Try to stay positive, allotments are there with ups and downs but the mental health boost you get from being in nature is always worth it.
@GrowingWithPlot21
Ай бұрын
Indeed 👍
@MarkusIridiusMaximus
Ай бұрын
Its been a tough year all around for allotteers so far and yet it has been the same story since the Dawn of Humankind. Will the rentless challanges posed to us by nature grind down the human spirit and our desire to grow, shape and develope the world around us? So far it hasn't and it wont happen here either. Keep going Mark, never surrender! You can always retreat to your excellent new shed/man cave for a brew now in the event of an emergency. 😁👍
@GrowingWithPlot21
Ай бұрын
Gotta need that space to get away from it all 👍
@sarahsallotmentjourney
Ай бұрын
I have grown a lot of flowers this year and peas don’t worry it’s been a bad year for everyone . Our rainy city of Manchester doesn’t help but I think we have had our plots a similar amount of time . Keep at it
@GrowingWithPlot21
Ай бұрын
It’s not been the best season indeed. Yes rainy Manchester doesn’t help either.
@anthonyparkinson1056
Ай бұрын
I used a old pallet for my tools and hung it on the wall. Keep your chin up mate we all have seasons like this I know I have. Get your self in the shed have a brew take it one step at time stay strong 💪
@GrowingWithPlot21
Ай бұрын
Good advice. It has been such a weird season. Time to concentrate on the future.
@bristolveggiebeds5310
Ай бұрын
The weeds aren't growing through the membrane they're growing in the bark chippings that are on top of it, that's why I took mine up and use slabs. Shed looks good.
@GrowingWithPlot21
Ай бұрын
I didn’t think of that. I’ll have to examine closer and decide what to do 👍 thanks for the advice.
@sharonwilliams9276
Ай бұрын
I'm in need of your prayers and support. Please keep me in your thoughts as I navigate my health journey.
@MarkusIridiusMaximus
Ай бұрын
Best of luck to you and sending you strength and best wishes 🙏
@Plot9.2
Ай бұрын
Hello Mark, I know how you are feeling, every day is a hope and prey when you go to your plot. If you are going to concentrate on doing other things, why don’t you make some compost bays with the pallets you have got you have already got one going, add 2-4 more pallets on the side of the one you have already got, just use string, or wire cable ties to tie them together no digging required. Then all the things you cut from the next door neighbours plot you can that in it, take the black compost bin out of the one you have made, just throw everything in it, it will compost down. I have got some compost bays made out of pallets and 1-2 years down the line I have got great compost…( sorry for the long message).😊
@GrowingWithPlot21
Ай бұрын
I was planning on sorting out the compost bays, it’s just a big job and finding the time. I guess I can concentrate on little things and get the plot looking better, even if the season doesn’t pan out how we like.
@MarkusIridiusMaximus
Ай бұрын
Having said that, there is absolutely nothing wrong with a tactical retreat here and there in life, Sun Tzu would approve! 😂😂😂
@Tea_and_thyme_2012
Ай бұрын
OMG Mark you should be so proud of that garlic it’s amazing. The shed is coming together nicely too. What a difference a coat of paint makes. I’m giving mine a second coat this week and finishing the floor too. I’ve spent that much time concentrating on getting the plot tidy and ready for next year I’ve not paid any attention to what’s growing and lo and behold I’ve harvested peas, peppers, courgettes and cucumbers galore. It’s just the boost I needed. I’ve even started putting out manky leaves from courgettes and half chewed courgettes for the slugs and they’re leaving my other stuff alone!!!!
@GrowingWithPlot21
Ай бұрын
The garlic was a good harvest 👍 I’m doing the same, concentrating on other things and then concentrate on growing next year.
@stevegulseren1078
Ай бұрын
This is my 4th summer on my plot, the only thing thats growing well are my leaks, nothing else is worth bothering with. Im going to plant fruit bushes and only do fruit from next year
@GrowingWithPlot21
Ай бұрын
I’m going to do extra fruit next year I think. I’m planning on totally changing the fruit bed. 👍
@user-lz8io9wn7g
Ай бұрын
Hey Mark, I had an allotment for 5 years with just the same issues as yours, my hip started playing up so I gave the allotment back. In my garden I set myself up a mini allotment in an area 10ft by 8ft, brought a couple of Raised Planters and use sacks and containers and I have had far more success then I ever did in the 5years on the allotment. Another thing that made me give it up was the fact I went to water one evening and I could not put one foot between the slugs and snails. Believe me I am far happier now than trying to manage a large allotment. Good luck for the future.
@GrowingWithPlot21
Ай бұрын
There has been so many slugs and snails this year. Crazy season. Glad you’re having successes
@chrissy4639
Ай бұрын
I've not finished watching yet but I feel the same. Even my onions have been slugged!! I'm taking a step back from my plot and just trying to keep the weeds at bay (bindweed). Probably going to try sowing some overwintering green manure. It's been a dreadful year for growing😂
@GrowingWithPlot21
Ай бұрын
It really has hasn’t it? I need to sort weeds and bindweed as well. My potatoes were slugged big time and I’ve never known that to happen! We had rain all day yesterday again and now the forecast is highs of 20C again. So maybe there’s hope?
@MarkusIridiusMaximus
Ай бұрын
Tactical redeployment in progress 😂
@thevegplotman7957
Ай бұрын
I felt your pain Mark things have been really slow this year I think we have to put it down to being one of those years mate! Keep plotting mate 😊👍
@GrowingWithPlot21
Ай бұрын
Thanks. I’m gonna concentrate on getting rest of plot sorted and hopefully next year will be better. Such a crazy year weather wise this year.
@TanglemireGardens-ni8vz
Ай бұрын
I am sorry to hear this. Maybe not give it up completely but step back for a while. It is always good to do what you are doing, look at the problem in small pieces and tackle it. My friends calls it, "Don't look at the whole elephant."
@GrowingWithPlot21
Ай бұрын
Good advice there.
@Petersallotment
Ай бұрын
Glad you felt a bit better at the end of video . Remember how exciting it was to get an allotment even though it was worse than now. you were very happy . Just remember to keep positive and forget all the bad things that go wrong and concentrate on all the positive things you have and do achieve on the allotment. Keep your chin up pal
@GrowingWithPlot21
Ай бұрын
@@Petersallotment it’s been a hard and weird season indeed.
@ChrisJohnson-pd4hh
Ай бұрын
I must have had 36 runner/climbing bean plants. About four have survived slugs. Not many beans though. Courgettes that survived are pitifully slow. My apple crop worst in 20 years, no apples at all really after a severe hailstorm fetched them all off. I couId go on. This looks like it will be a regular thing.
@Chooseyourownadventure42
Ай бұрын
It’s the nature tax. This is why we plant so much more than we need because mr slug needs some, lady hail had her fun, ms bird needs a nibble. Just the way it is. I pay my nature tax happily these days. I had a friend straight up quit gardening because his corrots were eaten. Done finished. I told him the badgers love carrots at the plot. Badger tax is high!
@GrowingWithPlot21
Ай бұрын
Sorry to hear all that. Hopefully things will improve. It’s been a weird season indeed.
@GrowingWithPlot21
Ай бұрын
Nature tax, I like that one.
@MarkusIridiusMaximus
Ай бұрын
@@Chooseyourownadventure42 No more bloody taxes! Surely there has to be an off shore nature tax free haven somewhere....🤔
@myrustygarden
Ай бұрын
😢 oh Mark I’m so sorry you are in the pain of crazy weather and pests. So many people your right are having the same situation it’s just total destruction of anything they plant. I have less pests such as slugs this year after they decimated my tomatoes early on. What is happening now is the squash flowers aren’t opening and there are so so so few bees 🐝 nothing is getting pollinated. But you can only try and mother nature does the rest. I hope yiu do t give up I like watching your development and perhaps concentrate on one small space and then give it another go next season. Are you still getting a poly tunnel to play in too? Chin up Mark there is always hope, Ali 🇨🇦
@GrowingWithPlot21
Ай бұрын
It has been a hard season hasn’t it Ali? Crazy things happening. I’m going to concentrate on other areas of the plot for now and get ready for next season. If things grow this season - great, if not there’s always next year. Let’s see what the weather brings.
@MarkusIridiusMaximus
Ай бұрын
Don't bloody slugs ever feel full? God Almighty 😵💫
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