Hey, everyone and welcome to gardening with Ben. We're down here. It's now in July and we're not giving you a tour of our allotment
for a bit. So we're gonna give you a tour show, you what's growing and what's not growing
So, sit back, relax and let's enjoy today's episode. So as you can see
look at them. Absolute grace guys, I'm expecting rain. So I'm recording this at the beginning of my time down here at the allotment before
the rain comes and to get this video out here for you. So it started at the front of the plot
So let's have a look around as you can see. It's going absolutely mental down here
We have got some fuchsias growing. They look absolutely beautiful. Look at these hydran growing first year
These are flowered and they look absolutely beautiful. I want to try and get some cuttings from these
but I'm gonna have to Google how to take cuttings and I've never taken cuttings from high drenge before
So stay tuned for that episode. We've got a lighter pink hydrangea here
as well. That's looking absolutely gorgeous. Only one flower out on that one but then look at all these fuchsias
What are growing? Absolutely love it. They look absolutely beautiful. We're taking some fuchsia cuttings so that we can get more and more fuchsias growing
on our allotment as they are perfect plants and they look absolutely gorgeous as well
Now, this is my climbing rose and looking at this absolutely beautiful and keeping it tied up
fastened up. I keep t off all the dead flowers so that it keeps it flowing and keeps it looking gorgeous
Hopefully, we can grow it all around the firm eventually and get it looking beautiful
These ones need the flowers t off as the bad weather has destroyed them this week
But yeah, we need to get them pruned so that they continue budding all summer
Now, I'm gonna have to work on these flower beds this week because they're going absolutely mental down this side
It's like a bloody jungle. But look at all these raspberries growing down this side
Absolutely loads. And I'm so happy. I've been waiting weeks for this to flower and it's finally opened
Look at it absolutely gorgeous. I may have to fasten it back a bit as I don't want to get pollen all over by as
I walk past. But yeah, absolutely gorgeous. Lily here on my allotment
I'm so pleased with that. But yeah, we've got loads of flowers coming out
It's geraniums looking beautiful, so happy with my flowers this year. We've got cooking apples hiding
look at them soon be having apple crumbles. My
goji berry bush as well is also flowering. So hopefully we're getting some goji berries
They taste like licorice. They're meant to be one of the super fruits grown in the mountains and I've always had success with this
So hopefully we'll be getting some goji berries coming soon on that down this side
We've got this rhubarb starting to die back a bit now, but it's coming back to life because of all the rain
So hopefully we'll still get some more rhubarb off and get some more rhubarb crumbles
We've had absolutely loads this year. These are our pears. They're looking absolutely fantastic at the moment
We've got loads of pears on. So hopefully we'll get a good crop of those this year
Look at them. Absolutely. Doing fantastic down here. We've got, uh, eating apples
They're coming on. Well, so we should have lots of eating apples as well this year
This is my golden delicious tree. I can see some hiding what that
yeah, they're growing. We're getting quite a few on it. So, yeah
pleased with how that's looking. Then. This is one of my best areas that I absolutely love
We've got his bird table out. I keep seeing the blackbird go in for a drink of water
He seems to enjoy it. But as Fuchsias again, they're doing absolutely fantastic
D I look at them. Now, these are Salvia, what I purchased from BBC gardeners world and they're doing absolutely fantastic
Pleased with how they're looking. They've taken really well and these are my bush fuchsias
So hopefully they're gonna bush out all the time and fill the areas in and hopefully get lots more fuchsias growing on these
I may have to take a few cuttings from them to fill it out. But
yeah, we've got absolutely loads of these. But yeah, we've got a few of these planted down the back of my bed so that it'll
fill it in and hopefully make it look nice next year. But yeah
look at the Salvia as well. This is one that I purchased from BBC Gardeners World again
looking absolutely gorgeous. Right. So we're in the polytunnel now and these are my cucumbers that I've got growing
As you can see, we've got cucumbers hiding, which are doing well
They're growing that Mr slug can get out of there bloody slow
Look at the size of that cucumber groin. Wow. That one's not gonna be long
is it? Look at that. I've planted my roses as well. I've taken some rose cuttings for my climbing rose just to give them a
try. See if we can get some growing. But look, Mr slug again
The slugs are out in force. We've got some peppers growing. I don't know if we'll get any peppers on them
but we're giving it a try and seeing how they get on. Now
These are my poppies that I grew this year. This one was a nice purple one
I'm serving the seed head so that I can plant more seeds for next year
But look at these cosmos all coming out. Now, they're gonna start flowing
So we've got a few out, are there? The grows are out in force
But yeah, this is one of my poppies. What's got knock down in the bad weather
But again, we're gonna save the seed head to grow. We've got some potatoes growing here
in boxes. They're all coming on. Well, them ones are ready for harvesting
So we're gonna harvest them ones today, hopefully and get those ones out and eaten
But my loganberry bush is growing wild. I'm fastening it up and tying it all up
All the loganberries will grow on that new cane next year. So we need to keep it supported and keep it growing well
And as you can see, some of the old canes are starting to die off
but we've still got a few loganberries coming on it. Ok. My blueberries
we've not had many blueberries off there. Hopefully, we'll get more on it next year
We've got his fig bush here as well. Look at that. That's going wild
I'm sure I saw a fig on it the other day, but it must be harder
Oh, it's been eaten. But, yeah, that's growing wild now. My plum
trees, I pruned all them back as they were getting too big and summer is the time to prune your plum trees
not winter time. So it's summer again. I've been tying the blackberries up
what have been growing everywhere. We've got absolutely loads of blackberries come
So hopefully we're gonna get loads of loads of blackberries. These were growing all down the side of my plot
So we're gonna get loads of loads of those. Those should be very, pretty soon as you can see
some are starting to turn color a bit. So hopefully we'll get some delicious blackberries down this side
I've planted some spare cucumber plants that I've got growing. They seem to be taking pretty well
Actually, they're doing all right. They're behind the ones that are in the polytunnel
As I did plant them later. We've also planted loads of beetroot in the gaps to fill it all up
It's grapevine, it's going mental. We've not got any grapes on it though
which is a shame. I don't know if we'll get any this year or fingers crossed
We will get some, there's gooseberry bushes. We might have to take a few cuttings off that as well
This year, I'm trying all loads of cuttings this year. That's the plan to try some cuttings first time I've tried doing cuttings
But yeah, we get there again. The loganberry bush is growing mental
So we're keeping it all tied up and fastened as we don't want these branches to snap or get destroyed
Another climbing mi this one needs quite a few to head in. So we just need to stick them off so that it continues to
flower. Here. We have lots more beetroot growing in between all the sweet
corn plants. These sweet corn plants were planted a bit later as I didn't get as many growing as I wanted
So we've got loads more sweetcorn plants growing and we've got loads of different squash growing
I can't remember which ones Those are, to be honest, but we've planted them and they seem to be doing pretty well
Now, these lettuces, look at the size of these, these need harvesting these
We've got some massive ones growing with massive heads on. So they're gonna taste delicious
Look at these sunflowers growing absolutely fantastic. We've got a late set of peas growing
They're growing pretty well in the ground, doing pretty good. And again
some moss sunflowers absolutely grow massive, which is a good sign. So hopefully we'll get some nice big heads on them
We've got some sweet peas growing. We keep picking them, taking them to my mum
She's enjoying them all. And in between some of these, we've got pumpkins growing down below
Hidden away the leaves don't look too good for not looking good
Then these are my sweet corn that I first planted. As you can see
they're starting to pollinate already. We need them to get a bit taller first
So hopefully we'll get a bit taller. But again, loads of beetroot planted in between
As we do love beetroot down here, we've got loads of peas growing
These pea plants are ready for coming out now, I think. But yeah, we're gonna harvest all them peas today
take them on and cook them. We've got loads more peas down here again
We're gonna take them all out, harvest them all clear the area ready for planting more peas and some more
peas down here. We've grown absolutely loads of peas this year. What
And then I've got some beans growing there. We're getting a bit nibbled at
So I might have to put some netting over there. We're growing tomatoes outside
They're doing pretty well. Not as tall as what I'd like, but we'll get some tomatoes on him
Can't complain. So, yeah, we need to start turning some of these up down this side and
we've got runner beans and I noticed the other day. Oh, no
they're getting eaten cos they're touching the floor, something's eating them ants on him
So we need to get them off of the ground. But yeah, look, we've got some amount of beans growing
They're ready for harvest in a month, but we've got them all hiding down at the bottom
You're doing pretty well. But, yeah, I'm pretty happy with these. We've got like
tomatoes growing here as well. I'm growing all my tomatoes outside this year rather than growing them indoors as obviously
you have to keep them watered if you keep them indoors and obviously with all the rain we've had outside
it's doing them well. But yeah, look at all these blackberries growing down this side
Doing absolutely fantastic. We're gonna get loads of blackberries. So that has been a thought of my allotment
It's doing well this year. I'm happy with how things are growing. We've not got masses of stuff
but I've got enough for what I need. So hopefully we're gonna get some more produce coming soon
some more food as well. So if you, if you've enjoyed watching this video
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