“They are doing” 😂 I love this and it’s all we can ask for at the moment. Your strawbs will keep coming back, they’re usually at their best for 3/4 years and then you may want to consider replacing them. You can move them too. Courgettes and tomatoes will die off in autumn and you can sow next year 🍓🍅 Thank you for the lovely cheery video 🥰

Thanks for another brilliant video. That was super interesting, lots is going well and growing nicely. I really understand the urge for more flowers, theyre like the food for the eyes while being at the plot. Marigolds were what started it for me as quite cheap and easy to sow from seed. All to look forward to in future. I really hope youre well and enjoying life. All the best

@YorkshireSerenity

9 күн бұрын

I'm so thrilled you enjoyed the video, Ollie. Yes, I think Marigolds will be lovely. All is well here, I hope the same for you ♡

😮 slug damage is rampant this year. We don’t need to water 😂 it’s been raining for days. It’s all doing amazing and wow corguette flowers already 👍👍. Have a marvellous week, Ali 🌧️🌧️🇨🇦

@YorkshireSerenity

8 күн бұрын

It's all the rain bringing them out for sure. They're so annoying. I'm blessed that so far, I haven't had a bad attack, but I know so many other gardeners have struggled this year. Have a fantastic week, my friend. ¡

Strawberries are putting put runners like crazy during the season. First year it is recommended to just cut them, as they take energy from the small new plant. The first season, they establish and grow roots. Next year you will have more berries per plant, even more in year three. Many dig up strawberries after year four, as they put out fewer berries after their year three and four peak. If you put the runners in soil in year two and three, you will have established plants for when you dig put the first. If you get overrun with plants and berries next year, dig out a few and sell/gift them. Most people lov strawberries 💕🍓🍓🍓

@YorkshireSerenity

9 күн бұрын

What a great comment. I'll be sure to see if we get to 3 years with them, and I'll take the runners and replant them (probably outside), although they seem to be doing very well inside. Hopefully we will be able to make lots of jam this year and then gift some plants next year or the year after! Thanks for watching! ♡

You can freeze the strawberries until its time to make the jam, they will still taste fresh. Garden is looking wonderful!

@YorkshireSerenity

7 күн бұрын

Really?? That's fantastic. I genuinely thought they'd lose all their flavour if I froze them. What a winner! ♡

@amistarr1

7 күн бұрын

@@YorkshireSerenity Nope they taste great! I freeze my strawberries, blueberries and blackberries for making smoothies. 🙂

Hi. Yes definitely a gold finch.

@YorkshireSerenity

9 күн бұрын

Oooo fantastic! Beautiful little bird! ♡

Courgette produce male and female flowers. The female flowers have an embryonic baby courgette at the base of the flower, and male flowers are just on a long stem. The male flowers need to pollinate the female flowers before the baby courgette will grow. If it doesn't get pollinated the baby courgette will not grow and will yellow and die off. Yòu can hand pollinate, plenty of how-to videos online. Good luck 👍 😊

@YorkshireSerenity

9 күн бұрын

Wow, that's so interesting! There were definitely two flowers on that courgette plant and a baby on the way, so they've definitely done the deed 🫢 that's a really cool bit of information. Thank you! ♡

@the_little_potager

9 күн бұрын

@@YorkshireSerenity you won't know for a bit yet, until the courgette gets bigger and either flourishes or dies

@YorkshireSerenity

9 күн бұрын

Oh! Well, that's sad, but let's wait and see! ♡

@the_little_potager

8 күн бұрын

Not sad...just nature.

@justjen3289

8 күн бұрын

The female starts out looking like a baby courgette about the size of the one you saw.. You need pollinators to fly in each flower or hand pollinate.

When you first said you were growing courgettes i didn't know what you were talking about but then i looked it up. Here in Ontario canada they are called zucchini plants and are a member of the squash family. They are very easy to grow and your garden will be over run with them soon. I usually pick mine when they are about 6 to 8 inches long. Love your videos and sense of humour.

@YorkshireSerenity

8 күн бұрын

It's a good job that I'm such a big fan of them, then so if they take over. I certainly won't mind. They are very interesting to watch grow, and hopefully, they'll turn out to be very yummy! Thank you for watching my video. I'm so glad you enjoyed it. ♡

The daisies look like Leucanthemum or Shasta Daisies - prolific self seeders 🌼🌼🌼

@YorkshireSerenity

9 күн бұрын

Fantastic to know! Thank you love ♡

Hey YS, Strawbs keep coming every year and make babies in autumn. They're not fragile and can easily be moved around if you plan a bed outside. Toms, courgettes are sown every year. Look up companion planting if you're interested in making best use of the ground. Potatoes are great at breaking up soil and making it more useful for the next growing season, they do the work for you. So any tough or compacted ground fill with potatoes and next season will be better. Have fun!

@YorkshireSerenity

9 күн бұрын

What a helpful comment. Thank you so much! I'll definitely look into companion planting and see if we can move the strawberries next season! Thanks for watching ♡

PS If using the potato method I suggested look for Determinate varieties as they don't need earthing up, just plant and leave alone.

@YorkshireSerenity

9 күн бұрын

Thank you! ♡

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With the strawberry's they will put out runners soon that you can either cut them or make more strawberry plants from them.

@YorkshireSerenity

9 күн бұрын

Oh my goodness. Soon I'll have hundreds of strawberries!! ♡

You can get an app on your phone take a photo of the leaf and it tells you what the plant is.

@YorkshireSerenity

9 күн бұрын

Ah, yes, I have one of those, I just didn't think about using it! I'll do that for sure ♡

I’ve had all my strawberries eaten by the slugs and I even put straw down as they supposedly don’t like crawling over it! Also, your courgettes are doing amazing, every flower that you get you’ll have a courgette, just remember to pick them when they’re small or you’ll end up with massive marrows. You’ll be giving them away by the end of the season.

@YorkshireSerenity

9 күн бұрын

Oh goodness, that's annoying!!! I'm going to keep adding straw and hope they stay away. I'm so excited for those courgettes. What a fun plant to watch grow! ♡

strawberries will take over your polly your garden your life foreverrrrrrrrrrrrrr lol

@YorkshireSerenity

9 күн бұрын

Well, there could be worse things to worry about in life haha soon I'll be throwing them at people.. HERE TAKE SOME STRAWBERRIES I'M SICK OF THEM 😅 ♡

@thewitch69

9 күн бұрын

@@YorkshireSerenity exactly lol i ended up freezing bags full last year but come in handy for smoothies n jam lol

All the courgette flowers will produce courgettes, your going really well 😊

@YorkshireSerenity

9 күн бұрын

Eek thank you. I'm super excited about them! ♡

You really have no idea how fast the rats can multiply themselves😁

@YorkshireSerenity

9 күн бұрын

🫣🫢 I mean, I only saw one, but I can assume that there is a Mr. Rat around somewhere, aha. I'll pull that sheet up! ♡

@thehturt5480

6 күн бұрын

@@YorkshireSerenity 😂🤣

Thanks for another great vlog. I admire your respect for wildlife , even rats. They can be a pest though. Apparently they have a strong sense of smell. A pest control officer told me they do not like the smell of WD40 or sage. So if they start to be a pest soak a rag in WD40 and place near vulnerable plants or their nest hole. Same with sage. It should actually as a deterrent that is not terminal to them . I haven't tried this on my plot so can't say if these suggestions work. Thanks again for posting..

@YorkshireSerenity

9 күн бұрын

Oh, I have some Sage in the polytunnel, so maybe that will be effective. I love wildlife, I think it's their privilege to be there, but I'll try to move it along humanely ♡

Fish loads of green out leave at side pond then they will go back in pond ,you’ve got to much green in pond😂

@YorkshireSerenity

9 күн бұрын

It's on my 'jobs to do ASAP' list aha. Poor tadpoles! ♡

I follow someone on KZread who gets bike boxes from Halfords, they’re huge when opened out.

@YorkshireSerenity

9 күн бұрын

Oh, what a great idea. I never thought about asking at shops. They must get tonnes!! ♡

There's a really good book called allotments month by month, it's a brilliant book and has helped me so much😊

@YorkshireSerenity

9 күн бұрын

Thanks Helen! I'll look into it ♡

We have loads of slugs cos of all the rain.

@YorkshireSerenity

9 күн бұрын

They are rubbish! ♡

A good book book that you may want to consider investing in is "The NEW Vegetable and Herb Expert by Dr D.G Hessayon, costs about £10. I have had mine about 30 years and still find it useful.

@YorkshireSerenity

9 күн бұрын

A great suggestion. I'll look into it. Thank you! ♡

@andyfarmer759

9 күн бұрын

@@YorkshireSerenity It is so useful that I think every new allotment holder should be given one when they sign up for their plot.

Would a garden blowtorch work on the nettles?

@YorkshireSerenity

9 күн бұрын

Hahaha probably.. although I don't think I should be allowed to play with a blowtorch! ♡

Strawberries will come back every year as will the raspberries, tomato 🍅 won't you need to plant Tom's every year x

@YorkshireSerenity

9 күн бұрын

Wow! What a good investment they were! ♡

Yes that was a baby rat . I wouldn't fret about it as the reality is that you are never far from a rat wherever you are you just don't see them.

@YorkshireSerenity

9 күн бұрын

I don't mind, I love mice and rats. I just hope my neighbours don't see it 😕♡