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This video shares the latest progress in developing a new garden area.
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Hey up everyone. It's gardening with Ben
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down here at the a lotment on Sunday.
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It's a bit wet, but hopefully we'll get
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plenty done today down here at the plot.
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We're in the new area. Still doing a bit
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down here. We've not got much to do
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today down here in the new area as I
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need to get a load of stuff for next
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week. But let's show you what it's
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looking like and what we're going to be
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doing today. So, as you can see, we've
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got all the wood chipped down now. We've
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got the burning bin in place. We're
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allowed to burn from next week down here
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at the a lotment when it gets to October
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so we can start burning some of our
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rubbish what we've been drying out all
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as old wood etc. I'm going to get a
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bench to go here to sit on so that we
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can sit and stay warm in the winter
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which will be nice. We've got all the
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wood chip down in the paths. It looks
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absolutely much better now. Easy to walk
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on and it's all levelish.
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We've got winter pansies in in these new
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beds. We've painted them all up to make
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them look nice and green. They might
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need another coat on, but it's too wet
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at the moment. We've also planted two
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climbers outside of each frame leg so
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that hopefully we'll get some color down
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here next year on the plot, but
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obviously we've got to trail them up the
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arches and get them growing. So fingers
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crossed next year these will be nice and
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in bloom and we'll have lots of flowers
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climbing up these arches. The birds are
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absolutely loving the bird feeders down
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here. We've had so many blue tits so
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recently. I can't believe how many blue
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tits we're having. Hopefully get some
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more bird boxes up and hopefully get
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some blue tits nesting down here next
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year. I might put one on the tree as
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well so that we've got a bird box up
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there. Next week we're going to be
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filling these with compost and we're
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going to be having lots of snow drops
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and blue bells in this area as they do
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like shaded areas. And this is pretty
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shaded. So we're going to have loads of
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spring bulbs in them. And hopefully
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we're going to have a load of alpines as
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well growing in there cuz alpine plants
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look nice and they spread and fill out
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the spaces in these. Hopefully, we'll
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have like tulips in these ones. And then
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in these ones, we're going to have some
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mini daffodil as well. So, I've got lots
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of spring bulbs to get and hopefully get
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planting them all next month in October.
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So, today we're going to be finishing
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off this bit. We've just got this little
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job to do today. I'm not going to sort
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the fencing out. That's another job for
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another time. But, I'm going to sort
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this border out. We're going to take up
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this wood piece and we're going to put
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bricks down the edge to make it match up
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with all this area and to make it look
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nice. So, we just need to find enough
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bricks, which I'm sure I will do to fill
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all this gap up and to make it look
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better. And then we'll dig it over and
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we'll put some fresh compost in and
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think about what we're going to be
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planting in there.
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So, there we are. We've put his path in
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while he's edging using as bricks. Makes
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it look better. makes it more uniform
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rather than the wood. Like I said, we're
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going to sort that fence out eventually.
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But yeah, there's no rush for that bit.
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But yeah, we're going to fill it with
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compost and get some plants and bulbs in
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there. Got to think about what we're
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going to be planting, but I'm sure I'll
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find something to plant in this area.
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So, yeah, next week's job's going to be
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a big one.
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We're going to be filling them up.
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Getting plants in these.
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Filling all the back bit up. Getting all
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the bulbs planted in the back bit. I'm
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not going to plant my alpines yet. We
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need to order them. Hopefully, we can
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get some.
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But yeah,
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next week it's going to be a busy job.
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But hopefully once all that's done next
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week, then we can start concentrating on
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the main plot. That's going to be his
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next mission to tidy up all the pot,
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take up all the beds, redo them, rebuild
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them, clear all the beds, get all the
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weeds out. We're leaving the sunflowers
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in for the seeds for the birds for the
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time being. But yeah, it's going to be a
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tough job. But next week's job as well
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is we're going to be planting the
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onions, the garlic, and the broad beans
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in these beds. So, we best get them beds
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ready and get them ready for planting
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next week.
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So, I hope you've enjoyed following
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along on our progress videos and how
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well we're getting on with it all. We
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certainly have been getting a lot done
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down here, but make sure you give us a
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follow to stay up to date with all our
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videos and how well we're getting on
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down here at the plot. Until next time
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everyone, remember, keep smiling, keep
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shining, and keep gardening.
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