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New Gardening Week | Garden & Allotment Plans and Tasks
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Nov 13, 2024
📅 Brand New Gardening Week in the Garden and Allotment! A fresh week means fresh jobs, new growth, and exciting plans on the plot! 🌿🧤 In this episode, I kick off the new gardening week with a look at what’s on the agenda — from seed sowing and maintenance to prepping for what’s coming next. Join me as I set the tone for a productive and rewarding few days ahead! What’s top of your gardening list this week? #NewGardeningWeek #AllotmentLife #GrowYourOwn #GardenUpdate #GardeningWithBen #UKGardener #WeeklyGardenTasks
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everyone and welcome back to gardening
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with Ben well it's it's Monday and it's
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a brand new week and I always enjoy a
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brand new week of allotment in and
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podcasting I hope you managed to listen
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to all seven episodes what was put up
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last week on our podcast channel on
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gardening with Ben if you have not check
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them out there was quite a few good ones
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on there we were talking about what
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seeds to plant in February and also what
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jobs needed doing in February on the
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allotment and in the garden so if you've
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not listened to them make sure you have
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a listen and check them out and if
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you've not checked out my other podcast
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Channel which is called gardening and
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allotments tips podcast there's seven
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brand new episodes on there from last
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week as well so lots for you to listen
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to and we've already got a list of all
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the podcasts what we're going to record
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this week so hopefully fingers crossed
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you'll get episodes every single day yet
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again for this week so I hope you're all
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enjoying it and if you're new to the
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podcast Channel make sure you click that
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when new podcasts come up and thank you
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to everybody that is subscribing to
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these podcasts it's certainly fantastic
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to see you all and hope you enjoy them
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so what are we going to talk about today
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in Monday's podcast well we're going to
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talk about what jobs we are hoping to
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get up to down on my lopment because now
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I've got 4 days off as you probably
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listen into this on Monday morning I'll
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be in bed cuz I have just finished
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nights and I will be sleeping and
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hopefully I'm going to get on the plot
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on Monday afternoon which depends on the
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weather if it's shocking weather which
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it's been all weekend I'm so glad I've
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been working this weekend because I
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certainly wouldn't have wanted to been
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down at the plot even in my shed doing
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jobs I still probably wouldn't have
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fancied being down in the horrible windy
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weather what was happening hopefully all
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my allotments still standing still
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because I certainly had to do quite a
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few repairs last week on the plot
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especially with my shed I had to fix a
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window which had
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broken and also put some fencing up what
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had come down over the last few months
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so I've been getting those repairs done
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and that is what Winter's all about it's
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all about without getting those repairs
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done and fixing any issues on your plot
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that you need to get done so this week
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we're going to be
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concentrating on my main plot area this
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is the biggest area that I need to get
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cleared and I'm setting myself one month
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to get it cleared and tidy and fingers
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crossed by the beginning of March it
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will all be cleared and tied and then we
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will be moving on to getting my shed
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ready for the sewing of all my seeds
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because that is when we start sewing all
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the seeds and I've still got a lot more
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seeds left to get and I've still got to
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look at what I've got I keep saying this
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is my podcast you need to organize your
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seeds and I certainly need to do it
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myself because I've got so many packets
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of seeds I'm just looking at them now
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they just staring at me in a carrier bag
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not organized not sorted out and I
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really do need sort all my seeds out so
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that is one job that needs doing but
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we're going to be concentrating on my
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main plot area and I've got all my beds
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to empty and get cleared I've got all my
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paths to sweep up and get rid of any
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rubbish what's lying around and it's
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case of just getting it all looking
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empty ready for the year ahead so that
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there's no weeds around no old
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vegetation around no old dead flowers
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around around and if there's any seed
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heads around gather them up and I can s
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them again this year so hopefully we're
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going to have a nice empty pot Plot In A
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month's time but it all depends on the
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weather obviously because like I said
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this weekend's been absolutely terrible
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but we can't complain at the weather for
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this winter it's not been a bad winter
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whatsoever compared to the winters that
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we usually get it's not being cold it's
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not been snowing it's we've had a couple
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of Frosty mornings but not many
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whatsoever so this is giving me such a
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head start into the year getting it all
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tided and prepared and getting it all
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ready so hopefully we can get that done
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and now that the Daylight's coming
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earlier in the morning I can get there
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probably half an hour earlier than I
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usually do or even possibly hour uh it
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all depends when the Sun
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rises and that will add extra time in
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getting stuff done and I'm going to set
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myself half an hour to spend in my shed
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and my poly tunnel getting that tided as
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well because I keep putting off going
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into my shed of my poly tunnel to get
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the work done because I usually like to
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do that when it's raining and we've not
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been getting no rain on but days off so
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they keep getting pushed back and pushed
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back but we do need them to start
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getting ready and getting them tied and
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like I say I've not used my polyon now
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for I didn't use it last year whatsoever
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so all the bits and Bobs that I've been
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clearing off my plot I just shove in my
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poly tunnel to keep them dry and to keep
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them away and it's an absolute bomb site
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trust me if you saw it you'd think he's
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a messy Gardener I never show that on my
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live videos but I might actually take a
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picture of what it looks like now and
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after I've cleared it I won't show you
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what it looks like until after I've
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tided it and cleaned it up uh because I
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don't want you thinking oh God look at
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him but yeah um I've got all that to
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do but hopefully we'll spend quite a lot
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of time down there this week I may even
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take my sandwiches down there and start
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spending longer down at the plot because
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usually I'm leaving the plot about
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1:00ish because I've had enough by then
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uh after getting down there at about
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half n uh but I do need to start putting
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in a couple of extra hours to get a bit
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more done and to get it done because I
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want to get the best looking plot I've
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had in years this year and without
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putting the time and the effort in I
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can't get it done and now that I work sh
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shifts it's ideal for spending so much
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time down at the plot because I'm
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working four on four off so I get 4 days
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on the allotment and if you're setting
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yourself little goals like I often do I
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always say work on an area at a time and
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concentrate on that bit rather than
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doing everything all at once just
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concentrate on certain areas and that's
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what I do so if I've got four days off
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I'm going to be really going for it on
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the plot and I can get lo done if I try
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um it's just not getting distracted
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while I'm down at the plot cuz obviously
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you've got social media now and stuff
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like that and people messaging me and
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yeah um it's hard not to get distracted
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when you're down at the plot now and
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that's what I tend to do quite a bit but
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I bought myself a d radio with some of
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my Christmas money so I listen to that
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now while on the plot and that gives me
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the motivation to keep on going as well
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and sometimes it helps if one of the
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other plot Neighbors comes down because
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that encourages you to stay down there
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as well so I'm looking forward to this
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week and now that I'm starting to see
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light at the end of the tunnel I'm happy
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with how the plot is coming along um but
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I'll be sharing a picture of what it
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looks like at the moment later today
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uh so you'll be able to see how much
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I've got to clear in that month which is
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manageable it's definitely manageable uh
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I could easily get it done uh but yeah
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stay tuned for that picture and like I
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said I've got seven podcasts lined up
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for this week uh We've obviously just
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got to record them all but I hope you do
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enjoy these podcasts because I'm getting
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so many people listening to them now it
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really does baffle me um how many people
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around the world as well it last last
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year I were only getting like 1,000
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downloads a month and this year I'm now
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getting 8,000 a month so it just goes to
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show how many people are listening to
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these podcasts and it's unbelievable I
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just thank you all for the support of
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doing it and it pays towards buying my
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seats for my plot and stuff like that so
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the more people that listen to it the
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more people op back into my plot and you
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can get the enjoyment out of all the
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photos and seeing all the stuff what
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grows and again like I said I don't grow
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it all for me to eat I share it with
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friends work colleagues and everything
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as well so it's not all just for me a
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lot of my gardening is to get the
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