Jacobson Family Allotment
Jacobson Family Allotment
👨👩👧👧 Family Allotment Journey
🌱 beginner Allotment owner 🌱
🌻Building memories one plant at a time
Welcome to our family allotment (vegetable garden) where we have started from a bare space of 10 meters by 20 meters with the goal to be self sufficient in all our vegetables come join our journey.
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Mate it looks so good! Well done 👏
It's getting there thank you
Trust me, you are very lucky that that shovel handle was not made of wood. I tried prying up a rock one time and the shovel handle broke and the handle I was holding in my hand and the sharp stick attached to it smacked me square in the middle of the forehead. Required three stitches. Did I tell you I’m absolutely loving your channel?
Wow that would of been my luck and it would have been a hospital trip for me probably think I will stick to the metal one 😂. I am glad you are enjoying the channel
I have been doing no dead gardening for six years now when we bought our house in May 2018, I discovered very quickly that we live on a river bed so there’s nothing but pebbles and rocks no soil so yeah I like no dig. I found that everything seems to grow a lot better on no dig because you’re not killing the mycorrhiza the fungus and all the other lifeforms and stuff that’s growing in the soil every time you either Dig or just turn over your bed every year about compost to all of my beds.
When it comes to drillbits, I’m a big fan of Milwaukee. I don’t know if you get that brand in the UK or not however, my dad taught me that you get what you pay for. Spend a few extra bucks on a really good drillbit and it’ll last forever.
I got this drill for free was surprised when it done this. Think I will have to invest in a better one. That would of been fun starting to dig and finding nothing but pebbles I am definitely sticking with the no dig from what I have seen things grow a lot better thans
You know an idea just came to me about your mosquito larvae in your water barrels. If you cover up your barrel so they’re not gonna heat up from the sun maybe with some sort of shade cloth or a little fence or something just cover them you could add goldfish to the water or Koi
I always find that Lane cardboard or pieces of wood on the ground. Near my plants can help with slugs. Early in the morning I usually flip them over and I can pick the slugs off the bottom of the planks of wood or cardboard. It seems like they’re always looking for a place to hide as soon as the sun starts coming up. I don’t know if it works but long long time ago someone suggested using a tuna can and putting beer in it to catch them. I don’t know if that works never tried it. I don’t have a huge slug problem where I’m located here in the United States.
Thanks I think I am going to dew a few different traps for the slugs see how the work out. I have seen the beer traps they seem to work very well. I like the idea of putting the gold fish in the water barrel it's just keep the water high enough they live 😂 I wonder if I would need to feed them 😂. Thanks for the comments and watching
Oof! Hope your ankle heals quickly! Love the toddler cam action. Adorable!
It's still a bit sore today not as bad. Ha she really did enjoy being with the camera
Done it loads of times Anthony mate, allotments can be dangerous places 😂😂😂
The camera operator is charming! Definitely a better microphone. If you strim before putting the black plastic over, the wind is less likely to lift the plastic. I use the old fashioned two-hand clippers to cut as close to the soil as possible. I can also see what nuisances might be scurrying away. Considering where you started, you're doing well indeed.
With nets, chicken wire, anything you need to spread, start in the middle, work one side most of the way, then the other. Starting in the middle anchors the material. I have done much the same, have scratch scars to prove it. 😂
she can be charming when she wants to be haha. i was waiting for strimmer cable when we put the cover down i may go back and cut it down a bit. thank you slowly getting there
i caught myself a couple of time on that bloody chicken wire haha
Great progress. The slug damage is always a trial.
thank you. hopefully i can prepare for next year to fight the slugs
We have had a week or rain Anthony and now it’s insanely hot again 🤦♀️, I’m confused 😂 so I can understand why my plants are. 😂😂😂 oh come on a Steven Spielberg in the making. Remember it’s year one and you have done a fb job 👍 just imagine what next year will bring. Have a fab weekend, Ali ☔️👍🇨🇦
Today it has been hot then windy the heavy rain within the space of a few hours no wonder the plants aren't growing. Lol this was just a sort clip there was plenty other conversations she was having with the camera 😂. Yea one I always feel like I should have everything done just the type of person I am I can't stay still. I can't wait for next year and to start a growing season with a plot. Have a good weekend too.
The amount of times I have fallen over mate 😂
😂😂 I don't even know what it was on. No going to lie ankle is still hurting now 😭
8:35 😂
😂😂 I had to keep it in
Nah ... my OCD is kicking in. I'll deffo have to get up there and even that compost out and cut the cardboard 😂😂
Actually Charles Dowding advises leaving extra cardboard outside the soil to keep the weeds from encroaching. You could bring a pair of hand clippers and cut away the weeds to satisfy the urge for neatness. 🇨🇦👍
@@ninemoonplanet haha you get her told I knew I would have to explain it I will show her a couple of his videos 👍
Not sure what mic you are using Anthony but its doing a decent job of omitting the majority of the wind. I was laughing mate, you should have just used a bit wire or twine and tie it to the first cane, then to the next cane as you go around, then the very last piece of mesh gets tied to the bit it overlaps, But how you have done it, it will work and they will attach to it. You wouldnt believe how much i spent on compost in my first year or 2 mate. Now i make my own and still buy Clover multi and Clover professional occassionally.Sound quality is much better with the mic than without mate. I have tried egg shells, straw, chopped straw, Thyme even beer traps, the beer traps worked best out of all of them mate. Spuds are looking great. Tell the bairn she is better witha camera than i am 😉
its just a cheap mic from ebay i think was under £10 lol glad i used it with that wind very happy with how much wind it cancelled out. it was the best i could come up with on how to put it there evey time i used the twin it fell over and just wouldnt stay up. think av got 20 bags for the pllot so 1000 litres lol. think i will keep the mic then thanks. will let her know haha
@@JacobsonFamilyAllotment i bought one for about 40 odd quid last year, couldnt get the sound quality from it, sounded to tinny. Just ordered another with wind muffs lastnight. I made a video of a job i was doing the other day, had to delete most of the audio as the wind noise was deafening and do a voiceover. 👍
Hope your well, The chicken wire should be fine for your peas to grow as for slugs crushed egg shells. Slugs and snails don't like the sharpness of the egg shells. You are doing well it just down to hit and miss on what grows. Great camera work by your young apprentice. This will take a bit of time and very soon you will have a great allotment, catch you soon Take care
Thanks hopefully the peas grab on. I have to do something the slugs are definitely winning in that one bed at the minute. My oldest like editing and youngest the camera have a full team soon. Definitely take a while but going to be worth it thanks
@@JacobsonFamilyAllotment You doing Great
If you grow cumfry put a few leaves in a bowl with a little water, mash it up to a paste and put it on any sprain or break and it will heal it, but have broken bones set first or the cumfry will heal the bone so fast it could fix in the wrong position.
😂 thank you it is one plant I really want for the garden I just never seem to see it
@@JacobsonFamilyAllotment I gave ALL of my comfrey plants away last year mate, or at least i thought i did, a couple are starting to grow, when they become more established i will dig one out for you, they grow fairly fast and are quite invasive though.
With every new video there is good progress :) It is weird that some years certain veggies do not want to grow and others grow like crazy. This year my courgette does not want to grow, not even sprout....but my beans are doing very well, while the year before my beans did not want to grow and I had cabbages to feed the neighborhood. If You have a slug problem you may try crushed eggshells around the plants. The sluggs hate to go over sharp surfaces. Also if you plant thyme or chives here and there...the sluggs do not like it very much.
Thanks slowly but surly getting there. Hopefully the stuff will start growing I might have to put some more kale seeds out or go with my plan of spring onions or something easy for my first year.going to have to try something for the slugs I was hoping with it heating up they would have gone by now. I will have thyme if it keeps them away thanks
@@JacobsonFamilyAllotment I hear You...The first year of my allotment was mostly getting to know my space, clean up and organise how I wanted it to be. I also put in some easy growing plants to have something nice growing...I chose chard and radish, some onions and a tomato :) The chard did really well and kept on giving the more I harvested. So maybe chard is a nice one :)
@@dinahselah6364 yea I have been watching the plot seeing where the sun goes where is windy, if puddles are appearing. Might still have to change things after this year. I don't think I have ever had chard I might grow some just to see if I like it
Sweden and turnips will grow without too much thinning. They'll push each other enough to grow. Personally I would leave them as is. It's a learning process for the children and you to watch how plants will find their own space. Those red leaves look like they're supposed to be that colour. Let them grow on a bit, don't bother too much unless the larger leaves are green.
I will do that thanks the little one is really enjoying planting stuff think I am going to give them their own bed to sow what they want. The red leaves seem to be growing I think so they must be ok
Bless you! What a nightmare. Your bed looks great!
It was but rather have all the rubbish out in case it effects the crops at some point. Thanks proud of it
Save the beetles and other insects in your water butts. Just fish them out and pop them somewhere to dry off. They won’t be able to get out of the water themselves. If your butts are covered and you fit down pipes straight into them you won’t get mosquito lava.
I did save the beetle that had fallen in off camera. I cover them we they are full and it's not raining I just need to figure out how to cover and feed the pipe in not the best at DIY 😂
Hi there, a big job ahead of you, little & often is the best way! You might think about adding some more pipe to the downpipe for your water collection, if your going to get a shed use some of the slabs for your base! You should ask the owner of the allotments do they get any skips to put your rubbish & rubble in! Good luck
Thanks definitely the way I am going doing little jobs at a time still not sure on a shed maybe just some storage. Definitely getting onto the council about getting a skip thanks
Put more string closer together on your peas and tie your peas in.
I had put some on it just gave up I might try and re do it again thanks
I concur, the string should be a little bit more condensed and closer together other than that, they look great no turnips cannot be transplanted. I would just leave them and let see what happens. The cool thing about gardening is you learn from your mistakes and every year you will always make them I’ve been doing this gardening thing now for 40+ years and every year I find that I need to do something a little different either tweak it or whatever. And I am always learning.
Pigeons will eat ya kale
It possibly could be them eating it I just thought the plants would be too small for them to be bothered by it I have just got some bamboo canes so going to make a cage to put around to keep them off them. Thank you
Mosquito larvae cover straight away after adding veg or olive oil prevents them breeding also remove potato flowers you want the plant to concentrate on growth underground. Good luck been a rotten year so far for growing.
Thanks definitely trying the oil next time am up there. Would I just cut the main crop potato flowers or the 2nd earlies. It has been a rotten year what a year to get started 😂
@@JacobsonFamilyAllotment Just remove the flowers from all. Plants will put a lot of energy into producing flowers, if you leave them they will produce a seed which looks similar to a tomato, they are in the same family of plants so not that surprising, but are very poisonous so no use to us. Let the plant put that energy into the tubers. I grow mine in 30/50l pots makes it easier to harvest, mulch with bark and remove inner leave to help air flow to try and reduce the risk of blight. will enjoy watching your journey. 👍
@@gregoryseager9191 thanks next time I pop up I am definitely doing this bee working this weekend so haven't had the time. Got a few tips off people that I need to do up there. Going to get a few of the big buckets for spuds next year to try get them off to a early start and maybe cover them from the extra rain we have been getting. Thanks for all the tips glad you're enjoying watching
The wildlife area sounds exciting! I can't wait to see how it comes together. My friend swore by beer in a shallow tin for getting rid of slugs. Nematodes sound interesting. Those peas are going to wear you out! It's so fun to see the progress each week and listen to you talk about your future plans. You're closing in on a thousand subscribers - it will happen soon!
I have seen a few people do a wild life area and really liked the look of it and the kids would love it going on a bug hunt. I have used the beer thing before and it has worked that was just in my small garden not sure about the size of my plot. I normally grow peas easily in the garden just struggling this year. Glad your enjoying
Hi, the radish and beetroot your children have sow should be fine due to the speed the radish grow
Thanks didn't know if the radish would push the beetroot out thanks
Perhaps we could all grow rice 🌾 but then the heat comes and we would end up with puffed rice 😂. It has been insanely hot 🥵 here a few days but forecast a wee bit of rain. I agree with She’ll mosquito 🦟 babies and the last thing you want in them on mass in next few weeks. My peas are insanely huge but very little actual peas 🤦♀️. My beets have leaf miner, it’s always something 😢. Channels growing great guns 👍👍, have a super weekend, Ali 🌞🥵🇨🇦
I was thinking that the other day grow rice in this weather. We have a heat wave for a week then back to rain. Will definitely get rid of them they were attacking me in this video I think. I wish mine had got big maybe next year or the new seeds. Thanks the channel is getting there.
Hi Anthony, I have surplus cabbage and cauliflower plants if you want them
Hi thanks take it you are local to me
Hi yes, my. Allotment is just off Stargate lane in Runhead estate
Anthony the ground where ya beets are could very well be too acidic mate, deficient of Phosphorus. Initially phosphorus deficient leaves are dark green but very quickly turn red due to the lack of nutrients. Test your soil to confirm this and if it is to acidic adjust the ph level. Add fertilisers to boost the phosphorus level, DONT over water or it can cause root problems. Yes you can prick out turnips and swede and transplant them just be very careful with the roots. For your peas either tie string around the wigwam or use chicken wire rolled around and fastened with a bit string or cable tie, but if you have wood pigeons in the area you would be well advised to net over the peas, be warned that if the netting is to close to the pease the tendrils will reach out and attach themselves to your netting . Enjoyed the video mate 👍
Thanks that compost is new and I have fed it too I may have left them in their cells too long I might test the soil tho. Thanks think I will move the turnips ect when they are bigger. I do have some chicken wire in the house so I could use that. Thanks . Glad you enjoyed it
So jealous of your potatoes! 🤣 I never have much luck. The little swimmers in the water butt are mosquito larva for sure! A drop or two of dish soap will work as well.
I am surprised they have grown that much I have done nothing with them just whacked them in no feed or anything 😂. Thanks I might try that don't want a load of mosquitos on the plot
You want to see them in my 220 litre tubs outside the greenhouse windows, comfrey soup and nettle tea does seem to attract them though 😂😂😂
@@Jimmy.Plot.41.b av see them before in other things never new what they were I do need to make comfrey or nettle soup tho never seen to find comfy
@@JacobsonFamilyAllotment I will be very surprised if there is no comfrey growing on a few plots around you Anthony, but if not, just collect stingy nettles and make it with those. I have just started making some with creeping thistle, basically all deep rooted weeds will be a good source for making a liquid feed mate.
Love the back round sounds on your video it reminds me of what life was like in the country as a child sounds of nature
I could spend all day in it. I am going every morning before work it's so calming
You forget to mention these were my ideas 😂😂 take all the credit 😂😂
Don't know what you are talking about.
Mosquito larva put a drop of oil in if you don't like them.
Thank you would have never guessed it was them.
A simple but effective rodent trap. 1 bucket, 1 beverage can, 1 stick or piece of rod. Put holes top and bottom of the container, offset, large enough to allow the container to swivel. 2 holes, directly opposite of each other through the top edged of the bucket to hold the rod/stick. Fill the bucket half way with water, thread the rod through one side of the bucket, then through the beverage container, then through the opposite side. Put bait on the can/container. Add some sort of ramp. Rodents go for the bait, can swivels, rodent end up in water never to go anywhere again. If your neighbours do the same thing, then the rodents should be far less. I use peanut butter as bait. Works for mice and rats.
Thanks they are just so smart how they figure things out there is a few plots with chickens on so they get drawn to there's just hopefully they leave my bean and pea seed alone. Thanks for the detailed instructions definitely screen shooting it and saving it
I can't believe that tire still had the rim with it! 🤷😳
Lovely Northeast weather Anthony mate, ya cant beat it 🤣🤣🤣. Do you not get wood pigeons where your allotment is ? Ya spuds are looking good, Slugs munching ya marigolds and people say plant marigolds in brassica beds to deter the slugs, guess thats wrong eh😉. Its a shame that people bury stuff instead of just taking it to the local tip. But on the brighter side, you will have the satisfaction when the plot is fnished that you took your time and done things correctly, a lot of people would have just put cardboard and compost over that wheel and planted out or direct sowed into it. Shame about the slugs munching on your sunflower, someone snapped the head off one of my sunflowers, the one i am growing for our site competition, the one i have grown for yours is ok and still growing well at the minute. well done mate, Look forward to watching the next video
😂 aye the weather is lovely isn't it. There is plenty wood pigeons around the area but I haven't seen them round the plot. Proud of them spuds surprised they haven't been eaten by slugs like some people's. The marigolds have at least stopped other things getting munched and just them just have to buy the grown ones from the garden centre. I was just going to put the cardboard and the compost on but I had to make sure ground was clear for the future and lucky I did. The tips just at Blaydon too so like 10 mins away. So do you think it's sabotage them with the sunflower.
@@JacobsonFamilyAllotment Definitely sabotage Anthony, its only the sunflower for our site comp that got damaged, even my plot neighbours either side of me have had their site comp sunflowers snapped. Rats have been at my mains in tubs, looks like they have jumped up, burrowed down in the compost and ate the tubers, so now i am scouring the internet for more seed potatoes, wouldnt care but i had a good few left and gave them away, sods law eh haha
@@Jimmy.Plot.41.b that's crazy the cut throat allotment plot growing competitions. I know we have rats on the whole plot see the a couple of times last year but nothing this year yet. My friends plot had them bad. I wanted more spuds for later cropping
@@JacobsonFamilyAllotment hopefully the culprit / culprits get caught mate.
Looks like the last owners or owners before them have been doing rubbish removal jobs and just buried it
You would think with the amount of stuff in here it looked like a nice big empty plot we I got it surface rubbish that's it
My method is only plant what you are going to eat, just plant more of it and save money, your spuds are way better than mine and they went in later than mine, you are doing great.
I think that's what I am going to do. Everything we go in I eat will try the odd different thing see if we like it. I don't get how good my spuds have been looking I havnt done anything with them
Those potatoes are amazing! Nothing is harder than getting rid of a "spare tire!" 🤣 Enjoying your updates - the good, the bad, and the ugly - from Syracuse, New York!
They are very surprised how good they are doing considering I didn't do anything with the bed no feed etc. that tire was an absolute nightmare 😂 think I will have to reuse it. Glad you are enjoying the updates thanks.
I'm a bit like that too mate, don't like filming when my neighbour's are there even though they watch my channel lol
I filmed a bit just a bit quieter than normal just didn't want to get them in the shot much going to have to find a time when nobody is up there. Don't think any of my neighbours watch mine yet that I know of
Those allotments are rubbish- literally! Shame on the council for leaving them in that state for plotholders to deal with. It makes me very angry on your behalf! Keep on keeping on! 👏👏
They are the people they got in just knocked the building down burnt the wooden stuff and looks like they buried the rest thank you I will keep plodding on
Keep going your doing a great job 😅
Thank you I need the motivation lol
Tire??? WTF Well I guess you could upcycle the rim for a wee bonfire pit and the tire for a flower pot? 🤣🤣🤣🤣
That is an idea I might keep it to remind me of the struggle 😂. I just don't get why it was that deep down that's not just been covered in time.
🤣🤣🤣 are you tyred son 😉😁 good job removing it 👏
Just a bit . New gardening tools for my birthday 😉
Wow, what was there before the alotments? There is a lot of plastic and rubble in the ground. On the bright side, in the end You will have a lot of honour from Your hard work. You make a big difference with everything You do 👍
From what I know there was a stable with one horse on there but half of what's on there you would think it was a car garage. I can't wait till it's all done and clear and I can look back on it and feel proud. Thanks
@@JacobsonFamilyAllotment From following your channel I think You already made great progress and it will only be better in the future. With how You handle it and work on Your vision, for sure Your allotment will be a beautiful oases for You and Your family
Thanks for the watch guys honestly making this bed was a nightmare. Remember to sub if you haven't already thanks
It's really starting to come together. Have you thought about drawing a plan of your plot with all the raised beds, compost bays and water butts so you can make the most of the space?
Thank you. I have been thinking about it I change my mind every day thinking where things are going to be. I might try to draw one up tonight not the best artist mind