EMMA'S ALLOTMENT DIARIES / JULY PLOT TOUR 2020

Good morning everyone or hello everyone I don't know why I say good morning um I've just weed in a bucket and it's still in here Jesus Christ oh don't judge me there's nowhere else to go right Sid the spider's back he's right behind me I mean behind you flipping heck I'm gonna have to keep an eye on him welcome to my allotment diaries my name is Emma these are my allotment diaries um it's a really nice day today it's kind of rainy and showery but nice weather yesterday was particularly windy and um it came from out of nowhere because I didn't know it was going to be a windy day so I've rushed down the plot this morning it's 8am no one's here thank god and um I've come to check on everything now my gladiolus are the ones that are really suffering because I haven't staked them some of the sunflowers are done now and I've cut the heads off of them so I'm going to use the stakes and sunflowers to stake the gladiolus because I don't want any further damage to them they are beautiful by the way um I'm literally cutting flowers every single day at the plot now I've got two paint cans in here I've got two paint cans outside I can't keep taking them all home because there's just so many of them I don't have enough vases but I'm just overjoyed with them they are just I mean look at these dahlias they are just stunning um this is like a pom-pom dahlia variety they are just gorgeous just got absolute joy to grow look at this one it's just beautiful so I'm picking those I'm picking loads of sweet peas as well it's not as bad as this one yeah picking loads of sweet peas so it's really exciting I'm gonna pick some more snap peas today I'm also gonna go and get some more wood chip today to finish some of my paths because no one's here and I know there's been a wood chip delivery so I'm gonna go and try and grab some of that with my very dodgy wheelbarrow so yes I hope you enjoy um let me just take you on a little July plot tour I think I haven't done one of those yet so I'm gonna do a little July plot tour oh Sid what are you doing to me mate there he is just under my calendar oh god why is he there guys why is this happening to me is it bloody warm there's no flies in so these are the flowers that I've managed to put these are the zinnias which I put in a little bucket and this is a mix of pom-pom dahlias and some sweet peas as well in this one here and then I've cut off the sunflower heads because they were sort of weighing the flower down and I think they're done now so I'll let the birds have them and also I'll wait for the seeds I think there might be seeds in there I don't really know how it works yet guys but I'll figure it out um so some of these are sort of headless now which looks a bit weird also just wanted to show you the weird sunflower it is growing another sunflower within the sunflower what the hell is this mutant sunflower doing guys it's absolutely crazy it's lost the plot so it's literally growing another sunflower in the middle of the sunflower I mean the bees would be happy surely because it's like double whammy but yeah very very odd very strange but then does it really surprise you that flowers are mutating in my plot no no it doesn't these are my strawberries here at the beginning of the plot as well um and if you remember from my last vlog I started putting them into pots some of the runners um and they've started to grow roots there he is there's this little root so it's obviously working which is excellent I've got a couple here that one's fallen over again christ sakes so it's working this is rocket that I've allowed to go to seed now I need to capture some of those seeds I don't know how to do it please tell me how to do it but basically all the rocket has gone to seed don't know that's it really so here's a little overview of my wonderful allotment plot so here's some cosmos growing here and then behind the cosmos I've got broccoli which is doing quite well now actually oh shit except I'm gonna kill it with that aren't I oh god this is to stop the pigeons eating it but it's no it's just getting in the way a bit I don't know what to do about it really but yeah that's the broccoli um some of the carrots have come up a lot of them have been eaten by slugs but hey and then we've got sally here she looks after the broccoli she doesn't do a very good job but don't you don't really do very much um this is my second batch of sunflowers which is just coming up really nicely really doing really well they're not going to be as tall as the first batch but hey what can you do um this is lettuce which I've just allowed to keep growing forever I don't really know what happens to lettuce I'm hoping it's going to flower so I can collect some seed because I've run out of lettuce seeds and that's my plan but I don't know when it will these are my runner beans um they're growing up really tall now they're taking care of themselves properly just taking care of themselves um some of them have been eaten but I'm hopeful and then on this side here I've got other runner beans these are doing much better um and like I said just taking care of themselves they're wrapping themselves around yeah just sort of like sorting themselves out really so that's good that's what I like to see at the plant plants taking care of themselves this flower here this um is a dwarf sunflower and we've got new flowers coming up which is really nice right walking further down these are the snap peas planted these straight into the ground and they are just literally coming in abundance now um which is amazing they're just growing really well I just keep pushing them towards that and then they sort of hang on so they're taking care of themselves as well which again is just excellent and then we've got zinnias here which I'm having to pick quite regularly now to make sure they keep flowering um and these are the pumpkins I don't think they're really growing up as such but I am getting massive pumpkins I'm really happy they seem quite healthy some of them have gone a bit the leaves have gone a bit discolored again but I'm trying not to worry about it I don't really know what that means but the pumpkins seem okay so I'm not bothered but look at this one flipping beast guys flipping beast I don't know what the hell to do with it it's come out the sling it's just its own it's just its own being now I don't know I'm gonna have a lot of pumpkin soup that's all I'll say um right where are we now the chard has gone to seed as well which is excellent because I want to collect those seeds beetroot I haven't pulled up for a while actually there might be some beetroot there flipping it forgot about you guys I'm so caught up with the pumpkins some of you might be ready to pull up today be exciting cut flower bed is where the uh gladiolus has sort of fallen over a bit I need to rescue these today I think I really do yeah and then we've got the dahlias they're all right they're quite happy they don't seem bothered in here we've got the cabbages and the carrots and the rocket all doing really well I'm not going to pull it up because I know the all doing really well pepper's still doing nothing and then at the end of the plot we've got the tomatoes which again you know they're doing all right they're sort of getting tomatoes and stuff so I don't know they seem all right and then I've got the little marigold things here and then I've got sweet peas at the end down there a little impromptu tour of the plot let you know where I am right now and I'm going to go and grab some wood chip now and finish the paths over here because I'm going to have a fence eventually down here so I've started doing it down there the wood chip and then I'm going to carry on it all the way to the front I think that's the plan Batman all right bring in as much smack them with a hammer bloody working area gladiolus staked fingers crossed no more damage will be had oh I do love a freshly laid wood chip path it just makes me so happy because it just instantly changes the plot doesn't it and just makes it look so much neater and more manageable makes it look like it's been looked after I'm gonna leave it there today I'm gonna just sit here for a bit actually and just enjoy my plot I don't do that enough and I was watching Gardeners World last week and Monty Don was saying Monty Don was saying about how don't forget to just sit and enjoy your garden and just look around and like just you know soak it all in and I just I don't do that enough with my plot I get here and I'm like I've got a list of stuff to do and I've still got weeding and the pond and so much more to do but today I'm just going to sit here and I'm just going to enjoy it for a bit I'm just going to look around and just chill out so that's what I'm going to do and I would really urge you to do that too to your plots if you're like me and you're just a busy body all the time oh it's getting windy again hope you enjoyed my vlog today if you did subscribe to my channel you can follow me on instagram the wind is coming now so I'm gonna have to go see you next time guys bye