Exactly a year to the day after my first full allotment plot tour, here's my first plot tour of 2018 https://youtu.be/4Q5rh0otRT4
Video: Harvesting Sweet Potatoes
Haphazard footage from the first ever sweet potato harvest from the plot. It didn't go that great. I was hoping for more. I don't think it was warm enough this year and I didn't invest in cloches. But, lessons learnt and I will probably try again next year.
Video: Blueberry Palace update – 15th October 2017
Today I did some work in the Blueberry cage, to prepare for the winter. After a good weed, I planted some Iris reticulata bulbs "Harmony" and some Crocus blue pearl. I then mulched the raised beds with a good thick layer of coniferous wood chip. The two bright red blueberry bushes features in my film... Continue Reading →
Video: Allotment Plot tour – 10th September 2017
A video tour (with the kids) of a rather autumnal looking allotment plot. 8 mins 48 secs.
Video: Allotment Plot tour – 20th August 2017
A rapid trip around the Allotment plot on a Sunday morning. See my football-sized beetroot, sprawling sweet potatoes, dangly butternut squash and the empty raised bed left due to the potato blight I discovered this morning.
Video: Allotment Plot Tour – 26th July 2017
A brief tour of my allotment plot, featuring: - Blueberry tasting - Bean arch bat cave - Masses of overgrown squash plants.
Video: Allotment Plot Tour – 6th July 2017
A brief video tour of my Allotment plot, filmed the day after the plot was judged for the Woking Borough Allotment competitions.
Video: Allotment Plot Tour – 13th June 2017
My first full allotment plot tour, filmed after school with the kids in tow. They wanted to be involved, despite my efforts to distract them with ice pops. But they did bring a lot extra entertainment value to the tour, I think.