It's coming along nicely. Those potatoes look great. Can't wait to see the peas and radishes planted.

@JacobsonFamilyAllotment

Ай бұрын

It is. it's slowly starting to look like a vegetable garden. I can't wait to plant them out

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To figure out how the tap works, a drinking cup/bottle of water poured into the barrel will flow if the tap is one way or another. A one litre jug woul be good. Slow and steady, don't let everything be a "must do". Choose food your family really likes, let the rest be for later. Figure out where you could put a compost so it's actually handy. Compost will begin to balance whatever the soil needs.

@JacobsonFamilyAllotment

Ай бұрын

Good idea. That's why I done the spuds first it's the one thing we all like 😂. I am trying not to rush there is just so many things I want/ have to do

Potatoes are a great crop to suppress weeds

@JacobsonFamilyAllotment

Ай бұрын

Still de weeding while their small soon they will over take the weeds hopefully keep that bed free from weeds for the next crop I put in

Radish is a great quick growing crop, along with lettuce

Reet marra but the broken leg of the water but against the fence but not sure where the tap is but a little bit of hose will sort that Barry @2lads at the lotty💚👍👍

taters looking good . Earthing up potatoes It's a simple process - once the shoots are about 23cm (9in) tall, draw soil up around them to form a ridge along the row, leaving just the top 10cm (4in) of the plants visible. As the stems grow taller, repeat the process several times, a few weeks apart.

@JacobsonFamilyAllotment

Ай бұрын

So would I add compost to the bed or just use soil that's already in the bed and it's just for the main crop isn't it

@ggwildlife

Ай бұрын

@@JacobsonFamilyAllotment just earth up the soil that is there.

The round indentation on the side of your water butt is for a pipe leading from one butt to another when its full, just pierce a hole where the indentation is and poke the pipe from the full butt into one next to it and it will fill up from the overflow.

@JacobsonFamilyAllotment

Ай бұрын

Thanks I have left space to put another butt so can connect them together guessing there is another kit to do that

@dolly4891

Ай бұрын

@@JacobsonFamilyAllotment Just try and get an empty plastic tub or bath and a piece of plastic hose, save you money

@JacobsonFamilyAllotment

Ай бұрын

@@dolly4891 thanks

I've been thinking of buying some weed suppressant membrane just to keep the weeds at bay in my back-half of my allotment before I get chance to work it properly. BUT it's dead expensive so I might be going down the cardboard-weighed-down-with-stones route 😬. I got Huw Richards book too! Spuds look great! I reckon you'll be having a super harvest! 885 Subs, brother! Great work! Getting there 👏👏👏.

@JacobsonFamilyAllotment

Ай бұрын

The cardboard is great it's just rough at the minute but when the beds go down will neaten up just getting everyone dropping boxes off at mine 😂. The worms it attracts is unreal too. I have a long list of allotment books now lol. 885 getting there. Both be at 1000 by the end of the year

@TheBeginnerGardener

Ай бұрын

@@JacobsonFamilyAllotment If I get to 1000 by the end of the year it'll be a bloody miracle.

@JacobsonFamilyAllotment

Ай бұрын

@@TheBeginnerGardener the amount of effort dedication you put into your channel editing and recording you will and you deserve it

Hi Anthony, regarding the nettles, i would rip them out and put them into a drum of water and leave them to make nettle tea which is a great free feed. I dont grow spuds in the ground anymore, tubs are easier i think.

@JacobsonFamilyAllotment

Ай бұрын

I did think about the nettles in water need to come up with some good gloves to pull them out. I should use rain water shouldn't I tap would kill any good stuff off I am assuming. I have seen alot of people growing in them tubs even on plots

@Jimmy.Plot.41.b

Ай бұрын

@@JacobsonFamilyAllotment Rain water or tap water will be ok with the nettles. If i am forced to use tap water i let it satnd for 24 hours before using it, it helps dispel the chlorine, or so i was lead to believe. I use nettles in water and also comfrey as well, to great liquid feeds

Hi Anthony, think your right with the tap on butt.

@JacobsonFamilyAllotment

Ай бұрын

Thanks really wasn't sure. Really confused we it went all the way round haha

Oh my word you have your work cut out for you there .

@JacobsonFamilyAllotment

Ай бұрын

Definitely all the other plot owners have been wishing me luck because how the council left it after they knocked the previous building down