Ooooh the Weather is Turning!! Last look at the Allotment before the first Frost. Ep 184 || Plot 37 

Never apologise for long videos…..I for one, hang on your every word!

I live in the south of British Columbia 🇨🇦 and my basil grows wonderfully outdoors. Even my cilantro goes outdoors among other plants that will partially shade it from the burning summer sun. I grew some lovely holy basil and I dried it. I have enough for a cup of tea. Lol!

Blaireau is badger in French. Love that word.

Re the Dahlias. Great Silence and Arabian Night two favourites this year. Really enjoy watching your “programmes”.

I can grow basil outside successfully in southern Wisconsin, USA (Zone 5). I start seeds on a heat mat in April, plant out the starts on June 1. Location gets 6 hours of sun. I collect all the leaves I want & Sept 1 gather some dead flowers for seed. In spring, I spread some dead flowers on a white plate to find the teeny tiny black seeds among the chaff & start over again. I crumble dried basil into my winter pizza dough, makes it speckled and fancy lol

amazing stealth eggplant!!! : D

There is a new kid on the block, poor lilly, "run for your life"..............

Te frost arrived two days ago! The gin and the tonic is now officially stored in the shed! Save the planet!

Hi Jess and Mum, lovely tour of Kew Gardens with your lovely description of all the plants. Nice harvest of vegetables and planting some beetroot for winter too. It is has been a lot colder here in Wallasey but, lots of rain too. Great video update, thanks for sharing and take care 😊

Basil outside? I'll grow your basil if you grow my beets! I'm garbage at getting beets.. my soil hates them apparently... and thanks for the Kew trip, that was lovely!

Hi I’ve grown basil from shop bought.Taken cuttings and put them between my tomatoes along with marigolds outside. We were the only plot that didn’t get completely hit with the blight and I have just harvested the last of tomatoes today to ripen at home. Our allotment is in Wembley.

I’ve heard you talk about Kew Gardens…such a gorgeous place. I have to admit this Maui girl totally thought it was “Q” Gardens. 😂

Hi Jessie, I live in North Kingston/Ham and grow loads of basil/ outdoor tomatoes/ cucumbers in my south-facing garden… the basil grown in pots seems to do best, and obviously needs full sun and protection from strong winds… I have grown basil from seed, but find supermarket basil potted up into good free-draining compost works best…still have several plants on the go now, which I have only just brought indoors. We are still frost free, although it did drop to 3C a few days ago. Really enjoy your channel and have learned a lot… happy autumn gardening 😊

Hi. I’m in Northampton and I grew basil quite successfully outside in a pot.

Yes. I grew basil outside this year in the South east just north of the down s behind Brighton. I was amazed! It was fantastic with enormous leaves

Oh my. Watching your video from my hols in Cyprus. (27 degrees here 😎)Hoping my butternut squash’s are going to be ok till I get back. Concerned the temperature drop may have done them in. Fingers crossed they’re ok till I get back 😬🤞

Dahlias, or any flower that's too short for a 'cut flower' still brings me much joy in a tiny vase right next to the sink. Like you Jessie, I cherish the little joys from the garden. Sometimes that's all I get. I have just declared WAR on the HATED Aussie possums who savaged my lonely 4 beetroots that were showing promise. Badgers - possums. Different enemies. same battle. Sometimes I wonder if it's worth it, but your videos keep me going, so THANK-YOU!! Cheers from Oz!!

I'm in Maidstone, Kent and always grow my basil outside and they always do equally as well as Kew's.

Since you are lucky enough to have access to T&M seeds, do try Barbara's Butternut squash next year. By far the best butternut I have found in 50 years of gardening. Every category -taste, shape, vigor (we have squash vine borders here) is exceptional.

We grow herbs outside in Central Ohio.we just wait it gets warm to plant them. I am in 6b

Have grown basil from seed outside here in rainy Lancashire, not this year though, it has rained non-stop since early July. Previous years' harvests were good enough to have made pesto, should be a doddle in sunny Richmond !

Fantastisch Good work Jessie in oktober laat thans the video love ❤🍂🔥🎃👋🌹💐🥦

Here in Indiana my basil grows like a weed

I grew some basil outside this year, next to the tomatoes, and it did OK!

I grow basal outside in North Carolina USA March through October great .Till frost.

I grown my basil outside in Cambridgeshire, does fine. Plant out after frosts in spring

I grow basil outside here in the NW suburbs of Chicago. My favorite variety is lemondrop.

Yep ... basil outside in the ground is almost bomb proof and so much healthier looking than any I've kept in pots. If you keep nipping out the tips you can get a veritable bush! My plot is in Oxford.

Yes Jess in Tasmania, does well not as big and bushy as the one in kew gardens but hig enough to have enough for the two of us. That sample patch looks like square foot garden example, a lovely lady in arizona has a channel Growing in the garden and a brilliant garden using that process

i’m in kent and I grow everything outdoors including red basil and normal basil successfully

I'm from Bath, Pennsylvania USA, and my favorite cut flower dahlias are called Lindsay Michelle from Brecks, they are pink and yellow catus type peddles. I've been cutting them all season. If there's any way I could mail some tubers to you, just let me know how and where.

Yes, You can grow basil outside after starting them off in polytunnel. This year i grew a 12 foot by 4 foot bed of basil and have photo to prove it. It was genovese basil. Shame pine nuts are so expensive for making pesto! I live in Hampshire so probably similar if not cooler conditions than Richmond. I also bunged in carrots and i think the smell of the basil has the added benefit of keeping carrot root fly away.

I used the same butternut squash seeds in two separate places in my garden. One got one squat squash and the other two huge beautifully shaped squash. Weird.

Yes I’ve grow basil outdoors in pots

I'm not sure I can say I've grown basil but I bought a supermarket pot and divided it and put one plant in each bit of a strawberry tower. Outside in South Yorkshire they grew/are growing fine and are now flowering. I figure the seeds come next (yes?) & then next year repeat it. Gonna take cuttings for inside too but they tend to either die or bring in every fungus gnat or fruit fly in the world into my house.

dont be sorry I LOVE YOUR REALLY LONG VIDEOS HAHA ,

I’ve had small bunches off plants I’m in the north of england

Hi Jessie my recommendations for dahlias is sweet surprise & lucky number which I got from Wilko a couple of years back this year bought some from Sarah raven and I would recommend molly raven it’s not stopped flowering

Hi Jess I live not far from you in Sunbury a stone throw away from the old Adrian Hall garden centre on snakey Lane. I've grown Basil outdoors but I think it depends on the Sumner we have. It wasn't good this year but was fantastic last year in all that heat. Hope this helps hun

I have no luck with growing basil. My friend grows amazing basil on her South facing terrace in a big pot. Huge leaves and delicious. South Wales

Lovely mix as always - great to see Kew at this time of year especially for those of us who are hundreds of miles from London! Also wonderful to see you balancing the autumnal clear-up jobs with a view of what's new or still productive (fab range of peppers!) Know exactly what you mean about low picking of dwarf french beans; rather than compost, why not rip the plants out by the roots and give the girlies a high protein green treat? :)

lovely video jess the last few nights been freezing but nice in the day

Hi Jessie, Next year, on your recommendation. i will be growing Japanese black truffle! My best (cooking) tom this year for flavour was Feo de Rio Gordo (RS) Magnificent! Biggest was 675g. I will grow them forever! Regards Vic

Plot looking very tidy. Just a heads up for anyone with a Homebase nearby, all seeds are £1 per packet .. including green manure.

I grew basil this year under my tomatoes outdoors and they were amazing. I’m going to grow rice as much next year

Thanks for a visit to Kew. Of course we grow basil outside here in the states zone 6b but that is not helpful for you in London. It reseeds itself which is a bonus.

I have success at growing basil outdoors here Jess, I'm in the south UK. Sometimes mine even re-seeds itself and comes back next year. I did originally start off with plants from the shops and split them, but always grow from seed now as I find the plants are much better. I start off indoors and grow under grow lights and put outside in June.

I grow basil outside in Chesterfield, works most years in a sheltered place, we like pesto!

I grow basil outside every year and I live in North Wales. You'll be safe down there in the south Jessie 😊

I heard you can use trombonecino like a pumpkin if it ripens properly.

New kitty looks like a Bengal cat

I love your long videos. Don't stop being you

It's freezing here in Scotland too. Don't think Basil would have a hope growing outside here. But I've never tried to be honest 😂

Try taking some cuttings of the Bulgarian.

Thank you for introducing me to lemon drop peppers. Having good harvests and looking forward to chilli jam making.

I subscribed to your channel a long time ago and can’t figure out why I wasn’t watching your videos. They are wonderful. Thank you💥

Look at the knees on that Cypress! Thank you for the Kew outing! 💚

Lovely long video, the weather looked so smashing there. I like the Water Lily Dahlia called Caballero, yellow with orange inner petals. Those peppers looked SO PRETTY and please tell Lil to not mind that nasty Tom, although he is a stunner. Love to the Girlies 💚🐔🌱

20:22 I'm growing Cima di Rapa for the first time and I was a bit suspicious that I had been given the wrong seeds. Was thinking they might be mustard greens or something because my plants have huge leaves and haven't put out any flower stems. But yours looks really large too so maybe mine are OK. It's just all the videos I've watched on Cima di Rapa growing and recipes (mostly from the USA) the plants look small and look like nice small bunches of green flowers with plenty of flower stems. Mine are a 40 day one but perhaps because I planted quite late they haven't had enough warmth to start putting out flowers. Not sure. Think I'm going to buy seeds elsewhere though and try again. I've eaten some and they were pretty good though so perhaps shouldn't complain.

Jessie, when I saw your bit about the aubergine, I paused the video and ran out to check mine. I thought they were on their last leg, but rallied in the last few weeks, blooming as if their life depended on it. Lol, I have a few on my African round. We made eggplant stuffing with them. It has eggplant (diced and soaked in salt water to remove the bitter), pine nuts, bread, garlic, EVOO, crumbled feta, diced onion, diced tomatoes, cooked breakfast sausage crumbles, fresh cracked pepper and Italian seasoning (or the fresh trio from the garden. Bake until the outer bits are golden and crunchy, feta melts and eggplant cooked. Top with grated Parmesan and/or mozzarella and let melt for another five minutes. It is especially nice this time of year when the weather just changes.

A visit to Kew is on my bucket list , but if it doesn’t happen at least you’ve taken me. THANKS. Great vlog,what a weird season I still have sweet peas on the go. 😊👍💐

Biblical rains here so jobs are between downpours 😮. No frost here yet but never say never it’s all up to Mother Nature. Happy gardening ladies, Ali 🌧️🌧️🌧️🇨🇦

We have grown several from seed this year Cinnamon being my favourite. They have done well outside in West Yorkshire but are now in the greenhouse. Loved the programme last night as usual but Covid has struck this location and we can't get to ours so we are frustrated. Just when we needed cheering up there you are taking us on a surprise journey. Cheers Jasmine

😂It’s been a crazy week and I’ve watched your video over a dozen times only finally making it to the end with seeing everything. Your trips to various sights now has me applying for a passport to visit. I grew 7 kinds of basil outside this summer and it dies back the same time that leaves start falling from the trees. Dahlias won’t grow for me 😢 not even in a pot. Thank you for all your videos and give Lily an extra treat for me having to put up with that intruder. 😂

Already been down to -1C up here in Barnsley a couple of days ago. Had to rush out at 4 am to bring the cayenne peppers indoors

That box of chilli peppers looks gorgeous 👍

Wonderful harvest! Love your pumpkins, everything! Your garden is beautiful. I love watching your posts.

I have successfully grown basil last year, I did buy the living herb pot from supermarket and split it and transplanted and they have done superbly and attracted a lot of bees. They also went on until the first frost. This year I grew them directly from seed but I only sowed them in August and they are still alive in a vertical planter. we are in Woking, Surrey, we have had 2 degrees last night and they are still going. tiny, but going. As for dahlias my favourite is Kelsey Annie Joy.

I grow basil outside in a north facing garden here in the midlands. Always does well and makes a 30-40cm bush. I divide supermarket basil pots up and they romp away.

I garden in the states but I don’t see why you can’t grow basil outside there. It’s not a bit fussy except not wanting to freeze. It’s quite warm and rainy here in the summer and I make several sowings lest it go to seed but it always grows.

For Dahlias try Labyrinth, kelvin floodlight, Black Jack, Bridezilla, the famous Cafe au Lait, cornel bronze, and there’s one called Cheers that seems perfect for you.

I cleared my plot (in Barnet) at the weekend (the remainder of the climbing beans, toms, courgette, uchiki kuri, masses of calendula, and some fennel that had long gone to seed), then yesterday I sowed cover crops (winter rye, vetch and field beans) on half of the beds. I’m chuffed to be so organised this year, and the compost heap is now looking extremely happy too :)

Hi Jesse I define agree with you on the green beans!! I now just plant pole beans that are climbers 🧗🏻‍♀️😂😂 I found a new stringless variety that are quite long & delicious!! I’ll write the name of them tomorrow!! Much love ❤️ from Kentucky 🐎🇺🇸

I purchased some Thai basil from the box store and planted it.I grew so big WOW! It was beautiful and the bees loved it.We got high winds and it got beat until it was almost out of the ground .🎉

Yes, I grow Basil outside,on a covered Patio. Colchester, Essex.

Love your vlog and watching all the things you grow wish we had the variety of plants and seeds here in the US! I also wish we had allotments here such a fantastic way to get people in cities to garden. I can no longer have chickens so give your girly whirlies a snuggle for me from Oregon USA!

I'm in southampton and grow most of my basil (green, red and thai,) outside - always works, even this year with the cold wet summer. I grow some in the sunniest and the more shady areas just to hedge my bets, and always grow some with my outdoor tomatoes. 😊

I've grown it in the north, but as others have said, I bought it from the supermarket in the fresh herb isle and split it. 👍

After thought ,yes I did manage red &green outdoor basil a first for me. Greek only in the conservatory.🤓

Volume is okay, your garden is still looking good great harvest and the flowers are so beautiful in your garden I pick about 4 squash from my garden I was so happy and so many hot peppers but can’t get those sweet peppers to grow this year have to work on the bed

Yes Jess I grew basil outside with my toms it was a crowded permaculture type beds. They didn’t grow hug but it grew and went to seed it’s on flower now but prob be gone next time I go cos of frosts. All our squash have gone to frost etc🙋🏻‍♀️it was just the normal Italians basil. I also grew it at home in my herb trough. Outside

Hello Jessie, The end of another garden season is coming to a close. For us it was very hot summer watering almost every day. Tomatoes and peppers were the winners here. My very First eggplant / aubergene ever!! We still have not had a frost yet and not in the forecast for about another 10 days. So I still have tomatoes ripening on the vine!! So I am closing all the other plant out and will be planting garlic this week. Your video was fun seeing the garden at the end of the season. I liked the field trip also you always find cool places to go to. I always grow basil out side I start with one plant and there’s a prune and pinch off pieces. I just re-plant them somewhere else so as the first plant gets very bushy lots of little plants get started everywhere else. This year for the first time I had something that ate all the basil on my deck but none in the garden. Very strange. Anyway, thank you for the video. Look forward to seeing you next week. Bye for now.

Hi Jess, thank you for another lovely video. I’m in the far SE corner of the UK and no problem growing Basil outside. We’ve a different soil to you but similar climate. It’s still going strong. I simply intersperse it with the outdoor toms. Worth a go.

4:45 some of my basil grows close to that big out in the ground here in Destin, Florida.

Hi Jessie, this year I grew basil from seed at the allotment, straight into soil. Not massive plants but good germination and very strong. Not as tender as the ones under cover. Caught by frost immediately at the weekend. Great for pesto. My friend gave me a bouquet of dahlias recently with firework flowers they are sublime! ❤ Happy autumn. Ps had 43 butter nut squash all decent but none huge. 😊 Vickie x

Hi Jessie, yes I grow Basil every year in a planter in my back garden, it gets huge. Too much rain and not enough sun and that's it though, game over. My basil died in August after weeks of rain and not much sun 🥴

I'm of no use at all, haha, the one I know is the bishop of Llandaff which is the little one you don't want for cutting, and I'm crap at growing basil anywhere🤣. We had two glorious days over the weekend, and now we're in a wet gale, if there is such a thing. The video was marvellous - they're never too long 😉🙂

For Dahlias I've gotten mine from Breck's Bulbs and Oh. Wow. Beauties. My faves are Tartan, Labyrinth and Spoiled Rotten 😁

Hi Jess, I've seen many people in the US that puts heaters on their polis to extend a bit the season or help with the ripening of the fruits already there. Just a though. BTW. I've grown basil outside always and they grow magnificent but they should be in a warm spot but sheltered from the scorching temperatures, specially the midday ones. They are the best tomato companion, because tomatoes will provide some shade and the basil will keep some of the tomato plagues at bay.

I'm in Essex and yes I have grown basil outside. I grow it in my garden and at the allotment. The allotment one's got really big and busy. Its definitely worth giving it a try and see how you get on. 😊

Lovely video as always…thank you…a timely reminder that I must pick all my vulnerable veggies. No use re outdoor basil…or dahlias really…except that the orangey pom-pom looking one is mighty like one I got for my husband for Easter in ‘22. He was prediabetic so I was avoiding chocolate…but the name was either something to do with Easter, eggs or chocolate!!!😀😀😀hehe not a lot of help! Jinxy

Hi Jessie, we had our first frost up here in southern Scotland 4 days ago. I got everything in! My cobra beans were amazing this year, I must have picked pounds and the freezer is full. Chard is always on the go here too. My cabbages were great and so were the Runner beans. Beetroot is always a failure for me along with Radishes. I dont know why. Your plot looks set to go for Winter and I hope it's not going to be a repeat of last year. We had -14 deg here for about a week. My bones can't take it lol. So you know what they say....Winter drawers on!! Cheers Jessie and Mum!!

I have 3 basil plants over 3 ft tall in my garden right now.

Hi Jessie 😁. I grew a dahlia last year called 'Juliette' very pretty....I saved the tubers gave a couple away and growing again this year (just started sprouting)

I'm so looking forward to Lily getting big again.

Hey Jessie - I grow basil outside, both the Italian and Greek. I am just up the river from you, in Buckinghamshire. Some years are better than others, but it's definitely worth a try!

Jesse, I also recommend Halls of Heddon for dahlias. Bought a cut flower collection of 5 mini plants this year and they have flowered their socks off since July. Sadly the recent frost has nipped them now but they produced dozens of quality cut flowers. 😊

Your chard looks beautiful and yummy 😋 and your girly whirlies are so cute! If I was your age again I think I still wouldn't get as much done as you do ❤ cheers! ❤😊

I too enjoy surprise gifts in the gardens 😊 also, you have inspired me to grow more of a variety of peppers next season 😊 I always grow basic 3 or 4 types

If your looking for dahlias hall of heddon is the only place I’d ever recommend as it’s a specialist nursery, you can go for pot tubers, mini plants or garden ready