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December Delights: What to Plant in Your Garden and Allotment
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Dec 5, 2024
❄️ December Delights: What to Plant in Your Garden and Allotment! Yes, even in December you can still sow and grow! From hardy greens to indoor favourites, here’s what you can plant this month to stay connected to the garden all winter long. 🌿💪 What are you sowing in December? Let’s keep the momentum going! #DecemberPlanting #GrowYourOwn #WinterGardening #AllotmentLife #WhatToSow #UKGardener #GardenTasks
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have been up to on the alarm so sit back
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grab a brew and enjoy today's
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episode hey everyone and welcome back to
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gardening with Ben I hope you're
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enjoying that the podcasts are now back
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again like I said I do apologize that
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we've had a small little break in
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between recording these episodes but
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yeah we're back now now that we're
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settled into our new place so as I
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mentioned in yesterday's podcast today's
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podcast we're going to be talking about
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all the things that you can plant in
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December whether it be vegetables
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whether it be fruit or whether it be
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flowers and I know a lot of the times
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people like to write down these little
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tips and advice so if you've not got a
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notepad make sure you keep some notes on
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what you can plant this month let me
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know if you're going to be trying any of
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them I always love to hear hear back
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from you all you can anytime message me
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on Instagram and I will always try and
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get back to you so let's start off
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talking about what we can grow in the
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vegetable garden in December can't
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believe it's December already this
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year's gone absolutely so fast but I'm
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happy that it's gone fast because it's
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been an awful year for growing so
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fingers crossed next year is going to be
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a much better one and hopefully we get
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some fantastic produce
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so what can you sew in the vegetable
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garden this month well last couple of
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months ago we planted all our bulbs for
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our onions but now we need to start
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thinking about sewing those onion seeds
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yes sewing onion seeds now I did a
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little experiment quite a few years ago
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on growing onions from seed and growing
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the sets as well which are the small
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little bulb ones and actually the seed
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ones did a lot better than the set
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variety so I may try starting some of
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these off myself cuz I'd love to try and
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get some nice big onions again and if we
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start them off now they'll get nice and
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big in time for July June July time when
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we Harvest them so the variety of onion
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seeds that you need to start sewing at
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this time of month ready for sewing uh
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planted out in March April time or the
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Alysa Craig variety of of onion seeds so
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if you're wanted to sew onion seeds this
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month you can sew Alysia Craig now you
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can either start them now or start them
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in January but obviously starting them
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now you'll get a head start and
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hopefully get some massive onions for
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next year so let's get started with some
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onions everyone I'll have to start some
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off myself and then you can follow along
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and see how well my onions get on this
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year next up is lettuce now if you got a
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poly tunnel or a greenhouse you can
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continue growing lettuce throughout the
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winter months you can't grow it outside
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it's too cold but if You' got a poly
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tunnel or a greenhouse especially a
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heated Greenhouse you can carry on
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growing Lees throughout the winter
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months now the variety of lettuce that
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you need to grow this month is winter
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gem or Arctic King but like I said it
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needs to be a nice warm Greenhouse so if
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you wanted to grow lettuce throughout
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the winter months sew some gem or Arctic
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King lettuce next up is broad beans now
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don't do what I did well you can do what
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I did but um I tend to not sew broad
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beans into the soil straight outside
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because squirrels will get them rats
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will get them mice will get them
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anything will get them because there's
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not much growing around at this time of
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year so they're very vulnerable to
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Wildlife coming along and eating them so
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I thought I'd start mine off in in seed
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trays however the squirrels got into my
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shed and they ate the lot of them so you
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can never win but however I've got a
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little plan to do get some growing where
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no Wildlife can get any of them so stay
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tuned for that video because it's it's
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quite a good little tip I'll tell you
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that but if you wanted to grow some
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broad beans this month this month is the
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month to grow aquad dulus Claudia aquad
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Claudia broad beans now obviously if
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you're sewing them now they'll be ready
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to harvest before the blackfly even
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appear so if you don't like the black
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fly all over them now is the perfect
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time to be picking
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those uh sewing those broad beans now
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obviously you can still sew them in
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March but they'll be ready to harvest
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when the Black Fly are around so it's up
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to you you can obviously try and grow
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both of them but now is the time to grow
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aquadis Claudia broad
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beans so next on is to fruit what fruit
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can we plant during the winter months
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well obviously you can actually plant
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most fruit trees at this time of year
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now is the perfect time to be planting
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those fruit trees as it's wetter it's
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damper and The Roots take on the fruit
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trees the fruit trees are dormant mainly
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at this time of year they won't be
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growing the fruit they'll be
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concentrating on growing the branches
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and growing The Roots at this time of
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year hence why it's the best time of
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year to grow plant your fruit trees and
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obviously if you planted them in
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summertime they'll be concentrating on
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producing the food that's when they
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usually produce a fuit and obviously
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they'll need watering more that's why we
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plant our fruit trees during the winter
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months so any fruit trees you can plant
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during December you can obviously plant
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your blueberries as well at this time of
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year if you're planting blueberries make
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sure you plant them in ious soil which
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is acid soil to help them flourish they
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prefer ericaceous to normal soil next up
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is raspberries you can plant your
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raspberries this time a month whether it
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be summer fruit and raspberries or autum
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fruit and raspber whichever variety you
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want now is the perfect time to be
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sewing them planting them not sewing
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them planting raspberries next up is
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strawberry plants now you know I
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absolutely love strawberries now
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obviously you can plant strawberries at
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this time of year the leaves will die
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off at this time of year because it is
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cold and the frost will get them but the
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plants won't die as they can withstand
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cold weather and make sure they planted
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out keep them well watered and you
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should in favor be getting some
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strawberries on them next year if you
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plant them now so if you want any
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strawberries ask around because you
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won't have them in green garden centers
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friends family who have got cuttings off
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of other strawberry plants ask around
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and see if anyone's got any that you can
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plant at this time of year
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rubarb now if you wanted to start some
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rhubarb off now is the time to plant
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your rhubarb
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crowns as the dormant and the wet
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conditions in December help the crowns
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to establish strong routs however don't
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try and harvest them in the first year
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you need to set let those settle in
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establish the crown in the ground and
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then you harvest it on the second year
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don't be tempted to harvest it in the
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first year even if there's rhubarb on it
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just let it grow and pick it the year
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after and obviously you can plant your
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gooseb as well at this time of year so
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any fruit trees and bushes is a perfect
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time to plant them during December
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month next up is flowers now what
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flowers can we plant in December you
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might think it's too cold to be planting
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flowers but now is the perfect time to
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be growing
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geraniums now if you're wanted some
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geraniums to flower next year in summer
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now is the time to be sewing geranium
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seeds
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indoors place them in a warm sunny
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window so and they'll be ready to bloom
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for an EXT extended period once spring
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arrives by sewing the M light you can
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enjoy a beautiful geranium for longer in
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your garden and containers now I've
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grown geraniums from seeds and they are
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actually really easy to grow and
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obviously saves you a lot of money
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because geranium plants are quite
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expensive I've dug up all my draining
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plants from last year and I've put them
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inside my shed so that the frost doesn't
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get them in the snow and hopefully I can
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plant them out again next year so you
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can actually keep them going year after
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year if you look after
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them you can plant some spring bulbs
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still at this time of year in garden
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centers you of to see them selling them
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off at this time of year
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you can plant your tulips you can plant
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your daffodils you can plant your snow
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drops highs youve still plenty of times
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to be planting your spring flowers I've
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known people plant them in SE uh in
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January and they still managed to get
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some blooms on them so if you see at
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night on offer buy them and plant them
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and it'll encourage the bees when they
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wake up from hibernation to come around
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and help with
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pollination next up are helor known as
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the Christmas Rose helor are a winter
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garden essential these Hardy perennials
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thrive in cool temperature and can be
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planted in December to bring delicate
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blooms to your garden fruit late winter
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and early spring they elegant flowers in
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shades of white pink and purple add a
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soft enchanting touch to any winter
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landscape so if you want to add some
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color to your garden add some heliball
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as well as that you can also plant your
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cyclan with the dainty flowers and
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attractive foilage
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cyclen make a wonderful addition to a
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winter garden they thrive in the cool
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temperatures and can be planted in
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sheltered outdoor spaces or kept indoors
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as a house plant cyclan blooms in shades
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of pink red and white and will add a
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Charming touch to your garden throughout
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winter if you wanted to add some other
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winter color you can obviously plant
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winter pansies and you can also plant
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your primroses at this time of year so
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there's still plenty of flowers that you
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can plant during this month to add lots
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of color to your garden because there's
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not much color around in your garden at
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this time of year so hopefully those
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will give you some ideas on what plants
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you can plant in the garden so if you're
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listening to this podcast make sure you
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do get in touch and let me know what
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you're going to play planting this month
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I'm definitely going to be planting some
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onion seeds so make sure you stay tuned
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for that YouTube video and if you want
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to follow along feel free to follow
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along while I plant mine and let's see
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who does the best onions I know probably
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won't be
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me I'm very honest but yeah I hope
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you've enjoyed this episode today and I
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hope you've got some useful information
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from it tomorrow's episode we'll be
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talking about all the jobs which need to
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be done in the garden and alotment this
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month to keep your Gardens looking
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absolutely fantastic and encouraging
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them for next year so until next time
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everyone remember keep smiling keep
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shining and keep gardening with
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