June Allotment Garden Tour 2021 / Homegrown Garden 

To answer the question at the end of the video, I like the tour video as they are, it's amazing to see so many different species. The other kind of videos I like to see are harvest ones, where you show a large harvest especially if it's from multiple crops at once and from a relatively small growing area. Another style of video I like (which takes a bit more planning) are ones which show the seasonal progression of different plants. So show the planting stage, then check back on it every few weeks to see how it grows, then show the harvest at the end, all in one video. Charles Dowding does something similar and I always find it fascinating to see the complete life cycle of the plant in one video.

What a lovely start to a Saturday morning. Delightful to see you trying out the fruit and vegetables as you pass through the garden🙂

Looking good. We really need to get you on Gardners World and not just as a “look at my garden.” You’ve got the gift.

I like watching g weeding g videos. Like before and after. How beautiful a garden can look cleaned up of weeds.

I am happy that you have a little piece of lawn to enjoy! Walking barefoot on the grass or just sitting on the grass is one of life's greatest pleasures. Your garden is wonderful.

You are so adorable..saying hello from Canada! Wonderful garden .. your grandmother would be sooo proud of you💖

look at that view! What a beautiful spot to get your hands dirty. Love it.

Another great video. I love your monthly allotment tours, I look forward to them all month. You have one of the most beautiful plots I have come across.

I found your channel last year during lockdown and ever since I've been in love with you and your allotment. Watching your videos is so soothing. And I also love to see the changes/growth in your allotment. Lots of love from India ❤️

your garden is stunning especially the overgrown weedy parts and the beautiful flowers and bumble bee and ladybus and just everything

Get yourself a rug...pack yourself a picnic basket...make sure it has some champagne in it!! Wear a pretty floral dress and lie on that nice grass patch and have a toast to all your hard work in the garden!! Cheers!! :-)!!

Looks like you really enjoyed that juicy strawberry.You have so many strawberry plants everywhere. Your plot is looking amazing.

Stunning garden some lovely flowers from your nanans garden

Your smile while sitting on your lawn...amazing!

Watching now on the tv...and it'll be the best thing on tv this weekend! 😄 Thanks for sharing it.

The weather seems really strange this season it's almost like the growing season is a month behind

Oh!! I loves me some lawn. Cute lil green patch.

Absolutely stunning! Thank you for sharing

These are always such relaxing garden tours. Great stress reliever.

I am vegan and I love all the different meals I can make carry on enjoying your plates of colour!

This has been a very difficult gardening year. The weather stayed cold for so long and the deer got in just last night and ate all my beets and radish. But we gardeners never give up. Love your little patch of grass!

🧑‍🌾🇨🇦Beautiful Tour. Your Allotment plot is looking great and “wild”

I had to add I also got allium leaf miner in my garlic. My first time growing it too. It didn’t get my onions last year but it’s come now and in all my shallots too. I dug mine up this afternoon and could have cried when I spotted the bug. I’d had such dreams of garlic plaited in my pantry. Instead I split my cloves off and it’s now in my freezer. Oh well we have ups n downs. My flowers are doing well lol xx

Thank you for informing vegetable strawberry plants and tropical plants, hopefully it's useful

I love cloudy planting days and wild gardens a such fun to look at I like just s much as formal gardens. But what is meant by allotment gardens that term is new to me. Lived the tour so I'll be back.

You are born to grow this nature love your video about sharing experiences and exciting about the garden and nature. You are the beautiful garden and never let them go 😇💫 your video is so much reflection.

Thank you for showing us about the alium leaf miner. I didn't know about that pest. I have checked a few of my garlics and i did find only one but to be safe i will freeze it all now. I discovered when i lived in China that the central stem of garlic is a very popular vegetable (just peel the outer leaves to get to the central part) there and you can both eat it and harvest the garlic clove on the bottom. I actually think the stem is the best part now.

I like wild gardens, they are welcoming to all. the poppy reminded me of when they built the retaining wall over the railroad. they found a little red poppy variety that was thought to be extinct but it come back after lying waiting till the earth was moved. love from Denmark

This year is a good gardening year for me. I've been concerntrating more on my small garden at home and have only been to my allotment once to harvest a bumper crop of broad beans. I've still managed to grow peas strawberrys kale Sweet peas in pots. My dahlias are flowering, and roses. I have a new 6 x 8 greenhouse with tomatoes and cucumber plant. I've grown lots of bedding from seed. I have blueberry and gooseberry in pots. Oh and a big old lupin with loads of spike is the show stopper! All my dog woods came back alive after I chopped them right back to the ground. No sweat lol it's good year so far but I have never grown garlic or leeks but have lots of Alliums in pots globe master and purple sensation. There lots bees buzzing. I'm really enjoying this year for gardening! Thanks

Rhubarb!!! Looks lovely :) x

I can’t believe how my hedges have grown since we cut in February, they are massively overgrown. Baby robins are still feeding so will have to wait a bit longer. I keep up with weeds just about , but the rain has been excessive. We’re in for another week of rain . We’re on chalk so lupins are a no no. Your plot is wonderful Katrina. TFS 🥰🇬🇧

Absolutely beautiful Thumbnail. Couldn't resist clicking on it💜🌼

I wish we had you as our allotment neighbor. Love your channel. Thanks for all the education and relaxing entertainment you provide 🌱

That looks more like the Claire Austin rose. I have a few generous gardeners in my garden and they are pinker x. Lovely allotment we have one this year so lots to learn x

love your little grass patch

Nature is so good for us. It centers us and brings us peace and relaxation. Thank you for sharing and I admire your skill and creativity. You probably already know this but I thought it was cool when I found out that you can add Alum to your begonias(the Pom-Pom plants,) and it will change the color! I really enjoyed the video. Thank you

I love your attitude! No remembering of what type/name of plants and joy of finding! You are me! X

love the blue flowers

Wow...Classic, beautiful presentation

Such a lovely garden 😍😍😍I like your style overall. I wish I have no lawn! 👏 Just go wild! 🌿🌿🌿🦋🦋🐞🦟🌹🥀🌻🌼🌷🍀🌱

Love the garden tour. Seeing all the plants growing all tightly in together is exactly the way I like to grow. Much to the chagrin of the house owners since I'm a renter. But they can easily change it when I move someday. Garden updates are one of my favorite types of videos to watch on youtube. I always feel behind on my garden (short season) Next year I think I'm starting chilies at the first of February and tomatoes the start of march. All in 1/2 gallon pots. Seems to work for me anywho. Looking great!

It looks beautiful and lush Katrina 🌸💕🌸

I irl gasped 😮 at your wildlife corner. It's stunning!

So happy for the June tour!

So cute and great sharing thanks 👍👍

I absolutely love your videos!! Thank you for sharing!! 🙌🏻🦋❤️

What a beautiful garden 💕😍

Very beautiful garden !!! WELL DONE!!!

Garden very beautiful.thank you share video

The best sharing so wonderful garden, greeating from Indonesia.... love your videos🙏

An enjoyable watch on this Saturday morning! I certainly have had the onion leaf minor. Last year my whole crop of leeks were ruined and the year before I lost my summer onions. I try to net them now. Looking forward to more updates of your garden.

Thank you. Loved watching your garden with my friend. Good luck with the fig.

Very beautiful garden 👍

Hi. Yes still seems like garden and polytunnel are a month adrift. Your plot is looking good and a lot further on than my garden for sure. I've only got 3 garlic bulbs growing in an old oak barrel but I will go have a look now to see if they've escaped. I put a picture of a bit of my garden as a profile pic. Be well and stay safe.

Hi what a beautiful plot and lawn you have, you’re doing so well with the weather we have love the colour of your roses , I am growing potatoes in pots for the first time the same size pots that you are using ( Charlotte main crop) I hope I have a good crop , take care be safe 🍓🍓

what a lovely tour

Really enjoying your videos, so relaxing and restful to watch at the same time as being really informative. Especially loved your commemorative garden series and delighted to see the border coming into bloom for you now. Thank you! #gardengoals

I adore thistle blooms. I just pull the entire plant the day after it blooms.

Beautiful garden thanks for sharing love from South Africa

Thanks for sharing such a beautiful garden video with us today really enjoyed seeing what you’ve come up with and everything is so beautiful

Many tks for this amazing video! There's so much life on your garden, is beautiful!

Everything is looking so lush now after a poor start. I'm so behind with everything in the garden and allotment. So enjoy your videos! Its all looking very lovely Katrina.

Amazing garden space thanks for sharing stay safe cheers from Australia 🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺

Love your videos, thank you. You should be a presenter on Gardeners World. I had a battle with snails eating my Dahlias this year. I tried copper tape round pots ...it didn’t work ...Vaseline around top of pots ...it didn’t work ..I’ve just tried spraying pots with the Dahlias in with garlic spray. I let chopped garlic rest in water for a day then sprayed it. I also sprayed it around ( not on) my green beans. So far so good, it seems to be working.

Omg I love everything about this! Thank you so much for sharing the story around the Nottingham catchfly. That is such a beautiful flower ✨🌜💗🪄 🌸 I have sandy soil so I hope I can find seeds at some point in time 💗 all of those flowers for and from your grandmother 💗 stunning 🥲🥰😍💗

Your allotment is looking lovely! Here in Wisconsin USA in June our weather has been like a roller coaster. We went from hot and drought early June to cool and wet in the last week. Overall my garden is doing well and I'm happy with the rain as it saves me having to water every day.

Hallo, friendly young gardener! 😊I love to watch your videos! It’s fascinating, what big amount you are growing in your allotment! 🌱🌱🌱🌼🌸🌺. We also had much rain and cold here in Upper Austria this spring.💦🥶. Nevertheless Summer is here and everything is growing and harvests are pretty although. Best regards from the Moosdorfer Beegarden! 🐝🌺🌸🌼🥀🐛🦋🌹🙋‍♀️

Thx you for sharing

My garden has been mostly well this year, except that something keeps eating the acorn squash sprouts. I've had to replant three times. Hope it does ok with the late start their getting. We're getting unusually scorching weather now. I'll need to water carefully this year. Your plot looks amazing as usual. I quite like the lush, wild look. That's what a garden should look like, in my opinion.

Oh thank you for sharing about the allium leafminer - we just harvested our garlic here in Germany and also had some juveniles crawling between the layers, I don’t think imwould habe given them a once over if I had not seen your video, they are a new pest in our area, never heard of them before. I think next year we‘ll net them along with the carrots as we also have carrot root fly adults about around the same time.

Thanks for the tour. your growing tips are particularly valuable. i.e. the blooms next to the veg and the parsnips...good stuff.

About your fig tree, no problem, you cut it where you showed and it will grow very well. Good luck! Next year you wil have a lot of figs on it! I promise!

Your garden looks great. Love the grass area for you to take a rest and enjoy. Hope ant treatments work out. 👨‍🌾

Beautiful!

My garden has gone bonkers too, which is quite normal (lol). This year my peonies, which are still blooming great guns, have been really nice. It's been on the dry side here where I live in these big mountains. With so little rain (normally, but what is normal now, June is a very rainy month for us) the peony blooms have been lasting really well. I cut the blooms and bring them in so I have bouquet after bouquet here in my little cabin. My delphiniums out in the garden are just about to bloom and they are always gorgeous. My garden always ends up being a jungle too, although I do cut things back with my shears quite regularly, especially those tall things like comfrey and nettles. Those cleavers (Galium aparine) growing in your garden, they're rampant in my garden, are good medicine and can even be eaten when young. Somehow I've got 194 dahlias in the ground this year and there are still left over tubers that I should try to find some space for. I've never seen purple peas before. Nice to see new plants I'm unfamiliar with. My peas (the first crop - I try to get three crops each year) are just about to pod up. I freeze a lot of peas for the winter. Everything here, especially the weeds, are growing like crazy. There is still lots to look forward to, like the winter squash I grow (selling some locally here in the village) for winter food. This year I've got about 60 squash plants in a patch, along with pole beans like Scarlet Runners. Beans in my garden are often attacked by insects and slugs too but I try to at least keep the slug population down by hand picking the slimy critters. I do grow a large garlic crop, many people here in the village do as well. I give a lot of my garlic away to friends and neighbours and I use a lot myself. Here we get neck rot in our garlic so crop rotation is really important. My tomatoes, growing in my greenhouse, up by the old pole barn where I used to keep my goat herd when I was a shepherd, are doing well too. Last year I had so many tomatoes I gave a lot away and froze so many I still have a few bags in my freezer. This property (I'm a renter for here for decades) has a real ant problem too. In fact I named this little farm Anthill Farm back in the 1980's, so I'm the anthillfarmer. Since I am a retired shepherd now my garden is my main focus, besides writing poetry, short stories, working on my second novel and playing music on my accordion and keyboard. Thanks for sharing your garden with us. It is always a delight to see what you have. Best wishes and I hope the summer over there in your region of England is happy and productive. Cheers!

Love your allotment!! And great source of information about ornamentals which I only recently got into. Thank you for that 🧑‍🌾👌

Love watching your videos

Raining here near Chicago.This wonderful video a great alternative!!

She looks like Samantha brown!😍

Love your garden tour. It’s a relief to see that your plot also has many weeds at this time of the year. I had bad garlic rust which affected hard neck garlics as well as onions. I had to harvest garlics three weeks earlier.

I'm late to the party here Katrina, but I hope you continue to enjoy your lawn.

Love the foxgloves!

Love your videos, so full of information. Thank you 😊

Having the same issue with allium leaf minors, they have affected the onions more than my garlic as far as I can tell so far. All my flowers didn't survive all the weather changes so feeling pretty sad about that but I'm getting some plugs from a local garden centre and hopefully they will catch up! Loved seeing all the beautiful flowers you have in your grandma's border! So pretty!! Xx

Hiya Katrina soo enjoyed today’s visit with you. Fingers crossed for your patch of lawn,nice picnic area I thought. Jealous of those strawberries yummy! I was wondering about your variety of erigeron? The little Daisy like flower that is hither and fit her on the plot. Lovely bouquet to take home. Blessings to you and yours Ontario Canada Thankyou 🐝

Amazing nature

I love your videos and recommend your channel often. You have such a beautiful variety of veggies and fruit... would love to see what you do with them when you harvest from the garden - simple dishes made from what is available that day. The pepper tasting you did (last year, I think) was wonderful!

Ugni molinae- chilaen guava and those berries taste like candy floss :)

Wow every thing is growing fast. Love watching your video's. Love the ant free grass area be great to sit there and enjoy your strawberrys looking at all the flowers. 🌸🏵️🌺🥀🌻🌷My spuds are about 4feet tall very healthy lots of flowers but not many spuds? Like to see a video of you lifting your spuds. Keep up the good work looking forward to your next video 🥔🥕🍎🍏🍅

Loved the video keep them coming

Great video, you bring so much inspiration! I would love to see/know more about your feeding methods and use of manure. Take care!

Really enjoying your garden tours. I like that you name all your flowers that you are growing. Would love to see a video on growing sweet peas if possible.

That's a fantastic strawberry. Here, the redcurrants have just started to ripen. They are late as well.

"It's all fun and games" Exactly!

Love your representation as always interesting... Keep it like that... I am loving every video... Thank you,.. Stay safe...

I want to get one of those rose bushes since it's called Maryrose and my name is rosemary ⚘

as a grand it warms my heart to hear this.

Wonderful 😊

Seeing your videos is a little respite from our ongoing lockdown (pretty much since Mar 2020 in various forms of restriction - recently back to near full lockdown). At least with WFH there is a little more time for my garden, which it just getting back into shape. My garden and the inspiration and escape we get from yours and other vbloggers regular videos helps provided some form of escape. Keep it going, I'm sure it means a lot to many others in similar situations. 😋😇. Hope the 🦎 are doing well in the pond.

My strawberries are a lot later this year too but are starting to come now. Yipeee x