On The Allotment

This is a short video showing how the allotment is looking before we started work on Sunday 16th May 2010. I was joined by my Wife Cheryl and Eva my daughter who had great fun digging on the allotment.

Eva helped planting some potatoes at the allotment yesterday. I managed to get a little video of her doing it.

This video blog shows the progress on the allotment and reports on how we got on. The name of the potatoes we planted that I could not remember while making this film was Rocket which are First Early.

This video shows how the allotment was before we started our work yesterday and introduces what we intended to do for the day.

Just reporting back on the progress of the YouTube channel. It has not had over 2000 views, so a big thank you to everyone who has spent time watching my videos. I will try and keep them up throughout the season.

Its bank holiday Sunday and everything on the allotment is blooming. It is a glorious day, blue sky and the world could not be better! Have a look at my quick video of the progress

Had a good day on the allotment today, managed to get the rest of the potatoes in, that means that the whole of plot 3 is planted up with potatoes.  I then tackled the raised bed and spent over an hour picking out weeds which had begun to take over, it is amazing at how [...]

I have been pleasantly surprised at how popular my armature attempts at videos have been. They have received over 1500 views on YouTube and several comments. Some of the discussion I have had as a result of the videos has been very useful. I hope to keep producing them mainly for me to keep a [...]

Here is a video about the progress on the allotment this week. The Rhubarb is coming along well and the fruit cage is looking great now that I have got the netting over it. I am still a little disappointed with the carrots, beetroot and parsnips but hopefully they will start to come. The potatoes [...]

The weekend just gone was the first day back on the allotment following our holiday and Evas birthday. The progress on the allotment is very exciting. The Rhubarb is motoring along, Mange Tout is coming through, the first rows of early potatoes are showing through, the rows of carrots, beetroot and parsnips are coming along. [...]

Here is a short video of the progress on the allotment this weekend. I have managed to get in another row of Early Potatoes, Early Carrots, another two rows of onions (one red one white) and setup the cloche. I am please with the progress of the Rhubarb, which has surprised me again this weekend. [...]

Here is a short video about planting Mange Tout. I planted half a row of Mange Tout on the allotment this weekend, with a view to planting the other half in a few weeks time. Apologies for the sound quality, I have yet to get a microphone working.

Here is a short video of the progress on the allotment this weekend. I was hoping to get down there today, however, we took Eva to The Deep and then the weather turned against me. I have planted 3 more fruit bushes, more about that in a forthcoming post, planted a row of beetroot, erected [...]

The microphone that I bought on Ebay, will not work with my Camera. There is nothing wrong with the microphone, it is a perfectly standard radio mic. The problem as usual is Sony’s proprietary components. The only mics that will work are ‘Sony Active Shoe’ Microphones. These are of course four times more expensive and [...]

I have been having problems with the sound quality and levels on the videos. On some it is impossible to hear what I am saying. This is due to the camera I am using which has a very wide open microphone. This is great for general use, and hand holding the camera and talking, but [...]