Some things we don't have control over... some things we do. We, at the Yellow Frog community, keep our soil full of life in order to handle most of the intense weather out there. Good luck everyone!
What a brutal year it’s been!! Extreme weather is definitely showing us we must change our ways. The year before tomato blight wiped us all out … what will this year bring??? 🙏🏻🙏🏻 please be kind 🙏🏻🙏🏻 Thanks Steve for these honest videos - gardening is really tough.
Radish on toast, I wonder who inspired that idea! 😁😁 Nice to see your positive outlook despite the cold Steve. Crazy to compare this year and last in your tunnel.
Happy days Steve, yeah I'm all over the place to be honest mate, my garden thinks its mid spring, I've no idea how I'm going to move forward just yet, so I'm grateful for the advice 😀
As a southerner the heat last summer was brutal. most crops absolutely failed, others however didn't do too badly. I have so much to learn before before I'm anywhere near making it through the hungry gap but all in good time. I do like the idea of growing some microgreens but id need to magic up some space first.
Some great ideas. Thanks to previous suggestions, I've actually got carrots, spring cabbage, mustard, a few chard and some perpetual spinach in my greenhouse. They're all pretty small, hardly growing but the greenhouse is usually completely empty at this time of the year. I'm hoping they all burst into life as Spring gets going and I get am earlier than usual harvest. I sorted through my many old packets of lettuce and other leaf type seeds and bunged those into some compost trays in my semi glazed potting shed. It took no time at all, if they don't do anything, no worries, if they do we get some nice greens.
Glad to know I wasn't the only one who lost all their hungry gap greens. I have been gardening for 65 years and I can't remember losing so many plants. All my cauliflowers bolted in the heat, I will miss them this spring. Still that's gardening, always a challenge.
Hi Steve you are certainly right about the weather. I really was shocked at the severity of the cold at -9 . Like you I’m thinking outside the box planting seeds but I have a cheeky mouse that keeps avoiding my attempt to get rid of him as he’s causing havoc in my greenhouse little beggar.
I lost all of the broad beans that were sown in Autumn, the tender stem broccoli has gone too, allotment is looking good though ready for the new sowings 🙂. The daughter has told me she has been buying Spinach, that's my next sowing lol , not something we eat, but will happily grow it for her 🙂
God loves a Tryer Steve 🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱il be looking up my old biscuit seed boxes tomorrow to see what I have left over and to give them a try , thanks for the reminder ‘
Thanks Steve. It's reassuring to know that this isn't just a difficult winter for me. It's keeping me guessing quite what to start with. But...If you don't sow, it won't grow, so give it a go! Thanks. My spuds are chatting in the conservatory. Pat
It’s been a pretty tough winter, especially where you are - sorry you lost so many plants. Like you said, I guess we were lucky to have a few very mild winters before this one. Great to see all those beds ready to go, and the new tunnel will be in business in no time 😊👍
I had such a lovely autumn garden planted up so healthy but all gone. I agree with needing to adapt. I lost all my squash because of the drought last year. I’ve planned this year to use some 5 litre bottles with a piercing at the bottom as a slow water irrigation so they won’t be killed off this year with any dry weather. I need to get some stuff in the ground in the greenhouse. Been planting up trays this week but you’ve inspired me to get in the ground Steve!
It's been down to -4 Deg C at staging level in my biggest polytunnel for 2 days and -5 Deg C this morning, and I'm 200 miles South of you. Don't think I'll be sowing anything in there, only indoors in propagators under lights. Your Parsnips looked great. Though mine might be rubbish with 2 summer heatwaves, but they were planted into deep holes formed with a crowbar and sledgehammer and kept watered. Best lifted so far was 500mm/19.5" weighing 1.25 Kg/2 lbs 12 ozs.
great video...as a nation we dont half waste some food....like raddish leaves etc....i never ate then didnt think too...but will now.....great video as always
Hi steve -17?????? Oh my gosh😮 we have less greens for eating on the plot and have had to buy which is not as good as last year as didn’t buy any. We always had Asturias tree cabbage but frosts got all those but curly kale and cavello nero are still going and just finished the parsnips. Also got some bits in freezer and carrots. We buy spuds. But this winter no where near as good as last year.🙁also summer wasn’t as productive because of heat. Even the compost we make suffered from the heat. But it’s all starting again. Oh I forgot we do have few sprouts left and the purple sprouting brocolli yet to sprout but looking ok. We have some November planted broad beans and field beans survived but I sown some seeds in pots and going to plug the gaps. Anyway it looks as if you have. Lost a bit of weight steve hope it’s not cos you have been poorly. Thankyou for all you show us👍🙋🏻
Steve - When you've cleared the beds are you spraying with the SuperSoil? I haven't sprayed mine yet - waiting for the weather to warm up a bit first...
