@@JaysAllotmentDiary my apple espalier is around 5 or 6 years old now so it does quite well. I think I’ve had the pear tree around 3 or 4 years now that’s the most & best pears I have had so far 👍👍 hopefully it gets better for next year 🤞🤞. Ivan
@@jimstormcrow I’m not sure how big it looks on the camera really I’ll pass it out in the next video to give you a better idea how wide & long it is. Ivan
My sis in law used to have a wisteria growing up her cedar tree that was a hundred plus high, it looked amazing when in flower. They are quite the thug. I’m deadheading the few marigolds I have too Ivan. Great to save seed we need to do more of this and stop paying exorbitant prices for seed. 😮😮 Ivan naughty naughty wet gloves and scissors. Well 10:00 you 😂 know where the gloves were. Great seed saving 👍, have a fantastic week Ivan keep up the great videos, Ali 🥵🌞🇨🇦
@@myrustygarden hello Ali thanks for watching & your comment 👍👍 seed is get more & more expensive why bay seeds that takes all the fun out of seed saving the wisteria is a bit of a thug but not as bad a thug as me 😁😁. Ivan
@@RichardTaylorgardening hello Richard thanks for watching & your comment 👍👍 I’m trying to get it to go to seed for some new onion seed next year I don’t think it’s going to bay the looks of it 🤞🤞. Ivan
@@jimstormcrow hello Jim thanks for watching & your comment 👌👌 it’s the best pears I’ve had 🤘 I’m probably going to pick them in the week & put them on the window sill for a few days to soften them up . Ivan
Name of the game is prune weed feed and harvest 😂. No rest for the gardener it’s always work or winter. I have mares tail and sticky weed, but bind weed is a real pain I’m seeing for so many people. Having all that wood next to the neighbors fence isn’t helping either with slugs. Shame about the cauliflowers they looked so healthy. Yard is looking nice and tidy actually so you have done a great job. Have a fab week Ivan hope the rains let up a bit, Ali 🥵🌞🇨🇦
@@myrustygarden hello Ali thanks for watching & your comment 👍👍 your not wrong still lots of pruning to do as well it’s never ending I know what you mean he was going to do something with it but it’s still there. I think the cauliflower is all going to blot but I’ll leave them in & see I’m trying to get a bit ahead of myself. Ivan
Hello Brian thanks for watching & your comment 👍👍 i think you right maybe a leaf miner it was very white looking I’ve never seen a leaf miner damage look like that before. Ivan
The colours of those marigolds are stunning Ivan, mine were quite under whelming this year 😢. My cucumbers are finally producing some fruits but they are sure slow this year. Are they leaf miners, I have them in everything these days. Frustrating when pots do the brittle thing but luckily our recycle trucks will take them to recycle. Fab to share with other gardeners, have an amazing day, Ali 🥵🌞🇨🇦
@@myrustygarden hello Ali thanks for watching & your comment I think I’ll have another marigold seed for next year 😁😁 you can’t beat the feeling of sharing like he got a lot of marigold seeds for next year 👌👌 the tub was getting old & the heat & freezes getting to it so I had a old one that we do for now. Ivan
Omg 😱 I have big orange fringed slugs but rarely see snails here. Your wisteria is a monster 😂 it’s taking over Ivan. I was pruning trees yesterday because you can tell at high summer where it needs it more. Some of my gladioli didn’t come back this year, it may have been too cold and wet this winter. Shame about the sprouts hopefully what ever it is doesn’t do too much more damage. Hey 😂 that’s how I save seed too works great. Odd about the parsnips being so little under ground. Great update Ivan have a super day, Ali 🌞🥵🇨🇦
@@myrustygarden hello Ali thanks for watching & your comment 👍 I’m going to prune my apple in the next few weeks it’s more to keep it in shape & get some apple spurs for next year. The wisteria is a bit of a monster so I’m splitting up the pruning to make it a bit easier on my self 👌👌 I picked off the caterpillars I saw fingers crossed that’s it 🤞🤞. Ivan
@@jimstormcrow hello Jim thanks for watching & your comment 👍👍 I need to get a down pipe really for it I’ll see if I can get a off cut somewhere for free when I see one 👌👌 the wisteria is in a video I’ve been b4 if you look back on my videos it flowered a lot this year. Ivan
Magic 500 🎉🎉 keep going Ivan. Oh poor brussel sprout 😢 but he’s trying. I really have to get my strawberry runners done thanks for the reminder. A wonderful marigold display mine were not so good for some reason even new seed. Eat the bolted Ivan they are still delicious brussel sprouts it’s just looks anyway. Great tour Ivan 💪 have fab day, here’s to an amazing August, Ali 🌦️☔️🇨🇦
Hello Ali thanks for watching @ your comment 👌👌 it’s taken a long time to get to 500 💪💪 your get around to your strawberry soon don’t worry I’m going to eat the bolted Brussels that’s one thing I well eat you Eva love them or hate them 🥰🥰 the marigolds have done well for me this year at least not like the French dwarf beans have been eaten away more or less 🤬🤬. Ivan
Oh my freakin lord that’s a shed load of slugs and snails 🐌. She’s a lovely dog 🐶. Oh I must remember to clean up and feed my strawberry 🍓 plants for “winter”. Your compost looks fantastic Ivan much better than bought. Nothing better than some fresh spuds you’ve grown yourself. Have a super week Ivan and happy growing, Ali 🌞🇨🇦
@@myrustygarden hello Ali thanks for watching & your comment 👍👍 had a wet night so had a Quick Look around & got that lot in like 5 minutes I’m sure if I keep looking I find more 🐌🐌 & slugs 👌 she’s a soppy dog really loves a got sniff around 😁😁 it was nice little harvest of potatoes had a few yesterday . Ivan
@@jimstormcrow hello Jim thanks for watching & your comment 👌👌 it’s quite nice for home made compost 👍 you can never have enough strawberries 🍓 🍓. Ivan
@@AnneHeyns hello Anne thank for watching & your comment 👍👍 I’ve seen people do that for weeds as well I’m a bit unsure about using salt may self knowing my luck I kill everything in sight. Ivan
@@upbeet863 I didnt put it close to my plants but well away and all around - snails dont pass the salt - it was the only thing that worked- they didnt even try to come back this year - not seen a single one☺
by topping your plants you will get earlier sprouts, ivan. mine will be done no later than september so have sprouts for christmas.................brian
@@briansgardenandpolytunnel8172 hello brain thanks for watching & your comment 👍👍 it has lots sprouts on them all ready but looks like it’s starting to bolt a bit I think ?? so I think I’m going to have a scatter harvest with them I think but what I can see. Ivan
Tomatoes 🍅 look great Ivan and yes sometimes we just have to take some and top the rest. I have lots of plants outside I just gave up trying to control 😂😂 they are taking over. 😢 you would have enjoyed the sprout tops I like them almost better than the sprouts 😂. And I have heard it helps with the development of the sprout. Cabbage whites wait in hiding for us to uncover things 🤬. Doing an awesome job Ivan, have a fab day, Ali 🌤️🇨🇦
@@myrustygarden hello Ali thanks for watching & your comment 👍👍 I’ll have to try them next time 👌👌 it’s the second cabbage white I’ve seen this year so far the tomatoes in the pots have done very well so hopefully I’ll get some nice ones for them two tomatoes plants 🤞🤞. Ivan
😂 great title Ivan. Wow you have our heatwave but the plants may like it. I’ve bought some net door covers for my greenhouse too or the birds fly in not cats though. Great job on cleaning out your butt 🤣🤣🤣 sorry couldn’t pass that one up. Have a super week hope it is sunny but not roasting, Ali 🌞 32c 🥵🇨🇦
@@myrustygarden hello Ali thanks for watching & your comment 🤣🤣 just for 2 days now it’s a lot cooler so not too bad for doing stuff & getting stuck in 😂😂. Ivan
Why not turn your bottom half of your green round, and put it from the bottom and halfway up, as cats won't try to jump it as it is loose at the top, just a thought
Tomatoes are doing really well Ivan mine are all outside ones and they are totally being unruly and 😂growing where they feel like it 😂. Fab haul on broad bean seed for next year, I think seed saving is the only way to go. We break off the sprout plant tops and eat them steamed with a bit of garlic and olive oil. But I also eat bolted ones Ivan 👍👍. Have a fab day, Ali 🌞🥵🇨🇦
@@myrustygarden hello Ali thanks for watching & your comment the tomatoes are doing great now still not sure what the ones in the pots are so going to be a nice surprise 👌👌 I’m more surprised how much the cucumber has grown to be honest 👍 I’m trying to save as much as I can. Ivan
@@jimstormcrow hello Jim thanks for watching & your comment 👌👌 it’s been a funny year with the rain fingers crossed 🤞 🤞 we start to get some more sunshine now. Ivan
See I have not found many snails at all lots of big fat slugs though 🤬. These traps seem to be working really well for you Ivan. 14:00 you’ll be seeing snails in your dreams 😂. All coming along great Ivan have a fab week, Ali 🥵🌞🇨🇦
@@myrustygarden hello Ali thanks for watching & your comment 👍👍 I think snails are more of a problem for me the traps are doing well so a few more not going to hurt me 🤣🤣. Ivan
I have decided that the snails and especially the slugs on my allotment patch are gangsters pure and simple. They have massacred my beans, peas and my poor little rhubarb repeatedly. No more mercy will be shown. I have a huge batch of extra hot chilli powder they are about to become friendly with....It won't be a long partnership.
@@mhippolyte6888 hello thanks for watching & your comment I seen people use chilli powder before I’m not sure if it helps but it’s no good if it gets wet wear as my ones keep going rain or shine watch I think it’s good the way the weather is now. Ivan
Wow missed this one Ivan. Poor cauliflower damn slugs. Luckily lots of time to get some new ones started. Beans are doing well, my pot bush beans were fried from the heat I couldn’t keep them watered enough. Marigolds look lovely mine are no where near a big 😂. We may get rain by the 20th the weatherman says 🤞🤞. Hope the second sowing of brassicas goes better Ivan, have a upper day, Ali 🌞🇨🇦
@@myrustygarden hello Ali thanks for watching & your comment 👍👍 you never missed it just watched it a bit later 👌👌 my French dwarf beans have had a bit of a hammering the slugs and snails seem to like the purple queen a lot . Ivan
I check under my pots and trays everyday. There's always at least ten or so. I have beer traps out which capture loads, but there's always more. 😂 ...Jim
Hello jim thanks for watching & your comment 👍 it’s a never ending battle I’ve started to check them again now 👌 fingers crossed we get some nice sun and heat soon 😂😂. Ivan
@@lindafoster4628 hello Linda thanks for watching & your comment 👍👍 it’s funny you side that 👌 it was going through my head yesterday when it was raining 🌧️ 👍. Ivan
hello all thanks for watching & your comment with unforeseen issues this video went live for a short amount of time yesterday as you know i like to keep my videos for every wednesday & saturday for around this time now. Ivan
I got rid of the slugs in my garden by putting salt on their pathway to my veggies- not at the plants but before they get to them - they gone more than a year now.☺
@@AnneHeyns hello Anne thanks for watching & your comment 👌👌 it’s been very wet here so the salt well get washed away I seen some people use salt to kill weeds on the path I’ve never used salt before so that’s something to keep in mind 👌👌. Ivan
Oh awesome I haven’t seen any here this year 😢 but I have seen lady bugs 🐞. It is 33c as I type we’re melting 😂. Slug catcher is still working well 👍. Brian has great advice as always about the rhubarb. Marigolds look beautiful 😻 mine were very disappointing this year. Lots on the go Ivan and great harvests. Have a super day, Ali 🌞🥵🫠🇨🇦
@@myrustygarden hello Ali thanks for watching & your comment 👍👍 a bit late with the lady bugs / lady birds but at least I got some around now 👌👌 I’ll do a swap you can have the rain & I’ll have the sun ☀️ 😁😁 the marigolds are doing well this year so I’ll be saving some seeds for them again this year. Ivan
if i were you, i'd give a mulch around the rhubarb with horse manure for a winter dressing. in the mean time i'd use chicken manure pellets, seaweed extract or blood fish and bone to perk the plants up a bit..................brian
@@briansgardenandpolytunnel8172 hello Brian thanks for watching & your comment 👌👌 thanks for the advice on the rhubarb 👍👍 I’ve got manure pellets I’ll use some of them the rain can wash them in & later in the year I’ll use some horse manure for over the winter time. Ivan
@@jimstormcrow hello Jim thanks for watching & your comment 👍👍 you can’t bet rain water but it’s a pain when it rains but you can’t have everything 🤣🤣. Ivan
Oh lord black fly are awful 🤬 I have white fly on lots of things now. I don’t have bindweed but I have mares tail and it’s brutal trying to get rid of it without killer. Can you bash the roots with a hammer 😅😅. Great update Ivan hope your getting some good weather, Ali 🌞🥵🇨🇦
@@myrustygarden hello Ali thanks for watching & your comment 👍👍 I’ll have to keep a eye on the black fly 👀 & try to get it under control the bindweed is a pain I need to give it a good dig out something I don’t really do a lot of now. Ivan
Hello Jim thanks for watching & your comment 👍👍 good idea I never thought of that 👌 maybe some thing I can try next year it’s a bit late to start that now but definitely something to think about 👍. Ivan
I cut a shop brought cherry tomatoe in half and buried it , thought nothing was going to come of it as it took a long time to germinate now l have 8 😊, do you think that your tomatoes have black fly on them, because you had your broadbeans in the pollytunnel when they had a bit on them
@@lindafoster4628 hello Linda thanks for watching & your comment 👍 that’s very good a lot better than I done 👍 I had just one grow like that but it’s better than nothing. Ivan
Found you on my homepage, came to look, liked and connected. I'm a novice gardener trying to learn as much as I can from other gardeners. Hope to make a new online friend. Your garden looks great☺
Hello Anne thanks for watching & your comment 👍👍 we never stop learning no matter how long you been growing. Thanks for the sub & hopefully we can learn stuff together. Ivan