Go for the orchard, you’ll regret if you don’t . Fruit Trees don’t take long, and the pay back is enormous 😀

@lissyadams6497

4 ай бұрын

I'd go for the orchard just for the little brick summerhouse alone. And you could always take a couple of trees out anyway.

@glyncaemawr6957

4 ай бұрын

Processing the fruit is the hard work! With only 2 mature apple trees it takes a good many hours over weeks, making juice fruit leather, dried apple rings and cider. Well worth the effort but you might find it easier if you can arrange a community effort to help at harvest time….

Katrina's videos are like a ray of sunshine.

@homegrowngarden

4 ай бұрын

Hey James, hope you are well!

@JamesBrown-mt5ru

4 ай бұрын

@@homegrowngarden Keeping well Katrina and so looking forward to your new season of growth!

Go for the orchard, the summerhouse...one day some bees...lazy summer days picnicing among the apple trees. You would love and care for it, and its a space family and friends would enjoy too? What an opportunity! Time is an issue, as you say. But maybe......😃

You're so good at presenting, feels like I'm watching a segment of gardeners world!

@homegrowngarden

4 ай бұрын

Wow, thank you!

@danm6934

4 ай бұрын

Definitely should be a future presenter!

@mandytaylor1008

4 ай бұрын

That’s what I told her I can see her becoming a presenter of gardeners world👍

Take the orchard!

The Victorian garden shed would be pretty tempting, but alas, one can only take on so much extra work.

I agree with other comments, take on the orchard and keep it just grass and trees with the odd little border here and there. Keep work in it to a minimum. Love your videos Katrina, it really inspires me to get out into my garden more.

Last year, you put so much effort and hard work into growing your wedding flowers. They turned out so, so beautiful! I hope you take on the orchard if it's available. It will take work, but it would be so worth it. It's nothing you can't handle : )

Go for the orchard! What an amazing opportunity!

Hello Katrina 🙂 Turn the orchard over to wildlife/nature. The feildfare and blackbirds will have some of the apples in winter and you could bag them up and put them outside the plot for people to take. What about an allotment late summer/wassailing event for charity or the allotment association? Everyone could pick the apples. Serve refreshments from the little summer house. One bee 🐝 hive would be plenty. And chickens 🐓🐔 love to keep orchards bug free. Go girl. Sending love, light and springtime blessings 🌷⚘🥀 xx

Such a calm and caring presentation. Love your vids

I am confident you could manage the orchard. I am 2x your age and then some and I have 15 semi-dwarf apple trees in my orchard. Yes pruning takes time as does applying (organic) sprays to manage bugs and disease. The return is fantastic, fresh apples, juice, fruit leather, applesauce, and hard cider.

I can't wait to see your roses in full bloom this season!

Hope you took on the orchard, it will be a wonderful addition to your plot and to keep Bees 🐝 and chickens 🐓 perhaps? A lovely little woodburner in the ‘cottage’ will be a lovely place to escape to in the winter too 🪵🔥 while imaging what you are going to plant over the next year 🤔🌻🪻🌹🪷🌺🐓🐝

Wuuuuuo a very lovely plot teke it you will have, pl3nty apples to sheae

Go for the orchard!! Great video Katrina thank you for sharing your lovely plot, lots of inspiration to get down to the allotment next week 😊

Your garden is beautifully colourful. And I love the way you move plants on a whim. Your enthusiasm is so refreshing.

Go for the orchard…it is destiny for you…love the bee 🐝 hives idea too ❤

Katrina I have kept bees for nearly 24 years now, you and hubby would make a great team and the apple trees would be well pollinated, if you want any advice get in touch

Err 100% take it on. Not up for debate!

Amelanchier lamarkii is a great shrub. I grow it in a pot as well. The berries are so delicious. They are tiny but they taste like a combination of blueberries and jelly beans. Slightly acidic and very refreshing. The leaves look beautiful in autumn. I'm a fan of that plant 🌱💛

I cannot wait for Spring sunshine. It’s been cold and dreary in the U.S. I found your potato video and now I’m a subscriber. Cheers

Nice to see you so happy and bright! I think we all come alive with a bit of sun! X

Yes to the orchard.

Orchard...go for it

I also have my grandmother's peonies! She was 101 when she died and was an avid gardener as was my Dad her son. I am also in love with growing my own food and flowers. Hoping to garden as long as she did as she was still planting at 95 yrs.

@homegrowngarden

4 ай бұрын

101 what a remarkable age! My Grandmother would have been 100 this summer. I hope you’re peonies bloom big and bright 🩷

Yes, take on the orchard!

Tnanks a lot, admire your hard work and specially your border of grandmother❤😊

Yes take it on take it on yes it’s easy to look after mostly looks after itself

I just love Polyanthus, your Grandmother's garden is a special place. x

I do like your videos. You’re so knowledgable, especially regarding flowers. I’ve had my allotment for 3 years now and only really started paying attention to flowers last year. I couldn’t imagine my allotment without flowers now. Thanks

It was lovely to compare the progress of Spring in the UK to how it is here in the American Midwest! I am with you- ready for some warm sunshine and all the plants to awaken!! 🌷 About the orchard… it would be a huge undertaking, I understand, but perhaps you could transform it into an area to start a small business. You could have a lot of making and selling the things you put your heart into growing and caring for! With your KZread following, if you took it online, I bet you would get customers easily!! I have always loved the idea of owning a gardening business of some sort… I bet you could make it work, and you would do it well! Thanks for posting, and have a blessed Easter! ✝️🐰🌅

Katrina you certainly aren’t afraid of hard work, you certainly will a good sleep after your garden work. Thanks for sharing, we are still looking at snow. Take care, 👍❤️🙂

I definitely think you should keep bees, they are so interesting and therapeutic, plus you get free honey. Think you would make a great beekeeper, you have the right temperament.

@homegrowngarden

4 ай бұрын

One day! 🐝 🍯

I’m just SE of Nottingham and happy that our weather is perking up at last. Broke my ankle 2 weeks ago so sadly can’t get into my kitchen garden for another 3/4 weeks, but I have got my pepper and chilli seedlings indoors and under lights at least, and tomato seed sowing will soon be under way.

Lovely to have some sunshine, I always pick up some useful tips from your videos,thank you!

I love my Amelanchier. It’s been in the ground for about 5 years. The flowers are beautiful. I have a fight every year with the blackbird to get a taste. I don’t begrudge them as watching the antics they get up to reaching for the berries keeps me entertained for hours. Enjoy it.

The Apple Orchard, sad that you are not GOING FOR IT! It's not that much work. Prune in dormant season, spray a couple times of year (I use organic method), then you enjoy the harvest!

Thanks!

@homegrowngarden

4 ай бұрын

Thank you for your support! 💞

The composting dance! I can relate!

Here in the midwest US, I typically hear amelanchier referred to as serviceberry. We have two on our property and I absolutely love the berries, even more so than blueberries.

🐝Thanks for the great video🌻 ow i would just take that orchered !! Such a nice place!! Fruit tree pruning is not that hard

Thanks Katrina.....we are a few weeks behind you in the NE of Scotland...........enjoy!

**grabs a twig to support herself**😂😂😂😂❤

What a brilliant channel!

G’day and many thanks for another cracking video. Nice to see spring, springing there. Peonies are my absolute favourite - especially a nice claret red one. You are so lucky they thrive there. I tried dahlias for the first time this year and they were somewhere between crispy and dwarf depending on where I put them. Not a patch on yours Kat. The orchard looks fabulous and could be tremendous, but you wouldn’t want to get in a position where you can’t cope with it. If you can find the time and energy - for sure give it a crack. It’s Autumn down under and we are at peak capsicum, tomato and chilli. Pumpkins are nearly ready. Planted some beetroot and dwarf beans and they are coming up nicely. Digging new cottage garden beds in the front garden ready for standard roses, lavender, rosemary etc. Today I invested in some bulk bags of tulips and daffs to put in next weekend. Busy, busy, busy. Really looking forward to your next video drop. Everything should be bounding away by then !! All the very best.

Love your videos! I planted an Amelanchier last year and I am excited for the berries. Was inspired by Robin Wall Kimmerer’s essay, “The Serviceberry: An Economy of Abundance” in Emergence Magazine. Happy springtime!

Hi Katrina,so good to see you 😀

Greetings from malta ❤ spring is in the air

Always a pleasure hanging in the garden with you. I'd like to say, I really like Grandmom's statue, she looks lovely in her spot, looking down the garden. I started flower seeds, waiting til the ground warms some for the veg. I've had a ton of rain where I am in the states, a ton. Have a wonderful end of the week, see ya next time.

@lissyadams6497

4 ай бұрын

I know it's gorgeous and definitely not marmite for me x

@itsmewende

4 ай бұрын

@@lissyadams6497 I’m in the states, and have no clue about that marmite I was even wondering what it is made of.

I like your garden.

Lost my first lot of chillies sweet peppers and aubergines so sowed more and they are up again. Have lots of onion plants. Planted my alderman pea plants and planted my first early spuds rocket and swift. Have lots of brassicas pricked out and celery and some multisown beetroot. Also have leeks and salad leaves. Need to sow my parsnip and carrot seeds direct into the ground. Tomatoes I will sow end march/ beginning April in a week or two.

Go for the orchard, youmight not get the chance again and you can always give it back in a couple of years if it doesnt work out.

Hiya Katrina, thanks for the spring as it’s currently blowing snow this evening in Southern Ontario Canada. Anywhoo re the orchard yes I could see a staircase going down and the building lovely and others enjoying the fruits and space. But your reasoning at this time makes sense to me. Take care 🐝🇨🇦

Katrina I have my late grandmothers bird bath which had a crack in it due to the age so it wouldn’t hold water, I put a layer of fibre glass over the bottom and I am once again able to use it. Hopefully I’ll be using it now for many years to come ❤️ Get the orchard! Worry about it later xx

to have a lot of appeltrees, that is good, so go for the orchard.

Such a great time of year 👌🏻👌🏻

that was a lovely video katrina

Eep! Just be careful of hedgehogs when stabbing compostables with a fork.

Loved the vedio

Amelanka Limarkii(bad spelling) does grow into a medium sized tree. About 5 or 6 metres high. Pretty big really. Wall shrub it isn't unless I am mixed up on my plant genus which is possible. 😮

Aww today was amazing spent the full day at my allotment here in Ireland got loads done today

Go for it, it’s lovely.

Go for the orchard with beehives. Be another string to your bow c

A new year of gardening yay 🪴🌷🪴

Honestly Katrina you've taught me so much and in saying that, I did not know Peonies do not like their crowns mulched! I shall be freeing mine tomorrow of the mulch I applied lmao!

@homegrowngarden

4 ай бұрын

Ahh good timing! They like mulch, just not directly on top of the crown 🙂 Hope they grow well for you this year 🌺

Paeony shoots are such a gorgeous purple colour. I grow scalet Fusilier tulips next to mine. A great combination.

Right now my peas are coming up, I've just planted out all my onions and leeks, and am preparing my potato patch for planting next week. My peaches and plums are done blooming, but the pears have just begun. It's a glorious time of year! I hope you have many more lovely, sunny days throughout spring :)

The sun really lifted my mood today 😊

Just ordered some salad Burnet seeds!

Oh, the orchard! I think it should be a community project …I think Honesty is a biennial so it’s a good idea to move the baby plants this year.

@julienewburn3811

4 ай бұрын

Yes. Any potholders who want could do pruning and harvesting of apples, you could keep bees, everyone could use the summerhouse.

@julienewburn3811

4 ай бұрын

Plotholders

Here in Eastern Washington state in USA, we grow Amelanchier alnifolia as it is native in hills. I grow the native ones for the birds (too small) and a variety named Smokey for us which has the blueberry sized fruit. It is delicious. Our dog climbs the branches to eat those and the black currants.

Planted wollerton old hall in memory of my father in law, it really is a wonderful rose, hope yours grows well

I look forward to your videos❤❤❤❤❤

My mom and I love your videos! My peonies are my great grandmother’s and I also have her rose. I love the statue and my mom and I have been searching for one that’s similar to yours, but they are so expensive.

Go for the orchard and the bee hives!

Happy Ostara! I hope Spring is good to you! 😀❤

thans Katrina the best moostiun bloems thans te video groetjes bedankt 🌷🌞📀🌱👍🌷🌹🏵️

Hi katrina good to hear and from you always enjoy your content. When you were tiei g your climbing rose I personally don't use wire or stri g to use to tie in. I use women's nylon tights for thing like tom plants ect the tights are soft without cutting in and they give as the plants stems get bigger. All the best take care😊

I'm up on the north east coast - Whitby - your blueberry bush is much further along than mine - my daffodils have only been open about a week there's still some to come too 🌿🌼🫐

I'm going to be growing butterfly tea this year. It could definitely work on your arches. It has a naughty name too!! I've got willy chilli's growing so i thought the tea would be fun to try aswell!

Lovely video .full of great advice

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You made my day! Thanks from Autria!

@birgitwinkler757

4 ай бұрын

.....Austria...😅

Polyanthus 🔆🔆🏵🏵🌼🌼

Last year after your video planting the Wollerton Old Hall on your dead tree, I decided that I wanted to plant a climbing rose on MY dead tree because it was just so beautiful. The Wollerton not in stock I opted for a Claire austin... Yep.... the dead tree fell over 2 months later haha now the rose is siting on an cheap metallic arch and I don't know how to attach it because it has like 10 main branches.... Beautiful garden, I always find inspiration from your videos!!

@homegrowngarden

4 ай бұрын

Oh no 🙈 See, now I’m really worried about my dead tree. Especially after all that rain in winter. It’s so wobbly 😅 You’ll want to reduce those 10 branches to a few of the strongest that you can easily train into a nice shape. Thanks for sharing by the way!

@lucilep.6175

4 ай бұрын

@@homegrowngardenyep, one day it was standing, the next it was on the ground haha turns out it was completely rotten at the base!! too bad, it was beautiful. Thanks for the advice, I'll do that!!

love

I like your videos.

I have similar polyanthus but I prefer the common primroses I've just ordered more and cowslips and oxslips I can't get enough of them.

@homegrowngarden

4 ай бұрын

They're such a welcome sight!

Holy moly, I am sitting here itching to come over there and tidy up.... But you don't need men :-)

Makes my life complete when you upload a new vid. I adore you and your vids

Could you stake the plum tree to help it stay up?

@homegrowngarden

4 ай бұрын

No, it’s rotting from the ground.

Do you still have the Rice fish?

Is that the plant the you planted to trellis up the dead tree? It’s doing well!

@homegrowngarden

4 ай бұрын

Yes! It’s the same climbing rose that was about 20cm when I planted it 😄

Great video! Is this filmed on a GoPro?

@homegrowngarden

4 ай бұрын

No, just my iPhone 📱

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THANK YOU !!! 😊👍🏻🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦❤❤❤

Do you live in the interior of England?

@homegrowngarden

4 ай бұрын

I live in Nottingham which is quite central in England!

P r o m o S M

So why would the statue be distasteful? she's beautiful. I see nothing wrong with having a statue in a garden bed. What does marmite mean? I am unfamiliar with the term.

@homegrowngarden

4 ай бұрын

Heya! I guess I feel like statues sometimes have labels attached to them such as being tacky. She does look a little creepy from the other side to be honest with her glazed eyes - haha. Oh yeah, Marmite is a British food that divides the nation. There goes a slogan that 'you either love it or you hate it' so people can describe something as being Marmite, in that it divides opinion. For anyone reading..I happen to LOVE marmite and just ate some on toast!

@robertallardice8119

4 ай бұрын

@@homegrowngarden Hate Marmite! 😂👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿