SUPPORTING THE BROAD BEANS / ALLOTMENT GARDENING UK

[Music] [Music] [Music] good morning guys welcome back to my allotment Diaries my name is Emma this is my allotment plot here on South London these are my allotment Diaries I believe this may possibly be one of the last allotment Diaries of the Year obviously next week it is Christmas um very exciting but I will be taking at least a week off for Christmas and then most likely I'll be back down here again over the Christmas period so if I do come down I will film and upload it but I'll let you know sort of as we go if you're on social media and you follow me there I'll let you know not quite as gray and miserable as it has been the last few days I can see a little bit of blue sky like breaking through the cloud which is very nice I've worn my big stripey colorful jumper today to try and ignite a bit of color and happiness into the allotment because it has been a bit miserable recently I have to admit the last time I was here it was the most miserable day and I actually genuinely felt miserable after it it might have been because I was making that bleeding Arch way it might have been cuz I was making the archway to be fair um which was a crazy thing to do crazy what are you right lots of crows about today I'm not sure what they're all up to but I don't trust them you can hear Einstein somewhere so as soon as he comes we'll feed him but I've noticed a problem so I'm quite glad that I came down here today because my Archway on my original allotment plot sort of fallen down and I don't believe we've had any strong winds and stuff so I don't know why this would have happened look at this I don't know why this has happened this is inconvenient it's really really fulling apart right well I'm going to have to try and sort of secure it somehow and fix it cuz if I don't and I just leave it the wind will just make it completely snap and I've lost two archways which is really annoying I'm sort of going to try and tie it back into these poles luckily I've got loads of sticks in my stick collection now it's like the stick collection is just exploded um I don't know where I can tie that one maybe to there it might be worth taking it down but at the same time I feel like if I take it down it might get even more broken cuz it's quite rusted they don't last very long these AR trees this has lasted a couple of years I think um let me get some more [Music] sticks there [Music] I feel like I should write a book about sticks it' be a gardening book but it would just predominantly be about sticks and how important they are I do think sticks are really important in the garden I don't think there's many jobs you can't fix with the sticks and I've said that a lot of times I think I'm the prime person to write about sticks you know and there many many uses so much can just be fixed with a good stick you know just stick a stick in it stick a stick in it that's a good name that's title actually sticker stick in it the book of sticks I think I've secured it to the point where it's not going to fall down right I can't see him anywhere but you know what as soon as I put this down he will will emerge you will appear from nowhere won't you Einstein wherever you are I know you [Music] will I saw something just fly past me so I think that's Einstein hello Einstein come on then I knew you just turn up I knew it coming in [Music] [Applause] [Music] this area here is really testing me oh my goodness it's not like I haven't done it before I did it to the hole of the plot but I think that might be the problem I got mud all over me yes I think the problem is I did so much of this this time last year that I've just lost my motivation I'm finding it really hard to stay motivated these canes these Blackberry canes have been in the ground for flipping years um they're really rooted they're massive they're so hard to get up I am getting through it though I am getting through it I think I'm going to leave some of that as like a border between my plot and their plot I know a lot of you will say no just take it all down but I don't think it's actually my plot I don't think it is I think it's theirs I don't think my plot's that big hi Einstein you right you looking for ones Einstein's happy that I'm tackling this area to be fair he's the only one having a lovely time everyone else is struggling I'm struggling and you're just reaping the rewards anyway it's getting there and the greenhouse will go here at some point so it's very exciting I'll just keep I'll just keep digging away at it if you're pardon the pun I'll just keep digging away at it little and often and it will get done it will [Music] I think my broad beans need supporting because I thought it was just this one who was getting big and flopping over but actually a lot of them are starting to get a little bit bendy stems which means they're getting taller I think they need supporting that's crazy that is yeah a lot of them are really getting really tall now I mean I've never had to support broad beans this early before so this is actually crazy but it's a good thing because it means they're getting bigger they're getting stronger and I'd rather put support in early rather than it be too late and they will snap so what we're going to do we're going to put bigger sticks in I've got these little ones at the moment they're not they're not viable for the future broad beins do actually get really tall because these will get a lot taller so we need some taller sticks oh again sticks see I should really write that book I really should [Music] so all you have to do with broad beans if you sew them in rows or I think you're supposed to sew them in zigzags aren't you it's even easier if you do it in zigzags what you do is you put your stick either end of the uh the line you tie a bit a twine and then you just run the twine down the whole row keeps them all in place that and then you come back on yourself come back on yourself clut one then cut and then you tie it and the whole row is supported in one go that is how you do it so to be honest that's probably a little bit cuz I'm crushing him so let's move you along a little bit there oh no I've killed them all I've killed the whole row the whole row my God why did you just do that plants do you want to die cuz that's where you are right now right that should support them better there we are okay trying not to kill them all right this bro is going to a bit trickier because they're not in a straight line I'm actually wondering if I should move some of the plants over no we know what we'll just we'll go for it so if it go there problem is with this one I can't come back on myself I can't come back on myself I maybe another couple of sticks is that going to be too many sticks though it's an interesting question though isn't it about if could it ever be too many sticks could you have too many sticks I don't know possibly yeah really it needs to be closer I could stick that one together that one together it's a bloody good idea let's do that like that that's good there is so you can sort of see I think you can sort of see what I've done with the twine going across the whole row that's why it's so important to sew it in a straight line I just didn't do it as they get taller I'll just tie more twine across them and it should hopefully keep them all standing upright but they look so fantastic and healthy I just want to keep them all alive [Music] all right are you ready for this guys cuz I don't think I am I brought this off of Amazon and I have absolutely no idea how it works it's basically a CL so it's plastic sheeting and then these sort of Hoops that the cl goes over a bit like you know my um Brassica one with the blue water piping Hoops that's water piping by the way and then you put the sheet over it it's like that I brought it for this so my fleecing here keeps um coming off of these which is very very annoying and they're all growing so nicely you see all that under there my goodness look at that that's all my salad crops so I want to I want to change it to be the Hoops cuz I think it will just I think firstly the fleece will be off of them I'm not touching them anymore and then also I think it will stop blowing away it won't blow away so anyway it was only a couple of quid my going to find out why it was only a couple of quid now it wasn't a couple of quid it was like10 or something like that but I just thought [Music] God I think it goes through what not to do on a windy day this whatever this job is don't do it not on a windy day oh I can't get it through there does it go through [Music] there this might take me a while I'll come back to you right I think I did it but we will find out if I did so let's get this off just a [Music] [Music] at the end just thread it through but You' got to be careful cuz it breaks the [Music] plastic it's quite long so it is good is it okay that there's an opening at the end I think it is I think I think it is okay that is an opening at the end yeah I think think that's good is that good though I don't know is it good [Music] like that is actually quite good I really like that I really like that that's really cool so look you can see inside it's like a little tent for plants do you like your tent guys guys do you love it I feel like it's going to fall down though I feel like it's just going to collapse what it needs is more Hoops isn't it it needs more hoops and is that not going to fly in no I don't think it will it's quite good the end is open I think it's supposed to be for air flow and actually these crops can cope with the cold I really like that I love it in there I love it oh I hope you love it guys L on my hands and knees at the alotment in December who have thought eh it's not normal is it it's not normal to be crawling around at this time of year oh filthy anyway enjoy your tent guys Merry Christmas I can't get back up oh I hate getting [Music] old right there you go I think I'm done for the day I'm trying to spend sort of shorter bursts of time at the allotment over the winter months and then I think it just keeps your morale up keeps your motivation levels up you know when you don't feel like you're here for hours and hours in the cold so just little and often just seems to work really well for me I will get that area cleared and I will get the greenhouse in hopefully over the next few weeks I've got a super festive Vlog for you coming on Friday so I really hope that you enjoy that it's a little bit different from me I'm going to show you around rhs wisley um I'm doing my table display decorations and also sewing some more sweet peas at home so I hope you enjoy that Vlog I'll see you again on Friday and for me in the allotment plot goodbye for now thank you for watching guys bye