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Essential Allotment & Garden Jobs for November | Gardening Tips & Advice Podcast
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Nov 15, 2024
🌱 Essential Allotment & Garden Jobs for November! November might be cooler and darker, but there’s still plenty to do on the plot! 🍁🧤 In this episode, I’m sharing the must-do tasks to keep your garden ticking through late autumn — from protecting crops to prepping for winter. What’s on your November to-do list? #NovemberGardening #AllotmentJobs #GrowYourOwn #SeasonalTasks #UKGardener #GardeningPodcast #WinterPrep
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is happening so yesterday's podcast
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episode we talked about everything that
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you can plant in November so if you've
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not listened to that podcast make sure
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you do give it a listen to because
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there's plenty of things that we can
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still plan in the garden around this
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time of year so why not give them a try
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and see what you can grow I'm grow I'm
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trying to grow plenty of stuff down at
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my allotment at this time of year so
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follow me and let's see if we can grow
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some stuff
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together so today's episode we're going
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to be talking about all the things that
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you can be doing in the allotment to do
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the improvements and get everything Ship
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Shape ready for next year for the
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allotment so we're going to be talking
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about that in today's podcast so let's
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have a look at what jobs need doing down
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in the allotment first of all we're
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going to be talking about all the jobs
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which need doing in the vegetable garden
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at this time of year like I always say
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is why not add these into a notebook so
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that you know when you've done stuff you
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can take it off and complete it that is
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how I tend to work I usually write down
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little jobs or things that I need to do
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down at the allotment and then once I've
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done it I tick it off and that's how I
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get all my plot ready for the year ahead
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and usually I'm on track of things like
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I've nearly got all my alotment cleared
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already ready for next year I'm well
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ahead of getting everything
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ready so first off in the vegetable
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garden you need to clear away any spent
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crops like that means like get rid of
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all your tomato plants get rid of your
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cucumbers get rid of your sweet corn any
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squash plants that are rotten away get
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them all cleared away and put on your
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compost heat because you got to be
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careful of diseases that are left and
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spreading around and stuff like that
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it's good to get everything cleared away
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so that's nothing's festering down on
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the
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allotment next up is harvest the last of
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your winter vegetables Harvest your
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Hardy winter vegetables like cabbages
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leaks brussel sprouts and kale and
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usually parsnips as well after the first
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few frosts because it adds nice taste to
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the parsnip never Harvest them until
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after you've had a couple of Frost the
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frosts always improve the taste of them
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the same goes for leaks and brussel
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sprout Sprouts they always taste better
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after a couple of frosts because they
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can improve their
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flavor like I said yesterday in
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yesterday episode plant your garlic and
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your onions as these are over wintering
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vegetables and they can fill a bed up
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and you can get some harvests from them
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next year and obviously you can once
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you've harvested them you can fill the
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bed with something else because they'll
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be already around June July time so
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there's still plenty of time to grow
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over veg in them
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beds mulch your vegetable beds add a th
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lay of organic mulch Like Straw compost
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or well rotten manure over your
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vegetable beds mulching helps protect
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the soil from erosion suppresses the
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weeds and improves its soil ready for
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next
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year prepare soil for spring planting
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yes get that soil ready now that is what
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I've done if you've been watching my
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YouTube videos you will see that I've
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nearly cleared every single bed on my
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plot I've dug it all over I'm not
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necessarily got all the weeds out we've
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just dug it over cleared them all got
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all the main big weeds out but over the
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winter period we'll keep digging them
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over getting all them Roots out getting
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all that bind weed out and obviously
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breaking up the soil when the frost
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comes it can get in the soil and break
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it all down really well and nice ready
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for next year
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protect perennial vegetables if you have
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vegetables like asparagus AR choke or
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rhab it's important to protect them
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against Frost cut back asparagus after
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they have died back and mulch around
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crowns of perennials to insulate them
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ready for the freezing temperatures
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rhubarb usually does all right my
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rhubarb usually survives well through
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winter it's been in my allotment now for
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20 years and it's still alive now so
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that usually starts growing back around
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March Time
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clean and store your garden tools yes
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this is one job that I don't always do
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but it's a good time to wash them down
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scrub them down get rid of any dirt off
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them because they can Harbor diseases
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and obviously oil your tools up to
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prevent rust over the winter months as
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well and it'll make your tools last
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years to come repair any race beds and
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garden structures now this is one job
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that I always do for the winter which I
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always believe on about in these
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podcasts you probably sick to hear in
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them about it but I always use the
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winter period to do any repairs to my
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allotment get things straightened tidy
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and improve the shed there's always work
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to be done in the shed especially if you
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do love being in your shed like I do
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there's always improvements that you can
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do to that cover bare soil with green
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manure if you have empty patches in your
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vegetable garden consider growing and
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sewing green manure such as mustard or
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winter eyye these cover crops to help
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protect soil from erosion suppress wheat
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and add valuable organic matter and
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nutrients back into the soil when turned
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in before spring planting I've never
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actually grown green manure let me know
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by sending me a message if you have ever
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grown green manure before I'd love to
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hear about it protect crops in the
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greenhouse or go coal frames if you got
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crops or anything growing in your coal
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firms or Greenhouse why not add some
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bubble wrap to keep it warm protected or
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use a greenhouse heater to keep things
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warm I don't use a heater down at the
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allotment or the polyon because I'm
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never there in the week so I don't want
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to leave a heater on when I'm not there
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but if you've got it in your garden keep
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it nice and warm and you'll protect your
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crops over the
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winter plan next year's Garden this is
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what I always do I always draw a plan of
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my allotment to see what it looks like
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think about what I'm going to grow where
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and try and rotate crops around you
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don't want to plant the same stuff in
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the same place year after year because
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obviously they take the nutrients from
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the ground so different vegetables use
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different nutrients so that is why you
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should keep moving stuff around and
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obviously if there's diseases in the
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soil from the previous year you don't
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want to pass it onto the New Year's
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growth protect brassers from pests
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there's still lots of pests around like
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pigeons and other wildlife Ed netting
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and mesh to protect these crops from
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being eaten during the winter months
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because there's not much around for them
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to eat at the moment so protect you like
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kale cabbages your cauliflower your
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broccoli any over wintering crops dig up
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and store your root vegetables so like
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now is the time to be like digging up
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your carrots your parsnips obviously
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like with parsnips like I said wait
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until we've had a few Frost because it
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adds flavor to them and your beetroots
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you can store them in a Place packed in
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sand or sawdust and they'll stay fresh
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for several
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months clean and organize your
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Greenhouse now is the time to be
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cleaning it down disinfecting it
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sweeping it all out tidying it up the
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reason why we disinfect it is because
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there's diseases in there and it
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prevents any mold and stuff like that
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it's good idea to wash your Greenhouse
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down thoroughly so that it lets more
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light in through the windows through
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winter because obviously the more like
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the better that it keeps it warmer so
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give it a good scrub down because they
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do get green and they get moss growing
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in them and everything like that give it
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a good wash out and make sure you check
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all like the pegs and everything to make
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sure it's all sturdy for the
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winter period because obviously we get
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the winds we get the storms and stuff
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like that so it's good to check over
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greenhouse and make sure it's all sturdy
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and ready for the year
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ahead so next so we're going to talk
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about what needs to be done in the fruit
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Garden throughout November there's
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plenty of jobs which you need doing out
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in the fruit Garden to protect those
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fruit trees and bushes ready for getting
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great crops next year now November is a
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perfect time to prune apple and pear
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trees don't prune plums don't prune
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cherries you don't prune anything that's
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got a stone inside it until
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round summer time that is when you prune
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your plums and your cherries and your
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apricots so you only prune apple and
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pears at this time of year now be
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careful when you're pruning them don't
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do what I did I man man a massive prune
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last year my cooking apple tree and it's
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not fruited this year because I've
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stressed it out I believe that is what
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they call it so only prun it as much as
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it needs it sometimes Don't Go Over the
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Top just give it a tiny bit of a prune
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and then prune it some more the year
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after so hopefully I'm not going to Pro
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man this year so hopefully I'll get lots
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of cooking apples next year
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mulch around fruit trees and bushes this
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helps give nutrition back to the plants
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and helps feed them and it insulates the
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roots from freezing temperatures retains
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the moisture and suppresses the weeds
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but if you putting mulch around your
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fruit trees don't put them right up to
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the trunk as it can cause rotten leave a
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bit of a gap around the trunk harvest
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the last of the Autumn fruits make sure
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you're harvesting your apples your pears
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your quines these can sometimes benefit
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from the coola WEA it enhances sweetness
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and the flavor of the apples so make
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sure you get all them harvested ready
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for the winter if not the squirrels or
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pinch
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them protect fruit your soft fruit
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plants from the frost like your
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strawberries your raspers and other soft
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fruits can be vulnerable to frost damage
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protect them by covering the crowns with
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straw fleece or mulch to help insulate
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them during the colder months this will
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prevent frost from penetrating too
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deeply and harming the
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plants plant new fruit trees and bushes
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as I said in yesterday's episode now is
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the perfect time to plant your fruit
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trees and your bushes prune your
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raspberry canes for summer fruit in
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raspberries prune back the canes that
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have fruited this year leaving the new
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canes for next season's crop autn fruit
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in raspber should be cut down to ground
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level after they finish producing this
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process encourages strong healthy growth
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in the springtime and they will produce
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new fruit on them new
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canes clear up any fallen leaves and
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fuit clearing up any fallen leaves and
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fruit and dead BRD around your fruit
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trees and bushes it's important to
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prevent the spread of disease and pests
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many fungal diseases can overwinter in
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the soil on decaying fruit so removing
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any material to help maintain a
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healthier environment for your plant
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protect fruit trees from pests I usually
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give mine a good winter spray down over
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the winter months and then I spray them
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again in W Springtime stops any moths
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from hibernating in the trees also get
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some sticky bands to stop wingless
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insects like winter mths from climbing
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the tree and laying the eggs in the bark
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which could also damage the Spring Tree
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in
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springtime Check and repair any fruit
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cages take off all netting over your
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winter to stop because you don't want it
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all getting ripped with snow and winter
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damage so take off all your netting for
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the winter to protect it and then put it
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back on again in the spring time prun
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your gooseb and your currents again
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prune these back remove any dead or
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crossing branches and fin out the center
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of the plant to improve air circulation
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this will reduce the risk of
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disease now you can divide and replant
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rhubarb Crowns if you rhubarb Crow
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plants have become overcrowded November
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is a perfect time to lift and divide the
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crowns carefully dig up the plants split
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it into sections with a sharp speed and
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replant the divisions this will
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rejuvenate the plants and improve their
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productivity plant fruit canes and Vines
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as we said in the previous epode now is
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the time to be planting all
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them check stored fruit if you're
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storing any apples or pears or fruits
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regularly check them for any signs of
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rot or damage remove any affected fruit
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to prevent the rot from spreading to the
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healthy ones protect your Great Vines
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Now is a time to prune and winterize
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them cut back this year's growth to
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encourage strong Vines next year and
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cover the base of the planet with mulch
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to protect the roots from freezing
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temperatures consider wrapping the vines
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with fleece in cold regions to prevent
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frost damage to
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them so let's talk about what you can
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actually do in the flower garden this
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month there's still lots that need doing
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to get them Gardens looking absolutely
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gorgeous for next year you need to put
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in the effort and tidy them up ready for
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next year so this is all the jobs which
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you can do in the flower
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garden lift and store tender bulbs and
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tubers so that means lifting any like
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gladiol eyes bouras to protect them from
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the frost carefully dig them up clean
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off the soil and allow them to dry for a
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few few days in a sheltered place and
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then put in a box full of
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sand plant fling spring flowering
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bulbs like I said in my previous episode
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now is the perfect time to be planting
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all those spring bulbs like your
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daffodils your high Sims your tulips
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everything like that to encourage the
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bees to come to your alotment and to
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your
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Gardens protect delicate plants from
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frost any plants what
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are prone to getting Frost damage like
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your canas your fuches
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geraniums protect them from frost and if
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you're worried about them fetch them
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indoors in a shed in a poly tunnel putt
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them up and keep them warm until next
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year cut back perennials now is the time
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to cut back any spent growth on any
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perennials like piers hosters and
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delphiniums trim back dead foilage to
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ground level to tidy up the garden and
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prevent disease or pests from over
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wintering prun your roses if you got any
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climbing roses any rambling roses any
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roses cut back long shoots to prevent
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them from being damaged by by Winter
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Winds remove any dead diseased or
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crossing branches for hybrid tea and
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flond Roses focus on pruning in late
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winter but you can lightly trim them now
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to T tide it
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up mulchy flower beds applying a thick
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lay of mulch around your flower beds
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helps to protect the plant roots from
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freezing improve soil structure
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suppresses winter weeds use organic
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materials like compost or well red
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manure or leaf mold or B chips and
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spread it around the base of plants
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after cutting back
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perennials check and clean your garden
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structures like I mentioned make sure
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clean them all down clean down all your
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pagola trellises plant supports you
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don't want nerd diseases on them even if
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you use antibacterial spray that will
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clean them up and stop any diseases from
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spreading
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around so any Hardy annual seeds so now
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you can be sewing your sweet peas
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poppies or corn flowers this will give
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them all a head start ready for next
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year but make sure you save them inside
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your Greenhouse or your polyon where
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it's warmer because the frost can kill
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them out out
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side protect your Alpine plants if
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you've got any Alpine plants make sure
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you cover the plants with grit to
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improve drainage and prevent water
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logging which can cause them to rot some
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delicate Alpine plants may also need
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protection from excessive winter
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moisture plan your next year's flower
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displays now I said this uh in an
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episode the other day now is the time to
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be planning for next year think about
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all them flowers that you want want to
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try and grow in the garden where you
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want to grow them different varieties
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that you want to try and grow think
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about it all have a look online have a
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look in brochures or go into the garden
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centers get those packets of seeds or
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bulbs and think about what you're going
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to be growing next year because think
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about it now can make some beautiful
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blooms for next year in the
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garden so that is everything what you
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need to be doing in your garden and
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alotment in November
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obviously there's other stuff that you
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can be doing but those are the main
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tasks that need doing so I hope you've
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enjoyed today's episode it has been a
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long episode I know that but tomorrow
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we'll be back with the normal episodes
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talking about different jobs what we've
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been up to at the lotman and different
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things what you can do in the garden and
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allotments at this time of year sharing
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