Growing With Plot 21 - Allotment Life

Welcome to Growing With Plot 21! 🌱

I’m Mark and this is my real-life gardening journey — from my allotment in Manchester to growing vegetables and creating a productive garden in my tiny backyard.

Expect allotment adventures, growing successes and failures, harvests, projects and plenty of gardening along the way.

Real Life. Real Growing. Real Results.




Contact email: growingwithplot21@gmail.com


Growing With Plot 21 - Allotment Life

No main video this week. Weather has been dreadful to get to the plot and also been in Blackpool celebrating my mums 80th birthday.

Normal service will resume next week

1 month ago | [YT] | 3

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🌱HOW DO YOU SUCCESSION SOW?

I’d love to know why you use your method — tell me in the comments 👇

1 month ago | [YT] | 4

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I went to the plot with a simple plan… and then THIS happened! ⛈️😂

It was supposed to be an end-of-month tidy-up, with a tour of the plot, some harvesting, weeding and getting a bed ready for next season.

Then the thunderstorm arrived and sent me running for the shed! 🌩️

Thankfully, once it passed, I was able to get back outside and finish what I started.

And there’s another reason this visit was a little special… we’ve reached 1,000 subscribers! 🎉🌱

Thank you so much to everyone who watches, comments, likes and subscribes. I genuinely couldn’t have got here without you.

The new video is now live — come and see what happened! 👇

[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qRautvH...]

Have you ever been caught out by the weather at your allotment? ⛈️

2 months ago | [YT] | 5

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🌽 PLOT UPDATE: The sweetcorn harvest is officially done!

I was down at the plot clearing the very last of the cobs ahead of our family barbecue at the weekend.

Honestly, the size and quality of the corn this year has completely blown me away—it is easily the talk of the plot and my best yet!

Aside from the sweetcorn, I also tackled a massive mountain of blackberries and finally prepped beds and areas for autumn.

How has your sweetcorn crop done this summer? Drop your harvest updates below!

🎬 The full video diary of this massive harvest and autumn prep is live now! Grab a cuppa and join me down the plot here: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cKPhG2e...

2 months ago | [YT] | 8

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Chitting Supermarket Potatoes.

I said I wasn’t doing potatoes this year - but I’ve decided to use the random bed under the tree to grow them - they should be ok there and it’s uses a wasted space.

Also bought some more seed potatoes. 🥔

9 months ago | [YT] | 4

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It’s cold out there folks. Quick trip to plot to check up.

Currently -7C with highs of -1C 🥶🥶❄️❄️

Stay warm and safe.

10 months ago | [YT] | 4

Growing With Plot 21 - Allotment Life

Happy New Year to you all. Here’s to a prosperous growing season and 2026!

Hope you all had a good year ahead.

Look out for more videos coming soon.

🎉🥳🎊

10 months ago | [YT] | 3

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More storms, means unable to do jobs at the plot. Currently torrential rain and wind at present.

I’ve been struggling with my sciatica and restless leg syndrome, so having to take things slow and easy.

So my priority at present isn’t videos, especially in this weather.

I’ll still be posting videos when I can, but there might not be many for the rest of the year.

But I’ll keep you all updated as I can.

11 months ago | [YT] | 6

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No videos this week. Been under the weather with cold/flu so been unable to get to plot and weather hasn’t been great either. Probably next video in a few weeks. 🤧😷🤒

1 year ago | [YT] | 6

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No Videos until we’re back from holidays. Spain here we come 🇪🇸🏖️ However he’s a look at how everything is going, hopefully they’ll survive one week!!

1 year ago | [YT] | 7