HAVE I DONE MY PRUNING RIGHT AND DO YOU PREPARE A PLANTING PLAN?

Second week of December and due to milder weather I’ve been able to continue doing my autumn/winter allotment jobs.

Autumn/Winter pruning is one of the most important jobs you can do for a healthy, productive garden.
In this video, I’m pruning grape vines, currants and gooseberries and explaining benefits to cut back for stronger and healthier growth and better harvests next season.

I’m also starting to plan and design my 2026 garden layout, thinking ahead about plant spacing, productivity, and how to make the garden easier to manage long-term.

Whether you’re new to gardening or looking to improve your harvests, these winter garden jobs can make a huge difference.

Shout out and big thank you to Claire from the ‪@TheFarmyardGarden‬ for recommending me to buy a book “The Fruit Expert” at their brilliant show ‪@SowChatty‬ It helped me to prune my grapevines!

Chapters:
00:00 - 00:41 Checking on winter garlic and onions
00:41- 04:35 Planting Plan
04:35 - 07:16 Baking Czech Christmas cookies (Linzer cookies) and Elf on the shelf
07:16 - 08:28 Introduction to a new allotment day
08:28 - 18:20 Pruning blackcurrants, redcurrants, white currants and gooseberries
18:20 - 21:30 Reviewing plants to be pruned
21:30 - 22:26 First hellebores and cowslips of the season are in flower
22:26 - 23:27 Next day and my cold got worse
23:27 - 24:59 When and How to prune blueberries
24:59 - 34:27 Pruning grapevine on arch
34:27 - 36:32 Planting daffodils bulbs into containers
36:32 - 36:58 Goodbye

The recipe for Linzer cookies is available on YouTube chanel ‪@czechcookbook‬
Search for “Linzer cookies”. You will have full recipe in English step by step. Any recipe from this chanel is wonderful, I tried and tested lots of them many times 👍

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