CLEANING OUT THE SPIDER SHED / ALLOTMENT GARDENING FOR BEGINNERS

[Music] morning guys welcome to a brand new gardening week my name is Emma these are my allotment Diaries I'd love for you to subscribe to my YouTube channel if you're new kids are back at school now it's a nice new week we're in pretty much in the midst of April Now sort of in the middle of it I can't believe I don't know where the time has gone um I've just full on walked through a spiderweb like literally head straight through a spiderweb so I've just had a total freak out my hair's all over the place um I was just like shaking like a dog so not the greatest start to a Monday morning I also woke up with crippling anxiety this morning as well so the spider didn't help also can I just say every single tree that I walked under on the way here pigeons have fled from the tree really quickly which has absolutely freaked me out like I don't know I think they know I'm anxious I think they know I'm anxious today and they just do it on purpose just a just a taunt with me morning Einstein I can hear Einstein up in the tree I brought him something today so I couldn't find any meal worms but what I did find is this I actually found this in uh TK Maxx and it was actually how much was it $399 $3.99 so it's like little fat balls little balls of fat that they eat um and it is good for blue tits C tits robins and sparrows so I thought I'd give him this instead there's always a little little bit suspicious when I give him something new so I'm not expecting him to love it straight away but I'm going to sort this out and put it in the tree see what he does there he is there he is he's not scared by the new lot swirly windmill things at all he's been here every day it's just that I haven't had any food to feed him so I feel really bad about that look he's sitting there in the tree and he's just looking at these these do not scare him at all no not one bit wrapped up they don't look very appealing to me Einstein I'm going to be honest not bad not did you just land on my camera just landed on my camera it's it's so annoying I might hang it quite low you know I was going to put it up in the tree but actually apparently Robins like to be quite close to the ground you're like me I don't like heights yeah right have a look at that Einstein have a look at that what's that go on Einstein it's not poison it's food go on I need more of a perch to sit on it's what I'm going to do that's better that's better with the stick through it hey are look with the stick not sure if that could completely convinced by that but you know what I think they will actually like it and it's supposed to be really really good for them to eat that um but I will probably get some more meal worms now because I I want them to be happy anyway right we've got a few jobs to do today the first job is the one that I have been dreading I am going to try and clear up a little bit of my shed so I'm going to be really honest here I mean look how beautiful my lotman plot is first let's try and uh keep a positive spin on this neat beautiful perfect little Che D lips coming up and then on this one over here look look at this neatness absolutely lovely just ignore that bit there so I am capable of neatness and cleanliness let's just all keep that in mind as I show you my shed here we go oh no yep this has become the state of the bed of the bed the shed I hope it's not my bed um it's someone's bed because I think there's some mice in here that been eating everything but basically it is just sort of bags so I was thinking if I get a bag and put all the bags in a bag this is going to be instantly better so let's do that oh God oh God I'm going to put some gloves on because just in case it just feels like it's more protective to put gloves on oh God are we really going to do this yes I think we are [Music] [Music] right the beginning bit was quite easy but now we're venturing in more this is where the concern starts to sort of set in a little bit you know actually got to go into it which I don't really want to do needle this need all this I need that oh look there a scrimer I didn't know I had that that's a scrimer doesn't work but it's [Music] there nessing I've got more I didn't know I had that that's [Music] good massive one huge ginormous it's going pretty well I have to say I've only had one freak out um and I am definitely getting through the rubbish it's already looking more manageable and I am actually finding some really cool stuff in here it's kind of like going shopping for free um because I found loads of stuff like I found all this netting which is really good I mean fleece really good I found a brand new bit of netting I found a strimer I found one of these things my da is I mean ultimately a shed isn't really supposed to be like pristine I don't think so anyway like there seems to be this new thing to have like perfect sheds but my shed is oh what is that oh no it's just a bit of netting okay um yeah I I just don't think sheds are supposed to be perfect like if you don't have a perfect beautiful shed just think it's okay you know like don't worry about it it's just a shed there there of pots in here good I can use these oh that's another pot you got anything in it on toward no excellent well done pots you have resisted the spiders oh she don't say that word in here okay just going to scoop this up put it in the bag just going to scoop it up that's missing okay Emma you're just going to scoop it up and put it in the bag just going to scoop it up put it in the bag it's so easy Emma it's so easy it's so easy it's so easy we will just scoop it up and put it in [Music] there oh my God I want to die la la if everyone's arriving they can just hear me oh freaking he my scissors my scissors found my scissors things are looking up found my scissors excellent oh God her CET I found this guy in the shed can you see him properly on camera he is like um leopard print and I think that means that he's actually a good guy he's a good slug he eats other slugs I'm pretty sure he eats other slugs so he can stay I'm happy for him to stay where should I put him I think he's a slug eating slug you know I'm going to put him over here I'll just leave him on the box for a minute minute but I think this guy eats other slugs so not all snugs slugs are [Applause] evil so I think to keep this job manageable today so that I can actually complete it I'm going to just focus on the floor so the floor of the shed is now cleared cleared out I'm going to give it a little sweep out I don't know what with cuz I don't have a broom I could put something ink soft over my rake couldn't I that's a good idea right let's try that we'll give it a sweep and then we'll focus on the other stuff another day so I was just thinking this sort of looks like a broom but it's obviously got metal so if we just put like soft around the metal we can sort of make a broom to be honest a broom is not something I ever thought I'd need it in a lot plot so it's not on my list of you know Essentials all right let's try it genuinely don't see why this wouldn't work so this is exciting one my inventions yeah see broom that's all the broom is it's just a rake that's softer that's all the Brio is yeah there we go we've decoded the myths behind a broom how clever are we lovely now what do I do with it just Chuck it out yeah okay Che it out we'll deal with it later when it's not in the shed what we'll do you can see that's very cleverly I actually um staple gun uh tarping down at the bottom of my shed when I first got it cuz I knew I knew it would get wet and muddy and all the rest of it and I didn't want the floor to rot and I sort didn't have anything else to put down so there's tarping in the bottom and at the top this is like insulation felt stuff which um they was left over when we got our Loft done and I took it down here and just pinned it on the ceiling to try and like insulate it a bit I do think underneath there is probably a lot of spiders but if if they stay under there I'm sort of happy with it and then obviously this is the section of the the shed that still needs to be done to be honest this is neater this is mainly just pots and things I need to organize give it a bit of a sweep and then under there I don't even know what's under there I don't even want to talk about what's under there but we can get in the shed now I'm in the shed I mean my heart is absolutely pounding out through my chest you can I'm out of breath I'm I'm stressing I'm anxious I'm I'm not enjoying it I'm not enjoying it I don't want to be in here but I am in here that's the point I can see my pictures got so many pictures in my shed you might not seeing them got a few pictures that people sent me someone sent me that and then I've sort of drawn that one and someone sent me this this is me on my allotment plot my little watering can and then we got all the flowers up this is the thing I made to put my tools on which I haven't been able to get to and then this one here is what my husband Drew which I just pinned up it's the spiders all behind it it's just disgusting and then I've got another thing here to hang tools on so let's hang the tools up cuz I do have the means to hang it up it's just that I haven't been able to get in there you know I'm not an idiot I do hang stuff up when I can get to it right the camera is all wibbly wobbly there's no room to put you anywhere else you're going to have to stay a little bit wibbly wobbly what tools am I actually hanging up I don't have any tools hang on where are my tools going where are all my tools just hung over a dead spider I'm not even joking turn it over a dead spider it's acting like it's not there but it's there see I'll never get them out again now I'll never get to them again nails are gone no that won't work never mind just leave it at that okay cool so this is sort of how I want my shed to be in an ideal world for a little bit when I didn't have anything it was sort of Mis neat all the time obviously the table needs to be sorted out but like I said that's just pots and things but yeah I mean how lovely with this be just be able to walk in here grab my tools maybe a box on the floor or something and that's sort of it but unfortunately all of this has to sort of go back in because I this can all go to the dump hopefully the weekend I can get my husband to take it to the dump but like all this and stuff needs to go back in so we're going to just have to sort put it in neatly at least we know that it is possible that it can be cleaned now we know together we found out right let's stuff it back in then right I have put it all back in but I actually have managed to keep it quite neat so all these bags here this is all rubbish um and then what I need to do I do need to sort this out before we go to the dump and make sure there's no rubbish here cuz I don't think I need this many pots do you know what I mean I always keep them and think God that that' be useful I'll plant something in that but I sort of never do I think they need to be taken home as well cuz that's where I do most of my seed sewing and then under there we do need to have a little look under there but I think you'll agree this is like a hundred times better and it's organized I know what everything is now so the only question remaining is how do I get rid of all these cobs and spiders in the shed what I would ideally like to do is a sweep of the shed and kind of get rid of it all if I was at home I'd have the Hoover out and I'd just Hoover them all up but I don't think you can do that at an allotment I don't know if there's a petrol powered Hoover I could buy no maybe not um but I just ignore I said ignore that I said that I need someone to come in here and just help with the spiders that's what I need um lots of ideas from you guys I have got peppermint essential oil at home so I might put that in a bottle and sort of spray it around but I sort of don't want them to come out do you know what I mean like I don't want to see them I kind of want to get rid of them secretly someone else said cobwebs quite a good idea no not cobwebs sorry that's absolutely mental cobwebs would attract them um conquers cobwebs conquers are very good apparently at um detering them but we will see anyway it needs UNS spidering that's what my shed needs but yeah there we go the shed pretty organized now I think you'd agree so now that I spent most of my time in there I actually want to do some weeding today so let's do [Music] that for [Music] [Music] [Music] oh hang on a second I've just noticed that something something has snapped and crushed all my bloing onions is that foxy oh no oh my gosh look at all this I thought onions were just like easy peasy safe because no slug or snail likes to eat onions really I don't know why I love onions but they don't like them that's so annoying to be fair this is the first time he's done it I don't think he's done it before so maybe it's just a oneof that is slightly annoying but not too much damage so I think I think they will survive and let's just hope foxy doesn't come back again I guess B quent I saying that I think what I ultimately you need to do is get a hi Einstein I need to get a fence along around my plot just to keep foxy out um yeah so I kept feeding him didn't I that slug's gone the slug is gone I mean anyone who says that slugs and snails are slow are lying absolute lying because what's eating that he's gone he's on the Move he's hunting slugs excellent right I think I'm going to call it a day there today um because I've I've been traumatized from doing my shed and I've done a lot of weeding um and I'm just sort of going to leave it there now I have had a lot of questions about the Slugs and snails and a lot of you saying how do I carry on when they everything gets eaten a lot of you have given up with your Gardens or given up growing stuff all together because of the Slugs and snails and I think for me I just keep going I don't know like I said I'm going to start planting more stuff that they don't like like onions garlic um the fruit bushes they tend to leave alone things like that but I think the aim is just to keep whacking stuff in they can't eat everything guys they just can't they just can't and if they can good luck to them um because they're going to be fat as anything and at least I'm feeding something at least something is enjoying my garden I think the the aim is just to keep going and try not to be too disheartened I will be trying lots of of um different Slug and snail defenses over the next few weeks so stay tuned keep watching my channel if I can do it with the amount of slugs and snails that I've got then you definitely can as well it's all about just finding what works and just perseverance just keep going don't let those little slimy Critters win okay we're humans we're bigger than them I'm going to see you again on Wednesday have a lovely gardening week see you Wednesday 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