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hey everyone and welcome back to
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Gardening with Ben In today's video from
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our series on starting an aotment we are
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going to talk about what are the basic
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gardening tools that you need to get
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started when starting your a lotment If
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you've not checked out the previous
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videos go and check them out as we're
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talking about how to get started a
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lotment where to begin how to apply for
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one So if you've not checked out them
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videos go and check them out and learn
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how to get started with an aotment So
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the basic tools which you will need to
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get started with an aotment has to be
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obviously a fork and a spade which are
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the main two tools which you need
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because you need your fork to help weed
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the soil get out all them roots and get
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started with So you need them two
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important tools Then obviously you need
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a hand fork which is again great for
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weeding with I use hand forks for
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weeding in between vegetables and
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sorting around them because the weeds do
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grow fast If you don't already know the
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weeds do grow fast It's sometimes hard
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to keep up with them And you also need a
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tel for planting your plants with as
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they make the hole nice and decent and
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you can plant your plants in
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easy Another good tool to have which is
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a must is a hoe A hoe is fantastic for
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weeding If you've not got time to use a
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handful to get in between all the plants
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all the time just going around once a
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week with a hoe will keep the weeds down
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It'll keep the soil broken up around the
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plants so that the water can get into
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the plants really easy and keep them
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watered and help with the growth of the
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plants And that only takes 5 minutes job
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to do each bed Uh literally if you do it
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once a week the weeds won't catch up Yes
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it's only taking the tops off the weeds
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but it keeps them down and it stops them
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from taking that nutrition away from the
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vegetable plants and from the flowers
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themselves So if you can get a main tool
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a tool it to get is a hoe And the best
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places to look for these tools are car
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boot sales as you often get people
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clearing out old people's houses or just
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having a clear out And you often find
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great gardening tools at a car boot sale
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And the best thing about the tools what
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people are selling are usually from
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years ago and they were made to last
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back in the day and don't seem to be
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made to last these days Sometimes
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they're pretty flimsy and they'll break
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pretty easy So have a look at a car boot
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sale and you can pick up some fantastic
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bargains And as you get started with the
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a lotment then you can start to look
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into getting other garden tools for the
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plot And a great tool to have is a wolf
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garden tool Um wolf garden is you can
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purchase a handle and then you can buy
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different ends to fit on it So if you're
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looking for presents for birthdays or
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Christmas you can always ask for the
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add-ons to the Wolf Garden tool And you
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can take the tools away easy with you
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your handle at the aotment and have a
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bag with all the different heads in and
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just take them home with you So then you
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know that they're safe and they won't
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get pinched from your site So have a
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look at Wolf Garden tools a fantastic
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tool to get for your a lotment and I've
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certainly got plenty of them for my
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plot So that is our tips and advice on
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the best garden tools to get started
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with an aotment And let me know in the
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comments what your favorite garden tool
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is down at the aotment So until next
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time everyone remember keep smiling keep
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shining and keep gardening We bet
