9959 4 ай бұрын

Hello Sarah. I love this! Brilliant stuff. I grow veg and other things too. I grow in bottles too: winter sewing.😊. I tried to get on your veil page but pressed a wrong button, hopefully I will find it again.

@sarahsallotmentjourney 4 ай бұрын

Oh yes try again only a few videos on there but we catch stuff we just can’t explain . Got loads of jobs to do at the allotment so hope you can watch

@clarefoskett9959 4 ай бұрын

I will certainly find the recordings, thank you 😊

@sarahsallotmentjourney 4 ай бұрын

Proper link on now

@AnnaAnna-uc2ff 4 ай бұрын

Here from Northern Mudlarks. Looking forward to having garden envy.

@sarahsallotmentjourney 4 ай бұрын

I’m not sure you will get any envy , maybe feelings of pity for me lol let’s see what our weather throws at me .

@AnnaAnna-uc2ff 4 ай бұрын

@@sarahsallotmentjourneyI moved from 35 years of living in a house with a large vegetable garden to a small apartment with a few house-plants. I will be with you every step of the way.

@deneasedenson6668 4 ай бұрын

Heard you talking about this on your show yesterday so I came over to check this channel out. I’ll stay!

@sarahsallotmentjourney 4 ай бұрын

Aw thank you

@anncameron3344 4 ай бұрын

Here from Northern Mudlarks. Have just reinstated my small kitchen garden although it's wrong time of year down here in NZ.

@sarahsallotmentjourney 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for coming on the journey

@BumblebeeAdventure 4 ай бұрын

🐝Thanks for the great video🌻 subscibed

@sarahsallotmentjourney 4 ай бұрын

Thanks and welcome

@gwynbourlakov7252 4 ай бұрын

Could use paving stones or natural large stone to secure the ends or entrance area

@sarahsallotmentjourney 4 ай бұрын

I could do but I have a plan …. Keep watching my plan will come together I hope

@debbailey2956 2 ай бұрын

I love the play area..i have one on my plot

@sarahsallotmentjourney 2 ай бұрын

I think it’s a must if you take children so they can grow stuff and play mostly play so that you can get on with the allotment in general ( mainly just 😎 chillin )

@teresaclifford8184 4 ай бұрын

Gail and Alex sent me too.

@sarahsallotmentjourney 4 ай бұрын

I’m so glad you came , they are so kind

@avacadman2155 4 ай бұрын

Bum in the air! Hahahahaha! 🤣🤣🤣🤣

@grazia9398 3 ай бұрын

Amazing work ❤

@sarahsallotmentjourney 3 ай бұрын

Thanks 😄

@JosephineGray-oe8jt Ай бұрын

SARAH YOU AMAZE ME I WISH I HAD THE ENERGY YOU HAVE EVEN WHEN I WAS YOUNG I DIDN'T HAVE THAT KIND OF ENERGY YOUR FRIEND -JOSEPHINE-U.S.A

@sarahsallotmentjourney Ай бұрын

I’m not sure I have that much myself I do go at a slow pace . Thanks

@grosventre7760 4 ай бұрын

I love your channel, so glad I now know about this one! I tried using your link to Beyond The Veil but YT keeps saying not found. Do you have another link to use? I would love to subscribe to all of your channels. ❤❤

@sarahsallotmentjourney 4 ай бұрын

I will get mick to look at it thanks

@sarahsallotmentjourney 4 ай бұрын

New link up thanks

@AnnaAnna-uc2ff 4 ай бұрын

at about 15:42, over your right shoulder, a predatory bird dive-bombed ... something

@sarahsallotmentjourney 4 ай бұрын

Ooo there are lots of birds in the woods might have been a kestrel ? Catching a mouse ? I want the little birds to come

@debrabrooks6138 4 ай бұрын

It will be great to see what you do with the gardens. If Iam understanding rightly, a allotment, I am guessing the government gives you a plot of land to grow food on?

@sarahsallotmentjourney 4 ай бұрын

It’s council owned and committee run . Mine is a half plot size some have full plots . We pay an annual fee and have to keep it tidy ish and productive . We can and I do grow flowers too

@debrabrooks6138 4 ай бұрын

Oh ok I believe I understand. :) I wish here in the city we had one, there is land around that could be used for , I might have to write the city council and see what they say.:) I never used raised beds, hen again I grew up on a 179 acre Pennsylvania Dutch farm, I so wish I could be back on a farm, I mainly look for wild edibles when in season. Have you decided what to grow this year? @@sarahsallotmentjourney

@fairyacorn4854 4 ай бұрын

Great work Sarah your doing really well. Does your tunnel go from north to south to get the most of the sun? Shall be dropping in to see how you get on. Happy digging.🐌🐛🐜

@sarahsallotmentjourney 4 ай бұрын

The whole plot is in the sun all day when it comes out

@cdmikie 4 ай бұрын

Is your water source rain, or do you have some running water? I garden too, but live in hot summer climate, so watering and weeding are a full time job. I like your ground cover idea.

@sarahsallotmentjourney 4 ай бұрын

I have a tap on my plot

@gailbrandwood9134 4 ай бұрын

You have so much energy all the different things that you get up to it's going to be good to see the allotment grow ,try the carrot's in a deep tub of sandy fine soil 🌻🍅🥬🥕

@sarahsallotmentjourney 4 ай бұрын

Lol I’m running out of energy . Thanks

@debbailey2956 2 ай бұрын

Have youndone a video on your play area

@sarahsallotmentjourney 2 ай бұрын

Only an introduction on my main page . I will get round to that soon as there a few jobs to do there