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Simple steps to overwinter your herbs.
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Welcome to Gardening with Ben. In
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today's video, we're going to talk about
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how to overwinter your herbs in your
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garden. I haven't got many herbs growing
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in my garden. I've got some uh mint and
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I've got some lemon balm. The lemon balm
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is absolutely fantastic. If you're not
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growing lemon balm, make sure you grow
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it because it's great in cups of tea and
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yeah, it just calms you down. It's
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absolutely gorgeous. I have it in hot
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water, not I have it in the hot water.
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So, it's absolutely great and it's
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calming and it's relaxing and it's great
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herb. It comes back year after year and
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it's fantastic smelling as well. You can
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rub past it, rub your fingers on it. It
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smells absolutely gorgeous. So, the main
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things to overwinter your herbs are
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bring tender herbs like basil indoors.
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Now, if you're growing it in the ground,
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obviously you need to dig it up, put it
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in a pot, move it into a poly tunnel or
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greenhouse and look after it over
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winter. If not, just plant a new plant
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next year. You can easily get them from
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the supermarket or the garden center,
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replant them or even grow them from seed
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if you want to. So, move your basil or
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any tender herbs indoors.
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Cut back any perennial herbs and tidy
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them up. That is one thing that you need
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to do at this time of year. They're
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dying back. So, snip them all back, take
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them home, try them out, use them in
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your herb cupboards and yeah, enjoy the
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herbs that you have got and then next
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year they'll spring back to life and
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give you some fantastic herbs in the
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garden again the year after. It's a
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great thing to have herbs in the garden.
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I'm definitely going to have a herb
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garden in my plot. I haven't got much
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herb garden at the moment, but we're
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going to do one at the top of my plot in
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my new area. So, I'm looking forward to
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trying all the different herbs myself. I
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probably won't use them in foods, but
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I'll just use them to attract the bees,
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to have the nice smells, and yeah, have
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it as a calming, relaxing area.
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Mulch your hardy herbs for extra
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protection. If you've got hardy herbs,
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put some mulch around them. It'll keep
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the ground warmer and it will protect
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them a lot more stronger over the winter
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periods, especially in cold times. Keep
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pots off cold wet ground. If you've got
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wet cold ground, make sure you put them
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on bricks or on plant pot lifters so
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that they're not touching the cold
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ground. It keeps them that extra bit
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warm. And if you've got terra cotta
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pots, maybe put some bubble wrap around
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them as well. It'll stop them cracking
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or freezing if there's water in them.
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and it will again keep plant warmer over
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the winter period. Water sparingly.
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Avoid soggy roots. You don't want soggy
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roots over the winter. Obviously, you
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can't help it if it rains, but don't
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tend to water them as much over the
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autumn and winter period.
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Take cutings to grow fresh plants. If
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you're growing your herbs, why not take
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some cutings from them? You can't beat
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free plants. So, they're so easy to do,
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right? just take cutings off them, put
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them in some water, wait for them to
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start rooting, and then put them in some
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soil, and you can possibly have more and
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more plants next year in your garden, or
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give them away to friends and family so
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that they can benefit and enjoy them as
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well. So, I hope you've enjoyed this
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