Diary of a Yorkshire Gardener

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Had such an incredible day guest judging at the annual Beamish Museum horticultural show! 🥰🍅Thank you so much for the in...
05/09/2026

Had such an incredible day guest judging at the annual Beamish Museum horticultural show! 🥰🍅

Thank you so much for the invite and for dressing us ❤️

I learnt judging is actually very hard, as they’re all so incredible! But you do have to be a little strict and stick to the criteria. Something Steph Young - Allotment Growing & Gardening was much better at 🤭

We got to meet and have a photo with who was opening the show (and also filming for his new tv show coming out next year, which a lot of you will be interested in!)

It was fabulous to meet Ailsa Stephen who made up the third guest judge ❤️

Beamish is well worth a visit if you get chance, we absolutely love it! I’ve been twice now and still haven’t seen all there is to see. Another visit is on the cards soon I think!

What do you think of the giant veg?! 😱👉

Fiiiiinally able to harvest enough tomatoes to make a meal out of 😂It’s been slow going!
30/08/2026

Fiiiiinally able to harvest enough tomatoes to make a meal out of 😂

It’s been slow going!

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16/08/2026

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We have had this set up for almost 2 months now and we absolutely love it!

We’ve got the fantastic Eglu Pro coop and the walk in run that is 6.3m by 3.6m, with an extra bottom door for occasional free ranging when we’ve fenced the area in. There’s also a heavy duty cover over half of the run for a little weather protection! But we definitely think we’re going to need a second one to ensure the whole run is covered soon ☺️

And, of course, we had to have somewhere to sit and watch them because honestly.. chickens are endlessly entertaining 😂🐔

We’re still adding little bits to their setup, but they seem very happy in their home 💚

Have you got chickens? What’s the one thing you couldn’t be without in your setup?

The only thing I’m harvesting in abundance at the minute is our driveway blackberries 😂They don’t last two minutes in ou...
14/08/2026

The only thing I’m harvesting in abundance at the minute is our driveway blackberries 😂

They don’t last two minutes in our house! I wanted to make a crumble but we eat them before I can haha.

I noticed a load more ready when I drove in last night, so this mornings job is to get to them before any members of the public decide to pull up and take them 😂

The joys of living on a commercial property. It hasn’t happened so far this year but I know in previous years people have been found out there picking them!

A bit cooler today thankfully. Hope you’re all well ☺️

Tripod and a piece of card came in handy for the eclipse 😂🌒
12/08/2026

Tripod and a piece of card came in handy for the eclipse 😂🌒

The watermelons are still hanging in there and swelling up fast! 😍🍉The plants have started to get the dreaded spider mit...
11/08/2026

The watermelons are still hanging in there and swelling up fast! 😍🍉

The plants have started to get the dreaded spider mites that I get EVERY year in the greenhouse, so tomorrows job is to dig out my essential oils and make a spray to kill them off before they completely drain the plant and kill the leaves 🥺

I need to look it up properly again but I think it was peppermint or rosemary oil with water. Maybe some washing up liquid in there too!

Anyone else struggling with spider mites in the greenhouse this year? You can tell by the thin webbing over brown crispy leaves and lots of little moving dots 😩

Like everyone else in the UK, struggling with keeping everything watered at the moment 😅It’s been so so hot and dry. Thi...
10/08/2026

Like everyone else in the UK, struggling with keeping everything watered at the moment 😅

It’s been so so hot and dry.

This year most of my plants look a little sorry for themselves. None are really producing that well.. I’d usually be picking full baskets most days this time of year. Now it’s maybe one a week if I’m lucky 😂

But it’s ok. I’m already starting to plan next year’s garden. What I’ll be growing, what varieties I’m not, where they’ll go and what I’ll do differently. I can’t wait already haha!

Anyone else finding things are struggling this year?

Here’s my baby watermelon I finally managed to pollinate 🥹🍉I’ve been hand pollinating them all but for some reason they’...
02/08/2026

Here’s my baby watermelon I finally managed to pollinate 🥹🍉

I’ve been hand pollinating them all but for some reason they’ve all still been dropping off. I did this one, it worked! I’ve done 5 more since and went to check on them yesterday, they’ve worked too!

The greenhouse has been too hot to grow most things this summer but the watermelons are goooooo! 🥳

I’m so excited 😂

Hello from Donut the cockerel 🐔He’s been by my side all day today in the garden. Won’t go anywhere else bless him 🫶Fell ...
30/07/2026

Hello from Donut the cockerel 🐔

He’s been by my side all day today in the garden. Won’t go anywhere else bless him 🫶

Fell asleep in my lap.

Although he did fall in the pond prior to this photo being taken. It was like he was saying “nothing to see here” 😂

When the recipe calls for ingredients you don’t have.. 😬and you can go straight into the garden to harvest them fresh 🥹H...
28/07/2026

When the recipe calls for ingredients you don’t have.. 😬

and you can go straight into the garden to harvest them fresh 🥹

Honestly what a feeling. There isn’t much that tops it in my opinion!

Any guesses from chives and spring onions what I made?! I’ll give you a hint.. it also uses homegrown potatoes! I bet no one guesses correctly 🤭

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