Early June - Allotment Tour and Vegetable Growing Update

Original author：An Adventure in Taste and Thyme with Andy

Original source：https://www.youtube.com/embed/xVqN5jy3nYo

Another full tour of Plot 35 — and what a month it’s been. From wind damage and failed netting to surprise grapes, bolting lettuces, blackfly invasions and the ongoing war with slugs and snails, this episode of Adventure in Taste and Thyme with Andy has a bit of everything. Join me as I walk through the entire allotment, show the latest sowings, harvests, repairs, and the ever‑growing to‑do list. We check on the fruit trees, tackle weeding jobs, lift the garlic, sort the chard, plant out lettuces, assess the tomatoes, and build the bean trench ready for climbing French beans. Plus: veg disaster bingo returns with new entries including hailstones almost the size of pound coins. If you enjoy real‑life allotment gardening — the wins, the setbacks, and the honest chaos — you’ll feel right at home here. In This Video: Allotment tour: fruit trees, orchard, grape vines, raspberries, gooseberries Wind damage, failed netting, and urgent weeding Planting out lettuces and preparing beds Harvesting overwintered garlic Sorting chard and asparagus seedlings Broad beans struggling with blackfly Building the bean trench and sowing climbing beans Late sowings: squashes, cucumbers, herbs, onions, flowers Tomato troubles and slow growth Veg Disaster Bingo: slugs, weeds, wind, hail, bolting, blackfly A quick slice of ABBA Voyage nostalgia 00:00 Welcome and Dad Joke 01:08 Allotment Tour 03:38 Weed and Plant Lettuce 06:56 Harvesting Garlic 08:43 Clearing the Chard 11:33 French Beans 14:22 Allotment Summary 15:38 Harvest Leeks Plant Sweetcorn 19:23 Seeds and Seedlings 36:21 Veg Disaster Bing 38:07 Byeeee 38:55 DO NOT WATCH THIS BIT #allotment #vegetable #food