Raised bed allotment Summer 2008
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Mar 302009
My allotment in Liverpool. Summer 2008, the first video during the summer. A companion to my website allaboutliverpool.com …
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George, holy cow I am stunned by your garden! You literally have the most amazing and perfect garden I have ever seen. From the variety to the structure to the design……..everything fits like a beautiful puzzle into a maze of growth and fertility. Just absolutely beautiful. Thanks for making this video.
the best tasteing peas are leo in the box. i soak them over night then sow them the next day and there really sweet when picked. i cant wait for te first frost on the veggies then the can be pulled thanks for sharing.
i found over the years of growing my own. the best feed ive used is comfery. i place a stork of it in the waterbut and i put it in the compost heap its magic and grows wild and its organic and free..
Dr Cooke, Great video and wonderful allotment! Thank you for the link to your website you gave me yesterday. I wish I had a plot as large as that! After the tips you’ve shared re: Butternut Squash and Pumpkins, you may be in for some competition next year!
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Dr Cook just what are you a doctor of?? Could I propose that you are a doctor of making drool-worthy plots! I’m in awe! Please keep the video diary going and let us know what you are doing for winter. Trying any new plants?
Did someone say allotment holder of the year???
Nathan in Newcastle
Dear Nathan,
Thanks for your comment. I am a GP and in between work and family just about have time to tend my plot.
Have a look at my website if you are interested. I used to live in Tynemouth which is a bit colder than Liverpool.
I would love to know how you built the homemade glasshouses. I’m a novice gardener from NZ and have just started by first raised bed and a glasshouse would make things a lot more interesting.
You have a very well kept allotment. There was a local agency who were brought in to re-build our local allotments near where I live, and they made a complete mess! £600,000 was spent building huts, and the plots are nothing in comparison to what you have. And the plots are now below the water table, so it floods all the time. How much would it cost to build the raised beds, and make the greenhouses? I’m in Scotland but the weather isn’t that different than Liverpool.
I don’t no your bothering growing sweetcorn that far up south mate. The season isn’t long enough or as hot up there. Are you a new grower? Because if your are i’ve got tips i can give you. Just give me a shout and i’ll get back to you.
Wow. Was looking for inspiration as am a newby to allotments. Have now got a nice half plot and you have given me loads of ideas to try. Esecially like the raised bed areas with slabs around each one and growing up frames to make the most of the available space.
Amazing garden, thanks for sharing it with us. I’m about to make some beds, what width would you recommend to make it easy for myself? Thanks again. Kind regards, Stuart.
Nice! I live in texas, it’s a challenge to garden here, although I can plant year round. I love to browse youtube,etc… to see what others are doing in their gardens, wish we had your rain!
I’ll trade some of your sun for my rain!
Thanks for dropping by!
Deal!
You should grow some Mary-Jane…if u know what I mean?
Aaa, you are worse than me in the spending department!
) I no longer feel bad. I agree that it is better to organise everything from the very start, and then it is there for years and years and is so easy to keep. But I bet you had a fair share of grief over the spending… 
) I’ve already planted some broad beans, spinach, chard and other greens in our unheated greenhouse 2 weeks ago, and covered them w/ fleece & bubblewrap, and they are doing really well even in this weather. Marvellous!
I’d also really love to have more details on how the greenhouses were made, where supplies were from etc
I too am in Scotland.
Thanks
Gorgeous allotment by the way !!
very nice, looks good!
Very nice, but how much did this all cost? There is hundreds of pounds worth of timber alone, None of this is recycled by the look of it, wish I could afford to spend one tenth of what this guy has spent
The total cost including shed, timber, paving stones, seeds and fruitbushes over the last 3 years is about the cost of smoking 15 cigarettes a day. Spread over 10 years it will be about 5 cigarettes a day (I don’t smoke)
This video was one of the motivational factors behind my going onto the council’s waiting list for an allotment! Any chance of any further videos in 2009?
Your main beds look either 4×4 or 4×8. What’s the reasoning behind having 2 4x4s in some places and 4x8s elsewhere?
Absolute beauty. The cost is a somewhat stupid consideration compared to the cost of oh let’s see, an suv, a macmansion, an ounce of gold. I don’t think there is any better way to spend money than to put it into promoting life.
fantastic plot there..agree with hand weeding,also prefer hand digging,more effort needed but easier to find the weed roots before they get chance to start,theres a lot of mares tail in are area and newcomers always make the mistake of using a rotorvator lol… great plot