IT JUST FELL DOWN!!/ ALLOTMENT GARDENING UK

[Music] good morning everyone welcome back to my alotment Diaries my name is Emma these the allotment Diaries I am shooting on a brand new camera today so it's all a bit of an experiment I hope it looks okay um I'm still getting to terms with it it is the Sony V sunic one the Sony Zed V1 or something like that and I'm just trying it out making sure that it's all working and stuff I'm walking to my alotment plot today a slightly different way because I want to check out these compost um I want to check out other people's compost heaps and how they've uh constructed them in a few weeks time I'm going to be um redoing all my compost heap and making a proper compost area and I really like the look of this one here this is something like what I want to create so you see how it's got the petts and then sort of access I know they're not using it right now um but it's got like access to the compost which I really like and look what they've done in here see this is clever reusing all of their old compost bags around the edge to make it waterproof and stuff I quite like that idea always looking for things to do with the Reus bags always looking for ways of reusing those bags and this is just a really clever idea so this is something like what I want to create and I think I need at least two I think that's right I think I need at least two compost Bays I think that's the idea of it what I don't want to do is create boxes again um like what this one's like here these ones are more boxy but it's really difficult to get to your compost to turn it and to get it out again so I want to I want to move away from making it like a box and make it more open anyway I thought we'd walk around this way today and see some of the plots that I don't normally show you see what they're looking like it is quite a shame to see quite a few plots still looking like this at this time of year which means that nobody's been here nobody's used it all year what a shame you know what a shame there's so many people on the way to list anyway let's take a look [Music] around so can I just say that this structure here that somebody has built on their plot is absolutely epic and honestly it's my dream it's my dream to have a structure that looks a little bit like this I don't know how they've made it gosh it's just stunning look at this you could live here they got the Bold doors on it gosh it's better than our house you know that's better than our kitchen setup cuz you can actually access the garden from here so they've got like this beautiful rustic table out here if I move back just look at that for an allotment plot structure isn't that insane it's so beautiful I can just imagine sitting out there in the summer with some strawberries oh my goodness and you have to excuse this bit because as it's a new camera I completely forgot how to hit record and I didn't record record the next bit but the first job I want to get on with at the allotment plot today is clearing some of the archways and then mulching over the [Music] beds I didn't think about that I didn't think about all the rain on the top coming down great that's going to be fun [Music] [Music] it's going to go it's going to go can you see this look it's going to go it's going to go oh my God I just literally watched and witnessed that branch fall down oh my goodness look I heard what I thought was a squirrel it was not a squirrel it was a branch it's literally fallen down oh my goodness that's absolutely crazy I've never actually witnessed a tree falling down before I was like what is that cracking sound it was this look at that the whole branch has just come down just goes to show how badly these trees on the allotment plot are actually looked after because if it's on your site the council don't class it as like their problem it's your problem so if you've taken on an allotment plot and it has a tree on it it's technically your problem they won't just come around and assess it and do it for you if you think it's dangerous and there's a problem with it it's up to you to come and deal with it which obviously leads to situations like this I hope that's not damaged their shed I don't think it has no it's just missed a shed she got lucky with the shed she got very very lucky didn't quite hit the shed but look at this is just completely snapped tell you what people laughed at me when I wore a bike helmet to deal with the tree Who's laughing now huh I'm not getting hit on the head with a branch I'd rather look like a Wally in a bike helmet than get hit by a blooming tree thank you very much right we're making progress it's very slow and steady but I'm going to keep going [Music] right I think I'm going to go and get some manure to fill in one or two of those beds um and I'll bring you with me because it's a very exciting journey and I'd hope for you to miss out on that so we're going to go get some horse poo dump it on the bed and then dump a couple of bags over what is that is that a bus in here no okay right let's go [Music] right so I have left some of the Noster in because they do still look new I've left this little borage in can't believe we still got borage growing in October crazy I've mulched over this with some manure as you can see left a lot of Ani in this one and mulched over this with some manure think I'm going to leave the manure just sit for a bit now it's going to have to sit for at least 6 months because it's fresh manure so it needs to rot down otherwise it will burn the roots of any crops I put in there um especially little baby ones and I certainly wouldn't be able to plant any seedlings in there for at least 6 months so it's going to have to sit there I think I'm going to leave it just as manure for a little bit and let the rain come down and let it sort rot on its own and then I'll start topping it up with some compost and stuff later yeah that's what I think I'll do not seeing Einstein guys but I am a little bit worried about that tree over there now that just looks very very wonky to me it seems to been getting wonkier and wonkier every year um and I'm really worried that that's just one day going to go Timber what are they y Timbo timber timber yeah okay maybe don't yell that out now but yeah right we're going to move on and do the other Archway but before then I do actually have some sad news some sad news about the potatoes or actually it it's starting to rain hopefully we'll be able to move on to the next Archway but just in case let me quickly show you what's happened to my precious just potatoes because it's not good news when is it ever good news at the moment I know where's Einstein where is Einstein what I need him right potatoes I'm not sure it was Frost damage because if I take this open and I've been putting this off now this now this looks like blight to me oh my gosh or is it frost damage that's just really bad Frost damage these are dead I am gutted these are absolutely gone I don't know if it's blight because I can't see anything on the stems but whatever it is oh yeah there is some on a stem there is this is blight all of my lovely Maris Pier potatoes gone I'd like to say I'd like to sit here now and say you win some you lose some but I feel like I've lost more than I've won this year so I'm not going to say that I'm going to say damn it um because that is really really frustrating and annoying and I cannot believe I've lost all of those potatoes I'm just devastated [Music] oh [Music] so I did sort of manage to clear the archway um before the rain came I thought I'd just give it a go doesn't that looks sad oh my goodness oh what a sad and sorry sight it really does feel like Autumn now now that all of this has gone and I don't even feel like it really got growing this year right until the end like it's literally the last two week weeks where it's Heyday you know and now it's gone you live and you learn next year I'm going to work really hard in this Archway and maybe try growing something other than pumpkins I think pumpkins always very successful on the other plot so I'm going to stick with them on that plot I think and I'm going to try peas up here sweet peas peas oh sweet peas would be lovely wouldn't they imagine walking under sweet peas yeah we're going to try something new you always have to mix it up every year and try something new it keeps it exciting this has already been mulched over with some lovely manure so what I'm going to do is dump a big bag of uh what should I dump on it top soil and compost I think let's do both [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] at the rake [Music] oh right so I put the top soil on top I sort of thought the clue might be in the somehow top soil on the top I've never used it before so we've now got horse manure comp multi-purpose compost and top soil on the top and that is sort of what it looks like so a lot of people told me last year that I should start using other things like top soil and um different types of compost and stuff just to enrich it so that's exactly what I'm doing very very interested to see the results of this and just see how well my stuff grows using top soil as well let me know if you've ever used top soil soil in your allotment plot um it does say it's sort of for lawn sort for when you're laying lawn down but it also does say planting and borders so it's got picture of someone laying lawn it does say planting and borders as well so I don't know we've put it down now it's too late I can't take it back off again so hopefully it will work Einstein he's in there somewhere he's not cooperating today guys I'm sorry [Music] right well I hope you've enjoyed my little Friday allotment Vlog it's a little bit shorter today just because or it might not be I always say that and it's not I'm just trying out this new camera and I will get home and edit and see what I think of it let me know what you think of the new camera see if it's uh doing it for you I don't know um and fingers crossed it works and I will see you again again on Monday so have a lovely gardening week guys and don't forget for my allotment for very beginners video goes up again on Sunday at 9:00 a.m. and in the next Edition on Sunday it's all about how much time you need to spend on your allotment plot one of my biggest asked questions so hopefully you enjoy that I'll see you Sunday and then I'll see you again here on Monday see you Monday guys thanks for watching bye